April 20, 2005
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NEXT IN LOBO BASEBALL
New Mexico (19-19, 9-6 MWC) at UNLV (17-22, 11-4 MWC)
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 22-24 — LAS VEGAS, NEV. — EARL E. WILSON STADIUM
MEDIA COVERAGE:
RADIO: Live audio of all games available through UNLVRebels.com.
LIVE STATS: Live stats of all games via Gametracker available at GoLobos.com.
SERIES INFORMATION: UNLV leads the all-time series, 60-40. The Rebels took two of three from UNM March 24-26 at Isotopes Park.
PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUPS:
Friday:UNM: #28 RH Sr. Jason Fernandez (6-4, 7.04 ERA, 70.1 IP, 48 K)vs.UNLV: #26 RH Jr. Matt Luca (3-5, 4.26 ERA, 61.1 IP, 44 K)
Saturday:UNM: #2 LH So. Danny Ray Herrera (5-2, 5.79 ERA, 51.1 IP, 33 K)vs.UNLV: #20 LH So. Koji Pupo (3-0, 4.53 ERA, 45.2 IP, 29 K)
Sunday:UNM: #21 RH Jr. Darren Coltrinari (6-2, 6.54 ERA, 64.2 IP, 46 K)vs.UNLV: #27 RH Sr. Derek Rodriguez (3-4, 4.59 ERA, 66.2 IP, 42 K)
LOBOS BEGIN SECOND HALF OF MWC SCHEDULE AGAINST UNLV: The conference race heats up in the desert this weekend as the third-place New Mexico baseball team takes on second-place UNLV in a crucial three-game series at Earl E. Wilson Stadium in Las Vegas. The Lobos begin the second half of the conference run with a 9-6 mark, three games behind league-leader BYU (12-3) and two games behind UNLV (11-4). UNM will look to gain ground on the Rebels in Vegas for the ever-important No. 2 spot in the standings. The top two teams in the league receive first-round byes in the conference tournament May 25-28 in Salt Lake City.
The series gets underway Friday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m. MT. Saturday’s game is set for 3 p.m. MT and Sunday’s first pitch is at 2 p.m. MT.
In a competitive series earlier this season (March 24-26) at Isotopes Park, UNLV took two of three games from the Lobos. New Mexico opened the series with a 10-8 victory, but fell 12-6 in the second game and 14-9 in the third game.
The Lobos enter the weekend with a 19-19 overall record after falling to No. 5 Arizona, 14-3, Tuesday night at Isotopes Park. The Wildcats (27-11) pounded out 18 hits and six homers and limited the Lobos to eight hits. Arizona won the season series, 4-0.
UNLV, which did not play a mid-week game, is 17-22 on the season. The Rebels claimed two of three from Utah last weekend in Salt Lake City.
HISTORY LESSON – LOBOS VS. REBELS 101
UNLV leads the all-time series that dates back to 1978, 60-40
Coach Alday is 30-39 all-time vs. UNLV; 15-26 in Las Vegas
The Lobos are 21-45 all-time in Las Vegas
The Lobos won four of the seven meetings last season; they were 2-2 in Las Vegas
In the last meeting in Las Vegas, UNLV won, 15-9, in the second round of the MWC Tournament
ON DECK
The Lobos continue their four-game road swing with a single-game at Texas Tech Tuesday, April 26 at 5:30 p.m. MT.
THE ESSENTIALS: CLIFF NOTES FROM THE FIRST UNLV SERIES
UNLV took two of three games from UNM March 24-26 at Isotopes Park
The Lobos scored five runs in the bottom of the eighth to take a 10-3 lead in game one…UNLV bounced back with five in the top of the ninth, but it was too late as the Lobos held on for the 10-8 victory…Chris Carlson went 3-for-4 with four RBI and a three-run homer…Danny Ray Herrera nearly pitched his first career complete game, tossing 8.2 innings while allowing nine hits and eight runs and fanning five.
New Mexico plated six runs in the bottom of the third in game two to go up 6-3, but it couldn’t score another run after the big inning in losing 12-6…Jeff Grady hit a grand slam off the top of the scoreboard in the third, his sixth blast of the year…the Rebels closed the game to 6-5 with two runs in the fifth and took the lead with five runs in the sixth…Jason Fernandez (4-3) gave up seven runs and eight hits in 5.2 innings in the loss.
Battling cold temperatures in the high-30’s, a powerful wind, and snow showers, UNLV rallied from a 7-3 deficit to defeat the New Mexico baseball team, 14-9, in the series finale on Saturday..the Lobos led 7-6 after seven innings, but after UNM walked the first two batters in the top of the eighth, the game was delayed for 54 minutes due to snow…when the teams came back on the field, the Rebels (11-17, 5-1 MWC) took control of the game, scoring five runs in the eighth and three in the ninth…Pacheco went 3-for-5 with two homers, including a leadoff shot in the first…Garrick Haymore and Chris Dabbs also tallied three hits apiece.
LOBOS IN THE NCAA STATS
The NCAA released its second statistics report of the season April 19, and the Lobos were well represented. Here’s a look at the report:
As a team, New Mexico leads the nation in triples with 0.76 per game (28 total). Garrick Haymore leads the nation with nine triples (0.19 pg).
Garrick Haymore leads the nation with nine triples. |
The Lobos also rank among the top 25 in five more categories: slugging (5th – .538), batting (9th – .331), homers (12th – 1.27 pg), scoring (13th – 8.6 runs pg) and doubles (25th – 2.32 pg).
