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2018 Schedule BALL STATE CARDINALS (2-2, 0-0 MAC) AT Shipyard Classic (Charleston, S.C.) ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL BASEBALL CLASSIC 2/16 vs. UMass Lowell 8-5, W 2/17 vs. Morehead State 0-3, L FRI.-SUN. | FEB. 23-25 | NEW ORLEANS, LA. | MAESTRI FIELD vs. UMass Lowell (10) 4-3, W 2/18 vs. Morehead State 2-3, L Projected Starters Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic (New Orleans, La.) Pos No Name B/T Ht Wt Yr 2018 Stats (BA/SLG/OBP); Notes 2/23 at New Orleans 7:30 p.m. 2/24 vs. Iowa 7 p.m. C 20 Chase Sebby R/R 5-10 180 Jr. .222/.333/417; previously played at Cypress College 2/25 vs. Virginia Tech 10 a.m. 1B 31 John Ricotta R/R 5-10 200 Jr. .188/.250/.278; 15 HRs at Monroe CC (N.Y.) last year 2B 1 Seth Freed L/R 6-1 193 Sr. .200/.400/.278; leads team with 4 RBIs Coastal Carolina Classic (Conway, S.C.) SS 8 Justin Kirkpatrick R/R 6-0 188 Sr. .200/.200/.200; 2-for-4, 2 SB vs. MSU on 2/18 3/2 at Coastal Carolina 4 p.m. 3B 32 William Baker R/R 5-11 175 Jr. .625/.750/.667; MAC Player of the Week (2/19) 3/3 vs. Radford 11 a.m. 3/4 vs. Maryland 11 a.m. LF 5 Drey Jameson R/R 6-0 165 Fr. .000/.000/.000; could also see action on the mound CF 9 Colin Brockhouse R/R 6-3 200 Sr. .222/.389/.222; used mainly as RHP and DH last yr. 3/6 at Gardner-Webb 4 p.m. RF 4 Jeff Riedel R/R 6-0 185 R-Sr. n/a; 50 starts in RF last year 3/7 at Gardner-Webb 4 p.m. DH 13 Griffin Hulecki R/R 6-1 213 R-Jr. .375/.389/.222; GW RBI single vs. UML on 2/17 3/9 at Western Carolina 4 p.m. 3/10 at Western Carolina 2 p.m. Pitcher 2018 Stats (W-L, ERA, K); Notes 3/11 at Western Carolina 1 p.m. 3/14 at Butler 4 p.m. Fri. 25 John Baker R/R 6-3 207 So. 0-0, 5.40, 10; tied personal high w/10 Ks in opener 3/16 Dayton 3 p.m. Sat. 19 Kyle Nicolas R/R 6-3 205 Fr. 0-0, 0.00, 9; 5 IP, 9 K, 1 H vs. UML on 2/17 3/17 at Dayton (DH) Noon Sun. TBD 3/18 Dayton 1 p.m. 3/20 Purdue 3 p.m. 3/23 at Kent State* 4 p.m. 3/24 at Kent State* 3 p.m. 3/25 at Kent State* 1 p.m. Game Notes 3/27 at Valparaiso 4 p.m. 8Opening Pitch: The Ball State baseball 8This and That: Some random stats for the 3/30 Central Michigan* 3 p.m. team will make its second trip to Louisiana week … 3/31 Central Michigan* 1 p.m. in the last three years this weekend when aThere are 15 newcomers on the roster 4/1 Central Michigan* 1 p.m. 4/3 Indiana 3 p.m. the Cardinals head to New Orleans. this season, the most in coach Rich Malo- 4/6 at Eastern Michigan* 6 p.m. Two years ago, Ball State took on No. 7 ney’s tenure at Ball State. 4/7 at Eastern Michigan* 3 p.m. LSU in a three-game series in Baton Rouge. aBall State led the Mid-American 4/8 at Eastern Michigan* 1 p.m. The Cardinals snapped LSU’s six-game win- Conference in doubles last year (110) and 4/10 at Purdue 7 p.m. ning streak in the opener of the series, 7-1. also ranked second in runs scored (342) and 4/13 Miami (Ohio)* 3 p.m. 4/14 Miami (Ohio)* 1 p.m. Senior OF Colin Brockhouse, junior C/OF triples (17). 4/15 Miami (Ohio)* 1 p.m. Griffin Hulecki and junior RHP TJ Harmon aThe Cardinals were 20-1 when record- 4/18 at Indiana 6:05 p.m. all competed in that series. ing at least 10 hits in 2017. 4/20 at Bowling Green* 3:05 p.m. aBall State lost its first six league games 4/21 at Bowling Green* 1:05 p.m. 8Series History: Ball State will be facing a year ago. The Cardinals then won 14 of 4/22 at Bowling Green* 1:05 p.m. 4/25 Indiana State 3 p.m. two of the three opponents this weekend their final 18 MAC games to finish tied for 4/27 Northern Illinois* 3 p.m. for the very first time – New Orleans and second in the MAC West. 4/28 Northern Illinois* 1 p.m. Virginia Tech. aBall State put up two home runs and 4/29 Northern Illinois* 1 p.m. The Cardinals are 0-4 all-time against three doubles in its season opener, but only 5/2 Ohio State 3 p.m. current members of the Southland Con- managed one extra base hit the last three 5/4 at Ohio* 6 p.m. 5/5 at Ohio* 3 p.m. ference (New Orleans). The last meeting games of the Shipyard Classic. 