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2014 Baseball Game Notes 2014 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (6-6) Date Opponent Time /Result Feb. 14 UTAH W, 3-2 Feb. 15 UTAH L, 2-1 Feb. 16 UTAH W, 5-4 Feb. 17 UTAH L, 5-4 Feb. 19 at Fresno State W, 6-4 Feb. 21 at #21 Texas A&M W, 1-0 Feb. 22 at #21 Texas A&M L, 7-5 Feb. 23 at #21 Texas A&M L, 5-0 Contact: Andrew Tomsky | 916-278-6896 | [email protected] Feb. 25 NEVADA (Raley Field) W, 7-4 Mar. 1 SAN FRANCISCO L, 9-1 Fresno State (9-2) at Sacramento State (6-6) Mar. 2 at San Francisco W, 6-2 Mar. 5 | 6:35 PM | Raley Field (14,014) | West Sacramento, Calif. Mar. 2 at San Francisco L, 9-5 Live Audio: HornetSports.com/Radio | Live Stats: HornetSports.com Mar. 5 FRESNO ST (Raley Field) 6:35 PM Mar. 7 at UC Riverside 6:00 PM The First Pitch Mar. 8 at UC Riverside 5:00 PM • Sacramento State is 2-0 in midweek games so far this season, hitting .324 and averag- Mar. 9 vs. West Virginia (Riverside) 1:00 PM ing 6.5 runs with a 3.00 earned run average in victories over Fresno State and Nevada. Mar. 14 MINNESOTA 3:00 PM • The Hornets played their first of seven games this season at Raley Field last week, defeating Mar. 15 MINNESOTA 2:00 PM Nevada for their first win at Raley since 2001 and evening the all-time Raley record at 3-3. Mar. 16 MINNESOTA 1:00 PM • After not hitting a home run through the first eight games of the season Sacramento State Mar. 18 PACIFIC (Raley Field) 6:35 PM Mar. 21 NORTHERN COLORADO* 3:00 PM got three homers last week from Brandon Hunley, Ryan Locke, and Rhys Hoskins. Mar. 22 NORTHERN COLORADO* 2:00 PM • Closer Sutter McLoughlin has been part of the decision in five of the six Hornet win this Mar. 23 NORTHERN COLORADO* 1:00 PM season, recording a WAC-best four saves and earning a win against Utah. Mar. 25 AIR FORCE (Raley Field) 6:35 PM • The Hornets handed Fresno State one of just two losses this season in a 6-4 win in Fresno Mar. 26 AIR FORCE 3:00 PM Feb. 19. The Bulldogs have gone 6-0 since, including a 3-game sweep of Texas A&M. Mar. 28 at New Mexico State* 6:00 PM Mar. 29 at New Mexico State* 6:00 PM Probable Starters Mar. 30 at New Mexico State* 11:00 AM April 1 SAN FRANCISCO (Raley Field) 6:35 PM SAC - Sam Long (Fr./LHP 1-0, 3.27 ERA) | FS - William Munro (Jr./RHP, 1-0, 3.68 ERA) April 4 SEATTLE U* 3:00 PM April 5 SEATTLE U* 2:00 PM Longing For Long April 6 SEATTLE U* 12:00 PM LHP Sam Long, projected to face Fresno State for the second time this season on Wednesday, made April 8 at Pacific 6:00 PM his second career start last week against Nevada and threw six quality innings, allowing three April 11 at Grand Canyon* 6:30 PM runs on seven hits and one walk in a no-decision. Long has allowed just 13 hits and five earned April 12 at Grand Canyon* 1:30 PM runs over 11 innings pitched this year and is one of just two pitchers to defeated Fresno State this April 13 at Grand Canyon* 12:30 PM season. In his collegiate debut at Fresno State the Rancho Cordova native allowed just one earned April 15 at UC Davis 2:30 PM April 17 UTAH VALLEY* 3:00 PM run on six hits and no walks with three strikeouts over five innings pitched to earn the win. April 18 UTAH VALLEY* 3:00 PM April 19 UTAH VALLEY* 2:00 PM Starting at the Top April 21 OREGON ST (Raley Field) 6:35 PM Sophomore Nathan Lukes has started in right field and hit leadoff in every game this season and is hitting April 22 OREGON ST 1:00 PM .378 with a .473 on-base percentage, leading the team in both categories as well as hits (17), runs (9), April 25 at Bakersfield* 6:00 PM and walks (8). He also has three RBIs, two doubles, one stolen base, and a 1.000 fielding percentage with April 26 at Bakersfield* 6:00 PM two outfield assists. Among his four multi-hit games this season are a three-hit game against Nevada and a April 27 at Bakersfield* 1:00 PM four-hit game against Utah and he brings a six-game hitting streak into Wednesday’s contest. April 30 at Nevada 6:00 PM May 2 CHICAGO STATE* 3:00 