Chris Carlson ranks among the top 50 in four categories: slugging (37th – .694), doubles (35th – 0.42 pg), RBI (26th – 1.25 pg) and runs (30th – 1.28).
Jordan Pacheco ranks among the top 50 in four categories: batting (30th – .414), runs (45th – 1.20 pg), slugging (32nd – .711) and triples (49th – 0.11 pg).
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 126 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. Stovall is certainly avoiding the sophomore jinx, as he’s improving in every offensive category this season – he’s batting .384 with six homers, 43 RBI and 13 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 (.408) and hits (64). He also ranks among the Mountain West leaders in slugging (.694), on-base percentage (.453), runs (42), homers (eight) and triples (four). Pacheco had a 19-game hitting streak earlier this season. Last week, he hit .529 (9-for-17) with seven runs, three doubles a homer and six RBI.
Sophomore DH/outfielder Chris Carlson is one of the top sluggers in the Mountain West – he leads the league in runs (45), doubles (16) and walks (28). He also ranks among the top five in the MWC in RBI (46), slugging (.696) and on-base percentage (.472), while batting .370 with seven homers.
Senior outfielder Garrick Haymore is second on the team with a .386 batting average and is fifth in the Mountain West with a .444 average in conference games. He hit three triples against Air Force – he leads the nation with nine for the season – and hit .529 (9-for17) with eight RBI in four games last week.
Catcher Jeff Grady leads the team with nine 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 collected his second multi-homer game of the season April 17 vs. Air Force.
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 .351 with four triples, two homers and 19 RBI.
Centerfielder Matt Foote led the Lobos with a .533 batting average last week (8-for-15) with six runs, a triple, a homer and three RBI. Foote is batting .272 with two homers and 25 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 1414-1295-14 (.522) all-time in its history.
Danny Ray Herrera will start Saturday for UNM. |
Coach Alday, already the winningest coach in New Mexico history, is four wins shy of claiming his 950th career victory. He won his 450th game at New Mexico on April 17 in the second game of a doubleheader against Air Force. Alday is 946-661-3 all-time, and 450-441-3 at UNM.
The Lobos are 15-8 at home this season at Isotopes Park….UNM is 29-22-1 all-time at The Lab.
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 have five three-game series sweeps this season (New Mexico State, Northern Colorado, Savannah State, Utah, Air Force), the most since the 2000 season, when the regular season champs got out the brooms six times.
NOTES FROM THE AIR FORCE SERIES
The Lobos swept the Falcons at Isotopes Park last weekend
ÜNM has now won 16 straight over Air Force
Jason Fernandez (6-4) picked up the win in game one, scattering eighthits and four runs in seven innings as UNM won, 7-4…Garrick Haymore went2-for-4 with four RBI.
Saturday’s game, Pack the Park Night, was called off due to heavy rain
New Mexico swept the doubleheader on Sunday, taking game one, 18-7, and game two, 12-6…Danny Ray Herrera (5-2) won the first game on the mound and Darren Coltrinari (6-2) won the second game.
The Lobos slugged out 30 runs and 39 hits in the doubleheader…UNM hit .411 in the series with five homers
Jordan Pacheco went 3-for-4 with four RBI in game one and 3-for-5 with three runs in game two of the doubleheader…he also pitched an inning of scoreless relief in game two.
Jeff Grady went 4-for-8 with seven RBI in the doubleheader, including two homers in game two
Garrick Haymore hit three triples in the doubleheader, and tied a school record with two in the second game…he had eight RBI in the series.
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 for UNM (81 percent, or 109 innings out of a possible 135). Coltrinari (3-0 in MWC action) leads the league with 39.2 innings hurled, while Herrera is second at 35.1 and Fernandez is third at 34.0.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT – UNLV (17-22, 11-4 MWC)
UNLV is second in the Mountain West with an 11-4 league record. The Rebels trail league-leader BYU by one game and lead UNM by two games.
In their first meeting of the season, the Rebels took two of three games from New Mexico at Isotopes Park.
The Lobos won the season series last year, 4-3. UNM was 2-2 last season in Las Vegas.
SERIES NOTES:
Current streak: UNLV won 2Last series win: 5/20-22, 2004Last series loss: 3/24-26, 2005Last home series win: 5/20-22, 2004Last home series loss: 3/24-26, 2005Last road series win: 4/23-25, 2004Last road series loss: 4/4-6, 2003Last UNM series sweep: 4/28-30, 2000Last time swept: 4/4-6, 2003Last 10 games: 5-5Alday vs. UNLV: 30-39Longest UNM win streak: 10 (1999-2001)Longest UNM losing streak: 8 (twice)Last UNM win: 3/24/05 (10-8)Last UNM loss: 3/26/04 (14-9)Last UNM home win: 3/24/05 (10-8)Last UNM home loss: 3/26/04 (14-9)Last UNM road win: 4/25/04 (12-4)Last UNM road loss: 4/23/04 (5-4)Last UNM shutout win: NeverLast UNM shutout loss: 2/4/95 (6-0)Highest scoring game: 36 (L, 4/27/02, 23-13)Largest margin of victory: 10 (twice)Largest margin of defeat: 21 (3/30/02)Most runs by UNM: 17 (W, 5/9/99, 17-14)Most runs by UNLV: 23 (L, 4/27/02, 23-13)UNM in one-run games: 5-15