The 2014 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team represented the University of California, Irvine in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played home games at Cicerone Field in Irvine, California. The team was coached by Mike Gillespie in his seventh season at Irvine.
Personnel Roster 2014 UC Irvine Anteaters roster Pitchers 4 - Mitch Merten - Senior 9 - Sam Moore - Junior 13 - Andrew Morales - Senior 14 - Matt Fielding - Junior 16 - Jimmy Litchfield - Senior 17 - Michael Miller - Sophomore 18 - Jordan Scheftz - Freshman 21 - Evan Manarino - Junior 23 - Michael Martin - Freshman 32 - Elliot Surrey - Sophomore 34 - Evan Brock - Senior 38 - Kyle Davis - Sophomore 39 - Chris Vargas - Freshman 40 - Sean Sparling - Freshman 44 - Max Weinstein - Freshman Catchers 5 - Alex Guenette - Freshman 11 - Jerry McClanahan - Junior 31 - Renae Martinez - Freshman 42 - Raul Silva-Martinez - Junior 55 - Edgar Ruvalcaba - Freshman
Infielders 1 - Mikey Duarte - Sophomore 2 - Justin Castro - Junior 15 - Jonathan Munoz - Sophomore 20 - John Brontsema - Freshman 22 - Chris Rabago - Junior 25 - Taylor Sparks - Junior 26 - Andrew Martinez - Freshman 27 - Grant Palmer - Sophomore 33 - Connor Spencer - Junior Outfielders 7 - Ryan Cooper - Junior 8 - Evan Cassolato - Freshman 24 - Kris Paulino - Junior 30 - Adam Alcantara - Freshman 36 - Jonathan Herkins - Sophomore
Coaches 2014 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball coaching staff19 - Mike Gillespie - Head coach - 7th year 6 - Ben Orloff - Assistant coach - 1st year 10 - Bob Macaluso - Assistant coach - 4th year 3 - Danny Bibona - Assistant coach - 1st year
Schedule 2014 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball game log: 41–25 Regular season (35–22) February (7–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big West Record Feb 14 Anteater Ballpark • Irvine, CA L 0–2 Velazquez (1–0) Moore (0–1) Shull (1) 982 0–1 Feb 15 Fresno State Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA L 7–8 Munro (1–0) Martin (0–1) None 765 0–2 Feb 16 Fresno State Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 1–0 Brock (1–0) Lambert (0–1) Moore (1) 878 1–2 Feb 19 Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 3–2 Manarino (1–0) Aikenhead (1–1) Moore (2) 537 2–2 Feb 21 Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA L 1–3 Hissong (1–1) Surrey (0–1) None 445 2–3 Feb 22 No. 21 Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 5–2 Morales (1–0) Kellogg (0–1) Moore (3) 761 3–3 Feb 23 Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 7–2 Brock (2–0) Alexander (0–1) Litchfield (1) 742 4–3 Feb 25 Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 3–2 Litchfield (1–0) Cohen (0–2) None 441 5–3 Feb 28 @ Joe Etzel Field • Portland, OR W 5–1 Morales (2–0) Radke (0–2) None 351 6–3 Feb 28 @ Portland Joe Etzel Field • Portland, OR W 6–2 Davis (1–0) Kelly (1–1) Moore (4) 351 7–3 March (11–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big West Record Mar 1 @ Joe Etzel Field • Portland, OR W 5–3 Brock (3–0) Yinger (0–2) Moore (5) 251 8–3 Mar 4 Anteater Ballpark • Irvine, CA W 6–4 Davis (2–0) Paschke (1–2) Moore (6) 840 9–3 Mar 8 Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 1–0 Moreales (3–0) Jones (1–2) Moore (7) 391 10–3 Mar 9 Gonzaga Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 11–2 Surrey (1–1) Bailey (0–3) None 532 11–3 Mar 10 Gonzaga No. 25 Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 3–1 Brock (4–0) Sopko (1–1) Moore (8) 429 12–3 Mar 11 @ No. 24 UCLA No. 25 Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 0–5 Dyer (2–2) Manarino (1–1) None 491 12–4 Mar 14 @ No. 25 Haymarket Park • Lincoln, NE W 7–6 Litchfield (2–0) Kubat (0–1) Moore (9) 3,424 13–4 Mar 15 @ Nebraska No. 25 Haymarket Park • Lincoln, NE L 4–13 DeLeon (2–1) Surrey (1–2) None 13–5 Mar 15 @ Nebraska No. 25 Haymarket Park • Lincoln, NE L 4–7 Hirsch (2–0) Litchfield (2–1) Roeder (3) 5,001 13–6 Mar 18 Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA L 0–6 Maurer (2–1) Manarino (1–2) None 381 13–7 Mar 21 Grand Canyon Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 2–0 Morales (4–0) Perez (1–5) None 467 14–7 Mar 22 Grand Canyon Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 4–0 Surrey (2–2) Naderer (3–3) None 455 15–7 Mar 23 Grand Canyon Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA L 1–9 Bruns (4–0) Brock (4–1) None 522 15–8 Mar 25 Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 7–4 Litchfield (3–1) Carter (0–2) Moore (10) 417 16–8 Mar 28 Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 8–0 Morales (5–0) Smigelski (3–3) None 430 17–8 1–0 Mar 29 UC Riverside Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 4–2 Surrey (3–2) Varela (3–1) Moore (11) 432 18–8 2–0 Mar 30 UC Riverside Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA L 1–3 Doucette (2–2) Brock (4–2) Sprague (3) 624 18–9 2–1 April (11–5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big West Record Apr 1 @ Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, CA L 3–4 Maurer (3–1) Manarino (1–3) Karch (9) 334 18–10 Apr 4 @ Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 7–1 Morales (6–0) Cooper (3–2) None 3,269 19–10 3–1 Apr 5 @ Hawaii Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 3–2 Surrey (4–2) Kuzminksy (3–3) Moore (12) 3,931 20–10 4–1 Apr 6 @ Hawaii Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 15–8 Brock (5–2) Arakawa (2–1) Moore (13) 2,925 21–10 5–1 Apr 8 Anteater Ballpark • Irvine, CA L 3–6 Burdick (2–1) Merten (0–1) None 474 21–11 Apr 11 Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 7–5 Morales (7–0) Rutherford (2–3) Moore (14) 722 22–11 6–1 Apr 12 Cal State Northridge Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 5–4 Surrey (5–2) Keel (0–7) Moore (15) 615 23–11 7–1 Apr 13 Cal State Northridge Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 10–2 Brock (6–2) Salas (4–2) None 538 24–11 8–1 Apr 15 @ No. 21 George C. Page Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 2–7 Arriaga (3–2) Merten (0–2) None 223 24–12 Apr 17 No. 21 Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA L 1–3 Robards (4–3) Moore (0–2) Cederoth (14) 582 24–13 Apr 18 San Diego State No. 21 Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 3–0 Surrey (6–2) Derby (5–2) Moore (16) 701 25–13 Apr 19 San Diego State No. 21 Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA L 3–4 Seyler (6–3) Brock (6–3) Cederoth (15) 588 25–14 Apr 26 @ No. 28 Dobbins Baseball Complex • Davis, CA W 4–2 Fielding (1–0) Stone (2–3) Moore (17) 26–14 9–1 Apr 26 @ UC Davis No. 28 Dobbins Baseball Complex • Davis, CA W 4–1 Merten (1–2) Jacobson (4–1) Moore (18) 387 27–14 10–1 Apr 27 @ UC Davis No. 28 Dobbins Baseball Complex • Davis, CA W 3–1 Brock (7–3) Wolf (3–4) Moore (19) 375 28–14 11–1 Apr 29 @ No. 20 Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA W 6–2 Fielding (2–0) Paschke (2–3) Litchfield (2) 303 29–14 May (6–8) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big West Record May 2 No. 20 Anteater Ballpark • Irvine, CA W 6–2 Morales (8–0) Jacome (5–2) Moore (20) 602 30–14 12–1 May 3 UC Santa Barbara No. 20 Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 3–2 Manarino (2–3) Mahle (6–3) Moore (21) 538 31–14 13–1 May 4 UC Santa Barbara No. 20 Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 8–0 Brock (8–3) Bieber (2–3) None 595 32–14 14–1 May 6 @ No. 16 Fowler Park • San Diego, CA W 16–11 Manarino (3–3) Olson (0–2) Moore (22) 532 33–14 May 9 @ No. 11 No. 16 Robin Baggett Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA W 3–2 Morales (9–0) Imhof (8–4) Moore (23) 2,582 34–14 15–1 May 10 @ No. 11 Cal Poly No. 16 Robin Baggett Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA L 0–1 Calomeni (8–2 Surrey (6–3) Reilly (9) 2,742 34–15 15–2 May 11 @ No. 11 Cal Poly No. 16 Robin Baggett Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA L 3–10 Bloomquist (11–1) Brock (8–4) None 2,466 34–16 15–3 May 13 UCLA No. 21 Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 10–2 Merten (2–2) Dyer (6–5) None 1,013 35–16 May 16 No. 21 Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA L 1–9 Eshelman (7–3) Morales (9–1) None 1,839 35–17 15–4 May 17 Cal State Fullerton No. 21 Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA L 1–2 Bickford (5–3) Litchfield (3–2) Davis (5) 844 35–18 15–5 May 18 Cal State Fullerton No. 21 Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA L 3–4 Gauna (4–2) Moore (0–3) Davis (6) 802 35–19 15–6 May 22 @ Blair Field • Long Beach, CA L 2–3 Provencher (4–5) Morales (9–2) None 1,133 35–20 15–7 May 23 @ Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, CA L 1–10 Frye (8–0) Surrey (6–4) None 1,824 35–21 15–8 May 24 @ Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, CA L 1–2 Rosetta (3–1) Brock (8–5) Provencher (4) 1,605 35–22 15–9 Postseason (6–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record May 30 (2) (3) Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR W 10–3 Morales (10–2) Richy (11–4) None 2,813 36–22 1–0 May 31 (1) No. 2 Oregon State (3) Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR W 14–2 Surrey (7–4) Fry (11–2) None 3,422 37–22 2–0 June 1 (1) No. 2 Oregon State (3) Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR L 0–4 Schultz (7–2) Brock (8–6) None 3,386 37–23 2–1 June 2 (1) No. 2 Oregon State (3) Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR W 4–2 Manarino (4–3) Thompson (3–2) Surrey (1) 3,435 38–23 3–1 Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record June 6 No. 4 No. 14 Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK W 8–4 Surrey (8–4) Perrin (8–5) Manarino (1) 3,701 39–23 4–1 June 7 No. 4 Oklahoma State No. 14 Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK W 1–0 Morales (11–2) Wheeland (10–1) None 3,676 40–23 5–1 Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record CWS record June 14 No. 6 Texas No. 8 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE W 3–1 Brock (9–6) Thornhill (8–3) None 23,796 41–23 1–0 June 16 No. 5 Vanderbilt No. 8 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE L 4–6 Buehler (12–2) Surrey (8–5) None 20,792 41–24 1–1 June 18 No. 6 Texas No. 8 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE L 0–1 Hollingsworth (4–0) Manarino (4–4) Duke (2) 24,337 41–25 1–2
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