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2013 UNLV MEDIA NOTES NCAA Tournament Sage Sammons, Baseball Contact Appearances UNLV Media Relations 1978 - 1980 - 1981 O: (702) 895-3764 1984 - 1988 - 1989 C: (702) 478-0166 1996 - 2003 - 2004 EMAIL: [email protected] 2005 TWITTER: @UNLV_Sage BASEBALL TWITTER: @UNLVbaseball 2013 UNLV SCHEDULE COMING UP THIS WEEK RECORD: 10-3 HOME: 8-1 MW: 0-0 AWAY: 1-1 TOP-25: 0-0 NEUTRAL: 1-1 DATE OPPONENT TIME 2/15/13 TENNESSEE W, 10-9 2/16/13 TENNESSEE (DH) L, 8-3 TENNESSEE (DH) W, 5-4 2/17/13 TENNESSEE W, 3-2 (14) HIGH: 57° HIGH: 62° HIGH: 66° HIGH: 77° 2/21/13 at Pacific W, 9-1 LOW: 38° LOW: 39° LOW: 44° LOW: 49° 2/22/13 vs. Gonzaga L, 9-3 An a.m. shower; Plenty of sunshine Plenty of sunshine Sunny and beautiful 2/22/13 at Pacific L,, 3-0 partly sunny 2/23/13 vs. Gonzaga W, 4-0 2/28/13 VS. BRADLEY^ W, 8-6 3/01/13 VS. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT^ W, 6-5 3/02/13 VS. BRADLEY^ W, 8-3 3/03/13 VS. HAWAI’I^ W, 12-4 3/04/13 HAWAI’I W, 14-1 3/08/13 at Stanford 5:30 PM 3/09/13 at Stanford 1:00 PM 3/10/13 at Stanford 1:00 PM 3/12/13 at CSU Bakersfield 6:00 PM 3/15/13 NEW MEXICO* 6:05 PM PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS 3/16/13 NEW MEXICO* 2:05 PM 3/17/13 NEW MEXICO* 1:05 PM UNLV vs. Stanford UNLV vs. Stanford UNLV vs. Stanford UNLV vs. CSUB 3/18/13 BYU 3:05 PM Friday, March 8, 2013 Saturday, March 9, 2013 Sunday, March 10, 2013 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 3/22/13 at San Diego State* 6:00 PM 5:30 PM - Palo Alto, Calif. 1:00 PM - Palo Alto, Calif. 1:00 PM - Palo Alto, Calif. 6:00 PM - Bakersfield, Calif. 3/23/13 at San Diego State* 2:00 PM 3/24/13 at San Diego State* 1:00 PM Erick Fedde (2-0, 2.00 ERA) Buddy Borden (1-1, 0.00 ERA) John Richy (1-2, 4.42 ERA) Mark Shannon (2-0, 1.17 ERA) 3/25/13 at San Diego 6:00 PM 3/29/13 AIR FORCE* 6:05 PM vs. vs. vs. vs. 3/30/13 AIR FORCE* 2:05 PM Mark Appel (2-1, 1.17 ERA) John Hochstatter (1-0, 0.96 ERA) Bobby Zarubin (1-0, 0.96ERA) Taylor Aikenhead (2-1, 3.50 ERA) 3/31/13 AIR FORCE* 1:05 PM 4/05/13 at Fresno State* 6:35 PM 4/06/13 at Fresno State* 6:35 PM 4/07/13 at Fresno State* 1:05 PM 4/10/13 ARIZONA STATE 6:05 PM ROAD TO THE FARM 4/12/13 NEVADA, RENO* 6:05 PM UNLV heads back on the road this weekend BASEBALL BROADCASTS 4/13/13 NEVADA, RENO* 2:05 PM Marcus Brody returns to the booth to pro- to face No. 9 Stanford at Sunken Diamond 4/14/13 NEVADA, RENO* 1:05 PM vide commentary for the live streaming video 4/16/13 at UC Riverside 3:00 PM in Palo Alto, Calif. The Cardinal are skip- 4/19/13 SAN DIEGO STATE* 6:05 PM of all UNLV home games. This is Brody’s third pered by Mark Marquess, who is in his 37th 4/20/13 SAN DIEGO STATE* 2:05 PM year as the voice of the UNLV baseball team. 4/21/13 SAN DIEGO STATE* 1:05 PM season as Stanford’s head coach. They are 4/24/13 at Arizona State 5:30 PM A full-time analyst has not been announced yet currently 10-2 on the year and are on a nine 4/26/13 at New Mexico* 5:00 PM this season so look for a rotation of great insight 4/27/13 at New Mexico* 4:00 PM game winning streak. You can watch the 4/28/13 at New Mexico* 12:00 PM on the Rebel broadcasts. game live here http://pac-12.com/live/gos- 4/30/13 UC RIVERSIDE 3:05 PM Two more games will be broadcasted locally 5/03/13 FRESNO STATE* 6:05 PM tanford.aspx or listen live on UNLVRebels. 5/04/13 FRESNO STATE* 2:05 PM on FOX Sports Radio 920 this year: Air Force com. After the Rebels’ series on the farm, 5/05/13 FRESNO STATE* 1:05 PM (March 31) and Nevada, Reno (April 13) 5/06/13 SAN DIEGO 3:05 PM UNLV will return home and then bus to Ba- 5/10/13 at Nevada, Reno* 6:00 PM All other home games this season will kersfield, Calif. to face the CSU Bakersfield 5/11/13 at Nevada, Reno* 1:00 PM be available through the UNLV website, 5/12/13 at Nevada, Reno* 1:00 PM Roadrunners. The Roadrunners, in their 5/16/13 at Air Force* 2:00 PM www.unlvrebels.com. 5/17/13 at Air Force* 1:00 PM fourth year of existence, are off to an 8-4 5/18/13 at Air Force* 12:00 PM start with wins over Nebraska and USC. 5/22/13-5/26/13 MW Tournament TBA 6/1/13-6/4/13 NCAA Regionals TBA Before hosting the Rebels on Tuesday, they will travel to UC Davis for a three game series 6/8/13-6/11/13 NCAA Super Regionals TBA with the Aggies. 