2004 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team

The 2004 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team represented California State University, Fullerton in the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Titans played their home games at Goodwin Field. The team was coached by George Horton in his 8th season at Cal State Fullerton.

2004 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball
College World Series Champions Big West Conference Champions
Conference	Big West Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
CB	No. 1
2004 record	47-22 (19–2 Big West)
Head coach	George Horton (8th year)
Assistant coaches	Dave Serrano (8th year) Rick Vanderhook (18th year) Chad Baum (5th year)
Home stadium	Goodwin Field

2004 Big West Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
#1 Cal State Fullerton †^y  ‍‍‍	19	–	2	–	0		.905			47	–	22	–	0		.681
No. 12 Long Beach State  ‍‍‍	14	–	7	–	0		.667			40	–	21	–	0		.656
UC Riverside  ‍‍‍	11	–	10	–	0		.524			33	–	24	–	0		.579
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍	10	–	11	–	0		.476			34	–	23	–	1		.595
Cal Poly  ‍‍‍	10	–	11	–	0		.476			38	–	23	–	1		.621
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍	10	–	11	–	0		.476			33	–	21	–	0		.611
Pacific  ‍‍‍	5	–	16	–	0		.238			20	–	24	–	0		.455
Cal State Northridge  ‍‍‍	5	–	16	–	0		.238			19	–	38	–	0		.333
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament As of June 30, 2004[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Titans won the College World Series, defeating the Texas Longhorns and former Titans head coach Augie Garrido in the championship series.

Roster

2004 Cal State Fullerton Titans roster
	Pitchers 10 Ricky Romero - Sophomore 12 Mike Martinez - Senior 17 Eric Hale - Freshman 23 Scott Sarver - Junior 26 Ryan Schreppel - Sophomore 31 Armando Carrasco - Freshman 33 Nolan Bruyninckx - Freshman 34 Lauren Gagnier - Freshman 37 Evan Myrick - Freshman 38 Dustin Miller - Sophomore 48 Geoff Tesmer - Freshman 49 Jason Windsor - Senior 50 John Estes - Sophomore 51 Mark Davidson - Freshman 53 Vinnie Pestano - Freshman		Infielders 2 Justin Turner - Sophomore 5 Mark Carroll - Junior 6 Blake Davis - Freshman 9 Brett Pill - Freshman 13 Neil Walton - Sophomore 15 Ronnie Prettyman - Junior 19 Evan McArthur - Sophomore 25 Felipe Garcia - Junior Catchers 3 Kurt Suzuki - Junior 32 Jon Wilhite - Freshman 35 John Curtis - Freshman 39 Vance Otake - Freshman 43 Eric Echevarria - Sophomore 44 P.J. Pilittere - Senior		Outfielders 1 Joe Turgeon - Junior 4 Clark Hardman - Freshman 11 J.D. McCauley - Sophomore 20 Brandon Tripp - Freshman 22 Shawn Scobee - Sophomore 24 Bobby Andrews - Sophomore 27 Danny Dorn - Sophomore 46 Sergio Pedroza - Sophomore Coaches 8 George Horton - 8th Season 18 Dave Serrano - 8th Season 28 Rick Vanderhook - 18th Season 36 Chad Baum - 5th Season

