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NEVADA WOLF PACK

 

SACRAMENTO STATE HORNETS 

 

The Series vs. SAC STATE:  Nevada leads the series with Hornets 60-28.  The Wolf Pack won four of the six meetings last season, the first for the Hornets in the Western Athletic Conference.  The Hornets won two the three games played in Sacramento a year ago.

HISTORY WITH THE WOLF PACK

Probable Sacramento State Pitching Rotation

UC DAVIS AGGIES

THE SERIES VS. UCD:  Nevada leads the series with UC Davis 38-29.  The Wolf Pack won the game on Mar. 6 in Davis, Calif. earlier this season 10-6 scoring the final five runs of the game after blowing a 5-0 lead and trailing 6-5 after six innings.  The Pack won the only meeting last season 14-8 in a game played in Reno.

History With the Wolf Pack

 Probable UC Davis Pitcher TBA

 Nevada Probable Lineup

 

 AFTER 10-DAY BREAK PACK HEADED TO SACRAMENTO STATE
    After a 10-day break from competition Nevada(23-19, 7-5 WAC) returns to Western Athletic Conference play this weekend traveling to Sacramento State(11-29, 6-12 WAC) for a three-game series with the Hornets.  Friday’s game gets underway at 2:30 p.m. with Saturday and Sunday’s games starting at 1:00 p.m.
    This season marks the second for the Hornets in the WAC and a year ago the Wolf Pack won four of the six games.  Sac State won two of three at Hornet Field and the Pack swept the three played at Peccole Park thus Nevada holds a 4-2 series lead in WAC play. 
    In their seventh season in WAC the Pack have posted a record of 93-97.  Last year Nevada finished fourth with an 11-12 record.  The Wolf Pack’s top finish came in 2003 when the squad placed second to the College World Series Champion Rice Owls with a 19-10 record. 

FRESNO STATE ON TOP OF WAC STANDINGS:
    Fresno State(11-4) is atop the Western Athletic Conference standings with an 11-4 record but just three games separate the top four teams and all seven teams are within seven games of the top spot. 
    Louisiana Tech(10-5) is one game back of FS and the Wolf Pack(7-5) are two and one half games back of the leaders.  Hawai`i(8-7) is three games back in fourth followed by San Jose State(5-7), Sac State(6-12), and New Mexico State(4-11).
    FS is out of conference this weekend hosting Cal Poly leaving the other six schools to battle for positioning in the WAC standings.  The conference schedule has San Jose State at Louisiana Tech, Hawai`i at New Mexico State, and Nevada travels to Sacramento State.

PECCOLE PARK TO HOST 2007 WAC TOURNAMENT:
    Nevada’s Peccole Park will be the site of the 2007 Western Athletic Conference Tournament on May 24-27.  Six of the WAC’s seven teams based on regular season play will qualify for the double elimnation tournament with the winner receiving the conference’s automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament field of 64.
    Peccole Park, the 3,000 seat on-campus facility, received three major renovations prior to the 2006 season which will enable the park to host the tournament this season.  FieldTurf and lights were installed which will allow for play in all types of weather and at night.  The third improvement was a new outfield fence.
    The 2006 tournament was played in Fresno, Calif. at Fresno State’s 5,575-seat Pete Beiden Field where the host Bulldogs prevailed 8-4 over Hawai`i in the championship.  FS received the conference’s automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament while UH earned an at-large bid.  The tournament was attended by a total of 5,381 fans over the four days (1,345/day). The title game drew 1,550 to Pete Beiden Field in Fresno, Calif.
    Last year marked the first time a WAC baseball tournament had been held since the 1999 season.  That tournament was also hosted by Fresno State and won by Rice.  

 

2007 TEAM AND PLAYER NOTES

RODRIGUEZ PACK STRIKEOUT KING:  Senior Ryan Rodriguez struckout eight San Jose State Spartans in his last start and became Nevada’s strikeout king passing current NY Yankee Darrell Rasner(2000-02) for the top spot on the Wolf Pack career list.  Rodriguez career mark of 308 is six better than Rasner’s 302.  He also tied Rasner’s career win total of 28.  Earlier this season he became the school leader in innings pitched surpassing Rasner and has tossed 364.1 innings in his three plus seasons.  Currently he is 2.1 innings back of former Hawai`i pitcher Chuck Crim’s(1980-82) total of 366.2 for ninth in Western Athletic Conference history.

