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8 GYM - 9001 Stockdale HWY, Bakersfield, CA 93311 | www.GoRunners.com | @CSUBAthletics Contact: Matt Turk | E-Mail: [email protected] | Cell: 515-240-0483 • Office 661-654-3071 2015 SCHEDULE 20-14-1, 8-3-1 WAC GAME 36, Apr. 17, 3 p.m. FEBRUARY 13 Creighton L, 5-0 CSU Bakersfield (20-14-1, 8-3-1 WAC) at 14 Creighton L, 5-1 15 Creighton L, 10-4 Sacramento State (19-15, 7-5 WAC) 20 &Northern Kentucky W, 11-3 20 &Northern Kentucky W, 10-1 21 Northern Kentucky L, 8-2 GAME 37, Apr. 18, 1 p.m. 22 Northern Kentucky W, 11-5 24 at Cal Poly L, 13-2 CSU Bakersfield at Sacramento State 26 #at Arizona State L, 5-4 27 #Gonzaga W, 6-4 27 #at Arizona State W, 7-4 28 #Purdue W, 6-4 (11) GAME 38, Apr. 19, 12 p.m. MARCH CSU Bakersfield at Sacramento State 6 Wagner W, 4-2 7 Wagner W, 10-1 8 Wagner W, 4-2 PROBABLE STARTING ROTATION 10 &CSUN L, 5-0 Player, Year R/L W-L-SV-ERA NOTES 11 at UC Riverside W, 9-3 4/17 Hayden Carter, Sr. R 4-3-0-3.05 62 IP, 3 CG, opp hitting .286 13 at NM State* W, 13-3 4/18 James Barragan, Sr. R 4-3-0-2.32 54 K’s in 50.1 IP, opp hitting .215 14 at NM State* L, 6-4 WAC Pitcher of the Week ending 4/5 15 at NM State* T, 6-6 (11) 4/19 Nick Rogowski, Sr. R 3-2-0-3.68 43 K’s in 63.2 IP 18 at Cal State Fullerton L, 11-0 WAC Pitcher of the Week ending 3/7 20 at UC Irvine L, 6-1 21 at UC Irvine L, 12-6 OUT OF THE BULLPEN 22 at UC Irvine L, 4-3 Player, Year R/L W-L-SV-ERA NOTES 24 at CSUN W, 10-7 Steven Gee, So. R 4-2-0-2.45 9 appearances, 28 K’s, 44 IP 27 Utah Valley* L, 3-2 Max Carter, So. R 2-0-1-2.87 8 appearances, 12 K’s, 15.2 IP 28 Utah Valley* W, 5-2 Garrett Nimmo, So. R 2-1-0-5.40 9 appearances, 8 K’s, 20 IP 29 Utah Valley* L, 3-1 Alec Daily, So. L 1-3-1-4.94 Leads team in appearances (13) 31 &UC Riverside W, 10-0 APRIL PROBABLE STARTING POSITION PLAYERS 2 at North Dakota* W, 12-1 Pos Player, Year B/T Avg.-HR-RBI NOTES 3 at North Dakota* W, 12-1 C Logan Trowbridge, Sr. R/R .149-1-10 Hit first HR at Arizona State 4 at North Dakota* W, 7-0 or Ross Hough, Sr. R/R .100-0-1 10 &Texas-Pan American* W, 5-1 11 &Texas-Pan American* W, 15-3 1B Soloman Williams, Sr. L/R .309-1-22 .409 on-base%, .394 slugging% 12 &Texas-Pan American* W, 4-1 17 at Sacramento State* 3 p.m. 2B David Metzger, So. R/R .365-1-23 Leads team in RBI’s, .460 slug% 18 at Sacramento State* 1 p.m. WAC Hitter of the Week ending 3/14 19 at Sacramento State* 12 p.m. 22 &Cal State Fullerton 6 p.m. SS Mylz Jones, Jr. R/R .262-1-20 .349 on-base%, .338 slugging% 24 &Seattle U* 6 p.m. 25 &Seattle U* 2 p.m. 3B Joey Sanchez R/R .330-0-13 .460 slugging%, .425 on-base% 26 &Seattle U* 12 p.m. 28 &Cal Poly 6 p.m. LF Ryan Grotjohn, So. L/R .317-2-16 .535 slugging%, .417 on-base% MAY 1 &Northern Colorado* 6 p.m. CF Jordie Hein, Sr. L/L .272-1-18 5-5 SB, .369 on-base% 2 &Northern Colorado* 6 p.m. 3 &Northern Colorado* 12 p.m. RF Chance Gusbeth, Jr. R/R .244-2-22 7-7 SB, .407 slugging% 5 at UC Santa Barbara 6 p.m. 8 at Grand Canyon* 6:30 p.m. DH Max Carter, So. R/R .396-0-11 Leads team in hitting 9 at Grand Canyon* 6:30 p.m. Has played 4 positions this season 10 at Grand Canyon* 12 p.m. 12 &UC Santa Barbara 6 p.m. OFF THE BENCH 14 at Chicago State* 6 p.m. (CDT) Player, Year B/T Avg.-HR-RBI NOTES 15 at Chicago State* 3 p.m. (CDT) Christian Deaton, Fr. L/L .313-0-4 .395 on-base%, .313 slugging% 16 at Chicago State* 12 p.m. (CDT) Kris Cayton, R-Sr. R/R .308-1-5 .462 slugging% 20-24 at WAC Tournament Garrett Pierce, Sr. R/R .267-0-5 .323 on-base% (Mesa, Ariz., Hohokam Stadium) Cody White, So. R/R .200-0-2 Bold=Home Game #Phoenix Muni Classic (ASU, host) Drew Seelman, Fr. R/R .214-0-1 *WAC Game Mahlik Jones, So. R/R .176-0-2 &Bakersfield.com Game Nick Vehlewald, Jr. L/R .167-0-1 CSUB-SAC STATE: CSUB leads the all-time series against Sacramento State 7-5. The teams played five We Are... times last season with the Hornets winning three times. Institution Name.................................CSU Bakersfield Acceptable Alternatives....................Bakersfield or CSUB ABOUT SAC STATE: The Hornets, the defending confer- Refrain From....................................Cal State Bakersfield ence champions, are 19-15, 7-5 in WAC play. Sac State Never...Bakersfield State, UC Bakersfield, Cal-Bakersfield broke a five-game losing streak with a 13-2 victory at Utah