1988 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team

The 1988 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team represented Fresno State College in the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Pete Beiden Field. The team was coached by Bob Bennett in his 21st year as head coach at Fresno State.

1988 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball
PCAA champions West I Regional champions
College World Series, T-7th
Conference	Pacific Coast Athletic Association
CB	No. 7
Record	56–12 (20–1 PCAA)
Head coach	Bob Bennett (21st season)
Home stadium	Pete Beiden Field

1988 Pacific Coast Athletic Association baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 7 Fresno State  ‍†‍‍y	20	–	1	–	0		.952			56	–	12	–	0		.824
No. 25 UNLV  ‍‍‡‍	14	–	7	–	0		.667			40	–	22	–	0		.645
No. 3 Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‡‍	12	–	8	–	0		.600			43	–	18	–	0		.705
San Jose State  ‍‍‍	9	–	11	–	0		.450			31	–	30	–	0		.508
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍	9	–	12	–	0		.429			30	–	28	–	1		.517
Pacific Tigers baseball  ‍‍‍	9	–	12	–	0		.429			19	–	32	–	0		.373
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍	6	–	15	–	0		.286			23	–	39	–	0		.371
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍	4	–	17	–	0		.190			14	–	45	–	0		.237
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1988 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Bulldogs won the West I Regional to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Miami Hurricanes.

Roster

1988 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/throws Height Weight Year Home town RHP Ken Baker /R — — RHP Eric Bridge /R — — RHP Steve Buckholz R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr OF Mike Burton R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Jr Visalia, California OF Eddie Bustamonte / — — Jr LHP Rich Crane L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Terance Frazier / — — Jon French / — — OF Tom Goodwin L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So Fresno, California C Mike Hill / — — C Todd Hill / — — OF Steve Hosey R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Oakland, California OF Todd Littlejohn / — — LHP Tim Lockhart /L — — Jr OF Steve Lozano / — — U Bryan Marsoobian / — — Sr C Brandon Mitchell / — — Sr LHP Tony Mortensen /L — — OF Jeff Mott / — — Jr OF Mike Noel / — — INF Steve Pearse / — — Sr C Tom Phillips S/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Pat Ruth / — — RHP John Salles R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Fresno, California RHP Erik Schullstrom R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr San Diego, California INF Lance Shebelut R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) INF Steve Vondran R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr U Cary Windes / — — Fr OF Kurt Wohlman / — — RHP Steve Wolf R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Lodi, California INF Eddie Zosky R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Whittier, California	Head coach Bob Bennett Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: October 25, 2021

