2018 San Jose State Spartans baseball team

The 2018 San Jose State Spartans baseball team represented San José State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season as a member of the Mountain West Conference. The team was coached by Brad Sanfilippo and played their home games at San Jose Municipal Stadium.

2018 San Jose State Spartans baseball
Conference	Mountain West Conference
2018 record	27–30 (16–14 MW)
Head coach	Brad Sanfilippo (1st season)
Hitting coach	Clay Cederquist (1st season)
Pitching coach	Tyler LaTorre (1st season)
Home stadium	San Jose Municipal Stadium (Capacity: 4,200)

2018 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Nevada  ‍‍‍	20	–	9	–	0		.690			29	–	22	–	0		.569
San Diego State  ‍‍‍	18	–	12	–	0		.600			36	–	19	–	0		.655
San Jose State  ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			26	–	28	–	0		.481
UNLV  ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			33	–	22	–	0		.600
Fresno State  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			30	–	24	–	0		.556
Air Force  ‍‍‍	12	–	17	–	0		.414			24	–	30	–	0		.444
New Mexico  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			19	–	33	–	1		.368
As of May 20, 2018[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Previous season

The Spartans finished 19–35–1 overall, and 10–18–1 in the conference. San José State had two Spartans drafted in the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, who were Josh Nashed for the Cleveland Indians in the 19th round and Matt Brown for the San Francisco Giants in the 27th round. This was the first Major League Baseball draft San José State experienced since the 2013 Major League Baseball draft, which took place in the 2012–13 school year.[2]

Roster

2018 San Jose State Spartans baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/Throws Height Weight Year High School/Junior College Home town 1 OF Brett Bautista L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Granite Bay High School Granite Bay, California 2 INF Kent Burckle L/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jr Saddleback College San Clemente, California 3 INF David Campbell L/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Colfax High School Colfax, California 4 OF Kellen Strahm R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Lane Community College Eugene, Oregon 6 OF Chris Williams L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr San Joaquin Delta College Antioch, California 7 LHP Zach Wallace L/L 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Washington High School Fremont, California 9 C Johnny Mendoza R/R 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Saint Francis High School Sunnyvale, California 10 RHP Frank Scalzo, Jr. –/– 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Vista High School Vista, California 11 INF Aaron Pleschner R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Carlmont High School Redwood City, California 12 LHP Wesley Clawson –/– 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Red Bluff High School Red Bluff, California 13 INF Sawyer Pittman –/– 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jr Reedley College Sanger, California 14 C Samuel Olsson –/– 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 213 lb (97 kg) Fr Sheldon High School Eugene, Oregon 15 OF Jack Colette –/– 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr St. John Bosco High School Torrance, California 16 RHP Tevin Cadola –/– 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Butte College Yreka, California 17 INF Jason Dumont –/– 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Sunset High School Portland, Oregon 19 RHP Fineas Del Bonta-Smith –/– 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr San Joaquin Delta College Soquel, California 20 LHP Andrew Mitchel –/– 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Grossmont College Atwater, California 21 C Michael Bowes –/– 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Jr Mission College Los Altos, California 23 C Jace Duty –/– 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Chemeketa Community College Newport, Oregon 24 INF Kyle Morrison R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Leigh High School San Jose, California 25 LHP Connor Konishi –/– 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Helix Charter High School San Diego, California 26 INF Anders Davidson R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Walla Walla High School Walla Walla, Washington 27 RHP Cameron Keup R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Cosumnes River College Elk Grove, California 28 INF Santiago Cantu –/– 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 168 lb (76 kg) Fr Patterson High School Patterson, California 30 RHP Travis Sanders –/– 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Linn–Benton Community College Hood River, Oregon 31 LHP Brandon Ross –/– 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Vista Murrieta High School Murrieta, California 32 RHP Josh Goldberg R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Woodrow Wilson Classical High School Long Beach, California 33 RHP Nicholas Morales –/– 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr St. John Bosco High School Downey, California 34 RHP Jake Swiech R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Paraclete High School Lancaster, California 35 C Shane Timmons R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Capistrano Valley High School Mission Viejo, California 38 RHP Josh Zanger R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Palma School Gilroy, California 39 RHP Walter Brinkman –/– 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Heritage High School Brentwood, California 40 OF Hayden Houser –/– 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Flower Mound High School Flower Mound, Texas 41 RHP Justin Watland –/– 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Feather River College Reno, Nevada 44 INF Ruben Ibarra –/– 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 285 lb (129 kg) Fr Saint Francis Central Coast Catholic High School Watsonville, California	Head coach Brad Sanfilippo UC Davis Assistant coach(es) Michael Breen San José State Hitting coach(es) Clay Cederquist Sacramento State Pitching coach(es) Tyler LaTorre UC Davis Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: February 16, 2018

