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2016 HBU HUSKIES BASEBALL Director of Athletic Media Relations/BSB Contact: Russ Reneau Office: 281.649.3098 Cell: 281.923.0813 E-mail: [email protected] @HBUHuskies HBU Athletics HBUHuskies HBUHuskies @HBUHuskiesBSB #DawgsUp SCHEDULE THIS WEEK’S SERIES DATE OPPONENT TIME HBU Huskies (24-26, 12-15 SLC) at 2.19 BINGHAMTON W, 8-5 Sam Houston State Bearkats (34-19, 21-6 SLC) 2.19 BINGHAMTON W, 11-4 2.20 BINGHAMTON W, 4-3 Don Sanders Stadium w Huntsville, Texas 2.20 BINGHAMTON L, 9-11 2.23 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi L, 4-5 May 19-21 2.26 ^vs. Washington State L, 2-3 2.27 ^at UT Rio Grande Valley W, 6-2 GAME COVERAGE 2.28 ^vs. Washington State W, 9-5 Live Audio: HBUHuskies.com/Legacy Sports Network (Russ Reneau) 3.1 at #2 Texas A&M L, 2-3 (13) Live Stats: gobearkats.com 3.4 UTAH W, 2-1 (10) 3.5 UTAH L, 0-2 PREVIEW 3.5 UTAH W, 7-3 HUNTSVILLE, Texas - HBU will wrap up the regular season with a three-game Southland Conference baseball series at Sam Houston State 3.6 UTAH W, 4-1 Thursday through Saturday at Don Sanders Stadium. The top eight schools advance to the Southland Conference Tournament in Sugar 3.11 *at McNeese State W, 3-2 Land, with the Huskies entering the series in ninth. 3.12 *at McNeese State L, 6-12 For the Huskies to earn a spot in the tournament, they must sweep Sam Houston State or win two games and have Southeastern 3.13 *at McNeese State W, 7-5 Louisiana sweep Central Arkansas or Lamar sweep Stephen F. Austin or Nicholls sweep New Orleans. HBU cannot make the tournament 3.18 at Cal State Northridge L, 0-2 with one win. 3.19 at Cal State Northridge L, 1-7 The Huskies (24-26, 12-15 SLC) are led by senior first baseman Andrew Alvarez, who is hitting .319 with 10 doubles, two triples, one 3.19 at Cal State Northridge L, 3-6 home run, 23 RBIs and 21 runs, while senior second baseman Greg Espinosa is hitting .318 with 10 doubles, one triple, 17 RBIs and 29 3.20 at Cal State Northridge L, 2-7 runs. Senior shortstop Louie Payetta is hitting .301 with 11 doubles, 23 RBIs and 30 runs and junior third baseman Austin Zillweger is 3.22 at Stephen F. Austin L, 7-8 hitting .303 with five doubles a home run, 11 RBIs and 11 runs. 3.24 *at Central Arkansas L, 0-11 HBU will send redshirt freshman righthander Zach Carter (2-3, 5.93 ERA), junior lefthander Christian Thames (3-5, 3.55 ERA) and 3.25 *at Central Arkansas L, 7-8 junior righthander Addison Russ (8-5, 3.38 ERA) to the mound. Senior closer Dylan Zarosky (2-4, 1.80 ERA) has set the Huskies’ single- 3.26 *at Central Arkansas W, 3-2 (10) season record with 10 saves and is the school’s career leader with 19. 3.29 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M W, 5-3 The Bearkats (34-19, 21-6) enter the series one game out of first in the standings and are led by Bryce Johnson, who is hitting .363 4.1 *INCARNATE WORD W, 3-1 with 10 doubles, a triple, two home runs, 27 RBIs and 45 runs. Matt Broadbent is hitting .324 with four doubles, a triple, a home run, 4.2 *INCARNATE WORD L, 2-3 4.3 *INCARNATE WORD W, 2-0 22 RBIs and 14 runs. Zach Smith is hitting .291 with 14 doubles, six home runs, 35 RBIs and 26 runs. 4.8 *at Abilene Christian W, 3-2 SHSU is expected to send righthanders Riley Gossett (6-0, 2.99 ERA) and Heath Donica (8-3, 3.41 ERA) to the hill Thursday and 4.9 *at Abilene Christian L, 0-9 Friday and have not settled on a starter for Saturday. Greg Belton (4-1, 3.02 ERA) is tied with Zarosky for second in the league with 10 4.10 *at Abilene Christian W, 4-1 saves. 4.12 at UT Arlington L, 0-10 (8) Thursday’s and Friday’s games begin at 6:30 p.m., with the Saturday finale slated for 1 p.m. The Legacy Sports Network audio 4.15 *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN W, 6-2 broadcast with Russ Reneau begins with the pregame show 15 minutes prior to each first pitch and can be accessed on HBUHuskies.com. 4.15 *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN W, 12-1 4.16 *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN L, 3-15 PROJECTED LINEUP 4.22 *LAMAR L, 1-3 # Name Pos. B/T Notes 4.23 *LAMAR L, 0-8 1. 5 Louie Payetta SS L/R Leads team with 11 2B, 23 RBIs 4.23 *LAMAR L, 6-8 2. 