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1 PATRIOT BASEBALL REAGAN RATCLIFF, SID • [email protected] • M: 214-356-6309 GAMEDAY 2021 SCHEDULE FEB.20 AUSTIN PEAY W, 13-2 #21 DBU (3-0) VS GONZAGA (2-2) FEB.21 AUSTIN PEAY W, 11-2 Feb 25-28 • 6:30pm/6:30pm/2pm/1pm • Dallas, Texas • Horner Ballpark FEB.22 AUSTIN PEAY W, 12-2 (7) DBU PATRIOTS GONZAGA BULLDOGS FEB.25 GONZAGA 6:30 PM 2021 Record: 3-0, 0-0 MVC 2021 Record: 2-2, 0-0 West Coast FEB.26 GONZAGA 6:30 PM Home / Away / Neutral: 3-0 / 0-0 / 0-0 Home / Away / Neutral: 0-0 / 0-0 / 2-2 FEB.27 GONZAGA 2:00 PM Rankings: BA:NR | PG:RV | CB:21 Rankings: BA:NR | PG:NR | CB:NR FEB.28 GONZAGA 1:00 PM USA:RV | NCBWA:35 | D1:NR USA:NR | NCBWA:NR | D1:NR Mar. 4 Missouri^ 8:00 PM HC: Dan Heefner (Northern Iowa) HC: Mark Machtolf (Stanford) Mar. 5 Missouri^ 6:00 PM Career: 488-253 (14th Season) Career: 489-399-2 (17th Season) Mar. 6 Arizona^ 1:00 PM DBU: 488-253 (14th Season) Gonzaga: 489-399-2 (17th Season) Mar. 7 Oklahoma^ 6:00 PM Mar. 11 Oral Roberts TBA GAME COVERAGE: Mar. 12 Oral Roberts 6:00 PM Video/Audio: Patriot Broadcast Network w/Reagan Ratcliff and Brendan Smith - dbupatriots.com/baseball Mar. 13 Oral Roberts 2:00 PM Live Stats: dbupatriots.com/sidearmstats/baseball/summary | Twitter: @DBU_Baseball Mar. 14 Oral Roberts 1:00 PM #21 DBU GONZAGA MAR.18 TARLETON 6:30 PM MAR.19 TARLETON 6:30 PM •The Patriots swept Austin Peay in a three-game series to •The Bulldogs opened the season with a 2-2 record MAR.20 TARLETON 2:00 PM open the season, outscoring the Governors, 36-6 at the Sanderson Ford College Baseball Classic in MAR.21 TARLETON 1:00 PM •DBU’s sweep of Austin Peay marked the fourth straight Surprise, Arizona. Gonzaga won their first two games MAR.25 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY 6:30 PM year that the Patriots have swept the opening weekend over New Mexico and Kansas State before falling to MAR.26 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY 6:30 PM series to start 3-0. Oregon State and K-State. MAR.27 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY 2:00 PM •The Patriots blasted 11 home runs on the weekend and •The Zags return 26 lettermen from last year’s team MAR.28 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY 1:00 PM are currently #1 in the nation in home runs and home that went 6-10 including three All-WCC selections APR.1 VALPARAISO* 6:30 PM runs per game (3.7). in Brett Harris (INF), Guthrie Morrison (OF) APR.2 VALPARAISO* 1:00 PM •The Pats are averaging 12.0 runs per game, a mark and Ernie Yanke (INF). APR.2 VALPARAISO* 4:30 PM that ranks sixth-best in the nation. DBU is also getting •Gonzaga entered the 2021 season picked to finish APR.3 VALPARAISO* 1:00 PM on-base at a .458 clip which ranks 11th best in college second in the West Coast Conference behind Apr.9 Missouri State* TBA baseball. Pepperdine. Apr.10 Missouri State* TBA •DBU also boast the nation’s top fielding percentage •The Bulldogs were outscored 34-26 in their first Apr.10 Missouri State* TBA (1.000). The Patriots did not make an error in 102 four games. 17 of their runs came against Kansas Apr.11 Missouri State* TBA chances last weekend. State on Saturday and 20 of the runs they allowed APR.16 AIR FORCE 6:30 PM •On the mound, DBU’s 1.80 ERA ranks 16th-best in the were against Oregon State on Sunday. APR.17 AIR FORCE 1:00 PM country. •Offensively, Gonzaga hit .279 during their trip to APR.17 AIR FORCE 4:30 PM •Blayne Jones was named Collegiate Baseball’s National Arizona and their 10 doubles are third-most in the APR.18 AIR FORCE 1:00 PM Player of the Week on Monday. Jones finished the week nation one week into the season. APR.23 INDIANA STATE* 6:30 PM with a .417 average and led the team in home runs (4), •Brett Harris leads the team in six categories APR.24 INDIANA STATE* 1:00 PM RBI (10), slugging percentage (1.417) and total bases (17). including batting average (.545), on-base percentage APR.24 INDIANA STATE* 4:30 PM •DBU features six players that hit .400 or better on (.762), slugging percentage (.636), runs (7), and RBI APR.25 INDIANA STATE* 1:00 PM opening weekend including Cole Moore (.600), (5). Apr.30 Evansville* TBA Jackson Glenn (.583), Andres Sosa (.500), Andrew •The Zags showed great patience at the plate last May 1 Evansville* TBA Benefield (.429), Blayne Jones (.417), and Jace Grady week, walking 24 times, a mark that ranks ninth-best May 1 Evansville* TBA (.400). in