The 2023 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Trojans played their home games for the 49th season at Dedeaux Field. The team was coached by Andy Stankiewicz in his 1st season at USC.

Previous season

The Trojans ended the 2022 season with a record of 8–22 in conference play and 25–28 overall record good for last place in the Pac-12. That season is one of the worst seasons in Trojan baseball history.

2022 MLB draft The Trojans had four players drafted in the 2022 MLB draft.https://usctrojans.com/news/2022/7/19/baseball-uscs-d-andre-smith-matt-keating-rhylan-thomas-tyresse-turner-selected-in-mlb-draft.aspx.

D'Andre Smith 2B 5th 149 New York Mets Matt Keating P 9th 280 New York Yankees Rhylan Thomas OF 11th 337 New York Mets Tyresse Turner SS 13th 391 Cleveland Guardians

Roster 2023 USC Trojans roster Pitchers 11 – Michael Ebner – Freshmen 12 – Caden Aoki – Sophomore 14 – Channing Austin – Junior 18 – Josh Blum – Sophomore 20 – Ethan Hoopingarner – Senior 22 – Michael Ryhlick – Senior 23 – Eddie Mgdesyan – Freshman 24 – Tyler Stromsborg – Junior 25 – Fisher Johnson – Sophomore 30 – Garrett Clarke – Senior 31 – Eric Hammond – Freshman 32 – Caden Connolly – Sophomore 38 – Toby Spach – Senior 39 – Jason Starrels – Senior 44 – Kyle Wisch – Junior 45 – Jaden Agassi – Junior 47 – Blake Sodersten – Senior 51 – Evan Clark – SophomoreCatchers 5 – Connor Clift – Senior 26 – Luca DiPaolo – Freshman 29 – Connor Aoki – Senior 40 – Jacob Galloway – Freshman

Infielders 2 – KaiKea Harrison – Freshman 3 – Caiden Huber – Freshman 4 – Johnny Olmstead – Senior 13 – Ryan Jackson – Junior 27 – Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek – Freshman 36 – Nick Lopez – Senior Outfielders 6 – Cole Gabrielson – Senior 9 – Carson Wells – Junior 10 – Austin Overn – Freshman 16 – Caleb Brandon – Freshman 21 – Adrian Colon-Rosado – SeniorTwo Way Players 8 – Nate Clow – Junior 15 – Ethan Hedges – Freshman

Coaches 2023 USC Trojans baseball coaching staff Andy Stankiewicz – Head coach – 1st season Travis Jewett – Assistant coach – 1st season Seth Etherton – Assistant coach – 1st season Andy Jenkins – Assistant coach – 1st season

Note: Season counter accounts for all stints at USC.

Pac-12 Media Poll Pac–12 media poll 1 Stanford 99 (9) 2 UCLA 90 (2) 3 Oregon State 77 4 Arizona 74 5 Oregon 68 6 Arizona State 45 7 Washington 43 8 California 40 9 Washington State 29 10 USC 24 11 Utah 16

Opening day +Opening Day StartersNamePositionJohnny Olmstead3rd BasemanCarson WellsLeft fielderCole GabrielsonRight fielderConnor AokiCatcherBryce Martin-GurdzielanekDesignated hitterNick Lopez1st BasemanRyan Jackson2nd BasemanAustin OvernCenter fielderCaiden HuberShortstopTyler StromsborgPitcher

Schedule

|- valign="top" | February: 3–3–1 Game Date Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Pac-12 1 February 17 * Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 8–6 Garrett Clarke (1–0) Kmietek Zane (0–1) Kyle Wisch (1) 873 1–0 – 2 February 18 Marist* Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 17–4 Jorden Agassi (1–0) Brian Yetter (0–1) — 487 2–0 – 3 February 19 Marist* Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 12–2 Blake Sodersten (1–0) John Hacker (0–1) — 432 3–0 – 4 February 21 * Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 7–8 Finnegan Wall (1–0) Toby Spach (0–1) Max Marin (1) 433 3–1 – 5 February 24 at #17 Auburn* Plainsman ParkAuburn, Alabama 3–5 John Armstrong (1–0) Tyler Stromsborg (0–1) Will Cannon (1) 2,809 3–2 – 6 February 25 at #17 Auburn* Plainsman ParkAuburn, Alabama 6–12 John Armstrong (2–0) Fisher Johnson (0–1) Will Cannon (2) 3,319 3–3 – 7 February 26 at #17 Auburn* Plainsman ParkAuburn, Alabama 12–12 – – – 2,813 3–3–1 The Game ended after 9 Innings due to travel restrictions due to rain

