2012 KEYDET BASEBALL VMI BASEBALL GAME NOTES VMI BASEBALL GAME NOTES VMI BASEBALL GAME NOTES VMI BASEBALL GAME NOTES VMI at #2 South Carolina Feb. 17-19, Columbia, S.C. Probable Starting Pitchers Date Opponent Time/Result Feb. 17 at #2 South Carolina 3 p.m. Game 1: VMI Coby Cowgill, Jr., RHP vs. SC Michael Roth, Sr., LHP Feb. 18 at #2 South Carolina 3 p.m. Game 2: VMI Campbell Henkel, So., LHP vs. SC Matt Price, Jr., RHP Feb. 19 at #2 South Carolina 1:30 p.m. Feb. 21 Longwood 3 p.m. Game 3: VMI Jeremy Brown, R-Jr., RHP vs. SC Colby Holmes, Jr., RHP Feb. 22 at Richmond 2:30 p.m. Coverage Trends Feb. 24 Lafayette 3 p.m. All three games on South Carolina video VMI in Season Openers: 25-36 (Lost last 1) Feb. 25 Lafayette 3 p.m. Feb. 26 Lafayette 2 p.m. streaming (Gamecocksonline.com), SC Last 10 Games: N/A Feb. 28 at William & Mary 4 p.m. audio and live stats. All-Time Versus South Carolina: 0-5 Mar. 2 Hartford 4 p.m. Mar. 3 Hartford 2 p.m. Quick Hitters Mar. 4 Hartford 2 p.m. Mar. 6 William & Mary 4 p.m. Mar. 9 Youngstown State 5 p.m. For the second straight year, VMI is facing a perennial college baseball power to open the Mar. 10 Youngstown State 2 p.m. season. The Keydets are 25-36 all-time in season openers after losing the first game of Mar. 11 Youngstown State 2 p.m. 2011 to then-#10 Florida State in Tallahassee, Fla. Mar. 13 at Old Dominion 3 p.m. Mar. 14 vs. Old Dominion (at Hampton,Va.) 3 p.m. Friday will mark Coby Cowgill’s first career opening day start. Adam Lopez got the nod on Mar. 16 at UNC Asheville 3 p.m. Mar. 17 at UNC Asheville 2 p.m. the last two opening days for VMI, but is currently recovering from arm surgery. Three dif- Mar. 18 at UNC Asheville 1 p.m. ferent pitchers have started the last five season openers for the Keydets - Trey Barham (‘07 Mar. 21 at #33 Virginia 5 p.m. and ‘08), Travis Smink (‘09) and Lopez, with the team having posted a 3-2 mark in that Mar. 23 Presbyterian College* 5 p.m. time. Mar. 24 Presbyterian College* 2 p.m. Mar. 25 Presbyterian College* 1 p.m. Mar. 27 Old Dominion 5 p.m. The Keydets are 0-5 all-time against South Carolina, with the last meeting having been a Mar. 30 at High Point* 6 p.m. two-game series in Columbia in 1998. Mar. 31 at High Point* 6 p.m. Apr. 1 at High Point* 6 p.m. VMI is projected to break four new players into the starting lineup in this opening series, Apr. 3 Richmond 6 p.m. including three true freshmen. The Keydet double-play combination, Thomas Stallings and Apr. 6 Winthrop* 5 p.m. Drew Bryan, are two of the 12 freshmen currently on the VMI roster. Apr. 7 Winthrop* (DH) 2 p.m. Apr. 10 at VCU 6 p.m. Apr. 13 at Coastal Carolina* 6 p.m. Although the Keydets lose 60.5% of their run production from last season (152 of 261 RBI), Apr. 14 at Coastal Carolina* 6 p.m. the team returns 342.2 of its 451.1 innings on the mound, an impressive 75.9%. Apr. 15 at Coastal Carolina* (ESPNU) 2 p.m. Apr. 18 at James Madison 6:30 p.m. Apr. 20 Campbell* 6 p.m. Apr. 21 Campbell* (DH) 2 p.m. Probable Starters Apr. 24 at Longwood 6 p.m. Apr. 25 James Madison 6 p.m. Yr. AVG R 2B HR RBI OBP Apr. 27 at Gardner-Webb* 6 p.m. C Matt Winn R-Fr. Redshirted the 2011 Season Apr. 28 at Gardner-Webb* 2 p.m. Apr. 29 at Gardner-Webb* 2 p.m. 1B George Piccirilli Sr. .332 36 13 4 34 .384 May 1 VCU 6 p.m. 2B Thomas Stallings Fr. No Statistics Available May 2 at Virginia Tech 5:30 p.m. May 11 Charleston Southern* 7 p.m. 3B Chase Worthington Sr. .212 27 4 3 18 .291 May 12 Charleston Southern* 5 p.m. May 13 Charleston Southern* 1 p.m. SS Drew Bryan Fr. No Statistics Available May 17 VCU 6 p.m. LF Jordan Tarsovich So. .261 5 0 0 3 .393 May 18 vs. East Carolina+ 2 p.m. May 18 at VCU+ 6 p.m. CF Rob Dickinson Jr. .274 22 10 3 21 .302 May 22-26 Big South Championships RF Gary LeClair Fr. No Statistics Available High Point, N.C. * = Big South Conference Game DH Jacob Morley Sr. .295 25 8 2 25 .342 +=Terry Sisisky Classic at The Diamond VMI’s Record in 2012... Keydets Bring Young Team into Big South Standings Columbia: Big South Overall Overall . .0-0 After a 2011 season that saw VMI feature as W-L PCT W-L PCT Big South . .0-0 many as five seniors in its starting lineup, the Coastal Carolina 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Keydets expect to have many true freshmen in Liberty 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Non-Conference . .0-0 key roles this year. Three true freshmen - Thomas Charleston So. 