Schedule

2004 Cal State Fullerton Titans Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
January Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Cal State Fullerton Decision Attendance Overall Record Big West Record January 30 at Stanford Sunken Diamond 3-16 Schreppel (L; 0-1) 2,103 0-1 – January 31 at Stanford Sunken Diamond 7-8 Romero (L; 0-1) 2,437 0-2 –
February Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Cal State Fullerton Decision Attendance Overall Record Big West Record February 1 at Stanford Sunken Diamond 1-4 Gagnier (L; 0-1) 1,637 0-3 – February 6 UNLV Goodwin Field 9-8 Sarver (W; 1-0) 1,876 1-3 – February 7 UNLV Goodwin Field 13-1 Romero (W; 1-1) 1,646 2-3 – February 8 UNLV Goodwin Field 14-6 Gagnier (W; 1-1) 2,010 3-3 – February 13 at Arizona Sancet Stadium 8-11 Pestano (L; 0-1) 871 3-4 – February 14 at Arizona Sancet Stadium 6-10 Romero (L; 1-2) 1,358 3-5 – February 15 at Arizona Sancet Stadium 12-10 M. Martinez (W; 1-0) 1,683 4-5 – February 20 at Houston Cougar Field 2-3 Windsor (L; 0-1) 1,203 4-6 – February 21 at Houston Cougar Field 11-0 Romero (W; 2-2) 1,743 5-6 – February 22 at Houston Cougar Field 9-4 Schreppel (W; 1-1) 1,513 6-6 – February 24 at Loyola Marymount George C. Page Stadium 2-3 Sarver (L; 1-1) 321 6-7 – February 27 Oklahoma Goodwin Field 1-5 Pestano (L; 0-2) 2,278 6-8 – February 28 Georgia Tech Goodwin Field 7-1 Romero (W; 3-2) 2,398 7-8 – February 29 Southern California Goodwin Field 10-4 Gagnier (W; 2-1) 2,768 8-8 –
March Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Cal State Fullerton Decision Attendance Overall Record Big West Record March 5 at Texas Disch-Falk Field 2-6 Windsor (L; 0-2) 4,446 8–9 – March 6 vs. Sam Houston State Disch-Falk Field 12-2 Schreppel (W; 2-1) 278 9–9 – March 7 at Texas Disch-Falk Field 1-3 Romero (L; 3-3) 5,547 9–10 – March 9 vs. San Diego Goodwin Field 4-7 Gagnier (L; 2-2) 821 9–11 – March 12 Minnesota Goodwin Field 7-1 Windsor (W; 1-2) 1,207 10–11 – March 13 Minnesota Goodwin Field 7-8 M. Martinez (L; 1-1) 1,413 10–12 – March 14 Minnesota Goodwin Field 10-2 Pestano (W; 1-2) 1,643 11–12 – March 17 at Pepperdine Eddy D. Field Stadium 9-8 M. Martinez (W; 2-1) 119 12–12 – March 19 at Fresno State Pete Beiden Field 5-7 Windsor (L; 1-3) 2,582 12–13 – March 20 at Fresno State Pete Beiden Field 15-5 Romero (W; 4-3) 2,408 13–13 – March 21 at Fresno State Pete Beiden Field 12-9 M. Martinez (W; 3-1) 2,423 14–13 – March 24 Pepperdine Goodwin Field 6-0 Bruyninckx (W; 1-0) 1,017 15–13 – March 31 Southern California Dedeaux Field 4-6 M. Martinez (L; 3-2) 551 15–14 –
April Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Cal State Fullerton Decision Attendance Overall Record Big West Record April 2 Long Beach State Goodwin Field 2-6 Windsor (L; 1-4) 3,317 15–15 – April 3 Long Beach State Goodwin Field 1-10 Schreppel (L; 2-2) 1,859 15–16 – April 4 Long Beach State Goodwin Field 9-3 Romero (W; 5-3) 2,585 16–16 – April 8 at Pacific Klein Family Field 16-1 Windsor (W; 2-4) 338 17–16 1–0 April 9 at Pacific Klein Family Field 13-0 Romero (W; 6-3) 247 18–16 2–0 April 10 at Pacific Klein Family Field 13-5 Pestano (W; 2-2) 331 19–16 3–0 April 13 Loyola Marymount Goodwin Field 12-1 Schreppel (W; 3-2) 934 20–16 – April 16 Cal State Northridge Goodwin Field 3-2 Windsor (W; 3-4) 1,091 21–16 4–0 April 17 Cal State Northridge Goodwin Field 10-3 Romero (W; 7-3) 1,010 22–16 5–0 April 18 Cal State Northridge Goodwin Field 4-3 Pestano (W; 3-2) 1,874 23–16 6–0 April 20 UCLA Goodwin Field 4-5 Pestano (L; 3-3) l,479 23–17 – April 23 at UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 8-0 Windsor (W; 4-4) 273 24–17 7–0 April 24 at UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 9-2 Romero (W; 8-3) 303 25–17 8–0 April 25 at UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 7-14 Sarver (L; 1-2) 371 25–18 8–1 April 30 Cal Poly Goodwin Field 3-2 Windsor (W; 5-4) 1,243 26–18 9–1
May Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Cal State Fullerton Decision Attendance Overall Record Big West Record May 1 Cal Poly Goodwin Field 27-2 Romero (W; 9-3) 1,579 27–18 10–1 May 2 Cal Poly Goodwin Field 9-4 M. Martinez (W; 4-2) 1,127 28–18 11–1 May 7 UC Riverside Goodwin Field 12-3 Windsor (W; 6-4) 1,632 29–18 12–1 May 8 UC Riverside Goodwin Field 4-6 Romero (L; 9-4) 1,520 29–19 12–2 May 9 UC Riverside Goodwin Field 11-4 M. Martinez (W; 5-2) 1,043 30–19 13–2 May 11 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium 2-8 Bruyninckx (L; 1-1) 327 30–20 – May 14 at UC Irvine Cicerone Field 3-0 Windsor (W; 7-4) 1,572 31–20 14–2 May 15 at UC Irvine Cicerone Field 11-1 Romero (W; 10-4) 1,579 32–20 15–2 May 16 at UC Irvine Cicerone Field 7-3 M. Martinez (W; 6-2) 1,610 33–20 16–2 May 21 at Long Beach State Blair Field 2-1 Windsor (W; 8-4) 3,036 34–20 17–2 May 22 at Long Beach State Blair Field 2-1 Romero (W; 11-4) 2,037 35–20 18–2 May 23 at Long Beach State Blair Field 13-11 M. Martinez (W; 7-2) 2,168 36–20 19–2
Post-Season
NCAA Tournament: Fullerton Regional Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Cal State Fullerton Decision Attendance Overall Record June 4 vs. Minnesota Goodwin Field 7-1 Windsor (W; 9-4) 3,211 37–20 June 5 vs. Pepperdine Goodwin Field 6-7 Schreppel (L; 3-3) 2,520 37–21 June 5 vs. Arizona State Goodwin Field 5-0 M. Martinez (W; 8-2) 1,392 38–21 June 6 vs. Pepperdine Goodwin Field 15-1 Sarver (W; 2-2) 1,867 39–21 June 6 vs. Pepperdine Goodwin Field 16-3 Windsor (W; 10-4) 1,567 40–21
NCAA Tournament: Fullerton Super Regional Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Cal State Fullerton Decision Attendance Overall Record June 12 vs. Tulane Goodwin Field 9-0 Windsor (W; 11-4) 3,375 41–21 June 13 vs. Tulane Goodwin Field 10-7 Romero (W; 12-4) 2,720 42–21
NCAA Tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Cal State Fullerton Decision Attendance Overall Record June 19 vs. South Carolina Rosenblatt Stadium 2–0 Windsor (W; 12-4) 23,976 43–21 June 20 vs. Miami (FL) Rosenblatt Stadium 6–3 Romero (W; 13-4) 24,857 44–21 June 23 vs. South Carolina Rosenblatt Stadium 3–5 M. Martinez (L; 8-3) 28,216 44–22 June 24 vs. South Carolina Rosenblatt Stadium 4–0 Sarver (W; 3-2) 16,251 45–22 June 26 vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium 6-4 Romero (W; 14-4) 26,604 46–22 June 27 vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium 3-2 Windsor (W; 13-4) 21,392 47–22

