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2016 Belmont Baseball Game Notes Belmont at Western Kentucky|April 19 6 p.m. CT|Nick Denes Field | Game 36| Midweek Belmont (20-15, 9-6 OVC) Western Kentucky (18-17, 6-9 CUSA) Probable starter Probable starter Tuesday: RHP Dylan King (0-1, 22.50) Tuesday: RHP Cody Coll (1-2, 5.70) 2016 Belmont Baseball Schedule Date Opponent . .Time/Result Midweek at WKU 2/19 ILLINOIS STATE . .W, 7-5 Bruins Begin Four-Game Road Swing 2/20 ILLINOIS STATE . .L, 5-23 The Belmont University baseball team (20-15, 9-6) looks to return to its winning ways when it 2/21 ILLINOIS STATE . .W, 13-10 hits the road for a midweek matchup with Western Kentucky in Bowling Green, Ky. Tuesday 2/24 Memphis . .PPD evening. First pitch from Nick Denes Field is slated for 6 p.m. CT. The Bruins carried a three- 2/26 1-WESTERN MICHIGAN . .W, 3-1 game winning streak into this past weekend, but suffered a series loss to the visiting Austin 2/27 1-MIAMI (OHIO) . .L, 14-16 Peay Govenors. Despite an impressive 15-0 drubbing of the Govs in game one, the Bruins bat- 2/28 1-ARMY . .W, 20-7 tled but fell in narrow defeats in the final two games to lose their first series at home on the 3/1 WESTERN KENTUCKY . .L, 4-10 year. 3/2 EVANSVILLE . .L, 7-13 3/4 YOUNGSTOWN STATE . .W, 4-3 (F/12) 3/5 YOUNGSTOWN STATE . .L, 4-7 Watchin’ Western Kentucky 3/6 YOUNGSTOWN STATE . .W, 12-6 Western Kentucky (18-17, 6-9 CUSA) has dropped six-straight heading into Tuesday’s matchup. 3/8 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS . .L, 4-8 WKU, playing in one of the best leagues in the country in Conference USA, is ranked 80th in 3/11 NORTHERN ILLINOIS . .L, 1-4 the most recent RPI. WKU is paced offensively by Danny Hudzina, who through games as of 3/12 NORTHERN ILLINOIS . .W, 5-4 April 18, ranked second in the nation in total hits with 65. Hudzina is hitting .445 with a team- 3/13 NORTHERN ILLINOIS . .W, 15-13 high 14 doubles. Kaleb Duckworth is just behind hitting .344. WKU and Belmont share four 3/15 Middle Tennessee . .W, 9-4 common opponents. 3/18 EASTERN KENTUCKY* . .L, 1-2 3/19 EASTERN KENTUCKY* . .W, 6-5 3/20 EASTERN KENTUCKY* . .W, 6-5 Sizing Up the Series 3/22 LIPSCOMB . .W, 23-6 Since rising to the NCAA Division I ranks in 1998, Belmont is 16-9 against Western Kentucky. 3/24 Morehead State* . .W, 20-8 The Bruins and Hilltoppers met on the first of March as the away team, WKU, came away with 3/25 Morehead State* . .L, 11-12 a 10-4 victory at Rose Park. The game was delayed an hour and fifteen minutes, as the rain 3/26 Morehead State* . .L, 0-9 eventually stopped but there were howling winds in effect for the duration of the game. 3/29 Vanderbilt University . .L, 2-8 4/1 UT MARTIN* . .W, 10-8 Quillen Earns Pitcher of the Week Honors 4/2 UT MARTIN * . .W, 23-7 After striking out a career-high 16 batters during his shutout victory over Austin Peay this past 4/3 UT MARTIN * . .W, 7-3 Friday, senior RHP Aaron Quillen (Kingsport, Tenn.) has been named the adidas® OVC Baseball 4/5 Southern Illinois . .L, 1-11 Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced Monday afternoon.Quillen (5-2) took a no- 4/8 SIU Edwardsville* . .L, 8-9 hitter into the seventh in his dominant victory over the visiting Austin Peay Governors. He had 4/9 SIU Edwardsville* . .W, 6-5 some electric stuff as he mixed in all three of his pitches for strikes with great command over 4/10 SIU Edwardsville* . .W, 12-0 his seven innings of work. The senior All-Preseason OVC pitcher retired 12 of the first 13 bat- 4/12 Lipscomb . .W, 5-3 ters he saw. 11 of the first 15 outs recorded by Quillen came via the strikeout. The only trou- 4/15 AUSTIN PEAY* . .W, 15-0 ble he ran into game was in the fifth when he walked the bases loaded, but managed to 4/16 AUSTIN PEAY* . .L, 5-6 (F/10) escape the jam with his 11th strikeout of the game. 4/17 AUSTIN PEAY* . .L, 3-6 4/19 Western Kentucky . .6 pm Walk the Line 4/22 Eastern Illinois* . .3 pm As of April 18th, Belmont ranks second in NCAA Division I in walks with 213 as a team. The Bru- 4/23 Eastern Illinois* . .1 pm ins lead the OVC in free passes as Chas Hadden has drawn an OVC-high 39 walks and Brennan 4/24 Eastern Illinois* . .1 pm Washington ranks second with 35 walks. 4/25 MEMPHIS . .4 pm 4/26 at Memphis . .2 pm 4/29 JACKSONVILLE STATE* . .5 pm Smooth Criminals 4/30 JACKSONVILLE STATE* . .1 pm Through games as of April 18th, the Bruins rank fifth in all of NCAA Division I with 79 stolen 5/1 JACKSONVILLE STATE* . .1 pm bases. BU averages 2.26 thefts per game which is the fifth best mark in the nation. Speedsters 5/4 Evansville . .6 pm Tyler Walsh and Brennan Washington lead the club with 16 stolen bases apiece. 