the country. May 2 Evansville* TBA •The weekend rotation of Dominic Hamel, Ray •Gonzaga’s pitching staff yielded 34 earned runs in MAY 7 ILLINOIS STATE* 6:30 PM Gaither, and Jared Pettitte combined for a 1.49 ERA Arizona and own an 8.74 ERA coming into Dallas MAY 8 ILLINOIS STATE* 1:00 PM and struck out 17 batters in 12.1 innings. this week. MAY 8 ILLINOIS STATE* 4:30 PM •Kyle Rich is scheduled to make his first career start •Gabriel Hughes leads the staff in strikeouts (7) MAY 9 ILLINOIS STATE* 1:00 PM on Thursday versus Gonzaga. Rich threw 3.0 scoreless and worked 6.2 innings in his start on Opening Day MAY 14 BRADLEY* 6:30 PM innings of relief on Saturday versus Austin Peay. Last year, versus New Mexico. MAY 15 BRADLEY* 1:00 PM Rich was 1-0 with a 2.57 ERA. •In the field, the Bulldogs committed three errors in MAY 15 BRADLEY* 4:30 PM •Kragen Kechely continues his climb to become the 147 chances and own a .980 fielding percentage. MAY 16 BRADLEY* 1:00 PM all-time leader in appearances in school history. Kechely May 20 Southern Illinois* 6:00 PM made his 81st career appearances on Saturday and is just SERIES HISTORY May 21 Southern Illinois* 2:00 PM 10 shy of passing Chris Haney for second on that list. •The all-time series between DBU and Gonzaga May 21 Southern Illinois* 5:00 PM •DBU Head Coach Dan Heefner is now just 12 wins is knotted at one win apiece. The two teams have May 22 Southern Illinois* 2:00 PM away from reaching 500 wins in his career. Heefner’s .659 not met since February 24, 2007, when the Patriots May 26-29 MVC Tournament - Carbondale, Ill. win percentage ranks 13th-best among all active NCAA dropped a 6-4 decision at the Southwest Diamond Division I coaches. Classic in Frisco, Texas. DBU won the first meeting between the two teams, 5-4, at the Pepsi/Johnny Quick Classic in Fresno, California, on March 7, BOLD CAPS denotes home game 2005. Times listed are central *Missouri Valley Conference contest ^Frisco College Baseball Classic DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY PATRIOTS • DBUPATRIOTS.COM • @DBU_BASEBALL DBU NOTES/STARTS BY POSITION 2 PATRIOTS PICKED TO WIN MVC DBU IN THE DRAFT DBU was picked to win the Missouri Valley Conference in a preseason poll of Since 2015, DBU has produced the eighth most Major Leaguer Draft picks in the conference coaches. The Patriots received all eight first place votes and totaled 64 nation, having seen 33 players drafted over the past five years. Dating back to 2004, the points in the poll, 11 ahead of second place Illinois State. Patriots have also seen 24 players selected in the first 10 rounds of the Major League Draft. MVC PRESEASON POLL 1. DBU PATRIOTS IN THE PROS 2. Illinois State Dating back to 1987, DBU has produced 19 players that have reached the Major 3. Missouri State Leagues. Most recently, Seth Elledge broke into the Big Leagues in 2020 with the St. 4. Indiana State Louis Cardinals. Elledge also became the fifth Patriot pitcher to reach the Majors in 5. Bradley the last three years, joining Chance Adams, Colin Poche, Drew Smith and Cy Sneed. 6. Southern Illinois 7. Evansville HOME COOKIN’ 8. Valparaiso Since Horner Ballpark opened its gates in 2013, DBU boasts the 14th best home win percentage in the nation. Over that nine-year stretch, the Patriots are 166-58 for a .741 MVC WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS win percentage. Blayne Jones (MVC Player of the Week – Feb. 22) HORNER BALLPARK RANKED AS TOP 20 VENUE JONES TABBED NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK Horner Ballpark, was ranked as the 20th-best venue for college baseball in the nation, Blayne Jones became the 14th player in school history to be named the National as announced by D1Baseball.com in 2017. In a survey sent to every full-time coach Player of the Week when Collegiate Baseball selected him for national honors on and sports information director across the landscape of NCAA Division I baseball, February 22. Jones opened the season with three home runs and eight RBI in the first Horner Ballpark ranked No. 20, receiving three first-place votes and 29 points overall. two games of the season versus Austin Peay to earn national recognition. Jones also hit his first career grand slam and posted a 1.300 slugging percentage in the first two FITZ RATED #7 ASSISTANT IN THE NATION games of the season. Baseball America rated Dan Fitzgerald as the #7 assistant coach in the nation in 2018.