SAM HOUSTON STATE BEARKATS 2019 BASEBALL GAME NOTES 7 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 12 NCAa REGIONALS | 1 SUPER REGIONAL | 60 MLB DRAFT PICKS SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT • SUGAR LAND • CONSTELLATION FIELD 2019 SChedule FEBRUARY (5-2) 15 vs Manhattan# W, 12-7 SAM HOUSTON STATE BEARKATS 16 at Stetson# W, 4-3 (31-23, 20-10 SOUTHLAND) | Head Coach: Matt Deggs (Northwood, 1994) 17 vs Virginia Tech# L, 3-2 RPI: 63 | Perfect Game: NR | Baseball America: NR | D1Baseball: NR | USA Today: NR 19 TEXAS SOUTHERN CANCELED Career Record: 187-116 (5th season) | Record at SHSU: Same 23 LOUISIANA W, 7-5 23 LOUISIANA W, 9-8 24 LOUISIANA W, 9-2 26 at No. 22 Texas L, 10-3 TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI ISLANDERS 27 No. 18 TCU CAN (fog) SHSU up 10-3, B2 (30-24, 14-16 SOUTHLAND) | Head Coach: Scott Malone (McMurry, 1998) RPI: 161 | Perfect Game: NR | Baseball America: NR | D1Baseball: NR | USA Today: NR MARCH (12-6) 1 vs No. 12 Mississippi State^ L, 5-4 Career Record: 314-353-2 (12th season) | Record at AMCC: Same 2 vs Nebraska^ W, 11-10 3 vs No. 3 Texas Tech^ CANCELED 6 at Rice W, 10-9 8 at Houston Baptist* W, 6-3 INCARNATE WORD CARDINALS 9 at Houston Baptist* W, 17-5 (35-20, 18-12 SOUTHLAND) | Head Coach: Patrick Hallmark (Rice, 2002) 10 at Houston Baptist* W, 7-4 RPI: 109 | Perfect Game: NR | Baseball America: NR | D1Baseball: NR | USA Today: NR 12 at Louisiana Tech L, 7-0 Career Record: 64-46 (2nd season) | Record at UIW: Same 13 at Louisiana Tech CANCELED 15 INCARNATE WORD* W, 10-4 16 INCARNATE WORD* L, 8-2 17 INCARNATE WORD* W, 13-8 MCNEESE COWBOYS 19 BAYLOR W, 8-7 (31-24, 16-14 SOUTHLAND) | Head Coach: Justin Hill (LSU, 2002) 22 at New Orleans* W, 6-2 RPI: 102 | Perfect Game: NR | Baseball America: NR | D1Baseball: NR | USA Today: NR 23 at New Orleans* L, 6-4 (11) Career Record: 186-155 (6th season) | Record at MCN: Same 24 at New Orleans* W, 8-2 26 at Houston L, 2-0 29 McNEESE* L, 4-3 BY THE NUMBERS 30 McNEESE* W, 5-4 (10) 31 McNEESE* W, 6-3 HITTING PITCHING FIELDING APRIL (7-10) SHSU AMCC SHSU AMCC SHSU AMCC 2 RICE L, 11-5 .304 Batting Avg. .298 5.60 ERA 5.51 .966 Fielding Pct. .974 5 LAMAR* W, 15-6 .460 Slugging Pct. .399 .288 Opponent Avg. .276 44 Double Plays Turned 37 6 LAMAR* W, 6-5 6 LAMAR* W, 8-4 .374 On-Base Pct. .374 425 Strikeouts 429 68 Errors 52 9 HOUSTON L, 12-7 101 Doubles 96 178 Walks 237 40 Stolen Base Attempts 37 12 at Stephen F. Austin* W, 4-2 49 Home Runs 16 536 Hits Allowed 497 11 Caught Stealing 22 14 at Stephen F. Austin* L, 12-7 58/82 Stolen Bases/Att 53/79 117 Doubles Allowed 101 9 Passed Balls 6 14 at Stephen F. Austin* W, 6-3 19 Triples Allowed 14 16 No. 18 at Baylor L, 9-6 354 Runs 303 1 Catchers Interference 0 19 at Central Arkansas* L, 6-1 167 Walks 178 36 Home Runs Allowed 39 19 at Central Arkansas* L, 4-1 373 Strikeouts 305 49 Wild Pitches 49 20 at Central Arkansas* L, 6-2 34 Sac Bunts 34 4 Balks 6 23 vs Houston& L, 9-3 26 UCONN W, 8-5 27 UCONN L, 9-4 POSSIBLE BEARKAT POSITION STARTERS 28 UCONN W, 6-5 NO. PLAYER POS YR B/T BA HR RBI H 2B 3B SB/SBA NOTABLES 30 No. 14 TEXAS A&M L, 15-5 (7) 25 Jordan Cannon C SR R/R .378 4 38 68 12 2 14/18 Second Team All-SLC (UTL) 8 Hunter Hearn 1B SR R/R .333 11 50 73 16 4 3/6 Since April 30: .424 BA, 27 RBI MAY (7-5) 2 Riley McKnight 2B SR R/R .310 2 22 57 8 4 3/7 Career highs in R, H, RBI 4 A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI* L, 8-4 7 Jackson Loftin SS FR R/R .292 1 13 26 3 0 5/5 3 RBI in G3 win vs UConn 5 A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI* W, 11-5 9 Diego Davila 3B FR R/R .255 1 15 28 5 1 1/3 -- 5 A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI* W, 12-2 (7) 17 Colton Cowser LF FR L/R .368 7 54 77 17 7 8/8 SLC Hitter of the Year 7 FLORIDA ATLANTIC W, 12-11 47 Clayton Harp CF SR L/R .330 6 41 69 9 0 7/11 Reached 200 career hits at Baylor 10 at Southeastern La.* L, 3-0 44 Jack Rogers RF SO L/L .305 8 29 57 19 0 7/8 Third Team All-SLC 12 at Southeastern La.* W, 11-7 43 Gavin Johnson DH JR L/R .293 5 34 51 10 1 1/1 Honorable Mention All-SLC 12 at Southeastern La.* W, 14-5 13 at Arizona L, 14-7 PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUPS 13 at Arizona L, 16-2 16 NORTHWESTERN STATE* W, 11-5 Game 1 vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 17 NORTHWESTERN STATE* L, 9-4 TM NO. NAME W-L APP-GS ERA IP SO BB PLAYER NOTABLES 18 NORTHWESTERN STATE* W, 5-4 SHSU 23 Hayden Wesneski, RHP 8-3 14-14 3.36 99.0 107 20 -- 22 vs A&M-Corpus Christi% 4:00 pm AMCC 6 John Gaddis, LHP 4-4 19-4 3.15 45.2 50 16 -- BOLD - Home game at Don Sanders Stadium Game 2 vs McNeese/UIW * - Southland Conference game TM NO. NAME W-L APP-GS ERA IP SO BB PLAYER NOTABLES # - Rycass Classic (DeLand, Fla.) SHSU 30 Dominic Robinson, LHP 3-1 10-3 4.74 24.2 23 4 14K/1BB in 17.1 IP as a starter (last 3 weeks) ^ - Frisco Classic (Dr Pepper Ballpark - Frisco) -- -- TBA -- -- -- -- -- -- -- & - Constellation Field (Sugar Land) % - Southland