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2021 UAB BASEBALL UAB ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS: 617 13TH ST S | BIRMINGHAM, AL 35233 | UABSPORTS.COM | @UAB_BASEBALL GAME 11 | BIRMINGHAM, ALA. 2021 SCHEDULE Day Date Opponent Time/Result UAB BLAZERS (6-4, 0-0 C-USA) Fri. Feb. 19 VALPARAISO L, 2-6 Sat. Feb. 20 VALPARAISO W, 8-2 Head Coach: Perry Roth Sun. Feb. 21 VALPARAISO W, 4-1 Tue. Feb. 23 at Troy L, 3-10 Record at UAB: 6-4 (First Season, 15th Overall) Fri. Feb. 26 ALABAMA A&M W, 22-2 Sat. Feb. 27 ALAMABA A&M W, 9-2 AUBURN TIGERS (7-4, 0-0 SEC) Sun. Feb.28 ALABAMA A&M^ W, 7-3 Tue. Feb. 29 ALABAMA^ Postponed Head Coach: Butch Thompson Fri. Mar. 5 KENNESAW STATE L, 2-3 Sat. Mar. 6 KENNESAW STATE L, 3-9 Record at Kennesaw State: 161-119 (Sixth Season) Sun. Mar. 7 KENNESAW STATE W, 8-7 Tue. Mar. 9 AUBURN^ 6 p.m. QUICK HITTERS Fri. Mar. 12 at Georgia Southern 5:30 p.m. >> The game will mark the 62nd meeting between the two teams. Auburn holds the overall series Sat. Mar. 13 at Georgia Southern 2 p.m. record 50-11. UAB won the last meeting in 2019 at Plainsman Park, 6-4. Sun. Mar. 14 at Georgia Southern 1 p.m. >> Jess Davis ranks second in the nation and first in Conference USA in stolen bases with eight. Fri. Mar. 19 INDIANA STATE 6:30 p.m. Sat. Mar. 20 INDIANA STATE 1 p.m. >> Thomas Johnston leads the team in batting average (.409). Johnston ranks third on the team Sun. Mar. 21 INDIANA STATE 1 p.m. with nine hits. Tue. Mar. 23 SAMFORD^ 5:30 p.m. >> UAB is first in C-USA in triples with four on the season. Fri. Mar. 26 MIDDLE TENNESSEE^* 5:30 p.m. Sat. Mar. 27 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (DH)* 1 p.m. UAB POSSIBLE LINEUP Sun. Mar. 28 MIDDLE TENNESSEE^* 1 p.m. POS. NO. PLAYER B/T AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO Thu. April 1 at Louisiana Tech* 6 p.m. Fri. April 2 at Louisiana Tech (DH)* 2 p.m. C 15 J Paul Fullerton L/R .097 31 4 3 0 0 0 3 8 6 Sat. April 3 at Louisiana Tech* 1 p.m. 1B 30 Colton Schultz L/R .353 34 7 12 0 1 1 7 5 4 Fri. April 9 at Southern Miss* 6 p.m. 2B 25 Chandler Simpson L/R .333 12 3 4 0 1 0 2 2 0 Sat. April 10 at Southern Miss (DH)* 2 p.m. Sun. April 11 at Southern Miss* 1 p.m. 3B 9 Blaine Smith S/R .214 28 8 6 1 1 0 1 5 6 Tue. April 13 TROY^ 6 p.m. SS 2 John Marc Mullins S/R .188 32 4 6 1 0 1 9 3 6 Fri. April 16 FLORIDA ATLANTIC* 6 p.m. LF 3 Caleb Floyd R/R .375 24 9 9 5 0 2 7 1 6 Sat. April 17 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (DH)* 1 p.m. CF 23 Jess Davis L/R .350 40 12 14 2 1 1 8 5 7 Sun. April 18 FLORIDA ATLANTIC* 11:30 p.m. Tue. April 20 at Mississippi State 6 p.m. RF 22 Zack Davis L/R .231 39 5 9 0 0 1 7 2 8 Fri. April 23 at Middle Tennessee* 6 p.m. DH 33 Thomas Johnston L/R .409 22 4 9 1 0 0 7 5 1 Sat. April 24 at Middle Tennessee (DH)* 1 p.m. Sun. April 25 at Middle Tennessee* 1 p.m. PITCHING PROBABLE ERA W-L APP GS CG IP H R/ER SO BB AVG. Fri. April 30 UTSA* 6 p.m. Sat. May 1 UTSA (DH)* 1 p.m. TUES. 12 Austin Bohannon 1.59 0-0 2 1 0 5.2 2 2/1 7 4 .100 Sun. May 2 UTSA* 12 p.m. Tue. May 4 at Auburn 6 p.m. Fri. May 7 RICE* 6 p.m. Sat. May 8 RICE (DH)* 1 p.m. GAME COVERAGE Sun. May 9 RICE* 12:30 p.m. GAME TIME: 6 p.m. Tue. May 11 at Alabama 6 p.m. Fri. May 14 at Marshall* 6 p.m. FACILITY: Regions Field Sat. May 15 at Marshall (DH)* 6 p.m. SOCIAL (TWITTER/INSTAGRAM): @UAB_Baseball Sun. May 16 at Marshall* 12 p.m. LIVE STATS: www.StatBroadcast.com Tue. May 18 at Samford 2 p.m. GAME STREAM: CUSA.tv * C-USA Game | ^ Game Played at Regions Field BOLD Home Games | All times CT GAME NOTES UAB VS. AUBURN DYNAMIC DUOS QUICK FACTS The Blazers and Tigers have met 61 times since There are two sets of brothers on this years 1979. Auburn holds the overall advantage 50-11. squad. Sophomore Jess and redshirt senior Zack UNIVERSITY INFORMATION The last win for UAB came in the last meeting on Davis are set to be major factors in the UAB Location ..........................................Birmingham, Ala. May 7, 2019 in a 6-4 contest at Plainsman Park. starting lineup this season. Founded .............................................................1969 Enrollment ...................................................... 22,563 UAB LATELY J Paul and Pate Fullerton are the second pair of President ............................................. Dr. Ray Watts UAB completed a three-game series against Ken- Blazer brothers. The Searcy, Ark. natives both Athletics Director ................................Mark Ingram nesaw State March 5-7. The Owls took the series appeared in nearly every game for UAB last Sport Adminstrator ................................Dan Carlson 2-1. The teams had two one-run games over the season. Nickname .......................................................Blazers weekend, including a 3-2 game one and 8-7 game School Colors ......................Forest Green & Old Gold three. Left-handed pitcher Dylan Cunningham got BLAZERS HONORS & ACCOLADES Facilities ...........Regions Field/Young Memorial Field his first win of the season in game three after 1.1 Jess Davis Affiliation ..........................................NCAA Division I innings of work. * Perfect Game Preseason All-Conference USA Conference .......................................Conference USA Team AUBURN LATELY * D1 Baseball 2021 Top 30 Conference USA TEAM HISTORY Auburn is coming off a 1-2 weekend against No. Prospect (No. 17) First Season ...................................................... 