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New Mexico STATE baseBALL Presley Askew Field | Las Cruces, NM 88003 | @NMStatebaseball | @nmstatebaseball | @nmstatebaseball | www.NMStateSports.com NOTES 2021 SCHEDULE NM State (9-7, 7-1 WAC) vs. Seattle U (5-12, 0-4 WAC) FEBRUARY Friday-Sunday, March 26-28 | Bellevue, Wash. | Bannerwood Park 19 at UNLV Canceled 20 at UNLV* Canceled AGGIES REDHAWKS 21 at UNLV Canceled Head Coach: Mike Kirby Head Coach: Donny Harrel Record at NM State: 21-11 (Second year) Record at SU: 250-324-2 (12th year) 26 at Abilene Christian L | 8-7 Overall (DI): Same Overall (DI): Same 27 at Abilene Christian L | 15-9 GAMES 17-20 28 at Abilene Christian W | 12-2 (7) LEADOFF HITS MARCH • With a 7-1 record in WAC play, the Aggies sit in second place in the league standings. 2 at Texas State L | 8-6 California Baptist (8-2, 4-0 WAC) is atop the WAC standings at the moment. • NM State’s five-game winning streak is its longest since the start of the 2020 season. Last 5 at Texas A&M L | 4-1 year, head coach Mike Kirby led the Aggies to eight-straight wins to begin the year. 6 at Texas A&M L | 5-0 • The Aggies’ 7-1 start in WAC play is the team’s best since 2017. That year, NM State won 7 at Texas A&M L | 7-1 11 of its first 12 league games and finished the season with a WAC record of 19-5. 12 Dixie State# W | 17-3 (7) • Impressive offensive numbers are what the Aggies have put up since the season started. # NM State lead the WAC in eight statistical categories including batting average (.322), 13 Dixie State* W | 14-3 (6) • W | 19-2 (7) on-base percentage (.415), runs scored (147), runs per game (9.2), slugging percentage 14 Dixie State# L | 19-13 (.523), stolen bases per game (1.12), triples (11) and triples per game (0.69). 17 Benedictine Mesa W | 7-3 • On the national scene, NM State leads the nation in triples and resides among the top # 25 in eight statistical categories. Those categories also include triples per game (fifth), 19 Northern Colorado W | 13-7 # runs per game (fifth), slugging percentage (sixth), batting average (seventh), on-base 20 Northern Colorado* W | 6-0 • W | 15-8 percentage (17th), sacrifice flies (20th) and total runs (21st). 21 Northern Colorado# W | 7-4 • In their 15-8 win over Northern Colorado last Saturday, the Aggies matches the program 26 at Seattle U# 5:00 p.m. record for triples in a game by striking for four. 27 at Seattle U*# 1:00 p.m. # SOLO SHOTS 28 at Seattle U 1:00 p.m. • Sophomore outfielder Zerek Saenz picked up a pair of awards earlier in the week, claiming the title of WAC Hitter of the Week in addition to being named one of seven APRIL Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Players of the Week. • Saenz hit .739/.739/1.043 through his team’s five-game stretch last week, finishing with 1 at Oregon 5:00 p.m. 17 hits in 23 at-bats. The Las Cruces, N.M., product also drove in 10 runs while scoring 10 2 at Oregon 5:00 p.m. more. 3 at Oregon* 1:00 p.m. • That monstrous week hiked Saenz’s batting average to .554 - the fourth-best among all 9 at Sacramento State# 4:00 p.m. NCAA Division I baseball players. # • Other area where Saenz is among the top players in the nation include hits (31, 13th), 10 at Sacramento State* 2:00 p.m. hits per game (2.07, second), on-base percentage (.600, 12th), slugging percentage (.750, 11 at Sacramento State# 1:00 p.m. 43rd), triples (three, second) and triples per game (0.20, 13th). 16 vs. Grand Canyon# 6:00 p.m. • Saenz’s three triples are as many or more than 138 NCAA Division I teams have 17 vs. Grand Canyon*# 1:00 p.m. accumulated in 2021. # • In D1Baseball.com’s list of the top 100 outfielders, Saenz appeared on it at number 61. 18 vs. Grand Canyon Noon • Shortstop Brandon Dieter has been making a name for himself as one of the Aggies’ best 20 at Arizona 6:00 p.m. bats, too. Recently the sophomore was ranked as the 21st-best shortstop in the nation by 23 at Tarleton State# 2:00 p.m. D1Baseball.com’s top-30 listing. 24 at Tarleton State*# Noon # PITCHING ROTATIONS 25 at Tarleton State 11:00 a.m. 30 vs. UTRGV# 6:00 p.m. ERA W-L APP GS IP H R ER BB K FRIDAY NM State: LHP Sammy Natera 13.00 0-0 5 1 9.0 13 13 13 6 15 MAY # Seattle U: RHP Morgan White 3.61 1-1 5 5 24.2 17 12 10 13 27 1 vs. UTRGV* 1:00 p.m. 2 vs. UTRGV# Noon ERA W-L APP GS IP H R ER BB K # SATURDAY (GAME ONE) 7 at Utah Valley 6:00 p.m. # NM State: RHP Chris Jefferson 2.92 3-1 4 4 24.2 24 8 8 5 26 8 at Utah Valley* 1:00 p.m. Seattle U: RHP Alex Jemal 4.18 1-1 5 5 28.0 37 17 13 2 20 9 at Utah Valley# Noon # ERA W-L APP GS IP H R ER BB K 14 vs. California Baptist 6:00 p.m. SATURDAY (GAME TWO) 15 vs. California Baptist*# 1:00 p.m. NM State: RHP Josh Laukkanen 5.82 1-3 5 3 17.0 26 13 11 8 20 16 vs. California Baptist# Noon Seattle U: RHP Kohl Petersen 7.50 0-1 4 0 6.0 7 5 5 3 6 18 at Arizona 6:00 p.m. ERA W-L APP GS IP H