WASHINGTON STATE BASEBALL GAME NOTES UNLV at Washington State Bailey-Brayton Field (Pullman, Wash.) Friday-Sunday (May 6-8, 2011) Game Times 7 p.m., 5:30 p.m., Noon Craig Lawson • Assistant Sports Information Director (Baseball Contact) • W-509-335-0265 • C-509-432-9063 • [email protected] FEBRUARY COUGARS HOST UNLV 18 at Cal State Bakersfi eld-W, 4-2 The Washington State University baseball team (19-20) hosts UNLV (28-18) in a three- 19 at Cal State Bakersfi eld-L, 11-10 game nonconference series (May 6-8)...game times are 7 p.m., Friday, 5:30 p.m., Satur- 20 at Cal State Bakersfi eld-W, 4-3 26 UC Santa Barbara-W, 5-1 day and noon Sunday...all three games will have live stats (free) and a live webcast (paid 26 UC Santa Barbara-W, 7-3 (7) subscription) on wsucougars.com...Steve Grubbs will provide the play-by-play on the web MARCH and Hit Radio 104.3 FM. 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 (5-5, 3.08 ERA, 70 K, 79 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 Chad Arnold (1-3, 7.26 ERA, 20 K, 31 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) RH James Wise (4-4, 4.27 ERA, 52 K, 59 IP) 29 Gonzaga-W, 17-11 APRIL COME-FROM-BEHIND COUGARS 1 *Stanford-W, 10-8 2 *Stanford-L, 22-3 Washington State has posted 96-comeback victories in Donnie Marbut’s seven seasons at 3 *Stanford-L, 4-3 the helm of the Cougar program...in Washington State’s 10-8 win over No. 11 Stanford 5 at Gonzaga-W, 11-6 (April 1), the Cougars trailed 8-2 before scoring eight times in the eighth to snatch a 10-8 8 *UCLA-L, 3-1 9 *UCLA-L, 10-3 victory...Washington State scored three times in the bottom of the ninth to defeat No. 16 10 *UCLA-W, 3-2 UCLA 3-2 (April 10)...Cougars have 23 victories in their last at bat over the last-four 12 Gonzaga-W, 3-1 seasons. 15 *at Arizona State-L, 3-1 16 *at Arizona State-L, 8-2 17 *at Arizona State-L, 10-4 INFIELD GOES DEEP 21 *at Oregon StateL, 4-2 In Washington State’s 11-6 victory at No. 24 Gonzaga (April 5), all four members of the 22 *at Oregon State-L, 9-6 23 *at Oregon State-W, 2-0 Cougars’ starting infi eld hit home runs...redshirt-sophomore fi rst baseman Taylor Ard 26 BYU-W, 3-0 led off the second inning with his fourth round-tripper of the season...senior third base- 26 BYU-W, 4-3 man Matt Argyropoulos went deep with a man aboard in the third for his fourth dinger of 29 *Washington-W, 5-2 30 *Washington-W, 11-6 2011...two batters later, junior second baseman Tommy Richards blasted his fi rst-colle- MAY giate home run...in the fi fth, redshirt-senior shortstop Cody Bartlett hit a three-run shot for 1 *Washington-L, 6-5 his fi rst bomb this season...fi rst time in school history that each member of the Cougars’ 6 UNLV (7 p.m.) 7 UNLV (5:30 p.m.) starting infi eld homered in the same game. 8 UNLV (Noon) 9 at Portland (3 p.m.) SHUTOUT STREAK 14 *Arizona (2 p.m.) 15 *Arizona (Noon) Washington State notched 26-straight shutout innings (April 23-26)...longest streak since 16 *Arizona (5:30 p.m.) 28 innings (March 7-9, 1980)...streak in 1980 included future-MLB pitchers Tom Nie- 17 Portland (5:30 p.m.) denfuer and Doug Sisk each pitching seven innings of victories (March 8) over Idaho and 20 *Oregon (5:30 p.m.) 21 *Oregon (2 p.m.) Lewis-Clark State, respectively. 22 *Oregon (Noon) 24 %vs. Washington (6 p.m.) MILESTONE VICTORY 27 *at USC (6 p.m.) 28 *at USC (2 p.m.) In Washington State’s 3-0 victory over BYU during game one of a doubleheader (April 29 *at USC (Noon) 26), Cougar Head Coach Donnie Marbut earned his 200th-career victory. #Dairy Queen Classic (Tucson, Ariz.) *Pacifi c-10 Game HOME SWEET HOME %Played in Pasco, Wash. Washington State is closing out an eight-game homestand with its series against UNLV... All Times Pacifi c Cougars will play 15 of 16 games at Bailey-Brayton Field (April 26-May 22) with the exception being May 9 at Portland (3 p.m.)