March: 11–7 Game Date Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Pac-12 8 March 1 * Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 5–6 Caleb Turner (1–0) Blake Sodersten (1–1) Tyler Frazier (1) 179 3–4–1 – 9 March 3 *Southern California College Baseball Classic Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 8–7 Josh Blum (1–0) Trey Goodrich (0–1) Caden Connolly (1) 412 4–4–1 – 10 March 4 *Southern California College Baseball Classic Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 13–8 Jason Starrels (1–0) Cristian Sanchez (0–1) – 532 5–4–1 – 11 March 5 at #12 UCLA*rivalrySouthern California College Baseball Classic Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, California 3–5 Jake Saum (1–0) Eric Hammond (0–1) – 1,845 5–5–1 – 12 March 8 * Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 2–3 Payton Stumbo (1–1) Fisher Johnson (0–2) Kolby Kmetko (3) 202 5–6–1 – 13 March 11 #2 Stanford(Doubleheader) Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 4–6 Quinn Mathews (3–1) Caden Connolly (0–1) Drew Dowd (1) 523 5–7–1 0–1 14 March 11 #2 Stanford(Doubleheader) Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 10–7 Josh Blum (2–0) Nicolas Lopez (2–1) Garrett Clarke (1) 431 6–7–1 1–1 15 March 12 #2 Stanford Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 4–1 Fisher Johnson (1–2) Drew Dowd (0–1) Gerrett Clarke (2) 708 7–7–1 2–1 16 March 15 at * Baggett StadiumSan Luis Obispo, California 16–3 Blake Sodersten (2–1) Charlie Royle (0–1) – 1,526 8–7–1 2–1 17 March 17 at Stu Gordon StadiumBerkeley, California 5–3 Tyler Stromsborg (1–1) Daniel Colwell (1–2) Garrett Clarke (3) 1,336 9–7–1 3–1 18 March 18 at California(Doubleheader) Stu Gordon StadiumBerkeley, California 7–8 Bougie Tucker (2–1) Garrett Clarke (1–1) – 602 9–8–1 3–2 19 March 18 at California(Dubleheader) Stu Gordon StadiumBerkeley, California 8–7 Fisher Johnson (2–2) Connor Sullivan (1–2) Kyle Wisch (2) 349 10–8–1 4–2 20 March 22 * Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 9–4 Toby Spach (1–1) Blake Leaverton (0–1) – 211 11–8–1 4–2 21 March 24 Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 13–3 Tyler Stromsborg (2–1) Dakota Hawkins (2–3) – 323 12–8–1 5–2 22 March 25 Washington State Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 6–1 Caden Connolly (1–1) Grant Taylor (1–1) – 638 13–8–1 6–2 23 March 26 Washington State Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 6–3 Eric Hammond (1–1) Caden Kaelber (3–1) Garrett Clarke (4) 527 14–8–1 7–2 24 March 28 at UC Irvine* Anteater BallparkIrvine, California 4–5 Max Martn (1–0) Garrett Clarke (1–2) – 966 14–9–1 7–2 25 March 30 at Miller ParkProvo, Utah 4–0 Tyler Stromsborg (3–1) E. Canchola-Lugo (2–1) – 238 15–9–1 8–2

April: 10–8 Game Date Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Pac-12 26 April 1 at Utah Smith's BallparkSalt Lake City, Utah 10–0 Caden Aoki (1–0) Bryson Van Sickle (2–3) – 1,665 16–9–1 9–2 27 April 2 at Utah Smith's BallparkSalt Lake City, Utah 3–8 Merit Jones (2–1) Eric Hammond (1–2) – 1,571 16–10–1 9–3 28 April 4 * Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 11–9 Josh Blum (3–0) Will Grimm (1–1) Kyle Wisch (3) 355 17–10–1 9–3 29 April 6 #25 * Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 12–2 Tyler Stromsborg (4–1) Omar Serrano (0–3) – 369 18–10–1 9–3 30 April 7 #25 San Diego State* Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 7–2 Caden AOki (2–0) TJ Foundtain (3–2) – 824 19–10–1 9–3 31 April 8 #25 San Diego State* Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 7–0 Eric Hammond (2–2) Chris Canada (1–3) – 713 20–10–1 9–3 32 April 11 #21 Cal State Fullerton* Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 4–3 Kyle Wisch (1–0) Jojo Ingrassia (3–1) Garrett Clarke (5) 398 21–10–1 9–3 33 April 14 at Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman FieldCorvallis, Oregon 4–10 Trent Sellers (5_3) Tyler Stromsborg (4–2) Ryan Brown (7) 3,719 21–11–1 9–4 34 April 15 at Oregon State Gross Stadium at Coleman FieldCorvallis, Oregon 2–3 Ran Brown (3–0) Fisher Johnson (2–3) – 3,992 21–12–1 9–5 35 April 16 at Oregon State Gross Stadium att Coleman FieldCorvallis, Oregon 3–6 AJ Lattery (4–0) Eric Hammond (2–3) Ben Ferrer (1) 3,539 21–13–1 9–6 36 April 18 * Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 8–5 Toby Spach (2–1) Eenji Pallares (4–3) Kyle Wisch (4) 376 22–13–1 9–6 37 April 21 #22 UCLARivalry Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 3–9 Jake Brooks (5–3) Tyler Stromsborg (4–3) – 2,057 22–14–1 9–7 38 April 22 #22 UCLARivalry Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 5–1 Caden Aoki (3–0) Alonzo Tredwell (4–2) – 1,577 23–14–1 10–7 39 April 23 #22 UCLARivalry Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 6–5 Garrett Clarke (2–2) Cody Delvecchio (1–2) – 1,882 24–14–1 11–7 40 April 25 * Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 4–3 Fisher Johnson (3–3) Donovan Chriss (1–2) Garrett Clark (6) 289 25–14–1 11–7 41 April 28 at Washington Husky BallparkSeattle, Washington 12–14 Josh Emanuels (3–2) Garrett Clarke (2–3) – 1,418 25–15–1 11–8 42 April 29 at Washington Husky BallparkSeattle Washington 6–7 Grant Cunningham (1–2) Kyle Wisch (0–1) Josh Emanuels (4) 1,687 25–16–1 11–9 43 April 30 at Washington Husky BallparkSeattle, Washington 1–4 Jared Engman (3–3) Blake Sodersten (2–2) Josh Emaunels (5) 1,753 25–17–1 11–10

