TEXAS STATE BASEBALL 2018 GAME NOTES 3 Conference Titles | 9 All-Americans | 3 Conference Coach of the Year Awards | 59 MLB Draft Selections GAME 4 vs. RICE 2018 SCHEDULE (1-2, 0-0 SBC) HOUSTON, TEXAS >> RECKLING PARK FEBRUARY All-Time Series: Rice leads, 53-14 Current Streak in Series: L1 TXST at Home in 2018: 1-2 16 Fri. Oklahoma State L, 6-2 17 Sat. Oklahoma State W, 10-1 Under Harrington: 9-31 Last 10 in Series: Rice, 9-1 TXST on the Road in 2018: 0-0 18 Sun. Oklahoma State L, 6-5 [ 20 Tues. at Rice 6:30 pm vs. Rice (2-1, 0-0 C-USA) RHP Zachary Leigh vs. RHP Dane Acker 23 Fri. McNeese State 6 pm Feb. 20 // 6:30 pm 0-0, 0.00 ERA 0-0, 6.00 ERA 24 Sat. McNeese State 4 pm Reckling Park [ 25 Sun. McNeese State 1 pm Houston, Texas Radio: KTSW 89.9 FM // Play-by-Play: Brant Freeman 28 Wed. at Baylor 6:35 pm Online: C-USA TV // Live Stats: GameTracker MARCH 2 Fri. Stephen F. Austin 4 pm 3 Sat. Stephen F. Austin 4 pm 4 Sun. Stephen F. Austin 1 pm 6 Tues. Rice 6:30 pm 9 Fri. at UC Santa Barbara 4 pm 10 Sat. at UC Santa Barbara 4 pm 11 Sun. at UC Santa Barbara 3 pm 13 Tues. UTSA 6 pm 16 Fri. Appalachian State* 6 pm 17 Sat. Appalachian State* 4 pm 18 Sun. Appalachian State* 11 am 20 Tues. at UTSA 6 pm 21 Wed. Incarnate Word 6 pm 23 Fri. at Coastal Carolina* 5 pm QUICK HITS 24 Sat. at Coastal Carolina* 1 pm • The Texas State baseball team hits the road for the first time this season. 25 Sun. at Coastal Carolina* 10:30 am • The Bobcats are coming off a two-games-to-one series loss to defending Big 12 champ Oklahoma State. 27 Tues. Texas 6 pm • TXST’s Ty Harrington is currently in his 19th year at the helm of the program. 29 Thurs. Little Rock* 6 pm • Texas State is slated to compete nine times in 2018 against teams from Power 5 Conferences. 30 Fri. Little Rock* 6 pm • Rice leads the all-time series 53-14 and has won 13 of the last 15 meetings. 31 Sat. Little Rock* 1 pm APRIL .305 17 32 7 1 1 12 .419 15 25 .392 6 .947 3 Tues. UTSA 6 pm 6 Fri. at ULM* 6 pm HITTING AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG BB SO OBP E FLD% 7 Sat. at ULM* 4 pm .217 13 21 0 1 3 11 .330 12 31 .301 4 .966 8 Sun. at ULM* 1 pm 10 Tues. UTRGV 6 pm TEAM VS. TEAM COMPARISON 13 Fri. at Georgia State* 5 pm 14 Sat. at Georgia State* 1 pm 4.00 27.0 13 12 21 3 0 2 14 30 .212 2 3 15 Sun. at Georgia State* Noon 17 Tues. at Texas A&M 6:30 pm PITCHING ERA IP R ER H 2B 3B HR BB SO BAA WP HBP 20 Fri. South Alabama* 6 pm 21 Sat. South Alabama* 2 pm 4.85 26.0 14 14 20 2 0 2 19 27 .217 2 4 22 Sun. South Alabama* 11:30 am 24 Tues. Baylor 6 pm 25 Wed. Prairie View A&M 6 pm PROJECTED STARTERS 27 Fri. Georgia Southern* 6 pm POSITION PLAYERS TEAM LEADERS HITTING 28 Sat. Georgia Southern* 4 pm POS. NO. NAME AVG OBP SLG R H HR RBI AVG Dylan Paul .500 29 Sun. Georgia Southern* Noon C 12 Jared Huber .300 .417 .400 3 3 0 1 R Huber/Scott 3 1B 24 Ryan Newman .231 .286 .231 2 3 0 2 H Dylan Paul 6 MAY 2B 6 Jonathan Ortega .167 .286 .167 2 2 0 0 2B Luke Sherley 2 1 Tues. at Texas 6:30 pm 3B 19 Jaylen Hubbard .308 .357 .615 2 4 1 3 3B Derek Scheible 1 4 Fri. at Arkansas State* 6:30 pm SS 2 Luke Sherley .364 .462 .545 1 4 0 1 HR Jaylen Hubbard 1 5 Sat. at Arkansas State* 6:30 pm RBI Scheible/Hubbard 3 LF 15 Dylan Paul .500 .538 .583 2 6 0 1 6 Sun. at Arkansas State* 1 pm SB Derek Scheible 1 11 Fri. Louisiana* 6 pm CF 4 Jacob Almendarez .364 .417 .455 1 4 0 1 BB 5 players tied 2 RF 20 Derek Scheible .308 .400 .538 3 3 0 1 12 Sat. Louisiana* 4 pm OBP Dylan Paul .538 13 Sun. Louisiana* 1 pm DH 23 Mickey Scott .200 .429 .200 3 1 0 0 SLG Jaylen Hubbard .615 15 Tues. at Texas 6:30 pm 17 Thurs. at UTA* 6:30 pm PITCHING STARTING PITCHER 18 Fri. at UTA* 6:30 pm POS. NO. NAME W-L ERA APP GS IP BB SO GP 9 players tied 1 GS Fraze/Reich/Lewis 1 19 Sat. at UTA* 2 pm RHP 42 Zachary Leigh 0-0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0 0 IP Connor Reich 7.0 22-27 at SBC Championship (Lafayette, La.) W Connor Reich 1 ERA Connor Reich 0.00 * Sun Belt Conference game SV None Home games are in bold SO Connor Reich 8 All Times CST WWW.TXSTATEBOBCATS.COM PAGE 1 2018 GAME NOTES host LSU. TEAM INFO AT A GLANCE (all records entering 2018) • Texas State is set to head to • Matt Canterino was named to Houston for a midweek clash the NCBWA Preseason All-Amer- COACHING STAFF Head Coach ........................ Ty Harrington (19th season) with Rice. ican Third Team and the presea- Alma Mater ............................................... Texas, ‘89 • The Bobcats (1-2) and Owls (2-1) son All-Conference USA Team. Career Record (Years) ....................... 