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GAMES 16-19 GRAND CANYON March 12-14 Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark BASEBALL Phoenix, Ariz. 2021 SCHEDULE SEATTLE U GRAND CANYON REDHAWKS LOPES 5-9-1 2-2 5-7 0-2-1 0-0 OVERALL WAC H A N (5-8, 0-0) (5-9-1, 2-2) V Feb. 19 Missouri W 11-3 HC: Donny Harrel (12th at SU, 250-320-2, .439) S HC: Andy Stankiewicz (10th at GCU, 266-206-2, .563) Feb. 20 Missouri W 8-4 Missouri L 9-7 AVERAGE POWER SPEED AVERAGE POWER SPEED W 10-3 Gavin Rork Justin Mazzone Gavin Rork Brock Burton Elijah Buries Colato & Ortiz Feb. 21 Missouri .313 (15 x 48) .458 slug, 6 2B, 1 HR 8 for 9 SB .357 (20x56) .636 slug, 2 2B, 1 3B 3 for 4 SB Feb. 25 Oregon State L 4-0 Feb. 26 Oregon State L 3-1 L 9-2 GAME 1 GAME 2 GAME 3 GAME 4 Feb. 27 Oregon State FRIDAY 6 P.M. SATURDAY 2 P.M. SATURDAY 5 P.M. SUNDAY 11 A.M. Feb. 28 Oregon State L 4-2 GCU TV GCU TV GCU TV GCU TV March 5 at #15 Oklahoma State L 3-1 RHP Alex Jemal (1-2, 4.70) RHP Nestor German (1-1, 5.71) RHP Morgan White (1-1, 1.83) TBA March 6 at #15 Oklahoma State L 9-2 RHP Zach Barnes (1-3, 3.47) RHP Pierson Ohl (1-1, 2.88) LHP Cal Lambert (0-0, 0.00) RHP Carter Young (1-0, 2.65) March 7 at #15 Oklahoma State T 4-4 March 12 UT Rio Grande Valley* L 6-2 SERIES HISTORY THIS SERIES March 13 UT Rio Grande Valley* W 8-4 (7) » vs. Seattle U (19 previous meetings) » GCU has won eight of its last nine against Seattle U. UT Rio Grande Valley* L 9-4 GCU record in series: 13-6 » The Lopes are 34-10 in their last 44 home WAC games. March 14 UT Rio Grande Valley* W 5-2 At GCU: 7-2 | At Seattle U:6-3 LAST SERIES » March 19 Seattle U* 6 p.m. Last: GCU sweeps Seattle U, home, 4/18-4/20/19 » March 20 Seattle U* (DH) 2 p.m. PROJECTED STARTERS » GCU won Games 2 and 4 to split the WAC-opening series against co-preseason favorite UTRGV. » March 21 Seattle U* 11 a.m. by number of starts, last four games March 23 Pepperdine 6 p.m. STORYLINES March 24 Pepperdine 2 p.m. 6 Burton 24 Aguilar » Brock Buron leads the WAC with 20 hits on the season. March 26 at Tulane 4 p.m. 15 Zaborowski 48 Verdusco He holds a team-leading .357 batting average that ranks March 27 at Tulane 12 p.m. 14 Ortiz 4 Colato ninth in the conference. His six doubles rank among the March 28 at Tulane 11 a.m. nation’s 40 best. 2 J. Wilson 9 Hansen April 1 at Utah Valley* 5 p.m. » Channy Ortiz is tied for third in the WAC with 18 hits on April 2 at Utah Valley* (DH) 12 p.m. the season. Designated Hitter April 3 at Utah Valley* 11 a.m. » In his second career start, Cade Verdusco made an 30 T. Wilson April 9 Northern Colorado* 6 p.m. Buckley impressive leaping catch in right field that landed No. 6 on 28 April 10 Northern Colorado* (DH) 2 p.m. SportsCenter from March 13’s game vs. UTRGV. BY THE NUMBERS April 11 Northern Colorado* 12 p.m. » Elijah Buries had a five-hit series against the Vaqueros and is now 10 for 22 (.455) on the season. April 13 Arizona 6 p.m. April 16 at New Mexico State* TBA » 58 of GCU’s 119 hits on the season come from the bats of .218 AVERAGE >> .245 underclassmen. April 17 at New Mexico State* (DH) TBA April 18 at New Mexico State* TBA .306 SLUGGING >> .322 » For the fourth straight year, GCU has been tabbed the April 20 at Arizona State 6:35 p.m. .317 ON-BASE >> .359 preseason favorite in WAC polling. » Despite the shortened 2020 MLB Draft, GCU had a player April 21 Arizona State 6 p.m. 3.8 RUNS (AVG.) >> 4.6 picked for the seventh straight season when RHP Kade April 30 at Sacramento State* 3 p.m. 7.3 HITS (AVG.) >> 7.9 Mechals went to the White Sox in the fourth round. The May 1 at Sacramento State* (DH) 1 p.m. 4 HOME RUNS >> 5 Lopes are one of only 10 programs on the West to have a May 2 at Sacramento State* 12 p.m. draft selection streak of seven or more years. May 4 at Arizona 6 p.m. 10.4 STRIKEOUTS (AVG.) >> 7.5 » GCU’s current class of freshmen was named one of the 10 May 7 Dixie State* 6 p.m. 3.7 WALKS (AVG.) >> 5.1 best mid-major recruiting classes per Baseball America. May 8 Dixie State* (DH) 2 p.m. 17 STOLEN BASES >> 19 » GCU has four players with fathers who played in the MLB May 9 Dixie State* 1 p.m. 3.87 << ERA 4.95 in Dane Stankiewicz, Jacob Wilson, Tyler Wilson and May 14 at Tarleton* 1 p.m. 1.50 WHIP >> 1.44 Homer Bush Jr. May 15 at Tarleton* (DH) 11 a.m. » Juan Colato is the Preseason WAC Player of the Year and May 16 at Tarleton* 10 a.m. 6.9 STRIKEOUTS (AVG.) >> 8.1 a Collegiate Baseball Preseason All-American. May 20 California Baptist* 6 p.m. .282 OPP. AVERAGE >> .248 » Jon Wente joins GCU as its first-year pitching coach. May 21 California Baptist* (DH) 2 p.m. .960 FIELDING PCT. >> .974 » Following three consecutive weekends of Power Five May 22 California Baptist* 12 p.m. opponents to open the year, GCU’s strength of schedule May 26-30 WAC Tournament Josh Hauser [email protected] COMMUNICATIONS ranks 18th nationally. Both Oregon State and Oklahoma Jerob Moon [email protected] * denotes WAC game all games listed in Arizona Time State now rank in the nation’s top 20. ‹ 1 › #LOPESUP GRAND CANYON BASEBALL LAST THREE GAMES VS SUMMED UP LAST THREE GAMES WAC placing t-4th Saturday, March 13 Saturday, March 13 Sunday, March 14 Current streak W-1 Longest winning streak 2 games (2/19-20) Buries drives in four runs, UTRGV scores seven runs in the Lopes split series, Longest losing streak 6 games (2/25-3/6) Scalzo earns first win fourth to blow game open Wynne throws 3.2 scoreless Overall series (3+ games, single opponent) 1-2 R H E R H E R H E Home series 1-1 4 6 0 9 11 1 2 6 3 Away series 0-1 9 3 9 0 8 3 Sweeps 0-1 8 4 5 Last 5 2-2-1 Last 10 2-7-1 BROADCAST INFO Series openers 1-3 Series finales 2-1-1 GCUTV In weekend games (Fri/Sat/Sun) 5-7-1 In weekday games 0-2 Day games (before 6 p.m.) 5-6-1 Night games (6 p.m. or later) 0-3 vs. top-25 teams 0-2-1 QUICK FACTS TO THE MEDIA ONLINE The Grand Canyon Athletics Department is served by Updated bios, notes, rosters, schedules, statistics, ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS a communications office staff that works diligently to quotes, etc., will be available throughout the Baseball contact Josh Hauser promote the individual and team accomplishments of season for every sport on GCULopes.com. 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