1979 18 Boston College. The Tigers won game two All-Time Record .......................................1139-1117-1 of the series 16-1. Game three went 10 innings Riley Davis Conference USA Championships ............................ 1 and went the way of the Eagles, 11-9. Auburn’s * D1 Baseball 2021 Top 30 Conference USA ............................................................................ 2012 midweek contest scheduled for March 2 against Prospect (No. 30) NCAA Tournament Appearances .............................2 Jacksonville State was postponed to April 21. ...................................................................1991, 2012 J Paul Fullerton NCAA Tournament Record ....................................1-4 NATIONAL RANKINGS * Perfect Game Preseason All-Conference USA Winning Seasons ...................................................23 Jess Davis is third in the nation in stolen bases Team 30+ Win Seasons ................................................... 14 (8) and 18th in stolen bases per game (0.80). * Preseason All-Conference USA Team Most Season Wins ......................................43 (1992) Zack Davis is 15th in sacrifice flies (2). Colton Best Season Win % ................................ .705 (1992) Schultz ranks sixth in hit by pitch (6). As a team, Carson Knight UAB is 15th in triples (4), 12th in stolen bases * D1 Baseball Conference USA Impact Freshman BASEBALL STAFF (20) and 19th in stolen bases per game (2.00). (No. 15) Head Coach ..Perry Roth (First Season, 15th Overall) ......................................................School Record: 6-4 CONFERENCE LEADERS Tyler O’Clair ...................................................Career Record: Same The UAB pitching staff ranks second in Con- * D1Baseball Top Performer - Feb. 28 ..............................................................Greenville ‘97 ference USA in earned run average (2.73). The Assistant Coach .......Adam Revellete (Third Season) offense has eight top-five ranks in hit by pitch ..................................... Daniel Furuto (First Season) (11), hits (86), runs (68), sacrifice flies (2), stolen Volunteer Coach ........Thomas Lowery (First Season) bases (20), stolen bases per game (2.00), triples Strength and Conditioning ...............Derek Groomer (4) and triples per game (0.40). Athletic Training .................................Tom Hammett RECORD WATCH ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Jess Davis moved into solo seventh in career Baseball Contact ......................................Hailee Roe stolen bases with 62 with his stolen base in ..................................................Email: [email protected] game three against Kennesaw State. He needs ................................................... Cell: (360) 561-8020 10 more steals to tie for sixth with Mitch Jones Twitter/Instagram ...........................@UAB_Baseball (2000-03). Website ..................................................................UABsports.com 2021 BLAZERS NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABELTICAL ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. B/T CLASS HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL NO. NAME POS. CLASS 0 Jake Rivers INF 6-10 155 L/R Fr. Brimingham, Ala./Oak Mountain HS 42 Tyler Bell RHP Fr. 1 Darryl Buggs OF/RHP 6-1 165 R/R Fr. Stockbridge, Ga./Heritage HS 12 Austin Bohannon LHP Sr. 2 John Marc Mullins INF 6-2 175 S/R So. Homewood, Ala./Shelton State CC 26 Jordan Bonk RHP Jr. 3 Caleb Floyd OF 6-0 180 R/R Jr. Brimingham, Ala./Snead State 45 Sam Brace LHP Gr. 5 Leo Harris INF/RHP 6-3 165 R/R Fr. Biloxi, Miss./St. Martin HS 1 Darryl Buggs OF/RHP Fr. 8 Brady Greene RHP 6-1 210 R Jr. Montgomery, Ala./Jones College 24 Troy Cordrey RHP R-So. 9 Blaine Smith INF/RHP 6-2 190 S/R Jr. Bessemer, Ala./Northwest Florida State CC 20 Dylan Cunningham LHP Jr. 10 Tanner Rusk RHP 6-3 210 R R-Jr. West Point, Ala./Wallace-Hanceville CC 23 Jess Davis OF So. 11 Ian McWilliams RHP 6-4 195 R Jr. Hendersonville, Tenn./Beech 31 Riley Davis RHP Jr. 12 Austin Bohannon LHP 6-4 230 L Sr. Russellville, Ala./Shelton State CC 22 Zack Davis OF R-Sr. 13 Jake Killingsworth C 5-11 210 R/R Fr.