Conference Touranment (Sugar Land) SAM HOUSTON STATE BEARKATS 2019 BASEBALL GAME NOTES 7 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 12 NCAa REGIONALS | 1 SUPER REGIONAL | 60 MLB DRAFT PICKS BEARKAT BASEBALL QUICK HITTERS 2019 QUICK FACTS - The Bearkats clinched the program’s seventh Southland Conference title and third in the last 4 seasons on Friday GENERAL INFORMATION with a win over Northwestern State. The seven crowns only trail Lamar (10) and Northwestern State (9) for all-time Location ......................................................................Huntsville, Texas titles in SLC history. Founded ........................................................................................1879 Enrollment .................................................................................20,477 - SHSU has won 6 SLC titles in its history and will be in search of its seventh in what would secure the program’s 13th Nickname ................................................................................Bearkats berth in an NCAA regional. The Kats are 36-21 all-time in the tournament with a winning percentage of .632, the Colors ...........................................................................Orange & White Affiliation ......................................................................NCAA Division I best in league history of any team with at least 15 games played in the event, while the 8 berths in the title game Conference ...........................................................................Southland and the 6 touranment titles are also the most in league history. President .....................................................................Dr. Dana G. Hoyt Director of Athletics......................................................Bobby Williams - SHSU enters as the No. 1 seed in the tournament, having also won the title as the No. 1 seed under Deggs in 2016. Since 2005, only a pair of No. 1 seeds have won the event - SHSU in 2016 and Texas State in 2011. DON SANDERS STADIUM Year Opened ..................................................................................2006 Capacity .......................................................................................1,164 - The Bearkats have had plenty of success in the Southland Conference under head coach Matt Deggs. Since Deggs Record at Stadium ...................................................................276-136 took over the program in 2015 the Kats are 104-45 in SLC play, and have won 38 of 50 SLC series. The current senior Longest Winning Streak ................................... 12 Games (2013-2014) class has played 120 SLC games (since 2016) with a 87-33 record and winning 33 of 40 SLC series. HISTORY First Year .......................................................................................1906 - The Bearkats have lost 4 games due to weather in 2019 - Texas Southern (H), TCU (H), Texas Tech (N) and Louisiana Modern Record ..............................................1,827-1,304 (Since 1949) Tech (A) - with three of those games being vs teams in the RPI top 100. Sam Houston added 2 games to its slate to NCAA Division I Record ........................................992-806 (Since 1987) replinish the schedule, making a trip to Tucson, Ariz. to face the Arizona Wildcats. in the team’s first meeting since NCAA Division I Regionals ...........1987, 1989, 1996, 2007, 2008, 2009, the 2017 Lubbock Regional. 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 NCAA Division I Super Regionals .................................................. 2017 Conference Championships ...............................................................11 - True freshman Colton Cowser has hit in the top third of the Bearkat lineup in every game this season and has Southland .................7 - 1989, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019 reached base safely in 48 of those 54 games, including getting a hit in 44 games. He enters the SLC Tournament SLC Tournament ..................6 - 1996, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017 having reached base in 39 of his last 41 games. Gulf Star ...........................................................3 - 1985, 1986, 1987 COACHING STAFF - The Kats have 8 walk-off wins in 2019 (Louisiana (2x), Nebraska, McNeese, Lamar, UConn, FAU, NSU), including Head Coach ....................................................Matt Deggs (5th season) Alma Mater ...........................................................Northwood, 1994 doing so in back-to-back games against Louisiana on February 23. The most recent came in the regular-season School Record ...................................................187-116 (5 seasons) finale when Cowser laced an RBI single in the bottom of the 9th for a 5-4 win over Northwestern State, clinching the Career Record ...........................................................................Same Southland Conference title.