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BASEBALL @GCUBaseball SERIES RELEASE @gcubaseball Josh Hauser, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications · Office: (602) 639-8328 · Cell: (503) 734-8587· E-mail: [email protected] GRAND CANYON ARIZONA 2017 SCHEDULE & RESULTS V (2-1 OVR / 0-0 WAC / 2-1 H / 0-0 A / 0-0 N) LOPES S DIAMONDBACKS Feb. 17 22/NR Oklahoma State W 6-1 (0-0, 0-0 WAC) CACTUS LEAGUE Feb. 19 22/NR Oklahoma State (CW6) L 5-6 Feb. 20 22/NR Oklahoma State W 4-0 WED, FEB. 22 | SALT RIVER FIELDS (11,000) | SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. Feb. 22 at Arizona Diamondbacks ^ 1:10 p.m. Tyler Hansen (L) Feb. 24 at Wichita State 2 p.m. 0-0, 0.00 ERA Feb. 25 at Wichita State 1 p.m. #39 | Fr. | Snowflake, Ariz. Feb. 26 at Wichita State 12 p.m. March 3 at Saint Mary’s 3 p.m. Anthony Banda (L) March 4 at Saint Mary’s 2 p.m. 2016: 10-6, 2.88 ERA (AA/AAA) GAME ONE March 5 at Saint Mary’s 2 p.m. #70 | Corpus Christi, Texas March 10 San Francisco 7 p.m. N 1:10 p.m. | KFYI 2 1230 AM March 11 San Francisco 2 p.m. March 12 San Francisco 1 p.m. March 14 at UNLV 6:05 p.m. D-BACKS COLLEGIATE BASEBALL SERIES AT A GLANCE March 15 at UNLV 2:05 p.m. March 17 at Pepperdine 3 p.m. » 2015: D-backs 4, Arizona State 0 » Grand Canyon and the Diamondbacks meet up for the first RV/NR » 2016: D-backs 12, Arizona 5 time. The two clubs will meet again in 2020. March 18 vs. Long Beach State (N) 3 p.m. March 19 at Pepperdine 1 p.m. » 2017: D-backs vs. Grand Canyon » Today’s contest marks the unofficial beginning of Major March 21 at RV/NR New Mexico 5:30 p.m. For more information on the series, see page 3. League Baseball’s Spring Training. March 22 at RV/NR New Mexico 12 p.m. » One of five college vs. professional exhibitions on this March 24 CSU Bakersfield * 7 p.m. PROJECTED STARTERS year’s spring training schedule. The others: March 25 CSU Bakersfield * 2 p.m. Thursday: Northeastern Univ. at Red Sox March 26 CSU Bakersfield * 12 p.m. 15/19 Thursday: Florida Southern at Tigers March 29 at Arizona 6 p.m. Thursday: Univ. of Tampa at Phillies March 31 Northern Colorado * 7 p.m. 11 Pavlica Friday: Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Brewers April 1 Northern Colorado * 2 p.m. 4 Quiggle 7 Schwartz April 2 Northern Colorado * 12 p.m. » Arizona will begin Cactus League play on Saturday against April 4 at RV/NR Arkansas 4:35 p.m. 2 Bull 5 Wyatt the Colorado Rockies, the official managerial debut of new April 5 at RV/NR Arkansas 1:05 p.m. 13 Malis 9 Evans skipper Torey Luvollo. April 7 at Sacramento State * 6 p.m. April 8 at Sacramento State * 6 p.m. LAST TIME OUT April 9 at Sacramento State * 12 p.m. Designated Hitter 15/19 40 Lerouge » The Lopes took the series from No. 22 Oklahoma State, 2-1. April 11 Arizona (CW6) 7 p.m. C TBA April 13 at Chicago State * 4 p.m. » GCU outscored the Cowboys 15-7 and out-hit OSU 30-20. April 14 at Chicago State * 1 p.m. TEAM STATS » Grand Canyon knocked around preseason All-American April 15 at Chicago State * 10 a.m. Tyler