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ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY ARKANSAS STATE BASEBALL VAN PROVENCE ASSISTANT SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR [email protected] 870-972-2707 870-897-5010 (cell) ARKANSAS STATE SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time/Result GAMES 38, 39 & 40 Feb. 22 Ohio St.% L 7-3 Feb. 23 Seton Hall% W 6-3 Feb. 24 Navy% W 8-1 ASU INDIANS vs. WESTERN KENTUCKY HILLTOPPERS Feb. 25 Williams Baptist W 6-1 Feb. 28 Kansas State# W, 2-1. April 18, 2008 6:00 p.m. April 19, 2008 3:00 p.m. Feb. 29 Lamar# L,10-3. April 20, 2008 1:00 p.m. Mar. 01 Michigan St.# L, 6-5. Mar. 02 Lamar# L, 4-0 Nick Denes Field (2,500) Bowling Green, Kentucky Mar. 05 at Ole Miss W, 7-5 Mar. 07 at Louisiana-Lafayette* W, 3-0 Radio: KJCF 103.9 Earl FM & ASUIndians.com Mar. 08 at Louisiana-Lafayette* W, 9-5 Mar. 09 at Louisiana-Lafayette* W, 9-2 LiveStats: ASUIndians.com Mar. 11 Memphis L, 3-0 Mar. 12 Harris-Stowe (DH) W 3-2, 10-4 LEADING OFF: The Arkansas and 6-3 in the Sunday finale. Mar. 14 Middle Tennessee State* W, 6-5 State University Indians return to Sun The Hilltoppers split a pair of mid- Mar. 15 Middle Tennessee State* L, 2-1 Mar. 16 Middle Tennessee State* L, 7-6 Belt Conference action this week- week games heading into the series Mar. 18 at Missouri State Rained Out Mar. 19 at Missouri State L, 9-4 end when they travel to Bowling with Arkansas State. Western Ken- Mar. 21 Louisiana-Monroe* L, 3-1 Green, Ky., to take on the Hilltoppers tucky defeated Evansville 11-3 Tues- Mar. 22 Louisiana-Monroe* W, 15-10 Mar. 23 Louisiana-Monroe* L, 6-3 of Western Kentucky in a three- day night before falling to Mar. 25 at Tennessee-Martin W, 12-6 Mar. 26 at Memphis W, 7-4 game series beginning Friday at 6 11th-ranked Vanderbilt 5-1 Wednes- Mar. 28 at South Alabama* L, 17-9 p.m. Saturday’s game is scheduled day night. Both games were played Mar. 29 at South Alabama* L, 10-4 Mar. 30 at South Alabama* L, 8-7 to get underway at 3 p.m., while in Bowling Green. In Sun Belt Con- Apr. 01 Tennessee-Martin L, 9-8 Apr. 02 Southern Illinois L, 10-3 Sunday’s first pitch is set for 1 p.m. ference action last weekend, New Apr. 04 at Troy* L, 8-4 Every ASU Indian baseball game Orleans defeated the Hilltoppers in Apr. 05 at Troy* L, 7-4 Apr. 06 at Troy* L, 2-8 can be heard live on 103.9 Earl FM the first two games of a series in New Apr. 09 at Southeast Missouri St. W, 8-3 Apr. 11 at Southern Miss L, 6-3 in Northeast Arkansas. The live Orleans. Western Kentucky avoided Apr. 12 at Southern Miss L, 8-7 audio broadcast can also be ac- the sweep with a 13-12 win in the Apr. 13 at Southern Miss L, 6-3 Apr. 16 Murray State W, 3-2 cessed through the StateZone por- Sunday game. Apr. 18 at Western Kentucky* 6:00 p.m. tion of the Arkansas State athletics Apr. 19 at Western Kentucky* 3:00 p.m. Apr. 20 at Western Kentucky* 1:00 p.m. website, ASUIndians.com. Live Stats THE SERIES: Arkansas State holds Apr. 22 Southeast Missouri St. 6:30 p.m. Apr. 23 Ole Miss 6:30 p.m. may also be accessed by logging a one-game advantage in the all- Apr. 25 New Orleans* 7:00 p.m. on to ASUIndians.com and clicking time series, leading the Hilltoppers Apr. 26 New Orleans* 6:00 p.m. Apr. 27 New Orleans* 1:00 p.m. the link on the left sidebar. 27-26. The 2008 trip to Bowling May 02 Florida International* 7:00 p.m. May 03 Florida International* 6:00 p.m. Green will be the third time in the May 04 Florida International* 1:00 p.m. THE TEAMS: Arkansas State last four seasons that the Tribe has May 09 at Florida Atlantic* 5:00 p.m. May 10 at Florida Atlantic* 4:00 p.m. stopped a three-game slide faced Western Kentucky on the May 11 at Florida Atlantic* 1:00 p.m. May 13 at Murray State 2:00 p.m. Wednesday night when the Indians road. When the two teams met last May 15 Arkansas-Little Rock* 7:00 p.m. posted a 3-2 victory over Murray year at Nick Denes Field, ASU de- May 16 Arkansas-Little Rock* 7:00 p.m. May 17 Arkansas-Little Rock* 2:00 p.m. State in Jonesboro. Last