May 10, 2005
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NEXT IN LOBO BASEBALL
San Diego St. (21-28, 15-9 MWC) at New Mexico (21-27, 11-13 MWC)
THURSDAY-SATURDAY, MAY 12-14 — ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — ISOTOPES PARK
SCHEDULE:
Thursday, May 12 - 12 p.m.Friday, May 13 - 12 p.m.Saturday, May 14 - 12 p.m.
MEDIA COVERAGE:
RADIO: All games broadcast on KDEF 1150 AM and GoLobos.com with Henry Tafoya, Dan Rivera and Mike Foote calling the action.
LIVE STATS: Live stats via Gametracker available for all games at GoLobos.com
SERIES INFORMATION: San Diego State leads the all-time series, 83-37. The Aztecs took two of three games earlier this season in San Diego. UNM is 20-28 vs. SDSU in Albuquerque.
TICKET/PROMOTIONAL INFORMATION: Saturday’s game is the annual Dugout Cookout, with all tickets just $2. An hour prior to the game, there will be 50-cent hot dogs and sodas in the UNM football parking lot across the street from Isotopes Park. A silent auction featuring major and minor league memorabilia will be held throughout the game, will all proceeds benefitting the Ambrose Alday Scholarship Fund. Tickets on Thursday and Friday are $6 for adults, $4 for seniors and $3 for youth.
PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUPS:
Thursday:SDSU: #26 LH Jr. Alex Hinshaw (5-6, 4.68 ERA, 73.0 IP, 78 K)vs.UNM: #11 RH Sr. Karsten Gaarder (1-7, 7.63 ERA, 59.0 IP, 52 K)
Friday:SDSU:#22 RH So. Bruce Billings (5-3, 3.84 ERA, 86.2 IP, 88 K)vs.UNM: #2 LH So. Danny Ray Herrera (6-4, 6.11 ERA, 70.2 IP, 50 K)
Saturday:SDSU: #38 LH Jr. Ben Coon (2-2, 7.32 ERA, 55.1 IP, 33 K)vs.UNM: #21 RH Jr. Darren Coltrinari (7-3, 7.75 ERA, 81.1 IP, 61 K)
The New Mexico baseball team closes out the home portion of its schedule this week with a three-game series against San Diego State at Isotopes Park. With the Isotopes also in town, all three games will begin at 12 p.m., beginning Thursday, May 12.
Saturday’s home season finale is the annual Dugout Cookout, with all tickets just $2. An hour prior to the game, there will be 50-cent hot dogs and sodas in the UNM football parking lot across the street from Isotopes Park. A silent auction featuring major and minor league memorabilia will be held throughout the game, will all proceeds benefitting the Ambrose Alday Scholarship Fund.
The Lobos (21-27, 11-13 Mountain West) are coming off their first series win in Provo since the 2000 season after taking two of three from BYU last week. UNM was one-out away from a clean sweep, but led an 8-7 lead slip away in the bottom of the ninth inning in game one of the series. The Cougars rallied for four runs in the ninth and won the game on a two-out, three-run walk-off homer.
New Mexico bounced back, however, and won the next two games in convincing fashion. Sophomore southpaw Danny Ray Herrera snapped UNM’s nine-game losing streak as he threw his second complete game of the season to lead the Lobos to a 4-1 triumph in game two. Herrera was masterful all game, allowing just three hits and striking out a season-best eight. He threw a no-hitter through 6 1/3 innings until BYU finally broke through with a double in the bottom of the seventh. For his efforts, Herrera was named the Mountain West Pitcher of the Week and garnered Collegiate Baseball Foundation national weekly honor roll accolades.
Danny Ray Herrera was named the Mountain West Pitcher of the Week on Monday. |
The Lobos used the bats to take down BYU in the series finale, 14-7. UNM slugged out 17 hits, including three from Jordan Pacheco, Ryan Barba and Daniel Stovall. Pacheco also hit his 12th homer of the year and drove in three runs. Jeff Grady went 2-for-4 with four RBI. Darren Coltrinari won his MWC-leading seventh game of the year, striking out five and scattering 10 hits on six runs in seven innings of work.
San Diego State (21-28) enters Albuquerque in third place in the Mountain West standings with a 15-9 conference mark. The Aztecs have been hot lately, winning 11 of their last 15 games, including a sweep at Utah in Salt Lake City last weekend. The Aztecs took two of three games from UNM April 8-10 in San Diego. SDSU hosts No. 24 USC Tuesday, May 10 at 7 p.m. MT.
By winning two of three games over BYU, the Lobos knocked the Cougars out of first place in the conference race. UNLV swept Air Force last weekend to take over the top spot with a 19-5 league record. The Cougars, who host UNLV this week, stand in second at 17-7. The Lobos are in fourth place at 11-13, four games behind third place SDSU (15-9). Utah is in fifth at 9-15, while Air Force is in last at 1-23. The top two teams will receive byes in the double-elimination tournament May 25-28 in Salt Lake City. Here’s a complete look at the conference standings:
MOUNTAIN WEST STANDINGS (as of May 9)
1. UNLV (19-5)2. BYU (17-7)3. San Diego St. (15-9)4. New Mexico (11-13)5. Utah (9-15)6. Air Force (1-23)
ON DECK
The Lobos travel to Texas Tech for the third and final time of the season to take on the Red Raiders on Tuesday, May 16 at 1 p.m. MT in Lubbock.
HISTORY LESSON – LOBOS VS. AZTECS 101
San Diego State leads the all-time series, 83-37
The Lobos are 20-28 vs. the Aztecs in Albuquerque; 1-2 at Isotopes Park
San Diego State took two of three from UNM April 8-10 in San Diego
Coach Alday is 18-38 vs. San Diego State; 10-13 in Albuquerque
The Aztecs won the season series last year, 5-2.
