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NEVADA WOLF PACK

 

LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGS

 

The Series vs. LTU:  Nevada leads the series with LTU 21-6.  The Bulldogs won two of the three games played in Ruston, La. last season while the Wolf Pack won five of the six games played during the 2005 season.

HISTORY WITH THE WOLF PACK

Probable Louisiana Tech Pitching Rotation

SANTA CLARA

THE SERIES VS. SC:  Santa Clara leads the series with Nevada 61-50-2.  The Wolf Pack have won five of the last six meetings.  The two teams last played on March 3, 2002 in Reno with the Pack claiming a 7-5 victory to complete a three-game series sweep.  The Tuesday game slated for last season in Santa Clara was rained out.

History With the Wolf Pack

 Probable Santa Clara Pitcher TBA

 Nevada Probable Lineup

 

 NEVADA SET TO HOST SECOND PLACE LOUISIANA TECH
    After winning two of three road games at Sacramento State last weekend Nevada(25-20, 9-6 WAC) will host second place Louisiana Tech(32-17, 12-6 WAC) in a key three-game Western Athletic Conference series.  Friday and Saturday’s games get underway at 6:00 p.m. with Sunday’s first pitch slated for 1:00 p.m.
    Currently the Bulldogs are one and one half games in front of the Wolf Pack with there 12-6 record while the Pack sit in third at 9-6.  LTU closes out WAC play wit the three games in Reno followed by three games at Fresno State.
    Nevada leads the series with LTU 21-6 with all 27 games coming in WAC play.  Last season the Bulldogs won two of three games played in Ruston, La. while the Pack won five of the six games played in 2005.
   In their seventh season in WAC the Pack have posted a record of 95-98.  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) remains atop the Western Athletic Conference standings with an 11-4 record but just three and one half games separate the top four teams and all seven teams are within seven games of the top spot. 
    Louisiana Tech(12-6) is one half game back of FS and the Wolf Pack(9-6) are two games back of the leaders.  Hawai`i(9-9) is three and one half games back in fourth followed by San Jose State(6-9), New Mexico State(6-12), and Sac State(7-14).
    FS travels to SJSU for three games while New Mexico State is at Sacramento State in a series that could decided the sixth and final spot in the WAC Tournament.  Sac State has just the three games remaining with the Aggies and are currently one half game back of them in the standings.  Nevada hosts Louisiana Tech in a battle for third.  Hawai`i is playing a three-game nonconference series at Hawai`i Hilo.

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 SETS CAREER VICTORIES RECORD:  Senior Ryan Rodriguez became Nevada’s career leader in wins with his 29th career victory as the Wolf Pack defeated Sacramento State 8-6 last weekend.  Rodriguez now holds the school records for wins(29), strikeouts(310), and innings pitched(372.1).
 He currently ranks eighth in WAC history with his 372.1 career innings pitched and needs five more to move past former Rice pitcher Mario Ramos(1997-99) into seventh. 

TEAM:  Head coach Gary Powers who is in his 25th season of directing the Wolf Pack baseball program in 2007 earned his 750th career victory at Nevada when the Pack defeated Sacramento State 8-6 last weekend...Nevada has won 3 of its 5 WAC series played this season from NM State(2-1), SJSU(3-0), and Sac State(2-1) while dropping series to Fresno State(1-2) and Hawai`i(1-2)...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(1.02,27th), doubles per game(2.16,45th), batting average(.309,54th), fielding percentage(.967,70nd), and triples per game(.31,66th) in NCAA I...Nevada is tied for second in the WAC in fielding percentage(.967) and ranks third with a .306 batting average while the team is fourth in ERA(4.86)...In WAC only games the Pack are tied for first in fielding percentage(.973), are first in hitting(.329) and second in ERA(4.52)...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 5 hitters in the WAC with  OF-Terry Walsh ranking third with a .380 average while 1B-Shaun Kort and C-Konrad Schmidt are tied for fourth with identical .377 averages ...In WAC only games the trio rank in the top 11: Walsh(.489,1st), Schmidt(.426,2nd), and Kort(.381,T11th)...Walsh has collected a hit in 12 of the 13 WAC games in which he has played...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’s 2 home runs this season have come in the last 5 games at USF(4/17) and at Sac State(4/28)...Ciarlo had just 2 hits in the Sac State series coming in game 2 but drove in 5 runs with a 2-run double and a 3-run homer...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...13 of the Pack's 27 home runs have been solo shots and 7 have been leadoff homers...Nevada hit 6 triples all of last season and have more than doubled that total this year with 15...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): The longest active hit streaks on the team are Konrad Schmidt at five games, Terry Walsh four games, and Jason Sadoian at 3 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 batted .323(10-for-31) with 4 runs scored, 3 doubles, and 2RBI during a career-high 7-game hit streak that was snapped on Tuesday vs. UC Davis when he came off the bench and was 0-1.

ON THE MOUND:  12 of Nevada's 25 wins have been earned in relief...RHP-Matt Renfree(4-0) tossed 4.1 shutout innings of one hit baseball at Sac State to earn his 4th win of the season and equaled his career-high with 7 strikeouts...making his first career start RHP-Dan Eastham tossed 4 shutout innings vs. UC Davis on Tuesday but received a no decision after tossing his 60 pitch limit with the Pack in front 1-0...RHP-Kyle Howe pitched a career-high 8.1 shutout innings vs. SJSU(4/15) before allowing a solo home run in the top of the 9th as the Pack won 12-1...Howe has struck out a career-high 6 in each of his last 2 starts vs. SJSU and at Sac State...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 .238 vs. Scurry in WAC play which ranks 4th in the conference and .250 vs. Rodriguez which is tied for 5th...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 8 of the last 9 weekends...The Pack are 7-6 when Rodriguez starts, 7-5 in Scurry starts, 4-4 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 62nd consecutive start since coming to campus at Sac State and has recorded a strikeout in all 62...Three times Rodriguez has struck out 9 batters in a game this season at Cal Poly, at Pacific, and vs. Fresno State...Rodriguez is second in the WAC with 85 strikeouts, third in ERA(3.10), and third in opponent batting average(.241)...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 5 saves...Reliever Kody Keroher has earned 3 wins and 4 saves this season...Rivera's 5 saves leads the team, ranks second in the WAC and 109th in NCAA I...RHP-Matt Renfree has earned 4 wins in relieff...Nevada's bullpen has allowed 48-of-101(48%) inherited runners to score...15 pitchers have taken to the mound this season...18 of Scurry's 41 strikeouts have been looking which is tied for 6th 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 17 appearances...10 different Pack pitchers have earned wins.