Arkansas State University 2010 Red Wolves Baseball Van Provence Assistant Sports Information Director [email protected] 870-972-2707 (office) 870-897-5010 (cell) 870-972-3367 fax 2010 Arkansas State Baseball Schedule ARKANSAS STATE RED WOLVES at the Date Opponent Time/Result 2010 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship Feb. 19 Southern Illinois-Carbondale W, 14-5 Feb. 20 Southern Illinois-Carbondale W, 5-3 May 26-29, 2010 Feb. 21 Southern Illinois-Carbondale Rained Out Feb. 23 at #17 Ole Miss L, 3-2 Reese Smith Jr. Field (2,100) Murfreesboro, Tennessee Feb. 26 UW-Milwaukee W, 6-5 Feb. 27 UW-Milwaukee W, 4-3 Radio: KBTM 1230 AM & AStateRedWolves.com Feb. 27 UW-Milwaukee W, 11-4 LiveStats Available at AStateRedWolves.com Feb. 28 UW-Milwaukee W, 8-3 Mar. 5 University of Portland W, 7-0 Mar. 6 University of Portland L, 8-3 LEADING OFF: The Arkansas State Red ASU evened the series at 1-1 with a 16-8 Mar. 7 University of Portland L, 5-4 Wolves travel to Murfreesboro, Tenn. to victory in the Friday night game. UALR Mar. 8 Indiana U.-Purdue U. Fort Wayne L, 2-1 Mar. 9 at Murray State W, 17-8 begin play in the 2010 Sun Belt Conference grabbed the series victory with a 14-10 win Mar. 12 at UL-Lafayette* L, 13-5 Baseball Championship. The tournament in the Saturday finale. The Ragin’ Cajuns Mar. 13 at UL-Lafayette* W, 6-2 will get underway May 26 at Reese Smith Jr. closed out the regular season with a three- Mar. 14 at UL-Lafayette* W, 13-9 Mar. 16 at Missouri State L, 2-1 Field on the campus of Middle Tennessee game sweep on the road at Louisiana-Mon- Mar. 17 at Missouri State W, 5-4 State University. The seventh-seeded Red roe. ULL defeated ULM 6-5, 10-4 and 13-1 Mar. 19 Middle Tennessee* W, 4-3 Wolves will begin play in the tournament to close out the regular season at 37-18 Mar. 20 Middle Tennessee* L, 8-5 Mar. 21 Middle Tennessee* L, 2-0 Wednesday, May 26 at 4:00 p.m. when they overall and 21-9 in Sun Belt Conference Mar. 24 at Southeast Missouri State L, 6-4 face the second-seeded Ragin’ Cajuns of play. No team enters the field hotter than Mar. 26 at New Orleans* W, 14-7 Louisiana-Lafayette. Arkansas State will the Cajuns, who won 17 of the final 18 con- Mar. 27 at New Orleans* W, 7-6 play either third-seeded Middle Tennessee ference games to finish in a first-place tie Mar. 28 at New Orleans* W, 17-3 Mar. 30 Memphis W, 6-5 State or sixth-seeded Troy in the second with Florida Atlantic. ULL swept all but Apr. 2 #18 Western Kentucky* L, 4-3 round. With a victory over ULL, Arkansas one of its final six SBC opponents on its way Apr. 3 #18 Western Kentucky* W, 6-4 State will advance in the winners’ bracket to a share of the regular-season title. Host Apr. 4 #18 Western Kentucky* W, 3-1 and face the MTSU-Troy winner Thursday at MTSU will enter the tournament at 34-21, Apr. 6 at UT-Martin L, 17-12 Apr. 9 at ULM* W, 15-3 7:30 p.m. A Ragin’ Cajun victory in the with an 18-12 record against Sun Belt op- Apr. 10 at ULM* W, 10-6 opening round will drop the Red Wolves ponents. The Blue Raiders were defeated Apr. 11 at ULM* W, 8-1 into the elimination bracket, where they 2-1 in their season-ending series at West- Apr. 14 Southeast Missouri State W, 9-6 Apr. 16 at University of Evansville L, 4-5 will face the MTSU-Troy loser Thursday at ern Kentucky. The Hilltoppers opened the Apr. 17 at University of Evansville L, 4-7 12:30 p.m. All ASU games may be heard on series with a 5-1 victory in game one, Mid- Apr. 18 at University of Evansville L, 5-9 KBTM 1230 AM and through the StateZone dle Tennessee picked up a 7-2 win in the Apr. 21 at Memphis L, 5-15 portion of AStateRedWolves.com. LiveS- second game, and WKU earned the series Apr. 23 South Alabama* W, 9-8 Apr. 24 South Alabama* L, 4-9 tats may also be accessed by logging on to with win with a 15-5 seven-inning run-rule Apr. 25 South Alabama* L, 6-7 AStateRedWolves.com. victory in game three. Troy finished the Apr. 30 at Florida Atlantic* L, 2-3 regular season at 32-23, with a 16-14 May 1 at Florida