2007 WEST VIRGINIA BASEBALL Mountaineer Baseball Notes - April 27-29, 2007 2007 SCHEDULE/SCOREBOARD West Virginia (24-13, 6-8) vs. St. John’s (26-12, 11-4) Date Opponent Time/Result Feb. 16 Cleveland State# W, 5-1 Friday, April 27, 7:05 p.m. Feb. 17 Cleveland State# W, 6-3 Feb. 18 Cleveland State# L, 3-0 Saturday, April 28, 3 p.m. Feb. 23 North Carolina State^ L, 5-1 Sunday, April 29, 1 p.m. Feb. 25 UNC Wilmington^ W, 7-6 Feb. 26 at Norfolk State Cancelled Hawley Field, Morgantown, W.Va. Mar. 2 Marist+ W, 6-5 Mar. 3 Rhode Island+ W, 14-9 Mar. 4 Coastal Carolina+ L, 16-4 Live Stats/Radio: Mar. 6 Niagara (2) Cancelled Head Coaches: Mar. 10 Hartford W, 7-0 Mar. 11 Hartford (2) W, 11-1 West Virginia coach Greg Van Zant Live stats for this weekend’s games W, 11-5 can be found WVU’s Web site, Mar.12 Hartford W, 11-1 373-314-1, 13th season Mar. 13 Duquesne L, 14-12 www.MSNsportsNET.com Mar. 16 Toledo Cancelled Mar. 17 Toledo (2) Cancelled Mar. 18 Toledo Cancelled Mar. 20 St. Bonaventure W, 12-1 All-Time Series: Mar. 21 St Bonaventure L, 10-6 Mar. 24 Seton Hall* (2) W, 4-3 (13) W, 12-5 The Mountaineers trail in the all-time Mar. 25 Seton Hall* W, 4-3 series with the Red Storm 15-20. The Mar. 27 Canisius (2) W, 7-1 W, 9-1 two teams first met in 1902. Last Mar. 30 Louisville* L, 4-3 year WVU beat St. John’s in the first Mar. 31 Louisville* L, 16-5 Apr. 1 Louisville* L, 9-8 round of the BIG EAST Tournament Apr. 3 Coppin State (2) W, 12-0 St. John’s head coach before losing the elimination game to W, 10-0 Apr. 5 South Florida* L, 8-5 Ed Blankmeyer the Red Storm two days later. Apr. 6 South Florida* L, 8-9 357-228-3, 12th season Apr. 7 South Florida* W, 16-5 Apr. 10 Maryland-Eastern Shore (2) W, 8-4 W, 10-2 Last Meeting: Apr. 13 Cincinnati* W, 16-4 Apr. 14 Cincinnati* L, 11-8 Apr. 15 Cincinnati* Cancelled BIG EAST Tournament, Clearwater, Apr. 18 Ohio W, 6-1 Fla. Apr. 20 Notre Dame* L, 5-2 Apr. 21 Notre Dame* L, 17-6 W, 5-3 (2006) Apr. 22 Notre Dame* W, 16-7 L, 12-7 (2006) Apr. 24 Maryland W, 13-2 Apr. 27 St. John’s* 7:05 p.m. PROBABLE MOUNTAINEER STARTERS Apr. 28 St. John’s* 3:00 p.m. Apr. 29 St. John’s* 1:00 p.m. Pos. Name Stats Diamond Notes May 5 Villanova* (2) Noon C: Mike Schmidt, So. .267 BA, 14 RBI Can also play 1B and pitch May 6 Villanova* Noon 1B:Jordon Yost, Fr. .318 BA, 30 RBI Leads team with 9 home runs May 8 Maryland 6:00 p.m. 2B:Jason Pape, Sr. .345 BA, 27 RBI Former transfer from Allegheny College May 9 Ohio 7:05 p.m. May 11 Connecticut* 3 p.m. 3B:Vince Belnome, Fr. .347 BA, 23 RBI Has started every game at 3B May 12 Connecticut* Noon SS:Tyler Kuhn, Jr. .349 BA, 42 RBI Has 11 multiple RBI games May 13 Connecticut* Noon LF: Justin Jenkins, Sr. .434 BA, 40 RBI Preseason 2nd team All-America May 17 Georgetown* 7:05 p.m. CF:Adam White, So. .396 BA, 27 RBI Has 18 multiple hit games May 18 Georgetown* 7:05 p.m. May 19 Georgetown* 1:00 p.m. RF:Austin Markel, So. .318 BA, 29 RBI Has 11 stolen bases May 22-26 BIG EAST Tournament TBA DH:Trent Ridgley, Sr. .368 BA, 17 RBI Had 5 hits against Cincinnati (4/13) # Winston-Salem, N.C. 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BIG EAST ....................................................... 6-8 the crowd was the most ever to watch a game at Hawley Field Non-conference ........................................... 18-5 surpassing the 1,077 in attendance to see WVU take on Notre Hawley Field ................................................ 16-3 Road .............................................................. 3-8 Dame 10 years ago on April 26, 1997 ... right-handed pitcher Neutral ........................................................... 5-2 Josh Whitlock (6-3) gave WVU another solid outing to pick up Extra Innings .................................................. 1-0 his fifth win in his last five starts ... Whitlock allowed just four hits Seven Innings ................................................ 7-1 and two runs in eight innings as the starter ... Whitlock also Day ............................................................... 21-9 limited baserunners with just two walks while striking out seven Night .............................................................. 2-4 G1 of DH ........................................................ 5-0 of 29 batters he faced ... West Virginia gave plenty of run G2 of DH ........................................................ 4-0 support to Whitlock even though he didn’t need it ... after BIG EAST home ............................................. 