2018 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team

The 2018 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team represented California State University, Fullerton in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season as a member of the Big West Conference. The team was coached by Rick Vanderhook and played their home games at Goodwin Field.

2018 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball
Big West regular season champions Stanford Regional champions
NCAA tournament, Fullerton Super Regional
Conference	Big West Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
CB	No. 14
Record	36–25 (18–6 Big West)
Head coach	Rick Vanderhook (7th season)
Hitting coach	Chad Baum (7th season)
Pitching coach	Steve Rousey (1st season)
Home stadium	Goodwin Field (Capacity: 3,500)

2018 Big West Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Cal State Fullerton ‍†‍‍y	18	–	6	–	0		.750			35	–	23	–	0		.603
Cal Poly  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			30	–	27	–	0		.526
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			32	–	24	–	0		.571
Cal State Northridge ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			28	–	30	–	0		.483
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			27	–	30	–	0		.474
Hawaii  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			27	–	24	–	0		.529
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			27	–	28	–	1		.491
UC Davis  ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	0		.375			18	–	35	–	0		.340
UC Riverside  ‍‍‍	7	–	17	–	0		.292			19	–	33	–	0		.365
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of April 17, 2024 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Previous season

See also: 2017 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team

The Titans finished 39–24 overall, and 15–9 in the conference. In the postseason, the Titans were invited and participated in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they defeated BYU and Stanford twice in Stanford, California, then Long Beach State twice in Long Beach, California, and finally losing to Florida State and Oregon State in the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.

MLB draft selections

The Titans had seven individuals selected in the 2017 MLB draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Connor Seabold	Pitcher	3	83	Philadelphia Phillies
Scott Hurst	Center fielder	3	94	St. Louis Cardinals
John Gavin	Pitcher	8	246	San Francisco Giants
Chris Hudgins	Catcher	16	480	Kansas City Royals
Dillon Persinger	Second baseman	18	552	Cleveland Indians
Tim Richards	Shortstop	24	733	Washington Nationals
Taylor Bryant	Second baseman	33	994	St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

2018 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/throws Height Weight Year High School/Junior College Home town 2 INF Brett Borgogno R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Fr Chino Hills High School Chino Hills, California 3 OF Chris Prescott L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Orange Coast College Anaheim, California 4 INF Sahid Valenzuela S/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So Saint Francis High School Yuma, Arizona 5 OF Ruben Cardenas R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Bishop Alemany High School Saugus, California 6 OF Mitchell Berryhill L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Salt Lake Community College Smithfield, Utah 8 C Tyler Lasch L/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr El Toro High School Lake Forest, California 9 INF Hank LoForte L/R 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Franklin High School Elk Grove, California 10 C Daniel Cope R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Mount Carmel High School San Diego, California 12 OF Cody Minnis S/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Valencia High School Valencia, California 13 LHP Timothy Josten L/L 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr West Ranch High School Santa Clarita, California 15 RHP Evan Larsen  R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Fr Corona del Mar High School Costa Mesa, California 17 RHP Colton Eastman R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Central High School Fresno, California 18 RHP Brett Conine R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr El Modena High School Orange, California 19 LHP Tyler Smith L/L 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Valley Vista High School Surprise, Arizona 20 RHP Jimmy Endersby  R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Fr Orange High School Orange, California 22 RHP Andrew Quezada L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Cypress College Bellflower, California 23 INF Jacob Pavletich  R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Jr Garces Memorial High School Bakersfield, California 24 RHP Tanner Bibee R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Mission Viejo High School Mission Viejo, California 25 LHP Erik Cha  L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS So Ayala High School Chino Hills, California 26 INF Ryan Williams L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Santiago High School Corona, California 27 RHP Tommy Wilson R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Los Angeles Pierce College Los Angeles, California 31 OF Zach Wiesz  R/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 165 lb (75 kg) RS So La Jolla Country Day School Poway, California 32 OF Jairus Richards L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jr Cabrillo College Gig Harbor, Washington 33 OF Jordan Hernandez L/L 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Chaffey College Chino Hills, California 34 RHP Joe Wills R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Rio Hondo College Covina, California 35 INF Zach Weller R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Coronado High School Coronado, California 37 RHP Dillon Brown R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Foothill High School Santa Ana, California 38 C Nick Ciandro R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Cabrillo College Seaside, California 39 INF Jacob Dominguez R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr South Hills High School West Covina, California 41 LHP Landon Anderson L/L 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 178 lb (81 kg) Fr Mayfair High School Lakewood, California 42 RHP Gavin Velasquez R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr South Hills High School Covina, California 45 RHP Brandon Moore R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Rio Hondo College Whittier, California 46 INF Max Miller R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 173 lb (78 kg) Fr Yorba Linda High School Yorba Linda, California 50 INF Jace Chamberlain L/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr Redwood High School Visalia, California 55 RHP Blake Workman R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Ramona High School Ramona, California	Head coach Rick Vanderhook Trinity Assistant coach(es) Neil Walton Cal State Fullerton Hitting coach(es) Chad Baum Azusa Pacific Pitching coach(es) Steve Rousey Azusa Pacific Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: June 11, 2018

