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 Game 37 Date Opponent Time/Result Feb. 19 Southern Illinois-Carbondale W, 14-5 Feb. 20 Southern Illinois-Carbondale W, 5-3 ARKANSAS STATE RED WOLVES Feb. 21 Southern Illinois-Carbondale Rained Out Feb. 23 at #17 Ole Miss L, 3-2 at Memphis Tigers Feb. 26 UW-Milwaukee W, 6-5 Feb. 27 UW-Milwaukee W, 4-3 April 21, 2010 6:30 p.m. Feb. 27 UW-Milwaukee W, 11-4 Feb. 28 UW-Milwaukee W, 8-3 FedExPark (2,000) Memphis, Tennessee Mar. 5 University of Portland W, 7-0 Radio: KBTM 1230 AM & AStateRedWolves.com Mar. 6 University of Portland L, 8-3 Mar. 7 University of Portland L, 5-4 LiveStats Available at AStateRedWolves.com Mar. 8 Indiana U.-Purdue U. Fort Wayne L, 2-1 Mar. 9 at Murray State W, 17-8 LEADING OFF: The Arkansas State Red giving the Red Wolves two consecutive wins Mar. 12 at UL-Lafayette* L, 13-5 Wolves will play their fourth consecutive in the series. Arkansas State scored a pair Mar. 13 at UL-Lafayette* W, 6-2 game on the road Wednesday night when of two-out runs in the bottom of the sixth Mar. 14 at UL-Lafayette* W, 13-9 Mar. 16 at Missouri State L, 2-1 they make the short trip to Memphis to to erase a 5-4 Memphis lead, getting a two- Mar. 17 at Missouri State W, 5-4 take on the Tigers in a 6:30 p.m. game at out single from shortstop Jordan Kimball to Mar. 19 Middle Tennessee* W, 4-3 FedExPark. All ASU games may be heard on tie the game and a double down the left Mar. 20 Middle Tennessee* L, 8-5 Mar. 21 Middle Tennessee* L, 2-0 KBTM 1230 AM and through the StateZone field line from second baseman Giovanni Mar. 24 at Southeast Missouri State L, 6-4 portion of AStateRedWolves.com. LiveS- Garcia to drive in what proved to be the Mar. 26 at New Orleans* W, 14-7 tats may also be accessed by logging on to winning run. With ASU leading 6-5 after Mar. 27 at New Orleans* W, 7-6 AStateRedWolves.com. seven innings of play, freshman John Koch Mar. 28 at New Orleans* W, 17-3 Mar. 30 Memphis W, 6-5 went to the mound and retired all six Tigers Apr. 2 #18 Western Kentucky* L, 4-3 THE TEAMS: Arkansas State (22-14) saw its he faced, striking out three, to earn his Apr. 3 #18 Western Kentucky* W, 6-4 four-game win streak snapped last week- second save of the season. Junior Brad Apr. 4 #18 Western Kentucky* W, 3-1 end when the Red Wolves were swept in Allen worked one and two-thirds innings in Apr. 6 at UT-Martin L, 17-12 Apr. 9 at ULM* W, 15-3 three game series at Evansville. The Purple relief to pick up the win and improve to 4- Apr. 10 at ULM* W, 10-6 Aces rallied late for a 5-4 victory in the Fri- 1 on the season. When the two teams met Apr. 11 at ULM* W, 8-1 day opener, handed the Red Wolves a 7-4 Apr. 14 Southeast Missouri State W, 9-6 loss in Saturday’s game and rallied late Apr. 16 at University of Evansville L, 4-5 Apr. 17 at University of Evansville L, 4-7 again Sunday for a 9-5 win to close out the Apr. 18 at University of Evansville L, 5-9 series. Memphis will take the field at 16- Apr. 21 at Memphis 6:30 p.m. 20 Wednesday night, but the Tigers have vs. Apr. 23 South Alabama* 6:00 p.m. Apr. 24 South Alabama* 4:00 p.m. notched two victories over ranked teams in Apr. 25 South Alabama* 1:00 p.m. their last seven outings. Memphis defeated 22-14 16-20 Apr. 30 at Florida Atlantic* 6:30 p.m. #27 East Carolina 6-5 April 9, before knock- May 1 at Florida Atlantic* 4:00 p.m. ing off #15 Ole Miss 6-5 April 13. Last May 2 at Florida Atlantic* 1:00 p.m. May 4 UT-Martin 6:30 p.m. weekend, the Tigers traveled to Houston May 7 Florida International* 6:00 p.m. and dropped two of three games in a Con- May 8 Florida International* 4:00 p.m. ference-USA series against the Cougars. May 9 Florida International* 12:00 p.m. Houston opened the series with a 10-7 vic- May 11 Murray State 6:30 p.m. Probable Pitching Matchups May 12 Ole Miss 6:30 p.m. tory in the Friday game, before Memphis May 14 at Troy* 6:00 p.m. bounced back to even the series with an 8- Wednesday vs. Memphis May 15 at Troy* 6:00 p.m. 2 win in Saturday’s contest. Houston May 16 at Troy* 1:00 