Blue and Orange World Series Rosters

MALIBU, Calif. - The rosters have been set for the Pepperdine Baseball Blue and Orange World Series and play will start on Monday, Nov. 3 at 2:30 p.m. for the five-game series.

Captains for the teams split the Pepperdine roster up, with Aaron Barnett (manager) and Mat Snider (pitching coach) leading Team Blue and James Grandpre (manager) and Evan Dunn (pitching coach) leading Team Orange.

The series gives fans their first chance to see a Waves squad coming off a season in which they went 43-18 overall, won the WCC's regular-season title with an 18-9 record and captured both the WCC Tournament and NCAA San Luis Obispo Regional championships. Fans will also get their first chance to see the program's incoming recruiting class.

Junior pitcher Jackson McClelland (Orange) will face sophomore A.J. Puckett (Blue) on the mound in game one of the series and sophomore Chandler Blanchard (Orange) will take on freshman Kiko Garcia (Blue) in game two. The pitching matchups for the rest of the series are TBA.

Team Blue will be the home team for games one, three and five, with Team Orange taking the home designation for games two and four.

Game 1 is Monday, Nov. 3, at 2:30 p.m. ... Game 2 is Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 2:30 p.m. ... Game 3 is Saturday, Nov. 8, at 1 p.m. ... Game 4 is Sunday, Nov. 9, at 1 p.m. ... Game 5 is Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 2:30 p.m. All games will be held at Pepperdine's iconic Eddy D. Field Stadium.