4-1 Maryland DH A.J. Casario hit a solo home run to center in the BIG EAST road ............................................... 2-7 first to go up 1-0, the Mountaineers bounced back with a four run Monday .......................................................... 0-0 Tuesday ......................................................... 8-1 third inning ... Jason Pape led off with a double to right center Wednesday.................................................... 1-1 and moved to third on Adam White’s sacrifice bunt ... senior Thursday ........................................................ 0-0 leftfielder Justin Jenkins double in Pape to tie the game at 1-1 ... Friday ............................................................. 3-4 Austin Markel drew a walk to put two on and DH Trent Ridgley Saturday ......................................................... 5-5 lined out a three-run home run to center field to give WVU a 4-1 Sunday ........................................................... 6-3 Game decided by one run ............................. 4-3 lead ... WVU added two runs in the fourth as Jordon Yost hit his Game decided by two runs ........................... 0-0 team-best ninth home run of the season to lead off the inning ... after catcher Mike Schmidt walked, Pape laid down a sac bunt Non-conference Breakdown to move Schmidt to second ... Tyler Kuhn singled back up the ACC ................................................................ 1-1 America East ................................................. 4-0 middle and Schmidt hustled around third to beat centerfielder Atlantic-10 ...................................................... 2-2 Nick Jowers’ throw to the plate to put WVU ahead 6-1 ... the Big South ....................................................... 0-1 Terps countered with a run in the sixth, but the Mountaineers Patriot League ............................................... 0-0 distanced themselves with five runs on five hits in the bottom of Conf. USA ...................................................... 0-0 the inning ... WVU manufactured three runs before Kuhn drove Ind. ................................................................. 0-0 MEAC ............................................................. 2-0 in the final two runs of the inning with a two-RBI double to left MAC................................................................ 0-0 center ... WVU finished the evening with two final runs in the MAAC ............................................................. 3-0 seventh to leave the scoreboard at 13-2. Mid American ................................................. 1-0 When WVU ... Outhits opp. ................................................. 22-1 Scouting the Red Storm Is outhit by opp. ............................................ 2-10 Hit same as opp. ........................................... 0-2 Location: Queens, N.Y. Hits two or more HR ...................................... 7-4 Enrollment: 19,600 Scores first .................................................. 16-2 Conference: BIG EAST Opp. scores first .......................................... 8-11 Scores in the first inning ............................... 9-2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 19/9 Allows a score in the first inning ................... 6-7 2007 Record: 26-12 Scores five runs or more ............................. 22-8 2007 Conf. Record: 11-4 Scores four runs or less ............................... 2-5 2006 Record: 40-19 Allows five runs or more .............................. 7-11 2006 Conf. Record: 16-10 Allows four runs or less .............................. 18-2 Trails after the eighth inning ....................... 1-12 Top Hitter: Gil Zayas, 3B (.383 BA, 38 RBI) Leads after the eighth inning ...................... 14-0 Top Pitcher: Matt Tosoni, LHP (2.81 ERA, 4-2) Tied after the eighth inning ............................ 2-0 Commits more errors than opp. ................... 2-7 Commits less errors than opp. ................... 16-3 On Deck For WVU 2007 Miscellaneous The WVU baseball team will travel to Villanova, Pa., to Wins in last at-bat ............................................. 2 take on the Wildcats in a three-game series May 5-6. West Longest winning streak .................................... 5 Virginia and Villanova will first meet for a doubleheader at Noon Longest losing streak ...................................... 3 Largest margin of victory ................................ 12 on Saturday, May 5. The BIG