Members of the NCAA Div.II’s Heartland Conference • 1983, 2009 NAIA National Champions Lubbock Christian Sports Information • Everett Corder [email protected] • 806-418-5212 • www.lcuchaps.com LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN 2019 CHAP BASEBALL GAME NOTES QUICK FACTS GAMES 35 LCU CHAPARRALS Location .............................................. Lubbock, Texas LCU vs. NMHU Founded ..................................................... 1957 April 9 Enrollment ................................................ 2,000 Affiliation ........................................ NCAA Div. II Las Vegas, New Mexico Conference .......................................... Heartland Brandt Field Nickname ������������������������������ Chaparrals “Chaps” 1 P.M. CT Athletic Director ���������������������������������� Paul Hise Sports Information ���������������������� Everett Corder Head Coach: Nathan Blackwood Head Coach: Shannon Hunt Head Coach ���������������������������� Nathan Blackwood 2019 Record: 24-9 2019 Record: 12-21 Career Record (year) 648-261 / 16th Home: 10-2 Home: 12-12 2019 CHAPS SCHEDULE Road: 14-6 Road: 0-9 Date Opponent ............................... Result Neutral: 1-1 Neutral: 0-0 Feb. 1 Emporia State ......................... W, 2-1 Feb. 2 Central Oklahoma .................... W, 6-1 Feb. 3 Missouri Southern.................... L, 9-8 Feb. 8 Cameron .............................. L, 9-4 Feb. 9 Cameron .............................. W, 11-0. LCU PROBABLE STARTER Feb. 9 Cameron .............................. W, 15-1 Feb. 10 Cameron .............................. W, 18-8 No. P Name ERA IP H BB K OPP BA Feb. 15 at Angelo State ....................... W, 6-2 Feb. 16 at Angelo State ....................... L, 4-1 8 R Callan Johnson 3.53 35.2 30 22 43 .233 Feb. 17 at Angelo State ....................... W, 6-1 Feb. 22 at Metro State Denver ............. Canceled Feb. 23 at Metro State Denver ............. Canceled Feb. 23 at Metro State Denver ............. W, 4-1 Feb. 24 at Metro State Denver ............. L, 2-1 Mar. 1 at St. Mary’s .......................... W, 4-2 Mar. 1 at St. Mary’s .......................... W, 10-3 Mar. 2 at St. Mary’s .......................... L, 7-10 NMHU PROBABLE STARTER Mar. 5 at West Texas A&M ................. L, 9-1 Mar. 8 at St.Edward’s ........................ W, 13-7 No. P Name ERA IP H BB K OPP BA Mar. 9 at St.Edward’s ........................ L, 6-3 Mar. 9 at St. Edward’s ....................... W, 10-3 17 R Kyle Bedsole 7.50 48.0 74 18 31 .366 Mar. 10 at St. Edward’s ....................... W, 8-7 Mar. 14 Texas A&M International .... W, 10-4 Mar. 15 Texas A&M International ... L, 4-3 Mar. 15 Texas A&M International ... W, 10-0 Mar. 16 Texas A&M International ... W, 11-1 Mar. 22 at Arkansas Fort Smith* ........... W, 4-1 Mar. 22 at Arkansas Fort Smith* ........... W, 8-4 LEADING OFF Mar. 23 at Arkansas Fort Smith* ........... W, 3-1 Lubbock Christian University will be trying for a season sweep against New Mexico Highlands as they take Mar. 26 New Mexico Highlands ........ W, 6-5 Mar. 29 Newman* ............................ W, 15-4 on the Cowboys in a midweek afternoon game on Tuesday in Las Vegas, New Mexico. The Chaps and Mar. 29 Newman* ............................ W, 28-1 Cowboys have met one prior time this season, playing a midweek game two weeks ago at Hays Field in Mar. 30 Newman* ............................ W, 10-0 Lubbock. LCU was the winner in that first contest, scoring the winning run in the 10th inning. Tuesday’s Apr. 5 at Oklahoma Christian* ............ W, 9-3 game is the last this season against an opponent from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, and they Apr. 5 at Oklahoma Christian* ............ L, 7-6 Apr. 6 at Oklahoma Christiain* .......... W, 6-1 will need a win to secure a winning record against that conference for the season. They will have a tough Apr. 9 at New Mexico Highlands ........ 1 p.m. (CT) task cut out for them, however, as all 12 of NMHU’s wins this season have been at their home field. Apr. 11 St. Edward’s* ..................... 4 p.m. Apr. 11 St. Edward’s* ..................... 6 p.m. Apr. 12 St. Edward’s* ...................... 2 p.m. THE CHAPARRAL NINE Apr. 18 at Texas A&M International* .... 1 p.m. • Lubbock Christian has the fifth best slugging percentage in all of Division II at .535 Apr. 18 at Texas A&M International* .... 3 p.m. • LCU is ranked in all three D-II National Polls: Perfect Game - 10, CBN - 20, NCBWA - 22 Apr. 19 at Texas A&M International* .... Noon Apr. 23 West Texas A&M ................. 6:30 p.m. • Outfielder Keaton Greenwalt’s .404 batting average leads the Heartland Conference Apr. 26 Rogers State* ..................... 3 p.m. • Chaps’ 50 home runs are almost twice as many as the next closest Heartland team (TAMIU with 27) Apr. 26 Rogers State* ..................... 5 p.m. • LCU has gone 52.0 straight innings without an error, dating back to the last game against NMHU on 3/26 Apr. 27 Rogers State* ..................... 1 p.m. • Chap batters are hitting .331 with runners in scoring position May 3 St Edward’s* ...................... 3 p.m. May 3 St Edward’s* ...................... 5 p.m. • LCU starting pitchers have an earned run average of 2.71 May 4 St Edward’s* ...................... 1 p.m. • Andrew Pratt’s 11 home runs lead the Heartland and rank No. 11 nationally * - Heartland Conference Game TUNE IN VIDEO: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/nmhu/ ONLINE AUDIO: http://listen.streamon.fm/kjtvam RADIO: 100.7 The Score TWITTER: @LCUCHAPS / @LCU_BASEBall / #HeartlandBASE / #LCUVSNMHU LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY BASEBALL GAME NOTES www.lcuchaps.com @lcuchaps 2019 BASEBALL GAME NOTES - GAME 35 - NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS 2019 Numerical Roster No. Name Yr. Pos. B/T Ht. Hometown / Previous School 1 Eddy Vasquez Sr. SS L/R 5-8 Albuquerque, N.M. / New Mexico JC 2 Chase Whetsel Sr. OF L/R 5-11 Corpus Christi, Texas / Lamar 3 Peyton Maddox Jr. 2B R/R 5-11 Lubbock, Texas / SW Oklahoma St. 4 Braden Hayward Sr. 3B R/R 5-10 Lubbock, Texas / Cooper HS 5 Nathan Dockery Sr. LHP L/L 5-11 Amarillo, Texas / Amarillo HS 6 Cody Lancaster Fr. LHP L/L 5-10 Kingwood, Texas / Kingwood HS 7 Will Clark Sr. OF L/L 6-0 Steamboat Springs Colo. / Garden City CC 8 Callan Johnson Sr. RHP R/R 