TEAM:  Head coach Gary Powers is in his 25th season of directing the Wolf Pack baseball program in 2007 and needs one win to reach 750 for his career...Nevada’s sweep of San Jose State was the first since 1986 and first ever at Peccole Park... As a team Nevada ranks nationally in double plays per game(1.02,25th), doubles per game(2.1,54th), batting average(.304,65th), fielding percentage(.968,62nd), and triples per game(.31,66th) in NCAA I...Nevada ranks third in the WAC in fielding percentage(.968) and batting average(.304) while the team is fourth in ERA(4.86)...In WAC only games the Pack are first in fielding percentage(.979), and second in both batting average(.319) and ERA(4.53)...Nevada allowed a season-high 17 runs at San Francisco in their last game...The Pack scored a season-high 15 runs twice at New Mexico State in games 1 and 3...The 19 hits in game 1 at NMSU is a season-high...Powers, the longest tenured coach in the history of Nevada athletics, coached his 1,300th game versus St. Mary's College on Jan. 26...Peccole Park will be the site of the 2007 WAC Tournament May 24-27...Nevada was picked to finish fourth in the Preseason Coaches' Poll behind Fresno State, Hawai`i, and Louisiana Tech.

AT THE PLATE: Nevada boasts three of the top 8 hitters in the WAC in 1B-Shaun Kort(.372,4th), C-Konrad Schmidt(.364,T6th), and OF-Terry Walsh(.362,8th)...In WAC only games the trio rank in the top 13: Walsh(.469,1st), Schmidt(.404,2nd), and Kort(.360,13th)...Schmidt has been named WAC Hitter of the Week twice: Feb. 26-Mar. 4 [(667(6-for-9) 2R, 2B, RBI)] and Mar. 26-Apr. 1 [(.600(9-for-15) 4R, 3B, 6RBI)] while Kort was honored Apr. 9-15 [(.438(7-for-16) 5R, 6RBI, 4HR)]...Kort hit home runs vs. SJSU(4/14) in three consecutive at bats...The Pack hit a season-high 4 home runs vs. SJSU(4/14) with Kort blasting 3 and 2B-David Ciarlo hitting the other...SS-Chris Siewert hit his first home run in a Pack uniform in Nevada’s last game at San Francisco(4/17)...OF-Dan Eastham, DH-Jacob Kaup, and 3B-Tyson Jaquez hit the Pack's 3 home runs vs. San Francisco(3/27) which was the first hit by each of them this season, for Kaup and Jaquez it was there first in a Nevada uniform...11 of the Pack's 25 home runs have been solo shots and six have been leadoff homers...Nevada hit 6 triples all of last season and have more than doubled that total this year with 13...Ciarlo scored both of the Pack’s runs in game 2 vs. Fresno State(4/6) and drove in one with his first home run of the season as Nevada won 2-0...Schmidt hit 2 home runs in consecutive Sunday games at Cal Poly(2/11) and at Pacific(2/18)...Schmidt hit .778(7-for-9) with 5 runs scored, 3 doubles, 4 home runs, and 12 RBI in those two Sunday games combined...Kort hit a home run in his first collegiate at bat, the 3-run shot came as a pinch hitter at SMC(1/27) then hit his next in his 128th at bat vs. Stanford(4/10) which started at streak of 4 in 12 at bats...11 players have hit home runs: Ciarlo, Jaquez, Krukow, IF/OF-Matt Bowman, Walsh, Kort, Schmidt, IF-Owen Mackedon, Kaup, Eastham, and Siewert...Bowman and Schmidt have each hit two home runs in a game this season, Schmidt has done it twice...Ciarlo is the only player to start and play in every game and all have come at second base...OF-Nick Sansone, Sadoian, Schmidt(twice), Siewert, Kort(twice), 3B-Jason Rodriguez, and OF-Trevor O'Sullivan have collected four hits in a game this season which is the high for a Pack player...OF-Dan Eastham drove in a career-high 4 runs vs. San Francisco(3/27), with 3 coming on his first home run of the season...Three players Kort, Kaup, and Eastham have pulled double duty as pitchers and position players...19 position players have been used this season...Bowman a 2007 Wallace Award Watch List selection will miss the remainder of the season after tearing his right pectoral muscle at UC Riverside(2/2) which required surgery to repair.

