2007 WEST VIRGINIA BASEBALL Mountaineer Baseball Notes - April 5-7, 2007 2007 SCHEDULE/SCOREBOARD West Virginia (17-5) vs. South Florida (16-8) Date Opponent Time/Result Feb. 16 Cleveland State# W, 5-1 Thursday, April 5, 6 p.m. Feb. 17 Cleveland State# W, 6-3 Feb. 18 Cleveland State# L, 3-0 Friday, April 6, 6 p.m. Feb. 23 North Carolina State^ L, 5-1 Saturday, April 7, 1 p.m. Feb. 25 UNC Wilmington^ W, 7-6 Feb. 26 at Norfolk State Cancelled Red McEwen Field, Tampa, Fla. Mar. 2 Marist+ W, 6-5 Mar. 3 Rhode Island+ W, 14-9 Mar. 4 Coastal Carolina+ L, 16-4 Live Stats: Mar. 6 Niagara (2) Cancelled Head Coaches: Mar. 10 Hartford W, 7-0 Mar. 11 Hartford (2) W, 11-1 West Virginia coach Greg Van Zant Live stats for this weekend’s W, 11-5 Mar.12 Hartford W, 11-1 366-309-1, 13th season games can be found WVU’s Mar. 13 Duquesne L, 14-12 Web site, Mar. 16 Toledo Cancelled Mar. 17 Toledo (2) Cancelled www.MSNsportsNET.com Mar. 18 Toledo Cancelled Mar. 20 St. Bonaventure W, 12-1 Mar. 21 St Bonaventure L, 10-6 Mar. 24 Seton Hall* (2) W, 4-3 (13) All-Time Series: W, 12-5 Mar. 25 Seton Hall* W, 4-3 Mar. 27 Canisius (2) W, 7-1 The Bulls lead the lifetime W, 9-1 series with the Mountaineers Mar. 30 Louisville* L, 4-3 Mar. 31 Louisville* L, 16-5 2-1. Apr. 1 Louisville* L, 9-8 Apr. 3 Coppin State (2) W, 12-0 USF coach Lelo Prado W, 10-0 Apr. 5 South Florida* 6:00 p.m. 598-425-2, 19th season Apr. 6 South Florida* 6:00 p.m. Last Meeting: Apr. 7 South Florida* 1:00 p.m. Apr. 10 Maryland-Eastern Shore (2) 1:00 p.m. Apr. 13 Cincinnati* 7:05 p.m. L, 1-8 (2006) Apr. 14 Cincinnati* 2:00 p.m. Apr. 15 Cincinnati* 1:00 p.m. W, 5-3 (2006) Apr. 18 Ohio 6:00 p.m. L, 4-9 (2006) Apr. 20 Notre Dame* 6:00 p.m. Morgantown, W.Va. Apr. 21 Notre Dame* 3:00 p.m. Apr. 22 Notre Dame* 1:00 p.m. Apr. 24 Maryland 7:05 p.m. Apr. 27 St. John’s* 7:05 p.m. Apr. 28 St. John’s* 3:00 p.m. PROBABLE MOUNTAINEER STARTERS Apr. 29 St. John’s* 1:00 p.m. May 5 Villanova* (2) Noon Pos. Name Stats Diamond Notes May 6 Villanova* Noon C: Justin Parks, So. .298 BA, 16 RBI First-year starter at C May 8 Maryland 6:00 p.m. 1B:Mike Schmidt, Jr. .239 BA, 8 RBI Also serves as a catcher May 9 Ohio 7:05 p.m. 2B:Jason Pape, Sr. .338 BA, 17 RBI Former transfer from Allegheny College May 11 Connecticut* 3 p.m. May 12 Connecticut* Noon 3B:Vince Belnome, Fr. .276 BA, 12 RBI Has started every game at 3B May 13 Connecticut* Noon SS:Tyler Kuhn, Jr. .327 BA, 29 RBI Has 9 multiple RBI games May 17 Georgetown* 7:05 p.m. LF: Justin Jenkins, Sr. .447 BA, 27 RBI Preseason 2nd team All-America May 18 Georgetown* 7:05 p.m. CF:Adam White, So. .413 BA, 18 RBI Has 14 multiple hit games May 19 Georgetown* 1:00 p.m. May 22-26 BIG EAST Tournament TBA RF:Austin Markel, So. .360 BA, 19 RBI Has 7 stolen bases DH:Michael Burger, Jr. .148 BA, 2 RBI Started 19 games as a DH last year # Winston-Salem, N.C. ^ Baseball at the Beach Tournament, Conway, S.C. Sports Communications Office Nathaniel Zinn Email: [email protected] + Coastal Carolina Tournament, Conway, S.C. * BIG EAST Games PO Box 0877 Elizabeth Brandt Email: [email protected] Home Games in Bold Morgantown, WV 26507-0877 Phone: 304.293.2821 Fax: 304.293.4105 2007 WEST VIRGINIA BASEBALL The Last Time Out... 2007 Records Summary (as of 4/5/07) The WVU baseball team swept both games of a Overall .......................................................... 17-8 BIG EAST ....................................................... 3-3 doubleheader against Coppin State on Tuesday, April 3 ... Non-conference ........................................... 14-5 the Mountaineers blanked the Eagles 12-0 ... senior left- Hawley Field ................................................ 12-2 handed pitcher Brendan Bergerson was awarded the Road .............................................................. 0-4 Neutral ........................................................... 5-2 complete-game shutout ... centerfielder Adam White and Extra Innings .................................................. 1-0 leftfielder Justin Jenkins were both 2-for-4 ... catcher Justin Seven Innings ................................................ 6-1 Parks registered his first home run of the 2007 season while Day ............................................................... 17-7 Night .............................................................. 0-1 first baseman Jordon Yost knocked out his fifth homer ... G1 of DH ........................................................ 4-0 right-handed pitcher Josh Whitlock would throw a 7-inning G2 of DH ........................................................ 3-0 no-hitter in game two of the doubleheader ... in Whitlock’s BIG EAST home ............................................. 3-0 BIG EAST road ............................................... 