SAN FRANCISCO – Washington State Baseball will have 14 games televised on the Pac-12 Networks in 2019, the network announced Thursday.
Under the direction of fourth-year head coach Marty Lees, Washington State returns four position starters and added the No. 32 ranked recruiting class that featured 10 All-State selections including a pair of pitchers who chose to attend WSU after being selected in the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft.
The Cougars open the 2019 season with a pair of road trips to northern California beginning with a four-games series against Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, Calif. Feb. 15-17. Last season, WSU split a four-game series with the Gaels in Pullman. The following week, the Cougars return to northern California for a four-game series at Santa Clara (Feb. 21-24). WSU swept a three-game series with the Broncos in Pullman last season.
Washington State opens its home slate the final day of February with a four-game series against Nevada (Feb. 28-March 3) and continues the homestand the following week with a three-game series with Cal State Northridge (March 8-10). WSU owns a 11-5 all-time record against Nevada who will be making their first trip to Bailey-Brayton Field. The Cougars welcome CSUN back to Pullman for the second time in three seasons after WSU took three of four from the Matadors in 2017 at Bailey-Brayton.
In mid-March the Cougars will hit the road for nine straight games beginning with a two-game set at UNLV (March 12-13). WSU will make their Pac-12 Network 2019 debut later that week during the opening weekend of conference play when the final two games of the weekend series at Arizona State (March 15-17) will be televised. The following week, Washington State heads to southern California for a three-game nonconference series at UC Irvine (March 22-24) and a single game at Loyola Marymount (March 25). WSU will face UC Irvine for the first time since 2012 and will match up against LMU for the second time in the last three seasons after splitting a four-game series with the Lions in 2017.
The final weekend of March will see WSU host Stanford (March 29-31) followed by the season’s first meeting with Gonzaga, April 2 in Pullman. The Cougars head to Berkeley for a three-game series with California (April 5-7) with all three games on the Pac-12 Networks. WSU returns home for four games beginning with a nonconference matchup against Seattle U (April 9) followed by a three-game series against Oregon (April 12-14).
In mid-April, the Cougars will play seven straight away from Bailey-Brayton Field beginning with a series at USC (April 18-20), followed by a matchup at Gonzaga (April 23) before heading to Corvallis to face defending national champion Oregon State (April 26-28).
Washington State opens the month of May with a home series against rival Washington with all three games on the Pac-12 Networks (May 3-5). The Cougars will face Gonzaga (May 6) in Spokane before hosting UCLA (May 10-12) at Bailey-Brayton Field.
The final road trip of the season will come in mid-May with a trip to the state of Utah. The Cougars open the week with a nonconference matchup at Utah Valley (May 14) followed by a three-game series at Utah (May 16-18) with all three games televised on the Pac-12 Networks. Washington State will close out the regular season hosting Arizona (May 23-25), also with all three games on the Pac-12 Networks.
2019 Washington State Schedule
