2024 USC Trojans baseball team

2024 USC Trojans baseball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	31-28 (17–12 Pac-12)
Head coach	Andy Stankiewicz (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Andy Jenkins (2nd season) Seth Etherton (2nd season) Travis Jewett (2nd season)
Home stadium	OC Great Park Baseball Complex Anteater Ballpark Page Stadium
Seasons

2024 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 25 Arizona ‍†‍‡‍^y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			36	–	23	–	0		.610
No. 10 Oregon State ‍‍‍^y	19	–	10	–	0		.655			42	–	14	–	0		.750
No. 12 Oregon ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			37	–	18	–	0		.673
USC ‍‍‍	17	–	12	–	0		.586			31	–	28	–	0		.525
California ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			36	–	19	–	0		.655
Arizona State ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			32	–	26	–	0		.552
Utah ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			33	–	22	–	0		.600
Stanford ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			22	–	32	–	0		.407
Washington ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0		.333			19	–	31	–	1		.382
Washington State ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			21	–	32	–	0		.396
UCLA ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			19	–	33	–	0		.365
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 25, 2024[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California (USC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. Due to Dedeaux Field being renovated the Trojans played their home games OC Great Park Baseball Complex, Anteater Ballpark in Irvine, and Page Stadium in Los Angeles.^[2] The team was coached by Andy Stankiewicz in his 2nd season at USC.

Previous season

The Trojans ended the 2023 season with a record of 17–13 in conference play and 34-23-1 overall record good for 4th place in the Pac-12. They would play in the Pac-12 tournament as the #4 Seed on Pool C in Game 1 of Pool Play they would beat rival UCLA by a score of 6–4, then in Game 2 of Pool Play they would lose to Washington eliminating them from the tournament and ending their season.

2023 MLB draft

The Trojans had one player drafted in the 2023 MLB draft.^[3]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Johnny Olmstead	INF	19th	563	Miami Marlins

Roster

2024 USC Trojans roster[4]
	Pitchers 3 – William Watson – Junior 4 – Brock Blatter – Sophomore 11 – Michael Ebner – Sophomore 12 – Caden Aoki – Junior 14 – Xavier Martinez – Junior 18 – Josh Blum – Junior 21 – Jared Feikes – Graduate 22 – Michael Ryhlick – Senior 24 – Tyler Stromsborg – Senior 25 – Fisher Johnson – Junior 30 – Mason Edwards – Freshman 31 – Eric Hammond – Sophomore 35 – Andrew Harbour – Freshman 36 – Garren Rizzo – Freshman 37 – Adrian Blanchet – Freshman 38 – Sax Matson – Freshman 39 – Brodie Purcell – Freshman 41 – Thomas Di Landri – Junior 45 – Dylan Tostrup – Junior 95 – Channing Austin – Junior	Catchers 5 – Connor Clift – Graduate 26 – Luca DiPaolo – Sophomore 40 – Jacob Galloway – Sophomore 55 – Gavin Mez – Junior Infielders 2 – KaiKea Harrison – Sophomore 6 – Dean Carpentier – Freshman 13 – Ryan Jackson – Senior 15 – Ethan Hedges – Sophomore 20 – Chris Brown – Graduate 27 – Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek – Sophomore 77 – Abbrie Covarrubias – Freshman		Outfielders 9 – Carson Wells – Senior 10 – Austin Overn – Sophomore 16 – Brayden Dowd – Freshman 23 – Ty Silva – Freshman 32 – Duce Robinson – Freshman	Two Way Players 8 – Kevin Takeuchi – Freshman 28 – Riley Hunsaker – Freshman 29 – Andrew Lamb – Freshman 34 – JT Waldon – Junior

Coaches

2024 USC Trojans baseball coaching staff[4]
Andy Stankiewicz – Head coach – 2nd season Travis Jewett – Assistant coach – 2nd season Seth Etherton – Assistant coach – 2nd season Andy Jenkins – Assistant coach – 2nd season Note: Season counter accounts for all stints at USC.