weekend, feated the Hilltoppers 8-5 in game May 21-24 Sun Belt Conf. Tournament TBA 5/30-6/01 NCAA Regionals TBA the Indians lost all three games of a one of the series. Western Kentucky Jun. 06-08 NCAA Super Regionals TBA non-conference series at #29 South- came back in game two to grab a Jun. 13-22 NCAA World Series TBA ern Miss, falling 6-3 in the Friday 10-3 win and even the series at 1-1, % Service Academy Classic XVIII - Millington, Tenn. game, 8-7 in the Saturday contest but the Tribe posted a 6-4 win in Sun- # - Lamar Cardinal Classic - Beaumont, Texas day’s finale to win the series. * - Sun Belt Conference Game Sun Belt Conference Tournament - at Lafayette, La. Probable Pitching Matchups Arkansas State has earned a 2-1 se- All Times Central Time Friday ries victory over the Hilltoppers each ASU - RHP Chase Ware (4-3, 3.99 ERA) of the last three seasons. WKU - LHP Bart Carter (3-3. 6.50 ERA) Saturday ON THE MOUND FOR THE TRIBE: ASU - RHP Jacob Maggard (3-3, 5.55 ERA) Junior Chase Ware will take the WKU - RHP Matt Ridings (6-2, 3.42 ERA) mound in Friday’s series opener. Sunday Ware stands at 4-3 on the season ASU - LHP Jett Jones (1-6, 5.75 ERA) WKU - RHP Colby Beach (1-1, 6.19 ERA) with an ERA of 3.99. He has given up 16-21, 5-10 20-16, 7-8 49 hits and 21 earned runs through 2008 INDIAN BASEBALL 1 ASUINDIANS.COM 47.1 innings of work, with 39 strike- leading the way at .449. Redshirt currently ranked outs. Junior Jacob Maggard will freshman Cade Baxter is hitting .357, 2-3 on Arkansas start for the Indians in Saturday’s junior Derrick Coleman is at .321, State’s RBI chart contest. Maggard is 3-3 on the sea- while junior Brandon Eller is hitting this season, with son with an ERA of 5.55, having sur- .319. Senior Ryan Hudgins and junior Eller driving in 24 rendered 29 earned runs through Guy Brown are close to the .300 and Coleman 47.0 innings of work. He has given mark as well, with both hitting .296 plating 23. Sev- up 60 hits while striking out 25 op- heading into the Western Kentucky enteen of Eller’s posing batters. Junior Jett Jones will series. RBI’s and 14 of get the call for the Indians in Sun- Coleman’s have day’s finale. Jones is 1-6 on the sea- HIPPS ON FIRE: Junior catcher come with two Eller son with an ERA of 5.75. Jones has Lawson Hipps has hit .449 over the outs on the given up 26 earned runs on 49 hits last 18 games, going 31-for-69 since board. through 40.2 innings of work, with 28 the March 21-23 series with strikeouts to his credit. Louisiana-Monroe. He had a ca- PLUNKED: Junior Guy Brown is on reer-high four hits and five RBI’s pace to break the single-season hit- AMONG THE BEST IN THE BELT: March 25 at Tennessee-Martin, in- by-pitch record of Arkansas State currently leads the cluding his first career home run, a 23 set by Derek Sun Belt Conference in team pitch- two-out, three-run Alferman in ing, sporting an ERA of 4.84 in all shot in the third 1994. Brown has games played...junior right-hander that helped ASU been hit by a Chase Ware’s ERA of 3.99 in all to a 12-6 victory pitch on 11 oc- games played ranks him seventh in over the Sky- casions during the Sun Belt...freshman Drew Benes hawks. Hipps the 2008 season, has moved into a tie for fifth place had a 13-game including three in the Sun Belt with 13 doubles on hit streak times March 12 the season...in conference games snapped April 9 against Harris- only, junior right-hander Chris Bulling- at Southeast Mis- Stowe. Brown ton is seventh in the league with an souri State, which ERA of 3.71...in conference games Hipps was the longest only, the Tribe is second in team hitting streak for HEAD TO HEAD pitching with an ERA of 5.68, just be- any Indian this season. Hipps has hind first-place Louisiana-Monroe’s also hit successfully in every game ERA of 5.18. since the SEMO contest. IMPROVING AT THE PLATE: Al- SUDDEN IMPACT: Freshman though the Indians have dropped Drew Benes is at or near the top in ASU USM 13 of their last 18 games, the Tribe’s several offensive categories for the 16-21, 5-10 .