Squeeze Play – College Baseball Foundation Notebook 3/8/07
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Answer—“See You In Omaha”. Question—What is Florida State head coach Mike Martin’s four
favorite words in the English language… preferably strung together in mid-June.
If you ask Martin what he loves about the game of baseball, one of the things he will tell you is every day
you come to the ballpark there is a chance to see history made…that is exactly what happened on
Sunday…Florida State came up one hit shy of setting an NCAA record when the Seminoles recorded
10 consecutive hits in a 15 run, 13 hit seventh inning…the 13 hits tied an NCAA record for the most hits
in DI baseball history in a seventh inning, and FSU tied a school record with 21 at bats in the frame…the
record inning broke open what was a close game with Siena (0-9), as FSU went on to sweep the series
with a, 22-3, victory…the win came on the heels of the Seminoles (now 17-0) entering record territory the
day before with their 16th straight win to start a season, besting the record set by Woody Woodward's
1975 squad.
The last time FSU scored more than 22 runs was May 21, 2004, at Wake Forest when they scored 27
times…you have to go back to February 21, 1997, to find the last time Florida State had that many runs
in a regular season home game. That year the Seminoles beat Marshall, 22-1.
"It is a great accomplishment," said Martin. "Records are made to be broken. This one stood for
(almost) 33 years. It is a great accomplishment for our club. Now, we just got to continue to get it done."
Therein lies the rub.
Martin, a 2007 inductee into the ABCA Hall of Fame, is one of the all-time winningest coaches in college
baseball history--one of the sports’ great ambassadors and genuinely nice guys. But to many in
Tallahassee, there is the matter of that 200 lb. gorilla in the corner.
Just last month (2/19), Steve Ellis of the Tallahassee Democrat penned the following column…
National title missing from Coach Martin's successes
Understandably, it's probably difficult to impress Buster Posey. Although no Florida State baseball player
arguably puts more time into the game than does the gifted sophomore, he just seems to make every
challenge appear so easy.
But on Sunday afternoon, the shortstop-turned-catcher seemed truly struck that he is playing for a coach
who is now tied for fifth in all-time victories. And that's for all divisions of college baseball coaches - active
or retired.
“That's amazing,” Posey said. “You got to be very good at what you do and you got to be around for a
long time to do that. That's a heck of (an) accomplishment.”
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With his 1,444 wins on Sunday, Martin trails four active coaches in Texas Tech's Larry Hays; Gene
Stephenson of Wichita State; Augie Garrido, now of Texas and, before that, Cal State Fullerton; and
Gordie Gillespie of NAIA St. Francis, who leads the pack with 1,709 wins.
To reach this point, Martin has already passed a number of college baseball legends - including Cliff
Gustafson and Rod Dedeaux - in victories. And he did so in fewer years than either before they retired in
1986 and 1996, respectively.
Yet among veteran baseball writers in particular, and probably among college baseball fans who gather at
the sport's mecca in Omaha each June, Martin's name isn't often mentioned in the same breath with a
Garrido or Gustafson or even former Miami coach Ron Fraser.
Former Virginia Tech coach Chuck Hartman admitted last week that he wonders how it took their
coaching peers until this year to put Martin into the American Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame.
But it says a lot to expectations - especially of a program such as Florida State, with its now-excellent
facilities and location in a state rich with baseball talent. With all that FSU has going for it, and all that
Martin has accomplished, the tradition room in the belly of Dick Howser Stadium is without its
centerpiece. No national championship trophy.
Garrido and former LSU coach Skip Bertman have won five College World Series each. Gustafson and
Fraser also have their national titles.
Until Martin can claim a title for himself, he will not be fully appreciated by many for his accomplishments.
Twelve CWS appearances and two runner-ups will not be enough, just as coming close wasn't enough for
football coach Bobby Bowden. Two national titles added luster to all his victories.
Win it all, baby. Fair or not, it's the only ticket to punch for earning the ultimate respect.
Ouch! Here’s hoping 2007 is the year Coach Martin adds two more words to his favorites…
National Champions.
Where The Boys Are…two feature events during the 2007 season take place this weekend…the
Whataburger College Classic gets under way today with the Baseball America Team Workout Day and
Home Run Derby…Friday afternoon Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Texas Tech square off in the first
of six games, Rice and TCU the other participants…in just its’ second year of existence, the tourney is
fast becoming one of the top events in the country…last year’s inaugural, featuring Rice, TCU, TAMUCorpus Christi and Arizona State, drew high praise for the tournament and the ballpark and festive
atmosphere…ASU head coach Pat Murphy detailed in a letter to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times,
describing the Classic as “an incredible baseball event.” Murphy went on to say “I've been fortunate to
see several college and minor league venues across the country, but I can easily say that the job Reid
Ryan and his staff have done developing Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi far surpasses any other
facility I've seen. I know our players appreciate the opportunity to play in such a world class facility and I
hope the residents of Corpus Christi realize how fortunate they are to be able to enjoy games in the
crown jewel of the Texas League.” South Padre Island has long been a popular Spring Break
destination and the event occurs during this window for many colleges and universities.
One of the hottest players coming into the tournament is catcher Josh Plumaj of Texas A&M-Corpus
Christi, coming off a week of batting 10-of-16 (.625), with 2 homers, 10 RBI, 7 runs scored with a 1.250
SLG%…he finished with five extra base hits and is hitting .413 on the season…the Islanders come into
the tournament with a 12-6 overall record and are fresh off a, 10-6, loss to Texas on Tuesday night at
Whataburger Field…junior Chris Widner and Plumaj have been selected to compete in tonight’s home
run derby kicking off the Classic festivities…along with public workouts throughout the day, the home run
derby begins the weekend…each school will have two participants in the contest…Plumaj leads the
Islanders with four home runs this season and will be competing in the contest for the second straight
season…Widner is tied for second on the team with three home runs…Texas Tech will be the fourth Big
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12 opponent of the season, as they have lost to Nebraska (9-1), Texas A&M (8-7) and Texas…
offensively, the Islanders lead the tournament field with a .356 team batting average along with 40
doubles, 148 RBI and 28 stolen bases. Jason Graham is the team leader with a .433 average along with
five doubles…Rice had a season-most 16 hits in a, 9-3, win over No. 5 Cal State Fullerton on the road
last weekend…coach Wayne Graham’s charges have gotten a big boost from a .500 (8-for-16) showing
by 1B-DH-P Joe Savery in recent outings…it’s quite possible that the multi-talented junior is building
momentum for a national MVP-type season that many have predicted since his arrival on South
Main…Rice is 9-2 at Reckling Park in Houston this year after falling to St. John’s, 7-6, Tuesday…
Owls’ junior lefty Bobby Bramhall (2-2) had a win and a save last week after picking up a win at
Fullerton and a save against Sam Houston.
