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2020 BASEBALL UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY JAMES WARNICK | ASSISTANT SID | E: [email protected] | C: 801-376-0814 | O: 801-863-6231 2020 SCHEDULE UTAH VALLEY FEBRUARY (1-7) OVER: 1-7 | WAC: 0-0 | H: 0-0 | A: 1-7 | Streak: L3 Fri 14 at Abilene Christian L, 2-3 HC: Eric Madsen, 12th Season (298-325) Sat 15 at Abilene Christian (DH) L, 1-10/L, 3-10 FRI: RHP Jesse Schmit | SAT 1: RHP Bobby Voortmeyer Sun 16 at Abilene Christian L, 3-4 (11) SAT 2: RHP Jaxson Otis | SUN: RHP Mason Gray Thu 20 at Portland W, 6-2 Live Video: MW Network (Stadium App) Fri 21 at Portland (DH) L, 5-6/L, 2-8 Live Stats: StatBroadcast/SJSUSpartans.com Sat 22 at Portland L, 1-11 Fri 28 at San José State 7pm Sat 29 at San José State (DH) 2/5pm at SAN JOSE STATE MARCH (0-0) OVER: 3-5 | MW: 0-0 | H: 3-4 | A: 0-1 | Streak: W3 Sun 1 at San José State 1pm FRI-SUN, Feb. 28-Mar. 1 | 6pm/1pm (DH)/12pm PT Tue 3 at BYU 5pm Excite Ballpark | San Jose, Calif. Fri 6 at Washington 7pm FRI: TBD | SAT 1: TBD Sat 7 at Washington (DH) 3/7pm SAT 2: TBD | SUN: TBD Sun 8 at Washington 2pm UVU series record: 0-1 UVU win streak: L1 Tue 10 AIR FORCE 6pm Wed 11 AIR FORCE 1pm Fri 13 BOISE STATE 6pm Sat 14 BOISE STATE (DH) 1/4pm • UVU will enter the series with a 1-7 three runs scored. Senior outfielder Sun 15 BOISE STATE 12pm overall record after taking one of four at Alexander Marco was next by batting Tue 17 at Utah 6pm Portland of the West Coast Conference .250 with three runs batted and a pair of Fri 20 CSU Bakersfield* 6pm last weekend. The Wolverines won the walks. Schmit paced the pitching staff Sat 21 CSU Bakersfield* 2pm opener, 6-2, before dropping the final by going 1-0 after throwing six score- Sun 22 CSU Bakersfield* 12pm three contests by respective scores of less innings, while junior Pedro Perdomo Fri 27 at Chicago State* 2pm 6-5, 8-2 and 11-1. In Friday’s first game and sophomore Logan Petet both also Sat 28 at Chicago State* 1pm of the doubleheader, the Wolverines tossed a trio of scoreless innings of Sun 29 at Chicago State* 11am held a 5-1 lead early in the ballgame, relief. but the Pilots managed to reel off five APRIL (0-0) late unanswered runs to compete a 6-5 • On the season, Moralez leads the Fri 3 NORTHERN COLORADO* 6pm come-from-behind victory. UVU then Wolverines at the plate with a .353 Sat 4 NORTHERN COLORADO* 2pm got outscored by a combined tally of batting average, four doubles, four RBIs Sun 5 NORTHERN COLORADO* 12pm 19-3 over the final two games of the and four runs scored. Brossard is next Thu 9 at New Mexico State* 6pm weekend series. with a .320 clip and three runs batted Fri 10 at New Mexico State* 2pm in. Schmit leads the Wolverine pitching Sat 11 at New Mexico State* 11am • In Thursday’s win over Portland, senior staff with a 1-0 record, 1.50 ERA and 12 Fri 17 SEATTLE U* 6pm Jesse Schmit pitched six scoreless in- strikeouts over 12.0 innings of work. nings and UVU jumped out to an early Sat 18 SEATTLE U* 2pm 6-0 lead en route to holding on for a • Friday’s opener will mark just the sec- Sun 19 SEATTLE U* 11am 6-2 victory. The former closer and now ond all-time meeting between UVU and Wed 22 BYU 6pm right-hander starter Schmit allowed SJSU. The Spartans will enter holding Fri 24 at Grand Canyon* 7pm just three hits while strikeout out four to a 1-0 series lead after pulling out a Sat 25 at Grand Canyon* 7pm and walking just one in another strong 6-5 come-from-behind win in the lone Sun 26 at Grand Canyon* 1pm performance on the mound for the Wol- meeting on March 9, 2008 in Sacra- Mon 27 at Arizona 7pm verines. Junior second baseman Mitch mento. Moralez led UVU on the day offensively MAY (0-0) by going 3-for-5 with two RBIs, while • UVU head coach Eric Madsen will enter Fri 1 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST* 6pm sophomore third baseman Mick Madsen the series just two wins shy of 300 ca- Sat 2 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST* 2pm went 1-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and a reer victories. In his 12th season at the Sun 3 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST* 12pm run scored. helm of Utah Valley baseball, Madsen Tue 5 UTAH 6pm currently holds a 298-325 record (all at Fri 8 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY* 