@BradleyBaseball @BradleyBraves #AllAboutTheB 117TH SEASON OF BRADLEY BASEBALL | 1898-2017 | 1,881 VICTORIES | 2015 NCAA REGIONAL 2017 Bradley Schedule Games 23-25 MVC Opening Weekend Date Opponent CT F 17 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi L, 7-10 at Missouri State | Friday 8:00 p.m. | Saturday 3:00 p.m. | Sunday 1:00 p.m. F 18 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W, 9-5 Springfield, MO | Hammons Field (8,000) | LF 315’, CF 400’, RF 330’, Gaps 365’ F 19 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W, 7-6 TV: ESPN3 (Sunday only) | Radio: KBFL 1060 AM/96.9 FM | Stats: sidearmstats.com F 24 at Tennessee Tech L, 7-13 F 25 at Tennessee Tech - 11 inn W, 7-5 BRADLEY BRAVES (10-12, 0-0 MVC) F 26 at Tennessee Tech L, 14-16 Head Coach: Elvis Dominguez (Creighton ‘86) Mr 3 at Sam Houston State L, 1-7 Career Record: 380-434-3 (16th season) | Bradley Record: 202-235-1 (9th season) Mr 4 at Sam Houston State L, 7-14 at Sam Houston State L, 2-8 MISSOURI STATE BEARS (15-9, 0-0 MVC) Mr 10 at Mercer L, 10-11 Head Coach: Keith Guttin (Missouri-St. Louis ‘78) Mr 11 at Mercer L, 5-6 Career Record: 1,191-748 (35th year) | Missouri State Record: Same Mr 12 at Mercer W, 8-6 Mr 14 at UCF L, 9-12 Pitching MatchupS Mr 15 vs. Cornell, IA (Auburndale, FL) - 12 inn W, 5-4 Mr 17 at North Florida L, 2-4 BRADLEY MISSOURI STATE Mr 18 at North Florida L, 5-9 Day # Pitcher R/L Yr. W-L ERA Day # Pitcher R/L Yr. W-L ERA Fri. 41 Nathan Stong R Sr. 1-2 5.13 Fri. 14 Jordan Knutson L Sr. 4-1 2.75 Mr 19 at North Florida W, 4-2 Sat. 25 Alex Gray R Jr. 0-0 7.71 Sat. 10 Dylan Coleman R So. 2-1 3.06 Mr 22 at Iowa L, 1-12 Sun. TBD Sun. 33 Doug Still L Jr. 2-1 3.09 Mr 24 ROBERT MORRIS (PEORIA) W, 4-3 Mr 25 RMU (SPRINGFIELD) - 7 inn W, 15-0 Bradley Probable Starters by Position Mr 26 EUREKA W, 9-7 Pos. # Name Yr. B-T Avg. 2B-3B-HR RBI SB Notes Mr 28 at Illinois W, 2-0 C 31 Ian Kristan Jr. L-R .261 3-0-4 12 0-0 2016 CoSIDA Academic All-District 5 Mr 29 at Western Illinois Postponed 1B 17 Luke Mangieri So. L-R .360 7-2-0 19 0-1 2016 All-MVC DH (Honorable Mention) Mr 31 *at Missouri State 8p 2B 1 Christian Dominguez So. S-R .222 2-0-0 1 2-3 Son of head coach Elvis Dominguez A 1 *at Missouri State 3p 3B 26 Brendan Dougherty Fr. L/R .283 2-0-0 6 1-1 True freshman has started 16 games A 2 *at Missouri State 1p SS 10 Luke Shadid Fr. R/R .337 1-1-0 15 11-11 Younger brother of CF Andy Shadid A 5 SAINT LOUIS 6p LF 22 Spencer Gaa Sr. R/R .296 4-2-1 11 6-7 3-time All-MVC at 3B A 7 MILWAUKEE 6p CF 16 Andy Shadid So. R-R .205 1-0-2 11 2-3 2016 Louisville Slugger Freshmam All-American A 8 MILWAUKEE 12p RF 13 Andrew Ivelia Jr. R/R .276 4-0-1 9 0-1 Transfer from Everett (WA) C.C. A 9 MILWAUKEE 12P DH 42 Derek Bangert Jr. R-R .286 4-0-6 16 0-0 3 doubles (school record) Sunday vs. Eureka A 11 at SIU Edwardsville 6p THE OPENING PITCH Series History A 12 NORTHWESTERN 7p A 14 *WICHITA STATE 6p • Bradley will open its 66th Missouri Valley Games 100-102 A 15 *WICHITA STATE 2p Conference baseball season this weekend Overall Missouri State leads 63-36 A 16 *WICHITA STATE 1p when the Braves visit Missouri State for a at Missouri State Missouri State leads 33-12 A 19 IOWA 7p 3-game series at Hammons Field. Domingeuz vs. Missouri State 9-21 A 21 *ILLINOIS STATE 6p • The weekend series will comprise games Guttin vs. Bradley 62-36 A 22 *ILLINOIS STATE 2p 100-102 in the all-time series between Current Streak Missouri State W2 A 23 *ILLINOIS STATE 1p the Braves and Bears, who have met on • Friday’s series opener will be the 100th A 25 ILLINOIS 6p “Championship Saturday” of the last two MVC meeting in the all-time series between Bradley A 26 SIU EDWARDSVILLE 6p Baseball Championship tournaments. and Missouri State. A 28 *at Indiana State 5:30p A 29 *at Indiana State 1p • Missouri State enters the weekend series • The teams have faced each other on A 30 *at Indiana State 12p ranked 11th nationally with a 2.67 staff earned the final day of the last two MVC Baseball My 5 *EVANSVILLE 6p run average and the Bears are tied for eighth Championships, meeting in the 2015 final and