4 Greg Espinosa 2B R/R 2nd on team with .318 BA, 29 R 4.26 at Prairie View A&M W, 21-17 4.29 *at Southeastern Louisiana L, 2-3 3. 36 Andrew Alvarez 1B R/R Leads team with 13 XB hits (10 2B, 2 3B, HR) 4.30 *at Southeastern Louisiana L, 2-18 4. 33 Austin Saenz DH R/R 5 multi-RBI games 5.1 *at Southeastern Louisiana L, 3-13 5. 15 Austin Zillweger 3B R/R Hit safely in 16 of last 19 5.3 TEXAS SOUTHERN W, 7-3 6. 2 Brandon Brintz RF L/R T-5th in SLC with 4 triples 5.6 *NICHOLLS W, 8-3 7. 9 Zane Otten CF R/R Leads team in stolen bases (13-for-13) 5.7 *NICHOLLS L, 3-5 5.8 *NICHOLLS W, 7-3 8. 35 Blake Thomas C R/R 8 XB hits (7 2B, 3B) 5.10 at Texas Southern W, 7-6 9. 25 Brandon Morones LF R/R 4 multi-hit games 5.13 *TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI L, 9-11 OTHER KEY CONTRIBUTORS 5.14 *TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI W, 8-2 3 Justin Monsour 3B R/R 9 XB hits (7 2B, 2 3B) 5.15 *TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI L, 1-2 (5) 5.19 *at Sam Houston State 6:30 p.m. 16 Josh Leonhardt OF R/R 4-for-6, 3 RBIs at PVAM (4/26) 5.20 *at Sam Houston State 6:30 p.m. 29 Joe Van Marter OF R/R 2 HR at PVAM (4/26) 5.21 *at Sam Houston State 1 p.m. 38 Carey Jones 1B R/R 7 of his 12 hits for XB 5.25-28 at SLC Tournament Sugar Land, Texas PROBABLE PITCHERS All Times Central and subject to change. *Southland Conference game. ^Al Ogletree Classic (Edinburg, TX). Home games in BLUE CAPS played at Husky Field. # Name R/L Last Start Thu. 34 Zach Carter RHP ND, 6.0 IP, 6 R, 5 ER, 9 H, 4 K, 0 BB vs. TAMU-CC (5/13) Fri. 44 Christian Thames LHP W, 9.0 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 5 K, 4 BB vs. TAMU-CC (5/14) HBUHuskies.com Sat. 19 Addison Russ RHP L, 5.0 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 1 K, 0 BB vs. TAMU-CC (5/15) 2016 HBU BASEBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T Cl-Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous School) 1 David Bloodworth IF 5-7 160 R/R SR-1L Dallas, Texas (Lake Highlands/Wharton County JC) 2 Brandon Brintz OF/IF 5-10 170 L/R JR-TR Murrieta, California (Murrieta/Cypress College) 3 Justin Monsour IF 6-2 185 R/R SR-1L Houston, Texas (Cypress Ranch/Tyler JC) 4 Greg Espinosa 2B 5-10 175 R/R SR-1L Yucaipa, California (Yucaipa/Orange Coast CC) 5 Louie Payetta SS 5-11 185 L/R SR-1L Huntington Beach, California (Huntington Beach/Saddleback) 6 Kendrick Holmes IF 5-7 150 R/R FR-HS Katy, Texas (Taylor) 8 Julian Griego P 5-8 160 R/R JR-TR Long Beach, California (Poly/Long Beach CC) 9 Zane Otten OF 6-3 185 R/R JR-TR Corsicana, Texas (Corsicana/Tyler JC) 10 Jacob Martinez C 5-10 215 R/R JR-TR Allen, Texas (Allen/Murray State (OK) College) 11 Marshall Herron P 6-2 200 R/R SO-TR Waxahachie, Texas (Waxahachie/Cisco) 14 Evan McDonald P 6-0 180 R/R FR-HS Houston, Texas (Lutheran South) 15 Austin Zillweger 3B 5-10 200 R/R JR-TR Humble, Texas (Atascocita/Wharton County JC) 16 Josh Leonhardt OF 6-4 210 R/R SR-1L Cypress, Texas (Cypress Woods/Eastfield) 18 Matthew McCollough P 5-11 175 L/L SR-3L Katy, Texas (Taylor) 19 Addison Russ P 6-1 185 R/R JR-TR Amarillo, Texas (Randall/Lake Land (Ill.) College) 20 Ivan Smith P 6-1 215 L/L JR-2L Alvin, Texas (Manvel) 21 JT Jakubik P 6-4 210 R/R JR-TR Missouri City, Texas (Ridge Point/Wharton County JC) 24 Dylan Zarosky P 5-11 195 R/R SR-3L Cypress, Texas (Cypress Ridge) 25 Brandon Morones OF 6-0 215 R/R SR-1L Yorba Linda, California (Esperanza/Cypress College) 27 Brody Toal P 6-3 200 R/R SR-1L Southlake, Texas (Carroll/Eastfield) 29 Joe Van Marter OF 6-1 200 R/R JR-TR Anaheim, California (Canyon/Cypress College) 30 Matt Harding P 6-1 210 R/R SR-3L Houston, Texas (Westbury) 33 Austin Saenz OF 6-3 225 R/R SR-1L Trabuco Canyon, California (MIssion Viejo/Orange Coast CC) 34 Zach Carter P 5-10 175 R/R FR-RS Arlington, Texas (Pantego Christian Academy) 35 Blake Thomas C 5-11 195 R/R JR-TR Austin, Texas (Westwood/Ranger College) 36 Andrew Alvarez IF/P 6-4 225 R/R SR-1L Riverside, California (Martin Luther King/Orange Coast CC) 37 Zac Garcia C 5-8 180 R/R SO-1L Baytown, Texas (Sterling) 38 Carey Jones 1B 6-0 215 R/R SO-1L Cypress, Texas (Cypress Ranch) 39 Weston Wick P 6-2 185 L/L JR-1L La Grange, Texas (La Grange/Blinn) 44 Christian Thames Util.