Dedeaux Download Podcast: Previewing big road trip; Augie Lopez talks hot hitting
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🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
The Dedeaux Download Podcast returns with Shotgun Spratling and podcast co-host Kasey Kazliner breaking down USC baseball's bounce back series sweep of Iowa after a four-game losing streak and previewing the Trojans' big road series at Nebraska. They also talk with USC sophomore slugger Augie Lopez about his recent hot hitting after being challenged by head coach Andy Stankiewicz.
In the first half of the show, Lopez talks about how he's developed into the Trojans' top power threat, hitting seven homers in his last 10 games, and how he's continued to progress and mature at the plate. He also discusses hitting well against UCLA and how the team responded to being swept by the No. 1 team in the nation.
Lopez chats about why new Dedeaux Field is so special for the Trojans and why they're so intent on protecting it. He also talks about what they have to do to play better on the road, especially with a four-game road trip coming up this week.
After a break, Shotgun and Kasey break down the Trojans' 3-1 week in the Three Up, Three Down segment, looking at the positives and negatives from the Iowa sweep following a loss at UC Santa Barbara. Shotgun and Kasey close out the show taking a look at where the Trojans' stand in the rankings and previewing a big weekend as USC heads to Nebraska to take on the second-place Huskers in an important series for the Big Ten standings as well as USC's potential to be a regional host in the postseason.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome back to the Dato Download podcast, a USC baseball podcast presented by USCFootball.com |
| 0:20.5 | and the Perstile podcast network |
| 0:22.8 | of shows. I'm your host, I'm a show and sprawling alongside my co-host Casey Caslinner. Casey, |
| 0:28.4 | how are we doing today? We've talked about some wins this week, a little bit different than last week. |
| 0:32.8 | Yeah, I'm doing well. I think I spent more time at Dato Field this past weekend than I did |
| 0:36.9 | anywhere else. |
| 0:38.2 | You've been sleeping. So, yeah, it was a fun weekend at the park and some good crowds. |
| 0:43.0 | And obviously, USC gets the sweep and in a few, you know, exciting games, a few dominant wins for USC as well. |
| 0:48.6 | So excited to talk about it. |
| 0:50.5 | Yeah, there was a four game losing streak in there. |
| 0:52.2 | We wanted to see, okay, how's USC going to respond? |
| 0:54.4 | And big way against Iowa getting the sweep there. |
| 0:56.8 | That was an important series. |
| 1:10.6 | Now we're going to have to go back on the road. We'll see what they can do with that. But for any newcomers listening to their first episode here on the Dato Download podcast, which is part of the Pairs style podcast from the shows, we break down all the latest news and developments with the USC baseball program, |
| 1:12.6 | a program that is currently ranked. |
| 1:17.3 | Number 12 in the D1 baseball poll, number 10, number nine, and a couple of other polls. |
| 1:18.8 | We'll discuss that a little bit later. |
| 1:21.5 | Each week during the season, though, we recap the latest action. |
| 1:23.3 | We look forward to the upcoming matchups. |
| 1:27.2 | So we'll do a past, present, and future type of look. |
| 2:01.8 | We'll look at what happened this past week. We'll look at where USC stands currently. We'll look at the RPI. We'll look at maybe some, you know, where they're looking at if they can host or not, those type of things. And they will take a look in the future and look at the upcoming matchups. As always, please make sure you guys like, share, subscribe on your favorite podcast listening platform. Don't want to miss any shows. I mean, we're talking all things USC. We got football. We got recruiting. We got baseball. We got basketball. We got it all with our wide range of shows. So make sure you subscribe so you don't miss anything. If you're a USC fan, there's no better place to get your news and information. |
| 2:16.8 | Also, if you guys can help us grow the show, we'd appreciate it, so please leave us a review. We love those five stars. And also, you can submit questions, comments, concerns for future episodes. You can email us at podcast.uscfobal.com. Just make sure you specify what show. so I guess directed in the right way. |
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