My 6 *EVANSVILLE 2p with five shutouts. the 2016 semifinals. My 7 *EVANSVILLE 1p • Of Bradley’s 18 NCAA Division I games to • Missouri State has won its last seven My 12 *at #23 Dallas Baptist 6:30p date, all 18 have been played on the road and home games in the series. My 13 *at #23 Dallas Baptist 2p the Braves will add to that total by playing the Media Relations My 14 *at #23 Dallas Baptist 1p three games this weekend at Hammons Field. My 18 *SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 11a • Following this weekend’s series at Missouri Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Comm. & Ops My 19 *SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 11a State, however, Bradley is scheduled to play Email: [email protected] My 20 *SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 11a Office: (309) 677-2624 My 24 MVC Baseball Championship TBA 20 of its final 27 games at home, beginning Mobile: (309) 256-4302 My 25 MVC Baseball Championship TBA next week with four games against Saint Louis Twitter Personal: @BPtheBrave My 26 MVC Baseball Championship TBA (Wednesday) and Milwauke (April 7-9) at Dozer My 27 MVC Baseball Championship TBA Park. Twitter Game Updates: @BradleyBaseball Home games in BOLD CAPS at Dozer Park * MVC regular-season games Bradley Braves Baseball 2017 Game Notes | 23-25 at Missouri State 2017 Roster 2017 BRADLEY BRAVES BASEBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER BRADLEY QUICK FACTS No. Name Yr. Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Hometown (High School/Previous School) Location Peoria, IL (61625) 1 Christian Dominguez* So. IF S/R 5-10 165 Washington, IL (Washington HS) Founded 1897 4 Nick Green*** Sr. IF R/R 5-10 170 Eagan, MN (Cretin-Derham Hall HS) Enrollment 5,400 5 Cole Cook So. LHP L/L 6-0 185 Washington, IL (Washington H.S.) Nickname Braves 6 DJ Gasso* RJr. IF R/R 5-11 190 Norman, OK (Norman North HS/Hutchinson CC) School Colors Red (PMS 186c) & White 7 Jimmy Brady Fr. IF R/R 6-2 185 Schaumburg, IL (James B. Conant HS) Affiliation NCAA Division I 8 Zach Fairchild*** Sr. C S/R 5-11 190 Sun Prairie, WI (Sun Praire HS) Conference Missouri Valley Conference 9 Cody Carroll** Jr. OF R/R 6-3 205 Glenview, IL (Glenbrook South HS) President Gary R. Roberts 10 Luke Shadid Fr. IF R/R 5-10 180 Peoria, IL (Notre Dame HS) Director of Athletics Dr. Chris Reynolds 12 Carson Weber*** Sr. OF/1B L/L 6-2 200 Watertown, WI (Watertown HS) Athletics Dept. Phone (309) 677-2666 13 Andrew Ivelia Jr. IF R/R 6-2 195 Stevens, WA (Snohomish H.S./Everett C.C.) Ticket Office Phone (309) 677-2625 15 Eric Scheuermann**** RSr. RHP R/R 6-1 195 Palatine, IL (Palatine HS) Official Website www.BradleyBraves.com 16 Andy Shadid* So. OF R/R 5-11 185 Peoria, IL (Notre Dame HS) 17 Luke Mangieri* So. IF L/R 6-3 215 Peoria, IL (Dunlap HS) COACHING STAFF 19 Jim Jarecki Fr. RHP R/R 6-7 220 New Berlin, WI (Marquette University HS) Head Coach Elvis Dominguez 20 Ryan Hodgett Fr. RHP R/R 6-0 205 Chicago, IL (St. Francis H.S.) Alma Mater Creighton ‘86 21 Mitch Janssen* So. RHP R/R 6-2 190 Princeville, IL (Princeville HS) Career Record 380-434-3 (16th year) 22 Spencer Gaa*** Sr. OF R/R 6-2 193 Metamora, IL (Metamora HS) at Bradley 202-235-1 (Ninth year) 23 Allan Beer** Jr. IF/RHP R/R 6-2 195 Tulsa, OK (Jenks HS) Asst. Coach Kyle Trewyn (Cardinal Stritch ‘11) 24 Evan Gruener*** Sr. OF L/L 6-0 190 Rogersville, MO (Logan-Rogersville HS) Pitching Coach Larry Scully (Western Ky. ‘92) 25 Alex Gray Jr. RHP R/R 6-2 200 Marysville, WA (Marysville-Pilchuck H.S./Everett C.C.) Volunteer Asst. AJ Kruzel (Henderson St. ‘16) 26 Brendan Dougherty Fr. IF L/R 6-2 185 Des Moines, IA (Dowling Catholic HS) 27 Cord Perea-Griffeth* Sr. C R/R 6-4 235 North Richland Hills, TX (Birdville HS/Brookhaven) TEAM INFORMATION 28 Andrew Hill* So. RHP R/R 6-3 190 Gurnee, IL (Warren Township HS) 2016 Final Record 29-21 (.580) 29 Jacob Hurst* So. LHP/1B L/L 6-4 215 Peoria, IL (Notre Dame HS) 2016 MVC Record 11-10 (3rd of 8) 31 Ian Kristan** Jr. C L/R 6-3 200 Mundelein, IL (Carmel Catholic HS) 2016 MVC Tournament 2-2 (T3rd) 33 Matthew Richey* So.