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10-TIME OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS SID: Mike Lehman Email: [email protected] TENNESSEE TECH Office: (931) 372-3088 BASEBALL GAME NOTES Cell: (931) 319-3975 1949 • 1955 • 1956 • 1970 • 1988 • 1997 • 2010 • 2013 • 2017 • 2018 2018 SCHEDULE #20 (2) TENNESSEE TECH (48-9) H 24-4 | A 22-3 | N 2-2 vs. #22 (3) MISSOURI STATE (39-15) FEBRUARY (5-2) All games Central 16 Fri LITTLE ROCK W 7-3 JUNE 1 >> SWAYZE FIELD (10,715) >> OXFORD, MISS. 18 Sun LITTLE ROCK L 7-4 Sun LITTLE ROCK W 17-7 THE MATCHUP 23 Fri ILLINOIS STATE W 7-4 24 Sat ILLINOIS STATE W 30-17 25 Sun ILLINOIS STATE L 16-8 TENNESSEE TECH MISSOURI STATE 27 Tue LIPSCOMB W 27-7 VS MARCH (15-3) QUICK COMPARISON 2 Fri at Troy L 10-7 .342 Average .261 3 Sat at Troy W 10-6 4 Sun at Troy L 13-12 128 Home Runs 56 6 Tue at Lipscomb W 17-6 558 RBI 319 9 Fri UT MARTIN * W 13-11 4.98 ERA 4.23 Fri UT MARTIN * W 12-5 10 Sat UT MARTIN * L 4-3 499 Strikeouts 444 13 Tue WEST VIRGINIA W 8-0 TTUSPORTS.COM .265 Opponent Average .235 MISSOURISTATEBEARS.COM 14 Wed WEST VIRGINIA W 9-1 16 Fri at SIUE * W 4-1 GOLDEN EAGLES BEARS 17 Sat at SIUE * W 4-1 Matt Bragga Keith Guttin 18 Sun at SIUE * W 8-4 Head Coach: Head Coach: 21 Wed at Alabama A&M W 17-0 Record at TTU: 441-389-2 / 15th year Record at MSU: 1,258-774 / 36th year 23 Fri AUSTIN PEAY * W 4-0 Career Record: 566-483-2 / 19th year Career Record: Same Fri AUSTIN PEAY * W 15-12 25 Sun AUSTIN PEAY * W 12-6 PROBABLE STARTER PROBABLE STARTER 30 Fri at Eastern Illinois * W 9-3 FRI: RHP Travis Moths (13-2, 3.74 ERA, 93 K) FRI: RHP Dylan Coleman (10-2, 3.63 ERA, 122 K) 31 Sat at Eastern Illinois * W 10-6 APRIL (17-1) QUICK HITS 1 Sun at Eastern Illinois * W 26-11 • Tech enters the NCAA Tournament with an Ohio Valley Conference-record 48 wins, RADIO 4 Wed at Kennesaw State W 4-2 Golden Eagle 6 Fri JACKSONVILLE STATE * W 9-8 which includes a program and OVC-record 28-game winning streak. Sports Network 7 Sat JACKSONVILLE STATE * W 8-7 • For the fourth consecutive week, the Golden Eagles are ranked in each of the six 106.1 The Eagle 8 Sun JACKSONVILLE STATE * W 11-7 major, national baseball polls, including No. 20 by the NCBWA and D1Baseball.com. Dylan Vazzano (PxP) 11 Wed MIDDLE TENNESSEE W 14-2 • Announced by the OVC last Tuesday, Tech boasted a league-record 10 All-OVC First 13 Fri at Murray State * W 9-2 and Second Team selections, not to mention an All-Freshman Team nod and the Fri at Murray State * W 15-5 15 Sun at Murray State * W 23-7 Player, Pitcher and Coach of the Year honors (see page 12 for all Tech honors). 17 Tue at Western Kentucky W 10-1 • Tech boasts an RPI of 23 (out of 297 teams) entering the NCAA Tournament. 18 Wed at Alabama A&M W 12-8 STREAM 20 Fri SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W 4-0 SERIES HISTORY ESPN3 21 Sat SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W 11-4 Overall: Tech leads, 2-1-1 1st Meeting: Mar. 15, 1988 Watch ESPN 22 Sun SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W 18-5 Sam Ravech (PxP) 24 Tue at Tennessee W 7-6 In Oxford: First meeting Teams tied, 8-8 | Panama City, Fla. Ben McDonald (analyst) 27 Fri SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * W 7-6 Bragga vs. MSU: 1-1 More on page 3... 