WASHINGTON STATE BASEBALL GAME NOTES Oregon at Washington State Bailey-Brayton Field (Pullman, Wash.) Friday-Sunday (May 20-22, 2011) Game Times 5:30 p.m., 2 p.m., Noon Craig Lawson • Assistant Sports Information Director (Baseball Contact) • W-509-335-0265 • C-509-432-9063 • [email protected] FEBRUARY COUGARS CLOSE OUT HOME SLATE 18 at Cal State Bakersfi eld-W, 4-2 The Washington State University baseball team (22-25, 6-15 Pacifi c-10) hosts Oregon 19 at Cal State Bakersfi eld-L, 11-10 (28-24-1, 7-14 Pac-10) in a three-game conference series (May 20-22)...game times are 20 at Cal State Bakersfi eld-W, 4-3 26 UC Santa Barbara-W, 5-1 5:30 p.m., Friday, 2 p.m., Saturday and noon, Sunday...all three games will have live stats 26 UC Santa Barbara-W, 7-3 (7) (free) and a live webcast (paid subscription) on wsucougars.com...Steve Grubbs will pro- MARCH vide the play-by-play on the radio. 4 #vs. Oklahoma State-W, 13-2 5 #vs. Minnesota-L, 2-0 6 #vs. South Alabama-L, 14-3 COUGAR PITCHING PROBABLES 7 Dallas Baptist-L, 13-4 Friday 8 Dallas Baptist-W, 8-7 11 Utah Valley-W, 3-1 LH Adam Conley (5-6, 3.13 ERA, 77 K, 95 IP) 12 Utah Valley-W, 8-7 13 Utah Valley-W, 16-2 Saturday 17 at Fresno State-L, 7-5 18 at Fresno State-L, 16-1 (6) RH James Wise (4-6, 4.54 ERA, 62 K, 71 1/3 IP) 19 at Fresno State-L, 7-2 25 *at California-L, 7-0 Sunday 26 *at California-L, 3-0 27 *at California-L, 4-3 (11) TBA 29 Gonzaga-W, 17-11 APRIL HOME SWEET HOME 1 *Stanford-W, 10-8 2 *Stanford-L, 22-3 Washington State is in the concluding a 16-game homestand, its longest in school history 3 *Stanford-L, 4-3 and the longest in the Pac-10 this season...Cougars are 58-22 at home from 2009-present, 5 at Gonzaga-W, 11-6 including 7-6 during the current stretch. 8 *UCLA-L, 3-1 9 *UCLA-L, 10-3 10 *UCLA-W, 3-2 COME-FROM-BEHIND COUGARS 12 Gonzaga-W, 3-1 Washington State has posted 98-comeback victories in Donnie Marbut’s seven seasons at 15 *at Arizona State-L, 3-1 16 *at Arizona State-L, 8-2 the helm of the Cougar program...in Washington State’s 10-8 win over No. 11 Stanford 17 *at Arizona State-L, 10-4 (April 1), the Cougars trailed 8-2 before scoring eight times in the eighth for a 10-8 victo- 21 *at Oregon StateL, 4-2 ry...Washington State scored three times in the bottom of the ninth to defeat No. 16 UCLA 22 *at Oregon State-L, 9-6 23 *at Oregon State-W, 2-0 3-2 (April 10)...Cougars have 24 victories in their last at bat over the last-four seasons. 26 BYU-W, 3-0 26 BYU-W, 4-3 INFIELD GOES DEEP 29 *Washington-W, 5-2 30 *Washington-W, 11-6 In Washington State’s 11-6 victory at No. 24 Gonzaga (April 5), all four members of the MAY Cougars’ starting infi eld hit home runs...redshirt-sophomore fi rst baseman Taylor Ard 1 *Washington-L, 6-5 led off the second inning with his fourth round-tripper of the season...senior third base- 6 UNLV-L, 4-1 7 UNLV-W, 4-3 man Matt Argyropoulos went deep with a man aboard in the third for his fourth dinger of 8 UNLV-L, 6-3 2011...two batters later, junior second baseman Tommy Richards blasted his fi rst-colle- 14 *Arizona-W, 7-6 (10) giate home run...in the fi fth, redshirt-senior shortstop Cody Bartlett hit a three-run shot for 15 *Arizona-L, 8-1 16 *Arizona-L, 6-4 his fi rst bomb this season...fi rst time in school history that each member of the Cougars’ 17 Portland-L, 10-8 starting infi eld homered in the same game. 17 Portland-W, 11-5 20 *Oregon (5:30 p.m.) 21 *Oregon (2 p.m.) SHUTOUT STREAK 22 *Oregon (Noon) Washington State notched 26-straight shutout innings (April 23-26)...longest streak since 24 %vs. Washington (6 p.m.) 28 innings (March 7-9, 1980)...streak in 1980 included future-MLB pitchers Tom Nie- 27 *at USC (6 p.m.) 28 *at USC (2 p.m.) denfuer and Doug Sisk each pitching seven innings of victories (March 8) over Idaho and 29 *at USC (Noon) Lewis-Clark State, respectively. #Dairy Queen Classic (Tucson, Ariz.) *Pacifi c-10 Game MILESTONE VICTORY %Played in Pasco, Wash. In Washington State’s 3-0 victory over BYU during game one of a doubleheader (April