Opening Day

Opening Day Starters[5]
Name	Position
Austin Overn	CF
Ryan Jackson	SS
Jacob Galloway	C
Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek	2B
Chris Brown	DH
Luca DiPaolo	LF
Carson Wells	RF
Ethan Hedges	1B
Abbrie Covarruibias	3B
Caden Aoki	P

Game log

2024 USC Trojans Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (28–27) Overall: 31–28
February (2–6) Date TV/Time (PT) Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Conference February 16 MLB.TV 4:00 p.m. vs BYU* MLB Desert Invitational -- Sloan Park Mesa, Arizona L 1-8 Ben Hansen (1–0) Caden Aoki (0–1) None 575 0-1 — February 17 MLB Network 6:00 p.m. vs Grand Canyon* MLB Destert Invitational -- Salt River Fields at Talking Stick Scottsdale, Arizona L 1-8 Carter Young (1–0) Tyler Stromsborg (0–1) None 575 0-2 — February 18 MLB.TV 4:00 p.m. vs Ohio State* MLB Dester Invitational -- Sloan Park Mesa, Arizona L 2-5 Gavin Bruni (1–0) Eric Hammond (0–1) Justin Eckhardt (1) 575 0-3 — February 20 USC Live Stream 6:00 p.m. vs UC San Diego* -- Page Stadium Los Angeles, California Canceled (inclement weather) 0-3 — February 22 ESPN+ 6:30 p.m. at Loyola Marymount* -- Page Stadium Los Angeles, California L 3-5 Cole Stucky (1–0) Mason Edwards (0–1) Jeff Heinrich (1) 473 0-4 — February 23 USC Live Stream 6:30 p.m. vs Portland* -- Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California L 0-4 Nick Brink (1–0) Caden Aoki (0–2) Jack Folkins (1) 508 0-5 — February 24 USC Live Stream 6:30 p.m. vs Portland* -- Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California W 6-5 Jared Feikes (1–0) Carter Gaston (1-1) None 1,098 1-5 — February 25 USC Live Stream 1:00 p.m. vs Portland * -- Great Park Baseball COmplex Irvine, California W 10-4 Michael Ebner (1–0) Joey Cartrell (1-1) None 711 2-5 — February 27 Pac-12 Insider 6:00 p.m. vs Michigan* -- Page Stadium Los Angeles, California L 5-8 Chase Allen (2–0) Mason Edwards (0–2) Ricky Kidd (2) 258 2-6 —
March (9-9) Date TV/Time (PT) Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Conference March 1 FloBaseball 2:00 p.m. vs No. 5 TCU* Kubota College Baseball Series -- Globe Life Field Arlington, Texas L 8-9 11 Kyle Ayers (1–0) Michael Ryhlick (0–1) None -- 2-7 — March 2 FloBaseball 2:00 p.m. vs No. 7 Texas A&M* Kubota College Baseball Classic -- Globe Life Field Arlington, Texas L 3-9 Moss Weston (2–0) Tyler Stromsborg (0–2) None -- 2-8 — March 3 FloBaseball 3:10 p.m. vs No. 5 TCU* Kubota College Baseball Classic -- Globe Life Field Arlington, Texas L 5-9 Storm Hierholzer (1–0) Eric Hammond (0–2) None 6,516 2-9 — March 5 ESPN+ 6:00 p.m. at Cal State Fullerton* -- Goodwin Field Fullerton, California W 6-5 Xavier Martinez (1–0) Ryan Faulks (0–1) Josh Blum (1) 1,270 3-9 — March 8 USC Live Stream 6:30 p.m. vs Arizona -- Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California L 9-16 Jackson Kent (2–0) Caden Aoki (0–3) None 753 3-10 0–1 March 9 USC Live Stream 6:30 p.m. vs Arizona -- Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California L 6-9 Clark Candiotti (1–0) Tyler Stromsborg (0–3) None 807 3-11 0–2 March 10 USC Live Stream 1:00 p.m. vs Arizona -- Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California W 4-1 Eric Hammond (1–2) Cam Walty (3–1) Josh Blum (2) 1,059 4-11 1–2 March 12 USC Live Stream 6:30 p.m. vs California Baptist* -- Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California L 2-3 Seth Mattox (1–0) Garren Rizzo (0–1) Nathan Hemmerling (1) 498 4-12 — March 15 Stanford Live Stream 6:00 p.m. at Stanford -- Sunken Diamond Stanford, California W 5-2 Caden Aoki (1–3) Matt Scott (2–3) None 1,616 5-12 2-2 March 16 Stanford Live Stream 2:00 p.m. at Stanford -- Sunken Diamond Stanford, California L 1-7 Christian Lim (2-2) Tyler Stromsborg (0–4) None 1,677 5-13 2–3 March 17 Stanford Live Stream 1:00 p.m. at