...WSU is 55-17 at home from 2009-present. WASHINGTON STATE BASEBALL GAME NOTES UNLV at Washington State Friday-Sunday (May 6-8, 2011) Page 2 HITTER NOTES WSU’S RECORD... #35 Taylor Ard (1B) - Started all 39 games...leads team with 36 RBI (tied for fourth in 2011 Pac-10), inclduing 15 with two outs...four home runs (tied for 10th in Pac-10)...four RBI Overall 19-20 vs. Oklahoma State (March 4) and against Gonzaga (March 29)...has 12 multi-hit games... Conference 5-13 Nonconference 14-7 batting .323 (10-for-31) during current eight-game hitting streak. Home games 14-6 Away games 4-12 Neutral site 1-2 #23 Matt Argyropoulos (3B) - Recorded team-best 13 muti-hit games, including four- Day games 18-16 straight to open the season...fi ve home runs (tied for fi fth in Pac-10)...eighth in conference Night games 1-4 First game of series 6-6 with .511 slugging percentage...currently owns a seven-game hitting streak. Series 5-6-1 Doubleheader 2-0 #2 Cody Bartlett (2B/SS) - Reached base in 34 of 37 games played...recorded nine-game February games 4-1 March games 6-9 and a pair of eight-game hitting streaks...four hits game against Gonzaga (March 29) and April games 9-9 at Oregon State (April 22)...tied for 10th in Pac-10 with two triples. May games 0-1 1-run games 5-4 2-run games 5-5 #33 Nate Blackham (OF) - Hits in fi rst-two collegiate at bats (Feb. 26 and March 4)...lone Extra innings 0-1 start at Gonzaga (April 5). Shutouts 2-3 When WSU scores... 0-3 runs 5-14 #11 Patrick Claussen (OF) - Three hits in back-to-back games (March 12-13)...tied career 4+ runs 14-6 high with four hits and had career-high fi ve RBI against Washington (April 30). When Opponent scores... 0-3 runs 13-4 #39 Paul Clingan (C) - First-collegiate home run (March 13) in victory over Utah Valley. 4+ runs 6-16 When... #15 Brett Jacobs (OF) - Four, three-hit games...batted .417 (10-for-24) during seven-game WSU scores in 1st inning 8-4 Opponent scores in 1st inning 3-8 hitting streak (Feb. 26-March 12)...fi rst-career home run came leading off game (March 7) WSU scores fi rst 15-5 against Dallas Baptist...four RBI against Gonzaga (March 29)...homered against Washing- Opponent scores fi rst 4-15 ton (May 1). Leading after 6 innings* 15-1 Trailing after 6 innings 4-15 Tied after 6 innings 0-3 #1 Kyle Johnson (OF) - Missed fi ve weeks with a wrist injury...started 20 games...perfect Leading after 7 innings* 17-2 Trailing after 7 innings 2-17 6-for-6 in stolen bases. Tied after 7 innings 0-0 Leading after 8 innings* 18-1 #25 Derek Jones (OF) - Started all 39 games...Pac-10 in home runs with seven...eighth all- Trailing after 8 innings 1-17 Tied after 8 innings 0-1 time at Washington State with 31 home runs...four hits, including home run, at California WSU hits 0 home runs 11-11 (March 27)...eight multi-hit games, inlcuding two with four...three-run home run in eighth WSU hits 1 home run 6-7 WSU hits 2+ home runs 2-2 inning to beat Stanford (April 1)...collected three RBI in a game three times...seventh in Opponent hits 0 home runs 14-15 Pac-10 with .515 slugging percentage and two triples tied for 10th in the conference. Opponent hits 1 home run 4-1 Opponent hits 2+ home runs 1-4 WSU makes 0 errors 7-5 #32 Jason Monda (OF) - Reached base in 14 of last 15 games...has 10 multi-hit games, WSU makes 1 error 6-7 including fi ve with three...game-winning single in ninth inning against UCLA (April 10)... WSU makes 2+ errors 6-8 Opponent makes 0 errors 7-7 fi rst-collegiate home run (April 16) at Arizona State...two triples tied for 10th in Pac-10. Opponent makes 1 error 9-8 Opponent makes 2+ errors 3-5 WSU outhits opponent 14-4 #37 Adam Nelubowich (IF) - Two hits and two RBI against BYU (Game 2, April 26)...two Opponent outhits WSU 2-15 RBI against Washington (May 1)...made four starts. Hits are tied 3-1 WSU has 0-5 hits 0-5 WSU has 6-9 hits 12-11 #26 Stetson Olson (3B) - Three-run triple for fi rst-collegiate hit and RBI (March 4) against WSU has 10+ hits 7-4 Oklahoma State...made three starts.