All Times Pacifi c 26), Cougar Head Coach Donnie Marbut earned his 200th-career victory. WASHINGTON STATE BASEBALL GAME NOTES Oregon at Washington State Friday-Sunday (May 20-22, 2011) Page 2 HITTER NOTES WSU’S RECORD... #35 Taylor Ard (1B) - Started all 47 games...leads team with 44 RBI (second in Pac- 2011 10), including 15 with two outs...eight home runs lead the Pac-10...ranks in Pac-10 with Overall 21-25 .517 slugging percentage (fi fth) and 89 total bases (sixth)...four RBI vs. Oklahoma State Conference 6-15 Nonconference 16-10 (March 4) and against Gonzaga (March 29)...has 15 multi-hit games...had 10-game hitting Home games 17-11 streak (April 21-May 7)...two homers in game two against Portland (May 17). Away games 4-12 Neutral site 1-2 Day games 21-20 #23 Matt Argyropoulos (3B) - Recorded 13 muti-hit games, including four-straight to Night games 1-5 First game of series 7-8 open the season...fi ve home runs (tied for eighth in Pac-10)...seven-game hitting streak Series 5-8-2 (April 22-May 1). Doubleheader 2-0-1 February games 4-1 March games 6-9 #2 Cody Bartlett (2B/SS) - Reached base in 33 of 34 games played (Feb. 26-May 6)... April games 9-9 recorded nine-game and a pair of eight-game hitting streaks...four hits game against Gon- May games 3-6 1-run games 7-4 zaga (March 29) and at Oregon State (April 22). 2-run games 5-7 Extra innings 1-1 #33 Nate Blackham (OF) - Hits in fi rst-two collegiate at bats (Feb. 26 and March 4)... Shutouts 2-3 back-to-back, two-hit games (May 7-8)...stole two bases against UNLV (May 7)...started When WSU scores... 0-3 runs 5-17 six of last seven games. 4+ runs 17-8 When Opponent scores... #11 Patrick Claussen (OF) - Three hits in back-to-back games (March 12-13)...tied career 0-3 runs 14-4 high with four hits and had career-high fi ve RBI against Washington (April 30)...hit safely 4+ runs 8-21 in last six games. When... WSU scores in 1st inning 8-5 Opp. scores in 1st inning 4-10 #39 Paul Clingan (C) - First-collegiate home run (March 13) in victory over Utah Valley. WSU scores fi rst 16-7 Opponent scores fi rst 6-18 #15 Brett Jacobs (OF) - Four, three-hit games...seven-game hitting streak (Feb. 26-March Leading after 6 innings* 18-3 Trailing after 6 innings 4-18 12)...fi rst-career home run (March 7) led off game against Dallas Baptist...four RBI Tied after 6 innings 0-3 against Gonzaga (March 29)...homered against Washington (May 1). Leading after 7 innings* 20-3 Trailing after 7 innings 2-21 Tied after 7 innings 0-0 #1 Kyle Johnson (OF) - Missed fi ve weeks with a wrist injury...started 21 games...perfect Leading after 8 innings* 21-1 8-for-8 in stolen bases. Trailing after 8 innings 1-22 Tied after 8 innings 0-1 WSU hits 0 home runs 12-15 #25 Derek Jones (OF) - Started all 47 games...secon in Pac-10 with seven home runs... WSU hits 1 home run 6-8 WSU hits 2+ home runs 4-2 eighth all-time at Washington State with 31 home runs...four hits, including home run, at Opponent hits 0 home runs 15-18 California (March 27)...has 10 multi-hit games, inlcuding two with four...three-run home Opponent hits 1 home run 5-3 Opponent hits 2+ home runs 2-4 run in eighth inning to beat Stanford (April 1)...collected three RBI three times. WSU makes 0 errors 8-6 WSU makes 1 error 7-8 #32 Jason Monda (OF) - Has 10 multi-hit games, including fi ve with three...game-winning WSU makes 2+ errors 7-11 Opponent makes 0 errors 7-9 single in ninth against UCLA (April 10)...fi rst-collegiate bomb (April 16) at Arizona State. Opponent makes 1 error 11-10 Opponent makes 2+ errors 4-6 WSU outhits opponent 16-4 #37 Adam Nelubowich (IF) - Two RBI three times...two hits three times...nine starts. Opponent outhits WSU 2-20 Hits are tied 4-1 #26 Stetson Olson (3B) - Three-run triple for fi rst-collegiate hit and RBI (March 4) against WSU has 0-5 hits 0-6 WSU has 6-9 hits 13-14 Oklahoma State...four starts. WSU has 10+ hits 9-5 *Includes 4th-5th-6th of scheduled 7-inning #30 Jay Ponciano (C) - Three hits against Gonzaga (March 29)...out since May 1.