BASEBALL ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT: Brent Ingram ([email protected]; C: 210-845-8651) UTSA ROADRUNNERS (7-10 • 0-0 C-USA) SETTING the SCENE
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GAME 18-20 // MARCH 15-17, 2019 // VS. MIDDLE TENNESSEE UTSA ROADRUNNERS BASEBALL ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT: Brent Ingram ([email protected]; C: 210-845-8651) UTSA ROADRUNNERS (7-10 • 0-0 C-USA) SETTING THE SCENE FEBRUARY (6-3) Live video CUSA.tv 15 MCNEESE STATE CUSA.tv L, 5-16 goUTSA.com 16 MCNEESE STATE L, 3-12 UTSA ROADRUNNERS 17 MCNEESE STATE CUSA.tv W, 5-2 (1-2, 0-0 C-USA) 19 TEXAS A&M-CC CUSA.tv W, 10-7 X 22 DARTMOUTH CUSA.tv L, 3-4 Audio: CUSA.tv 23 DARTMOUTH CUSA.tv W, 10-0 goUTSA.com DARTMOUTH CUSA.tv W, 12-3 PxP: Glynne Collenback 24 DARTMOUTH CUSA.tv W, 9-5 27 @ Texas Longhorn Network W, 10-7. MIDDLE TENNESSEE Series vs. MT: UTSA leads, 12-4 MARCH (1-7) (5-11, 0-0 C-USA) Home: 5-1 01 BRADLEY CUSA.tv L, 3-4 Last Season: 02 BRADLEY CUSA.tv L, 2-3 Fri. / Sat. / Sun. • 6 p.m. / 2 p.m. / 1 p.m. 03 BRADLEY CUSA.tv W, 7-2 Roadrunner Field • San Antonio UTSA won series 2-1 05 TEXAS STATE CUSA.tv L, 3-8 Last Meeting: 08 @ Auburn SECN+ L, 0-6 HEADLINES AND STORYLINES W, 13-7 | April 29, 2018 09 @ Auburn SECN+ L, 0-5 • Head coach Jason Marshall needs 12 wins to reach the 200-win plateau. San Antonio | Roadrunner Field 10 @ Auburn SECN+ L, 3-8 12 @ Houston L, 2-4 • Last time out, Nick Thornquist, who is a junior college transfer, blasted his 15 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 6 p.m. second home run and accounted for both of the team's RBIs at Houston. UTSA HEAD COACH 16 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 2 p.m. • Last season, the Roadrunners finished fifth in the league with a record of 32- JASON MARSHALL 17 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 1 p.m. 24 overall and 16-13 in conference action. (Texas A&M, 1996) 19 @ Houston Baptist 2 p.m. • The Roadrunners, under the direction of seventh-year head coach Jason 22 *@ Rice 6 p.m. Career Record: 188-172 (7th year) 23 *@ Rice 2 p.m. Marshall – are coming off a 32-25 season in 2018, with UTSA posting a 16-13 UTSA Record: same 24 *@ Rice 1 p.m. mark in Conference USA action and sporting an 18-13 record at Roadrunner 26 MISSOURI CUSA.tv 6 p.m. Field. 29 * SOUTHERN MISS CUSA.tv 6 p.m. • While a school-record four players were selected in the 2018 MLB Draft, UTSA MIDDLE TENNESSEE 30 * SOUTHERN MISS 2 p.m. still returns several standout talents, including two-time 2019 preseason All- HEAD COACH JIM TOMAN 31 * SOUTHERN MISS CUSA.tv 1 p.m. (NC State, 1985) America honoree Bryan Arias. A senior infielder out of San Antonio's Marshall Career Record: 332-218 (10th year) APRIL (0-0) High School, Arias hit .335 last year with 16 doubles, eight homers and 35 RBI. MT Record: 5-11 (1st year) 02 @ Texas State 6 p.m. • In addition, the Roadrunners return positional starters in shortstop Joshua 05 * @ Louisiana Tech 6 p.m. Lamb, Dylan Rock, Ryan Stacy and Chase Keng. Lamb hit .289 with five 06 * @ Louisiana Tech 2 p.m. 07 * @ Louisiana Tech 1 p.m. doubles, five triples and 23 RBI in 2018, with Rock batting .287 with six homers Up Next for UTSA: 09 LAMAR CUSA.tv 6 p.m. and 25 RBI. Stacy added a .274 average with 15 doubles, six homers and 32 at Houston Baptist | Houston 12 * OLD DOMINION CUSA.tv 6 p.m. RBI, and Keng blasted two homers and hit .250. On the pitching staff, UTSA March 19, 2019 • Husky Field 13 * OLD DOMINION CUSA.tv 2 p.m. returns several standouts, including weekend starter Patel, a senior righty, and 2 p.m. 14 * OLD DOMINION CUSA.tv 1 p.m. 16 @ Texas A&M-CC 6 p.m. veteran southpaw reliever Bradley Griggs. Senior righty Palmer Wenzel went 6-2 with a 3.27 ERA in 44 innings in 2018, fanning 41 and walking just 18. He 18 *@ UAB 6:30 p.m. WE ARE UTSA 19 * @ UAB 6:30 p.m. and Kyrell Miller (4-1, 4.94 ERA in 2018) will help anchor the bullpen. 20 * @UAB 1 p.m. When referencing University of Texas at San Antonio 23 HOUSTON BAPTIST CUSA.tv 6 p.m. ARIAS, GRIGGS NAMED TEAM CAPTAINS Athletics, PLEASE USE THE ACRONYM UTSA AND 26 * WKU CUSA.tv 6 p.m. •UTSA baseball senior standouts Bryan Arias and Bradley Griggs have been voted THE NICKNAME ROADRUNNERS. Please refrain 27 * WKU 2 p.m. from using UT-San Antonio, Texas-San Antonio, as team co-captains for 2018-19. 