2010 New Mexico State Baseball Notes
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2010 New Mexico State Baseball Notes Web Site: www.NMStateSports.com Week Nine: April 12 - April 19 DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT THIS WEEK: Feb. 19 Washington 4-2 L Friday, April 16 - 3:00 p.m. (MT); Radio: KSNM AM 570 Feb. 20 Gonzaga 9-3 L New Mexico State at San Jose State Feb. 20 Missouri 2-1 L (10 inn.) Blethen Field, San Jose, Calif. Feb. 21 Washington Cancelled Feb. 24 Univ. of the SW 15-5 W (7 inn.) Saturday, April 17 - 2:00 p.m. (MT); Radio: KSNM AM 570 Feb. 24 Univ. of the SW 10-6 W Feb. 26 Akron 13-11 L New Mexico State at San Jose State Feb. 27 Akron 8-3 W Blethen Field, San Jose, Calif. Feb. 27 Akron 10-5 W (7 inn.) Feb. 28 Akron 17-5 W Sunday, April 18 - 8:00 p.m. (MT); Radio: KSNM AM 570 March 2 New Mexico 9-6 L New Mexico State at San Jose State March 3 New Mexico 17-8 W Municipal Field, San Jose, Calif. March 5 St. Joseph’s 33-1 W March 6 St. Joseph’s 12-10 W Monday, April 19 - 7:00 p.m. (MT); Radio: KSNM AM 570 March 6 St. Joseph’s 15-4 (7 inn.) March 7 St. Joseph’s 35-16 L New Mexico State at San Jose, Calif. March 9 New Mexico 14-10 W Municipal Field, San Jose, Calif. March 10 New Mexico 13-4 L March 12 Georgia State 13-2 L First Pitch: The New Mexico State baseball team heads out on a 12- March 13 Georgia State 12-11 W day road trip that starts with a four-game series at San Jose State, March 14 Geogia State 30-24 L March 20 UC-Santa Barbara 10-9 L in San Jose, Calif. Game one is scheduled for Friday, April 16 at 3:00 March 20 UC-Santa Barbara 12-7 W p.m. (MT) and game two is Saturday, April 17 at 2:00 p.m. (MT) at March 21 UC-Santa Barbara 12-5 W Blethen Field. The game on Sunday, April 18 starts at 8:00 p.m. (MT) March 26 Wofford 20-7 W while the series finale is Monday, April 19 at 7:00 p.m. (MT) at Mu- March 27 Wofford 6-5 W nicipal Field. March 27 Wofford 6-4 W March 28 Wofford 22-15 W Media Coverage: All four games of the series will be aired on KSNM March 30 Texas Tech 6-2 W 570 AM in Las Cruces with Jeff Matthews giving the play-by-play ac- April 1 Houston Baptist 9-7 W April 2 Houston Baptist 20-12 W tion. It can also be heard on the Internet for a fee at www.NMStateS- April 2 Houston Baptist 9-6 W ports.com. Live stats will be available at www.NMStateSports.com. April 3 Houston Baptist 13-8 W April 9 Nevada* 11-7 W April 10 Nevada* 17-2 L April 10 Nevada* 17-7 W April 11 Nevada* 10-10 T April 16 San Jose State* 3:00 p.m. April 17 San Jose State* 2:00 p.m. April 18 San Jose State* 8:00 p.m. April 19 San Jose State* 7:00 p.m. April 23 Sacramento State* 2:00 p.m. April 24 Sacramento State* 2:00 p.m. April 24 Sacramento State* 6:00 p.m. April 25 Sacramento State* 2:00 p.m. April 30 Louisiana Tech* 6:05 p.m. May 1 Louisiana Tech* 3:05 p.m. May 1 Louisiana Tech* 7:00 p.m. May 2 Louisiana Tech* 1:05 p.m. May 7 Fresno State* 6:05 p.m. May 8 Fresno State* 3:05 p.m May 8 Fresno State* 7:00 p.m. PROJECTED STARTING ROTATIONS Opponent NM State May 9 Fresno State* 1:05 p.m. April 16 May 13 Hawai’i* 10:00 p.m. TBA Justin Cooper (So, RHP) May 14 Hawai’i* 7:00 p.m. (N/A) (2-0, 37.2 IP, 27 K, 6.45 ERA) May 14 Hawai’i* 11:00 p.m. April 17 May 16 Hawai’i* 5:00 p.m. TBA Thomas Brendal (Jr., RHP) May 18 USC* 8:15 p.m. (N/A) (2-2, 37.0 IP, 27 K, 7.54 ERA) April 18 May 19 USC* 8:15 p.m. TBA Dan Reid (Jr., RHP) May 27-30 WAC Tournament TBA (N/A) (4-1, 41.0 IP, 28 K, 6.59 ERA) April 19 Bold = Home Games TBA Tyler Mack (Fr., RHP) * = Conference Games All Times Mountain (N/A) (4-0, 26.2 IP, 26 K, 6.75 ERA) General Information About NM State: The Aggies started the season 0-3 after losing to Wash- Location .............................. Las Cruces, N.M. ington, Gonzaga and Missouri in the Cactus Classic, which was held in Tucson, Enrollment .........................................17,198 Ariz. from Feb. 19-21. NM State is now well above .500 at 24-11-1. The 10- Founded .............................................. 