Bronco Baseball Newsletter
May 1, 2015

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Broncos Face Saint Mary's in Moraga This Weekend in 3-Game Series

Santa Clara baseball begins an eight-game road trip when it heads to Moraga, Calif. for a three-game series with the Saint Mary's Gaels this weekend. First pitch times are set for 3 p.m. PDT Friday, 1 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.
  • GAME 44: Friday, May 1, 2015 - 3 p.m. 
    • SCU: RHP Reece Karalus (1-5, 2.75 ERA)
    • SMC: LHP Johnny York (5-4, 3.59 ERA)
  • GAME 45: Saturday, May 2, 2015 - 1 p.m. 
    • SCU: RHP Eric Lex (3-4, 5.56 ERA)
    • SMC: RHP Corbin Burnes (6-4, 2.59 ERA)
  • GAME 46: Sunday, May 3, 2015 - 1 p.m. 

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Celebrating the 10 Year Anniversary 
of Stephen Schott Stadium 
EYEBRONCO: Stephen Schott '60 First Pitch

Santa Clara alumnus Stephen Schott '60, the namesake of Stephen Schott Stadium, threw out the first pitch before the Sunday, April 29, 2015 baseball game between Santa Clara and Gonzaga. The event commemorated the 10-year anniversary of the home of Bronco baseball, which opened on April 30, 2005 in front of a sellout crowd before a matchup between Santa Clara and Gonzaga. The Broncos won the 10th anniversary game 6-5.

A Santa Clara native, Schott attended nearby Bellarmine College Prep and went on to play baseball for the Broncos. During his SCU career, Schott was on the hill for victories against Stanford and UCLA. After his time with the Broncos, Schott began work in real estate development and was co-owner of Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics for 10 years - working on the business side of the franchise.

Schott is a longtime supporter of Bronco baseball, and his $4 million pledge in 2004 served as a major component in the foundation of this state-of-the-art facility. Schott and his wife Patricia Schott also funded the Patricia A. and Stephen C. Schott Admission and Enrollment Services Building on the Mission Campus, which opened its doors in 2012. He was inducted into the Santa Clara University athletics hall of fame in May 2014.
 

Baseball Falls 9-7 to UC Davis; Aggies Score Six Runs in Seventh Inning

 

In a game that featured 25 hits, Santa Clara baseball jumped out to an early lead before UC Davis scored six runs in the seventh to win 9-7 Tuesday night at Schott Stadium. Each team scored at least one run in each of its first three innings and the six-run Aggie seventh broke a string of three straight scoreless frames. 

 

Tanner Bily led off the ballgame with a double for the Aggies (26-16-1) and came in to score on an RBI single from Nick Lynch. Santa Clara starting pitcher Steven Wilson picked Lynch off of second base and got Izaak Silva to ground out for the final out of the inning. Wilson allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits with a walk and no strikeouts for the Broncos (18-25) in 2.1 innings.

 

Baseball Defeats Gonzaga 6-5 on 10th Anniversary of Schott Stadium


Santa Clara baseball scored four runs in the first inning on its way to a 6-5 victory over Gonzaga as part of the 10th anniversary celebration of Stephen Schott Stadium Sunday afternoon. The Broncos held off a ninth-inning Gonzaga rally as Mitchell White closed out the contest with the potential game-tying run on third and potential go-ahead run on first to earn his second save in as many days.


The Broncos picked up their first West Coast Conference series win since taking two of three games against Pacific March 27-29. Former Santa Clara pitcher Stephen Schott '60, the namesake of Santa Clara's baseball facility who donated $4 million toward the stadium in 2004, threw out Sunday's first pitch.


"For our guys to lose they way they did on Friday night and bounce back and play two of the better baseball games they've played all year in the last two days," O'Brien said, "With Steve Schott throwing out the first pitch today and Herm Carmassi throwing out the first pitch yesterday, that's when you start talking about the baseball gods and other things that factor in..."

 


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Karalus Strikes out Career-High 11 Batters


 
 

Reece Karalus struck out a career-high 11 batters as the starting pitcher for Santa Clara baseball Friday night, and the Broncos fell to the Gonzaga Bulldogs 14-1 at Schott Stadium in the West Coast Conference series opener. Santa Clara trailed 2-1 at the end of the seventh inning before Gonzaga scored 12 combined runs in the eighth and ninth innings. 


Karalus (L, 1-5) pitched 7.0 innings and allowed two earned runs on five hits with no walks alongside the career-best 11 strikeouts for the Broncos (16-24, 4-12 WCC). The North Bend, Wash. native retired the first seven batters he faced and struck out two Bulldogs in each of the first three innings; he finished the night with four three-up-three-down frames. Karalus broke a previous career mark of eight strikeouts, set April 4, 2013 against BYU at Schott Stadium.
 

 

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