Schedule

2018 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball season game log
Regular season
February Date Time Opponent Rank Site stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record (Big West record) February 16 6:00 p.m. No. 24 Stanford No. 12 Klein Field Stanford, California 1–5 Beck (1–0) Eastman (0–1) — 1,507 0–1 (0–0) February 17 1:00 p.m. No. 24 Stanford No. 12 Klein Field Stanford, California 3–5 Bubic (1–0) Quezada (0–1) Little (1) 1,984 0–2 (0–0) February 18 1:00 p.m. No. 24 Stanford No. 12 Klein Field Stanford, California 5–6 Weiermiller (1–0) Bibee (0–1) Stowers (1) 1,311 0–3 (0–0) February 20 6:00 p.m. Nevada Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 0–2 Gomez (1–0) Velasquez (0–1) Anderson (2) 1,148 0–4 (0–0) February 23 7:03 p.m. Houston Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 2–115 Wilson (1–0) Hurdsman (0–1) — 1,664 1–4 (0–0) February 24 4:00 p.m. Houston Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 4–9 Fletcher (2–0) Quezada (0–2) — 1,579 1–5 (0–0) February 25 12:00 p.m. Houston Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 5–10 Randel (1–0) Workman (0–1) — 1,495 1–6 (0–0) February 27 6:00 p.m. No. 9 UCLA Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 2–12 Garcia (1–0) Velasquez (0–2) Gadsby (1) 1,543 1–7 (0–0)
March Date Time Opponent Rank Site stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record (Big West record) March 2 4:30 p.m. Tulane Greer Field New Orleans, Louisiana, 9–3 Eastman (1–1) Roper (0–2) — 1,991 2–7 (0–0) March 3 12:00 p.m. Tulane Greer Field New Orleans, Louisiana 9–6 Brown (1–0) McAffer (0–1) Conine (1) 1,952 3–7 (0–0) March 4 11:00 a.m. Tulane Greer Field New Orleans, Louisiana 3–9 Gillies (1–1) Workman (0–2) — 1,905 3–8 (0–0) March 9 5:35 p.m. No. 1 Oregon State Goss Stadium Corvallis, Oregon 5–3 Wilson (2–0) Eisert (2–1) Conine (2) 3,326 4–8 (0–0) March 10 1:05 p.m. P12N No. 1 Oregon State Goss Stadium Corvallis, Oregon 4–6 Pearce (1–0) Bibee (0–2) Mulholland (5) 3,608 4–9 (0–0) March 11 12:05 p.m. P12N No. 1 Oregon State Goss Stadium Corvallis, Oregon 4–5 Chamberlain (2–0) Workman (0–3) Mulholland (6) 3,542 4–10 (0–0) March 16 7:00 p.m. Grand Canyon Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 7–3 Eastman (2–1) Wong (2–1) Endersby (1) 1,569 5–10 (0–0) March 17 6:00 p.m. Grand Canyon Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 10–2 Wilson (3–0) Lundin (1–3) — 1,503 6–10 (0–0) March 18 1:00 p.m. Grand Canyon Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 2–0 Workman (1–3) Repavich (0–2) Conine (3) 1,652 7–10 (0–0) March 20 6:04 p.m. San Diego Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 9–3 Wills (1–0) Kuchta (0–1) — 1,112 8–10 (0–0) March 23 7:00 p.m. Long Beach State Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 2–5 Baayoun (4–2) Eastman (2–2) Rivera (6) 2,503 8–11 (0–0) March 24 6:00 p.m. Long Beach State Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 2–1 Workman (2–3) Radcliffe (1–3) — 2,222 9–11 (0–0) March 25 1:00 p.m. Long Beach State Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 1–3 Andrews (2–4) Josten (0–1) Rivera (7) 1,827 9–12 (0–0) March 