Schedule

1988 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball game log
Regular season
February (12–5) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record PCAA record 1 February 2 Cal Poly Pomona Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 8–9 0–1 – 2 February 3 Cal Poly Pomona Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 10–5 1–1 – 3 February 5 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, California 14–12 2–1 – 4 February 6 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, California 12–15 2–2 – 5 February 7 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, California 5–6 2–3 – 6 February 13 at San Diego John Cunningham Stadium • San Diego, California 14–12 3–3 – 7 February 14 at San Diego John Cunningham Stadium • San Diego, California 7–1 4–3 – 8 February 15 at San Diego John Cunningham Stadium • San Diego, California 4–9 4–4 – 9 February 17 Cal Poly Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 6–1 5–4 – 10 February 19 St. Mary's Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 11–4 6–4 – 11 February 20 St. Mary's Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 3–0 7–4 – 12 February 21 St. Mary's Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 8–0 8–4 – 13 February 23 Cal State Dominguez Hills Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 4–7 8–5 – 14 February 24 Cal State Dominguez Hills Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 11–1 9–5 – 15 February 26 Nevada Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 18–1 10–5 – 16 February 27 Nevada Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 9–1 11–5 – 17 February 28 Nevada Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 15–1 12–5 –
March (18–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record PCAA record 18 March 1 Cal State Los Angeles Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 7–4 13–5 – 19 March 2 Cal State Los Angeles Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 14–4 14–5 – 20 March 4 Gonzaga Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 11–5 15–5 – 21 March 5 Gonzaga Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 8–7 16–5 – 22 March 6 Gonzaga Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 15–5 17–5 – 23 March 8 Cal State Northridge Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 2–5 17–6 – 24 March 9 Cal State Northridge Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 10–3 18–6 – 25 March 12 San Francisco Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 10–7 19–6 – 26 March 14 Texas A&M Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 6–5 20–6 – 27 March 15 George Washington Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 17–2 21–6 – 28 March 16 Oregon State Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 12–10 22–6 – 29 March 17 Clemson Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 13–10 23–6 – 30 March 18 BYU Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 7–4 24–6 – 31 March 19 Texas A&M Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 4–0 25–6 – 32 March 22 Stanford Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 13–3 26–6 – 33 March 25 Long Beach State Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 19–0 27–6 1–0 34 March 26 Long Beach State Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 15–0 28–6 2–0 35 March 27 Long Beach State Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 14–3 29–6 3–0 36 March 31 UC Irvine Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 4–2 30–6 4–0
April (18–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record PCAA record 37 April 1 UC Irvine Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 16–2 31–6 5–0 38 April 2 UC Irvine Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 4–0 32–6 6–0 39 April 5 Loyola Marymount Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 6–1 33–6 6–0 40 April 6 Loyola Marymount Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 18–6 34–6 6–0 41 April 8 San Jose State Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 17–3 35–6 7–0 42 April 9 San Jose State Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 10–1 36–6 8–0 43 April 10 San Jose State Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 7–1 37–6 9–0 44 April 12 Cal Poly Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 17–7 38–6 9–0 45 April 16 at UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium • Santa Barbara, California 4–2 39–6 10–0 46 April 17 at UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium • Santa Barbara, California 8–5 40–6 11–0 47 April 18 at UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium • Santa Barbara, California 10–3 41–6 12–0 48 April 23 BYU Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 7–3 42–6 12–0 49 April 24 Pacific Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 4–1 43–6 13–0 50 April 25 Pacific Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 18–1 44–6 14–0 51 April 26 Pacific Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 14–6 45–6 15–0 52 April 27 Stanford Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 6–5 46–6 15–0 53 April 29 at Cal State Fullerton Titan Field • Fullerton, California 3–2 47–6 16–0 54 April 30 at Cal State Fullerton Titan Field • Fullerton, California 5–3 48–6 17–0
May (3–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record PCAA record 55 May 1 at Cal State Fullerton Titan Field • Fullerton, California 15–8 49–6 18–0 56 May 3 at Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, California 9–10 49–7 18–0 57 May 4 at Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, California 3–4 49–8 18–0 58 May 6 at UNLV Roger Barnson Field • Paradise, Nevada 8–12 49–9 18–1 59 May 7 at UNLV Roger Barnson Field • Paradise, Nevada 9–4 50–9 19–1 60 May 8 at UNLV Roger Barnson Field • Paradise, Nevada 11–6 51–9 20–1
Postseason
West I Regional (5–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record PCAA record 61 May 26 Minnesota Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 10–8 52–9 20–1 62 May 27 BYU Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 7–6 53–9 20–1 63 May 28 Southern California Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 17–18 53–10 20–1 64 May 29 Washington State Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 7–6 54–10 20–1 65 May 30 Southern California Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 17–12 55–10 20–1 66 May 30 Southern California Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California 14–3 56–10 20–1
College World Series (0–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record PCAA record 67 June 2 vs Stanford Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–10 56–11 20–1 68 June 3 vs Miami (FL) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–8 56–12 20–1

Awards and honors

Rich Crane

• Third Team All-American Baseball America
• First Team All-PCAA

Tom Goodwin

• First Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association
• First Team All-American Baseball America
• First Team All-West I Regional
• First Team All-PCAA

Steve Hosey

• Third Team All-American Baseball America
• First Team All-PCAA

Jeff Mott

• Second Team All-PCAA

Steve Pearse

• First Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association
• First Team All-West I Regional
• First Team All-PCAA

John Salles

• First Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association
• Second Team All-American Baseball America
• First Team All-West I Regional
• First Team All-PCAA

Erik Schullstrom

• First Team Freshman All-American Baseball America
• First Team All-PCAA

Lance Shebelut

• First Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association
• First Team All-American Baseball America
• First Team All-West I Regional
• First Team All-PCAA
• Pacific Coast Athletic Association Player of the Year

Eddie Zosky

• First Team All-West I Regional
• First Team All-PCAA