GOVERNORS BASEBALL | 10-TIME OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS | SIX NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES AUSTIN PEAY GOVERNORS (14-12, 8-4 OVC) at LIPSCOMB BISONS (14-12, 3-3 ASUN) TUE., APRIL 2, 2019 • KEN DUGAN FIELD • NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES AUSTIN PEAY STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TV/VIDEO RADIO Tue., 4/2 3 p.m. @Lipscomb RHP Tyler Thompson (1-1, 6.08) RHP Erik Gutierrez (0-0, 1.50) Facebook Live Govs Radio Net Fri., 4/5 5 p.m. @Eastern Ky. LHP Josh Rye (3-3, 5.52) RHP Logan Teague (2-2, 6.75) ESPN+ Govs Radio Net Sat., 4/6 3 p.m. @Eastern Ky. LHP Jacques Pucheu (4-0, 1.20) RHP Kaven Brown (6-1, 2.47) None Govs Radio Net Sun., 4/7 1 p.m. @Eastern Ky. RHP Brandon Vial (3-2, 2.84) LHP Brennan Kelly (2-3, 5.13) ESPN+ Govs Radio Net Tue., 4/9 6 p.m. Evansville RHP Tyler Thompson (1-1, 6.08) RHP Shane Gray (1-0, 3.33) None Govs Radio Net Upcoming pitching based on previous pitching used for both teams. GOVS RADIO NET • ESPN 104.1 FM (Clarksville) • Van Stokes, Play by Play LIVE STATISTICS • PeayStats.com DIGITAL AUDIO • Free audio link available by visiting LetsGoPeay.com. NOTES AND NOTABLES LEADING OFF seven games, posting five hits and four walks during the Austin Peay begins a four-game road stretch when streak. He has scored 14 runs over his last 12 games. it faces Lipscomb in the second game of this season’s • Junior outfielderMalcolm Tipler earned six walks during home-and-home series in a 3 p.m., Tuesday contest at Ken the Belmont series and has reached base safely in each AUSTIN PEAY Dugan Field in Nashville. of his last 12 games. GOVERNORS The Governors return to the road after posting a 3-2 re- • Sophomore first baseman John McDonald saw a six- game hit streak end against Murray State, Wednesday. 14-12 Overall cord during last week’s five-game homestand. The week in- 8-4 OVC cluded a key Ohio Valley Conference series victory against He was held to one hit – an RBI single in Game 2 – during Belmont that helped the Govs jump into a four-way tie for the Belmont series. Current Streak W2 first place in the league standings. • Senior outfielder Aaron Campbell and junior outfielder Home: W2 Road: W1 OVC: W2 Lipscomb will wrap up its four-game homestand with Tyler Hubbard have both been late defensive substitutes Home 9-6 Tuesday’s affair. The Bisons also picked up a key confer- for the Govs over the past two weeks. Away 5-6 ence series win over the weekend, sweeping Kennesaw TOEING THE RUBBER Neutral 0-0 State to level their ASUN record at 3-3. • Right-hander Tyler Thompson has been the Govs mid- Extra Innings 1-2 In the season’s first meeting between the Govs and Bi- week starter all season. He is 1-0 with a 5.48 ERA in his Last 5 3-2 sons, Austin Peay scored eight runs in its final two innings five midweek starts with 19 strikeouts in 21.1 innings Last 10 7-3 to come back from a seven-run deficit for the win. Center- pitched. vs. Top 25 1-0 fielder Garrett Spain had two hits and four RBI in the win, • Weekend starters have combined to post a 2.60 ERA Series Record 4-3 including his first collegiate home run which provided the this season with 117 strikeouts in 103.2 innings pitched Series Sweeps 2-1 game-winning runs. (10.16 K/9) while limiting opponents to a .246 batting Doubleheaders 1-0-1 FIRST HACKS average. Day Games 10-10 • Fifteen different Governors have started a game in the GOVS vs. BISONS Night Games 4-2 season’s first 24 games. Only two players have started • Austin Peay’s win in the season’s first meeting with vs. LHP Starter 4-4 every game in 2019: center fielder Garrett Spain and Lipscomb was its second straight victory in the series. vs. RHP Starter 10-8 utility man Parker Phillips. The Govs have not won three straight against the Bisons Shutouts 2-1 David Martinez • Senior catcher went 7-for-12 (.583) since a 10-game win streak from 2009-13. against Belmont, pushing his season batting average to 1-Run Games 2-2 • The Govs own a 72-66-1 lead in the all-time series which 