USD Baseball 1999

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1 '999 Tore~o Baseball

Meet The Toreros

Personal: Business major. .. Also rec ruited by Notre Dame, UC Ri vers ide, Chapman and Whitti er. .. Chose USO for its baseba ll program, location and quality of schoo l... Born May 19, 1977 in Anaheim, CA . Hill on Giese: He will be looked upon to provide veteran seni or leadership on a young staff and give us some quality innings. Giese's USD Statistics Year GIGS w L sv IP H 1998 2713 3 3 I 50.3 57 1997 510 0 0 0 4. 1 8 1996 1418 4 4 0 46.6 56 Career 46/ 11 7 7 101.0121 35 Juan GARCIA 6-4 Sr. OF R/R Barcelona, Spain USDHS K BB ERA 26 13 5.76 3 5 12.46 29 33 5.68 58 51 7. 96 Junior: Cemented reputation as one of top center fi elders in the West Coast Conference... Batted .308 with five home runs and 37 RBI... Earned 58 starting ass ignments... Drew a team-high 28 walks... Led the Toreros in stolen bases with I0... Recorded a .98 1 fie lding percentage. Sophomore: Pl ayed in all but fi ve games and rece ived 38 starts... Batted .266 with 16 RBI... Lone home run came on Feb. 25 at Cal State Northridge.. . Perfect 3-3 in stolen bases during league play. Freshman: Recorded game winning hit versus San Francisco (5- 11 )... Stole five bases to rank fourth on the team... Pl ayed in 44 games ... Knocked in IO runs... Triple came aga inst St. Francis (2- 16)... Seven game hitting streak in mid-March ... Made fo ur appearances on the mound with one victory before mov ing to the outfi e ld . Prep: Compil ed a 9- 1 record as a starting pitcher at USO Hi gh School and was named All-Western League. Spain: Has pl ayed on th e Spanish National and Junior Nati onal Teams.. . Played on '98 World Cup team... Team won Spanish National Champi onship in 1993. Personal: Also recruited by North Carolina, Wyoming and Cal State Northridge... Chose USO because of the baseball program and the city ... Born Jul y 11 , 1976 in Barcelona, Spain. Hill on Garcia: Garci a is an exce ll ent athl ete in center fi eld. I consider him the best center fi elder in the West Coast Confer– ence this year in defense. If he can be consistent at the plate, he can have a bi g-time year. Garcia's USD Statistics Year GIGS AB R H HR RBI BA SB FD% 1998 58158 234 48 72 5 37 .308 10 .98 I 1997 49138 128 25 34 I 16 .266 4 .962 1996 44136 110 16 29 0 10 .264 5 .943 Career 151/ 132 472 89 135 6 63 .279 19 .962

Hayes' USD Ca reer Statistics Year GIGS AB R

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RBI

BA

SB

FD%

5 1141 3 1118 82/59

1998 1997

169

4 2 6

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62 16 78

4 0 4

37 10 47

.987 .989 .988

.367 .229 .298

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Career

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Mike AMUNDSON

R/R

6-1 RHP NetNbury Park, CA NetNbury Park HS Jr.

Sophomore: Started nine of 17 appearances on the mound for USO in 1998 .. . Posted a 2-4 reco rd with a 4.92 ERA ... Turned in a 1- 1 reco rd during West Coast Conference play with a 3.63 ERA ... Recorded 39 strikeouts in 59 innings ... Won decisions aga inst San Francisco (5-3-98) and UC Ri verside (3 -17-98 ) Freshman: Tied fo r team lead in saves... Made 22 appearances, all coming in relief except one starting nod... Struck out 26 batters in 32+ innings pitched .. . Got first co ll eg iate win in 12- 1I victory over Point Loma (3-26). Prep: All-County ... Student Sports All-America during seni or yea r... Posted I0-2 record with a 2.9 1 ERA during seni or cam– paign at Newbury Park Hi gh School... 2.68 ERA and 8- 1 record as a junior... Second Team All-County and Second Team AII– Marmonte League during juni or year. .. Also pl ayed on CIF Champion football team during sophomore year. Personal: Communi cations major with a minor in Economics ... Also rec ruited by UCLA , USC, Cal State Northridge and Fresno State ... Chose USO for academics, baseball program and coach– ing staff. .. Father, Curt, played baseball and football at Cal Lutheran... Born December 20, 1977 in Westl ake, CA. Hill on Amundson: Another one of our three starters. He has command of three pitches. I think thi s will be hi s breakthrough yea r. Amundson's USD Statistics Year GIGS w L sv IP H 1998 1719 2 4 0 53.0 66 1997 22/1 I 4 2 32.2 34 Career 39/ /0 3 8 2 85.2 JOO 30 Dan GIESE 6-3 Sr. RHP R/R San Clemente, CA Rubidoux HS K BB ERA 39 23 4.92 26 2 1 6.6 1 65 44 5. 76 Junior: Recorded 3-3 record in 1998 in team-hi gh 27 appear– ances for USO... Posted a 5.76 ERA with 26 strikeouts.. . Earned victori es against Portland (4-1 9-98), Loyo la Marymount (3-28 - 98) and at Pepperdine (3-20-98). Sophomore: Made fi ve appearances al l in reli ef. Freshman: Appeared in 14 games with eight starts... Recorded a 4-2 record in WCC play ... Complete game against Portland (3- 29-96) and onl y all owed one run with four strikeouts.. . Career hi gh six K's in win versus Gonzaga. Prep: Named All-Ivy League and All-County at Rubidoux Hi gh School as a senior... Falcons Most Valuable Pl ayer... Pl ayed club ball fo r Ri verside Roya ls... Also pl ayed soccer.