Baseball Contact: Jason C. Redd • [email protected] • 901.678.4640 (offi ce) 2010 Schedule/Results Date Opponent Time/Result Memphis Tigers (15-18; 5-4 C-USA) Feb. 19 MIDDLE TENNESSEE L, 3-4 Feb. 20 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W, 7-6 April 16-18 • at Houston Cougars (14-17; 2-4 C-USA) Feb. 23 at UT-Martin L, 4-5 6:30 p.m. • 6:30 p.m. • 1 p.m. Feb. 26 Toledo! L, 6-8 Feb. 27 Pittsburgh! L, 9-8 (10) Cougar Field (Houston, Texas) Feb. 28 Bradley! W, 3-2 Friday, April 16, 2010 • 6:30 p.m. Mar. 2 at #18 Ole Miss L, 2-7 Memphis – Brennon Martin, Sr., LHP (2-3, 3.81 ERA) 22010010 SStatstats CComparisonomparison Mar. 5 OAKLAND UNIVERSITY L, 4-6 Houston – Taylor Hammack, Jr., LHP (1-2, 3.25 ERA) Mar. 6 OAKLAND UNIVERSITY W, 7-1 Memphis Stat Houston Mar. 7 OAKLAND UNIVERSITY W, 16-6 Saturday, April 17, 2010 • 6:30 p.m. .305 AVG .283 Mar. 8 PORTLAND L , 2-7 Memphis – Ryan Fraser, Sr., RHP (3-1, 6.16 ERA) Mar. 10 at Louisiana-Monroe L, 10-9 1203 AB 1080 Houston – Michael Goodnight, So., RHP (4-4, 4.53 ERA) Mar. 12 at Dallas Baptist (DH) L, 4-9 229 Runs 179 Mar. 13 at Dallas Baptist W, 9-8 Sunday, April 18, 2010 • 2 p.m. 367 Hits 306 at Dallas Baptist L, 10-9 Memphis – Ryan Holland, Jr., LHP (2-3, 5.86 ERA) 59 Doubles 41 Mar. 16 SOUTH ALABAMA L, 13-2 Houston – TBA Mar. 17 SOUTH ALABAMA W, 5-3 9 Triples 12 Mar. 19 TENNESSEE TECH W, 17-12 Tigers Look to Keep C-USA Tourney Pace at Houston 29 Home Runs 22 Mar. 20 TENNESSEE TECH W, 6-1 Tied for second place in the C-USA standings with a 216 RBI 165 5-4 league mark, the University of Memphis baseball Mar. 21 TENNESSEE TECH W, 13-9 (10) .441 Slugging% .405 Mar. 24 at Mississippi State L, 6-7 team looks to hold a fi rm grip on its league tourna- Mar. 26 #18 RICE* W, 5-2 ment hopes, while doing something no Tiger team 113 Walks 122 Mar. 27 #18 RICE* (DH)W, 8-7 has ever done–win a game at Cougar Field. Mem- 232 Strikeouts 198 #18 RICE* L, 4-13 phis will get three cracks at it this weekend when it 52-71 SB-SBA 39-54 takes on Houston in a three-game C-USA set. Game Mar. 30 at Arkansas State L, 5-6 5.94 ERA 5.54 April 2 at Marshall* L, 4-7 times are set for 6:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. April 3 at Marshall* (DH) W, 10-8 Sunday’s series fi nale is scheduled for 1 p.m. 2 Saves 5 at Marshall* W, 21-13 292.2 IP 274.1 April 6 AUSTIN PEAY$ L, 7-14 Scouting the Tigers 394 Hits 300 Riding the wave of its fi rst win over Ole Miss in sev- April 9 EAST CAROLINA* W, 6-5 246 Runs 193 April 10 EAST CAROLINA* L, 9-20 en years, Memphis heads to Houston with a 15-18 April 11 EAST CAROLINA* L, 2-3 overall record and a 5-4 mark in league play. The 193 ER 169 April 13 #15 OLE MISS W, 6-5 Tigers have won two of the fi rst three C-USA sets, 129 Walks 178 April 16 at Houston* 6:30 p.m. including its lone road series at Marshall. 286 Strikeouts 239 Memphis is led by its 1-2-3 tandem of Drew Mar- April 17 at Houston* 6:30 p.m. 30 Home Runs 29 April 18 at Houston* 1 p.m. tinez, Chad Zurcher and Tyler Huelsing. Zurcher April 21 ARKANSAS STATE 6:30 p.m. leads the offense with a .414 batting average, 58 .320 Opp. BA .283 April 23 TULANE* 6:30 p.m. hits and 16 stolen bases. He is tied with Martinez April 24 TULANE* 2 p.m. for team lead with 39 runs and his nine doubles are ing crew of Brennon Martin, Ryan Fraser and Ryan April 25 TULANE* 1 p.m. equalled by Huelsing. Martinez, the Tiger’s leadoff Holland. Martin (2-3) leads the staff with a 3.81 ERA. April 28 UL-MONROE 6:30 p.m. hitter, hits .366 with 52 hits. The sophomore has col- The southpaw has 43 strikeouts in a staff-high 52 in- April 30 at UCF* 5:30 p.m. lected multiple hits in 17 games this year. Huelsing nings. Fraser, who picked up the save on Tuesday, is May 1 at UCF* 3 p.m. has had a memorable senior campaign. The Mun- 3-1 with a 6.16 