Dedeaux Download Podcast: Reliever Sax Matson talks stopper role, Trojans' 15-0 start
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🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
Shotgun Spratling and Kasey Kazliner return on the Dedeaux Download Podcast to break down another unblemished weekend for USC baseball as they improve to 15-0 on the season after opening the Big Ten season with a sweep of Illinois! They also talk with junior left-handed pitcher Sax Matson about the expansion of his role and the team's hot start to the season.
Matson discusses the development of his arsenal during his time at USC, including the addition of a cutter this season to a fastball that's climbed five miles per hour since his freshman year and a breaking ball that has devastated hitters this year. He also chats about Sean Allen's coaching and the mentality he takes to the mound where he hopes to visit at least 40 times this season to tie the program appearances record.
Matson again played a critical part in the Trojans' pitching efforts that were again electric as Mason Edwards and Grant Govel helped USC throw back-to-back 4-0 shutouts with the staff allowing only three runs over the weekend. USC fell behind early Sunday, but rallied back to take a 5-3 win to bookend the week with two-run victories after also rallying to defeat UC Irvine, 6-4, during a midweek matchup.
Shotgun and Kasey break down all the action and look forward to the upcoming double midweek matchups and the Trojans' first road trip out of Southern California this weekend when they travel to Nortwestern.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome back to the Dato Download podcast, a USC baseball podcast presented by USCF Football.com and the Pairstile podcast family of shows. |
| 0:23.5 | I'm your host, Shotkin, Spratling, alongside my co-host Casey Casley, even though you still |
| 0:29.6 | have that A's banner behind you. |
| 0:31.1 | How are you doing today? |
| 0:32.9 | I'm doing well. |
| 0:33.8 | You know, USC baseball is doing some great things. |
| 0:36.3 | It was at the ballpark all weekend. And I'm excited for Major League Baseball, as you alluded to, coming up pretty soon, some spring training going on right now. But it's hard not to be excited about USC baseball if you're a fan of college baseball in general. What about the World Baseball Classic? Do you just skip right over that? forgot no i'm excited about that too yeah i got |
| 0:55.6 | to rep the the red white and blue this spring so yeah i'll be honest i have not watched any of the |
| 1:01.3 | the world baseball classic yet when when i'm in college baseball mode i'm in college baseball mode |
| 1:05.5 | pretty much um though i did a couple years back when it was in dodgers stadium the last time |
| 1:10.8 | when they won it when adam jones had the catch, I was in the building for that. |
| 1:14.3 | So that was when I was still living downtown. |
| 1:16.2 | I was like, you know what? |
| 1:17.3 | I'm going to go to this. |
| 1:18.1 | I don't know if I ever go again. |
| 1:19.3 | So I walked to the stadium and had a great time. |
| 1:22.3 | It was a blast over there. |
| 1:23.6 | But looking forward to seeing some of that action here soon. |
| 1:27.4 | If I find |
| 1:28.6 | some time that's the important part but Casey for any of our list new listeners out |
| 1:33.4 | there this is the first time coming to the show joining us we want to welcome you |
| 1:37.1 | guys in here on the day to download podcast it's part of the peristyle podcast |
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