C-USA Champions: 2012 // NCAA Tournament: 1991 . 2012 // All C-USA: 42 // MLB Draft Selections: 57 #GreaterBHAM @UAB_Baseball UAB_Baseball /UAB.Athletics 2018 UAB Baseball Game Notes Contact: Abby Vinson // [email protected] // O: (205) 934-0722 // C: (205) 541-1751 2018 Schedule & Results Overall: 21-33 C-USA: 13-17 2018 Final Notes Non-Conference: 8-14 Home: 12-19 Away: 9-12 Neutral: 0-2 Date Opponent Result UAB (21-33, 13-17 C-USA) February 16 Bowling Green^ W, 4-3 17 Bowling Green W, 4-2 18 Bowling Green^ W, 6-2 UAB On the Mound for the Blazers: 20 at Alabama State L, 6-7 (10) 2018 Record: 21-33, 23-6 C-USA 21 Alabama State^ W, 2-1 Head Coach: Brian Shoop 23 at Arkansas State DNP Record at UAB: 328-356 (12) 24 at Arkansas State DNP Career Record: 1027-646-1 (29) 25 at Arkansas State DNP Twitter: @UAB_Baseball 27 Jacksonville State^ L, 4-2 28 at Troy L, 3-2 March 2 Iowa^ L, 4-1 3 Iowa^ L, 11-3 4 Iowa^ W, 4-0 6 No. 21 Auburn^ L, 11-8 9 Milwaukee^ L, 6-4 9 Milwaukee^ W, 10-0 10 Milwaukee^ L, 4-2 13 Troy^ L, 4-1 16 at Marshall* W, 5-2 17 at Marshall* W, 3-1 18 at Marshall* L, 6-0 20 Alabama^ W, 6-4 23 LA Tech*^ W, 3-0 24 LA Tech*^ L, 7-6 Team Comparison 25 LA Tech*^ L, 9-4 (12) UAB ................................................................................... 27 Samford^ L, 8-2 29 at Charlotte^ L, 7-1 First Pitch ...............................................Hitting ................................................... 30 at Charlotte^ W, 18-10 .243 .................................................Avg. ............................................................... 31 at Charlotte^ W, 4-3 . UAB finished its 39th season of baseball with a 1,103-1,077-1 217 ................................................. Runs ............................................................... record. The Blazers have two NCAA Tournament Appearances and 430 .................................................. Hits ................................................................ April a Conference USA Championship in 2012. 78 .......................................................2B ................................................................. 3 Birmingham Barons^ L, 5-1 . The Blazers made their first trip to the Conference USA 3 .........................................................3B ................................................................. 4 Alabama A&M W, 6-3 Tournament since 2015 when they made it as the No. 8 seed. 19 .......................................................HR ................................................................. 6 FIU* W, 2-1 . A long-time veteran of the game, head coach Brian Shoop 187 ...................................................RBI ................................................................. 8 FIU* L 4-6 (7) will enter his 30th season of baseball in 2019 with a 1,026-644-1 176 ....................................................BB ................................................................. 8 FIU* L, 3-0 (7) overall record and a 327-354 mark in his time on the Southside. 362 ....................................................K’s ................................................................. 10 at Alabama L, 12-3 . The Blazers once again had the privledge of calling Regions 64-82 ........................................... SB-ATT ............................................................. 13 at Old Dominion* W, 6-3 Field home in 2018 for the fifth season. The ballpark, opened in 14 at Old Dominion* L, 12-0 the Spring of 2013, is the home field of the Birmingham Barons, ....................................................Pitching .......................................................... 14 at Old Dominion W, 7-5 the Double-A affiliate of MLB’s Chicago White Sox. UAB owns a 4.47 ................................................. ERA ................................................................ 17 at No. 21 Auburn L, 12-2 53-28 record inside the stadium and went 8-9 there in 2018. 475.0 ..................................................IP .................................................................. 20 WKU* L, 13-5 21 WKU* W, 5-0 . The Blazers said goodbye to seven seniors in 2018 including 456 .................................................. Hits ................................................................ 21 WKU* L, 8-5 Ryan Ruggles, Isaiah Gonzales-Montoya, Price Visintainer, 288 ................................................. Runs ............................................................... 28 at Florida Atlantic* L, 5-2 Stephen Dobbs, Kevin Davis, Brett Blackwood and Carson Jones. 236 ....................................................ER ................................................................. 