USD Baseball 2004

THE 2004 TOREROS

JordanAbruzzo Freshman Catcher 6'2" - 200 1bs S/R

ceiver and All-CIF selection while playing football at Santana... Baseball coach at Santana was Jerry Henson. Personal: Full name is Michael Nation Bass... Also recruited by Pepperdine, USC and Loyola Marymount. .. Chose USD for its academic programs, location and baseball team ... Son of Bart & Darcy Bass ... Born October 10, 1982 in San Diego, California.

El Cajon ,CA El Capitan HS

BrianBeck Freshman Infielder 6'0" -160 1bs L/L LagunaBeach, CA LagunaBeach HS

Prep: Starred at El Capitan High School in nearby El Cajon ... Was a First– Team All-State selection, hitting .455 with 8 HR and 44 RBI 's as a prep senior. .. Led El Capitan to a 26-8 overall record and a CIF Championship in 2003 ... As a junior hit .430 with 7 HR and 45 RBI's and was named an AJI-Grossmont No11h League player. .. Helped El Capitan compile a 25-10 record his junio r year... Played for the Encinitas Reds club program on a team that reached the Connie Mack World Series. Personal: Born on August 2, 1984 in San Diego, California ... Son of Steve and Marsha Abruzzo... Also recru ited by Long Beach State and Loyola Marymount. .. Brother, Spike played collegiate baseball ... Chose to attend USO for the academic and athletic oppo11Unities.

Prep: Played at Laguna Beach High School... Named team MVP and was the school's Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a senio r. .. 1 s' team Al l-Pacific Coast League player, hitting .404 and stealing 18 bases his senior year. .. As a junior, was named a 2 nd team AJI-PCLperformer and the Breaker's Most Valuable Pitcher. .. During his sophomore season, Beck was Laguna's Most Valuable Defensive Player. .. Coached by Mike Schube1t at Laguna and also played for the Orange County Yard Dogs club team. Personal: Business Administration major at USD ... Chose to attend USD for the strong academic programs... Born on July 24, 1985 .. Son of Bob and Sue Beck.

MichaelBass Junior Pitcher 6'3" - 2051bs R/ R

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Santee,CA SantanaHS

Justin Blaine Sophomore Pitcher 6'4"- 1751bs L/L Westlake Village, CA WestlakeHS

Bass' Collegiate Pitching Stats Year GIGS W -L sv IP 2002 2010 2-1 1 -i<;J.2 2003 1110 0-0 0 14. I Career 3110 2-1 1 44.0

ER

ERA

BB

H

K

16 15 31

12

32 12 44

9.71 7.53 9.14

53 26 79

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16

Sophomore in 2003: Appeared in 11 games, all in relief. .. Struck out a season-high five in fou r innings against St. Mary's (4-18-03) ... Did not allow a run in his first six outings... Pitched a perfect inning during a USD win over Cal Poly SLO (1-26-03)... Over two games, worked two score- less innings in Lubbock, Texas against Texas Tech... Struck out 15 in 14 plus innings on the season ... Posted an ERA of 7.53. Freshman in 2002: Bass appeared in 20 games, all in relief as a true freshman ... Pitched three scoreless innings while fanning three to pick up a save against Oregon State (2-10-02)... Posted a 2-1 overall record, win– ning in USD's opening series at UC Irvine (2-27-02) and early in the season at Cal Poly SLO (2-3-02) ... Bass struck out 16 in 29.2 innings of work as a frosh ... Walked 12 and gave up 53 hits. Prep: Attended local Santana High School .. Earned All-Grossmont North League honors for three consecutive seasons .. Was named All-CIF as a junior and senior. .. Led Santana to league titles as a sophomore and jun– ior... Recorded a 8-2 record and a 2.04 ERA as a junior. .. Was a three– sport letterman in baseball, basketball and football. .. All-State wide re-

ONE OF THE BEST LEFT-HANDED STARTERS IN THE wee LED THE TORERO STAFF WITH A 3.10 ERA IN LEAGUE PLAY

Blaine's Collegiate Pitching Stats Year G IGS W-L sv IP

ER

BB ERA

H

K

36 36

84 84

,KJ 46

21112 21112

2003

4-5 4-5

0 0

752 75.2

4.28 4.28

52 52

Career

Team Leader

Freshman in 2003: Led the Torero staff with a 3.10 ERA in West Coast Conference play... Bounced back from a slow stal1 to become one of the best left-handed stal1ers in the West Coast Conference .. Was roughed up by Texas and Texas Tech in two of his first three collegiate starts and was reassigned to the bullpen for the better pan of the non-conference sched– ule ... Took advantage of a mid-week start, throwing four scoreless in– nings against USC (4-8-03), earning his second win of the season ... Never

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