5/6 at Ohio* 1 p.m. against a Southland Conference opponent aBall State pitchers tallied 18 strikeouts 5/8 at Miami (Ohio) 6 p.m. came in 1995 when Ball State was swept in in the opener against UMass Lowell, one 5/11 at Toledo* 3:05 p.m. a three-game set at Lamar. shy of the school single game mark. The 5/12 at Toledo* 1:05 p.m. Ball State and Iowa have only met on program record of 19 strikeouts has been 5/13 at Toledo* 1:05 p.m. 5/15 Fort Wayne 3 p.m. one other occasion and that happened in reached twice, most recently on March 10, 5/17 Western Michigan* 3 p.m. 2014. The Hawkeyes pulled away from Ball 2005 at North Carolina A&T. 5/18 Western Michigan* 1 p.m. State in a neutral site game in Port Char- aThe Cardinals were 2-22 when trailing 5/19 Western Michigan* 1 p.m. lotte, Florida on Feb. 22, 2014, 16-6. after seven innings a year ago. Last week- 2018 MAC Tournament (at Avon, Ohio) The Cardinals played a pair of ACC end, Ball State rallied from a 5-4 deficit after 5/23-27 vs. TBA TBA teams last year, defeating Boston College, seven innings to defeat UMass Lowell in Asterisk (*) denotes MAC game ~ Home games in bold 4-1, and falling to No. 6 Louisville, 10-4. the opener, 8-5. All times are Eastern/Times sbject to change – 1 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2018 Cardinal Baseball • @BallStateBB • @CoachMaloney – 1 – 2018 Ball State Baseball Game Notes Pronunciation Guide Numerical Roster Nolan Gazouski ..........gah-ZOW-skee No Name Pos B/T Ht Wt Yr Hometown Previous School 1 Seth Freed SS/2B L/R 6-1 193 Sr. Bay City, Mich. Seminole State College Griffin Hulecki .............huh-LECK-ee 3 Noah Powell INF R/R 5-8 185 So. Fortville, Ind. Saint Joseph’s College Lukas Jaksich .................JACK-sich 4 Jeff Riedel OF R/R 6-0 185 R-Sr. Cookeville, Tenn. Jackson College Evan Marquardt ............MAHR-kort 5 Drey Jameson OF/RHP R/R 6-0 165 Fr. Greenfield. Ind. Greenfield Central HS Zach Milam .....................MY-lum 6 Noah Navarro 2B R/R 6-0 180 Fr. Avon, Ind. Avon HS Jeff Riedel .....................REE-duhl 8 Justin Kirkpatrick SS R/R 6-0 188 Sr. Pendleton, Ind. Vincennes Univ. Ray Skjold .......................SKOLD 9 Colin Brockhouse OF R/R 6-3 200 Sr. Fort Wayne, Ind. Northrop HS Trent Theisen ....................TY-son 10 Nolan Gazouski RHP/3B L/R 6-6 200 So. Rockford, Ill. Ranger College Benjamin Wiegand .......... WEE-gand 11 Erek Bolton C R/R 6-2 210 So. Elk Grove, Calif. Elk Grove HS 13 Griffin Hulecki C/OF R/R 6-1 213 R-Jr. Fishers, Ind. Fishers HS 14 Rhett Wintner 1B/3B R/R 6-4 215 Fr. Carmel, Ind. Carmel HS 15 Trent Theisen 1B L/R 5-11 203 Jr. Saline, Mich. Saline HS 16 T.J. Baker RHP R/R 6-1 208 R-Jr. Tipton, Mich. Clinton HS Quick Facts 17 Nick Floyd RHP L/R 6-2 210 Jr. Elkhart, Ind. Jimtown HS Location..........................Muncie, Ind. 19 Kyle Nicolas RHP R/R 6-3 205 Fr. Massillon, Ohio Jackson HS Founded/Enrollment ............1918 / 22,513 20 Chase Sebby C R/R 5-10 180 Jr. Huntington Beach, Calif. Cypress College Nickname ...........................Cardinals 22 Chayce McDermott RHP L/R 6-3 175 Fr. Alexandria, Ind. Pendleton Heights HS Colors .........Cardinal (PMS 200) and White 23 Trevor Simon LHP L/L 6-0 200 Sr. Amelia, Ohio Loveland HS Conference.............Mid-American (West) 25 John Baker RHP R/R 6-3 207 So. Hartland, Mich. Hartland HS President ....................Geoffrey Mearns 26 Mike Pachmayer LHP L/L 6-6 209 So. Fishers, Ind. Hamilton Southeastern HS Athletics Director................Mark Sandy 27 Cade Luker C L/R 6-0 220 Jr. Lapel, Ind. Vincennes Univ. 28 TJ Harmon RHP R/R 6-1 218 Jr. Russiaville, Ind. McCutcheon HS Home Field ...................... Ball Diamond 30 Brendan Burns RHP L/R 6-6 216 Sr. Fishers, Ind. Hamilton Southeastern HS at First Merchants Ballpark Complex (1,500) 31 John Ricotta 1B R/R 5-10 200 Jr.