Hit Streaks(6 or more games): Ciarlo hit .333(12-for-36) with 8 runs scored, 4-doubles, a triple, and 5RBI during a career-high 9-game hit streak that was snapped vs. Buffalo(2/25)...1B-Shaun Kort hit .389(14-for-36) with 6 runs scored, a double, a triple, and 7RBI during a career-high 9-game hit streak that was snapped in game 3 at NMSU(4/1)..Kort and Ciarlo’s 9-game his streaks are tied for the longest on the team this season...Schmidt, Siewert and OF-Matt Suleski put together the third longest hit streaks on the team this season of 8 games...Suleski hit .462(12-for-26) with 4 runs scored, 2 doubles, a triple and 5 RBI during a career high 8-game hit streak that ended vs. San Francisco(3/27) when he came off the bench and was 0-for-1...Schmidt hit .517(15-for-29) with 5 runs scored, a double, a triple, and 7RBI during a career-high 8-game hit streak that was snapped vs. Stanford when he struck out in a pinch hit performance...Siewert hit .310 with a double and an RBI during his 8-game streak...OF/DH-Terry Walsh hit .500(11-for-22) with 8 runs scored, 3 doubles, and 3 RBI during a 7-game streak that ended vs. Pacific(4/3)...Sadoian hit .407(11-for-27) with 7 runs scored, 5 doubles, and 2RBI during a career-high 7-game hit streak that ended vs. UNLV(3/2)...3B-Jason Rodriguez hit .478(11-for-23) with 7 runs scored, 2 doubles, a triple, and 2 RBI during a career-high 6-game hit streak which was snapped vs. Utah Valley State(3/16)...Rodriguez’ current 4-game streak is the longest active streak on the team.

ON THE MOUND:  11 of Nevada's 23 wins have been earned in relief...RHP-Kyle Howe pitched 8.1 shutout innings vs. SJSU before allowing a solo home run in the top of the 9th as the Pack won 12-1...Howe’s 8.1 innings and 6 K’s vs. SJSU were both career highs...Three times Pack pitchers have garnered WAC Pitcher of the Week honors this season:  RHP-Mario Rivera, Jan. 22-28(5.1 IP, 1 Unearned Run, 3 hits, 4 K’s at St. Mary’s College) and RHP-Ryan Rodriguez twice Mar 12-18(Shutout Utah Valley State as the Pack won 11-0, 7 hits, 5 K’s, no walks) and Mar. 26-Apr. 1 at NM State(8 shutout innings with 10K’s, 6 hits, no walks)...Rodriguez has been named WAC Pitcher of the Week five times during his career...RHP-Rod Scurry tossed 7 shutout innings, allowing 2 hits and struck out 8 to combine with RHP-Mario Rivera to blank Fresno State(4/6) 2-0...Opponents are hitting just .207 vs. Scurry in WAC play which is best in the conference...Rodriguez 10 strikeouts at NM State(3/30) is a team season-high and one short of his career-high of 11 which he accomplished twice...Four times this season the Pack pitchers have blanked opponents, Rodriguez tossed a complete game shutout of Utah Valley State and two combined road shutouts with RHP-Jacob Salazar at Pacific and at NM State with LHP-Mat Keplinger, Scurry combined with Rivera to shutout Fresno State...The last time Nevada pitchers tossed four shutouts in a season was 2000 and last five shutout season came in 1989...It was the first career appearance for the freshman Keplinger when he combined on the shutout...Senior LHP-Jarad Mitchell tossed two scoreless innings vs. St. Mary's(3/2) to earn his first victory in the Silver & Blue...The Pack have used two different weekend rotations this season with senior Ryan Rodriguez starting every first game, and RHP-Rod Scurry splitting time between starting game 2 or 3, RHP-Mario Rivera and RHP-Kyle Howe have split time as the third starter, Rivera the first four weekends of the season and at NMSU while Howe has started 7 of the last 8 weekends...The Pack are 6-6 when Rodriguez starts, 6-5 in Scurry starts, 4-3 in Howe starts, and 3-2 in Rivera starts...Howe allowed just 1 run in 6 innings in his start vs. UNLV(3/4) to earn his first career victory at Nevada...Rodriguez, a 2007 preseason WAC selection, made his 61st consecutive start since coming to campus vs. SJSU and has recorded a strikeout in all 61...Three times Rodriguez has struck out 9 batters in a game this season at Cal Poly, at Pacific, and vs. Fresno State...Rodriguez leads the WAC with a 2.75 ERA, 85.0 innings pitched, and is second with 83 strikeouts...LHP-Jacob Kaup has 2 wins out of the bullpen vs. Buffalo(2/24) and UC Davis(3/6)...Rivera won three of his five starts this season, recorded a win in relief, and has 4 saves...Reliever Kody Keroher has earned 3 wins and 4 saves this season...Keroher and Rivera's 4 saves is tied for the team lead and 3rd in the WAC...RHP-Matt Renfree has earned 3 wins in releif...Nevada's bullpen has allowed 44-of-93(47%) inherited runners to score...15 pitchers have taken to the mound this season...18 of Scurry's 39 strikeouts have been looking which is tied for 5th in the WAC...RHP-Jordan Salazar got his first career win tossing a scoreless inning vs. Pacific(4/3)...RHP-Ben Colton and Renfree lead the team with 16 appearances...10 different Pack pitchers have earned wins.