Buffett for eight hits and five earned runs in the April 21 UT Rio Grande Valley * 7 p.m. << 2016 opener. He was removed from the game after 4.0 innings. April 22 UT Rio Grande Valley * 2 p.m. 2017 >> » The starting pitching staff of the Lopes dominated the April 23 UT Rio Grande Valley * 12 p.m. 69-93 W-L 2-1 April 25 Kansas 7 p.m. Cowboys, a 2016 CWS participant. Wong (Fri), Harte (Sun) April 26 Kansas 7 p.m. OFFENSE and Repavich (Sun) totalled 18.0 innings, allowing just 10 April 28 at New Mexico State * TBA .261 AVG .297 hits and 2 earned runs while striking out 20. April 29 at New Mexico State * TBA .432 SLUG .416 April 30 at New Mexico State * TBA RV/NR .320 OBP .330 ABOUT ANTHONY BANDA May 5 Seattle U * 7 p.m. RV/NR 4.6 RUNS (AVG) 5.0 » 23 years old from San Jacinto College (Houston, Texas) May 6 Seattle U * 2 p.m. May 7 RV/NR Seattle U * 12 p.m. 9.1 HITS (AVG) 10.0 » Ranked as the No. 2 prospect in the D-backs system. May 9 San José State 7 p.m. 190 HR 2 » Drafted by Milwaukee in the 10th Round of the 2012 Draft. May 10 San José State 7 p.m. 8.8 SO (AVG) 10.0 » Spent time in Double-A and Triple-A in 2016: May 12 at Utah Valley * 5 p.m. 2.9 BB (AVG) 1.3 AA Mobile: 6-2, 2.12 ERA in 13 starts, 76.1 IP May 13 at Utah Valley * 5 p.m. 137 SB 2 AAA Reno: 4-4, 3.67 ERA in 13 starts, 73.2 IP May 14 at Utah Valley * 11 a.m. May 18 at UC Davis 2 p.m. PITCHING WHAT’S NEXT May 19 at UC Davis 1 p.m. 5.09 ERA 2.00 May 20 at UC Davis 1 p.m. 8.1 SO (AVG) 9.0 » Next, the Lopes hit the road for two weekend away series, * Denotes WAC games Home games in bold .275 OPP AVG .204 at Wichita State and at Saint Mary’s. All times listed in Arizona Time (MST) ^ D-Backs Collegiate Baseball Series at Salt River Fields FIELDING » GCU returns home for a three-game series with San .983 FLD% .964 Francisco beginning on Friday, March 10. Rankings listed in format (USA Today Coaches / D1Baseball) ‹ 1 › BASEBALL // MEDIA INFORMATION vs. SUMMED UP LAST THREE GAMES Current placing T-2nd FRIDAY, FEB. 17 - GM 1 SUNDAY, FEB. 19 - GM 2 MONDAY, FEB. 20 - GM 3 Current streak W-1 WONG LEADS LOPES IN DEFEAT OF GCU’S LATE RALLY FALLS GCU PITCHING LIFTS LOPES OVER Longest winning streak 1 game NO. 22 OKLAHOMA STATE ONE RUN SHY NO. 22 COWBOYS Longest losing streak 1 game R H E R H E R H E Overall series 1-0 Oklahoma State 1 4 1 Oklahoma State 6 9 2 Oklahoma State 0 7 1 Home series 1-0 Grand Canyon 6 12 1 Grand Canyon 5 10 2 Grand Canyon 4 8 1 W - Wong (1-0) | L - Buffett (0-1) W - Elliott (1-0) | L - Harte (0-1) W - Repavich (1-0) | L - Teel (0-1) Away series 0-0 S - Franks (1) S - Battenfield (1) Sweeps 0-0 Last 5 2-1 TO THE MEDIA INJURY INFORMATION Last 10 2-1 Series openers 1-0 The Grand Canyon Athletics Department is served by Grand Canyon University athletics will abide by HIPAA a communications office staff that works diligently to - a federal privacy act with regard to the release of in- Series finales 1-0 promote the individual and team accomplishments of jury information. 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