Schedule

2018 San Jose State Spartans baseball season game log
Regular season
February Date Time Opponent Site Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record MW Record February 16 6:00 p.m. Northern Colorado San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 7–4 Keup (1–0) Watson (0–1) Goldberg (1) 615 1–0 0–0 February 17 12:00 p.m. Northern Colorado San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 7–12 Lum (1–0) Del Bonta (0-1) — 556 1–1 0–0 February 17 3:30 p.m. Northern Colorado San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 11–10 Brinkman (1–0) Leedhol (0–1) Cadola (1) 556 2–1 0–0 February 18 12:00 p.m. Northern Colorado San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 5–6 Maher (1–0) Clawson (0–1) Leedholm (1) 406 2–2 0–0 February 20 5:00 p.m. Santa Clara San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 1–4 Martin (1–0) Ross (0–1) Murfee (1) 325 2–3 0–0 February 24 11:00 a.m. San Francisco Benedetti Diamond San Francisco, CA 0–10 Ornido (1–0) Swiech (0–1) — 178 2–4 0–0 February 25 11:00 a.m. Sacramento State Benedetti Diamond San Francisco, CA 5–4 Goldberg (1–0) Dentoni (0–1) Cadola (2) 161 3–4 0–0 February 25 3:00 p.m. San Francisco Benedetti Diamond San Francisco, CA 6–1 Morales (1–0) Steele (0–1) Clawson (1) 217 4–4 0–0 February 27 5:00 p.m. Cal Poly San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 7–4 Mitchel (1–0) Redmond (0–2) Clawson (2) 334 5–4 0–0
March Date Time Opponent Site Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record MW Record March 4 11:00 a.m. San Diego State San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 2–7 Pyatt (1–0) Morales (1–1) — 361 5–5 0–1 March 4 2:00 p.m. San Diego State San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 1–11 Hill (2–0) Ross (0–2) — 361 5–6 0–2 March 5 1:00 p.m. Utah San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 9–6 Keup (2–0) Lapiana (0–1) Clawson (3) 296 6–6 0–2 March 9 1:00 p.m. Nevada William Peccole Park Reno, NV 4–11 Nowaczewski (2–1) Goldberg (1–1) — 767 6–7 0–3 March 10 1:00 p.m. Nevada William Peccole Park Reno, NV 9–10 Anderson (1–1) Cadola (0–1) — 892 6–8 0–4 March 11 12:00 p.m. Nevada William Peccole Park Reno, NV 4–14 Jackson (3–0) Morales (1–2) — 874 6–9 0–5 — — Pacific — March 17 4:00 p.m. Fresno State Rivalry San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 4–1 Goldberg (2–1) Gonzalez (3–1) — 444 7–9 1–5 March 18 12:00 p.m. Fresno State Rivalry San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 10–1 Mitchel (2–0) Jensen (0–2) Del Bonta (1) 524 8–9 2–5 March 18 3:00 p.m. Fresno State Rivalry San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 3–6 Arias (2–0) Morales (1–3) Mitchell (1) 524 8–10 2–6 March 19 3:00 p.m. Dartmouth San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 4–3 Zanger (1–0) Michel (0–1) Clawson (4) 75 9–10 2–6 March 23 3:00 p.m. UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium Santa Barbara, CA 2–9 Dashwood (1–3) Goldberg (2–2) — 300 9–11 2–6 March 24 2:00 p.m. UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium Santa Barbara, CA 3–4 Barry (1–0) Del Bonta (0–2) — 400 9–12 2–6 March 25 1:00 p.m. UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium Santa Barbara, CA 1–11 Ledesman (1–1) Morales (1–4) — 350 9–13 2–6 March 27 5:00 p.m. Saint Mary's San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 2–5 Madrigal (1–0) Zanger (1–2) Hobbs (6) 141 9–14 2–6 March 29 12:00 p.m. Air Force Falcon Baseball Field Colorado Springs, CO 4–5 Biancalana (2–1) Goldberg (2–3) Gilbert (1) 226 9–15 2–7 March 30 12:00 p.m. Air Force Falcon Baseball Field Colorado Springs, CO 3–1 Mitchel (3–0) Hargreaves (1–4) Del Bonta (2) 314 10–15 3–7 March 31 11:00 a.m. Air Force Falcon Baseball Field Colorado Springs, CO 3–19 Mortenson (1–4) Zanger (1–2) — 309 10–16 3–8
