BEMIDJI STATE BASEBALL Bemidji State Athletic Media Relations • 1500 Birchmont Drive NE #29, Bemidji, MN 56601 • BSUBeavers.com Asst. Director (Primary Contact): Collin Boyles • E: [email protected] • O: (218) 755-2763 • C: (701) 771-1108 GAMES 27-28 2017 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NR BEMIDJI STATE BEAVERS (9-17, 6-8 NSIC) BEMIDJI STATE (9-17, 6-8 NSIC) Head Coach: Tim Bellew (Kansas Wesleyan, ‘87) Date Team Time/Result Record at BSU: 192-360-1, 122-218 NSIC (12th Season) • Career Record: 419-618-1 (23rd Season) March 3 at William Jewell W, 10-3 March 4 at William Jewell L, 13-3 vs March 5 at William Jewell L, 10-1 March 8 vs. Upper Iowa ! L, 6-2 / L, 4-3 NR NORTHERN STATE WOLVES (8-14, 1-9 NSIC) March 10 at Arlington Baptist W, 20-7 / L, 5-3 Head Coach: Dean Berry (Mayville State; North Dakota, ‘06) March 11 at Arlington Baptist L, 2-1 F/6.1 March 14 at Rogers State L, 18-0 Record at NSU: 128-163, 81-115 NSIC (Seventh Season) • Career Record: 224-261 (14th Season) March 15 at Pittsburg State W, 6-3 March 18 at Augustana * L, 4-1 / L, 9-1 March 19 at Augustana * W, 7-2 / L, 12-2 F/8 March 23 vs. Minnesota Duluth ! L, 16-3 / L, 6-1 • Litchy hit .524 from the plate with 11 hits in 21 at-bats March 26 at Winona State * L, 8-3 / W, 5-2 BASEBALL HOSTS NORTHERN STATE March 27 at Winona State * W, 6-1 / W, 4-2 IN MIDWEEK NSIC DOUBLEHEADER during the last six games. He improved his season March 30 Concordia-St. Paul * L, 6-3 / L, 13-2 batting average from .357 to .429 after the two series. April 1 Sioux Falls * W, 11-9 / W, 8-4 • This Week: The Bemidji State University baseball April 2 Sioux Falls * L, 13-6 / L, 10-9 program hosts Northern State University for a mid- Eckman on a Streak April 5 Northern State * 1 / 3 p.m. week Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference dou- • Collin Eckman is on an eight-game hitting streak, the April 11 Minnesota Crookston * 2 / 4 p.m. bleheader Wednesday, April 5 with first pitch sched- longest current streak on the team. April 14 at Wayne State * 12 / 2 p.m. uled for 1 p.m. from BSU Baseball Field. • Eckman totaled nine hits in the 18 games prior to April 15 at Wayne State * 12 / 2 p.m. his hitting streak and entered the streak hitting .184 April 19 Minot State * 2 / 4 p.m. April 22 Minnesota State * 1:30 / 3:30 p.m. • Who: Northern State (8-14, 1-9 NSIC) vs. Bemidji from the plate. April 23 Minnesota State * 12 / 2 p.m. State (9-17, 6-8 NSIC) • Since the beginning of his streak, he has raised his April 26 at U-Mary * 1 / 3 p.m. • When: Wednesday, April 5 (1/3 p.m.) batting average from .184 to .286 and has totaled 13 April 29 Southwest Minn. State * 1:30 / 3:30 p.m. • Where: Bemidji, Minn. (BSU Baseball Field) hits in the last eight games. April 30 Southwest Minn. State * 12 / 2 p.m. • Live Video: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/bsu/ • The next longest current hitting streak is Litchy at May 4 at St. Cloud State * 4 / 6 p.m. • Audio: http://beaverradionetwork.com/ four games. May 6 St. Cloud State * 4 / 6 p.m. • Live Stats (Game One): • Noah Boser holds the team’s longest hitting streak of http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=146709 the season at 10 games. Home games in Bold ! - at US Bank Stadium • Live Stats (Game Two): • Eckman is second on the team’s current reached * - NSIC game http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=146710 base streak with 11 games, behind only Litchy at 14 Rankings based on NCBWA National Top 25 Poll games. Series History • Overall Record: BSU leads, 66-53 Six is the Magic Number SETTING THE SCENE • Record at BSU: BSU leads, 27-21 • When BSU scores at least six runs in a game, its Opponent(s): Northern State record is 7-2. Game Time(s): April 5 - 1/3 p.m. Bemidji State Overview • The Beavers have scored 31 runs in the sixth inning Location(s): Bemidji, Minn. • Bemidji State went 2-4 over its last week of games, of games this season, 13 more than any other inning. Field(s): BSU Baseball Field taking two wins from University of Sioux Falls and los- • BSU is 9-1 when leading after the sixth inning and ing two games to Sioux Falls and Concordia Universi- 5-0 when leading after the seventh. TEAM INFORMATION ty-St. Paul in BSU’s home opening week. • Bemidji State is only outscoring opponents in the 2016 Record: 14-36 (.280) • The Beavers dropped their home-opening double- third, sixth and ninth innings, each by two or less runs. NSIC Record: 11-23 (.324) (12th place) header against the Golden Bears, 6-3 and 13-2, Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 16 / 10 March 30. Quick Hits Newcomers: 19 • BSU swept USF on the first day of the four game se- • Litchy’s walk-off home run against USF was the first ries with an 11-9 walk-off win and an 8-4 victory. The for BSU since Mason Bellew did so against Winona Cougars took Sunday’s doubleheader, 13-6 and 10-9. State University April 10, 2016. COACHING STAFF • BSU hit .313 from the plate with a .399 on-base per- • Gunner Olszewski leads BSU with nine stolen bas- Head Coach: Tim Bellew (12th Season) centage and totaled an 8.43 ERA and fielded .940. es, four more than second most on the team, and has Alma Mater: Kansas Wesleyan ‘87 the team’s single-game high of two stolen bases. He Office Phone: (218) 755-4108 About Northern State has stolen two bases in a game twice this season (at e-mail: [email protected] • The Wolves are led by seventh-year head coach Winona State on March 26 and versus Sioux Falls on Record at BSU: 192-360-1 Dean Berry. April 2). Career Record: 419-618-1 (23rd Season) • Northern State went 0-6 in its last week of action, • Bemidji State is hitting best when its leadoff hitter Record versus the NSIC: 122-218 facing sweeps to St. Cloud State University and Au- reaches base, totaling a .379 batting average in those gustana University in Aberdeen, S.D. situations. Assistants: Jason Hampton Sacramento State (1st Season) • SCSU handed NSU 7-0 and 9-2 losses before Augie Kyle Bagnell Oklahoma State (1st Season) swept the four-game series against NSU with 11-0, Kassidy Gaines Northern State (1st Season) 1-0, 2-1 and 10-3 wins. • NSU is hitting .270 from the plate and have a 5.75 ERA with a .965 fielding percentage. Swinging for the Stars • Junior outfielder Scott Litchy continued his hot hitting streak while totaling two home runs in each of BSU’s wins against USF. • Litchy sent the walk-off two-run home run past right field in Game One against the Cougars before fol- lowing with another two-run dinger in Game Two. He finished with four RBI during the first win and added three RBI in BSU’s second victory of the week. 2 0 17 BEAVER BASEBALL 1 GAMES 27-28 vs NORTHERN STATE GAME NOTES Last Time... / Head Coach Tim Bellew LAST TIME IT HAPPENED... SINGLE-GAME INDIVIDUAL HITTING Head Coach Tim Bellew At-Bats: 7 Trevor Purvis and Jaryd Marks vs. U-Mary (April 7, 2013) Head coach Tim Bellew, the 2013 Northern Sun Inter- 6 Four times (May 4, 2016) collegiate Conference (NSIC) Coach of the Year, is the Hits: 5 Scott Litchy and Tyler Nelson (April 20, 2016) second winningest coach in Bemidji State baseball his- 4 Logan Riedel at Arlington Baptist (March 10, 2017) tory and has amassed a 192-360-1 overall record and Doubles: 3 Tyler Nelson at Sioux Falls (March 29, 2015) 122-218 mark in the NSIC as the skipper of the Bea- 2 Scott Litchy at Minot State (April 20, 2016) vers. Now in his 12th season as head coach, Bellew Triples: 2 Nick Jelacie vs. Minnesota Crookston (Feb. 5, 2010) took over the BSU baseball program in the fall of 2005. Home Runs: 3 Zach Braun vs. Winona State (April 28, 2012) 2 Scott Litchy vs. Sioux Falls (April 16, 2016) Inside the Park Home Run: - The Beavers Under Bellew Back-to-Back Home Runs: Tyler Nelson and Scott Litchy vs. Sioux Falls (April 16, 2016) W/L Home Away Neutral Back-to-Back-to-Back Home Runs: Arizona Christian Univ. 2-0 - 1-0 1-0 - Arkansas Tech 0-2 - 0-1 0-1 Grand Slam: Arlington Baptist 1-2 - 1-2 - 1 Logan Riedel at Arlington Baptist (March 10, 2017) Augustana 6-17 1-5 3-10 2-2 Runs Scored: Avila 1-0 - 1-0 - 5 Collin Eckman vs. Minnesota State (April 11, 2015) Benedictine Springfield 1-0 - - 1-0 4 Logan Riedel at Arlington Baptist (March 10, 2017) RBIs: Central Missouri State 1-1 - 1-1 - 8 Scott Litchy at Sioux Falls (March 28, 2015) Colorado Christian 1-1 - - 1-1 7 Scott Litchy at Minot State (April 20, 2016) Concordia-St. Paul 13-29 6-12 4-10 3-7 6 Logan Riedel at Arlington Baptist (March 10, 2017) Drury University 0-1 0-1 - - 5 Matt Mastantuono at William Jewell (March 3, 2017) Emporia State 0-9 - 0-8 0-1 Walks: Fort Hays State 0-3 - 0-3 - 4 Joey Hanowski at Northern State (April 6, 2016) Harding University 1-0 - 1-0 - 3 Gunner Olszewski vs.