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.

Previous season

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.

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

Schedule

2018 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball season game log Regular season February Date Time Opponent Rank Sitestadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record(Big West record) February 16 6:00 p.m. No. 24 No. 12 Klein FieldStanford, 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 FieldStanford, 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 FieldStanford, California 5–6 Weiermiller(1–0) Bibee(0–1) Stowers (1) 1,311 0–3(0–0) February 20 6:00 p.m. Goodwin FieldFullerton, California 0–2 Gomez(1–0) Velasquez(0–1) Anderson (2) 1,148 0–4(0–0) February 23 7:03 p.m. Goodwin FieldFullerton, California 2–115 Wilson(1–0) Hurdsman(0–1) — 1,664 1–4(0–0) February 24 4:00 p.m. Houston Goodwin FieldFullerton, California 4–9 Fletcher(2–0) Quezada(0–2) — 1,579 1–5(0–0) February 25 12:00 p.m. Houston Goodwin FieldFullerton, 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 FieldFullerton, California 2–12 Garcia(1–0) Velasquez(0–2) Gadsby (1) 1,543 1–7(0–0) March Date Time Opponent Rank Sitestadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record(Big West record) March 2 4:30 p.m. Greer FieldNew Orleans, Louisiana, 9–3 Eastman(1–1) Roper(0–2) — 1,991 2–7(0–0) March 3 12:00 p.m. Tulane Greer FieldNew 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 FieldNew 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 StadiumCorvallis, 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 StadiumCorvallis, 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 StadiumCorvallis, Oregon 4–5 Chamberlain(2–0) Workman(0–3) Mulholland (6) 3,542 4–10(0–0) March 16 7:00 p.m. Goodwin FieldFullerton, 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 FieldFullerton, California 10–2 Wilson(3–0) Lundin(1–3) — 1,503 6–10(0–0) March 18 1:00 p.m. Grand Canyon Goodwin FieldFullerton, California 2–0 Workman(1–3) Repavich(0–2) Conine (3) 1,652 7–10(0–0) March 20 6:04 p.m. Goodwin FieldFullerton, California 9–3 Wills(1–0) Kuchta(0–1) — 1,112 8–10(0–0) March 23 7:00 p.m. Goodwin FieldFullerton, 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 FieldFullerton, 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 FieldFullerton, California 1–3 Andrews(2–4) Josten(0–1) Rivera (7) 1,827 9–12(0–0) March 27 6:04 p.m. Goodwin FieldFullerton, California 1–3 Manning(1–1) Bibee(0–3) Lunn (7) 1,601 9–13(0–0) March 29 3:00 p.m. Caesar Uyesaka StadiumSanta 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 StadiumSanta 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 StadiumSanta Barbara, California 1–2 Ledesma(2–1) Quezada(0–3) Barry (1) 600 10–15(1–2) April Date Time Opponent Rank Sitestadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record(Big West record) April 3 6:35 p.m.P12N Phoenix Municipal StadiumPhoenix, 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 StadiumPhoenix, Arizona 2–1 Workman(3–4) Montoya(0–5) Conine (5) 2,199 12–15(1–2) April 6 7:03 p.m. Goodwin FieldFullerton, California 5–1 Eastman(4–2) Zill(0–1) — 1,982 13–15(2–2) April 7 2:00 p.m. Cal Poly Goodwin FieldFullerton, 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 FieldFullerton, California 6–3 Quezada(1–3) Nelson(3–3) Conine (7) 1,665 15–15(4–2) April 10 6:01 p.m. Goodwin FieldFullerton, 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 StadiumSan 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 StadiumSan 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 StadiumSan 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 ParkSan Diego, California 4–10 Donatella(2–3) Brown(1–1) — 678 17–18(4–2) April 20 7:00 p.m. Goodwin FieldFullerton, 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 FieldFullerton, California 4–610 Thomas(2–1) Brown(1–2) — 1,718 18–19(5–3) April 22 1:00 p.m. Hawaii Goodwin FieldFullerton, 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 StadiumLos Angeles, California 4–12 Mora(4–1) Bibee(2–4) — 777 19–20(6–3) April 27 6:30 p.m. No. 29 Anteater BallparkIrvine, 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 BallparkIrvine, 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 BallparkIrvine, California 7–611 Conine(3–0) Sparling(0–1) — 744 22–20(9–3) May Date Time Opponent Rank Sitestadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record(Big West record) May 4 2:31 p.m. Dobbins Baseball ComplexDavis, 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 ComplexDavis, 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 ComplexDavis, California 5–0 Quezada(3–4) Brown(3–5) — 224 25–20(12–3) May 11 7:00 p.m. No. 30 Goodwin FieldFullerton, 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 FieldFullerton, 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 FieldFullerton, California 2–4 Toplikar(5–3) Quezada(3–5) Quijada (4) 1,158 27–21(14–4) May 17 6:04 p.m.ESPN3 No. 30 Goodwin FieldFullerton, 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 FieldFullerton, 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 FieldFullerton, California 11–4 Quezada(4–5) Acosta(5–6) — 1,464 29–22(16–5) May 22 6:05 p.m.P12N USC Dedeaux FieldLos 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 FieldLong 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 FieldLong 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 FieldLong 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 Sitestadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record June 1 2:05 p.m.ESPN3 (2) No. 25 Quarterfinals (3) No. 28 Klein FieldStanford, 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 StanfordSemifinals (3) No. 28 Klein FieldStanford, California 2–1 Conine(4–1) Matthiessen(2–1) — 1,967 34–23 June 3 6:04 p.m.ESPN3 (1) No. 3 StanfordChampionship (3) No. 28 Klein FieldStanford, California 5–2 Bibee(3–5) Miller(4–4) — 2,269 35–23 NCAA tournament – Fullerton Super Regional Date Time Opponent Rank Sitestadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record June 8 11:04 a.m.ESPN2 (2) No. 13 WashingtonRound one (1) No. 12 Goodwin FieldFullerton, 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 WashingtonRound two (1) No. 12 Goodwin FieldFullerton, California 5–2 Wilson(7–0) Jones(6–4) — 3,508 36–24 June 10 6:04 p.m.ESPN2 (2) No. 13 WashingtonRound three (1) No. 12 Goodwin FieldFullerton, California 5–610 Hardy(5–2) Conine(4–2) — 3,477 36–25

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