For the first time in school history, Texas Tech (13-6) will play baseball in Corpus…the Red Raiders
enter the weekend having split a midweek series at Dan Law Field against UNLV…Tech took the opener
on Tuesday night, 7-6, but were denied the sweep as the Rebels took a, 5-4, decision yesterday…the trip
will mark the final weekend of non-conference play, as the Red Raiders kickoff the Big 12 campaign next
week at home against the Nebraska Cornhuskers…TCU (10-4) is the only team heading into the
tourney on a win streak, as the Frogs swept a three-game series against Vermont in Fort Worth…Keith
Conlon paces the TCU offense with a .432 batting average and is second on the squad with 13 RBI…
Seth Garrison leads the pitching staff with a 1.59 ERA through 22 2/3 innings…the Horned Frogs’
three-game sweep of Vermont was watched by a total of 4,924 fans - the fourth-most attended series in
Lupton Stadium history…freshman Teddy Kreder doubled against the Catamounts for his first career
base hit…TCU’s bullpen did not surrender a run in the series while pitching 10 innings and notching 14
strikeouts, and it was the Frogs’ 13th sweep in five years at Lupton Stadium in Cowtown…all games of
the Whataburger College Classic will be carried live via the internet and a special live video link can be
accessed at http://www.cchooks.com/fanzone/classic/ …the live video is being provided by the Corpus
Christi Hooks.
On the West Coast, San Diego State, in conjunction with the San Diego Padres, is hosting a collegiate
doubleheader at PETCO Park on Saturday, as part of the Tony Gwynn Classic…a special ceremony
between games of the twin bill will be held to honor Gwynn, who was recently voted into the National
Baseball Hall of Fame after a standout 20-year major league career…Oklahoma faces the University of
San Diego and game two will feature San Diego State and Michigan…a special commemorative hat,
the first item commemorating Gwynn’s Hall selection, will be given to the first 15,000 fans at the game…
the cap will only be available at this event…all proceeds will directly support the San Diego State
baseball program…Saturday’s DH is only part of the weekend tournament…on Friday, USD will host
Michigan on campus at Cunningham Stadium, while the Aztecs will host OU at Tony Gwynn
Stadium…the tourney concludes on Sunday with all four teams playing at SDSU, with Oklahoma against
Michigan and the Aztecs taking on crosstown-rival USD in the finale…Michigan opened the season with
a 5-2 mark in games played in Florida and Mississippi against quality opposition…the Wolverines also
dealt homestanding Mississippi State (7-1) its first loss of the ’07 campaign at Dudy Noble Field in the
Cadence Bank Classic…soph RHP-OF Zach Putnam was the star of the show in the, 4-3, win at MSU
with seven innings, one run and three hits in a quality start…at the plate, he is hitting .333 (12-for-36) with
a double, two triples, home run, and team-high slugging percentage of .625.
The Oklahoma Sooners used eight runs off 11 hits to extend their winning streak to nine games with an,
8-2, victory over Creighton last night at L. Dale Mitchell Park…the game completes the two-game
sweep of the Bluejays and marks the end of the Sooners perfect nine-game home stand…OU has nine
more non-conference games before opening Big 12 Conference play against Texas A&M on Mar. 23rd...
the Sooners are on the road for three consecutive matchups at San Diego…OU continued its’ skein with
four wins last week against No. 11 Wichita State and No. 20 UC Riverside…the team’s start was the
same as OU’s 2006 NCAA Super Regional entry after 13 games…during the latest hot streak, coach
Sonny Golloway’s squad has batted above the .340 mark and averaged nine-plus runs a game.
Kansas announced that it has finalized plans for a April 25th game against Missouri at Kauffman
Stadium in Kansas City…the game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m…”This is a tremendous opportunity for
both programs to play in a major league stadium," Jayhawks head coach Ritch Price said. "The
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Missouri-Kansas rivalry is one of the best in all of college baseball. I know our players and coaches are
thrilled with the opportunity to play at Kauffman Stadium." The 40,000-seat stadium opened in 1973 and
has been home to the Kansas City Royals ever since…the stadium has played host to the 1973 MLB
All-Star game, as well as four games of the 1985 World Series between the Royals and the St. Louis
Cardinals…tickets for the Border Showdown contest will be $10 for general admission and can be
ordered through tickets.com or can be purchased at the ballpark on the day of the game.
Oklahoma State baseball fans can take a trip down memory lane this
weekend as the Cowboys will wear special retro jerseys from the 1980s
during their weekend series against Pepperdine at Allie P. Reynolds
Stadium…the Cowboys will sport both black and white jersey tops this
weekend…the script on the front reads ‘Oklahoma State’ with the ‘State’
embroidered onto a baseball bat…they will also be wearing retro hats with
the interlocking ‘O’ and ‘S’ on the front.
Buddy Glass of Louisiana-Lafayette pitched worked 8 2/3 innings and allowed the only run in a, 1-0,
loss at Southern Miss while walking one and striking out five…he did not allow a runner past first base
until the fourth inning, allowed only one extra base hit on the afternoon, and gave up a pair of singles in
the ninth that lead to a game-winning RBI single by the Golden Eagles in the final frame…hurler Brett
Brach of Monmouth, whose brother Brad was named second team All-NEC, and led the conference
with a 2.44 earned run average a year ago, was Northeast Conference Pitcher of the Week…he
recorded his first career win and save over the weekend as the Hawks won 2-of-3 at UCF…Chris Jones,
Cal State Fullerton outfielder, hit .429 (6-for-14) to pace Titans in a four-game week (3-1) against San
Diego State and No. 6 Rice…he had a team-high six RBI to lift the Titans to their 16th consecutive series
win…the first of his three doubles capped a six-run first inning that gave CSF its first victory over the
Owls…he later doubled and singled to score two runs for a perfect 3-for-3 day…his third double of the
week was the game-winning hit last Sunday afternoon to drive in pair of runs in the second inning…the
sophomore also managed a .529 on-base percentage and a .643 slugging percentage…pitcher Lance
Sewell of San Diego State held Baylor to two runs on three hits with 11 strikeouts over eight innings as
SDSU defeated the Bears, 6-2, at the Pacific State Bank Tiger Classic hosted by University of the
Pacific at Klein Family Field in Stockton, CA.
Sophomore righthander Jason Muir of BYU raised his 2007 record to (3-0) as the Cougars downed
Northern Colorado. 12-1…his efficient seven-inning outing lasted just 62 pitches as he struck out six and
yielded three hits…Cougar teammate Jake Wortham scattered three hits, threw just 82 pitches and
worked six innings to give BYU a, 17-2, triumph over UNC in Brigham Young’s home opener last
Thursday…infielder Myckie Lugbauer of Maine belted a two-run home run in his first collegiate at-bat
against Penn State…that earned the freshman America East Conference Rookie of the Week
laurels…Blake Stouffer of Texas A&M has had two of the most prodigious hitting weeks in school
annals…he batted .563 (9-for-16) with 10 RBI, four runs three stolen bases last week…from Feb. 19-25,
the junior slugger was 8-for-15 (.533), and he combined for 20 RBI over eight games…Stouffer raised his
average 116 points during that span from .313 to .429 (27-for-63), along with a .651 slugging
percentage…teamate Kyle Thebeau pitched his first win of the season in his fourth start by throwing a
career-high eight innings, and striking out a career-most 10 hitters, in the Aggies', 6-5, win over New
Mexico – the school’s 15th win in 16 games…he gave up three runs on three hits, and walked just two
hitters, while retiring 12 consecutive batters at one point.
T.J. Hose of East Carolina evened his record to (2-2) on the season after downing then-No. 12
Pepperdine last week…he worked a season-best 7 2/3 innings, tied a season-high with seven strikeouts,
allowed four runs (all earned) and one walk…Hose shut down the Waves’ offense from the third though
eighth innings by retiring 16-of 18 batters he faced and allowed just two more infield hits…Seton Hall
shortstop Mike Young sizzled at .636 (7-for-11), with four RBI and one homer in a 2-1 week…teamate
Dan Merklinger, a junior righthander, worked eight innings and struck out 11 in a, 11-2, win over the
Campbell Camels…Maine defeated Penn, 14-7, in the Black Bear’s season-opener in Palm Beach,
FL...the Bears scored five runs in the second inning and never looked back…the game featured the
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return of Maine pitcher Greg Norton who sat out the 2006 season as a medical redshirt…he went six
innings allowing just six hits while striking out three to earn the victory.
Baylor baseball has achieved some better-than-average trends in research by standout baseball contact
Larry Little…since the first game of the 2003 campaign, Baylor is 30-7 (.811 winning percentage) when
its pitching staff records at least 10 strikeouts, 135-25 (.844) when outhitting its opponents, 113-22 (.837)
when scoring at least six runs, and 103-15 (.873) when scoring at least seven runs…the Bears improved
to 17-4 in midweek con-conference games since Feb. 2006, and are 15-3 on Tuesdays during that span
after downing Texas State by a, 6-4, count this week…BU also has captured 10 consecutive Tuesday
tilts, and has won 17 straight games against unranked opponents in Waco on those days…Bear
infielder Raynor Campbell batted .500 (6-for-12) in three games with four runs, a double, triple, homer,
five RBI, and 1.000 slugging percentage for coach Steve Smith’s Bears, who were on the road three in
four outings last week…he poled a walkoff, two-run homer in a, 9-7, win over Texas-Arlington for BU’s
first walkoff dinger since Apr. 30, 2003.
Luis Flores of Houston worked five innings in his first start and victory since May, 2006, to pace the
Cougars past Northwestern State…he struck out six Demons, walked one and scattered five hits, while
whiffing at least one hitter in each of his first five frames…Houston junior RHP Aaron Brown had a
team-longest seven-inning start against Northwestern State…UH designated hitter Jimmy Cesario hit
safely in 14 of the Cougars’ first 16 tussles…senior 1B Josh Stirneman has a career-best eight-game
hitting streak for coach Rayner Noble’s young squad…junior Ian Harrington of Hawai’i earned his third
win of the year by pitching seven innings of the Rainbow’s, 20-1, win over Chicago State…the lefty
allowed just one unearned run, six hits and two walks while striking out six in the victory…Hawai’i went
on to sweep Chicago State in five games…James McOwen of Florida International had his 14-game
hitting streak ended with a 0-for-4 performance last Sunday against Wagner, but he still leads the team
with a .565 average, 35 hits and 45 total bases in 15 games…the junior outfielder also ranks first on the
team with 12 multi-hit games, including two five-hit games…teammate, and senior 3B Bryan Pullin,
moved into fourth place on the all-time runs scored list at FIU with 154 while passing Jeff Rodriguez
(152, 1996-99)…Pullin now ranks third on the all-time hits list with 240 and is two hits away from
Rodriguez (240, 1996-99), and 10 hits away from the program’s all-time leader, Dennis Diaz (250, 200205)…he also needs two doubles to tie Michael Lopez (55, 2003-06) for the all-time lead at FIU; he
currently has 53.
James Dolbier of Villanova went 5-for-12 (.417) with three RBI and as the Wildcats notched a 2-1
mark…Nick Rainwater of UIC, who started the Flames on the road to a, 9-6, win over Tennessee with a
mid-game RBI, went 3-for-6 (.500) in the road triumph, and drove in a pair of runs…St. John's DH-OF
Anthony Smith batted .462 (6-for-13), with nine RBI and two home runs in a 2-1 week for the Red
Storm…senior Boomer Whiting of Louisville batted .500 and collected five RBI in a 3-1 week for the
Cardinals.
Alcorn State OF Marcus Davis, a preseason Brooks Wallace Award Watch List member, might have
a slight bit of trouble living up to his monster numbers in 2006 – a .424 batting average, seventh in NCAA
Division I; 1.49 RBIs per game, 12 triples, and .28 three-baggers per game (all three categories tops in
Division I); a .847 slugging percentage, tied for second in the nation; and 1.30 runs per game, seventh in
DI…the splendid senior has worked with the Braves’ coaching staff on being more patient at the plate,
laying off some borderline pitches and not bring overly aggressive at the dish…the early team results? A
6-4 ASU start, with No. 8 national ranking in the Black College Baseball Poll and three-game sweep of
Alabama State to open Southwestern Athletic Conference play…Central Arkansas, competing in its
first season as a Division I member in the Southland Conference, is off to a 6-5 start with a, 6-2, road
win at UAB to show for the team’s early top-division efforts…East Carolina hosted and tied for top spot
with a 2-1 record at the fourth annual Keith LeClair Classic inside Clark-LeClair Stadium against
nationally-ranked Pepperdine (then No. 12, 2-1), N.C. State (No. 24, 2-1) and Western Carolina (03)…the Pirate’s Harrison Eldridge emerged from the weekend with a team-leading .362 average (17for-47 with 17 runs scored, two homers and seven RBI in 13 outings), while ECU pitchers lowered their
earned run average to 3.60…Ryan Tousley had a career-high four hits against Pepperdine.
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Jeffrey Rea and Edward Easley each hit safely in all of Mississippi State’s first eight contests and
helped the Bulldogs to a 7-1 start…Easley was batting .533 (16-for-30) to open the season…State’s
pitchers also had a season-low 2.50 ERA with 10 earned runs allowed in five games from Feb. 26th-Mar.
4th…the team starts an eight-game, 11-day road trip to Waco, the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and
Gainesville, Fla., Friday… Mississippi State head coach Ron Polk is having a mini-reunion of former
MSU assistants during those Bulldogs encounters…the principals include current baseball mentors at
UAB (Brian Shoop), Jacksonville State (Jim Case), Winthrop (Joe Hudak), Baylor (Steve Smith and
assistants Steve Johnigan and Mitch Thomson) and Florida (Pat McMahon and assistant Tim
Parenton).
Louisiana Tech junior OF Brian Rike is coming off a four-homer week in five contests…he’s also second
in the Western Athletic Conference with 26 RBI…teammate P Brandon Hudson is (4-1) in the early
going for 31 percent of the Bulldogs’ first 13 wins and had a one-hitter against Grambling…Vanderbilt
picked up another No. 1 national in the first regular season USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll…the
Commodores are off to a school-record 15-0 start (previous best was 12-0 in 2005 under current head
coach Tim Corbin) prior to hosting Illinois-Chicago Friday-Sunday in Nashville…VU remained
ranked No. 1 for the third straight week by Collegiate Baseball and the publication also tabbed junior
lefthander David Price as one of its National Pitchers of the Week…he struck out 13 in a complete game
effort against Xavier while improving to (3-0) in 2007…he has now has now struck out 41, with six walks
in 26 2/3 innings of work this season…the ‘Dores went 4-0 last week, with two shutouts and have gotten
back-to-back strong outings from freshman southpaw Mike Minor (2-0), who tossed eight innings of
three-hit shutout baseball against Austin Peay, and then 5 2/3 innings of seven-strikeout work in
Vandy’s, 6-4, victory at Western Kentucky on Tuesday…the USA Today poll, made up of 31 coaches
from across the country, had Vanderbilt ranked No. 10 in its preseason poll…the NCBWA has had
Vandy No. 1 in each of its last three surveys, while Baseball America and Rivals.com put the
Commodores at No. 2 this week.
Conference USA has three youngsters off to sizzling starts in a league dominated by pitchers over the
years…Memphis 2B Bill Moss leads the conference with a .438 batting average and a .844 slugging
percentage, while OF Brit Vincent of Marshall is second with a .414 batting average and leads C-USA
with a .514 on-base percentage… Memphis has been one of the surprises in Conference USA behind
head coach Daron Schoenrock…the Tigers had a four-game winning streak snapped by a, 2-1, loss at
Samford on Tuesday…RHP Mark Doll, who transferred to Memphis from Birmingham-Southern when
the Panthers dropped scholarship baseball after 2006, made the Auto Zone Memphis Invitational AllTournament squad…soph RHP Matt Yokley also has been a key cog with two wins in his last two relief
appearances…Memphis faces its toughest road trek of the year in a three-game series at No. 7
Clemson Friday-Sunday… UAB, in its first season under former highly-successful BirminghamSouthern head coach Brian Shoop, is making headway with back-to-back victories over Central
Arkansas by the same score, 8-0…the Blazers later gave Mississippi State all it wanted (tied 9-9
through seven innings in Starkville) before falling, 12-10 on, Tuesday…freshman LHP Shay Crawford
gained his first collegiate victory last week over UCA while working 6 2/3 innings and giving up six
hits…UAB’s Ryne Lovdahl paces the Blazers and is second in the C-USA with a .490 on-base reaching
rate…Marshall had a pair of, 1-0, shutouts in a doubleheader sweep of Buffalo for the first-ever back-toback home victories by identical 1-0 verdicts…LHP Brian Chrisman whiffed a career-tops 11 strikeouts
in one of those blankings.
Last Friday’s pitching performance by Brandon McClurg of Lipscomb earned the sophomore a berth on
this week’s CBF National Honor Roll, but more than that, it keyed the Bisons' shocking 2-1 series win
over LSU in Baton Rouge by slamming the door on a late Tigers’ rally opening night…he pitched 3.2
scoreless innings of relief, giving up just two hits while striking out six, and earning the win to bring his
record to (2-0)…in 21 innings this season, McClurg has given up just two earned runs, while striking out
18…his ERA stands at an impressive 0.86, and opponents are batting just .189 against him…Nate Rau
of the Nashville City Reporter relayed the story of the program’s David vs. Goliath win…
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Lipscomb takes two of three from mighty LSU squad
Louisiana State has been the standard for collegiate baseball excellence for the last two decades. LSU
has won five national championships, most recently in 2000. The Tigers have qualified for the NCAA
tournament for 18 straight years and the program routinely ranks among the nation’s leaders in home
attendance.
Lipscomb University baseball, on the other hand, doesn’t have a trophy case quite as big. Having never
turned in a winning record since making the leap to NCAA Division I four years ago, Lipscomb handed the
keys of the program to Jeff Forehand.
Arriving from across town at Trevecca, where he had the Trojans contending nationally at the NAIA level,
Forehand looked to lay a foundation for a successful program and generally change the gloomy mood
that hung over Lipscomb baseball.
Forehand scheduled a three-game road trip LSU so his team could “have an eye-opening experience”
about what top-flight college baseball was all about. Instead of getting its brains beaten in by the Bayou
Bengals, Lipscomb took two of three from LSU.
The Bisons are the first team to win a non-conference series at LSU since 2003. Under its first-year
coach, Lipscomb is off to an 11-5 start, well on its way to a winning record.
“For us, it was all about the opportunity,” Forehand said. “You get the opportunity to play somewhere like
that once in a while. We were just hoping we could play well and sneak one away from them. Fortunately,
the ball bounced our way a few times and we were able to get two games.”
Forehand said the players are beginning to buy into his philosophy and mount confidence.
“I feel like the players do understand it and are able to address what we need to work on enthusiastically,”
Forehand said.
The goal for Lipscomb is to make itself competitive in the Atlantic Sun. In most sports, the A-Sun qualifies
just one team to the NCAA tournament. But in baseball, the league is capable of sending more like last
year, when Jacksonville received an at-large bid.
Long story short, if Lipscomb wants to contend in a competitive league like the A-Sun, beating teams like
LSU helps get the ball rolling in the right direction.
“We want to get ready for the Atlantic Sun. That’s why we scheduled teams like Evansville, Vanderbilt,
Auburn and [Middle Tennessee],” Forehand said. “We want to build up confidence for the conference
season.”
UC Irvine won its fourth consecutive series over Washington last weekend before falling to San Diego
2-0 Tuesday…the Anteaters scored a season-most 17 runs in the middle game of the series with the
Huskies…Matt Morris continues to lead UCI with a .459 batting average and 18 RBI and is second of
the squad with four homers in 17 contests…UCI’s power hitting improvement has produced 16 team
circuit clouts this season – just four away from knotting the entire 2006 season tally of 20 home runs…
New Orleans has a Sun Belt Conference active longest winning skein of eight games, as Nicholls
State pitchers could not silence the UNO bats and the Privateers defeated Nicholls, 9-3, last night at
Ray E. Didier Field…the Privateers (10-5) collected nine runs on 12 hits, while the Colonels (3-12)
were held to three runs on four hits…that ties the school’s longest win streak since 2003…the Privateers
swept 2006 NCAA Regional participant UNC-Asheville during the 2007 victorious run…after giving up
five runs (four earned) in a start vs. New Mexico State on Feb. 18, RHP Stephen Whalen has not given
up a run in his last 7 2/3 innings, and three bullpen appearances, while senior OF Drew Anderson had
home runs in three straight games last week to take the team lead with five round-trippers.
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Southern Miss received more national poll consideration after winning 2-of-3 from then-No. 29
Louisiana-Lafayette last weekend - its first wins over a ranked opponent this season…the Golden
Eagles’ pitching staff was outstanding in four games last week while going 3-1 with a 2.25 ERA with 36
innings pitched, 29 strikeouts, nine walks and an opponents’ batting average of .220…senior RHP Ryan
Belanger advanced to (3-0) on the season with a win against ULL, while former starter senior RHP
Patrick Ezell has had a pair of saves in his last two opportunities…after 12 games, Golden Eagles’
hitters have tripled the opposition in extra-base blows 24-8…USM is receiving votes in several national
polls…senior OF Jody Blount produced four RBI in four outings in a week where runs were at a
premium…the Golden Eagles also scored a key win at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Miss. (home of the
Class AA Mississippi Braves of Atlanta’s farm system) over No. 13 Alabama, 5-0, on Tuesday behind
a combined, two-hit shutout by Todd McInnis (one hit, six strikeouts over eight frames) and Tyler Conn
(single allowed in the ninth)…the Crimson Tide suffered back-to-back bird attacks, as they fell, 8-6, to
the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles last night at Sewell-Thomas Stadium...after battling back from 5-0
and 6-2 deficits, Alabama saw Tennessee Tech score two runs in the seventh inning, including one on a
costly two-out error, to drop its second straight midweek game.
No. 28 Tulane has won six games in a row after downing McNeese State, 8-3, Tuesday night and has
gotten five consecutive “quality” starts for its rotation hurlers - Matt Goebel, Brandon Gomes, Shooter
Hunt, and Sean Morgan – they combined most recently to limit opponents to a .171 batting average
while striking out 28 and walking five…relief ace Daniel Latham has been equally effective with two
saves and a 2.08 ERA in his last four appearances – all in winning causes…the Green Wave has almost
tripled it early home run output from 2006 to ’07…last season coach Rick Jones’ unit smacked four
homers in its first 13 games, and the 2007 edition has hit 11 over the same span of games…UCF is
hoping that an early-season wins over Big Ten Conference powers Michigan and Michigan State
will give the Golden Knights some added momentum prior to conference activity…freshman 3B Chris
Duffy has been on a tear over the last four games (.579, 11-for-19) after batting .125 three weeks into the
’07 campaign…Coach Jay Bergman’s squad is getting people on base but has stranded 10 or more
runners in four consecutive games, including 13 in Tuesday’s, 7-5, home triumph over Michigan State.
VMI soph A.J. Yoder, who ranked eighth in the country last season in toughest to strike out NCAA stats,
has been effective after having to switch from third base to second base due to a teammate's injury…over
the past two weeks and eight games, Yoder has led the team with a .370 batting average and 10 runs…
fellow sophomore pitcher Michael Bowman has continued his breakout campaign by allowing only two
earned runs in 16 1/3 innings, striking out 21 batters, walking five, and allowing a .207 foes’ batting
average…that includes two starts and an emergency relief outing against No. 5 Virginia…Bowman also
leads the Keydets’ staff with a 1.77 ERA and 23 total whiffs.
Previous No. 5 Arkansas (now No. 11) found some tough sledding at the Dairy Queen Classic in a
rare, non-conference regular-season tourney clash with Ole Miss…the Rebels rallied from a, 5-3, deficit
to edge fellow 2006 NCAA participant UA, 6-5, in Minneapolis…Coach Dave Van Horn’s squad is
averaging 9.5 runs per game and hitting .299 as a team, with a .313 norm with runners in scoring
position…the Razorbacks also have three individual hitters above .400 with runners in scoring position Ben Tschepikow at .476, Casey Coon at .474 and Jake Dugger at .417…Hogs’ pitchers average 8.2
strikeouts for every nine innings hurled…leadoff hitter Dugger leads the squad with a .492 on-base
percentage.
Sean Coughlin, Brian Spear, Matt McKinney, and Brock Wright homered, as No. 17 Kentucky plated
17 unanswered runs to throttle the Cincinnati Bearcats, 21-7, last night at Cliff Hagan Stadium…UK
improved to 13-0 on the season, just two wins shy of the best start in the 103-year history of the
Kentucky baseball program, a mark held by the 2000 club which started its season 15-0…the Wildcats
also improved its regular season home winning streak to 23 games, the longest such streak in all of
college baseball…Coughlin was on fire last week with a 9-for-18 (.500) plate performance, five runs and
12 RBI…he also hit his first career triple in last week’s final game of a sweep against UW Milwaukee to
close a three-game sweep…the preseason All-America backstopper also does not have an error in 13
outings…coach John Cohen’s squad has a team batting average of .333 while scoring 11 runs per
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Notre Dame is off to a .324 batting average in the first inning of its first seven games…last weekend the
Fighting Irish’s 1-2-3 batters combined to go 9-for-12 with three RBI, six runs scored, a pair of walks and
a sacrifice bunt at the Stetson Invitational in DeLand, FL...during a, 16-6, victory over then-No. 13
Nebraska last Sunday, four hits in a first inning rally and two of the three hits in a seven-run sixth frame
all came with two strikes on Irish hitters…Notre Dame pitching ace soph RHP David Phelps allowed
four unearned runs against the Huskers while lowering his team-leading ERA to 1.12 with 15 strikeouts in
16 innings of work…it was the Fighting Irish’s first win over a team ranked that highly since ND topped
No. 7 Wake Forest, 2-1, (13 innings) in 2003…Georgia used All-America Josh Fields in his first career
start as the Bulldogs hosted Kennesaw State…UGa used eight pitchers, with Fields tossing the first two
frames and seven Bulldogs going one inning apiece…Fields has 56 career relief appearances, including
four in 2007, and he actually started seven games as a freshman in 2005 as a designated hitter…the
Bulldogs are changing their rotation for a weekend series with George Washington…freshman LHP
Justin Earls (1-0, 0.00) replaces sophomore Jason Leaver (0-1, 6.75) in the Sunday clash…over a span
of four outings, Earls has pitched 11 scoreless innings to start his career…Georgia’s top two starters will
remain the same in sophomore lefty Nathan Moreau (1-0, 2.25) and soph Trevor Holder (0-1, 5.06)…the
Bulldogs are hoping to beef up their offense after posting a team batting average of .258 through 11
games.
Auburn is off to one its best starts of the 2000s with a 14-2 record, and nine wins in its last 10 clashes
prior to a weekend three-game set at home against Purdue…the 2004 Tigers also opened at 14-2, and
the ’07 accomplishment is heightened by a 2-of-3 series win over then-No. 10 Arizona State – AU’s first
series victory over a Pacific-10 Conference school – last week…coach Tom Slater’s last two Auburn
squads have seven total series wins over teams ranked among the Top 25 at first pitch of the weekend…
the Tigers’,11-8, comeback win over ASU was the school’s biggest since Auburn trailed Virginia, 10-1,
in 2003 and came back to win, 14-13…AU’s 141 runs in 16 games are the most since the ’02 Plainsmen
tallied 143 in 15 encounters…soph RHP Justin Bristow has not allowed a run in 7 2/3 innings of relief
(five appearances) to date and has yielded just two hits and one an intentional walk…junior C-IF Josh
Donaldson started his 102nd consecutive game against Davidson Tuesday, and he needs just six
homers to crack Auburn’s Top 10 career list.
North Carolina (12-1) remains No. 1 nationally in the Baseball America poll and rolled to 10
consecutive wins before being edged by Penn State, 3-2, last Saturday…the Tar Heels are 23-6 all-time
when ranked No. 1 in the nation…Carolina had been off to its best start since going 11-0 to start 2001…
UNC’s starting rotation of Robert Woodard, Alex White and Luke Putkonen has yielded only six
earned runs in 55 1/3 innings for a 0.98 ERA…the power hitters for UNC are coming to life after blasting a
season-weekly-high seven home runs in their last four tussles…freshman Dustin Ackley drove in 10 runs
last week and now has a team-high 18 RBI…All-America SS Josh Horton tops the Tar Heels with a .429
average (15-35) and a .588 on-base percentage.
Columbia had a “career” game from pitcher Billy Purdy in a 3-3 tie (called after 10 innings, darkness) at
St. Mary’s (CA.) as he worked nine innings, allowed just two earned runs and scattered 11 hits against
the hard-swinging Gaels.
Bowling Green is getting some fine early performances from its starting pitchers, including a pair of sixinning scoreless stints in wins over Georgetown and IPFW in games at Bradenton, FL. The Falcons
rely on the power of soph Travis Owens and senior Jeff Telmanik as they have put up better scoring
numbers in Games 2-5…junior LHP Dan Horvath did the six-inning honors after opening the win over
IPFW and recorded eight Ks…freshmen hurlers Phil Hettlinger, Richie O’Brien and Corey Weiland
also participated in the 18 consecutive innings without a run by the BGSU staff.
Loyola Marymount, after a three-game sweep over Cal Poly, and 11-inning, 9-8, triumph over Cal State
Northridge, moves to New Orleans to meet nationally-ranked Tulane in a three-game weekend
series…the Frank Cruz’s Lions have mounted a four-game winning streak behind the likes of LHP
Daniel Macias, who worked an eight-inning shutout of Cal Poly while scattering six hits while striking out
two…the LMU Sunday pitching starter tossed 6 1/3 innings in the sweep game over Cal Poly for the
triumph…utility standout Brian Wilson had a .400 week (6-for-15) from Feb. 26-Mar. 4 and drove in
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another run in Tuesday’s win over Northridge…Jake Opitz of Nebraska blasted a pair of home runs
and batted in seven runs in the Huskers’ two games last Sunday against Iowa and Notre Dame…Daniel
Cook led Florida Atlantic to a 2-1 week and 13-3 record overall with a .633 batting average (7-for-11),
three RBI, a .727 slugging percentage, a .692 on-base percentage and two stolen bases…the Owls
picked up 16 extra base hits in the three games…with four homers the team brought its season total to 36
– five off the final 2006 total of 41 dingers – and the FAU annual mark is 109 in 1999…the Owls open
Sun Belt Conference play against Western Kentucky Friday with a three-game set in Bowling Green.
The Citadel Bulldogs returned home after a strange turn of events last weekend…the team left last
Thursday headed for Minneapolis to participate in the Dairy Queen Classic…the Diamond Dogs made
it as far as Charlotte only to learn that their flight to Minnesota had been cancelled due to a
blizzard…five hours later, the Bulldogs were on a bus headed to Columbia, S.C. to stay the night before
heading to Rock Hill to face James Madison and Kent State at Winthrop where the Eagles were kind
enough to lend The Citadel the use of their field so the Bulldogs could get some games in…senior
pitcher Justin Smith earned SoCon Pitcher of the Week honors for his performance over the week
registering two wins as he pitched 9.1 innings, allowing only four hits and striking out 10…Smith helped
post a, 13-9, come-from-behind victory over Kent State as he tossed 5.1 frames of no-hit ball.
