2006 Lamar Cardinals Baseball Lamar University Sports Information • Beaumont, Texas 77710 Contact: Daucy Crizer (409) 880-8329 • [email protected] www.LamarCardinals.com 2006 LAMAR SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 3 $vs. Gonzaga L, 6-7 LAMAR Cardinals (15-10) 4 $vs. Northern Colorado L, 7-11 5 $vs. Oklahoma W, 21-9 11 Texas-Pan American W, 6-1 vs. 12 Texas-Pan American W, 10-0 13 Texas-Pan American W, 11-3 17 %vs. #15-Long Beach State L, 6-11 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE Ragin’ Cajuns (10-7) 18 %vs. Oklahoma L, 4-11 19 %at #4-Rice L, 1-7 March 21, 2006 • Beaumont, Texas • Vincent-Beck Stadium (3,500) 24 ^Michigan State W, 8-1 25 ^Kentucky L, 1-6 THE MATCHUP Lamar’s Probable Lineup 26 ^Arkansas State W, 11-8 Lamar hosts long-time rival Louisiana-Lafayette C C.J. Ebarb .306, 19 R, 4 HR, 25 RBI 28 Houston W, 5-4 Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Vincent-Beck Stadium. MARCH 1B Dan Hernandez .375, 4 2B, 4 HR, 12 RBI Lamar is 15-10 overall and has won five of its last 3 &Iona W, 23-0 2B Ryan Baker .374, 18 R, 5 2B, 17 RBI 4 &Connecticut W, 4-0 seven games. UL-Lafayette is 10-7 overall and 5 &New Orleans W, 2-1 (10) has won four if its last seven games. Lamar took 3B Jo Jo Haney .301, 14 R, 2 2B, 7 RBI 7 at Houston L, 3-4 two of three from visiting Texas-San Antonio in SS Andrew Gay .074, 4 R, RBI 10 *at SE Louisiana L, 0-4 Southland Conference play last weekend by LF Erik Kanaby .363, 20 R, 6 RBI, 9 SB 11 *at SE Louisiana W, 6-1 scores of 13-3, 0-3 and 6-4 (11 in.). UL-Lafayette 12 *at SE Louisiana W, 5-1 CF Matt Lambeth .310, 15 R, 4 HR, 18 RBI took two of three from visiting Minnesota last 14 at Louisiana Tech L, 5-14 RF Collin DeLome .327, 22 R, 6 HR, 22 RBI 14 at Louisiana Tech W, 9-4 weekend by scores of 2-0, 2-3 and 3-1. Lamar 17 *Texas-San Antonio W, 13-3 holds a 69-59 all-time series advantage. Lamar DH Will Henderson .323, 20 R, 6 HR, 27 RBI 18 *Texas-San Antonio L, 0-3 and UL-Lafayette split a pair of mid-week games 19 *Texas-San Antonio W, 6-4 (11) last season, with the Cajuns winning 23-3 in Lafayette and the Cardinals winning 3-1 in Beaumont. The 21 UL-Lafayette 6:30 p.m. 24 *Stephen F. Austin 6:30 p.m. Cardinals and Ragin Cajuns will also play April 25 at 6:30 p.m. in Lafayette. 25 *Stephen F. Austin 2 p.m. 26 *Stephen F. Austin 1 p.m. UP NEXT 28 Texas A&M 6:30 p.m. Lamar hosts Stephen F. Austin in a three-game Southland Conference series this weekend. SFA restart- 31 *at Nicholls State 6:30 p.m. ed its baseball program this season after dropping it following the 1995 season. The last time Lamar and APRIL SFA played was during the 1993 season with the Cardinals winning 17-1 in Nacogdoches and 14-1 in 1 *at Nicholls State 3 p.m. 2 *at Nicholls State 1 p.m. Beaumont. Lamar holds a 39-6 all-time series advantage. 7 *at Texas-Arlington 7 p.m. 8 *at Texas-Arlington 3 p.m. LAST TIME OUT 9 *at Texas-Arlington 1 p.m. Lamar took two of three from visiting Texas-San Antonio in Southland Conference action last weekend 13 *Sam Houston State 6:30 p.m. by scores of 13-3, 0-3 and 6-4 (11 in.). The Cardinals pounded out 18 hits en route to their 13-3 win in 14 *Sam Houston State 6:30 p.m. the series opener, which ended in the bottom of the eighth inning due to the SLC’s 10-run rule. Matt 15 *Sam Houston State 1 p.m. 18 Prairie View A&M 2 p.m. Lambeth went 4-for-5 with two runs scored, a home run and three RBI. Will Henderson was 3-for-5 with 18 Prairie View A&M 4 p.m. two runs scored, a home run and four RBI. Steve Macfarland (4-1) started and picked up the win for 21 *UL-Monroe 6:30 p.m. Lamar, allowing three runs , two earned, on five hits with nine strikeouts and three walks in 6.0 IP. Lamar 22 *UL-Monroe 2 p.m. should have saved some hits for game two as Josh Ruffin of UTSA pitched a two-hit shutout in the 23 *UL-Monroe 1 p.m. Roadrunners 3-0 win. Lambeth got Lamar’s first hit of the game with a two-out single to center field in 25 UL-Lafayette 6:30 p.m. the bottom of the seventh inning. Senior William Delage (4-2) took the loss for the Cardinals, allowing 28 *at Texas State 