Projected Starting Pitcher Matchups
Friday, May 3 - 6:00 p.m.
SDSU: RHP Justin Goossen-Brown (5-3, 3.39 ERA)
SJSU: LHP Andrew Mitchel (3-4, 4.22 ERA)
Saturday, May 4 - 6:00 p.m. - Mountain West Network
SDSU: RHP Michael Paredes (2-2, 3.86 ERA)
SJSU: RHP Tevin Cadola (5-1, 4.78 ERA)
Sunday, May 5 - 1:00 p.m. - XTRA 1360
SDSU: RHP Aaron Eden (3-1, 2.69 ERA)
SJSU: RHP Jonathan Clark (2-2, 5.37 ERA)
Monday, May 6 - 6:00 p.m. (Lake Elsinore Stadium)
BYU: TBA
SDSU: TBA
Aztec Storylines
SCHEDULE CHANGE: San Diego State's Monday game against Brigham Young has been relocated from Lake Elsinore Stadium to Tony Gwynn Stadium. First pitch remains scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
FOUR IN FOUR: San Diego State plays four games in the next four days, hosting San Jose State for a three-game series beginning Friday night at 6:00 p.m. before facing Brigham Young at 6:00 p.m. on Monday night at Tony Gwynn Stadium.
Links to follow with live stats are available on GoAztecs.com, and in addition, Saturday's game will be broadcast on the Mountain West Network and Sunday's game will air on XTRA 1360.
SECOND PLACE ON THE LINE: The winner of the San Diego State-San Jose State series will claim sole possession of second place in the Mountain West standings. San Jose State (12-9), currently second place with a half-game lead over SDSU (11-9), is behind first-place Fresno State (12-7-1)
SERIES HISTORY WITH SJSU: The Aztecs are 12-2 in their last 14 games against the Spartans and lead the all-time series, 76-32.
SERIES HISTORY WITH BYU: The Aztecs and Cougars meet for the first time since 2015 and SDSU leads the all-time series, 74-60-1. SDSU and BYU are even at 3-3 over the last six meetings.
RECAPPING APRIL: The Aztecs recorded an 11-7 record over the month of April and saw a standout performance from the pitching staff. SDSU pitching posted a 3.56 ERA for the month and limited opposing hitters to a .248 batting average over their 18 games in April.
BULLPEN TURNING IT AROUND: Over the last 20 games, San Diego State relievers have combined for a 2.45 ERA, .224 opponent batting average, and have struck out 99 batters in 92 innings. Over the first 25 games of the season, the SDSU bullpen owned a 5.17 ERA and .265 opponent batting average.
BACK HOME: After playing just five home games the entire month of April, SDSU has six home games, three road games, and one neutral site game over its final 10 contests of the season.
PLAYING WELL DESPITE THE INJURY BUG: The Aztecs, who started the season with Logan Boyer, Harrison Pyatt, and Brad Wegman as their three weekend starters have needed to use 11 different starters in the 2019 season -- their most used since the 2012 Aztecs used 12.
Starters this season own a 3.96 ERA and .258 opponent batting average.
STRIKEOUTS GALORE: SDSU has recorded 22 games with 10 or more strikeouts, the most since recording 23 double-digit strikeout games in 2009. In 2009, Stephen Strasburg recorded 10 or more strikeouts in 13 of his 15 starts during his Golden Spikes Award-winning season.
The Aztecs are 15-7 in their 22 games when striking out 10 or more batters.
SDSU has recorded 404 strikeouts, averaging 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings (51st best in the nation) this season. Should the Aztecs continue that pace for the remainder of the regular season, SDSU would enter possible postseason play with 495 strikeouts over 55 games.
SDSU has not posted a 500+ strikeout season since 2015, where SDSU logged 510 punchouts over 64 games. The Aztecs have had five previous seasons with 500 or more strikeouts in its 83-year history, including a program record of 581 in 1997.
CALIFORNIA LOVE: Since 2014, the Aztecs lead all Division I California programs in win total. Also, over that span, SDSU is 103-51 (.671) when playing teams based in California.
Team Wins
San Diego State 211
Stanford 210
Cal State Fullerton 202
UC Santa Barbara 201
Sacramento State 197
SEEING DOUBLE: SDSU leads the nation with 54 double plays turned this season. Since the start of the 2017 season, SDSU's 180 double plays turned are the most among any team in the nation.
STRANGE BUT TRUE: The Aztecs are going through an uncharacteristic season in terms of fielding, owning a .962 fielding percentage in 2019 -- the program's lowest since a .959 mark in 2012. However, the Aztecs have found ways to win games despite defensive miscues, as the Aztecs are 7-1 this season when recording three or more errors.
ADRIAN MARDUENO IS REALLY GOOD: Including Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week, Perfect Game National Pitcher of the Week, and Mountain West Pitcher of the Week awards received on April 8-9, Marudeno has been the Mountain West's most dominant arm during the 2019 season, leading the conference in ERA (1.53) and opponent batting average (.172).
Mardueno, who led the Aztecs in inherited runners stranded percentage as both a freshman and sophomore, leads the Aztecs once again as a junior, having stranded 75 percent of his inherited base runners this season. Since April 2, Mardueno has stranded 12 of his last 13 inherited runners.
Mardueno's ERA also stands as 13th best in the country, while his 5.08 hits allowed per nine innings is 14th best in the country. Mardueno is one of just five pitchers in the country to be in the top 15 of both ERA and hits allowed per nine innings, joined by Georgia's Emerson Hancock, UCLA's Ryan Garcia, Navy's Noah Song, and Flordia Gulf Coast's Mason Studstill.
Mardueno, who logged a 4-0 record and 0.82 ERA over 22 innings pitched in the month of April, was named a San Diego Sports Association Star of the Month for his efforts.