2018 San Diego State Aztecs baseball team

The 2018 San Diego State Aztecs baseball team represented San Diego State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season as a member of the Mountain West Conference. The team was coached by Mark Martinez and played their home games at Tony Gwynn Stadium.

Previous season

The Aztecs finished 42–21 overall, and 20–10 in the conference. During the season, the Aztecs were invited and participated in the Tony Gwynn Classic in San Diego, California. San Diego State defeated Notre Dame to earn 5th place. In the postseason, San Diego State defeated New Mexico in the semifinals and Fresno State twice in the quarterfinals and championship to earn 1st place in the 2017 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Aztecs were invited and participated in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they defeated UCLA but lost to Long Beach State twice in the Long Beach Regional in Long Beach, California.

MLB draft selections

The Aztecs had five individuals selected in the 2017 MLB draft.

Brett Seeburger Pitcher 10 304 St. Louis Cardinals Alan Trejo Shortstop 16 476 Colorado Rockies C.J. Saylor Pitcher 28 844 St. Louis Cardinals Tyler Adkison Right fielder 32 970 Los Angeles Dodgers Marcus Reyes Pitcher 38 1149 Toronto Blue Jays

Roster

Schedule

2018 San Diego State Aztecs baseball season game log Regular season February Date Time Opponent Rank Sitestadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record(MW Record) February 16 6:00 p.m. Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 9–1 Erickson(1–0) Davis(0–1) — 1,045 1–0(0–0) February 17 6:00 p.m. UC Santa Barbara Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 8–4 Mardueno(1–0) Ledesma(0–1) — 1,682 2–0(0–0) February 18 1:00 p.m. UC Santa Barbara Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 7–5 Hill(1–0) Clements(0–1) Goossen (1) 1,384 3–0(0–0) February 20 6:00 p.m. Rivalry Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 2–310 Friedman(1–1) Fernandez(0–1) — 366 3–1(0–0) February 23 6:00 p.m. No. 27 ArizonaTony Gwynn Classic Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 3–210 Fernandez(1–1) Megill(0–1) — 1,224 4–1(0–0) February 24 6:00 p.m. No. 3 ArkansasTony Gwynn Classic Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 2–5 Cronin(2–0) Ritcheson(0–1) — 1,532 4–2(0–0) February 25 2:00 p.m. Tony Gwynn Classic Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 5–4 O'Sullivan(1–0) Vorhof(0–2) Fernandez (1) 1,078 5–2(0–0) February 26 6:00 p.m. Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 4–3 Goossen(1–0) Vancena(0–1) Fernandez (2) 505 6–2(0–0) February 27 6:30 p.m. Anteater BallparkIrvine, California 4–9 Garcia(1–0) Lambert(0–1) — 419 6–3(0–0) March Date Time Opponent Rank Sitestadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record(MW Record) March 4 11:00 a.m. San Jose State San Jose Municipal StadiumSan Jose, California 7–2 Pyatt(1–0) Morales(1–1) — 361 7–3(1–0) March 4 2:00 p.m. San Jose State San Jose Municipal StadiumSan Jose, California 11–1 Hill(2–0) Ross(0–2) — 361 8–3(2–0) March 6 5:00 p.m. Arizona Hi Corbett FieldTucson, Arizona 4–13 Aguilera(2–0) Goossen(1–1) — 2,503 8–4(2–0) March 9 6:00 p.m. Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 3–2 Fernandez(2–1) Gilbert(1–1) — 707 9–4(3–0) March 11 11:00 a.m. Air Force Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 3–7 Hargreaves(1–3) Pyatt(1–1) — 381 9–5(3–1) March 11 2:00 p.m. Air Force Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 3–2 Hill(3–0) Holloway(1–1) Fernandez (3) 801 10–5(4–1) March 13 6:00 p.m. San DiegoRivalry Fowler ParkSan Diego, California 9–3 Ritcheson(1–1) Donatella(1–1) — 1,064 11–5(4–1) March 16 6:00 p.m. Robin Baggett StadiumSan Luis Obispo, California 9–7 Fernandez(3–1) Zill(0–2) Flores (1) 1,150 12–5(4–1) March 17 6:00 p.m. Cal Poly Robin Baggett StadiumSan Luis Obispo, California 4–5 Schneider(2–2) Schmitt(0–1) — 1,395 12–6(4–1) March 18 1:00 p.m. Cal Poly Robin Baggett StadiumSan Luis Obispo, California 3–2 Hill(4–0) Nelson(2–2) Fernandez (4) 1,321 13–6(4–1) March 20 6:00 p.m. Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 5–4 Mardueno(2–0) Dewsnap(1–1) — 655 14–6(4–1) March 23 6:00 p.m. No. 19 Earl Wilson StadiumParadise, Nevada 3–4 Anderson(2–0) Erickson(1–1) Menendez (7) 776 14–7(4–2) March 24 2:00 p.m. No. 19 UNLV Earl Wilson StadiumParadise, Nevada 17–8 Hill(5–0) Horn(2–1) — 676 15–7(5–2) March 25 1:00 p.m. No. 19 UNLV Earl Wilson StadiumParadise, Nevada 22–7 Ritcheson(2–1) Maddux(2–3) — 886 16–7(6–2) March 27 6:00 p.m. No. 24 Blair FieldLong Beach, California 5–2 Mardueno(3–0) Seminaris(1–3) Fernandez (5) 1,954 17–7(6–2) March 29 6:00 p.m. No. 24 Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 4–5 Emond(3–1) Fernandez(3–2) Tripp (6) 546 17–8(6–3) March 30 6:00 p.m. New Mexico No. 24 Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 5–9 Garley(2–1) Pyatt(1–2) — 743 17–9(6–4) March 31 1:00 p.m. New Mexico No. 24 Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 3–2 Hill(6–0) Dye(2–4) 'Fernandez (6) 413 18–9(7–4) April Date Time Opponent Rank Sitestadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record(MW Record) April 2 1:00 p.m. Washington Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 6–4 Erickson(2–1) Emanuels(4–2) Schmitt (1) 609 19–9(7–4) April 3 6:00 p.m. Long Beach State Lake Elsinore DiamondLake Elsinore, California 5–1 Pyatt(2–2) Seminaris(1–4) — 400 20–9(7–4) April 7 11:00 a.m. Air Force Falcon Baseball FieldColorado Springs, Colorado 0–2 Biancalana(3–1) Hill(6–1) Holloway (1) 111 20–10(7–5) April 7 2:00 p.m. Air Force Falcon Baseball FieldColorado Springs, Colorado 7–12 Kelley(1–0) Fernandez(3–3) — 111 20–11(7–6) April 8 12:00 p.m. Air Force Falcon Baseball FieldColorado Springs, Colorado 15–11 Mardueno(4–0) Mortenson(1–5) — 101 21–11(8–6) April 10 6:00 p.m. UC Irvine Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 2–10 Denholm(2–4) Erickson(2–2) — 559 21–12(8–6) April 13 6:00 p.m. CSU Fullerton Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 6–3 Erickson(3–2) Eastman(4–3) Schmitt (2) 681 22–12(8–6) April 14 6:00 p.m. CSU Fullerton Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 9–13 Conine(1–0) Mardueno(4–1) — 1,203 22–13(8–6) April 15 1:00 p.m. CSU Fullerton Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 9–6 Winston(1–0) Quezada(1–4) Schmitt (3) 1,203 23–13(8–6) April 17 6:00 p.m. Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 3–2 Mardueno(5–1) Shenefield(1–2) Schmitt (4) 318 24–13(8–6) April 20 6:00 p.m. Rivalry Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 3–2 Mardueno(6–1) Jensen(2–4) Schmitt (5) 459 25–13(9–6) April 21 6:00 p.m. Fresno StateRivalry Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 4–7 Gonzalez(6–2) Hill(6–2) — 863 25–14(9–7) April 22 1:00 p.m. Fresno StateRivalry Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 7–0 Fernandez(4–3) Arias(4–1) — 829 26–14(10–7) April 24 6:00 p.m. Riverside Sports ComplexRiverside, California 19–1 Goossen(2–1) Noonan(1–2) — 172 27–14(10–7) April 27 6:00 p.m. UNLV Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 1–0 Pyatt(3–2) Strong(6–2) Schmitt (6) 785 28–14(11–7) April 28 6:00 p.m. UNLV Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 7–6 Goossen(3–1) Bohall(3–2) Hensley (1) 489 29–14(12–7) April 29 1:00 p.m. UNLV Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 4–2 Fernandez(5–3) Horn(3–4) Schmitt (7) 795 30–14(13–7) May Date Time Opponent Rank Sitestadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record(MW Record) May 1 6:00 p.m. UC Riverside Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 8–6 Goossen(4–1) Breidenthal(1–1) Schmitt (8) 283 31–14(13–7) May 4 5:30 p.m. New Mexico Santa Ana Star FieldAlbuquerque, New Mexico 11–5 Pyatt(4–2) Slaten(2–8) Winston (1) 675 32–14(14–7) May 5 1:00 p.m. New Mexico Santa Ana Star FieldAlbuquerque, New Mexico 3–4 Dye(4–6) Goossen(4–2) Tripp (8) 533 32–15(14–8) May 6 12:00 p.m. New Mexico Santa Ana Star FieldAlbuquerque, New Mexico 7–3 Fernandez(6–3) Garley(2–3) Schmitt (9) 671 33–15(15–8) May 11 6:00 p.m. San Jose State Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 2–3 Swiech(3–3) Pyatt(4–3) Bonta (4) 451 33–16(15–9) May 12 2:00 p.m. San Jose State Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 2–1 Goossen(5–2) Mitchel(6–1) — 331 34–16(16–9) May 12 6:00 p.m. San Jose State Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 16–4 Hill(7–2) Goldberg(2–7) — 791 35–16(17–9) May 13 1:00 p.m. San Jose State Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 4–610 Bonta(4–3) Erickson(3–3) Clawson (6) 489 35–17(17–10) May 17 6:00 p.m. William Peccole ParkReno, Nevada 12–7 Mardueno(7–1) Bonnenfant(0–1) — 750 36–17(18–10) May 18 6:00 p.m. Nevada William Peccole ParkReno, Nevada 3–13 Gomez(3–3) Pyatt(4–4) — 793 36–18(18–11) May 19 12:00 p.m. Nevada William Peccole ParkReno, Nevada 10–12 Anderson(3–1) Goossen(5–3) Cabinian (9) 765 36–19(18–12) Postseason Mountain West Tournament Date Time Opponent Rank Sitestadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record May 24 6:00 p.m. (3) San Jose StateQuarterfinals (2) Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 2–1 Erickson(4–3) Mitchel(6–2) — 826 37–19 May 25 6:00 p.m. (4) UNLVSemifinals (2) Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 4–312 Schmitt(1–1) Menendez(3–2) — 808 38–19 May 26 6:00 p.m. (4) UNLVChampionship (2) Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 14–5 Erickson(5–3) Clark(0–1) — 1,203 39–19 NCAA tournament – Corvallis Regional Date Time Opponent Rank Sitestadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record June 1 1:00 p.m.ESPNU (2) LSUQuarterfinals (3) Goss StadiumCorvallis, Oregon 4–6 Fontenot(3–0) Erickson(5–4) Peterson (6) 3,589 39–20 June 2 1:00 p.m.ESPN3 (4) Consolation (3) Goss StadiumCorvallis, Oregon 0–9 Maddox(8–3) Hill(7–3) Hodo (3) 3,533 39–21

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