1888 10 tie came last weekend, in the series finale against Nevada. NM State won Nickname .......................................... Aggies 11-consecutive games before jumping into the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper School Colors ....................... Crimson & White (CBN) Top-30 NCAA Division I baseball poll at No. 20. Conference .......... Western Athletic Conference Affiliation ...............................NCAA Division I The Aggies took two of three games from UC-Santa Barbara before sweeping Home Field....................... Presley Askew Field Wofford in a four-game series. NM State then went to Texas beating Texas President .........................Dr. Barbara Couture Tech in Midland, Texas, March 30, before sweeping Houston Baptist in Houston. Athletics Director .............. Dr. McKinley Boston Other than losing the three games in the season opening tournament the Ag- Alma Mater, Year ..Montclair State College, 1973 gies have only lost one series in 2010, falling to offensive powerhouse Georgia Assistant AD.................................Herb Taylor State 2-1, which included a loss where NM State scored 24 runs. Alma Mater, Year ..............................Wyoming Faculty Representative ............Dr. Jack Thomas Athletic Department Phone ...... (575) 646-1211 The Aggies have posted a nation-leading 416 runs and have already blasted 77 Athletic Ticket Office ............... (575) 646-1420 home runs, which also leads the nation. They could very well break the school NMSU Athletics Website .. www.nmstatesports.com of 119 homers in a season, which was set in 2009. The Aggies have tallied at least 100 home runs in a season four times under head coach Rocky Ward. Coaching Staff Head Coach .................................. Rocky Ward The Aggies are 16-6-1 at home this season after they were 29-9 at home in Alma Mater, Year ............ Oklahoma State, 1988 Record at NMSU ...............322-339-2 (12 Years) 2009. After going 5-0 from March 30-April 3, NM State is 7-2 on the road Career Record ....................................... same and 1-3 at neutral sites. It was a spectacular season last year posting one of email................................... [email protected] the most successful seasons in NM State baseball history, breaking the school Assistant Coach ..........................Chase Tidwell record for most wins in a season at 44. The 44 games the Aggies won in 2009 Alma Mater, Year .. Southeastern Louisiana, 2001 email.................................. [email protected] broke the record that was held by the 2003 NM State baseball team the won 43 Assistant Coach .............................. Gary Ward games while a part of the Sun Belt Conference. The Aggie won 16 more games Alma Mater, Year .......................... NMSU, 1963 than they did in 2008 and finished with 29 wins at home. With its winning [email protected] Volunteer Assistant ...................J.T. Bloodworth ways, NM State went into the WAC tournament as the No. 4 seed and eventu- email......................................... [email protected] ally ousted No. 1 seed San Jose State and No. 2 seed Louisiana Tech before Student Assistant ....................... Dan McKinney falling to Fresno State on Championship Day losing 9-7 and 5-3. The Aggies [email protected] did place three players on the all-tournament team including outfielder Richard Baseball office phone ............... (575) 646-7693 Stout, infielder Mike Sodders and right hand pitcher DJ Simon. NM State Baseball Information Conference ............ Western Athletic Conference Looking Back: NM State opened the 2010 season 0-3 after falling 4-2 to Home Stadium (capacity) ..... Presley Askew Field Washington, 9-3 to Gonzaga and 2-1 in 10 innings to Missouri in the first week (1,000) Dimensions ................. (345-385-400-385-345) of play at the Cactus Classic in Tucson, Ariz. However, NM State has gone Press Box Phone ......................(575) 646-5700 above .500 on the season after taking a series from Akron as well as a series First Year of Baseball ............................... 1952 from Saint Joseph’s. Four weeks ago, the Aggies took two of three games from All-Time Team Record .................1,093-1,253-4 UC-Santa Barbara, which started an 12-game winning streak that ended April All-Time WAC Record ..............................39-65 No. of Years in College World Series/Last.... none 10 with a 17-2 loss to Nevada. Five weeks ago, NM State fell two out of three Years in NCAA Regional ................................. 2 games against Georgia State. NM State fell 36-16 to Georgia State, March 14, Years ............................................ 2002, 2003 which was the largest deficit for the Aggies this season. The Aggies swept Last Postseason Opponent ........................UNLV Result ............................................... L/16-10 Wofford in a four-game series at home three weeks ago and swept Houston Last Conference Championship won .................. Baptist two weeks ago in Houston, Texas. With a 24-11-1 record heading into 2002 (Sun Belt) the second week of conference play, the Aggies are getting votes in the USA 2009 WAC Record ..................................12-12 Today/Coaches Poll.