28 at Florida Atlantic* W, 8-2 219 ....................................................BB ................................................................. 29 at Florida Atlantic* W, 12-5 396 ....................................................K’s ................................................................. .253 ...............................................B/Avg. ............................................................. May 1 at Samford L, 7-5 4 No. 11 Southern Miss* L, 6-0 Top Returners By Position 5 No. 11 Southern Miss* L, 6-2 6 No. 11 Southern Miss* L, 9-4 Pos. Name Avg. AB R H HR RBI OB% Notable 11 at Rice* L, 8-5 C 12 at Rice* W, 5-3 1B Thomas Johns .266 154 16 41 3 21 .360 19-of-41 hits went for extra bases 13 at Rice* L, 6-3 2B Carter Pharis .299 197 30 59 6 33 .392 Only player to start all 54 games SS Antonio Ralat .208 154 9 32 0 14 .267 Started 47 games at shortstop 15 at Jacksonville State L, 7-1 3B 17 Middle Tennessee* L, 7-4 LF Colton Schultz .262 191 29 50 1 16 .345 Started 52 games splittling time between left field and first base 18 Middle Tennessee* W, 6-5 CF Tyler Tolbert .230 200 29 46 0 18 .320 24 stolen bases ranks in the top-10 in a single season in UAB history 19 Middle Tennessee* L, 11-5 RF Cole Collins .264 140 17 37 0 11 .425 Reached base safely in 32-of-42 games played 24 vs. Southern Miss + L, 2-0 24 vs. Charlotte + L, 2-0 PITCHERS Pos. Name ERA W-L APP GS IP BB SO * - Denotes Conference USA Game // RHP Tanner Graham 3.86 3-9 15 14 88.2 31 55 Team leader in ERA, starts and innings pitched ^ - Denotes at Regions Field // Home games in RHP Ryan Wesson 4.40 3-3 15 9 61.1 11 44 Transitioned to bullpen late in season BOLD // All times listed Central + - Denotes C-USA Tournament in Biloxi, Miss. 2018 UAB Baseball No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T Class Hometown/Previous School QUICK FACTS 1 Antonio Ralat INF 6-2 200 R/R Jr. San Juan, P.R./Palm Beach State 2 Tyler Tolbert UTL 6-0 160 R/R So. Trussville, Ala./Hewitt-Trussville General Information School ...............................................................................................UAB 3 Tyler Gates RHP 6-0 190 R/R RS-Jr. Northport, Ala./Shelton State CC Location ................................................................. Birmingham, Ala. 5 Carter Pharis INF 6-1 200 R/R Jr. Trussville, Ala./Hewitt-Trussville Founded..........................................................................................1969 6 Blake Johnson INF 5-10 185 R/R RS-Jr. Phenix City, Ala./Central Enrollment .................................................................................20,902 8 Brett Blackwood INF 6-1 190 R/R RS-Jr. Hartselle, Ala./Hartselle President .................................................................... Dr. Ray L. Watts 9 Jim Jeffries C/1B 6-2 230 L/R So. Mokena, Ill./Providence Catholic Athletic Director ...........................................................Mark Ingram 10 Kevin Davis RHP 6-0 195 R/R Sr. Brewton, Ala./Auburn Faculty Athletics Representative...................Dr. Frank Messina 11 Ian McWilliams RHP 6-3 165 R/R Fr. Hendersonville, Tenn./Beech Colors ................................................... Forest Green and Old Gold 12 Luke Eigsti OF/RHP 6-2 190 R/R Jr. Scottsdale, Ariz./Saguaro Nickname ...................................................................................Blazers 14 Ryan Wesson RHP 6-1 185 R/R Jr. Baldwyn, Miss./Northeast Mississippi CC Home Field ...................................................Young Memorial Field 15 Ryan Ruggles LHP 6-4 205 L/L Sr. Sheffield, Ala./Sheffield ....................................................................................Regions Field 16 Tanner Graham RHP 6-4 210 R/R Jr. Killen, Ala./Brooks Conference..............................................................Conference USA 17 Justin Wiley INF 6-1 165 R/R Fr. Birmingham, Ala./Ramsay 18 Carson Jones RHP 6-1 210 R/R Sr. Moulton, Ala/Calhoun CC 19 Price Visintainer INF 5-10 170 R/R Sr. Vestavia Hills, Ala./Shelton State CC Baseball Staff 20 Cole Collins OF 5-7 160 L/R Jr. Cullman, Ala./Wallace-Hanceville CC Head Coach ....................................................................Brian Shoop 21 Matthew Calvert LHP 6-1 230 R/L Jr. Springville, Ala./Clay-Chalkville Alma Mater: ...........................................................Malone, 1980 22 Zack Davis OF 6-3 210 L/R RS-So. Kearney, Mo./Kearney Overall Record (Seasons): ...........................1,028-646-1 (29) 23 Jess Davis OF 6-0 180 L/R Fr. Kearney, Mo./Kearney Record at UAB (Seasons): ....................................328-356 (12) 24 Troy Cordrey RHP 6-3 225 R/R Fr. Helena, Ala./Helena Assistant Coach (Hitting): ..............................................Perry Roth 25 Christian Waltman C 6-0 195 R/R Fr. Semmes, Ala./Faith Academy Alma Mater: