New Orleans Privateer Baseball Game 19 | University of New Orleans (9-9) vs. Nicholls State Colonels (11-9) Mar. 20, 2012 ● 6:30 p.m. ● Ray Didier Field ● Thibodaux, La.. Onlien Audio: ThibodauxOnline.com ● Live Stats: GeauxColonels.com ●Twitter: @ColonelSports 2012 UNO Baseball Schedule/Results 1984 NCAA Div I World Series • 1974 NCAA Div II World Series NCAA Tournament • 73, 74, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 96, 00, 07, 08 Date Opponent Result/Time Conference Champions • 1978 & 2007 Sun Belt, 1989 American South F7 #22 Southern Ark. (DH) W 7-1 L 1-7 F8 William Carey L 4-7 Quick Preview ● UNO vs Nicholls State F14 Stillman (Ala.) W, 12-3 THIBODAUX, La. – The University of New Orleans baseball team will play F21 at Mobile W, 5-4 Nicholls State on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in a game moved up a day from the F24 at LSU-Alexandria W, 6-5 original schedule. F25 at LSU-A (DH) W, 6-5 W 10-3 F28 Spring Hill L, 6-15 UNO (9-9) had planned to travel to LSU-Shreveport for a Tuesday double- M4 * at #2 West Fla. (DH) L, 9-10 W 12-3 header, before the games were called due to inclement weather. M10 * Valdosta State (DH) W, 5-4 L, 2-14 M11 * Valdosta State L, 1-11 With the same band of storms threatening southeastern Louisiana later into the M13 Nicholls State L, 7-15 (10) week, Privateer head coach Bruce Peddie reached out to NSU (11-9) to move M17 * at Ala-Huntsville (DH) L, 4-5 (10) W, 3-2 their contest 24 hours earlier to fill a void on both team’s schedules. M18 * at Ala-Huntsville L, 3-6 M20 at Nicholls State 6:30 p.m. Probable UNO Starting Lineup M24 * West Georgia (DH) 2 p.m. Pos. No. Name Yr. Avg. R / H / RBI M25 * West Georgia 1 p.m. C 13 Brandon Simon Sr-1L .244 5 / 10 / 7 M26 at Spring Hill 6 p.m. 1B 44 Jonathan Coco Fr-HS .217 7 / 10 / 5 M31 * at Christian Bros. (DH) 12 p.m. 2B 19 Zach Pohto Jr-1L .267 7 / 8 / 1 A1 * at Christian Bros. 1 p.m. 3B 22 Cameron Wheeless Sr-1L .317 11 / 20 / 13 A3 Mobile 6:30 p.m. SS 8 Beau Boudreaux Sr-1L .292 12 / 14 / 17 A4 at Tougaloo (DH) 12 p.m. LF 31 Dan Perkins Jr-RS .318 16 / 21 / 3 A6 * West Alabama 6:30 p.m. CF 3 Blake LeBlanc Sr-1L .324 13 / 24 / 8 A7 * West Alabama (DH) 2 p.m. RF 7 Clint Coleman Sr-Tr. .293 16 / 17 / 14 A10 McNeese State 6:30 p.m. DH 1 Steffan Farrell Sr-1L .152 4 / 7 / 5 A11 at William Carey 6:30 p.m. A14 * at Delta State (DH) 3 p.m. UNO’s Starting Pitching Rotation A15 * at Delta State 2 p.m. RHP 23 Christian Cale So-Tr 3-0, 3.82 ERA A17 at McNeese State 6:30 p.m. Last Start: at Alabama-Huntsville (Mar. 17) A18 at Southern B.R. 6 p.m. Stat Line: N/D, 5 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K A21 * at North Alabama (DH) 2 p.m. Season Totals: 6 GP, 6 GS, 33 IP, 36 H, 21 R, 14 ER, 10 BB, 26 K A22 * at North Alabama 1 p.m. A24 at Southern B.R. 6 p.m. RHP 41 Jake Fabre Jr-Tr 3-2, 3.05 ERA A27 Tougaloo 6:30 p.m. Last Start: vs Valdosta State (Mar. 11) A28 Tougaloo (DH) 2 p.m. Stat Line: L, 5 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 3 K Season Totals: 5 GP, 3 GS, 20.2 IP, 28 H, 15 R, 7 ER, 9 BB, 19 K All Times Central * Gulf South Conference game LHP 10 Stone Speer Jr-Tr 1-3, 5.96 ERA Last Start: at Alabama-Huntsville (Mar. 18) UNO Basketball Quick Facts Stat Line: L, 5 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 5 BB, 5 K Head Coach Bruce Peddie Season Totals: 8 GP, 6 GS, 25.2 IP, 32 H, 28 R, 17 ER, 16 BB, 27 K Alma Mater Mansfield, 1987 Record at UNO (Years) 17-89 (Two Seasons) Other Potential Starters Career Record (Years) 354-324-2 (13 Years) LHP 17 Cory Hoffman Sr-1L 1-0, 1.93 ERA Assistant Justin Garcia Last Start: vs Nicholls State (Mar. 13) Athletic Trainer Jordan Blough Stat Line: N/D, 5 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Media Relations Dir Jason Plotkin Season Totals: 6 GP, 2 GS, 18.2 IP, 18 H, 8 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 6 K 2011 Record 4-50 Returnees 14 Top Arms in the Bullpen Returning Starters 6 Pos/0 Pitch RHP 15 Kyle Zara 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 GP, 4 IP, 3 H, 3K Newcomers 17 RHP 9 Kyle Blancaneaux 0-1, 5.79 ERA, 6 GP, 9.1 IP, 2 SV RHP 12 Cory Myers 1-0, 6.75 ERA, 3 GP, 8 IP, 1 GS RHP 19 Garrett Manning 0-2, 7.07 ERA, 8 GP, 14 IP, 1 SV RHP 30 Cameron Glendinning 0-1, 10.45 ERA, 8 GP, 10.1 IP, 2 SV Lagniappe from Last Time Last Time Out - Mar. 17-18 Stealing Bases with UNO ● For the second straight weekend, UNO could not claim a best- ● UNO started the season on a tear, stealing 32 bases through of-three series, falling 5-4 and 6-3 to UAH around a 3-2 win in the the season's first 11 games. second game of a Saturday doubleheader. ● The 32 was more than double the 15 stolen in 2011 over the ● The losses dropped UNO to 6-3 away from New Orleans. course of 54 games and approaching the 39 stolen in 2010. ● In the 5-4 loss, the Privateers had their chances, leaving a Since that strong start, the Privateers have swiped just two bases runner stranded at third with one out in the sixth, amongst other over the last seven games - both coming against Nicholls (Mar. opportunities. 13) ● Bruce Peddie was an assistant coach on the UNO team that set Weekend’s Top Hitters the school-record with 160 stolen bases in 2007. ● Three hitters topped .400 against UAH including Blake ● Privateers Clint Coleman (Feb. 24) and Dan Perkins (Feb. 25) LeBlanc (.429), Dan Perkins (.400) and Brandon Simon (.400) have games with three stolen bases - the first time since Johnny ● LeBlanc hit 6-of-14 with three runs, a triple, a home run and a Giavotella (currently of the Royals) on May 6, 2008 at Tulane. pair of RBIs ● Perkins was 4-for-10 with two runs and two doubles Simon Streaking ● Simon batted 4-for-10 with two runs, a home run and a trio of ● Brandon Simon is on a roll, hitting 7-of-17 (.411) over the last RBIs. five games to bolster his batting average to .244. ● Prior to the current stretch, Simon had just three hits in 24 at Weekend's Top Pitchers bats and was hitting .130. ● Kyle Zara, Cory Hoffman, Alex Smith and Kyle Blancaneaux ● Simon's five-game hitting streak entering the LSU-Shreveport all had perfect 0.00 ERAs against UAH. doubleheader trails just Zach Pohto (seven) and Blake LeBlanc ● Zara pitched three frames and allowed just one hit while Hoff- (six) amongst active players. man lasted 2.1 innings and yielded one hit. ● Smith continued his recent success as of late by throwing two LeBlanc During Six-Game Hitting Streak scoreless innings while Blancaneaux got out of trouble after walk- ● During Blake LeBlanc's current six-game hitting streak, the ing two in just one inning of work. leadoff hitter is 11-of-25 for a .440 batting average. ● LeBlanc has a total eight games with multiple hits, including Myers on the Mend three during the current run. ● A Friday starter earlier in his career at UNO, right-handed ● LeBlanc's top game during the streak was a 4-for-5 outing pitcher Cory Myers was setback on more than one occasion with with two runs and two RBIs, including a home run and triple injuries. against Alabama-Huntsville (Mar. 17). ● With several of his fellow pitchers unable to make the trip to ● The home run was LeBlanc's first in two years on the Lake- Alabama-Huntsville due to injury, Myers stepped to the mound front. He did not hit a round-tripper in 179 at-bats in 2011. and delivered in his first start since Mar. 12, 2011. ● The native of Carlisle, Pa. picked up a win for the first time since Apr. 5, 2009 by allowing two runs on five hits during five in- nings of work on the mound. Myers struck out opposing players for the Privateers, who won 3-2 and snapped a seven-game win- ning streak for UAH. ● Myers is a fifth-year medical redshirt. UNO’s Offensive Leaders Batting avg Runs scored Doubles 1. Blake LeBlanc .324 1. Clint Coleman 16 1. Blake LeBlanc 5 2. Dan Perkins .318 Dan Perkins 16 Clint Coleman 5 3. Cameron Wheeless .317 3. Blake LeBlanc 13 3. Beau Boudreaux 4 4. Clint Coleman .293 4. Beau Boudreaux 12 4. 3 tied at ... 3 5. Beau Boudreaux .292 5. Cameron Wheeless 11 Slugging pct Hits Triples 1.