2018 Crusader Baseball Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] www.valpoathletics.com Athletics-Recreation Center 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 Dallas Baptist (23-13, 7-2 MVC) 2018 Schedule and Results Date Opponent Time/Result at Valparaiso (14-21, 4-5 MVC) Feb. 16 at Alabama L 16-2 Emory G. Bauer Field | Valparaiso, Ind. Feb. 17 at Alabama L 6-5 Feb. 18 at Alabama L 12-6 Friday, April 27, 3 p.m. CT – Jon Tieman (R) vs. Trevor Conn (R) Feb. 23 vs. Holy Cross# CCD Saturday, April 28, 1 p.m. CT – Trey Ferketic (R) vs. MD Johnson (R) Feb. 24 at Oklahoma W 11-4 Feb. 25 vs. Holy Cross# W 20-6 Sunday, April 29, noon CT – Wes Gordon (R) vs. Luke Eldred (R) Feb. 25 at Oklahoma L 3-2 (F/10) March 2 vs. CSUN& L 14-13 Next Up in Crusader Baseball: The Valparaiso University baseball team will welcome March 3 at Grand Canyon W 12-6 the Missouri Valley Conference preseason favorites to Emory G. Bauer Field this week- March 4 vs. CSUN& L 6-5 end for a three-game conference series. Dallas Baptist has won seven of its nine MVC March 4 at Grand Canyon W 11-7 affairs after hauling in seven of the eight first-place votes in the preseason coaches poll. March 6 at UC Riverside L 4-3 March 7 at UC Riverside L 14-5 This marks the first of two straight home weekends where Valpo will host programs March 9 at Loyola Marymount L 10-3 with proud baseball traditions, as DBU and Missouri State – both teams that played in March 10 at Loyola Marymount L 7-4 the NCAA Tournament a year ago – come to town for the first time. March 11 at Loyola Marymount L 15-5 March 16 at Arkansas Pine Bluff W 14-7 Last Time Out: ACC foe Notre Dame edged Valpo 6-5 in a midweek matchup at Frank March 17 at Arkansas Pine Bluff (DH) L 6-5 March 17 at Arkansas Pine Bluff (DH) W 12-8 Eck Stadium in Notre Dame, Ind. on Wednesday. The Crusaders gave the Fighting Irish March 20 at Chicago State ppd a late push by scoring two runs in the seventh and two more in the ninth, but Notre Dame March 23 at Butler W 9-2 held on to prevail 6-5 as the visitors left the potential tying run stranded at second base in March 24 at Butler CCD the top of the ninth. Zack Leone had three doubles, Sam Shaikin ripped two extra-base March 25 at Butler CCD knocks including a home run and Chet Joslyn tossed 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. March 27 Ball State L 13-5 March 28 at Purdue L 4-1 March 30 Bradley* L 5-4 On the Air: All three games in the series will air on 95.1 FM Valparaiso, WVUR. Ben March 31 Bradley* W 5-2 (F/10) Ariano will narrate the play-by-play story throughout the series. The broadcast is also April 1 Bradley* L 10-4 available online via the TuneIn Radio app. Follow @ValpoBaseball for in-game updates. April 3 Western Michigan CCD Links to live audio and stats (StatBroadcast) will be available on ValpoAthletics.com. April 6 at Southern Illinois* L 6-2 April 7 at Southern Illinois* W 6-2 April 8 at Southern Illinois* L 8-0 Series Notes: The Patriots will make their first ever trip to Valparaiso this weekend. All April 11 Milwaukee W 23-5 four all-time meetings between the two teams prior to this series occurred in 2016, when April 13 at Michigan State (DH) L 5-4 (F/12) host DBU took three of four. Dallas Baptist entered that series ranked 25th nationally. April 13 at Michigan State (DH) W 7-6 The Crusaders won 6-1 in the third game of the set, a contest that two current Crusaders April 14 at Michigan State CCD participated in – Scott Kapers (2-for-4, 2 RBIs) and Chase Dawson (1-for-4). April 17 at Illinois W 11-7 April 20 at Evansville* W 7-2 April 21 at Evansville* L 9-8 Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes & Hand Grenades: The Crusaders incurred their April 22 at Evansville* W 6-1 10th one-run loss of the season on Wednesday at Notre Dame. Nine of the 10 setbacks April 24 at Notre Dame L 6-5 have come on the road for a team that has played 85.7 percent of its schedule away from April 27 Dallas Baptist* 3 p.m. Emory G. Bauer Field. The Crusaders are just 1-10 in one-run decisions with the lone April 28 Dallas Baptist* 1 p.m. April 29 Dallas Baptist* noon win coming 7-6 over Michigan State in the second