1 OMAHA BASEBALL Baseball Contact: Zack Kirby Email: [email protected] OMAHAOMAHA BASEBALLBASEBALL Office: 402-554-2140 GAME NOTES Cell: 615-300-5854 OMAHA MAVERICKS PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SUMMIT LEAGUE RANKINGS Record: 26-16-1 (18-6 Summit) WED-8 JACKSON GORDON (0-1 / 5.79 ERA) School Conf Overall Head Coach: Evan Porter Omaha...................................... 18-6 ..................................26-16-1 Record at School: 53-92-1 (3rd Year) FRI-10 PAYTON KINNEY (8-1 / 1.55 ERA) South Dakota State ...................... 16-8 .........................................24-17 Career Record: Same SAT-11 TBD Oral Roberts ................................. 14-10 .......................................23-20 North Dakota State ....................... 12-12 .......................................16-21 SUN-12 SPENCER KOELEWYN (4-1 / 3.61 ERA) Western Illinois ............................ 12-12 .......................................18-27 VS Purdue Fort Wayne ....................... 0-24 ...........................................5-39 MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS PROBABLE STARTING PITCHER *as of 5/6/19 Record: 21-23 (11-7 Big Ten) WED-8 TBD Head Coach: John Anderson SCHEDULE Record at School: 1,288-860-3 (37th Year) Career Record: Same Date Opponent Time (CT/Result) Series History: Omaha trails 4-1 Feb. 15 at USC L, 6-5 Feb. 16 at USC L, 11-0 Feb. 17 at USC W, 12-9 WESTERN ILLINOIS LEATHERNECKS PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Feb. 20 at Kansas Cancelled Record: 18-27 (12-12 Summit) FRI-10 JACE WARKENTIEN (5-4 / 6.67 ERA) Feb. 22 at Seattle (DH) L, 12-0, W, 3-2 Head Coach: Ryan Brownlee Feb. 23 at Seattle W, 10-8 SAT-11 JAVIN DRAKE (5-5 / 4.25 ERA) Feb. 24 at Seattle L, 8-6 Record at School: 124-228 (7th Year) SUN-12 JACK CARBERRY (5-4 / 6.67 ERA) March 1 at Savannah State W, 2-0 Career Record: Same March 2 at Savannah State L, 5-4 Series History: Omaha leads 23-12 March 3 at Savannah State T, 3-3 March 5 at Nebraska Postponed TEAM STAT COMPARISON March 8 at Santa Clara W, 2-0 March 9 at Santa Clara (DH) W, 2-0, W, 7-4 OMAHA MINNESOTA WESTERN ILLINOIS AVG: .269 ERA: 4.24 AVG: .260 ERA: 4.23 AVG: .249 ERA: 6.34 March 10 at Santa Clara W, 4-2 RUNS: 244 IP: 386.1 RUNS: 222 IP: 393.2 RUNS: 229 IP: 371.2 March 16 vs. North Dakota State* W, 7-6 HITS: 397 SHO: 6/6 HITS: 393 SHO: 0/0 HITS: 351 SHO: 2/2 March 17 vs. North Dakota State* (DH) W, 3-0, W, 4-1 HR: 21 SO: 383 HR: 32 SO: 414 HR: 5 SO: 377 March 22 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne* (SKUTT) W, 11-4 SLG %: .373 BB: 92 SLG %: .390 BB: 233 SLG %: .350 BB: 272 OB %: .363 B/AVG: .241 OB %: .349 B/AVG: .238 OB %: .343 B/AVG: .278 March 23 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne* (PREP) W, 6-1 SB/ATT: 42-58 FLD %: .982 SB/ATT: 41-61 FLD %: .966 SB/ATT: 56-85 FLD %: .967 March 24 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne* (PREP) W, 26-0 March 26 at Wichita State L, 12-2 March 29 vs. Western Illinois* (SSP) W, 8-2 WHEN REFERRING TO THE MAVERICKS / MEDIA AVAILABILITY March 30 vs. Western Illinois* (SSP) W, 4-3 March 31 vs. Western Illinois* (SSP) W, 15-5 As part of a university-wide rebranding effort that began in 2011, media and fans are reminded to refer to the school as “The Universi- April 3 vs. Creighton (WP) Postponed ty of Nebraska Omaha,” “Omaha” or “UNO.” “Nebraska Omaha” and “Nebraska-Omaha” are no longer acceptable references. Student- April 5 at South Dakota State* W, 12-10 athletes and coaches are available for interviews by arrangement through the Omaha athletic communications office. All baseball April 6 at South Dakota State* (DH) W, 9-4, W, 11-7 interview requests must be arranged through Assistant Director of Communications Zack Kirby at least one day in advance. April 10 at Kansas State L, 7-2 April 12 at Oral Roberts* (DH) L, 8-7, W, 4-2 GAME NOTES April 13 at Oral Roberts* L, 10-7 April 17 vs. Nebraska (WP) L, 8-5 LEADING OFF LAST TIME OUT April 19 at Purdue Fort Wayne* W, 5-0 • Omaha baseball enters the week with a two-game lead on first • Omaha outlasted North Dakota State in the weekend series opener, April 21 at Purdue Fort Wayne* (DH) W, 13-2, W, 4-2 place in The Summit League standings over South Dakota State. 3-2, Friday on the road. The Mavericks scored their game-winning run April 23 vs. Kansas State (WP) L, 9-2 • The Mavericks aim for their first mid-week win of the season, as on a bases-loaded walk in the top of the ninth. Payton Kinney pitched April 26 vs. South Dakota State* (SSP) W, 5-2 they sit at 0-5 overall. 