1988 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team

The 1988 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team represented California State University, Fullerton in the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Titans played their home games at Titan Field, and played as part of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The team was coached by Larry Cochell in his first season as head coach at Cal State Fullerton.

1988 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball
NCAA South Regional champions
College World Series, 2–2
Conference	Pacific Coast Athletic Association
Record	43–18 (12–8 PCAA)
Head coach	Larry Cochell (1st year)
Home stadium	Titan Field
Seasons ← 1987 1989 →

1988 Pacific Coast Athletic Association baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 7 Fresno State  ‍†‍‍y	20	–	1	–	0		.952			56	–	12	–	0		.824
No. 25 UNLV  ‍‍‍y	14	–	7	–	0		.667			40	–	22	–	0		.645
No. 3 Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍y	12	–	8	–	0		.600			43	–	18	–	0		.705
San Jose State  ‍‍‍	9	–	11	–	0		.450			31	–	30	–	0		.508
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍	9	–	12	–	0		.429			30	–	28	–	1		.517
Pacific  ‍‍‍	9	–	12	–	0		.429			19	–	32	–	0		.373
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍	6	–	15	–	0		.286			23	–	39	–	0		.371
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍	4	–	17	–	0		.190			14	–	45	–	0		.237
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1988[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Titans reached the College World Series, their fifth appearance in Omaha, where they finished tied for third place after winning games against Miami (FL) and eventual champion Stanford before losing a pair of semifinal matchups with Stanford.

Personnel

Roster

1988 Cal State Fullerton Titans roster[2]
	Pitchers 4 - Duane Madje - Junior 9 - Rich Faulks - Sophomore 15 - Erik Silvey - Junior 18 - Huck Flener - Freshman 21 - Longo Garcia - Senior 22 - Chris Robinson - Freshman 24 - Mark Beck - Freshman 25 - Paul Johnson - Junior 31 - Jim Foley - Junior 32 - Danny DeVille - Junior 34 - Matt Watson - Freshman		Catchers 7 - Brent Mayne - Sophomore 13 - Shane Flores - Senior Outfielders 2 - Jason Rolish - Sophomore 10 - John Miscovich - Freshman 17 - Rex Peters - Junior 23 - Ramiro Garcia - Sophomore 26 - Bobby Jones - Junior 27 - Greg Mannion - Senior 30 - Jim Osborn - Senior 33 - Scott Talanoa - Freshman		Infielders 3 - Mark Shimamoto - Freshman 8 - Mike Ross - Senior 11 - Kemer Brett - Junior 12 - Mike Friedland - Junior 19 - Mark Razook - Junior 20 - Ralph Ramirez - Junior 37 - Keith Kaub - Senior

Coaches

1988 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball coaching staff[2]
1 - Larry Cochell - Head Coach - 1st Season - Dick Larner - Assistant Coach - 2nd Season 5 - Dennis Rogers - Assistant Coach - 1st Season 28 - Rick Vanderhook - Assistant Coach - 4th Season 6 - Paul Cameron - Graduate Assistant - 1st Season

Schedule and results

Legend
	Cal State Fullerton win
	Cal State Fullerton loss

1988 Cal State Fullerton Titans Baseball Game Log[3]
Regular Season
January Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record PCAA Record Jan 26 Cal Poly Pomona* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 5–1 1–0 Jan 28 Chapman* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 1–8 1–1 Jan 29 at Chapman* Orange, CA W 5–0 2–1 Jan 30 Chapman* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 7–10 2–2
February Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record PCAA Record Feb 3 at USC* Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA L 3–7 2–3 Feb 5 at No. 2 Stanford* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 5–1 3–3 Feb 6 at Stanford* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 4–9 3–4 Feb 7 at Stanford* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 6–5 4–4 Feb 11 at Arizona* Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 9–14 4–5 Feb 12 at Arizona* Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 22–5 5–5 Feb 13 at Arizona* Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 6–13 5–6 Feb 17 Cal State Northridge* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 13–0 6–6 Feb 20 The Master's* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 22–4 7–6 Feb 23 Pepperdine* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 2–0 8–6 Feb 26 US International* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 7–0 9–6 Feb 27 US International* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 5–17 10–6 Feb 27 US International* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 15–8 11–6
March Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record PCAA Record Mar 2 at No. 18 UCLA* Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 12–6 12–7 Mar 4 Portland* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 2–4 12–7 Mar 5 Portland* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 10–6 13–7 Mar 6 Portland* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 5–3 14–7 Mar 9 San Diego* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 9–2 15–7 Mar 11 No. 18 Washington State* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 7–1 16–7 Mar 12 No. 18 Washington State* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 6–7 16–8 Mar 13 No. 7 Loyola Marymount* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 3–0 17–8 Mar 15 at Pepperdine* Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, CA W 12–3 18–8 Mar 18 at Pacific Klein Family Field • Stockton, CA W 5–0 19–8 1–0 Mar 19 at Pacific Klein Family Field • Stockton, CA W 15–812 20–8 2–0 Mar 20 at Pacific Klein Family Field • Stockton, CA L 6–714 20–9 2–1 Mar 25 vs No. 12 LSU* Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Bush Challenge II) W 7–2 21–9 Mar 26 vs No. 11 New Orleans* Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Bush Challenge II) W 14–3 22–9 Mar 27 vs Tulane* Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Bush Challenge II) W 8–4 23–9
April Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record PCAA Record Apr 1 UC Santa Barbara Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 6–7 23–10 2–2 Apr 2 UC Santa Barbara Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 8– 24–10 3–2 Apr 3 UC Santa Barbara Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 8–5 25–10 4–2 Apr 8 at Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, CA W 9–2 26–10 5–2 Apr 9 at Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, CA W 13–3 27–10 6–2 Apr 10 at Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, CA W 13–2 28–10 7–2 Apr 13 at US International* San Diego, CA W 9–6 29–10 Apr 15 No. 20 UNLV Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 4–2 30–10 8–2 Apr 16 No. 20 UNLV Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 2–310 30–11 8–3 Apr 17 No. 20 UNLV Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 6–510 31–11 9–3 Apr 22 UC Irvine Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 11–7 32–11 10–3 Apr 23 UC Irvine Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 6–510 33–11 11–3 Apr 24 UC Irvine Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 4–1 34–11 12–3 Apr 26 Cal State Los Angeles* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 10–7 35–11 Apr 29 No. 2 Fresno State Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 2–3 35–12 12–4 Apr 30 No. 2 Fresno State Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 3–5 35–13 12–5
May Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record PCAA Record May 1 No. 2 Fresno State Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 8–15 35–14 12–6 May 4 UCLA Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 4–3 36–14 May 8 at San Jose State San Jose Municipal Stadium • San Jose, CA L 4–5 36–15 12–7 May 8 at San Jose State San Jose Municipal Stadium • San Jose, CA L 2–11 36–16 12–8 May 11 No. 21 USC* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 8–4 37–16
Postseason
NCAA South Regional Date Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Reg Record May 27 (4) Missouri (3) Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 6–3 38–16 1–0 May 28 (2) Mississippi State (3) Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 5–1 39–16 2–0 May 29 (2) Mississippi State (3) Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 5–3 40–16 3–0 May 30 (1) Texas A&M (3) Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 6–3 41–16 4–0
College World Series Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record CWS Record June 4 Miami (FL) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 9–3 42–16 1–0 June 6 Stanford Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 5–3 43–16 2–0 June 9 Stanford Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 1–3 43–17 2–1 June 10 Stanford Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 5–9 43–18 2–2