ERA. He leads the staff with 63 strike- May 2 at UCF* 12 p.m. ford, Tenn., native bats .370 and leads Memphis outs. Memphis is 16th nationally with 286 strikeouts. May 7 UAB* 6:30 p.m. with 49 RBI and 11 home runs. He has put together Freshman Dan Langfi eld and junior Dane Sharp May 8 UAB* 2 p.m. 10 multi-RBI performances, including driving in fi ve are the top options out the Memphis Bullpen. Lang- May 9 UAB* 1 p.m. or more runs three times. fi eld leads the staff with four wins, while Sharp is sec- May 11 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 6:30 p.m. On the mound, Memphis looks to it weekend start- ond on the staff with a 4.20 ERA. May 12 MURRAY STATE 6:30 p.m. May 14 at Oklahoma 6:30 p.m. Probable Starting Lineup May 15 at Oklahoma 2 p.m. May 16 at Oklahoma 1 p.m. Pos. # Player BA HR RBI R SB Season Notes May 20 Southern Miss* 6:30 p.m. C 11 Phillip Chapman .278 1 14 13 4-5 Took over as club’s starting catcher May 21 Southern Miss* 6:30 p.m. 1B 15 Trey Wiedman .287 6 23 14 1-2 Has eight RBI in last four games May 22 Southern Miss* 1 p.m. 2B 22 Adam McClain .258 2 15 17 7-7 ‘09 C-USA All-Fr...2-for-19 in last fi ve games May 26-30 C-USA Tournament TBA 3B 9 Jacob Wilson .333 3 27 21 1-1 Currently working on eight-game hit streak SS 2 Chad Zurcher .414 3 28 39 16-18 Has hit safely in 24 of last 25 games *Denotes Conference USA game LF 4 Tyler Huelsing .370 11 49 35 6-11 Second in C-USA in RBI and home runs ! - USA College Classic (USA Stadium, Millington, Tenn.) CF 1 Drew Martinez .366 0 18 39 13-19 ‘09 C-USA All-Fr....Reached base in 32 of 33 games $ - Games played at Pringles Park (Jackson, Tenn.) RF 24 Derrick Thomas .255 0 5 13 0-2 Lone freshman in Memphis’ starting lineup HOME GAMES IN BOLD DH 19 Rick Russell .308 2 20 18 3-4 Hitless in last seven at-bats GAMES AT AUTOZONE PARK IN ITALICS Scouting the Cougars Houston enters the weekend with a 14-17 record 2010 Memphis Tigers Baseball Roster and a league mark of 2-4. The Cougars were swept No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. B-T Yr.-Exp. Hometown (Last School) by TCU in their open C-USA weekend last weekend. 1 Drew Martinez of 5-10 170 L-L So.-1L Collierville, Tenn. (CBHS) The UH pitching staff maintains a 5.54 ERA and 2 Chad Zurcher inf 6-0 165 R-R R-So.-1L Knoxville, Tenn. (South-Doyle HS) holds opposing hitters to a collective .283 batting av- 4 Tyler Huelsing of 6-0 195 L-R Sr.-3L Munford, Tenn. (Munford HS) erage. Friday night’s starter Taylor Hammack is tops 5 Chase Joiner rhp 6-3 200 R-R Jr.-JC Hopkinsville, Ky. (John A. Logan CC) on the staff with a 3.25 ERA and a .224 opponent’s 6 Chris Castillo inf/c 5-10 175 R-R So.-JC Coppell, Texas (Richland JC) batting average. Hammack is followed by Michael 7 Shawn Ablett c/1b 6-0 205 R-R Sr.-1L Van Alstyne, Texas (Richland JC) Goodnight, who will make his 10th start on Satur- 8 Marcus Barnes lhp 5-11 165 R-L Jr.-2L Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Oakland HS) day. Goodnight is 4-4 with a 4.53 ERA. He leads the 9 Jacob Wilson inf 6-0 200 R-R So.-1L Arlington, Tenn. (Bartlett HS) Houston pitching staff with 53 strikeouts in just 45.2 10 Robby Graham of 5-9 195 L-R Jr.-2L Cordova , Tenn. (Cordova HS) innings of work. Closer Matt Creel has fi ve saves. 11 Phillip Chapman c 5-11 190 R-R Jr.-JC Clinton, Miss. (Northeast Miss. CC) At the plate, Houston hits .283. Four Cougars 12 Heith Hatfi eld rhp/util 6-3 195 R-R So.-1L Bartlett, Tenn. (Bartlett HS) come into weekend play with batting averages over 14 Alan Mathis inf 6-2 190 R-R Jr.-JC Memphis, Tenn. (Northwest Miss. CC) .300. Caleb Ramsey’s .362 clip is tops onthe club, 15 Trey Wiedman 1b/of 6-1 215 R-R Sr.-3L Memphis, Tenn. (Houston HS) while Joel Ansley hits .357. Ramsey leads the team 16 Dan Langfi eld rhp 6-1 215 R-R Fr.-HS Somerset, Mass.