7.1 innings with six strikeouts, two earned runs and two hits allowed. Cal April 27 vs. South Dakota State* (SSP) L, 3-0 • Minnesota marks the third Power Five conference opponent for Hehnke (3-1) earned the win with the final 1.2 innings of work, striking April 28 vs. South Dakota State* (SSP) L, 6-4 Omaha this season, as the team has faced off against Kansas State out three. April 30 vs./at Creighton (DH) (WP - GM1) L, 6-2 , Cancelled. twice (0-2), USC to open the season (1-2) and Nebraska (0-1). • On Saturday, Omaha had its chances in game two, but the Bison turned May 3 at North Dakota State* W, 3-2 May 4 at North Dakota State* L, 3-2 • The weekend mound duo of Payton Kinney and Spencer Koelewyn a double play for the final out and evened the series with a 3-2 win. Matt May 5 at North Dakota State* L, 2-1 are a combined 12-1 with a 2.58 ERA between the two of them. Bondarchuk went 2-for-4 at the plate with a run. Thomas DeBonville May 8 at Minnesota 6 p.m. • Kinney, a three-time Summit League Pitcher of the Week this registered a triple for his only hit of the game, and Grant Suponchick was May 10 at Western Illinois* 3 p.m. season, has a league-best 1.55 ERA and eight victories. the final Maverick to record a hit with a double. May 11 at Western Illinois* 1 p.m. • The southpaw Koelewyn has the third-fewest hits allowed per nine • The Mavericks lost a heartbreaking 13-inning series finale to NDSU May 12 at Western Illinois* 1 p.m. innings in the nation at 4.47. Sunday afternoon. The Bison walked it off with a single, and the Mavericks May 14 at Creighton 6:30 p.m. • Omaha held the nation's best fielding percentage for multiple are now 0-3-1 in rubber matches and fall to 2-3-1 in extra-inning games. May 16 vs. Oral Roberts* (SSP) 4 p.m. weeks this season. The team now ranks fifth nationally at .982. • The game three defeat marked the second-straight 13-inning Sunday May 17 vs. Oral Roberts* (SSP) 2 p.m. • Omaha has only allowed 85 runs this year in conference play. That is rubber match loss for Omaha, as the team fell 6-4 exactly a week before May 18 vs. Oral Roberts* (SSP) 12 p.m. 28 less runs than the second fewest allowed - Oral Roberts. (April 28) against South Dakota State. May 22-25 Summit League Championship TBA * - Summit League game • Home games played at Seymour Smith Park and Werner Park. omahabsb @omahabsb @omavs/@omahabsb 2 OMAHA BASEBALL QUICK FACTS NUMERICAL ROSTER GENERAL INFORMATION # Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T Hometown (High School/Previous School(s)) Name ..........................University of Nebraska Omaha 1 Brett Bonar Jr. C 6-1 210 L/R Rose Hill, Kan. (Rose Hill/Barton County CC) City.........................................................Omaha, Neb. 2 Cal Hehnke Sr. RHP 6-3 215 L/R Grand Island, Neb. (Grand Island) Founded .............................................................1908 3 Thomas DeBonville Sr. OF 6-1 180 R/R Silverthorne, Colo. (Summit/Eastern Arizona College) Enrollment ......................................................15,432 4 Parker Smejkal Jr. INF 6-2 215 R/R Columbus, Neb. (Columbus/Coffeyville CC) Nickname ................................................... Mavericks 5 Jack Lombardi So. INF 5-11 185 R/R Park Ridge, Ill. (Loyola Academy/Creighton/Jefferson Coll.) School Colors .................................Crimson and Black 7 Tyler Daugherty Sr. OF/RHP 5-10 180 R/R Chandler, Ariz. (Corona Del Sol/Scottsdale CC) Affiliation ...........................................NCAA Division I 8 Richie Holetz Fr. RHP 6-4 205 R/R Edina, Minn. (Edina) Conference ..................................The Summit League 9 Max Gamm So. INF 5-11 150 R/R Woodbury, Minn. (East Ridge) Chancellor ....................................... Dr. Jeffrey P. Gold 10 Ben Palensky Sr. OF 6-0 190 R/R Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-La Vista South/Southeast CC) Vice Chancellor, Athletics ........................ Trev Alberts 11 Keil Krumwiede Jr. INF/RHP 6-2 210 R/R Glasgow, Mont. (Glasgow/MSU-Billings/Des Moines Area CC) Home Field .......Isaacson Field at Seymour Smith Park 12 Braden Rogers Sr. INF 6-2 200 R/R Enid, Okla. (Enid/Northern Oklahoma College) Surface ..................................................Natural Grass 13 Payton Kinney Sr. RHP 6-4 220 R/R Firth, Neb. (Norris/Southeast CC) Demsions ..........................LF -330, CF - 410, RF - 330 14 Jacob Wageman Fr. INF 5-10 170 R/R Elkhorn, Neb. (Bennington) 15 Grant Suponchick Sr. INF/RHP 6-2 260 R/R Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-La Vista South) BASEBALL HISTORY 16 Matt Bondarchuck JR. OF 5-11 185 L/R Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (St. Francis Xavier/Cloud County CC) First Year of Baseball ..........................................1947 17 Andrew Brighton Sr.