Coastal Carolina (12-3) had a 4-0 week from Feb. 26-Mar. 4 with a .392 average…but the 17th-ranked
Chanticleers (12-3) managed just five hits and fell, 4-0, to sixth-ranked Clemson (8-3) last night on the
road…sophomore David Anderson was the loser in his second start of the season...CC entered the
game averaging 11.7 runs and 14.6 hits per contest, along with one of the nation’s top early stolen base
percentages at .855 on 47-of-55 attempts…there are six team starters with at least 40 times at-bat hitting
.408 or higher…freshman Gabe Marchant is off to a .475 start, with five homers and 19 RBI in his first 15
collegiate contests…pitchers Jake Goldberg and Nick Chigges have identical (3-0) records, and
Goldberg leads the team with a 1.77 ERA.
Wichita State hooks up with Penn State for a three-game series this weekend at Wichita…the
Shockers are 1-2 against nationally ranked teams, and ended a seven-game trip to Hawai’i and Hawai’iHilo in February with a 7-0 mark…2B-RHP Damon Sublette is back to his old shenanigans after being
injured for part of the ’06 campaign…he has extended his hitting streak to 10 games as a DH-2B and
batted .500 (5-for-10) last week…RHP Travis Banwart is among the hottest hurlers nationally after losing
his first start of the season…since then he’s (3-0) and has lowered his ERA to 2.21…OF Blake Hurlbutt
did some major damage in a series victory over Richmond with a 5-for-7 weekend (.714)…Virginia, 15-1
overall and holding the nation’s second-longest winning streak at 13 games behind 15-0 Vanderbilt,
continues to get ample production for P-1B Sean Doolittle, a finalist for the 2006 Brooks Wallace
Award, who is hitting .333 with two homers and 14 RBI in 16 contests and also leads the team with a (40) record to compliment a 1.17 ERA and 28 strikeouts in 23 innings…the Cavaliers open 2007 ACC play
Friday in a three-game series at Wake Forest and also rely on the hot bat of David Adams (.469-2 HR12 RBI)…they are just off one-run wins over Delaware (3-2, first UVA game to be decided in the bottom
of the ninth this year) and at James Madison, 6-5, after starting at 12-0 in Charlottesville in ’07.
Brown split its first two games in the Georgia Southern Invitational with a, 16-9, loss at Georgia
Southern and a, 10-2, shelling of Kennesaw State…the Bruins rallied for nine runs in the first two
innings of the latter contest and played errorless ball in winning their first game of the season…All-Ivy
League standouts seniors Bryan Tews and Devin Thomas joined junior Jeff Dietz as each had two hits
against KSU, and seven total RBI, while freshman pitcher Will Weidig worked six shutout innings and
picked up the mound win.
Kansas State has proven to be a surprise team in the Big 12 this year under third-year head coach Brad
Hill and scored a two-game sweep of a sizzling Brigham Young crew to advance to 11-2 in ’07…K-State
has been paced by a stingy bullpen, which combined for five shutout innings in a, 6-3, victory over the
Cougars Tuesday, and some clutch hitting…DH Tyler Link has exploded to a 14-for-30 (.467) start, with
two homers and 14 RBI in just nine games, while Byron Wiley leads the Big 12 in on-base percentage at
.567…Daniel Edwards (four saves) has paced the bullpen, which has preserved seven of the Wildcats’
first 11 triumphs and which has produced solid improvement in strikeouts-to-walks’ ratio…KSU
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moundsmen have 89 strikeouts and have issued just 42 free passes in 119 team innings…Arkansas
State begins a 10-game homestand against Missouri Valley Conference contender Bradley Friday
(three contests over the weekend) at Jonesboro, Ark., after eight consecutive road games – the most to
begin the year since 1989 when the Indians played nine consecutive road tilts…Brad Jones and Ryan
Curry pace the Indians with .385 averages, while RHP Nathan Gates takes a 2.53 ERA into the initial
home series.
St. John’s continued a prodigious week by upending No. 7 Rice Tuesday night at Reckling Park by a 76 margin…the Red Storm finished its 10-day spring break trip to Texas by downing the Owls, Lamar,
14-3, and UC Santa Barbara, 9-6, in inverted order…rotation pitchers Matt Tosoni, Scott Barnes and
Jared Yecker (1.86 ERA) followed up their first two tourney appearances at the Midland (Texas)
Invitational and East Carolina Classic with more solid innings in the three final victories…St. John’s
stays on the road today-Saturday at McNeese State of the Southland Conference in a three-game
slate.
Missouri is showing signs of a school-record fifth consecutive NCAA appearance after facing one of the
nation’s toughest early schedules…the 10-5 Tigers have taken five of their last six games and have been
taking liberty on the basepaths as evidenced by eight stolen bases (three by Evan Frey) against Navy in
the Armed Forces Classic at Millington, TN…soph Rick Zagone is in midseason form after fanning a
career-high nine hitters against Brigham Young…Mizzou takes a break from weekend play from Mar. 813 before hosting Saint Louis on Mar. 14, and then has five non-conference tests before facing
Nebraska in Lincoln on Mar. 23-25…head coach Tim Jamieson became just the third coach in MU
history to win 400 games earlier this season at his 13th year of heading the program.
East Tennessee State made the finals of the Atlantic Sun Conference men’s basketball tourney
against NCAA qualifier Belmont, and the baseball team may be destined for postseason activity as
well…the Buccaneers are off to a 9-5 start, after winning eight of their first 11 encounters, and blanked
Kent State, 2-0, last week for the team’s first shutout victory since a, 1-0, win over UNC Greensboro in
2005…junior pitcher Brandon Langston worked 7 1/3 innings of that key shutout to advance to (2-1) on
the hill.
Winthrop SS Chris Carrara was Big South Conference Co-Player of the Week after hitting .367 (11-30)
over the two-week selection span with two doubles, three triples, six RBI, 19 total bases and 12 stolen
bases in 12 attempts…he had a .633 slugging percentage as well as being hit by four pitches and
drawing three walks…Carrara scored seven runs and had four multi-hit games, in addition to six
consecutive games with a stolen base, including four against Temple…in his last five ballgames, he hit
.444 (8-18)…the Big South Pitcher of the Week, Liberty’s Michael Solbach, nabbed his first two
victories of the season over Albany and Manhattan during Liberty's season-long seven-game win streak
from Feb. 17-March 2…he posted a 0.69 earned run average in 13.0 innings of work, allowing just one
earned run while striking out 13 batters…against Albany, he allowed two unearned runs and just one hit
over six innings on a cold and windy day, and retired 16 straight hitters before giving way to a
reliever…against Manhattan, Solbach went seven innings and allowed two runs (one earned) and four
hits while fanning seven and walking two.