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Postseason . .0-0 Stallings, Drew Bryan and Gary LeClair - are in the Winthrop 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Gardner-Webb 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 At Home . .0-0 projected lineup, while a redshirt freshman, Matt Winn, is expected to start behind the plate. All Radford 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 On the Road . .0-0 VMI 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 told, 12 true freshmen are on the Keydet roster, High Point 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Neutral Site . .0-0 while Winn is joined by first baseman/DH Presbyterian 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 At Home (Big South) . .0-0 Cameron Walter in the ranks of redshirt freshmen. UNC Asheville 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Campbell 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 On the Road (Big South) . .0-0 Replacing Run Production: At Home (Non-Conference) . .0-0 The young Keydet squad will face the chal- Movin’ Up The Charts On the Road (Non-Conference) . .0-0 lenge of run production this year, as the players that are no longer with the program represented Career In Extra-Inning Games . .0-0 152 of VMI’s 261 RBI last season, a figure of Vs. Nationally-Ranked Teams . .0-0 60.5%. Sacrifice Hits 1. Shane Geisslinger 32 2005-08 Vs. In-State Teams . .0-0 Rotation Brings Experience: T2. B.T Good 27 2003-06 T2. Jacob Morley 27 2009-Pres. Playing a Day Game . .0-0 While the Keydet position players will feature Playing a Night Game . .0-0 a great deal of youth, VMI’s pitching rotation will Saves bring experience to the equation. Projected Friday In First Game of a Doubleheader . .0-0 1. Kevin Crum 16 2006-07 night starter Coby Cowgill ranked fourth in the 2. Jeff DeMara 13 2002-05 In Second Game of a Doubleheader . .0-0 Big South batting average against last season 3. Michael Devine 12 2009-Pres. In Single Games . .0-0 (.233), while redshirt junior Jeremy Brown (5-3, 4.33 ERA) is the projected Sunday starter. The two In one-run games . .0-0 faces to watch may be Saturday starter Campbell In two-run games . .0-0 Henkel, the lone lefty in the weekend mix, and 2011 Team In five + run games . .0-0 senior Adam Lopez. Henkel held opponents to a Accomplishments .216 batting average in 13 outings last year (one When Scoring First . .0-0 SS Sam Roberts drafted by Oakland - 26th start), while Lopez was VMI’s Friday starter to Round - Seventh straight year with a player When Opponent Scores First . .0-0 open the year, but suffered a season-ending arm chosen in MLB Draft When Leading Entering 7th Inning . .0-0 injury in early March. He is currently on schedule for an early-season return. When Trailing Entering 7th Inning . .0-0 Roberts and C Alex Haitsuka named First Team All-Big South - First time VMI had two When Tied Entering 7th Inning . .0-0 Thomas and Watts Called Upon First Team All-Conference players since 2005 When Leading Entering 9th Inning . .0-0 Often: Relievers Travis Thomas and Alan Watts will Roberts set new school career records in When Trailing Entering 9th Inning . .0-0 both return this season, after being called upon hits, runs scored and walks, leaving VMI When Tied Entering 9th Inning . .0-0 often during the 2011 campaign. Last year, both ranked in the program’s top-10 in 12 differ- posted appearance numbers that rank in the pro- When Scoring 5 Runs or Less . .0-0 ent categories gram’s all-time top-10. Thomas went to the hill 28 When Scoring 6+ Runs . .0-0 times, the fifth-most in team history, and Sixth winning season in seven years When Allowing 5 Runs or Less . .0-0 wrapped up his year with a 1.10 ERA over his last 16 1/3 innings of work, including two shutout Swept season series from JMU for the first When Allowing 6+ Runs . .0-0 frames in the Big South Championship. Watts’ 26 time ever, including first win in Harrisonburg When Out-Hitting an Opponent .