May: 8–4 Game Date Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Pac-12 44 May 2 * Angel StadiumAnaheim, California 4–8 Jake Rons (1–1) Jaden Agassi (1–1) – 3,488 25–18–1 11–10 45 May 3Rescheduled from February 28th at #24 Cal State Fullerton* Goodwin FieldFullerton, California 2–4 Seth Tomczak (2–0) Eric Hammond (2–4) Jojo Ingrassia (5) 1,624 25–19–1 11–10 46 May 5 Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 7–2 Blake Sodersten (3–2) Leo Uelmen (3–4) – 2,105 26–19–1 12–10 47 May 6 #17 Oregon Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 5–7 Matt Dallas (6–1) Caden Aoki (3–1) Josh Mollerus (8) 879 26–20–1 12–11 48 May 7 #17 Oregon Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 11–4 Michael Ebner (1–0) Matthew Grabmann (0–3) – 907 27–20–1 13–11 49 May 9 * Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 12–8 Fisher Johnson (4–3) Marcelo Saldana (0–4) – 212 28–20–1 13–11 50 May 12 Arizona State Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 4–1 Blake Sodersten (4–2) Timmy Manning (1–4) Kyle Wisch 5) 598 29–20–1 14–11 51 May 13 Arizona State Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 2–0 Caden Aoki (4–1) Owen Stevenson (4–3) Garrett Clarke (7) 811 30–20–1 15–11 51 May 14 Arizona State Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 5–1 Caden Connolly (2–1) Ross Dunn (4–5) Kyle Wisch (6) 624 31–20–1 16–11 52 May 16 at * George C. Page StadiumLos Angeles, California 8–6 Eric Hammond (3–4) Chaz McRoberts (1–3) Garrett Clarke (8) 317 32–20–1 16–11 53 May 19(Doubleheader) at Arizona Hi Corbett FieldTucson, Arizona 4–13 Cam Walty (5–0) Blake Sodersten (4–3) – 3,643 32–31–1 16–12 54 May 19(Doubleheader) at Arizona Hi Corbett FieldTucson, Arizona 3–6 Bradon Zastrow (5–5) Caden Aoki (4–2) Trevor Long (5) 3,643 32–22–1 16–13 55 May 20 at Arizona Hi Corbett FieldTucson, Arizona 14–6 Kyle Wisch (2–1) TJ Nichols (3–5) – 4,448 33–22–1 17–13 |- ! colspan=12 style="| Postseason: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0; Neutral: 1–1) |- valign="top" | 2023 Pac–12 Tournament: 1–1 Game Date Opponent (Seed) Rank (Seed) Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall 56 May 23 #7 UCLA(Rivalry, Pool C Pool Play) #4 Scottsdale StadiumScottsdale, Arizona 6–4 Caden Connolly (3–1) Jake Brooks (6–6) Kyle Wisch (7) 2,032 34–22–1 57 May 25 #3 Washington(Pool C Pool Play) #4 Scottsdale StadiumScottsdale, Arizona 3–8 Stu Flesland III (7–2) Caden Aoki (4–3) Case Matter (5) – 34–23–1 59 May 26 TBD TBD Scottsdale StadiumScottsdale, Arizona – 60 May 27 TBD TBD Scottsdale StadiumScottsdale, Arizona – |- style="text-align:center;"

Game summary vs Marist

vs UC Irvine

at No. 17 Auburn

vs UC Riverside

vs Sacramento State (Southern California College Baseball Classic)

vs Tulane (Southern California College Baseball Classic)

at No. 12 UCLA (Southern California College Baseball Classic)

2023 Pac-12 Tournament Pool C Pool Play vs No. 7 UCLA Bruins

at No. 3 Washington Huskies

# Tournament seeding in parentheses

Pool C

Rankings

References