28 * WKU 12 p.m. UT-SA, or any other variation. 30 @ Texas State 6 p.m. • Arias, a native of San Antonio, and Griggs, a native of Castroville, Texas, were selected as team co-captains for the first time in their careers. Arias enters MAY (0-0) the year as a twice-selected preseason All-America honoree, and as a member 03 * @ Marshall 2:30 p.m. of the preseason All-Conference USA team, voted on by the circuit's coaches. Probable Starters: 04 * @ Marshall 1 p.m. So. RHP, Zach Keenan (1-2, 1.88) vs. Sr. RHP, • In his three-year career, Arias has collected 209 hits and hit .327 (209-for-640) 05 * @ Marshall 12 p.m. Karan Patel (0-3, 2.70) 07 UIW CUSA.tv 6 p.m. with 45 doubles, eight triples, 20 homers and 98 RBI, stealing 26 of 36 bases. 10 * FLORIDA ATLANTIC CUSA.tv 6 p.m. As a junior in 2018, Arias hit .335 with 16 two-baggers, three triples, eight 11 * FLORIDA ATLANTIC CUSA.tv 2 p.m. homers and 35 RBI, swiping 12 bases. So. LHP, Peyton Wiggington (1-0, 2.92) vs. 12 * FLORIDA ATLANTIC CUSA.tv 1 p.m. Jr. RHP, Slater Foust (2-1, 1.11) 16 * @ Charlotte CUSA.tv 5 p.m. • Griggs has been an oft-used reliever throughout his career at UTSA. A 5-foot- 17 * @ Charlotte CUSA.tv 4 p.m. 10, 185-pound southpaw has appeared in 42 games with one start and one 18 * @ Charlotte CUSA.tv 11 a.m. save in his career. He is coming off a season where he worked in 19 games with TBS vs. TBA 22-26 C-USA Championships Biloxi, Miss. TBD a save and a 2.81 ERA, tossing 25.2 innings with 22 hits and 15 walks allowed, striking out 25. Griggs has thrown 46 innings in his career. ARIAS NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA TWICE Home Game at Roadrunner Field * - Conference USA Game • For the second time in the preseason, UTSA senior infielder Bryan Arias has All times CENTRAL | Dates and times subject to change been tabbed preseason All-America as the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association announced. UTSABSB 2019 UTSA BASEBALL #BirdsUp GAME 4 // FEB. 23, 2019 // VS. TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI 2019 UTSA ROADRUNNERS No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Previous School 1 Jonathan Tapia INF/OF R/R 5-9 182 So. San Antonio, Texas/O'Connor HS 2 Joshua Lamb INF R/R 6-0 180 So. Nederland, Texas/Monsignor Kelly Catholic HS 4 Garrett Moon C R/R 6-0 190 Sr. Rockwall, Texas/Rockwall HS/Paris [Texas] JC 5 Bryan Arias INF R/R 6-0 202 Sr. San Antonio, Texas/Marshall HS UTSA QUICK FACTS 6 Aldo Buendia RHP/INF R/R 5-9 186 Jr. Laredo, Texas/Alexander HS GENERAL INFORMATION 7 Clayton Hill RHP R/R 5-11 180 Jr. Lufkin, Texas/Hudson HS/Angelina [Texas] College Name of Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio 8 Bradley Griggs LHP L/L 5-10 185 Sr. Castroville, Texas/Medina Valley HS Location: San Antonio, Texas 9 Ben Ostrominski RHP L/R 5-10 180 Jr. Round Rock, Texas/Round Rock HS 10 Chase Keng OF L/L 6-1 190 So. Deer Park, Texas/Deer Park HS Founded: 1969 11 Zach Griggs RHP R/R 6-4 225 R-Fr. Castroville, Texas/Medina Valley HS Enrollment: 32,101 Nickname: Roadrunners 13 Hunter Grimes RHP/INF R/R 6-1 150 Fr. Kerrville, Texas/Tivy HS School Colors : Navy Blue (PMS 289), Orange (PMS 1665) & White 14 Chase Hacker INF/C R/R 6-1 200 So. Farmersville, Texas/Farmersville HS 15 Bryan Sturges INF R/R 5-10 205 So. Houston, Texas/Seven Lakes HS/TCU/Howard [Texas] JC Arena (Capacity): Roadrunner Field (800) 16 Connor Heffron LHP L/L 5-10 180 Jr. San Antonio, Texas/Reagan HS/McLennan [Texas] JC Year Opened: 1993 18 Shane Sirdashney OF R/R 6-1 185 Fr. The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands HS Conference: Conference USA President: Dr. Taylor Eighmy (Tufts, 1980) 19 Layton Barry IF L/R 6-2 180 Fr. Houston, Texas/IMG Academy 20 Karan Patel RHP R/R 6-0 215 Sr. Sugar Land, Texas/Kempner HS Director of Athletics: Dr. Lisa Campos (Colorado State) 21 Gavin Machado C R/R 6-1 200 Fr. Houston, Texas/Clear Brook HS Athletic Department Phone: 210.458.4161 22 Griffin Paxton IF L/R 6-2 200 Jr. West, Texas/West HS/McLennan [Texas] JC Ticket Office Phone: 210.458.UTSA (8872) 23 Ryan Stacy OF L/R 6-3 210 Sr. Sugar Land, Texas/Austin HS TEAM INFORMATION 24 Palmer Wenzel RHP R/R 6-1 185 Sr.