Stanford -- Sunken Diamond Stanford, California W 11-8 Josh Blum (1–0) Toran O'Harran (0–1) None 2,316 6-13 3-3 March 19 ESPN+ 6:00 p.m. at Long Beach State* -- Blair Field Long Beach, California W 7-3 Andrew Harbour (1–0) Owen Geiss (0–1) Xavier Martinez (1) 1,871 7-13 — March 22 P12N 7:00 p.m. at UCLA rivalry -- Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California W 15-2 Caden Aoki (2–3) Luke Jewett (1–2) None 1,010 8-13 4–3 March 23 P12LA 2:00 p.m. at UCLA rivlary -- Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California L 6-7 Michael Bernett (2–1) Tyler Stromsborg (0–5) Rashad Ruff (4) 881 8-14 4-4 March 24 P12N 2:00 p.m. at UCLA rivalry -- Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California L 3-6 Luke Rodriguez (1–3) Jared Feikes (1-1) Rashad Ruff (5) 1,321 8-15 4–5 March 26 USC Live Stream 6:30 p.m. vs Fresno State* -- Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California W 10-1 Fisher Johnson (1–0) Caleb Anderson (0–1) None 389 9-15 — March 28 USC Live Strea 6:30 p.m. vs No. 2 Oregon State -- Anteater Ballpark Irvine, California W 2-1 Josh Blum (2–0) Kellan Oakes (3–1) None 655 10-15 5-5 March 29 USC Live Stream 6:30 p.m. vs No. 2 Oregon State -- Anteater Ballpark Irvine, California W 17-4 Fisher Johnson (2–0) Jacob Kmatz (3–1) None 977 11-15 6–5 March 30 USC Live Strea 1:00 p.m. vs No. 2 Oregon State -- Anteater Ballpark Irvine, California Canceled (inclement weather) 11-15 6–5
April (10–8) Date TV/Time (PT) Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Conference April 2 USC Live Stream 6:00 p.m. at San Diego* -- Fowler Park San Diego, California L 3-9 Drake Frize (3–1) Garren Rizzo (0–2) Conner Thurman (1) 629 11-16 — April 3 USC Live Stream 6:00 p.m. vs UC San Diego* -- Page Stadium Los Angeles, California W 5-0 Tyler Stromsborg (1–5) Landon Marchetti (1-1) None 213 12-16 — April 5 USC Live Stream 6:30 p.m. vs Washington -- Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California W 6-2 Eric Hammond (2-2) Jared Engman (0–6) None 438 13-16 7–5 April 6 USC Live Stream 2:00 p.m. vs Washington -- Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California W 9-5 Tyler Stromsborg (2–5) Calvin Kirchoff (2-2) None 919 14-16 8–5 April 7 USC Live Stream 1:00 p.m. vs Washington -- Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California W 6-5 Xavier Martinez (2–0) Spencer Dessart (2–3) Josh Blum (3) 952 15-16 9–5 April 9 USC Live Stream 6:00 p.m. vs No. 12 UC Irvine* -- Page Stadium Los Angeles, California W 12-5 Fisher Johnson (3–0) Tim Grack (0–1) None 374 16-16 — April 12 Oregon Live Stream 5:00 p.m. at No. 17 Oregon -- PK Park Eugene, Oregon L 1-4 RJ Gordon (5–2) Tyler Stromsborg (2–6) Logan Mercado (6) 2,401 16-17 9–6 April 13 Oregon Live Stream 3:30 p.m. at No. 17 Oregon -- PK Park Eugene, Oregon L 3-5 Grayson Grinsell (4–2) Fisher Johnson (3–1) Bradley Mullan (4) 16-18 9–7 April 14 Oregon Live Stream 12:00 p.m. at No. 17 Oregon -- PK Park Eugenu, Oregon W 4-2 Williams Watson (1–0) Brock Moore (1-1) Josh Blum (4) 2,256 17-18 10–7 April 16 USC Live Stream 6:30 p.m. vs San Diego* -- Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California L 2-3 Ivran Romero (5–1) Mason Edwards (0–3) Drake Frize (2) 411 17-19 — April 17 ESPN+ 6:00 p.m. at No. 15 UC Irvine* -- Anteater Ballpark Irvine, California W 12-4 Michael Ebner (2–0) Ryder Brooks (2–1) None 955 18-19 — April 19 USC Live Stream 6:30 p.m. vs Sacramento State* -- Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California L 3-6 Evan Gibbons (3–4) Tyler Stromsborg (2–7) Kade Brown (6) 329 18-20 — April 20 USC Live Stream 2:00 p.m. vs Santa Clara* -- Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California W 12-11 Brodie Purcell (1–0) Blake Hammond (1–3) Josh Blum (5) 598 19-20 — April 21 USC Live Stream 1:00 p.m. vs