BASEBALL @GCUBaseball SERIES RELEASE @gcubaseball Josh Hauser, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications · Office: (602) 639-8328 · Cell: (503) 734-8587· E-mail: [email protected] KANSAS GRAND CANYON 2017 SCHEDULE & RESULTS V (19-19 OVR / 13-2 WAC / 12-4 H / 7-14 A / 0-1 N) JAYHAWKS S LOPES (19-20, 8-7 BIG 12) (19-19, 13-2 WAC) Feb. 17 22/RV Oklahoma State W, 6-1 Feb. 19 22/RV Oklahoma State L, 5-6 APRIL 25-26 | BRAZELL STADIUM (1,500) | PHOENIX, ARIZ. Feb. 20 22/RV Oklahoma State W, 4-0 Feb. 22 at Arizona Diamondbacks ^ L, 1-9 Sean Rackoski (R) TBA (--) Feb. 25 at Wichita State L, 0-1 3-4, 3.49 ERA -- Feb. 25 at Wichita State L, 0-4 #21 | R-Jr. | Chandler, Ariz. #-- | -- | -- Feb. 26 at Wichita State L, 3-5 March 3 at Saint Mary’s L, 11-12 ONE Tyler Hansen (L) TWO TBA (--) March 4 at Saint Mary’s L, 6-8 GAME 0-3, 5.11 ERA -- GAME March 5 at Saint Mary’s W, 6-4 #39 | Fr. | Snowflake, Ariz. #-- | -- | -- March 10 San Francisco L, 6-13 N 7:00 p.m. MST | WAC Digital Network, GCU.tv N 1:00 p.m. MST | GCU.tv March 11 San Francisco L, 8-11 March 12 San Francisco W, 5-4 March 14 at UNLV W, 10-8 (11) SERIES HISTORY AT A GLANCE March 15 at UNLV L, 4-5 vs. Kansas » GCU is off to a 13-2 start in WAC play, its best start to con- March 17 at Pepperdine L, 0-1 (12) » 9 previous meetings, first in 1993, last in 2016 ference in Division I history. The Lopes went 21-2 to begin March 18 vs. Long Beach State (N) L, 1-9 March 19 at Pepperdine L, 2-7 » Overall: 4-4-1 (Home: 3-3; Away: 1-1-1) conference play in their final Division II season in 2013. March 21 at RV/NR New Mexico W, 6-1 » Last time: 5-5 tie in Lawrence, suspended T10 (lightning) » GCU has won its first five conference series for the first March 22 at RV/NR New Mexico L, 3-22 » Streak: Tied 1 time as a Division I team (1991-1998, 2014-pres). March 24 CSU Bakersfield * W, 3-2 PROJECTED STARTERS » The Lopes square off against Kansas for the fourth March 25 CSU Bakersfield * W, 7-4 consecutive season. GCU and Kansas split a two-game March 26 CSU Bakersfield * W, 8-3 13/11 by number of starts, last 5 games mid-week series at Brazell Stadium in 2015. March 29 at Arizona L, 2-3 March 31 Northern Colorado * W, 7-0 40 Lerouge » To remain a perfect 9-0 in home conference games, it April 1 Northern Colorado * W, 12-3 took a little magic. The Lopes faced an 8-0 deficit in the 5 Wyatt 7 Schwartz April 2 Northern Colorado * W, 12-2 (7) sixth, but erased it to win in the 10th. It was the biggest April 4 at 15/15 Arkansas L, 2-11 18 Mumper 2 Bull come-from-behind win for GCU since also overcoming an April 5 at 15/15 Arkansas L, 1-6 13 Malis 9 Evans 8-0 score to beat Utah on April 25, 1998. April 7 at Sacramento State * W, 2-1 » GCU ranks second in the WAC in both batting average April 8 at Sacramento State * L, 1-7 Designated Hitter (.318) and ERA (3.30) while leading the conference in April 9 at Sacramento State * W, 8-2 7/7 28 Bess fielding percentage (.986) for WAC games. They’re the April 11 Arizona TV: CW6 L, 3-7 8 Saenz 24 Meyer only team to rank in the top 3 in all three categories. April 13 at Chicago State * L, 4-6 27 Cotton April 14 at Chicago State * W, 12-2 (7) STAT COMPARISON » Jayhawks’ Tuesday starter Sean Rackoski attended Ham- April 15 at Chicago State * W, 4-3 ilton in Chandler, home of Jake Wong. The two’s varsity April 21 UT Rio Grande Valley * W, 9-4 CATEGORY baseball careers did not overlap. April 22 UT Rio Grande Valley * W, 5-4 (10) April 23 UT Rio Grande Valley * W, 9-8 (10) 19-20 W-L 19-19 LAST TIME OUT April 25 Kansas 7 p.m. » GCU claimed its fifth straight WAC series victory to open April 26 Kansas 1 p.m. OFFENSE April 28 at New Mexico State * 5 p.m. .241 AVG .286 conference play with a sweep of UT Rio Grande Valley. April 29 at New Mexico State * 1 p.m. .313 SLUG .377 » Game 1: It was a slug-fest early, but the Lopes quieted April 30 at New Mexico State * 11 a.m. .338 OBP .359 UTRGV’s bats as the game went on. Preston Pavlica deliv- May 5 Seattle U * 7 p.m. 4.4 RUNS (AVG) 5.2 ered the big blow with a two-run shot in the seventh. May 6 Seattle U * TV: CW6 7 p.m. May 7 Seattle U * 12 p.m. 7.8 HITS (AVG) 9.7 » Game 2: GCU gave up a lead but won on a Tom Lerouge walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th. May 9 San José State 7 p.m. 9 HR 14 May 10 San José State 2 p.m. 8.1 SO (AVG) 6.9 » Game 3: The Vaqueros scored seven runs in a tough May 12 at Utah Valley * 5 p.m. second inning. GCU pulled off a dramatic comeback. An 3.5 BB (AVG) 3.5 May 13 at Utah Valley * 5 p.m. Ian Evans’ three-run blast made it 8-6 in the sixth. GCU 26 SB 25 May 14 at Utah Valley * 11 a.m. tied it in the eighth and walked off on a Garrison Schwartz May 18 at UC Davis 2 p.m. PITCHING single in the 10th. May 19 at UC Davis 1 p.m. 4.29 ERA 4.91 May 20 at UC Davis 1 p.m. 8.3 SO (AVG) 6.5 WHAT’S NEXT * Denotes WAC games Home games in bold .262 OPP AVG .271 All times listed in Arizona Time (MST) » The Lopes head to Las Cruces, N.M. for a three-game ^ D-Backs Collegiate Baseball Series at Salt River Fields FIELDING series with New Mexico State this weekend full of major .964 FLD% .975 implications atop the conference standings. GCU is a half- Rankings in format (USA Today Coaches / D1Baseball.com) ‹ 1 › BASEBALL // MEDIA INFORMATION vs. SUMMED UP LAST THREE GAMES Current placing 1st FRIDAY, APRIL 21 SATURDAY, APRIL 22 SUNDAY, APRIL 23 Current streak W-5 LOPES CLAIM OPENER FROM UTRGV LEROUGE’S WALK-OFF SINGLE GCU ERASES 8-0 DEFICIT, Longest winning streak 5 games, 4/14 - pres WITH BALANCED ATTACK CLINCHES SERIES OVER UTRGV SWEEPS ASIDE UTRGV Longest losing streak 5 games, 2/25-3/4 R H E R H E R H E Overall series 6-5-2 UTRGV 4 7 2 UTRGV 4 8 0 UTRGV 8 15 0 Home series 4-1-0 Grand Canyon 9 13 1 Grand Canyon 5 15 3 Grand Canyon 9 12 0 Away series 2-4-2 W - Wong (5-2) | L - Delgado (2-3) W - Milacki (1-2) | L - Grant (5-5) W - Franks (4-0) | L - Grant (5-6) Sweeps 3-3-0 Last 5 5-0 Last 10 7-3 TO THE MEDIA INJURY INFORMATION Series openers 7-6 The Grand Canyon Athletics Department is served by Grand Canyon University athletics will abide by HIPAA Series finales 8-5 a communications office staff that works diligently to - a federal privacy act with regard to the release of in- Day games (before 6 p.m.) 12-12 promote the individual and team accomplishments of jury information. 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