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1 PATRIOT BASEBALL REAGAN RATCLIFF, SID • [email protected] • M: 214-356-6309 GAMEDAY 2021 SCHEDULE FEB.20 AUSTIN PEAY W, 13-2 DBU (8-3) VS ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY (4-8) FEB.21 AUSTIN PEAY W, 11-2 March 12-14 • 6:30pm/2pm/1pm • Dallas, Texas • Horner Ballpark FEB.22 AUSTIN PEAY W, 12-2 (7) DBU PATRIOTS ORU GOLDEN EAGLES FEB.25 GONZAGA L, 7-10 2021 Record: 8-3, 0-0 MVC 2021 Record: 4-8, 0-0 Summit FEB.26 GONZAGA W, 13-2 Home / Away / Neutral: 5-2 / 0-0 / 3-1 Home / Away / Neutral: 2-7 / 2-1 / 0-0 FEB.27 GONZAGA L, 7-19 Rankings: BA:NR | PG:NR | CB:29 Rankings: BA:NR | PG:NR | CB: NR FEB.28 GONZAGA W, 8-7 USA:RV | NCBWA:28 | D1:NR USA:NR | NCBWA:NR | D1:NR Mar. 4 Missouri^ W, 3-2 HC: Dan Heefner (Northern Iowa) HC: Ryan Folmar (Oklahoma State) Mar. 5 Missouri^ W, 8-0 Career: 493-256 (14th Season) Career: 254-175 (9th Season) Mar. 6 Arizona^ L, 8-15 DBU: 493-256 (14th Season) ORU: 254-175 (9th Season) Mar. 7 Oklahoma^ W, 9-3 MAR. 12 ORAL ROBERTS 6:30 PM MAR. 13 ORAL ROBERTS 2:00 PM GAME COVERAGE: MAR. 14 ORAL ROBERTS 1:00 PM Watch & Listen: Patriot Broadcast Network w/Reagan Ratcliff and Brendan Smith - dbupatriots.com/baseball MAR.18 TARLETON 6:30 PM MAR.19 TARLETON 6:30 PM Live Stats: dbupatriots.com/sidearmstats/baseball/summary | Twitter: @DBU_Baseball MAR.20 TARLETON 2:00 PM MAR.21 TARLETON 1:00 PM DBU ORU MAR.25 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY 6:30 PM •The Patriots went 3-1 last week at the Frisco •The Golden Eagles were shutout for the third time MAR.26 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY 6:30 PM College Baseball Classic with two wins over Missouri this season when they fell 5-0 to No. 9 Oklahoma MAR.27 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY 2:00 PM and Oklahoma, while falling to Arizona. State at home on Tuesday. MAR.28 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY 1:00 PM •Dominic Hamel received National Pitcher of the •Prior to their loss to OSU, Oral Roberts won an APR.1 VALPARAISO* 6:30 PM Week honors from Collegiate Baseball for the second impressive series at then-ranked No. 8 LSU in Baton APR.2 VALPARAISO* 1:00 PM time in his career after throwing six shutout innings Rouge, Louisiana, last weekend. APR.2 VALPARAISO* 4:30 PM and striking out a career-high 13 batters versus •ORU became the first team outside of the SEC to APR.3 VALPARAISO* 1:00 PM Missouri. win a series at LSU since Notre Dame won 2-of-3 at Apr.9 Missouri State* TBA •Jace Grady is coming off a week in which he hit Alex Box Stadium top open the 2018 season. Apr.10 Missouri State* TBA a team-best .615. Grady leads the Missouri Valley •The Golden Eagles’ two wins over LSU marks the Apr.10 Missouri State* TBA Conference with a .486 batting average and his six first time since 2015 that ORU has won multiple Apr.11 Missouri State* TBA doubles are eighth most in the nation. games over a ranked opponent. That year, ORU APR.16 AIR FORCE 6:30 PM •River Town enters this weekend riding an 8-game defeated No. 11 Oklahoma State and No. 12 Texas APR.17 AIR FORCE 1:00 PM hit streak and his 19 hits are 17th most in college Tech. APR.17 AIR FORCE 4:30 PM baseball. •The Golden Eagles are hitting .244 as a team and APR.18 AIR FORCE 1:00 PM •Dominic Hamel ranks third in the nation in averaging 5.1 runs per game. APR.23 INDIANA STATE* 6:30 PM strikeouts (30) and is averaging 16.2 strikeouts per •Cash Adams paces the ORU offense with a team- APR.24 INDIANA STATE* 1:00 PM nine innings. best .367 batting average. APR.24 INDIANA STATE* 4:30 PM •Jackson Glenn owns a 13-game hit streak that dates •Caleb Denny leads the team in home runs (3), RBI APR.25 INDIANA STATE* 1:00 PM back to the final two games of the 2020 season. It’s (13), and slugging percentage (.522). Apr.30 Evansville* TBA the longest streak for the Pats since Blayne Jones •ORU’s pitching staff has compiled a 4.67 ERA and May 1 Evansville* TBA compiled a 19-game streak in 2019. opponents are hitting .266 off of the Golden Eagles May 1 Evansville* TBA •Andres Sosa has drawn 15 walks on the season, this year. May 2 Evansville* TBA which is third-most in the nation and just off the lead •ORU pitchers have surrendered only six home runs MAY 7 ILLINOIS STATE* 6:30 PM for the most in college baseball. through 108.0 innings. MAY 8 