R ER BB K 26-30 WAC Tournament SUNDAY * Doubleheader NM State: TBA -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- # Western Athletic Conference opponent Home games in bold at a location still to be determined Seattle U: TBA -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- All times in MT and subject to change NM STATE BASEBALL - GAME NOTES NMStateSports.com New Mexico STATE baseBALL Presley Askew Field | Las Cruces, NM 88003 | @NMStatebaseball | @nmstatebaseball | @nmstatebaseball | www.NMStateSports.com GENERAL INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION Location ............................................................Las Cruces, N.M. 2020 Overall Record ............................................................ 12-4 Founded ................................................................................. 1888 Home ........................................................................ 12-0 Enrollment ..........................................................................14,432 Away .............................................................................0-4 Chancellor....................................................... Dr. Dan E. Arvizu Neutral .........................................................................0-0 Twitter ...................................................... @dan_arvizu WAC Record ..............................................................................0-0 Director of Athletics .......................................... Mario Moccia WAC Tournament .................................................................. N/A Twitter ......................................@MarioMocciaNMSU Lettermen Returning/Lost ..............................................22/12 Senior Women’s Admin. ................................Dr. Renay Scott Position Players Returning/Lost ......................................15/8 Twitter ......................................................@NMSUVPSS Pitchers Returning/Lost ........................................................7/4 Faculty Athletics Rep. ..........................Dr. Kevin Melendrez Newcomers ................................................................................ 15 Twitter ........................................@KMelendrezNMSU Nickname ........................................................................... Aggies Top Returning Position Players Colors .............................................................Crimson & White C Jason Bush R-Sr. .283, 5 2B, 2 HR, 12 RBI Mascot ......................................................................... Pistol Pete 1B Zach Smits Jr. .400, 4 2B, 1 3B, 9 RBI Affiliation ...........................................................NCAA Division I 2B Kevin Jimenez So. .288, 4 2B, 1 3B, 8 RBI, 3 SB Conference ....................................... Western Athletic (WAC) 3B Austin Duffy So. .241, 5 2B, 1 3B, 15 RBI OF Noah Haupt Jr. .405, 3 2B, 2 HR, 14 RBI STADIUM INFORMATION OF Zerek Saenz So. .344, 2 2B, 9 RBI, 1 SB Home Field ........................Presley Askew Field (The ‘Skew) OF Tommy Tabak Jr. .324, 4 2B, 1 3B, 9 RBI Capacity ................................................................................. 1,000 Surface ..............................................................Infield: FieldTurf Top Returning Pitchers ..............................................Outfield: Bermuda grass RHP Chris Barraza So. 2-0, 2.66 ERA, 20.1 IP, 16 K Dimensions ........... LF: 345 | CF: 400 | RF: 345 | Alleys: 385 LHP Frank Dickson Jr. R-Jr. 1-0, 2.16 ERA, 8.1 IP, 7 K Opened ............................................1981 (Expanded in 2014) RHP Lyle Hibbitts Jr. 0-0, 10.38 ERA. 13.0 IP, 6 K Largest Crowd .......................1,615, vs. UIW (Feb. 27, 2015) RHP Chris Jefferson Sr. 2-1, 2.05 ERA, 22.0, 17 K PROGRAM HISTORY LHP Sammy Natera Fr. 0-0, 7.71 ERA, 4.2 IP, 3 K First Year ................................................................................. 1962 Top Players Lost All-Time Record ...................................................1,428-1,517-6 1B Tristan Peterson .250, 4 2B, 1 HR, 10 RBI at The ‘Skew .................................................711-400-3 2B Nick Gonzales .448, 3 2B, 12 HR, 36 RBI in the WAC (Tourney) ................188-190-2 (11-21) OF Daniel Head .318, 2 2B, 1 3B, 5 RBI in the Sun Belt (Tourney) .......................50-46 (5-6) RHP Chance Hroch 2-1, 4.68 ERA, 25.0 IP, 20 K in the Big West (Tourney) ...................63-164 (N/A) LHP Alex Pinedo 1-1, 3.18, 11.1 IP, 14 K in the Missouri Valley (Tourney) ..........3-29 (5-17) RHP Alex Reyes 2-1, 13.50 ERA, 7.1 IP, 6 K in NCAA Tournament .............................................1-8 RHP Aldo Fernandez 1-0, 5.14 ERA, 14.0 IP, 16 K Regular-Season Conf. Championships (Last) ..... 2 (2019) RHP Mitchell Allen 1-0, 7.71 ERA, 7.0 IP,