2018 LAMAR UNIVERSITY BASEBALL NOTES 2019 LAMAR BASEBALL GAME NOTES 13 Conference Championships • 3 Conference Tournament Championships • 13 Regional Appearances • 96 MLB Draft Picks • 189 All-Conference Athletes Communications: Cooper Welch • Cell: 903-439-7272 • Email: [email protected] • Twitter: @cooperwelch1991 Website: LamarCardinals.com • Lamar Baseball Twitter: @Lamar_Baseball LAMAR BY THE NUMBERS GAMES 9-12 BEAUMONT, TEXAS • VINCENT-BECK STADIUM (3,500) 2019 Overall 4-4 2019 SLC 0-0 LAMAR UNIVERSITY CARDINALS (4-4, 0-0 SOUTHLAND) Streak L1 Head Coach: Will Davis (LSU, 2007) Location H: 4-2 | A: 0-2 | N: 0-0 Career Record: 56-65, 29-31 SLC (Third Season) | Record at Lamar: Same 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Davis’s Record against BYU: N/A Record against HBU: 2-4 TOTAL: 56 | HOME: 28 | AWAY: 28 Lamar vs. BYU: Tied 1-1 2/15 .........LIU Brooklyn ............................................... W, 6-2 Lamar vs. HBU: Lamar leads 27-20 2/16 .........LIU Brooklyn ............................................... W, 2-1 Lamar vs. BYU Last 10 Years: N/A Lamar vs. HBU Last 10 Years: 10-13 2/17 .........LIU Brooklyn ............................................... W, 8-4 VS BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY COUGARS (5-2, 0-0 WCC) 2/19 .........at Tulane ........................................................L, 9-1 Head Coach: Mike Littlewood (BYU, 1988) 2/20 .........at Tulane ...................................................L, 22-10 Career Record: 184-145, 92-67 WCC (Seventh Season) | Record at School: 363-260 (179-115 at Dixie St.) 2/22 .........Central Michigan^ .....................................L, 4-2 2/23 .........Prairie View^ .............................................. W, 7-6 2019 Home: 0-0 | Away: 1-0 | Neutral: 4-2 | Streak: W3 Littlewood’s Record against Lamar: N/A 2/24 .........Central Michigan^ .................................. L, 10-6 VS 2/26 .........Houston ..............................................Postponed HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY HUSKIES (4-4, 0-0 SLC) 2/28 .........BYU ...........................................................6:00 p.m. Head Coach: Jared Moon (HBU, 1994) 3/1 ............BYU ...........................................................2:00 p.m. Career Record: 363-367-2, 74-76 SLC (14th Season) | Record at School: Same 3/2 ............BYU ...........................................................1:00 p.m. 2019 Home: 4-2 | Away: 0-2 | Neutral: 0-0 | Streak: L2 3/5 ............at Houston Baptist ..............................2:00 p.m. Moons’s Record against Lamar: 13-10 3/8 ............Stephen F. Austin*...............................6:00 p.m. 3/9 ............Stephen F. Austin*...............................2:00 p.m. SERIES INFO Potential Starters 3/10 .........Stephen F. Austin*...............................1:00 p.m. VS. BYU COUGARS 3/12 .........at Rice ......................................................6:30 p.m. THURSDAY VS. BYU, 6:00 PM 3/15 .........at McNeese* ..........................................6:00 p.m. All-Time Record 1-1 Name ERA W-L App-GS IP H R ER B SO 3/16 .........at McNeese* ..........................................3:00 p.m. Streak L1 LHP Taylor Rich 0.00 0-0 1-1 4.1 3 1 0 2 4 vs. 3/17 .........at McNeese* ..........................................1:00 p.m. 2018 Series N/A RHP Jordan Wood 3.92 1-0 2-2 11.0 9 4 4 5 10 3/19 .........Southern.................................................6:00 p.m. Last Meeting May 27, 1979 (BYU wins 7-4 in Austin, TX) 3/22 .........at Northwestern State* .....................6:30 p.m. FRIDAY VS. BYU, 6:00 PM Last LU win May 25, 1979 (3-2 in Austin, TX) 3/23 .........at Northwestern State* .....................2:00 p.m. Name ERA W-L App-GS IP H R ER B SO 3/24 .........at Northwestern State* .....................1:00 p.m. Home N/A LHP Jason Blanchard 1.64 1-1 2-2 11.0 8 5 2 3 12 3/26 .........at Texas A&M .........................................6:30 p.m. Away N/A vs. 3/29 .........Nicholls* .................................................6:00 p.m. RHP Jarod Lessar 3.18 1-1 2-1 5.2 6 2 2 0 5 3/30 .........Nicholls* .................................................2:00 p.m. 3/31 .........Nicholls* .................................................1:00 p.m. VS. HBU HUSKIES SATURDAY VS. BYU, 12:00 PM Name ERA W-L App-GS IP H R ER B SO 4/2 ............Houston Baptist ...................................6:00 p.m. All-Time Record 27-20 LHP Noah Sills 3.09 0-0 2-2 11.2 8 4 4 5 6 4/5 ............at Sam Houston* .................................6:30 p.m. Streak W1 vs. 4/6 ............at Sam Houston* .................................3:00 p.m. 2018 Series HBU wins 2-1 RHP Justin Sterner 2.60 1-1 2-1 9.0 4 3 2 4 12 4/7 ............at Sam Houston* .................................1:00 p.m. 4/9 ............at UTSA ...................................................6:00 p.m. Last Meeting March 31, 2018 (LU wins 6-4 at HBU) TUESDAY VS. HOUSTON BAPTIST, 6:00 PM 4/12 .........Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* ..............6:00 p.m. Last LU win March 31, 2018 Name ERA W-L App-GS IP H R ER B SO 4/13 .........Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* ..............2:00 p.m. TBA Home April 1, 2017 (10-4) 4/14 .........Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* ..............1:00 p.m. vs. 4/16 .........at Texas....................................................6:30 p.m. Away March 31, 2018 TBA 4/18 .........at Abilene Christian* ..........................6:30 p.m. 4/19 .........at Abilene Christian* ..........................6:30 p.m. LEADING OFF 4/20 .........at Abilene Christian* ..........................1:00 p.m. 4/23 .........at LSU.......................................................6:30 p.m. Vincent-Beck Stadium has been the home of the Cardinals since 1969, and the 4/26 .........at New Orleans* ...................................6:30 p.m. site of 1,419 Big Red games. LU holds an impressive mark of 930-483-6 (.656) 4/27 .........at New Orleans* ...................................2:00 p.m. 1 all-time at The Beck, including 27 seasons with 20 or more home wins. 4/28 .........at New Orleans* ...................................1:00 p.m. 4/30 .........at Baylor ..................................................6:35 p.m. Homers have been a big part of LU’s offense this season with an average of one per game. Last season LU hit 5/3 ............Southeastern Louisiana* ..................6:00 p.m. just 12 all year - an average of one homer every 4.67 games. The Cards need just four more homers this year to 5/4 ............Southeastern Louisiana* ..................2:00 p.m. 2 match last year’s total. If the Cards hold their one per game average that would rank seventh all-time. 5/5 ............Southeastern Louisiana* ..................1:00 p.m. 5/7 ............Rice ...........................................................6:00 p.m. Between D1Baseball, Perfect Game, and the SLC, seven Cardinals have received all-conference preseason 5/10 .........at Gonzaga ............................................8:00 p.m. honors. Robin Adames, JC Correa, Cole Coker, Ryan Erickson, Jason Blanchard, Jorge Gutierrez, and Dylan 5/11 .........at Gonzaga ............................................8:00 p.m. 3 Johnson were picked by those organizations as either All-Conference players or Top MLB Prospects in the SLC. 5/12 .........at Gonzaga ............................................5:00 p.m. 5/14 .........at TCU ......................................................6:30 p.m. Lamar has four triples in eight games this season after collecting just three in all of 2018 and four 5/16 .........Central Arkansas* ................................6:00 p.m. in all of 2017. If the Cards continue to average a triple every two games they’ll finish the year with 5/17 .........Central Arkansas* ................................6:00 p.m. 4 28, a new program record. 5/18 .........Central Arkansas* ................................2:00 p.m. 5/22-5/25 ..............Southland Conference Tournament CARDINALS INFORMATION GUIDE * - SLC Conference Game ^ - Cardinal Classic The Cardinals 2019 information guide is available online at lamarcardinals.com/baseballinfoguide. 2018 LAMAR UNIVERSITY BASEBALL NOTES LAMAR’S 2019 RECORD BREAKDOWN 2/25 2/26 2/27 2/28 3/01 3/02 3/03 Total 4-4 Practice Game #12 Practice Game #9 Game #10 Game #11 Day Off Conference 0-0 2:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. Non-Conf 4-4 Check with media at Houston Baptist Check with media vs. BYU vs. BYU vs. BYU relations for Husky Field relations for Vincent-Beck Vincent-Beck Vincent-Beck Home 4-2 availability availability Away 0-2 Players and Coaches Players and Coaches Players and Coaches Players and Coaches Neutral 0-0 available post game. available post game. available post game. available post game. Day 2-2 Night 2-2 vs Left 1-1 vs Right 3-3 1-Run games 2-0 2-Run games 0-1 STORY OF THE CARDINALS 5+Run games 0-2 HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF - DURAND GETS OFF TO HOT START Extra inns 0-0 • After not appearing in any of the first four games of the season, Reese Durand has forced his way into the starting Shutouts 0-0 lineup. He came into the final game at Tulane in the ninth inning and got a hit in his only at-bat, a triple. He then went 6-for-10 in the Cardinal Classic with a run and an RBI while not striking out a single time. Scoring 0-2 runs 1-2 GEORGE REACHES OUT Scoring 3-5 runs 0-0 • Avery George has started every game this season and is hitting extremely well with a .385 batting average. He’s Scoring 6-9 runs 3-1 collected 10 hits with three RBIs and six runs scored and he’s drawn seven walks while striking out just five times. The Scoring 10+ runs 0-1 sophomore from Humble, Texas, has reached base in 18 consecutive games dating back to last season and is also riding a seven-game hit streak. Opponent 0-2 runs 2-0 Opponent 3-5 runs 1-1 LAMAR PICKED FIFTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH IN PRE-SEASON POLLS Opponent 6-9 runs 1-1 • Lamar was projected to finish eighth in the Southland Conference by both the league’s coaches and sports information Opponent 10+ runs 0-2 directors, as well as fifth in the D1 Baseball preseason poll and seventh in the Perfect Game poll.