Sacramento State* -- Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California L 4-5 Xavier Richards (3–0) William Watson (1-1) Kade Brown (7) 783 19-21 — April 23 ESPN+ 6:00 p.m. at Cal State Fullerton* -- Goodwin Field Fullerton, California W 6-4 Jared Feikes (2–1) Aaron Ceniceros (0–1) Josh Blum (6) 812 20-21 — April 26 ASU Live Stream 6:30 p.m. at Arizona State -- Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona L 1-12 Ben Jacobs (5–2) Tyler Stromsborg (2–8) None 2,720 20-22 10–8 April 27 ASU Live Stream 6:30 p.m. at Arizona State -- Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona L 2-17 Connor Markl (5–2) Michael Ebner (2–1) None 3,356 20-23 10–9 April 28 ASU Live Stream 1:00 p.m. at Arizona State -- Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona W 11-6 Williams Watson (2–1) Wyatt halvorson (1–3) None 2,585 21-23 11–9
May (8–4) Date TV/Time (PT) Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Conference May 3 USC Live Stream 6:30 p.m. vs California -- Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California W 5-1 Tyler Stromsborg (3–8) Austin Turkington (1-1) None 781 22-23 12–9 May 4 USC Live Stream 2:00 p.m. vs California -- Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California L 4-11 Christian Becerra (4–1) Jared Feikes (2-2) None 1,037 22-24 12–10 May 5 USC Live Stream 12:00 p.m. vs California -- Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California L 3-6 Trey Newmann (4-4) William Watson (2-2) Tyler Stasiowski (4) 1,248 22-25 12–11 May 7 ESPN+ 6:00 p.m. at Long Beach State* -- Blair Field Long Beach, California L 6-7 12 Mason Dillow (1–0) Dylan Tostrup (0–1) None 2,046 22-26 — May 10 P12NLA 6:00 p.m. at Washington State -- Bailey-Brayton Field Pullman, Washington L 8-20 Grant Taylor (5–3) Tyler Stromsborg (3–9) None 1,129 22-27 12-12 May 11 P12N 2:00 p.m. at Washington State -- Bailey-Brayton Field Pullman, Washington W 9-4 Brodie Purcell (2–0) Rylan Haider (2–3) None 1,490 23-27 13–12 May 12 P12N Washington 12:00 p.m. at Washington State -- Bailey-Brayton Field Pullman, Washington W 10-3 William Watson (3–2) Duke Brotherton (5–7) None 1,217 24-27 14–12 May 14 ESPN+ 6:00 p.m. at Gonzaga* -- Patterson Baseball Complex Spokane, Washington W 15-3 Michael Ebner (1-1) O'Brian Finbar (0–1) None 1,066 25-27 — May 16 USC Live Stream 6:30 p.m. vs Utah -- Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California W 6-5 Xavier Martinez (3–0) Micah Ashman (1–3) Josh Blum (7) 632 26-27 15–12 May 17 USC Live Stream 6:30 p.m. vs Utah -- Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California W 8-2 William Watson (4–2) Merit Jones (3–5) Michael Ebner (1) 894 27-27 16–12 May 18 USC Live Stream 1:00 p.m. vs Utah Senior Day -- Great Park Baseball Complex Irvine, California W 5-3 Tyler Stromsborg (4–9) Colter McAnelly (5–4) Xavier Martinez (2) 1,081 28-27 17–12
Postseason (3–1)
Pac-12 Tournament (3–1) Date TV/Time (PT) Opponent Seed Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall P12T Record May 21 P12N 2:30 p.m. vs Utah (Group C Pool Play) #4 Scottsdale Stadium Scottsdale, Arizona W 7-6 Xavier Martinez (4–0) Micah Ashman (1–4) Josh Blum (8) 1,738 29-27 1–0 May 23 P12N 2:30 p.m. vs No. 23 Oregon (Group C Pool Play) #4 Scottsdale Stadium Scottsdale, Arizona W 4-2 William Watson (5–2) RJ Gordon (7–5) Josh Blum (9) -- 30-27 2–0 May 24 P12N 2:30 p.m. vs California Semifinal #4 Scottsdale Stadium Scottsdale, Arizona W 7-4 Mason Edwards (1–3) Trey Newmann (4–6) Josh Blum (10) -- 31-27 3–0 May 25 ESPNU 7:00 p.m. vs No. 18 Arizona Championship Game #4 Scottsdale Stadium Scottsdale, Arizona L 3–4 Anthony Susac (2–2) Josh Blum (2–1) None 3,813 31–28 3–1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled Bold =USC team member Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll. [6]