5/6 Murray State* . .6 pm 5/7 Murray State* . .6 pm 5/8 Murray State* . .1 pm 5/10 Tennessee . .5 pm 5/13 TENNESSEE TECH* . .6 pm 5/14 TENNESSEE TECH* . .1 pm Game Day Central 5/15 TENNESSEE TECH* . .1 pm Video: OVC Digital Network 5/17 MIDDLE TENNESSEE . .5 pm Radio: Dr. Rich Tiner Bruins Sports Network 5/19 SEMO* . .6 pm Live Stats: BelmontBruins.com 5/20 SEMO* . .6 pm Twitter: @BelmontBaseball 5/21 SEMO* . .2 pm Belmont University Media Relations m 2002 Belmont Blvd, Nashville, TN 37212 5/25-29 OVC Tournament . .TBA m Baseball Contact: Sam Stolte m 615-460-8023 m Email: [email protected] * Ohio Valley Conference Game m BelmontBruins.com m Twitter: @BelmontBaseball 2016 Belmont Baseball 2O16 Belmont Baseball Game Notes by the same publication. Fullerton, and Quick Facts Bruin Note Book teammate Aaron Quillen, were also both named Top 100 seniors by Perfect Game. General Information Walsh and Fullerton Heatin’ Up Fullerton's .355 batting average last season Tylers, Walsh and Fullerton, have both ramped LOCATION: Nashville, Tenn. was the third highest on the team, only trailing up their respective offensive games as of late. Drew Ferguson (.395) and Matt Beaty (.382), FOUNDED: 1890 In OVC action, Walsh is batting .452 in confer- both 2015 MLB Draft selections. Fullerton was ENROLLMENT: 7,425 ence while Fullerton is just behind at .412. one of the premier players in the Ohio Valley NICKNAME: Bruins Conference last season as he ranked near the Walkin’ On Sunshine top in several offensive categories and gar- COLORS: Navy, Red, and White Freshman Chas Hadden has shown some nered First Team All-OVC honors. Fullerton also CONFERENCE: Ohio Valley tremendous discipline at the plate to begin his received national praise, earning ABCA/Rawl- PRESIDENT: Dr. Robert C. Fisher young career. In fact, as of April 18, Hadden ings All-South Team honors. The 5'9 senior ranks second in the country walks per game belted 11 homeruns last season, trailing just ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Mike Strickland with 1.18. His .557 on base percentage is the Beaty. Quillen, a Second Team All-OVC honoree DEPARTMENT PHONE: (615) 460-6420 fifth best in all of Division I in addition. a year ago, posted five wins during his junior campaign. Quillen finished third on the staff in innings pitched with 73.0 and his 75 strikeouts Team Information Career High for Ty ranked him second among Belmont hurlers. 2015 OVERALL RECORD: 29-29 Quillen joined Fullerton on the College Sports Tyler Walsh posted a career-high five hits in Madness 2016 OVC Preseason All-Conference 2015 OVC RECORD/FINISH: 15-15 Belmont’s 23-7 win over UT Martin on April 2. First Team. STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 5/4 The Evansville, Ind. native was a perfect 5-for- 5 and had 10 hits in the weekend’s three PITCHERS RETURNING/LOST: 5/6 games. There’s No Place Like Home LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST (PITCHERS): 20/12 Belmont enters its fifth year at E.S. Rose Park. (6) Belmont’s first-ever win at Rose Park came on NEWCOMERS (PITCHERS): 5 Three Baggers for Belmont May 3, 2011 against Murray State. The BU Belmont has the league-high for triples in a record for wins in a season at Rose Park oc- game with three. Its done so twice already this curred in 2013 when the club registered 24 vic- Stadium Facts season against Illinois State and UT Martin, tories in front of its home crowd. HOME FIELD : E.S. Rose Park respectively. Year By Year Records SURFACE: Turf at E.S. Rose Park DIMENSIONS: left: 330; center: 400; right: 330 20 Runs 2011: 4-4 The Bruins have scored 20+ runs in four games 2012: 23-8 Coaching Staff 2013: 24-6 already this season. 23 is the season high. 2014: 16-18 HEAD COACH: Dave Jarvis (Arkansas State ‘82) 2015: 19-10 CAREER RECORD: 867-333-2 (26 years) Bring the Payne 2016: 15-10 RECORD AT BELMONT: 543-484-2 (18+ years) Overall: 101-56 Junior JUCO transfer Clay Payne’s 44 RBIs are ASST. HEAD COACH (PITCHING): Matt Barnett the third most in the OVC as of April 18, Big Innings at Home ASSISTANT COACH: Aaron Smith Payne, who spends time at catcher and right- Belmont has scored 6+ runs in an inning seven- field, hit homeruns in three-consecutive games ASSISTANT COACH: Matt Thomas times already this season.