Awards and honors

Felipe Garcia

• College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]

Clark Hardman

• All-America Freshman[3]
• All-Big West First Team[3]

Ricky Romero

• College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]

Kurt Suzuki

• Brooks Wallace Award[3]
• Johnny Bench Award[3]
• All-America First Team[3]
• Big West Player of the Year[3]
• All-Big West First Team[3]

Jason Windsor

• College World Series Most Outstanding Player[2]
• All-America Second Team[3]
• Big West Pitcher of the Year[3]
• All-Big West First Team[3]

Titans in the 2004 MLB Draft

The following members of the Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball program were drafted in the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Kurt Suzuki	C	2nd	67th	Oakland Athletics
Jason Windsor	RHP	3rd	97th	Oakland Athletics
Mike Martinez	RHP	8th	249th	New York Yankees
P.J. Plittere	C	13th	399th	New York Yankees
Ronnie Prettyman	3B	28th	826th	Seattle Mariners
Felipe Garcia	1B	48th	1437th	New York Yankees
Justin Turner	3B		undrafted	Los Angeles Dodgers

References

1. "Men's Baseball 2004 Final Standings". bigwest.org. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
2. "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
3. "Titans Honors and Awards" (PDF). FullertonTitans.com. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
4. "2004 Cal State Fullerton University". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved 30 June 2012.