THE TEAMS
Santa Clara (28-17, 14-10) vs. Gonzaga (18-30, 14-10 WCC)

SERIES INFO
When: Thursday, May 18 at 6 p.m.
Where: Schott Stadium
Video: WCC Network
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When: Friday, May 19 at 6 p.m.
Where: Schott Stadium
Video: WCC Network
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When: Saturday, May 20 at 12 p.m.
Where: Schott Stadium
Video: WCC Network
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NOTES

• Santa Clara and Gonzaga are currently in a tie for fourth place in the WCC with conference records of 14-10. A win for either team, or a BYU loss, would put both in the six-team WCC Tournament that begins May 24 in Las Vegas.
• There will be a ceremony before Saturday's regular season finale honoring seniors Coleman Brigman, Dawson Brigman, Eamonn Lance, Cole Kitchen, Michael O'Hara, Nick Sando, Jared Feikes, Cade Pilchard, August Souza, Jeffrey Heinrich, and Jake Putnam.
• Santa Clara is hitting .295/.401/.480 as a team with 315 runs scored on 90 doubles, 14 triples, and 59 home runs. The OBP leads the WCC and the average and slugging are second.
• Michael O'Hara is hitting .318 with a .419 OBP while adding 11 doubles, three triples, and two home runs to go with 28 RBIs and 40 runs scored. Dawson Brigman is hitting .313 with a .419 OBP and nine steals while adding 24 RBIs with 38 runs scored and 10 doubles, three triples, and five home runs. Efrain Manzo has a team high 14 home runs and 47 RBIs with 42 runs scored and is slashing .311/.413/.661. JonJon Berring is also hitting over .300 at .311 with 26 runs scored and nine steals.
• On the mound, Santa Clara has a 4.77 ERA, with 413 strikeouts against 170 walks in 413 innings.
• The Broncos hits per nine innings of 8.54 is 44th nationally and leads the conference. Their strikeout to walk ratio of 2.43 is 35th in the country and second in the WCC. The 3.70 walks per nine innings is 31st nationally and second in the conference. The team's 1.36 WHIP is 31st in the country and first in the league.
• Cole Kitchen's 68 2/3 innings and are the most on the team and he has 60 strikeouts. He has started 13 games and appeared in 14 with a 4.06 ERA. Skylar Hales has 61 punchouts in 46 1/3 innings and a 2.91 ERA (second in the WCC) with three saves. His 11.85K/9 is 37th nationally and first in the WCC. His strikeout-to-walk ratio of 4.69 is second in the conference and 39th in the country. August Souza, who has a 1.82 ERA, the lowest on the team, leads the team with five saves. Blake Hammond has appeared in 16 games out of the bullpen and thrown 43 innings with a team-high 62 strikeouts and six wins and has a 2.30 ERA.
• Blake Hammond won WCC Pitcher of the Week on May 1.
• Brandon Gomez was named WCC co-Pitcher of the Week on March 20, giving the Broncos three-straight honors.
• Santa Clara swept the WCC weekly awards on March 13 with Efrain Manzo being named the Player of the Week and Skylar Hales the Pitcher of the Week.
• Cole Kitchen was named the WCC Pitcher of the Week on March 6.
• Santa Clara's winning streak of nine games from April 23-May 7 was the longest streak since a 16-game stretch from April 11-May 2, 1997. 
• The Broncos also had their first sweep of San Francisco since 2003 and the first home sweep since 2002, making it the first at Stephen Schott Stadium which opened in 2005.
• The Broncos have four walkoff home runs this year. Coleman Brigman hit a two-run shot in the 11th against Villanova on March 12. Efrain Manzo then did it on March 26 against San Diego, also in the 11th inning. Manzo did it again on April 25 vs. Cal Poly in the 10th. Robert Hipwell did it on May 6 against San Francisco.
• Since taking over before the 2018 season, head coach Rusty Filter is 8-1 against Cal Poly after sweeping the season series.
• Santa Clara knocked off No. 2 Stanford on the road March 7.
• It was the Broncos first win over Stanford since the finale of a four-game series in 2021. Santa Clara's last midweek win over the Cardinal came in 2016 and the last win in Palo Alto came in 2015.
• On April 15, the Broncos welcomed back the 1962 College World Series team that finished as national runners up for a 60th anniversary celebration.
• The Broncos 2022 recruiting class was top-65 according to Perfect Game and tops in the WCC. Twelve join the team as freshman with five transferring in.
• The renovations at Schott Stadium are complete. The renovations include a completely new turn playing surface, padded fence around the stadium, a new batter's eye, all new chair back seats inside the stadium, and a remodel of the VIP Suite and press box.

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