27 6:04 p.m. USC Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 1–3 Manning (1–1) Bibee (0–3) Lunn (7) 1,601 9–13 (0–0) March 29 3:00 p.m. UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium Santa Barbara, California 3–0 Eastman (3–2) Dashwood (1–4) — 340 10–13 (1–0) March 30 3:00 p.m. UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium Santa Barbara, California 5–6 Barry (2–0) Workman (2–4) — 425 10–14 (1–1) March 31 2:00 p.m. UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium Santa Barbara, California 1–2 Ledesma (2–1) Quezada (0–3) Barry (1) 600 10–15 (1–2)
April Date Time Opponent Rank Site stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record (Big West record) April 3 6:35 p.m. P12N Arizona State Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona 7–6 Bibee (1–3) Montoya (0–4) Conine (4) 2,289 11–15 (1–2) April 4 6:35 p.m. P12N Arizona State Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona 2–1 Workman (3–4) Montoya (0–5) Conine (5) 2,199 12–15 (1–2) April 6 7:03 p.m. Cal Poly Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 5–1 Eastman (4–2) Zill (0–1) — 1,982 13–15 (2–2) April 7 2:00 p.m. Cal Poly Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 5–4 Workman (4–4) Schneider (3–2) Conine (6) 1,589 14–15 (3–2) April 8 1:00 p.m. Cal Poly Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 6–3 Quezada (1–3) Nelson (3–3) Conine (7) 1,665 15–15 (4–2) April 10 6:01 p.m. Pepperdine Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 3–2 Bibee (2–3) Easton (0–3) Workman (1) 1,459 16–15 (4–2) April 13 6:00 p.m. San Diego State Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, California 3–6 Erickson (3–2) Eastman (4–3) Schmitt (2) 681 16–16 (4–2) April 14 6:00 p.m. San Diego State Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, California 13–9 Conine (1–0) Mardueno (4–1) — 1,203 17–16 (4–2) April 15 1:00 p.m. San Diego State Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, California 6–9 Winston (1–0) Quezada (1–4) Schmitt (3) 1,203 17–17 (4–2) April 17 6:00 p.m. San Diego Fowler Park San Diego, California 4–10 Donatella (2–3) Brown (1–1) — 678 17–18 (4–2) April 20 7:00 p.m. Hawaii Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 6–3 Eastman (5–3) Rees (3–1) Conine (8) 1,918 18–18 (5–2) April 21 6:00 p.m. Hawaii Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 4–610 Thomas (2–1) Brown (1–2) — 1,718 18–19 (5–3) April 22 1:00 p.m. Hawaii Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 8–0 Quezada (2–4) DeMiero (2–4) — 1,413 19–19 (6–3) April 24 6:00 p.m. No. 4 UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 4–12 Mora (4–1) Bibee (2–4) — 777 19–20 (6–3) April 27 6:30 p.m. No. 29 UC Irvine Anteater Ballpark Irvine, California 8–3 Eastman (6–3) Pallante (6–1) — 1,029 20–20 (7–3) April 28 2:00 p.m. No. 29 UC Irvine Anteater Ballpark Irvine, California 5–3 Conine (2–0) Bocko (3–2) — 659 21–20 (8–3) April 29 1:00 p.m. No. 29 UC Irvine Anteater Ballpark Irvine, California 7–611 Conine (3–0) Sparling (0–1) — 744 22–20 (9–3)
