Dedeaux Download: Andy Stankiewicz on where USC baseball stands heading into final month

Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion

Ryan Abraham - USCFootball,com publisher

Sports, Basketball, Football

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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The Dedeaux Download Podcast returns with Shotgun Spratling and podcast co-host Kasey Kazliner breaking down USC baseball's 3-1 week that featured a series win over Gonzaga and a dominant midweek win over Long Beach State. Shotgun and Kasey break down all the action, looking at the positives of the Trojans improving to 26-14 with an 11-7 mark in Big Ten play and a fourth-place spot in the standings behind only two ranked teams and Iowa. They discuss the play of Adrian Lopez powering the offense all weekend against the Zags as well as Ethan Hedges seeming to get back on track after a rough spell. Shotgun and Kasey also look at how the Trojans were able to bounce back after dropping the opener against Gonzaga with some uncharacteristically sloppy play thanks to the bullpen stepping up throughout the week. The podcasters also look at three negatives, including Kevin Takeuchi reinjuring his left shoulder during Tuesday's win at Long Beach and the RPI hit that one poor game can have as the Trojans start looking toward the postseason. After a break, USC head coach Andy Stankiewicz then joins the show to talk about how the Big Ten schedule, including the back-and-forth travel, has treated his team and how his players have handled and adjusted to the differences and challenges. He also discusses how the Trojans have tried to deal with a spate of injuries with multiple pitchers lost for the season as well as Takeuchi's shoulder issues. Stankiewicz then takes the listener through some strategic thought processes of how he tries to use late-inning opportunities in blowout games as well as how he handles his star players being in a funk, especially later in the season. The Trojan head man chats about Hedges, Lopez, Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek, Caden Hunter, Andrew Johnson, Jack Basseer and others. Shotgun and Kasey close out the show taking a look at where the Trojans stand after winning another series and taking a peek at where the Trojans could wind up in the postseason. The podcast then previews USC's upcoming week of action with the Trojans heading to Minneapolis to take on an injury-riddled Minnesota team that continues to battle despite 11 significant injuries, including five of the season-ending variety. Please review, rate and subscribe to the Peristyle Podcast on Apple Podcasts! Make sure you check out USCFootball.com for complete coverage of USC Trojans football, basketball, baseball and recruiting. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.6	You know, Welcome into the nation's favorite USC baseball podcast.
0:48.4	The dado download.
0:49.4	I'm your host, Shotgun Spirling alongside my co-host Casey Kazaner.
0:52.5	Casey, how are we doing today?
0:53.9	Have you recovered from some late night playoff hockey covering the Kings last night?
1:00.1	Yeah, no, doing well.
1:01.7	Definitely a busy week covering the Kings and their minor league affiliate.
1:06.2	And so, yeah, definitely, you know, a grind right now.
1:09.4	But, I mean, some good games to see. So really happy to
1:12.4	make it through it. Hey, look at the Kings. Out to a great start in a series against the Oilers,
1:16.3	but hey, Connor McDavid is pretty darn good. So let's not count them out here. We're going to talk
1:21.3	a little bit of baseball though. I love playoff hockey. I also love this time of season in
1:26.8	college baseball because it's it's now or
1:29.6	never for some teams. It's it's a grind time. It's time to make your your mark, to make some
1:35.8	moves to get into the postseason. And then you have the conference tournament weekend,
1:40.0	Memorial Day weekend, which is always one of my favorites because I barely sleep usually that week.
1:45.4	And I'm trying to map up my planning to where I may go to four different conference tournaments during that week,
1:53.8	maybe even five and six the weekend before with the Patriot League and Ivy League.
1:57.9	So you're trying to map everything out right now.
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