April 11, 2005
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NEXT IN LOBO BASEBALL:
New Mexico (16-17) at New Mexico State (18-14)
TUESDAY, APRIL 12 — 6 P.M. — LAS CRUCES, N.M. — PRESLEY ASKEW FIELD
MEDIA COVERAGE: Live Stats available at www.NMStateSports.com.
SERIES INFORMATION: New Mexico leads the all-time series, 139-70.The Lobos lead the season series, 3-2.
PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUP:
Tuesday:UNM: #25 RH Jr. Jesse Perez (0-1, 9.82 ERA, 7.1 IP, 4 K)vs.NMSU: #3 LH Sr. Joseph Hampel (0-1, 9.68 ERA, 17.2 IP, 6 K)
LOBOS AND AGGIES TO MEET FOR FINAL TIME IN 2005: New Mexico (16-17) travels to Las Cruces Tuesday to face New Mexico State (18-14) at 6 p.m. for the sixth and final time of the season. The Lobos lead the season series, 3-2, but have lost on their two previous trips to Las Cruces on March 22 and March 29. UNM swept the Aggies Feb. 12-13 at Isotopes Park in the first home series of the year.
New Mexico will send right-handed junior Jesse Perez to the mound against the Aggies. Perez, a transfer from Eastern New Mexico, is 0-1 with a 9.82 ERA in 7.1 innings of work for UNM this season. This marks his first career start as a Lobo. In two outings against New Mexico State, Perez has allowed four runs, three earned, on three hits and one strikeout in one inning of action.
New Mexico State swept Western Kentucky in Las Cruces last weekend.
UNM lost two of three games at San Diego State (9-21, 4-5 MWC) over the weekend to even its conference record at 6-6. The Lobos are currently in third place in the Mountain West standings, trailing UNLV (9-3) and league-leader BYU (10-2).
A week after the Lobos pitched three straight complete games in a sweep against Utah, the Aztecs jumped on the UNM starters in the first two games of the series. SDSU scored 10 runs in the sixth inning in Friday night’s 17-9 win, handing Jason Fernandez (5-4) the loss. On Saturday, San Diego State plated eight in the third, taking a quick 8-1 lead en route to the 15-4 victory. The Lobos hit three homers in Sunday’s 6-4 triumph to salvage the final game of the series. Jeff Grady, Chris Carlson and Garrick Haymore all went deep for UNM, while Darren Coltrinari pitched 8.1 solid innings, allowing four runs and striking out five to earn his career-best fifth win of the season.
After playing at New Mexico State, the Lobos return home to face Air Force this weekend (April 14-16) at Isotopes Park. Friday and Saturday’s games are set for 6 p.m., while Sunday’s contest begins at 1 p.m. Saturday is Pack the Park Night, and all tickets are just $2.
HISTORY LESSON – LOBOS VS. AGGIES 101
New Mexico leads the all-time series that dates back to 1948, 139-70
The Lobos swept the Aggies in three games earlier this season at Isotopes Park
New Mexico State has beat UNM in Las Cruces twice this season…the Aggies won 8-5 on March 22 and 9-8 on March 29.
Coach Alday is 34-35 all-time vs. New Mexico State; 13-22 in Las Cruces.
PACK THE PARK SET FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 16 VS. AIR FORCE AT 6 P.M.
This year’s Pack the Park Night, sponsored by Big Oldies 98.5 FM, is scheduled for Saturday, April 16 vs. Air Force at 6 p.m. All tickets are only $2. The first 300 fans will receive baseball key chains, and there will be a post-game fireworks show. Call 925-5858 for ticket information.
Last season, a school-record 5,671 fans attended Pack the Park Night vs. San Diego State.
GET OUT THOSE BINOCULARS – LOBOS TO WATCH
Sophomore first baseman Daniel Stovall is looking to top his sensational freshman campaign that landed him spots on the Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America and All-Mountain West teams. He is currently one of 55 players on the Wallace Watch Award list, which is given out to college baseball’s top player. He was also named Baseball America’s preseason Mountain West Player of the Year. Stovall hit .347 with 12 homers, 14 doubles and 34 RBI last year. Thus far, he’s living up to his preseason billing – he’s batting .377 with five homers, 36 RBI and 11 doubles.
Freshman Jordan Pacheco, who led Albuquerque’s La Cueva High School to back-to-back state championships, is making a nice transition to Division I collegiate baseball. The second baseman leads the Mountain West in batting (.400) and hits (54). He also ranks among the Mountain West leaders in slugging (.689), on-base percentage (.438), runs (35), homers (seven) and triples (four). Pacheco had a 19-game hitting streak earlier this season.
Sophomore outfielder Chris Carlson is one of the top sluggers in the Mountain West – he leads the league in slugging (.720), runs (41), doubles (14), walks (26) and RBI (40). He also ranks among the top five in the MWC in on-base percentage (.484) and batting (.381).
Senior outfielder Garrick Haymore is fourth on the team with a .372 batting average and is third in the Mountain West with a .440 average in conference games. He hit two triples against San Diego State – he leads the league with six for the season – and nailed a three-run homer in Sunday’s victory.
Catcher Jeff Grady is tied for first on the team with seven dingers, including a monster grand slam that hit the top of the scoreboard in left-center field at Isotopes Park March 25 vs. UNLV. Grady has hit the scoreboard twice this season and has also hit two grand slams. He’s batting .247 with 28 RBI.
Freshman Ian Hollick played his way into the lineup earlier in the season, and is now the starting third baseman for the Lobos. Hollick is batting .343 with three triples, one homer and 15 RBI.
DON’T LEAVE FOR THE BALLPARK WITHOUT THEM – CAN’T MISS NOTES
The Lobos claimed their 1400th win in program history with their 11-6 win March 4 vs. Northern Colorado. UNM is 1411-1293-14 (.522) all-time in its history.
Coach Alday, already the winningest coach in New Mexico history, is seven wins shy of claiming his 950th career victory, and only three wins shy of winning his 450th game at UNM. Alday is 943-659-3 all-time, and 447-439-3 at UNM.
The Lobos are 12-7 at home this season at Isotopes Park.
UNM tied an NCAA record with 11 consecutive hits in the second inning of the March 11 game against Savannah State, a 20-7 win…16 consecutive Lobos reached base to start the inning, four shy of tying another NCAA mark…all in all, the Lobos scored 15 runs and collected 13 hits in the inning.
Get out the brooms – the Lobos already have four series sweeps this season (New Mexico State, Northern Colorado, Savannah State, Utah).
INNING EATERS
The Lobo starting pitching corps of Jason Fernandez, Danny Ray Herrera and Darren Coltrinari have pitched the majority of the innings in Mountain West Conference play. Coltrinari (2-0 in MWC action) leads the league with 33.1 innings hurled, while Herrera is second at 28.1 and Fernandez is third at 27.0.
AROUND THE HORN –
OFFENSIVELY
New Mexico leads the Mountain West with 24 triples and is tied for first with 273 runs. The Lobos are second to BYU in batting (.323), slugging (.517), on-base percentage (.393), hits (393), doubles (75), RBI (245), homers (38) and total bases (630).
PITCHING
The Lobo pitching staff is fifth in the league with an 7.62 ERA and second with 215 strikeouts.
FIELDING
The Lobos are first in the conference with a .964 fielding percentage.