6:30 p.m. 29 *at Texas State 3 p.m. three runs, two earned, on eight hits with five strikeouts and one walk in 7.0 IP. Lambeth hit a 2-run 30 *at Texas State 1 p.m. game-winning home run in the bottom of the 11th inning in a 6-4 win that gave Lamar the series win. MAY Collin DeLome went 3-for-5 and Henderson went 3-for-5 with an RBI. 6 *at Northwestern State 1 p.m. 6 *at Northwestern State 4 p.m. SCOUTING LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 7 *at Northwestern State 1 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette is 10-7 overall and took two of three from visiting Minnesota over the weekend by 10 at Rice 7 p.m. 18 *McNeese State 6:30 p.m. scores of 2-0, 2-3 and 3-1. The Ragin Cajuns have won four of their last seven games. Tim Santiago leads 19 *McNeese State 6:30 p.m. the team in hitting with a .354 (17/48) batting average with eight runs scored, five doubles, two home 20 *McNeese State 1 p.m. runs and 12 RBI. Jonathan Lucroy leads the team with 20 RBI, and his hitting .243 (17/70) with 13 runs 24- Southland Conference Tournament scored, six doubles and four home runs. UL-Lafayette is hitting .281 as a team with 96 runs scored (5.65), 27 Beaumont, Texas 164 hits (9.65), 34 doubles (2.00), six triples and nine home runs. Cajun hitters have struck out 100 times *-Southland Conference Games and walked 61 times. The pitching staff has a 3.25 team ERA with 137 strikeouts and 51 walks in 155.0 $-UTPA Baseball Classic, Edinburg IP, and is limiting opponents to a .218 batting average. %-Rice Coca-Cola Classic, Houston ^-Cardinal Classic, Beaumont &-Lamar Classic, Beaumont #-Southland Tournament, Beaumont Probable Pitching Matchup Tuesday, March 21 - 6:30 p.m. Brian Needham, LU (0-2, 10.69 ERA) vs. 2006 Lamar Cardinals Baseball Page 2 2006 LAMAR QUICK FACTS STREAKING CARDINALS Matt Lambeth and Colt Crawford are tied for the team’s longest current hitting streak at four games. Erik Kanaby had his season-high and team-high 11-game hitting streak snapped when he went 0-for-5 at SE UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Louisiana (3/12). Erik Kanaby and Ryan Baker are tied for the team lead with 12 multi-hit games fol- LOCATION: Beaumont, Texas lowed by Lambeth and Will Henderson with 10. Henderson leads the team with seven multi-RBI games, FOUNDED: 1923 and Ebarb and DeLome each has six multi-RBI games. DeLome leads the team with 12 two-out RBI and Lambeth has 10. ENROLLMENT: 10,523 COLORS: Red and White INJURY UPDATE STADIUM: Vincent-Beck Stadium (3,500) Junior catcher Michael Ambort, who was the 2005 Southland Conference Hitter of the Year and was CONFERENCE: Southland named to several preseason All-America teams, had season ending elbow surgery (Tommy John). He is expected to make a full recovery and begin throwing during fall workouts. Senior shortstop Colt PRESIDENT: Dr. James M. Simmons Crawford pulled a hamstring in Game 2 at Louisiana Tech (3/14) and is questionable to play Tuesday. FACULTY ATHLETIC REP.: Dr. Hsing-Wei Chu ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Billy Tubbs HITTING UPDATE • Senior Jo Jo Haney was the team’s top hitter last week, posting a .412 (7/17) with two runs scored, a triple and an RBI in five games. For the season, he is hitting .301 (22/73) with 14 runs scored, two dou- SPORTS INFORMATION STAFF bles and seven RBI. SID/BASEBALL CONTACT: Daucy Crizer • Junior Ryan Baker hit .400 (8/20) with three runs scored, a double, a home run and three RBI in five OFFICE PHONE: (409) 880-8329 games last week. He leads the team in hitting at .374 (37/99) with 18 runs scored, five doubles, a home run and 17 RBI, and leads the team with a .446 on-base percentage. He is tied for the team lead with 12 CELL PHONE: (409) 651-0531 multi-hit games. CRIZER E-MAIL: [email protected] • Senior Matt Lambeth hit .400 (8/20) with four runs scored, two home runs and five RBI in five games SID FAX: (409) 880-2338 last week. He went 4-for-5 with two runs scored, a home run and three RBI vs. UTSA (3/14) and his 2- PRESS BOX PHONE: (409) 880-8327 run home run in the bottom of the 11th inning vs.