April Date Time Opponent Site Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record MW Record April 3 2:30 p.m. UC Davis Dobbins Baseball Complex Davis, CA 3–7 Hannah (1–3) Cadola (0–2) — 231 10–17 3–8 April 7 4:00 p.m. Nevada San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 9–10 Jackson (3–1) Del Bonta (0–3) Cabinian (5) 338 10–18 3–9 April 8 12:00 p.m. Nevada San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 4–5 Cabinian (1–1) Wallace (0–1) Ford (1) 390 10–19 3–10 April 8 3:00 p.m. Nevada San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 6–3 Cadola (1–2) Gomez (2–2) Clawson (5) 390 11–19 4–10 April 10 6:00 p.m. Santa Clara Stephen Schott Stadium Santa Clara, CA 9–3 Swiech (1–1) Erlandson (3–1) — 449 12–19 4–10 April 13 6:05 p.m. Fresno State Rivalry Pete Beiden Field Fresno, CA 7–11 Jensen (2–3) Goldberg (2–4) — 1,996 12–20 4–11 April 14 6:05 p.m. Fresno State Rivalry Pete Beiden Field Fresno, CA 15–7 Mitchel (4–0) Gonzalez (5–2) — 1,642 13–20 5–11 April 15 1:05 p.m. Fresno State Rivalry Pete Beiden Field Fresno, CA 10–7 Del Bonta (1–3) Mitchell (3–2) — 1,713 14–20 6–11 April 17 5:00 p.m. San Francisco San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 1–7 Goodman (1–0) Swiech (1–2) — 294 14–21 6–11 April 20 6:00 p.m. UC Riverside Riverside Sports Complex Riverside, CA 7–8 Toplikar (3–2) Goldberg (2–5) Quijada (2) 155 14–22 6–11 April 21 6:00 p.m. UC Riverside Riverside Sports Complex Riverside, CA 5–3 Del Bonta (2–3) Webb (0–1) — 225 15–22 6–11 April 22 1:00 p.m. UC Riverside Riverside Sports Complex Riverside, CA 14–3 Sweich (2–2) Morton (2–2) — 243 16–22 6–11 April 27 6:00 p.m. New Mexico San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 6–5 Del Bonta (3–3) Emond (3–2) — 372 17–22 7–11 April 28 3:00 p.m. New Mexico San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 5–3 Mitchel (5–0) Dye (3–6) Del Bonta (3) 351 18–22 8–11 April 29 12:00 p.m. New Mexico San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 3–2 Clawson (1–1) Tripp (1–2) — 361 19–22 9–11
May Date Time Opponent Site Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record MW Record May 1 6:00 p.m. Pacific Klein Family Field Stockton, CA 5–10 Sewany (1–5) Wallace (0–2) — 201 19–23 9–11 May 4 6:05 p.m. UNLV Earl Wilson Stadium Paradise, NV 2–11 Strong (7–2) Swiech (2–3) — 476 19–24 9–12 May 5 2:05 p.m. UNLV Earl Wilson Stadium Paradise, NV 8–5 Mitchel (6–0) Horn (3–5) — 486 20–24 10–12 May 6 1:05 p.m. UNLV Earl Wilson Stadium Paradise, NV 10–8 Cadola (2–2) Maddux (3–6) — 406 21–24 11–12 May 9 6:00 p.m. Cal Poly Robin Baggett Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA 3–5 Smith (1–2) Goldberg (2–6) — 1,539 21–25 11–12 May 11 6:00 p.m. San Diego State Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, CA 3–2 Sweich (3–3) Pyatt (4–3) Del Bonta (4) 451 22–25 12–12 May 12 2:00 p.m. San Diego State Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, CA 1–2 Goossen (5–2) Mitchel (6–1) — 331 22–26 12–13 May 12 6:00 p.m. San Diego State Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, CA 4–16 Hill (7–2) Goldberg (2–7) — 791 22–27 12–14 May 13 1:00 p.m. San Diego State Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, CA 6–4 Del Bonta (4–3) Erickson (3–3) Clawson (6) 489 23–27 13–14 May 15 3:00 p.m. Saint Mary's Louis Guisto Field Moraga, CA 3–7 Hobbs (3–3) Zanger (1–3) Schneider (1) 127 23–28 13–14 May 17 7:00 p.m. Air Force San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 3–1 Sweich (4–3) Nichols (0–3) Del Bonta (5) 293 24–28 14–14 May 18 6:00 p.m. Air Force San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 6–5 Del Bonta (5–3) Holloway (3–5) — 697 25–28 15–14 May 19 12:00 p.m. Air Force San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose, CA 3–1 Wallace (1–2) Mortenson (4–7) Goldberg (2) 274 26–28 16–14
Postseason
Mountain West Tournament Date Time Opponent Rank Site Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record May 24 6:00 p.m. (2) San Diego State Quarterfinals (3) Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, CA 1–2 Erickson (4–3) Mitchel (6–2) — 826 26–29 May 25 1:30 p.m. (1) Nevada Consolation (3) Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, CA 13–6 Cadola (3–2) Jackson (8–4) — 808 27–29 May 26 1:30 p.m. (4) UNLV Semifinals (3) Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, CA 2–9 Maddux (4–7) Swiech (4–4) — 1,203 27–30
Spartans win   Spartans loss   Postponed Bold: Spartans team member Source: San José State[3]

References

1. "Baseball Standings". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
2. "Josh Nashed and Matt Brown Selected in the 2017 MLB draft". Athletics at San José State University. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
3. "2018 San Jose State Spartans baseball schedule". Athletics at San José State University. Retrieved 17 February 2018.