Baseball Contact: Jared Meister Email: [email protected] omaha baseball Cell: 402-380-5291 2021 GAME NOTES VS SOUTH DAKOTA STATE MARCH 19-21 • TAL ANDERSON FIELD OMAHA MAVERICKS SOUTH DAKOTA STATE JACKRABBITS Record: 5-8 (0-0 Summit League) Record: 5-7 (0-0 Summit League) Head Coach: Evan Porter (Fifth Season) Head Coach: Rob Bishop (Fifth Season) Record at School: 73-111-1 VS Record at School: 82-97 Career Record: Same Career Record: 216-250 (11th Season) Last Game: L, 10-7 vs. Kansas (3/13) Last Game: L, 10-0 at Kansas State (3/10) 2021 SCHEDULE & RESULTS AROUND THE HORN GAME INFORMATION Date Opponent Result/Time (CT) • Omaha continues its 11-game homestand and begins Summit League Dates: March 19-21 Feb. 19 at Oregon Cancelled action with four-game weekend series vs. South Dakota State at Tal First Pitch: Fri. - 2 p.m. (DH) Feb. 20 at Oregon Cancelled Saturday - 3 p.m. Feb. 20 at Oregon Cancelled Anderson Field. Feb. 21 at Oregon Cancelled Sunday - 1 p.m. Feb. 21 at No. 22 Oklahoma W, 6-3 Location: Omaha, Neb. Feb. 22 at No. 22 Oklahoma L, 8-5 • The Mavericks are 5-8 on the season after taking one from Kansas last Venue: Tal Anderson Field Feb. 26 at Missouri L, 12-10 weekend in a four-game series. Series: Omaha leads 86-80-1 Feb. 27 at Missouri W, 17-11 Live Stats: OMavs.com Feb. 27 at Missouri L, 10-1 • Chris Esposito leads Omaha at the plate this season, hitting .404 with a Live Stream: OMavs.com Feb. 28 at Missouri W, 9-3 Twitter Updates: @OmahaBSB March 5 Creighton L, 10-3 pair of doubles, three triples, three homers, 17 RBI and 11 runs scored. March 6 Creighton L, 15-2 NUMBERS TO KNOW March 7 Creighton W, 5-2 • Esposito leads the Summit League in triples while second in home runs March 12 Kansas L, 7-3 March 12 Kansas W, 9-7 and RBI and third in batting average. Omaha wraps up an March 13 Kansas L, 9-0 11-game homestand at March 13 Kansas L, 10-7 • Brett Bonar is second on the team with a .333 batting average and March 19 South Dakota State* 2 p.m. Tal Anderson Field this is one of four Mavericks with a team-high five doubles, followed by 11 weekend. The Mavericks March 19 South Dakota State* 5 p.m. March 20 South Dakota State* 3 p.m. Harrison Denk hitting .311 in 13 starts. opened the new ballpark vs. Creighton March 21 South Dakota State* 1 p.m. before hosting Kansas last weekend. March 26 at Wichita State 6 p.m. • Richie Holetz is 1-1 on the season in four starts on the mound for the March 27 at Wichita State 2 p.m. Mavericks. Holetz has a 2.86 ERA and a team-high 20 strikeouts in 22 The Maverick defense March 28 at Wichita State 1 p.m. is currently ranked April 2 North Dakota State* 3 p.m. innings of work. April 2 North Dakota State* 6 p.m. 17th nationally with 13 17 doubles plays turned April 3 North Dakota State* 3 p.m. April 4 North Dakota State* 1 p.m. • As a team, Omaha is hitting .251 with 77 runs, 111 hits, 31 doubles, through 13 games this season. FAU leads April 9 at South Dakota State* 12 p.m. seven triples and eight home runs this season. the country with 19 double plays turned April 9 at South Dakota State* 3 p.m. on the year. April 10 at South Dakota State* 1 p.m. April 11 at South Dakota State* 1 p.m. • Head coach Evan Porter is in his fifth season at the helm of the Maverick April 16 BYU 6 p.m. baseball program. Chris Esposito leads the April 17 BYU 6 p.m. Summit League and is April 18 BYU 2 p.m. one of 16 players tied April 23 at Oral Roberts* 3 p.m. 1 for first nationally with April 23 at Oral Roberts* 6 p.m. three triples on the season. April 24 at Oral Roberts* 2 p.m. April 25 at Oral Roberts* 1 p.m. PROBABLE LINEUP April 30 Western Illinois* 3 p.m. April 30 Western Illinois* 6 p.m. POSITION PLAYERS May 1 Western Illinois* 6 p.m. Pos. Name GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS SB-ATT May 2 Western Illinois* 1 p.m. C Brett Bonar 13-13 .333 48 5 16 5 0 1 9 2 6 .853 0-0 May 7 at North Dakota State* 3 p.m. 1B Parker Smejkal 10-8 .160 25 1 4 0 0 0 2 4 5 .460 0-0 May 7 at North Dakota State* 6:30 p.m. 2B Masen Prososki 13-13 .225 40 10 9 5 2 0 8 4 13 .783 2-2 May 8 at North Dakota State* 2 p.m. 3B Breyden Eckhout 13-13 .244 45 11 11 5 0 1 4 3 12 .755 0-0 May 9 at North Dakota State* 1 p.m. May 14 Oral Roberts* 3 p.m. SS Mike Boeve 13-13 .263 57 