6-3 Idalou, Texas / Midland College 9 Andres Negron Sr. SS R/R 6-0 Juncos, Puerto Rico / Jefferson College 10 Carson Hauk Fr. SS L/R 5-10 Plainview, Texas / Plainview HS 11 Hill Alexander Sr. OF R/R 6-2 Arlington, Texas / Dallas Baptist 12 Colin Frondorf Jr. RHP R/R 6-1 Flower Mound, Texas / Hutchinson CC 13 Ricky Contreras Sr. RHP R/R 5-10 Lubbock, Texas / Lubbock Christian HS 15 Logan McCrummen Jr. RHP R/R 6-2 Lubbock, Texas / Midland College 16 Keaton Greenwalt Jr. OF R/R 6-3 Melrose, N.M. / Clovis HS 17 Brandon Coronado Fr. C R/R 5-10 New Deal, Texas / New Deal HS 18 Ryan Johnson Sr. LHP L/L 6-5 Winnipeg, Manitoba / Southern Idaho 19 Koi Carrillo Fr. RHP R/R 6-1 Lubbock, Texas / Lubbock HS 20 Kameron Deterding R-Fr. RHP R/R 6-4 Lubbock, Texas / Frenship HS 21 Ryan Kotulek Jr. RHP R/R 6-3 Shallowater, Texas / Cisco CC 22 AJ Perez Jr. OF L/R 5-11 Lubbock, Texas / Cooper HS 23 Logan Ellis Fr. RHP R/R 6-2 Bushland, Texas / Bushland HS 25 Andrew Pratt Sr. C R/R 6-3 Albuquerque, N. M. / New Mexico 26 Drew Austin Sr. C R/R 6-3 Jacksonville, Fla. / New Mexico JC 28 Reagan Lucia Jr. RHP R/R 6-1 Lubbock, Texas / Coronado HS 29 Shandon Herrera So. RHP R/R 6-3 Odessa, Texas / Odessa HS 30 James Hardberger Sr. 1B R/R 6-4 Lubbock, Texas / Temple College 32 Ryan Rijo Jr. 1B L/R 6-3 Barrie, Ontario / New Mexico JC 33 Tate Ellison Jr. 1B R/R 6-3 Lubbock, Texas / Howard JC 34 Brennen Fowler Jr. RHP R/R 6-7 Smyer, Texas / Smyer HS 35 Chandler Casey Sr. TheRHP Automated R/R ScoreBook6-2 Lubbock, Texas / Odessa College 37 Aaron Weseman Miscellaneous Jr.Stats forLHP LubbockL/L Christian6-6 (as of Apr 08,Frisco, 2019) Texas / Midland College (All games) STARTERS SUMMARY Position Batting Order Player GS p c 1b 2b 3b ss lf cf rf of dh 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 25 Andrew Pratt 34 . 27 . 7 . 12 22 . 4 Braden Haywar 34 . 34 . 21 . 1 2 4 6 . 9 Andres Negron 34 . 34 . 5 . 3 13 5 6 2 16 Keaton Greenw 34 . 34 . 5 6 . 19 4 . 11 Hill Alexander 34 . 34 . 22 10 . 2 . 1 Eddy Vasquez 32 . 32 . 2 . 30 2 Chase Whetsel 31 . 31 . 28 . 1 2 . 30 James Hardber 29 . 29 . 7 4 10 8 . 32 Ryan Rijo 19 . 5 . 14 . 2 3 4 6 4 . 7 Will Clark 14 . 3 . 11 1 . 1 5 6 1 . 18 Ryan Johnson 10 10 . 26 Drew Austin 9 . 7 . 2 . 2 7 . 8 Callan Johnson 7 7 . 35 Chandler Case 5 5 . 5 Nathan Dockery 4 4 . 13 Ricky Contrera 4 4 . 15 Logan McCrum 3 3 . 3 Peyton Maddox 2 . 2 . 2 29 Shandon Herre 1 1 . LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY BASEBALL GAME NOTES www.lcuchaps.com @lcuchaps 2019 BASEBALL GAME NOTES - GAME 35 - NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS #1 Eddy Vasquez #11 Hill Alexander • Batting .333 with runners in scoring position • Leads the team with 17 multi-hit games this season • Leads the team with four sacrifice bunts • Hits a team-leading .392 against right-handed pitchers • JUCO transfer from New Mexico JC • First in the Conference with 95 total bases • Transferred to LCU from Division I Dallas Baptist • Collegiate Baseball Newspaper 2019 D-II Newcomer to Watch #2 Chase Whetsel • 2015 TAPPS Athlete of the Year (Pantego Christian Academy) • Leads the team with four bunt hits • Only Chap with a grand slam this season (3/29 vs.