28 Sat SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * W 6-2 29 Sun SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * L 10-6 IN THE FIELD MAY (11-3) NO NAME CL AVG AB R H 2B HR RBI SLG OB% SB-ATT 4 Fri at Belmont * W 13-10 C 28 Brennon Kaleiwahea Sr. .376 210 62 79 15 7 47 .557 .468 1-2 5 Sat at Belmont * W (12) 9-6 6 Sun at Belmont * W 10-0 1B 35 Chase Chambers Sr. .400 230 71 92 11 15 76 .652 .498 0-1 8 Tue at Vanderbilt W 6-4 2B 3 John Ham Jr. .330 218 66 72 16 13 58 .610 .438 0-0 11 Fri EASTERN KENTUCKY * W 12-6 SS 6 David Garza Sr. .306 235 63 72 15 16 68 .574 .395 3-4 12 Sat EASTERN KENTUCKY * W 5-4 13 Sun EASTERN KENTUCKY * W 8-5 3B 5 Trevor Putzig Sr. .313 195 58 61 11 16 67 .615 .423 5-5 17 Thu at Morehead State * W 10-7 LF 1 Collin Harris Sr. .323 186 48 60 9 10 39 .565 .411 9-9 18 Fri at Morehead State * L 8-7 CF 9 Alex Junior Jr. .326 239 78 78 13 7 34 .494 .458 3-5 19 Sat at Morehead State * W 18-17 24 Thu vs. Jacksonville State ^ W 5-2 RF 37 Nick Osborne Jr. .326 172 35 56 16 10 46 .605 .393 7-8 25 Fri vs. Morehead State ^ W 10-5 DH 16 Kevin Strohschein Jr. .406 251 65 102 17 18 65 .713 .463 1-3 26 Sat vs. Morehead State ^ L 11-6 27 Sun vs. Morehead State ^ L 4-3 ON THE MOUND & IN THE BULLPEN JUNE (0-0) NO NAME CL ERA W-L APP-GS IP H R ER BB SO B/AVG 1 Fri vs. #22 Missouri State $ 2:00 PM RHP 33 Travis Moths Sr. 3.74 13-2 16-15 89.0 87 46 37 33 93 .257 2 Sat TBA TBA NO NAME CL ERA W-L APP SV IP H R ER BB SO B/AVG 3 Sun TBA TBA RHP 7 Ethan Roberts Jr. 2.25 4-1 24 14 60.0 52 15 15 18 85 .233 * Ohio Valley Conference game RHP 8 Grant Phillips R-Fr. 3.52 1-0 11 0 15.1 12 7 6 4 12 .211 ^ Ohio Valley Conference Tournament game (Oxford, Ala.) RHP 12 Colton Provey Sr. 4.66 5-0 18 2 46.1 48 32 24 36 44 .273 $ NCAA Regional game (Oxford, Miss.) RHP 29 Tyler Sylvester R-Fr. 4.44 3-1 20 4 24.1 19 14 12 11 24 .209 @TNTECH_BASEBALL @TTUGOLDENEAGLES TTUSPORTS.COM PAGE 2 2018 GAME NOTES - NCAA REGIONAL ALPHABETICAL ROSTER 2018 TENNESSEE TECH NUMERICAL ROSTER # NAME POS B/T CL # NAME POS B/T HT WT CL HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 11 ADAMS, Connor LHP R/L Fr. 1 Collin Harris OF R/R 6-2 185 Sr. Frankfort, Ky. (Dyersburg State CC) 2 CARRERA, Anthony OF L/L So. 2 Anthony Carrera OF L/L 5-9 195 So. Gainesville, Ga. (Gainesville HS) 36 CARROLL, Carson C R/R Fr. 3 John Ham INF R/R 5-10 190 Jr. Deerfield Beach, Fla. (Dyersburg State CC) 35 CHAMBERS, Chase INF L/L Sr. 4 Hunter Higdon INF L/R 5-10 160 R-Fr. Jackson, Tenn. (Jackson Christian HS) 26 CURRY, Tony RHP R/R Fr. 5 Trevor Putzig INF R/R 5-10 195 Sr. Louisville, Ky. (Ballard HS) 21 DYE, Nic LHP L/L So. 6 David Garza INF R/R 6-1 200 Sr. Othello, Wash. (Edmonds CC) 15 ELFORD, John C R/R So. 7 Ethan Roberts RHP R/R 5-11 170 Jr. Sparta, Tenn. (White County HS) 46 EVEY, Marcus RHP R/R Jr. 8 Grant Phillips RHP R/R 6-3 185 R-Fr. Antioch, Tenn. (Ezell Harding Christian HS) 6 GARZA, David INF R/R Sr. 9 Alex Junior OF L/R 5-10 185 Jr. Hendersonville, Tenn. (Goodpasture Christian HS) 3 HAM, John INF R/R Jr. 10 Nathan McMeans INF R/R 5-10 180 Fr. Cordova, Tenn. (Evangelical Christian HS) 1 HARRIS, Collin OF R/R Sr. 11 Connor Adams LHP R/L 6-0 197 Fr. Shaker Heights, Ohio (Louisville) 4 HIGDON, Hunter INF L/R R-Fr. 12 Colton Provey RHP R/R 6-1 210 Sr. Columbia, Tenn. (South Carolina) 24 HINCHMAN, Jason 1B/OF R/R Fr. 13 Jacob Parham RHP R/R 6-3 210 R-Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. (Farragut HS) 20 HOLLEY, Daniel LHP L/L Fr. 14 Ty King RHP R/R 6-8 210 Jr. Cleveland, Tenn. (Bradley Central HS) 19 HURSEY, Alex LHP L/L Jr. 15 John Elford C R/R 5-11 190 So. Jackson, Tenn. (Crockett County HS) 9 JUNIOR, Alex OF L/R Jr. 16 Kevin Strohschein OF R/R 6-0 205 Jr. McDonough, Ga. (George Walton Academy) 28 KALEIWAHEA, Brennon C R/R Sr. 17 Seth Noel RHP R/R 6-1 225 So. Lawrenceburg, Tenn. (Lawrence County HS) 14 KING, Ty RHP R/R Jr. 19 Alex Hursey LHP L/L 6-2 190 Jr. Summerville, S.C. (Florence-Darlington Tech) 32 LANCASTER, Devin RHP L/R So. 20 Daniel Holley LHP L/L 5-8 160 Fr. West Point, Ga. (Glennwood Academy) 23 LITTLEJOHN, Cody INF L/R So. 21 Nic Dye LHP L/L 6-4 185 So. Carrollton, Ga. (Central HS) 10 McMEANS, Nathan INF R/R Fr. 22 Brock Myers RHP R/R 5-11 160 Fr. Goodlettsville, Tenn. (Davidson Academy) 33 MOTHS, Travis RHP R/R Sr. 23 Cody Littlejohn INF L/R 6-3 185 So.