Statesmen Baseball 2004 Ncaa National Champions | 13-Time Gulf South Conference Champions | 11 Ncaa Regional Titles | 11 Ncaa College World Series Appearances
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GAMES 31-33 | @ CHRISTIAN BROTHERS STATESMEN BASEBALL 2004 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 13-TIME GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS | 11 NCAA REGIONAL TITLES | 11 NCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES DELTA STATE DELTA DELTA STATE 2017 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 9-23 OVERALL 22-8 OVERALL OVERALL RECORD: 22-8 INSIDE THE BUCS INSIDE THE STATESMEN GSC: 13-5 NON-CONFERENCE: 9-3 Overall Record: 9-23 Overall Record: 22-8 HOME: 9-4 AWAY: 12-4 GSC Record: 4-12 GSC Record: 13-5 NEUTRAL: 1-0 RANKED OPPONENTS: 6-4 Last Five/Last 10: 0-5 | 2-8 Last Five/Last 10: 4-1 | 8-2 Last Game: L, 6-3 vs. Rhodes (3.29) Last Game: L, 3-2 (11) at So. Ark. (3.28) Current Streak: L6 Current Streak: L1 FEBRUARY CHRISTIAN BROTHERS CHRISTIAN RANKINGS RANKINGS 4 Harding University Searcy, Ark. W, 9-7 (11 inn) Collegiate Baseball News -- Collegiate Baseball News 15 5 Harding University Searcy, Ark. W, 5-4 | W, 1-0 NCBWA -- NCBWA 13 NCAA South Region -- NCAA South Region -- 10 #20 Florida Southern Lakeland, Fla. W, 4-1 HEAD COACH Lee Parks HEAD COACH Mike Kinnison 11 #20 Florida Southern Lakeland, Fla. L, 13-0 Career Record: 9-23 (1st season) Career Record: 874-283-3 (21st season) 11 #33 vs. Mount Olive Lakeland, Fla W, 9-8 Record at CBU: 9-23 (1st season) Record at DSU: 874-283-3 (21st season) 18 #34 West Alabama * (DH) Livingston, Ala. W, 6-4 | L, 10-10-5 19 #34 West Alabama * Livingston, Ala. W, 10-6 FIRST PITCHES: STATESMEN LOOK TO CONTINUE GSC STREAK AT CBU 22 Southern Arkansas Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field W, 8-4 R The First Pitch: No. 13/15 Delta State (22-8, 10-5 GSC) travels to Christian Brothers for a 25 #21 Lee University * (DH) Cleveland, Tenn. L, 11-7 | W, 4-1 (9-23, 4-14 GSC) three game GSC series, starting with a doubleheader on Saturday at 12 p.m. and concluding with a single game on Sunday at 1 p.m. The Statesmen had an eight-game winning 26 #21 Lee University * Cleveland, Tenn. W, 13-5 streak snapped in a 3-2 loss in 11 innings to No. 11 Southern Arkansas on Tuesday in Magnolia, Ark. MARCH R The Statesmen: Delta State leads the GSC in hits (215), RBIs (192) and slugging percentage (.455) 4 Union (TN) University * (DH) Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field W, 10-8 (10) | L, 10-4 and is second in batting average (.307), home runs (29), on base percentage (.404). Zack Shannon 5 Union (TN) University Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field W, 13-2 leads the Statesmen in batting average (.427), doubles (9), RBIs (42) and home runs (8). Clay 8 Arkansas Tech (DH | 7/7) Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field L, 10-3 | W, 4-3 Casey has seven home runs, nine doubles and 25 RBIs. The probable weekend rotation is Corey 12 West Georgia * (DH) Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field W, 5-2 | L, 8-4 Beard (5-0, 4.38 ERA, 41 Ks, 16 BBs, 32 R, 24 ER, 49.1 IP), Tre Hobbs (3-4, 5.93 ERA, 42 Ks, 12 BBs, 13 West Georgia * Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field L, 14-4 (8) 40 R, 29 ER, 44.0 IP) and Seth Birdsong (4-1, 4.64 ERA, 37 Ks, 17 BBs, 24 R, 22 ER, 42.2 IP). Senior 15 Mississippi Valley State Itta Bena, Miss. W, 8-1 Zach Osbon is 5-1 with three saves and a 1.05 ERA out of the bullpen. 