Mascot.......................................Roadrunners or ‘Runners Valley Sunday afternoon. Acceptable Abbreviations for print....Bakersfield or CSUB Never.............................................CSB or CS Bakersfield Nathan Lukes is sixth in the WAC in hitting (.374). Lukes Location.....Bakersfield, Calif. (100 miles North of Los An- has hit two home runs and driven in 18 runs. Lukes has geles) in California’s agriculture-rich San Joaquin Valley. walked 21 times and scored 23 runs. Sac State will send preseason WAC Pitcher of the CSU BAKERSFIELD QUICK FACTS Year Brennan Leltao (3-3, 2.88 ERA) to the hill to face Location .............................................. Bakersfield, Calif. Hayden Carter (4-3, 3.05 ERA, Sr., San Diego, Calif., Enrollment ..............................................................8,500 Vista HS) on Friday. The Hornets will send preseason All- Interim Athletic Director .......Kenneth “Ziggy” Ziegfried Conference selection Sam Long (L, 5-2, 3.19 ERA) out to Conference ........................................... Western Athletic face James Barragan (4-3, 2.32 ERA, Sr., Bakersfield, Home Facility ................................... Hardt Field (2,000) Calif., Stockdale HS) on Saturday. Sunday’s finale should Head Coach ................................................... Bill Kernen see Sac State’s Justin Dillon (R, 4-3, 3.19 ERA) pitching Alma Mater ...................................... Redlands, 1970 against Nick Rogowski (3-2, 3.68, Sr., Woodbridge, Va., Record at School .............................180-188-1 (6+) Cypress College). Career Record ................................420-341-4 (14+) 2014 WAC Record (Finish) ..........................15-12 (5th) IRON JAMES: James Barragan (Sr., Bakersfield, Starters Returning/Lost ............................................8/1 Calif., Stockdale HS) tossed a complete game six-hitter Letterwinners Returning/Lost ................................22/4 as CSU Bakersfield defeated Utah Valley 5-2 Mar. 28. Newcomers ...................................................................6 After giving up his fifth and final walk of the night to start the eighth, Barragan retired the final six Wolverines he percentage. faced. Barragan was one off his career high as he struck out seven. Barragan threw 152 pitches, 102 for strikes. Individually, North Dakota’s Tyler Follis took over the WAC Barragan has struck out 15 in his last two starts. batting lead with a .426 batting average. Sacramento State’s Ty Nichols holds the lowest ERA among individu- Barragan was named Western Athletic Conference Pitcher als at 1.79. Grand Canyon’s Paul Panaccione leads the of the Week, for Mar. 30-Apr. 5. He tied the Roadrunners’ conference in hits (53) and runs scored (38). Teammate school record for most strikeouts in a game with 13 as Brandon Smith has a conference-high 32 RBIs. CSU Bakersfield defeated North Dakota, 12-1, Apr. 2. He scattered five hits over nine innings to earn the complete Four players are tied for the lead in doubles at 10 while game win, allowing just one run with three walks against CSU Bakersfield’s Ryan Grotjohn and Chance Gusbeth 35 batters faced. are tied with Sacramento State’s Scotty Burcham for the triples lead with five. North Dakota’s Jeff Campbell, Grand Canyon’s Chad De La Guerra and Texas-Pan American’s THE OLD HIDDEN BALL TRICK: CSU Bakersfield pulled off the hidden ball trick for an out for the third time in Logan Landon are tied for the home run lead with six on the past five seasons Mar. 29 against Utah Valley. The the season. Seattle U’s Skyler Genger continues to lead Roadrunners’ third baseman Joey Sanchez tagged out the WAC in strikeouts with 67 in 59.1 innings pitched. Seth Rhineer off third with one out in the top of the eighth. In conference only play, Grand Canyon is hitting a WAC-best .376. CSU Bakersfield holds the low ERA at PLAYING TO A TIE: The Mar. 15 tie between CSUB and NM State was only the fourth tie in conference play 2.36 while GCU is fielding at a .990 clip. Individually, in WAC history. NM State and Nevada played to a tie in Pannacione leads the conference with a .548 average and 2010 and BYU and Hawai’I tied in both 1988 and 1990. It Seattle U’s Tarik Skubal has a league-best 1.09 ERA in was the first time that CSUB has played to a tie in program WAC play.