ILLINOIS STATE* 1:00 PM •DBU boasts the second-best fielding percentage •The Golden Eagles own a .960 fielding percentage MAY 8 ILLINOIS STATE* 4:30 PM (.977) in the MVC and has made just nine errors in and are averaging 1.5 errors per game. MAY 9 ILLINOIS STATE* 1:00 PM 389 chances. •On the base paths, the Golden Eagles are 8-for-14 in MAY 14 BRADLEY* 6:30 PM •The Patriots are 20-23 in the stolen base department stolen bases through 12 games. MAY 15 BRADLEY* 1:00 PM and their 20 stolen bases are the 16th most in the MAY 15 BRADLEY* 4:30 PM nation. SERIES HISTORY MAY 16 BRADLEY* 1:00 PM •Kragen Kechely continues his climb to become DBU’s series versus Oral Roberts dates back to May 20 Southern Illinois* 6:00 PM the all-time leader in appearances in school history. 1987 and the Patriots own a 33-19 record versus the May 21 Southern Illinois* 2:00 PM Kechely has made 83 career appearances and is just Golden Eagles. Dating back to when DBU became May 21 Southern Illinois* 5:00 PM eight shy of passing Chris Haney for second on that a Division I program in 2004, the Patriots are 27-9 May 22 Southern Illinois* 2:00 PM list. against ORU and own a seven-game win streak going May 26-29 MVC Tournament - Carbondale, Ill. •DBU Head Coach Dan Heefner is now just seven into this weekend. wins away from reaching 500 wins in his career. Heefner’s .658 win percentage ranks 13th-best among BOLD CAPS denotes home game all active NCAA Division I coaches. Times listed are central *Missouri Valley Conference contest ^Frisco College Baseball Classic DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY PATRIOTS • DBUPATRIOTS.COM • @DBU_BASEBALL DBU NOTES/STARTS BY POSITION 2 DBU BASEBALL BY THE #’s JONES NAMED TO BOBBY BRAGAN AWARD WATCH LIST DBU enters this weekend ranked in the top 25 nationally in 10 categories. Junior infielder Blayne Jones was named to the Bobby Bragan Award Watch List prior #6 Base on Balls (78) #14 Slugging % (.529) to the 2021 season. Jones is one of 48 players representing 17 conferences from across #8 Home Runs (19) #16 Stolen Bases (20) the country selected to this year’s watch list. In last year’s shortened season, Jones hit #11 Doubles (27) #17 On-Base % (.432) .286 and ranked in the top 10 in the Missouri Valley Conference in seven offensive #12 Home Runs per Game (1.7) #18 Runs per Game (9.0) categories. DBU’s Devlin Granberg won the award in 2018 after he led the nation in #13 Runs (99) #21 Doubles per game (2.4) hits (112) and finished second in batting average (.443). MVC WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS PAIR OF PATRIOTS DRAFTED IN 2ND ROUND Dominic Hamel (MVC Pitcher of the Week - March 8) The Patriots saw Burl Carraway and Jimmy Glowenke each selected in the second Blayne Jones (MVC Player of the Week – Feb. 22) round of last year’s Major League Draft. Carraway was the program’s third-highest pick in school history, going with the 51st overall selection to the Chicago Cubs. HAMEL NAMED NATIONAL PITCHER OF THE WEEK Glowenke was taken by the San Francisco Giants with the 68th overall pick and is the Dominic Hamel was named the National Pitcher of the Week by Collegiate Baseball fourth-highest pick in program history. for the second time in his career after his career-high 13 strikeout performance versus Missouri at the Frisco College Baseball Classic on March 5. Hamel pitched six DBU IN THE DRAFT scoreless innings in the Patriots’ 8-0 win over the Tigers, surrendering just two hits Since 2015, DBU has produced the eighth most Major Leaguer Draft picks in the while recording 13 of his 18 outs by strikeout. nation, having seen 33 players drafted over the past five years. Dating back to 2004, the Patriots have also seen 24 players selected in the first 10 rounds of the Major League JONES TABBED NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK Draft. Blayne Jones became the 13th player in school history to be named the National Player of the Week when Collegiate Baseball selected him for national honors on PATRIOTS IN THE PROS February 22. Jones opened the season with three home runs and eight RBI in the first Dating back to 1987, DBU has produced 19 players that have reached the Major two games of the season versus Austin Peay to earn national recognition. Jones also Leagues. Most recently, Seth Elledge broke into the Big Leagues in 2020 with the St.