18 Alabama Huntsville * Huntsville, Ala. W, 13-8 R Scouting CBU: The Bucs enter the weekend on a six-game losing skid after a 6-3 loss to Rhodes 19 Alabama Huntsville * (DH) Huntsville, Ala. W, 11-6 | W, 6-3 College on Tuesday. Taylor King his hitting .340 with 10 doubles, five home runs and 25 RBIs while Riley Kilgore has a .310 average. Casey Goodwin has five home runs, four doubles and 19 RBIs. 21 Henderson State Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field W, 15-13 Probable starting pitchers: Peyton Sanderlin (RHP, 3-3, 4.86 ERA, 42 Ks, 20 BB, 37 R, 29 ER), 25 North Alabama * (DH) Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field W, 8-4 | W, 18-10 Patrick Gurley (LHP, 1-5, 7.34 ERA, 38 Ks, 11 BBs, 38 R, 31 ER) and Gil Erwin (LHP, 4.80 ERA, 3-5, 26 North Alabama * Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field W, 6-2 25 Ks, 16 BBs, 33 R, 27 ER) 28 Southern Arkansas Magnolia, Ark. L, 3-2 (11) R Last GSC Series: The Statesmen swept a three-game series for the second straight weekend to APRIL run their GSC winning streak to six games. The sweep of UNA allowed the Statesmen to take over 1 Christian Brothers * (DH) Memphis, Tenn. 12 p.m. first place in the GSC standings. Delta State swept a doubleheader on Saturday, 8-4 and 18-10 2 Christian Brothers * Memphis, Tenn. 1 p.m. before earning a 6-2 win in game three on Sunday. The Statesmen hit .385 in the series and were 4 Ouachita Baptist Arkadelphia, Ark. 3 p.m. led by Clay Casey’s .667 average with two doubles, a home run and four RBIs. Brian Lane hit .500 8 Shorter (Ga.) University * (DH) Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field 2 p.m. with three BIS followed by Jason Popovich with a .417 average five runs scored, two doubles an 9 Shorter (Ga.) University * Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field 2 p.m. three RBIs. Josh Russell hit.375 with a double, a grand slam home run and five RBIs while Zack Shannon hit. 364 with a double, home run and five RBIs. 11 Arkansas-Monticello Monticello, Ark. 3 p.m. 14 West Florida * (DH) Pensacola, Fla. 2 p.m. GAMES 27-29: DELTA STATE vs. NORTH ALABAMA 15 West Florida * Pensacola, Fla. 1 p.m. DATE TIME STADIUM LOCATION 18 Mississippi Valley State Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field 6 p.m. April 1 12:00 p.m. Nadicksbernd Field Memphis, Tenn. 19 Arkansas-Monticello Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field 6 p.m. April 1 3:30 p.m. Nadicksbernd Field Memphis, Tenn. 22 Valdosta State * (DH) Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field 2 p.m. 23 Valdosta State * (SD) Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field 1 p.m. April 2 1:00 p.m. Nadicksbernd Field Memphis, Tenn. 29 Mississippi College * (DH) Clinton, Miss. 3 p.m. INSIDE THE SERIES 30 Mississippi College * Clinton, Miss. 1 p.m. Delta State leads the series 86-10 | Kinnison vs. CBU 56-2 MAY SERIES BREAKDOWN: H: 45-7 | A: 38-3 | N: 3-0 6-9 GSC Tournament TBD TBA LAST MEETING: 4/3/16 DSU W, 10-0 (7) 18-22 NCAA South Region Tour. TBD TBA CURRENT STREAK: W44 27-June 3 NCAA D-II World Series Grand Prairie, Texas TBA * - GSC game | DH - Doubleheader | SD - Senior Day | GGW - Go Green Weekend MEDIA COVERAGE RADIO: Statesmen Sports Network | Majic 107.5 FM Matt Jones, Play-by-Play | Cody Clark | Fred Sington LIVE AUDIO: www.GoStatesmen.com LIVE VIDEO: www.GoStatesmen.com LIVE STATS: www.GoStatesmen.com @DSUSTATESMEN /DSUSTATESMEN @DSUATHLETICS DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY BASEBALL GAME NOTES | 1 GAMES 31-33 | @ CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 2017 STATESMEN BASEBALL OFFICE OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY BASEBALL QUICK FACTS MEDIA SERVICES: ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS STATESMEN QUICK FACTS Delta State University’s Office of Athletic Communications provides a full service public relations Name of School Delta State University shop to members of the media. Game day services include credentials, statistics, photography, video City/Zip Cleveland, MS 38733 clips (where available), and post-game access to coaches and student-athletes. The Office of Athletic Founded 1924 Communications is located on the second floor of Chadwick-Dickson Fieldhouse adjacent to Parker Enrollment 4,004 Field-McCool Stadium. Nickname Statesmen School Colors Forest Green & White R Senior Associate AD/External Relations ..................................................................... Matt Jones Home Field Dave “Boo” Ferriss Field E-Mail: [email protected] | Cell: (662) 719-9160 Capacity 1,750 R Primary Baseball Contact ...........................................................................................Fred Sington Surface Natural Grass E-Mail: [email protected] | Cell: (662) 588-6232 Ferriss Field Dementions R Secondary Baseball Contact.......................................................................................... Cody Clark Left 330’ E-Mail: [email protected] | Cell: (843) 610-6007 Left Center 355’ R Secondary Baseball Contact............................................................................................J.T. Webb Center Field 400’ E-Mail: [email protected] | Cell: (662) 719-9167 Right Center 355’ Right 330’ Delta State University Office of Athletic Communications Chadwick-Dickson Fieldhouse • Cleveland, MS 38733 Affiliation NCAA Division II Conference Gulf South President William N. “Bill” LaForge Athletic Director Ronnie Mayers Athletic Department Phone (662) 846-4300 Ticket Office Phone (662) 846-4290 HISTORY First Year of Baseball 1933 All-time Statesmen Baseball Record 1,947-947-11 MATT JONES FRED SINGTON J.T. WEBB CODY CLARK All-time Record in Gulf South Conference Play 581-214-1 Gulf South Conference Championships 13 ONLINE: GOSTATESMEN.COM NCAA Tournament Appearances 30 GoStatesmen.com offers complete coverage of Delta State baseball each week online with a live NCAA Region Championships 11 in-game blog and live stats provided through Stats Broadcas. GoStatesmen.com is also optimized for College World Series Appearances 11 all devices. NCAA Division II Championships One • 2004 WEB STREAMING: GOSTATESMEN.COM COACHING STAFF Delta State Athletics provides live pay-per-view web streaming for all Statesmen home games in 2016. Head Coach Mike Kinnison The Statesmen Sports Network provides commentary and video services through Stretch Internet. Alma Mater/Year Delta State/1978 Record at DSU/Years 874-283-3/2 Career Collegiate Record 874-283-3 (.756) Baseball Office Phone (662) 846-4291 Best Time To Reach Mornings (9-11 a.m.) Assistant Coach Eric Patten Alma Mater/Year Delta State/2004 Assistant Coach Stephen Waggener MARCH 20-26, 2017 | MEDIA AVAILABILITY Alma Mater/Year West Alabama/2004 Graduate Assistant Jonathan Moody MONDAY (3.27) Off Day Alma Mater/Year Delta State/2015 Student Assistant Luke Stanley TUESDAY (3.26) Alma Mater/Year Delta State/Ex.