591-468-1 (18) Texas State Record .......................................... Same will lock up at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 20 • Joining Canterino on the presea- Associate Head Coach ............Steven Trout (3rd season) inside Reckling Park. son All-CUSA Team were Domi- Alma Mater ..................................................TCU, ‘07 Assistant Coach .............. Chad Massengale (1st season) • Rice leads the all-time series 53- nic DiCaprio and Ford Proctor. Alma Mater ......................................Texas State, ‘02 14. • Rice was selected to finish sec- Director of Operations .. Robbie Goldschmidt (2nd season) • The maroon and gold split last ond in the 2018 C-USA standings Alma Mater ................................................UTSA, ‘08 Volunteer Assistant ..................Josh Blakley (1st season) season’s series with the Owls, in a preseason poll of the con- Alma Mater ................................................UTSA, ‘08 snapping a nine-game losing skid ference’s head coaches. Athletic Trainer ............... Colleen Hamman (2nd season) Managers.............................Sam McClosky (2nd season) in the process. .............................................Joseph Hill (1st season) BOBCATS LAND 3rd IN PRESEA- Baseball Office Phone ................................512-245-3383 A LOOK AT TEXAS STATE SON POLL STADIUM INFORMATION • Texas State owns a 1-2 mark in • Texas State was selected to Home Field .............................................Bobcat Stadium Capacity ........................................................... 2,500 2018 after dropping the sea- finish third in the west division Dimensions ..........330 Left | 405 Center | 330 Right son-opening series to Oklahoma of the 2018 Sun Belt Conference Date Opened ........................................................... 2009 Press Box Phone ........................................512-245-5739 State. Preseason Coaches’ Poll, the Ticket Manager ............................................ Matt Carson • Senior Dylan Paul led the way at league announced Jan. 30. Phone ..................................................512-245-5448 the plate, posting a .500 average • The Bobcats collected 51 points TEAM INFORMATION (6-for-12). Senior Luke Sherley and one first-place vote to land 2017 Record ...........................................................29-30 and junior Jacob Almendarez in the top half of the division. Home ...............................................................20-13 Away ..................................................................7-17 both went 4-for-11 (.364). Louisiana was chosen to win Neutral .................................................................2-0 • Connor Reich had a dominant ef- the west after picking up nine Sun Belt Conference ...............................................13-17 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ................................15/11 fort on the mound in Saturday’s first-place votes and 68 points. Position Starters Returning/Lost ..............................10/1 victory over the Cowboys. He UTA, the defending division Pitchers Returning/Lost ............................................11/8 Newcomers ................................................................. 10 went 7.0 innings and gave up no champion, was slotted second All-Time Record ................................. 1,044-849-4 (.551) runs or walks. He only conceded after receiving 56 points and the All-Time SBC Record ...............................62-63 (.496) two hits, while striking out eight. remaining two first-place votes. All-Time WAC Record .............................16-11 (.593) All-Time SLC Record ...........................376-269 (.583) • The Bobcats returned nine po- • South Alabama earned all 12 Southland Championships .................... 3 (2009, ‘10, ‘11) sition players who accumulated first-place votes and was picked SLC Tournament Championships ... 4 (1997, ‘99, ‘00, ‘11) NCAA Tournament Record .......................................4-10 at least 20 starts last season and to win the SBC East Division with Last NCAA Tournament Opponent ..Texas (June 5, 2011) their entire starting rotation. 72 points. Coastal Carolina set- Result ............................................................... L, 4-3 NCAA Regional Championships - Austin, Texas tled into second with 59 points, A LOOK AT RICE and Georgia Southern landed in SPORTS INFORMATION Baseball Contact ...............................Cedrique Flemming • The Owls (2-1) opened 2018 third with 43 points. Office Phone .......................................512-245-4387 with wins over Samford and UCF, • The complete poll can be found Cell Phone ...........................................620-450-7711 Email .................................. [email protected] and a shutout loss to Virginia. on page 8. Twitter ................................................@TXStateBaseball Tuesday’s bout will be the home Website ..................................www.txstatebobcats.com opener for Rice. TXST TRIO EARN PRESEASON _____________________________________________ TXST QUICK FACTS • The Owls posted a 33-31 record LAURELS Location / Founded ................ San Marcos, Texas / 1899 a year ago and won the Confer- • Three Texas State baseball Enrollment .........................................