game of a doubleheader on April 13. May 1 at Northern Illinois 3 p.m. May 4 Missouri State* 3 p.m. Six is the Magic Number: Valpo is just 1-18 this season when scoring five runs or fewer. May 5 Missouri State* 1 p.m. When the Crusaders score six runs or more, they own a 13-3 mark. The only time Valpo May 6 Missouri State* 1 p.m. came away with a win without reaching the six-run plateau was on March 30 vs. Bradley, May 8 at Western Michigan 1 p.m. a 5-2, 10-inning win. Furthermore, Valpo is 0-11 when scoring fewer than five runs. May 11 at Illinois State* 6:30 p.m. May 12 at Illinois State* 2 p.m. May 13 at Illinois State* 1 p.m. The Race to One: Scoring first has been critical for the Crusaders this season. They May 15 Chicago State 3 p.m. are just 1-15 when the opposition plates the first run of the game, but own a 13-6 record May 17 Indiana State* 3 p.m. when they strike first. May 18 Indiana State* 1 p.m. May 19 Indiana State* 1 p.m. May 23-26 MVC Championship% Two-Bagger, Three Times: Zack Leone enjoyed a three-double game on Wednesday All Times Central * - MVC Game at Notre Dame, becoming the second Valpo player with three doubles in one game this Home games in bold and played at Emory G. Bauer season, joining Blake Billinger (March 2 vs. CSUN). Only three players in the entire # = in Norman, Okla. | & = in Phoenix, Ariz. Missouri Valley Conference have had three-double games this season, and two of them % = in Dallas, Texas play for the Crusaders. No Valpo player had posted a three-double game since Andrew 2018 Crusader Baseball Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] www.valpoathletics.com Athletics-Recreation Center 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 Quinnette on April 26, 2008 against Butler prior to this season. 2018 Valley Standings Birthday Boy: Valpo first baseman Zack Leone will enjoy his 23rd birthday on Friday. He’ll look to celebrate by adding to his already-impressive .396 batting average that Team MVC Pct. Overall Pct. leads the Missouri Valley Conference. Missouri State 8-1 .889 25-12 .676 Bradley 7-2 .778 25-9 .735 Garbella Gains MVC Recognition: Valpo outfielder Giovanni Garbella was selected DBU 7-2 .778 25-13 .658 as a Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Week, presented by Enterprise Southern Illinois 4-5 .444 21-20 .512 Bank and Trust Company, for his performance in both the classroom last week. Gar- Valpo 4-5 .444 14-21 .400 bella, a finance major, had seven hits in 15 at-bats (.467) while ripping a double and a homer as Valpo took three of four during the week. He drove in six runs in four games Indiana State 4-8 .333 20-17 .541 and played a key role as Valpo knocked off No. 25 Illinois last Tuesday and then won llinois State 4-8 .333 14-23 .378 its first Missouri Valley Conference series since joining the league over the weekend at Evansville 1-8 .111 7-27 .206 Evansville. Garbella became the first Valpo male athlete in any sport to capture MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week honors. He joins a pair of Crusaders who won the MVC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week award during the winter season – women’s basketball Around the Missouri Valley players Dani Franklin and Meredith Hamlet. Friday, April 27 DBU at Valpo, 4 p.m. Welcome to the Watch List: Valpo shortstop Sam Shaikin was named to the Brooks Southern Illinois at Evansville 6 p.m. Wallace Award Watch List, which was announced by the College Baseball Foundation Indiana State at Louisville, 6 p.m. late last week. The honor puts Shaikin in elite company, a group of 53 of the most talented Missouri State at Bradley, 6 p.m. athletes in Division I college baseball. The award honors the nation’s top shortstop and will be presented this summer. The award is named after former Texas Tech shortstop Saturday, April 28 Brooks Wallace, who played for the Red Raiders from 1977-1980. Wallace died of Illinois State at Butler, 1 p.m. leukemia at the age of 27. Shaikin is one of five MVC shortstops on the list, joining Indiana State at Louisville, 1 p.m. Missouri State’s Jeremy Eierman, DBU’s Jimmy Glowenke, Southern Illinois’ Connor DBU at Valpo, 1 p.m.