May Date Time Opponent Rank Site stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record (Big West record) May 4 2:31 p.m. UC Davis Dobbins Baseball Complex Davis, California 5–4 Eastman (7–3) Blais (3–6) Workman (2) 259 23–20 (10–3) May 5 1:01 p.m. UC Davis Dobbins Baseball Complex Davis, California 5–0 Wilson (4–0) Sasaki (3–5) Workman (3) 275 24–20 (11–3) May 6 1:01 p.m. UC Davis Dobbins Baseball Complex Davis, California 5–0 Quezada (3–4) Brown (3–5) — 224 25–20 (12–3) May 11 7:00 p.m. UC Riverside No. 30 Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 3–2 Eastman (8–3) Percival (5–4) Workman (4) 1,848 26–20 (13–3) May 12 6:00 p.m. UC Riverside No. 30 Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 10–6 Wilson (5–0) Morton (2–4) — 1,857 27–20 (14–3) May 12 1:00 p.m. UC Riverside No. 30 Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 2–4 Toplikar (5–3) Quezada (3–5) Quijada (4) 1,158 27–21 (14–4) May 17 6:04 p.m. ESPN3 CSU Northridge No. 30 Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 3–614 Vanderford (6–2) Conine (3–1) — 1,116 27–22 (14–5) May 18 1:04 p.m. ESPN3 CSU Northridge No. 30 Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 3–0 Wilson (6–0) Nunez (1–2) Conine (9) 1,179 28–22 (15–5) May 19 1:05 p.m. CSU Northridge No. 30 Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 11–4 Quezada (4–5) Acosta (5–6) — 1,464 29–22 (16–5) May 22 6:05 p.m. P12N USC Dedeaux Field Los Angeles, California 4–3 Cha (1–0) Clarke (2–7) Conine (10) 278 30–22 (16–5) May 24 5:03 p.m. ESPNU Long Beach State Blair Field Long Beach, California 9–3 Eastman (9–3) Baayoun (9–3) — 2,052 31–22 (17–5) May 25 6:01 p.m. Long Beach State Blair Field Long Beach, California 0–1 Andrews (7–7) Bibee (2–5) — 2,762 31–23 (17–6) May 26 2:08 p.m. FSN Long Beach State Blair Field Long Beach, California 10–9 Anderson (1–0) Seminaris (1–7) — 3,015 32–23 (18–6)
Postseason
NCAA tournament – Stanford Regional Date Time Opponent Rank Site stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record June 1 2:05 p.m. ESPN3 (2) No. 25 Baylor Quarterfinals (3) No. 28 Klein Field Stanford, California 6–2 Eastman (10–3) Bradford (7–6) Workman (5) 1,284 33–23 June 2 8:04 p.m. ESPNU (1) No. 3 Stanford Semifinals (3) No. 28 Klein Field Stanford, California 2–1 Conine (4–1) Matthiessen (2–1) — 1,967 34–23 June 3 6:04 p.m. ESPN3 (1) No. 3 Stanford Championship (3) No. 28 Klein Field Stanford, California 5–2 Bibee (3–5) Miller (4–4) — 2,269 35–23
NCAA tournament – Fullerton Super Regional Date Time Opponent Rank Site stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record June 8 11:04 a.m. ESPN2 (2) No. 13 Washington Round one (1) No. 12 Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 5–8 Knowles (6–5) Eastman (10–4) DeMers (3) 3,469 35–24 June 9 3:34 p.m. ESPNU (2) No. 13 Washington Round two (1) No. 12 Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 5–2 Wilson (7–0) Jones (6–4) — 3,508 36–24 June 10 6:04 p.m. ESPN2 (2) No. 13 Washington Round three (1) No. 12 Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 5–610 Hardy (5–2) Conine (4–2) — 3,477 36–25
Titans win   Titans loss Bold: Titans team member Source: Cal State Fullerton Rankings from Collegiate Baseball. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.