PM May 3 CHICAGO STATE* 2:00 PM Rally to Raley May 4 CHICAGO STATE* 1:00 PM Last Tuesday’s 7-4 win against Nevada was the first of an unprecedented seven scheduled games May 9 at Texas-Pan American* 5:00 PM May 10 at Texas-Pan American* 4:00 PM PROJECTED LINEUP May 11 at Texas-Pan American* 11:00 AM May 13 UC DAVIS (Raley Field) 7:35 PM LINEUP May 15 NORTH DAKOTA* 3:00 PM No. Name Pos. G-GS AB AVG RBI HR R H BB SB May 16 NORTH DAKOTA* 3:00 PM 1 Dane Fujinaka C 12-11 34 .206 2 0 0 7 2 0 May 17 NORTH DAKOTA* 1:00 PM 12 Rhys Hoskins 1B 8-8 28 .321 4 1 4 9 3 0 May 21-25 WAC Tournament (Mesa, AZ) 18 Brandon Hunley 2B 9-8 37 .297 8 1 6 11 1 0 * WAC games 5 Will Soto 3B 12-11 47 .234 9 0 2 11 1 2 Home games in BOLD at John Smith Field 7 Scotty Burcham SS 12-11 35 .200 3 0 5 7 3 0 6 Chris Lewis LF 12-12 40 .225 5 0 3 9 7 1 WAC STANDINGS 3 David Del Grande CF 12-12 42 .262 4 0 6 11 3 0 Team WAC Pct. All Pct. 33 Nathan Lukes RF 12-12 45 .378 3 0 9 17 8 1 New Mexico State 0-0 - 7-5 .583 13 Clay Cederquist DH 11-10 38 .237 2 0 2 9 2 0 Sacramento State 0-0 - 6-6 .500 Texas-Pan American 0-0 - 6-6 .500 Bakersfield 0-0 - 5-6 .455 PITCHING ROTATION Seattle U 0-0 - 5-6 .455 No. Name Pos. AP-GS W-L ERA BAA K BB ER IP SHO Chicago State 0-0 - 4-6 .400 19 Ty Nichols RHP 3-3 2-1 3.50 .314 9 1 7 18.0 0/1 Grand Canyon 0-0 - 4-7 .364 21 Brennan Leitao RHP 3-3 1-1 3.00 .250 10 7 6 18.0 0/0 Utah Valley 0-0 - 3-9 .250 41 Jared Paderez RHP 3-3 0-1 3.46 .260 4 7 5 13.0 0/0 Northern Colorado 0-0 - 2-10 .167 44 Sam Long LHP 2-2 1-0 3.27 .302 3 1 4 11.0 0/0 North Dakota 0-0 - 0-4 .000 HORNETSPORTS.COM | @HornetSports | @SacStBaseball | FB.com/SacramentoStateAthletics 1 this season for the Hornets at Raley Field, the home of the Sacramento Rivercats. SACRAMENTO STATE QUICK FACTS Since the field was constructed in 2000 Sacramento State had played there just five Location Sacramento, Calif. times with a 2-3 record: two games each in 2001 and 2002 and a single game last Founded 1947 year, a 3-2 loss vs. Fresno State. The Bulldogs return to Raley Field on Wednesday Enrollment 29,000 while the Hornets will also host, Pacific, Air Force, San Francisco, Oregon State and, for the third time, Causeway rival UC Davis under the Raley lights. Nickname Hornets Colors Green & Gold Midweek Magic Home Facility (Capacity) John Smith Field (1,200) Sacramento State is 2-0 in midweek games so far this season, due in large part to the All-Time Div. I John Smith Field Record (1990+) 372-340-2 pitching of Sam Long, who started both games, but also an uptick in hitting. Though Alternate Home Facility (Capacity) Raley Field (14,014) it is a small sample size, the squad is hitting .324 in midweek games but just .249 Affiliation NCAA Division I in series games, and the team’s era is 3.00 in the two midweek games and 3.93 in Conference Western Athletic Conference (WAC) series. The Hornets also have sizeable gaps in slugging percentage (.465-.316) and Years in Conference 13th Season (1993-96, 2006-pres.) on-base percentage (.388-.300) in going 2-0 in midweek games and 4-6 otherwise. President Dr. Alexander Gonzalez Athletics Director Dr. Terry Wanless Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun Sacramento State pitchers have benefited from nine double plays turned by the Faculty Athletic Representative Dr. Steve Perez Hornets so far this season. The squad had two doubles plays at Fresno State and Athletics Department Phone (916) 278-6481 had five over two games at Texas A&M. The team has totaled just two double plays, Head Coach Reggie Christiansen however, in its nine other games. Alma Mater, Yr. Menlo College, 1998 Years at Sacramento State Fourth Season Uncharacteristically Error Prone Record at Sacramento State (WAC) 90-98 (31-38) Over the last two years Sacramento State recorded its two lowest error totals in Overall Head Coaching Record (Eight Years) 197-239 program history and had its best fielding percentage, finishing at .979 in each sea- Associate Head Coach Steve Holm son.