9 15 5 1 1 6 5 8 .762 0-0 May 14 Oral Roberts* 6 p.m. LF Jack Lombardi 9-6 .182 22 3 4 2 0 1 5 3 9 .689 0-0 May 15 Oral Roberts* 6 p.m. CF Harrison Denk 13-13 .311 45 12 14 2 0 0 7 8 14 .782 3-3 May 16 Oral Roberts* 1 p.m. RF Chris Esposito 12-11 .404 47 11 19 2 3 3 17 4 11 1.217 3-3 May 20 at Western Illinois* 12 p.m. DH Ryan Doran 9-8 .308 26 4 8 0 0 1 6 8 9 .909 0-0 May 20 at Western Illinois* 3 p.m. May 21 at Western Illinois* 3 p.m. STARTING PITCHERS May 22 at Western Illinois* 1 p.m. May 26-29 Summit League Tournament TBA L/R Name GP-GS W-L ERA IP H R ER BB K HR WP/HB WHIP BAA * - Summit League game • Home games in bold italics and RHP Joey Machado 4-4 0-2 2.93 15.1 14 10 5 12 18 2 2/1 1.70 .233 played at Tal Anderson Field LHP Spencer Koelewyn 4-3 0-1 6.89 15.2 16 15 12 13 13 1 0/2 1.85 .271 RHP Richie Holetz 4-4 1-1 2.86 22.0 15 10 7 9 20 0 2/1 1.09 .200 --- TBD --- --- --- --- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --- --- 2 • 2021 OMAHA BASEBALL QUICK FACTS 2021 OMAHA BASEBALL ROSTER GENERAL INFORMATION # Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T Hometown (Previous School) Name ............................. University of Nebraska Omaha 1 Brett Bonar Sr. C 6-1 210 L/R Rose Hill, Kan. (Barton County CC) City............................................................ Omaha, Neb. 2 Harrison Denk Jr. OF 5-10 185 S/R Andale, Kan. (Barton County CC) Founded .................................................................1908 3 Chris Esposito Jr. INF/OF 6-1 190 R/R Overland Park, Kan. (Johnston County CC) Enrollment ..........................................................15,432 4 Parker Smejkal RSr. INF/OF 6-2 215 R/R Columbus, Neb. (Coffeyville CC) Nickname .......................................................Mavericks 5 Jack Lombardi RJr. INF/OF 5-11 185 R/R Park Ridge, Ill. (Jefferson College) School Colors .....................................Crimson and Black 6 Masen Prososki Sr. INF 5-11 195 L/R Bennington, Neb. (UL-Monroe) Affiliation ...............................................NCAA Division I 7 Josiah Scott RSr. C/RHP 6-4 210 R/R Littleton, Colo. (St. Charles CC) Conference ..................................... The Summit League 8 Richie Holetz So. RHP 6-5 210 R/R Edina, Minn. (Edina) Chancellor .............................................Dr. Jeffrey Gold 9 Grant Goldston Jr. OF 6-1 195 R/R Fort Scott, Kan. (Fort Scott CC) Director of Athletics.....................................Trev Alberts 10 Easton Smith Jr. RHP 6-4 215 R/R Ellis, Kan. (Barton County CC) Home Facility ....................................Tal Anderson Field 11 Keil Krumwiede RSr. INF 6-2 210 R/R Glasgow, Mont. (Des Moines Area CC) Surface ...................................................... Artificial Turf 12 Cam Fowler Sr. LHP 6-3 205 L/L Moline, Ill. (Moline) Dimensions ...............................LF-330, CF-410, RF-330 13 Jarrett Blunt So. RHP 6-3 210 R/R Ottumwa, Iowa (Iowa Central CC) 14 Eduardo Rosario So. C 5-10 200 R/R Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic BASEBALL HISTORY 15 Adam Gadsden RJr. INF/OF 6-0 190 R/R Omaha, Neb. (Papillion-LaVista South) First Year of Softball ...............................................1947 16 Matt Bondarchuk Sr. OF 5-11 185 L/R Edmonton, Canada (Cloud County CC) All-Time Record .......................1,536-1,179-3 (73 Years) 17 Tanner Howe Jr. RHP 6-0 170 R/R Overland Park, Kan. (Barton County CC) Summit League All-Time Record ........................ 104-91 18 Rece Snyder So. LHP 6-0 215 L/L Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast CC) NCAA DI Regional Appearances ....................................1 19 Spencer Koelewyn Jr. LHP 6-4 223 L/L Harrisburg, S.D. (Sioux Falls Christian Academy) 20 Breyden Eckhout Sr. INF 5-11 190 R/R Amherst, Neb. (Iowa Western CC) TEAM INFORMATION 22 Garrett Kennedy Fr. OF 6-1 175 R/R Omaha, Neb. (Millard West) 2020 Overall Record ............................................... 10-4 23 Jackson Gordon So. INF/RHP 6-1 190 R/R Omaha, Neb. (Omaha Skutt Catholic) 2020 Summit League Record/Finish ..........................N/A 24 Mark Timmins Jr. RHP 6-3 210 R/R Omaha, Neb. (Southeast CC) Position Starters Returning/Lost ................................8/0 25 Brady Posch Fr.