Fullerton Super Regional
Arizona State (54-14) at No. 7 Cal State Fullerton (48-14)
Goodwin Field, Fullerton, Calif.
Series history: ASU leads 22-18 (6-6 in NCAA Tourn. games)
Season history: 2-1 Cal State Fullerton
Fullerton Super Regional schedule
Friday, June 6
Game 1 - Cal State Fullerton 5, Arizona State 1
Saturday, June 7
Game 2 - Arizona State 7, Cal State Fullerton 6
Sunday, June 8
Game 3 - Cal State Fullerton 7, Arizona State 1 (Cal State Fullerton advances to CWS)
Cal State Fullerton Titans
NCAA Tournament appearance: 25th
CWS appearances (last): 12 (2003)
2003 Home record: 32-3 (includes a win over USC at Edison Field)
Prominent MLB alumni: Jeremy Giambi, Mark Kotsay, Phil Nevin
Titan notes (entering Super Regional)
Fullerton has lost only twice in 31 games at Goodwin Field this season. ASU must beat them twice in three games to reach the CWS.
The Titans and Sun Devils are the only two teams that rank in the nation's Top 20 for batting average, scoring, ERA and fielding.
Fullerton has great depth in its pitching staff and ranks second in the nation in ERA (2.75) despite the fact that its 2 best pitchers missed the middle of the season.
Titans pitching has allowed only 30 HR this season -- all solo or 2-run jobs.
Offensively, the team has only 31 HR of its own and lives off "small ball"; they are sixth in the nation in batting (.333).
Fullerton has five Freshman All-America candidates; Dan Dorn broke Phil Nevin's freshman RBI record.
Titans were ranked No. 1 for one week in early May - their first time at the top of the polls since 1996.
Kevin Costner is the school's most famous alumnus and sometimes comes to big games…keep an eye out.
Arizona State Sun Devils
NCAA Tournament appearance: 27th
CWS appearances (last): 18 (1998)
Prominent MLB alumni: Barry Bonds, Paul LoDuca, Fernando Vina
Sun Devil notes (entering Super Regional)
ASU started the season with a 28-1 record.
The most statistically impressive team in the country: ASU leads the nation in batting (.352) and scoring (10.4 rpg), is seventh in ERA (3.18) and 11th in fielding (.973).
The Sun Devils have scored 10+ runs in a game 35 times this season and have had four innings with 10 or more runs.
ASU has hit an NCAA-record 14 grand slams this season.
The Sun Devils have scored in an NCAA-record 498 straight games, dating back to an April 7, 1995 blanking by USC.
The 3.18 team ERA (boosted by 10 team shutouts) is the program's best since joining the Pac-10.
DH Jeremy West enters the Super Regional with a 21-game hitting streak; CF Andre Ethier has an active 20-game streak.
SS Dustin Pedroia leads the nation in doubles (34) and is eighth in batting (.423). He was Pac-10 Co-Player of the Year (with Stanford's Ryan Garko).
Thanks in part to an NCAA-record four grand slams, 1B Jeff Larish ranks third in the nation with 92 RBI (second has 93).
Brad Edwards is a college sports researcher for ESPN.