p.m. ASU - TBA May 20 UALR* 6:00 p.m. claimed the series victory with an 8-6 win Memphis - TBA May 21 UALR* 6:00 p.m. in the Sunday rubber game. May 22 UALR* 1:00 p.m. May 26-29 SBC Tournament at Murfreesboro, Tenn. TBA THE MEMPHIS SERIES: Memphis holds an June 5 NCAA Regionals TBA 87-50-1 advantage in the all-time series. * Sun Belt Conference Game Arkansas State edged the Tigers 6-5 when All Times Central Time the two teams met March 30 in Jonesboro, Red Wolves Baseball This Week Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday ASU at ASU vs. ASU vs. ASU vs. Practice Day Practice Memphis South Alabama South Alabama South Alabama 2:30 p.m. Off 2:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 2010 A-State Red Wolves Baseball 1 AStateRedWolves.com last year, both teams picked up a win at ranked opponent since winning two games 2010 home. The games were played on consec- against #25 South Alabama during the 2003 Sun Belt Standings utive nights, with the Tigers defeating the season when ASU took two-of-three against Red Wolves 16-8, April 7 in Memphis. When #18 Western Kentucky in Jonesboro April 2- Following Games Played April 18 the Tigers traveled to Jonesboro the next 4. night, Arkansas State handed Memphis an SBC OVERALL 8-7 defeat. THREE IN A ROW: With their series victo- Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Arkansas State 11 4 .733 22 14 .611 ries over New Orleans, Western Kentucky South Alabama 13 5 .722 26 15 .634 ON THE MOUND FOR ASU: Neither team and ULM, the Red Wolves have now posted Florida Atlantic 12 6 .667 22 14 .611 has released its starter for Wednesday three consecutive series victories for the Middle Tennessee 11 7 .611 22 14 .611 night’s game. first time since the 2005 season. The 2005 Western Kentucky 9 6 .600 27 12 .692 ASU team accomplished the feat twice, de- FIU 9 6 .600 22 14 .611 La.-Lafayette 10 8 .556 22 14 .611 ON DECK: The Red Wolves return to Tom- feating UAPB, ULM and Wisconsin-Milwau- Troy 5 10 .333 18 18 .500 linson Stadium and Kell Field for a key kee early in the season before stringing UALR 4 11 .267 21 17 .553 three-game Sun Belt Conference series together series wins over New Orleans, La.-Monroe 4 11 .267 14 22 .389 against South Alabama. Arkansas State sits South Alabama and Western Kentucky later New Orleans 2 16 .111 10 25 .286 atop the conference standings at 11-4, with in the year. Arkansas State has not won Preseason All-Sun Belt South Alabama in a close second at 13-5. four consecutive weekend series since the 1995 team that finished 37-20 defeated Kenneth Roberts ON A ROLL ON THE ROAD IN THE SBC: Louisiana Tech, Lamar, UALR and ULL on (Middle Tennessee, Sr., SP) With its three-game sweep of ULM April 9- consecutive weekends. Matt Ridings 11, Arkansas State has now posted a sweep (Western Kentucky, Sr., SP) in each of its last two Sun Belt Conference THREE IN A ROW - ON THE ROAD: With se- Lance Baxter road series. The Red Wolves have won ries victories on the road at ULL, New Or- (South Alabama, Sr., RP) eight consecutive Sun Belt Conference leans and Louisiana-Monroe, the Red Bart Carter games on the road, going 8-1 in its nine Wolves became the first ASU team since the (Western Kentucky, Sr., RP) Matt Rice league games thus far on the season. 1998 team that finished 30-20 to win three (Western Kentucky, Sr., C) Arkansas State’s only road blemish was in consecutive weekend series that were Tim Jobe the SBC opener March 12 at Louisiana- played on the road. The 1998 team went (Florida International, Sr., 1B) Lafayette. on the road to defeat UALR, Western Ken- Matt Payton tucky and Texas Pan-American. (Western Kentucky, Sr., 2B) EIGHT AT THE PLATE: Arkansas State Boomer Blanchard freshman center fielder Michael Faulkner FOUR FREE PASSES FOR WATTS: Junior (Louisiana-Monroe, Sr., SS) tied a 50-year old ASU record in the Friday first baseman Murray Watts tied his own Tyler Burnett night game at Louisiana-Monroe when he single-game record when he drew four (Middle Tennessee, Jr., 3B) made eight appearances at the plate.