GAME 52 Talent: N/A RBI: Isaiah Torres (37); Drexler Macaay (34) RBI: Noel Cheneau (58); Santiago Garcia (57)
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2018 SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT RUNNER-UPS DETAILS GRAMBLING STATE ALABAMA STATE Date: Saturday, May 18, 2019 Time: 12 p.m. (Central)/1 p.m. (Eastern) TIGERS HORNETS Location: New Orleans, La. 2019 Record: 27-24 (SWAC: 16-8) 2019 Record: 27-25 (SWAC: 18-5) Venue: Wesley Barrow Stadium (650) Rankings: NR Rankings: N/R Series History: N/A Head Coach: James Cooper (Grambling State, 2004) Head Coach: Jose’ Vazquez (Bethune-Cookman, 2003) 2019 History: Grambling State leads, 2-1 Grambling State Record: 209-300 (9th season) Alabama State Record: 87-71 (3rd season) Last Meeting: May 17, 2019 - Grambling State, x-xx Career Record: 209-300 (9th season) Career Record: 87-71 (3rd season) Statistical Leaders: Statistical Leaders: TV/Streaming: SWAC Digital Network Hits: Isaiah Torres (63); Drexler Macaay (52) Hits: Yamil Pagan (71); Noel Cheneau (71) Talent: N/A Doubles: Isaiah Torres (14); Ian Bailey (11) Doubles: Santaigo Garcia (15); Eriq White (13) Radio: N/A Home Runs: Drexler Macaay (8) Home Runs: Yamil Pagan (13) GAME 52 Talent: N/A RBI: Isaiah Torres (37); Drexler Macaay (34) RBI: Noel Cheneau (58); Santiago Garcia (57) ABOUT THE SWAC TOURNAMENT > Alabama State entered the tournament as /// INSIDE THE NUMBERS /// /// 2019 TIGERS SCHEDULE /// > Grambling State enters the 2019 SWAC Base- the top seed from the East Division and have ball Tournament as the second seed from the defeated Prairie View A&M and Grambling GRAMBLING STATE Western Division for the second consecutive State in the tournament 1 (27-24, 16-8 SWAC) year Grambling State is seeking its first-ever > The Tigers are looking to repeat last year’s A LOOK BACK TO LAST SEASON victory over Arkansas DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT magical run as Grambling State reached the > Grambling State is coming off a 26-26 2.15 vs. Eastern Kentucky# W, 7-4 SWAC Championship game, before falling to campaign where the Tigers fell just short in 2.16 vs. Southern# L, 5-6 Western Division foe Texas Southern the SWAC Baseball Tournament Championship 2 2.17 vs. Alabama State# W, 3-1 > Grambling State is in the top half of the Game Grambling State will be the No. 2 seed in 2.19 JACKSON STATE L, 2-4 next month’s SWAC Baseball Tournament 2.22 at Nicholls State L, 1-6 bracket with Alcorn State (East third seed), > The Tigers defeated Mississippi Valley State 2.24 at Nicholls State L, 5-16 Prairie View A&M (West fourth seed) and Ala- (14-5) in the first round and Alabama State 2.24 at Nicholls State L, 2-7 bama State (East top seed) (12-7) in the second round. Grambling State 2.26 WILEY COLLEGE L, 3-5 5 > The bottom bracket features Southern (West dropped into the elimination round after a Grambling State’s longest losing streak was 2.26 WILEY COLLEGE W, 8-5 top seed), Jackson State (East second seed), 5-1 loss to Alabama State, but defeated the 3.1 TEXAS SOUTHERN* W, 12-2 (7) five games (Feb. 19-Feb. 26) 3.2 TEXAS SOUTHERN* L, 3-7 Texas Southern (West third seed) and Arkan- Hornets, 5-1, to advance to the championship 3.2 TEXAS SOUTHERN* W, 6-2 sas-Pine Bluff (East fourth seed) game 3.8 at Prairie View A&M* W, 9-1 > The Tigers are a combined 9-3 against their > GSU took a 2-1 advance into the bottom of 8 3.9 at Prairie View A&M* W, 13-11 opponents in the top half of the bracket, but the third, but Texas Southern scored nine runs Grambling State reeled off eight straight 3.10 at Prairie View A&M* L, 15-18 are 12-9 against the bottom portion of the and didn’t look back in an 18-3 victory to give victories from April 14 to April 27 (13 3.13 at #5/6 Mississippi State L, 1-18 bracket TSU the SWAC Tournament title days), which was the longest during the 3.15 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF* W, 11-0 (7) 3.16 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF* W, 5-4 (10) > Grambling State finished the regular sea- > Rafael Ramirez earned several honors James Cooper Era 3.17 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF* W, 4-1 son with a winning record, 24-23, which was during the 2018 season, including being 3.19 at Jackson State L, 2-10 the first for head coach James Cooper. Cooper named to the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I 3.22 at Southern* L, 8-18 (8) also added another first this season, defeating Central All-Region Second Team 107 3.23 at Southern* L, 13-15 Southland Conference member Northwestern > The Tigers competed against two SEC The Tigers scored 107 runs during the 3.24 at Southern* L, 8-13 State schools - LSU and Arkansas, and nearly pulled eight-game win streak 3.26 ALCORN STATE W, 8-7 3.29 at Abilene Christian L, 4-7 > The Tigers enjoyed an eight-game winning off an upset of then No. 2 Arkansas, falling, 3.30 at Abilene Christian L, 5-23 (7) streak, which spanned fro April 14 to April 27, 7-6, in Little Rock, Ark. 111 3.31 at Abilene Christian W, 8-7 but have since cooled off and will enter the During the eight-game win streak, the 4.2 at #9 LSU L, 0-9 tournament having dropped three out of their PRESEASON HONORS Tigers racked up 111 hits, including 34 4.5 at Texas Southern* L, 8-11 last four games > The Tigers placed five members on the All- extra base hits (23 doubles, seven home 4.6 at Texas Southern* W, 7-2 > Grambling State will be making its second SWAC Preseason Teams 4.7 at Texas Southern* W, 8-4 runs and four triples) 4.9 at Stephen F. Austin L, 2-6 trip to Wesley Barrow Stadium this season, > Drexler Macaay, Richard Ortiz and Isaiah 4.12 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M* W,, 7-4 with the Tigers defeating Eastern Kentucky and Torres were selected to the first team, while 4.12 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M* L, 7-10 Alabama State, but falling to Southern at the Rafael Ramirez and Ace Felder earned sec- 200 4.14 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M* W, 8-4 Andre Dawson Classic to open the season ond-team honors Grambling State head coach James Coo- 4.16 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE W, 9-7 > GSU and Alabama State have met three > Grambling State was chosen second, behind 4.20 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff* W, 10-8 (11) times this season, the Tigers lead the series, Texas Southern, in the preseason SWAC West per surpassed the 200-victory plateau 4.20 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff* W, 19-2 (7) against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on April 20 4.21 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff* W, 14-11 1-0 Division Predicted Order of Finish 4.23 at Alcorn State W, 14-7 4.26 SOUTHERN* W, 12-0 (7) /// GRAMBLING STATE PROJECTED STARTERS /// 4.27 SOUTHERN* W, 21-16 4.28 SOUTHERN* L, 3-15 (7) Pos. # Player Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-SBA 4.30 vs. #5 Arkansas L, 3-17 C 31 Drexler Macaay .311 167 44 52 10 1 8 34 2-2 5.3 at Northwestern State W, 7-6 1B 18 Rafael Ramirez, III .275 120 25 33 5 0 3 17 0-0 5.5 at Northwestern State L, 2-11 5.5 at Northwestern State L, 4-5 2B 10 Garrett Smith .283 127 33 36 6 1 1 22 0-0 5.15 vs. (E3) Alcorn State^ W, 14-4 (8) SS 7 Kevin Whitaker, Jr. .331 157 34 52 8 3 2 34 9-10 5.16 vs. (E1) Alabama State^ L, 3-5 3B 12 Jahmoi Percival .317 104 25 33 3 2 2 26 10-12 5.17 vs. (W4) Prairie View A&M^ W, 9-8 5.17 vs. (E1) Alabama State^ W, 15-9 LF 15 Isaiah Torres .344 180 30 62 14 2 1 37 10-13 5.18 vs. (E1) Alabama State^ 12 p.m. CF 3 Warren Laster .254 63 20 16 1 0 1 14 11-11 RF 24 Nick Wheeler .250 104 21 26 3 2 3 24 7-7 * - Southwestern Athletic Conference Game DH 30 Richard Ortiz .291 134 23 39 10 0 4 30 1-1 ^ - Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament Game # - Andre Dawson Classic (New Orleans, La.) All times are listed as Central /// SOCIAL MEDIA /// Home Games are in ALL CAPS and BOLD /gramblingstateathletics @GSU_Tigers @Gramblingathletics01 GRAMBLING STATE BASEBALL GAME NOTES 1 GAME 52 • ALABAMA STATE Brian Howard WEEKLY SCHEDULE [email protected] Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday TBA OFF Travel Game 48 Game 49 Game 50 Game 52 vs. Alcorn State (9 a.m.) vs. Alabaama State (3 p.m.) vs. Prairie View A&M (9 a.m.) vs. Alabama State (12 p.m.) No Availability No Availability Post Game Post Game Game 51 Post Game vs. Alabama State (4:30 p.m.) /// SWAC BASEBALL CONTACTS /// /// WEEKLY MEDIA PRESS OPPORTUNITIES /// SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (SWAC) INTERVIEWS: GAME DAY COVERAGE Assistant Director of Media Relations Ed Bailey All interview requests for Grambling State baseball coach Email: [email protected] Phone: 205-251.7573 James Cooper and any Grambling State assistant coaches CREDENTIAL REQUESTS: Website: SWAC.org and players must be coordinated through the Sports Infor- All requests for media, radio, television, photography, Alabama A&M University (AAMU) mation Director Office. scouting and parking credentials for the 2019 Grambling Justin Graves State baseball season, or for any individual game, should Email: [email protected] Players are available for interviews, either in person or on be made in writing, on company letterhead or via e-mail Phone: 256.372.4005 Website: aamusports.com the phone, before or after practice.