6/15/13-6/26/13 NCAA College World Series TBA Home Games in Bold *Mountain West Game SCOUTING THE REBELS All times Pacific Time Leading the Rebels from the plate this season is been senior Mark Shannon. He has started all 13 of Game times and dates subject to change the Rebels’ games and is hitting a .382 entering the weekend series with Stanford. Shannon has also 2013 Rebel Baseball started two games for UNLV and owns 2013 UNLV BASEBALL QUICK FACTS a 1-0 record. He has a 1.29 ERA and has struck out 13 batters in 14 innings. GENERAL INFO Fellow senior Brandon Bayardi leads COACHING STAFF the team with two triples on the season SCHOOL UNLV HEAD COACH Tim Chambers and is hitting .377. Freshman Justin LOCATION Las Vegas, Nev. ALMA MATER Southern Utah, 1989 Jones leads the team with 12 RBI and ADDRESS 4505 Maryland Parkway RECORD AT UNLV 69-59 (Third Year) is hitting .375 on the year. From the ENROLLMENT 27,000 CAREER RECORD 535-254-1 (13 years) mound, junior Buddy Borden (1-1) FOUNDED 1957 ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH Stan Stolte (St. Ambrose ‘84) has yet to allow an earned run in 21.2 PRESIDENT Dr. Neal Smatresk ASSISTANT COACH Kevin Higgins (Arizona State ‘89) innings pitched. He is second on the DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Jim Livengood VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT Eric Nielsen (UNLV ‘04) team in strikeouts with 18. Sophomore ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR Jerry Koloskie DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Chuck Hazzard (Florida ‘98) Erick Fedde (2-0) sports a 2.00 ERA FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE Brackley Frayer STRENGTH COACH Rob Handley (UNLV ‘11) with a team high 21 strikeouts in 18.0 CONFERENCE Mountain West ATHLETIC TRAINER Matt Vaughn innings. From the bullpen, senior Andy NICKNAME Rebels EQUIPMENT MANAGER Tausha Smith (UNLV ‘99) Beresford has been the strongest COLORS Scarlet and Gray pitcher, posting a 3-0 record to go BASEBALL HISTORY along with a 1.08 ERA. He also has FIRST SEASON 1967 STADIUM INFO one save on the year. FACILITY Earl E. Wilson Stadium ALL-TIME RECORD 1,428-1,164-8 (.552) CWS APPEARANCES/LAST None FIELD NAME Roger Barnson Field SCOUTING THE CAPACITY 3,000 SUPER REGIONAL APPEARANCES/LAST None DIMENSIONS 335-375-400-375-335 REGIONAL APPEARANCES/LAST 10/2005 (Tempe Reg.) CARDINAL Stanford started the season 1-2 at No. YEAR OPENED 1994 17 Rice, winning only the second game PRESS BOX PHONE 702-739-1595 MEDIA RELATIONS of the series. Since the Cardinal’s last BASEBALL CONTACT Sage Sammons loss, the have rattled off nine straight OFFICE PHONE 702-895-3764 wins, including a three-game sweep of TEAM INFO CELL PHONE 702-478-0166 No. 22 Texas. Most recently Stanford 2012 Record 26-31 EMAIL [email protected] is coming off of a 6-4 victory at Santa 2012 MW Record (finish) 7-17 (4th) MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE 4505 Maryland Parkway Clara. Leading the Cardinal from the CONFERENCE TITLES 3 Box 450004 dish is junior first basemen Brian Ra- NCAA REGIONAL APPEARANCES (last) 10 (2005) Las Vegas, Nev. 89154-0004 gira. He is hitting .333 on the season LETTERMEN RETURNING/LOST 17/11 OFFICE FAX 702-895-0989 and leads the club with five doubles. STARTERS RETURNING/LOST 5/4 TWITTER @UNLVbaseball Danny Diekroeger leads the team with PITCHERS RETURNING/LOST 8/4 WEBSITE www.unlvrebels.com two home runs this season and is tied NEWCOMERS 9 with Austin Slater with seven RBI. The Cardinal pitching staff has been out of KEY RETURNING PITCHERS this world through the first 12 games Erick Fedde RHP So. (6-5, 3.59 ERA, 15 appearances, 15 GS, 90.1 IP, 66 strikeouts) Brady Zuniga RHP Sr. (1-0, 3.13 ERA, 18 appearances, 1 save, 37.1 IP, 28 strikeouts) of the season. As a whole they have a Buddy Borden RHP Jr. (2-5, 4.95 ERA, 16 appearances, 8 GS, 54.2 IP, 63 strikeouts) combined ERA of 1.77 in 107 innings Zack Hartman RHP Jr.