6pm • In Friday’s first game of the twin bill, Utah Valley). Sat 9 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY* 2pm UVU then scored three in the first and Sun 10 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY* 12pm two more in the third to take an early • UVU will enter the year off of a 15-41 Thurs 14 at Sacramento State* 7pm 5-1 advantage. But UP responded with season in 2019 and a seventh-place Fri 15 at Sacramento State* 7pm three runs of its own in the fifth, the ty- finish in the WAC after going 9-18 in ing run in the seventh and the go-ahead conference play. The Wolverines capped Sat 16 at Sacramento State* 1pm run in the eighth on its way to complet- last season by making a deep run at the Wed 20-24 2020 WAC Tournament # TBA ing the come-from-behind win. Junior 2019 WAC Tournament. UVU welcomes first baseman Pacen Hayes led Utah back five returning position-player All times listed in MT | *WAC game Valley in the game by going 2-for-5 with starters this season and a total of 17 Home games played at UCCU Ballpark two RBIs and a run scored, while fresh- returning letterwinners. The Wolverines #WAC Tournament - Mesa, Arizona man shortstop Garrett Broussard went will also look to welcome in 15 newcom- 2-for-4 with an RBI. ers to the squad -- in 10 true freshmen and five junior college transfers -- after • Moralez led UVU in the Portland series losing nine seniors to graduation as well by hitting .529 on the weekend (9-for- as right-handed pitcher Paxton Schultz 17) with three doubles, three RBIs and to the MLB Draft from last year’s squad. 2020 UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY BASEBALL ABOUT THE OPPOSITION 2020 MISCELLANEOUS STATS The Spartans (3-5) will enter the series off of a 13-10 four-hour midweek victory over San Francisco at home on Tuesday as well as off of a series win over the 2019 Big East champion Creighton Bluejays at Excite Ballpark last weekend. SJSU has MULTIPLE HIT GAMES 2 3 4 5+ Tot won three straight after opening the 2020 season with five straight losses (four to 8 Moralez, Mitch 2 2 - - 4 Santa Clara and one to Creighton). San José State was picked to tie for sixth in the 10 Broussard, Garret 3 - - - 3 Mountain West this season after going 20-34 overall and taking sixth in the MW with a 13-17 clip a season ago. 14 Hill, Dalton 2 - - - 2 6 Hall, Connor 1 1 - - 2 Ruben Ibarra leads SJSU offensively on the season with a .414 batting average, an 24 Hayes, Pacen 1 1 - - 2 impressive .724 slugging percentage, two home runs and five RBIs. Troy Viola is next with an even .300 clip, four doubles and three runs batted in. On the mound, 12 Davis, Skyler 1 - - - 1 Ben Polack is 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA and 10 strikeouts over 6.0 innings of work, while 2 Arens, Jeff 1 - - - 1 reliever Jonathan Clark is 1-1 with a 2.89 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 9.1 innings. 3 Marco, Alexander 1 - - - 1 Friday’s opener will mark just the second all-time meeting between UVU and SJSU. TEAM 12 4 0 0 16 The Spartans will enter holding to a 1-0 series lead after pulling out a 6-5 come- from-behind win in the lone meeting on March 9, 2008 in Sacramento. MULTIPLE RBI GAMES 2 3 4 5+ Tot MICK MADSEN & ALEXANDER MARCO EARN PRESEASON HONORS 24 Hayes, Pacen 1 - - - 1 Sophomore third baseman Mick Madsen earned Preseason All-WAC honors prior 3 Marco, Alexander 1 - - - 1 to the 2020 season, while senior outfielder Alexander Marco was named to the 7 Madsen, Mick 1 - - - 1 Perfect Game’s Preseason All-WAC team. Mick Madsen led the Wolverines in conference-only play as a freshman last season by hitting .353, while Marco paced 8 Moralez, Mitch 1 - - - 1 the club overall on the season in homers (6), doubles (13), RBIs (42), and slugging TEAM 4 0 0 0 4 (.450). WOLVERINES PICKED EIGHTH HITTING STREAKS Longest Current Utah Valley was picked to finish eighth in the 2020 WAC Preseason Coaches poll. 10 Broussard, Garret 5 - UVU placed seventh in the WAC standings a season ago with a 9-18 conference 8 Moralez, Mitch 4 4 record and then went on to make a deep run at the 2019 WAC Tournament. Grand Canyon was picked to win the WAC in 2020, while the defending WAC Tourna- 6 Hall, Connor 4 - ment champion Sacramento State Hornets were picked second, and New Mexico 7 Madsen, Mick 4 - State was tabbed third.