Atlantic* L, 0-8 THE TEAMS: Arkansas State enters the record in Sun Belt Conference play. The May 2 at Florida Atlantic* L, 2-3 May 4 UT-Martin W, 8-3 tournament with an overall record of 28- Trojans notched a 2-1 series victory over May 7 FIU* W, 8-7 26. The Red Wolves finished Sun Belt Con- South Alabama to wrap up the regular sea- May 8 FIU* L, 2-15 ference play with a record of 16-14 and in son, winning 17-0 and 6-2 in the first two May 9 FIU* W, 5-4 May 11 Murray State Rained Out a sixth-place tie with Western Kentucky games, before South Alabama salvaged the May 12 Ole Miss L, 2-5 and Troy. Troy earned the sixth seed in the series by edging Troy 11-10 in the final May 14 at Troy* W, 5-4 tournament by virtue of their 2-1 series vic- game. May 15 at Troy* L, 6-11 tory over ASU May 14-16, while the Red May 16 at Troy* L, 3-9 May 20 UALR* L, 3-6 Wolves grabbed the seventh seed with their THE ULL SERIES: The Red Wolves trail in May 21 UALR* W, 16-8 2-1 series win over Western Kentucky April the series 31-64 but have won eight of the May 22 UALR* L, 14-10 2-4. The Red Wolves closed out the regular last 10 against the Cajuns, including a 2-1 May 26-29 SBC Tournament at Murfreesboro, Tenn. TBA season last weekend with a 2-1 series loss series victory in Lafayette to open Sun Belt June 5 NCAA Regionals TBA at home to in-state rival UALR. The Tro- Conference play March 12-14. The Ragin’ * Sun Belt Conference Game jans opened the series with a 6-3 victory Cajuns opened the series with a 13-5 win in All Times Central Time over the Red Wolves Thursday night, before the Friday contest, but the Red Wolves Red Wolves Baseball This Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Travel to ASU vs. ASU vs. SBC Practice Championship Murfreesboro, ULL Troy or MTSU Tournament TBA 9:00 a.m. Saturday Tennessee 4:00 p.m. Time TBA Day 3 2010 A-State Red Wolves Baseball 1 AStateRedWolves.com bounced back to win the series with a 6-2 innings of work. Lee struck out six Blue 2010 win in the Saturday game and a 13-9 vic- Raiders, while walking just two. Against Sun Belt Standings tory in the Sunday contest. Troy, Lee struggled in just 2.2 innings of work, giving up seven runs on seven hits, Final Regular Season Standings THE MTSU SERIES: Middle Tennessee State with two strikeouts and two walks. leads the overall series 23-8, which in- SBC OVERALL cludes a 2-1 series victory over the Red ASU IN THE TOURNAMENT: Arkansas State Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Florida Atlantic 21 9 .700 33 20 .623 Wolves in Jonesboro earlier this season. will be looking to reverse a trend when the La.-Lafayette 21 9 .700 37 18 .673 Arkansas State opened the series March 19 Red Wolves return to the Sun Belt Confer- Middle Tennessee 18 12 .600 34 21 .618 with a 4-3 win over the Blue Raiders, but ence Tournament for the first time since FIU 17 13 .567 31 22 .585 Middle Tennessee evened the count with an 2006. Arkansas State has lost eight con- South Alabama 17 13 .567 31 25 .554 8-5 win in the Saturday game, then blanked secutive SBC Tournament games, and 19 of Troy 16 14 .533 32 23 .582 Arkansas State 16 14 .533 28 26 .519 ASU 2-0 in game three. its last 20, and the Red Wolves are 12-27 Western Kentucky16 14 .533 35 21 .625 all-time in the tournament. The last ASU UALR 12 16 .429 29 25 .537 THE TROY SERIES: Troy holds a 14-1 series victory in the tournament was a 10-3 win La.-Monroe 7 23 .233 17 38 .309 advantage over the Red Wolves, but over Louisiana-Lafayette in 2002. Like this New Orleans 2 26 .071 13 39 .250 Arkansas State picked up its first-ever win year, Arkansas State and ULL met in the Preseason All-Sun Belt over the Trojans when the teams met just first round, with ASU seeded seventh and two weeks ago in Troy. Arkansas State the Cajuns seeded second. Arkansas State Kenneth Roberts opened the series with a 5-4 win in the Fri- has advanced to the championship game of (Middle Tennessee, Sr., SP) day game, but the Trojans swept both the tournament two times.