Game summaries

Pool C

	Pool C	ORE	USC	UTAH
3	Oregon		2-4	2-4
4	USC	4-2		7-6
7	Utah	4-2	6-7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	(4) USC	2	2	0	11	4	+7	1.000	Advanced to Semifinals
2	(7) Utah	2	1	1	6	7	−1	.500	Eliminated
3	(3) Oregon	2	0	2	4	8	−4	.000

Source: [1]

May 21 2:30 p.m. Game 2	(7) Utah	6-7	(4) USC	Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ Attendance: 1,738 Umpires: HP: Nate White 1B: Steve Mattingly 2B: Mike Lusky 3B: Joe Burleson
	LP: Micah Ashman (1-4)		WP: Xavier Martinez (4-0) Sv: Josh Blum (8)
	HR: K. Carpenter (7)		HR: Carson Wells (4)

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May 23 2:30 p.m. Game 8	(4) USC	4-2	(3) Oregon	Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ Umpires: HP: Ramon Armendariz 1B: Darren Hyman 2B: Mike Fichter 3B: Pat Riley
	WP: William Watson (5-2) Sv: Josh Blum (9)		LP: RJ Gordon (7-5)
	HR: Ryan Jackson (4)		HR: None

Finals

	Semifinals May 24					Final May 25
	4	USC'	7
	6	California	4
						4	USC	3
						1	Arizona	4
	1	Arizona	6
	8	Stanford	3

Semifinal

May 24 2:30 p.m. Game 1	No. 6 California	4-7	No. 4 USC	Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ Umpires: HP: Bill Van Raaphorst 1B: Mike Fichter 2B: Steve Mattingly 3B: Scott Letendre
	LP: Trey Newmann (4–6)		WP: Mason Edwards (1–3) Sv: Josh Blum (10)
	HR: Caleb Lomavita		HR: Brayden Dowd

Final

May 25 7:00 p.m. Game 11	No. 4 USC	3–4	No. 1 Arizona	Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ Attendance: 3,813 Umpires: HP: Darren Hyman 1B: Kellen Levy 2B: Joe Burleson 3B: Bill Van Raaphorst
	LP: Josh Blum (2–1)		WP: Anthony Susac (2–2)

Rankings

Ranking movements

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
Coaches'[7]		*
Baseball America[8]
NCBWA†[9]

† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

1. "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
2. "USC Ballpark being renovated". usctrojans.com. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
3. https://usctrojans.com/news/2023/7/11/usc-baseballs-johnny-olmstead-selected-by-miami-marlins-in-2023-mlb-draft.aspx
4. "2024 Baseball Roster". USC Trojans. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
5. "Baseball vs BYU on 2/16/2024 – Box Score". University of Southern California Athletics. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
6. "2024 Baseball Schedule". usctrojans.com. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
7. "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY.
8. "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com. May 20, 2024.
9. "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net.