0-3 second complete game of his career he struck out eight Monday .......................................................... 0-0 batters and walked only three en route to the 10-0 win ... Tuesday ......................................................... 5-1 White went 2-for-3 while thirdbaseman Vince Belnome was Wednesday.................................................... 0-1 Thursday ........................................................ 0-0 2-for-2. Friday ............................................................. 2-2 Saturday ......................................................... 5-2 Sunday ........................................................... 4-3 Game decided by one run ............................. 4-2 Game decided by two runs ........................... 0-0 Non-conference Breakdown ACC ................................................................ 0-1 America East ................................................. 4-0 Atlantic-10 ...................................................... 2-2 Scouting the Bulls Big South ....................................................... 0-1 Patriot League ............................................... 0-0 Location: Tampa, Fla. Conf. USA ...................................................... 0-0 Enrollment: 43,885 Ind. ................................................................. 0-0 Conference: BIG EAST Ivy ................................................................... 0-0 MEAC ............................................................. 0-0 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 18/13 MAC................................................................ 0-0 2007 Record: 16-8 MAAC ............................................................. 3-0 2007 Conf. Record: 2-1 When WVU ... 2006 Record: 23-35 Outhits opp. ................................................. 16-1 2006 Conf. Record: 12-15 Is outhit by opp. .............................................. 1-6 Top Hitter: Walter Diaz, SS (.402 BA, 20 RBI) Hit same as opp. ........................................... 0-1 Hits two or more HR ...................................... 4-2 Top Pitcher: Danny Otero, RHP (2.61 ERA, 5-4) Scores first .................................................. 11-1 Opp. scores first ............................................ 6-7 Scores in the first inning ............................... 5-2 Allows a score in the first inning ................... 3-5 Scores five runs or more ............................. 15-4 Scores four runs or less ............................... 2-4 Allows five runs or more ................................ 5-6 Allows four runs or less .............................. 10-2 Trails after the eighth inning ......................... 1-7 Leads after the eighth inning ........................ 8-0 Tied after the eighth inning ............................ 2-0 Commits more errors than opp. ................... 1-4 On Deck For WVU Commits less errors than opp. ................... 12-2 The WVU baseball team will take on Maryland- Eastern Shore in a doubleheader on Tuesday, April 10, at 1 2007 Miscellaneous Wins in last at-bat ............................................. 2 p.m. The Mountaineers will then host a weekend of BIG Longest winning streak .................................... 5 EAST action as Cincinnati will travel to Morgantown for a Longest losing streak ...................................... 3 three-game series April 13-15. Largest margin of victory ................................ 12 Largest crowd ............................................. 1585 Largest home crowd .................................... 560 Series sweeps ................................................. 4 Times swept ..................................................... 1 2007 WEST VIRGINIA BASEBALL Multiple-Hit Games Jenkins Named Preseason All-America Player 2 3 4 5+ Total by Collegiate Baseball Justin Jenkins 12 2 2 - 16 West Virginia University’s Justin Jenkins was Adam White 6 6 2 - 14 selected to the preseason second team All-America as Austin Markel 8 2 - - 10 chosen by Collegiate Baseball. Tyler Kuhn 4 4 - - 8 Jenkins, a senior outfielder from Ridgeley, W.Va., Vince Belnome 6 1 - - 7 batted .375 with 10 home runs and 49 RBI as a junior for the Justin Parks 6 1 - - 7 36-22 Mountaineers. Jenkins and Rutgers shortstop Todd Jason Pape 5 1 1 - 7 Frazier are the BIG EAST conference’s sole representatives Jordon Yost 5 1 - - 6 Mike Schmidt 1 - - - 1 in Collegiate Baseball’s selection as Frazier was named to Brent Lockhart - 1 - - 1 the third team. Trent Ridgley 1 - - - 1 The publication also predicted that West Virginia will finish fourth in the BIG EAST this season after a solid fifth- place finish last year. 2006 conference champion Notre Dame is again picked to finish first in 2007 followed