2-Run Games 3-1 .393, second best in the OVC. He jumped to 10th among began in 1931. NCAA catchers in batting average and 46th overall. Scoring 6+ Runs 11-0 • Center fielder Garrett Spain has reached base in all 26 MLB OPENING WEEKEND Scoring 0-5 runs 3-12 games as a Governor. His .337 batting average leads all • Austin Peay had two alumni featured on the opening day Scoring First OVC freshmen and is 14th among OVC hitters. rosters of MLB teams when the season started, Thursday. Govs: 9-4 Opp: 5-8 • Junior utility man Parker Phillips hit his 40th career home • Shawn Kelley (2003-07, HOF 2014) made two appear- Has more hits run against Belmont, Sunday, and his nine home runs in ances during the first weekend of the season. He was Govs: 11-1 Equal: 2-2 Opp: 1-9 2019 ranks 17th nationally. He also was hit by a pitch the winning pitcher in Texas’ Saturday victory against Govs Home Runs for the 45th time in his career. Phillips is APSU’s career the Chicago Cubs. None: 7-7 One: 3-5 Multi: 4-0 leader in home runs and times hit by pitch. • Ryne Harper (2008-11) made his major league debut After 6 Innings • Sophomore Bobby Head extended his hit streak to eight with Minnesota, Sunday, against Cleveland. He pitched Lead: 12-1 Tied: 0-4 Trail: 2-7 games with a 5-for-11 (.455) performance during the a scoreless eighth inning in the Twins 8-0 victory. Belmont series. He also had a home run in three straight After 7 Innings games during last week’s homestand. Lead: 11-4 Tied: 0-0 Trail: 2-8 • Freshman designated hitter Matt Joslin continued his After 8 Innings deft hitting with the bases loaded, converting on two op- Lead: 12-0 Tied: 0-2 Trail: 1-10 portunities in Sunday’s series finale. He now is batting Come-from-Behind Wins 6 .667 with seven RBI in bases-loaded situations. Largest Comeback 7 • Redshirt senior Garrett Kueber has made 13 consecutive Last At-Bat Wins 2 starts at shortstop and coincidentally has a hit in 12 of Losses After Leading 6 those 13 games. He has batted .278 (15-for-54) during Largest Blown Lead 3 the streak, primarily as the Govs No. 2 hitter. Different Batting Orders 20 • Freshman Gino Avros has reached base safely in his last Time/9 innings 3:11 LETSGOPEAY.COM | @LETSGOPEAY | @AUSTINPEAYBSB | #LETSGOPEAY PROBABLE STARTER TYLER THOMPSON CAREER GAME LOG RHP • 6-7 • 213 • JUNIOR 2019 OPP GS IP H R ER BB SO NP DEC SCORE KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE M31 BEL 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 12 14-2 13 M26 MT + 4.0 6 3 3 2 3 76 10-3 HARDIN VALLEY ACADEMY M23 @SEMO 1.1 2 4 3 2 1 23 L 4-7 LAST APPEARANCE M19 @WKU + 5.0 4 1 1 1 5 61 W 5-3 • March 31 vs. Belmont | Entered game to start the sixth M12 @SIU + 5.0 3 1 1 0 2 47 2-3 inning and retired all three batters he faced. M10 @MUR 2.0 3 1 1 1 2 40 3-11 M05 LIP + 4.0 4 3 3 2 4 74 12-11 LAST START F27 @VAN + 3.1 7 5 5 0 5 71 7-6 • March 26 vs. Middle Tennessee | Went four innings F16 UK 1.0 2 2 1 1 2 26 5-12 in fifth midweek start. Surrendered three runs in the 2018 OPP GS IP H R ER BB SO NP DEC SCORE first two innings. Settled in to retire eight of the final nine batters he faced in M18 EIU 1.1 4 5 4 2 0 39 4-19 outing that did not qualify him for the win. A24 @MT 0.0 0 2 0 1 0 -- 4-10 NOTABLY A20 @MOR 0.0 2 3 3 2 0 17 10-4 A13 EKU 1.0 4 3 2 0 1 20 18-15 • Posted back-to-back five-inning outings, at Southern Illinois and at Western Kentucky, to set and then tie his longest career outings. A10 @LIP 2.2 1 2 2 3 4 50 6-8 A04 @SIU 1.0 3 1 1 0 2 35 6-10 • Has twice struck out five batters this season, turning the trick against No. 1 M31 SEMO 2.0 5 3 3 1 4 50 4-20 Vanderbilt, Feb. 27, and at Western Kentucky, March 19. M25 @TTU 2.0 4 5 5 1 2 37 L 6-12 • Made 2019 debut as a reliever in Game 2 of Kentucky series, pitching the M23 @TTU 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 14 0-4 ninth inning. Struck out final two batters he faced to end the outing. M21 @KSU 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 W 4-2 • Austin Peay is 4-1 in his starts this season and 4-5 in his career.