The West Coast Conference is ranked among the nation's elite according to the Iterative Strength
(ISR) and "pseudo-RPI" ratings provided by Boydsworld.com. The conference ranks sixth among
Division I baseball leagues in the ISR ratings and ninth in the unofficial RPI listing, which seeks to mimic
the official college baseball RPI…a conference's ISR is a formula designed to measure the quality of a
season by combining a winning percentage with the difficulty of schedule for a given league…WCC
squads have had an outstanding start to the 2007 season, compiling an 81-59-2 (.577) record against
teams from other conferences so far…league teams have posted a 48-43-1 (.527) mark against teams
from western region loops, including the Pac-10, Mountain West, Western Athletic, and Big West
conferences.
North Florida was working on all cylinders last night in a, 3-2, win over Western Michigan at Harmon
Stadium in the Kennel Club Classic…UNF (7-9) has now won five straight and is 5-0 at the Kennel
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Club Classic…after Western Michigan (2-4) scored two runs in the top of the third, Ospreys pitching
didn't allow a run the rest of the way and scattered six harmless hits.
Karl Bolt hit for the cycle, and drove in four runs, to lead Air Force to a, 8-3, win over Colorado
Christian in a non-conference baseball game yesterday afternoon at All-Star Park…the win improves
the Falcons to 5-11 on the season and CCU falls to 6-8…Bolt went 4-for-5 on the day, with three runs
and the four RBI…Chay Derbigny also shined for the Falcons, hitting his first-career homer and stealing
two bases…the cycle was the first by a Falcon since Tony Shockley accomplished the feat against
Hawai’i on March 27, 2003…David Knapp pitched 7.0 shutout innings, giving up just two hits, to pick up
the win for Samford as the Bulldogs defeated Memphis, 1-0, Wednesday at Joe Lee Griffin Field.
“It was just an unbelievable performance by Davey today,” Samford head coach Casey Dunn said.
Samford improves to 7-7 with the win, while Memphis drops to 7-3 with the loss.
Reigning National Champion Oregon State finally tees it up in front of the home fans today as Kip
Carlson reports…
No. 8 Beavers get their first look at home, sweet home in 2007 as Evansville visits for three games
There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home…
And Oregon State finally gets to test the veracity of that statement this week. The eighth-ranked
Beavers (14-3 overall) will get their first look of 2007 at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field when they host
Evansville (9-4 overall) on Thursday at 4 p.m., Friday at 4 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m. in a nonconference baseball series matching a pair of defending conference champions.
OSU - which won not only the last two Pacific-10 championships but also the 2006 College World
Series title - will be playing its first home games as defending national champs. The Beavers will be going
against an Evansville program that won both the Missouri Valley regular season and tournament titles last
season.
“It should be a great weekend,” OSU head coach Pat Casey said. “First, we’re playing a very good
ballclub in Evansville and so we need to step up our performance. If we do that, there could be some
terrific baseball played. Second, it’s just going to be great to be at home. It seems like we’ve been on the
road forever and our guys are really looking forward to being able to stay in town for a weekend, play in
their own park and play in front of their own fans for a change.”
Those fans will notice a few changes at the Beaver ballpark.
First, there’s a new scoreboard in right-centerfield, complete with video capability. Second, the infield
is now covered with a FieldTurf artificial surface.
“Those are going to be some great additions for our fans and for our ballclub,” Casey said. “The
scoreboard is going to add a lot to the experience of being in our ballpark. And the new infield can really
cut down on the amount of time that we might be affected by weather this time of year. Both of those are
big steps forward for our ballpark.”
Oregon State - which is playing its centennial season of varsity baseball - is 78-19 in home-openers
dating back to 1907. Oregon State has won 17 of its last 19 home-openers and 32 of its last 35.
The Beavers come home after winning three of four games in the Domino’s Pizza Aggie Baseball
Classic at Texas A&M. OSU lost to the Aggies 5-2, then beat New Mexico 6-2, beat St. Louis 2-0 and
beat Texas A&M 6-5.
OSU is ranked eighth nationally in the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll, ninth by Baseball America
magazine, seventh by Collegiate Baseball newspaper, and eighth in the National Collegiate Baseball
Writers Association poll this week.
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At the plate, OSU continues to be paced by junior catcher Mitch Canham (.408 batting average, 1
home run, 15 runs batted in). Other top hitters have been junior infielder Drew George (.400, 0, 5),
freshman infielder Joey Wong (.362, 0, 5), junior outfielder Braden Wells (.341, 0, 2) and senior outfielder
Mike Lissman (.328, 3, 19).
On the mound, the Beavers’ starting trio of junior righthander Mike Stutes (3-0 record, 2.86 earned run
average), junior lefthander Joe Paterson (2-1, 3.14) and junior righthander Daniel Turpen (4-0, 2.45) has
helped Oregon State hold its opponents to three or fewer runs in nine of 17 games.
Evansville is ranked 25th by Baseball America. The Purple Aces have won five straight games after
winning at Murray State 19-1 on Tuesday. Last weekend, UE swept Miami (Ohio) 2-0, 3-2 and 3-2 at
home and they had beaten Butler 4-1 at home last week. The Purple Aces have been led at the plate by
junior outfielder Jim Viscomi (.382, 0, 7), senior infielder Robbie Minor (.367, 0, 4) and senior infielder
Kasey Wahl (.321, 0, 8).
The Navy-UMBC baseball game scheduled for today at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop
Stadium in Annapolis has been postponed due to today’s snowfall and cold temperatures expected for
tomorrow…the game has been re-scheduled for Wednesday, April 4, at 3:30 p.m. in Annapolis…the
Bucknell baseball team’s home weekend series with Niagara, slated for Friday and Saturday at Depew
Field, has been cancelled due to the weather forecast and poor field conditions…at this time, no makeup
dates have been scheduled for the three-game set against the Purple Eagles.
This week’ televised college baseball schedule…
Saturday, March 10
Sunday, March 11
Tuesday, March 13
Thursday, March 15
Indiana at FSU
Miami at UNC
Florida at Texas A&M
Texas Southern at Southern
Arizona at Hawaii
Tulane at UNO (TD)
Nebraska at Texas Tech
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1 PM (ET)
1 PM (ET)
1 PM (CT)
3 PM (PT)
9:30 PM (CT)
6:30 PM (CT)
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