LOBOS IN THE NCAA STATS
The NCAA released its fifth statistics report of the season May 10, and the Lobos were well represented. Here’s a look at the report:
As a team, New Mexico is second in the nation in triples with 0.69 per game (33 total). Garrick Haymore is second in the nation with nine triples (0.20 pg).
The Lobos also rank among the top 15 in four more categories: slugging (7th – .530), scoring batting (11th – .330), scoring (13th – 8.4 runs pg) and home runs (13th – 1.27 pg).
Chris Carlson ranks among the top 50 in five categories: RBI (10th – 1.36 pg), slugging (17th – .729), doubles (32nd – 0.40 pg), runs (31st – 1.17 pg) and batting (55th – .390).
Jordan Pacheco ranks among the top 50 in four categories: batting (24th – .412), slugging (26th – .716), runs (31st – 1.17 pg) and triples (38th – 0.11).
GET OUT THOSE BINOCULARS – LOBOS TO WATCH
Sophomore first baseman Daniel Stovall, who landed spots on the Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America and All-Mountain West teams last year, is currently one of 132 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 .358 with seven homers, 50 RBI and 17 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 hits with 84. He also ranks among the Mountain West leaders in batting (.412), runs (56), slugging (.716), on-base percentage (.453), homers (12) and triples (five).
Jordan Pacheco is making a case for National Freshman of the Year honors with a .412 batting average and 12 homers. |
Pacheco had a 19-game hitting streak earlier this season. Pacheco is one of 64 players on the Dick Hower College Baseball Player of the Year watch list, as announced by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. He is one of only two freshmen on the watch list. The membership of the NCBWA will choose the Xanthus-Dick Howser Trophy based on three rounds of voting. The 2005 winner will be announced at the College World Series in Omaha on Friday, June 17, at 9:30 a.m. CDT. The Dick Howser Trophy, given in memory of the former Florida State University All-America shortstop and major league player and manager who died of brain cancer in 1987, is regarded by many as college baseball’s most prestigious award.
Sophomore DH/outfielder Chris Carlson is one of the top sluggers in the Mountain West. He leads the team in doubles (19), walks (34), slugging (.729), on-base percentage (.480), runs (56) and RBI (64). He is also second on the team in homers with 11 and is batting .390. Carlson is getting it done in conference play as well, leading the team in league games with 33 RBI and a .413 batting average.
Senior outfielder Garrick Haymore is third on the team with a .370 batting average and is second on the team with a .396 average in conference games. Haymore, who hit three triples in the Air Force series, leads the nation with nine for the season.
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 1416-1303-14 (.521) all-time in its history.
Coach Alday, already the winningest coach in New Mexico history, is two 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 948-669-3 all-time, and 452-449-3 at UNM.
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.
TOP PERFORMANCES OF THE WEEK (MAY 5-8 AT BYU)
Junior shortstop Ryan Barba hit a career-best three doubles in Saturday’s win…Barba went 6-for-9 with five doubles and five runs in the series.
Ian Hollick had five hits last week in the BYU series. |
Jordan Pacheco went 7-for-15 with two homers, four runs and six RBI in the series.
Freshman third baseman Ian Hollick collected five hits in 10 at-bats against the Cougars.
Sophomore center fielder Matt Foote went 5-for-11 (.455) with four runs scored.
Chris Carlson, Chris Dabbs and Jeff Grady each drove in four runs in the series
The Lobos hit .377 as a team and outhit BYU 43-29 in the three games.
DOCTOR, DOCTOR
The Lobos have lost three players for the season due to injury, and could be without No. 1 starter Jason Fernandez for the rest of the season.
Fernandez, who has been nursing a sore right knee the past few weeks, was scratched just minutes before the April 29 game against Utah. He is questionable to return this season. The right-handed senior was 6-5 with a 7.24 ERA in 73.1 innings of action.
Junior catcher A.J. Spitaleri, a preseason All-Mountain West selection, will miss the remainder of the season due to a shoulder injury. Spitaleri only appeared in six games, but was batting .438 with a homer and four RBI. Spitaleri hit .339 as a freshman and .361 as a sophomore.
Redshirt freshman Chad Itokazu suffered an ankle injury in practice in early March and will also be unavailable for the rest of the year. Itokazu, who saw action in 12 games at right field, second base and shortstop, was batting .292 with two homers and five RBI.
Freshman pitcher Brandon Hewett, who was coming off shoulder surgery last spring, reaggravated his right arm this spring and will not throw the rest of the season.
NOTES FROM THE FIRST SAN DIEGO STATE SERIES
SDSU scored 10 runs in the sixth inning in the opening game of the series in the 17-9 win, handing Jason Fernandez (5-4) the loss.
In the second game, 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 the series finale, winning 6-4 to salvagethe 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 fifth win of the season.
AROUND THE HORN –
AT THE PLATE… New Mexico leads the Mountain West with 33 triples. The Lobos are second to BYU in batting (.328), slugging (.530), hits (581), doubles (111), RBI (365), homers (61) and total bases (941).
ON THE MOUND… The Lobo pitching staff is fifth in the league with an 8.02 ERA and third with 317 strikeouts.
IN THE FIELD… The Lobos are first in the conference with a .963 fielding percentage.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT – SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS (21-28, 15-9 MWC)
San Diego State, the preseason favorite to win the Mountain West Conference, is currently in third place in the league standings with a 15-9 mark. The Aztecs are four games back of UNLV and two games back of second-place BYU. The Aztecs won the first series against UNM this season April 8-10 in San Diego, two games to one.
SERIES NOTES:
Last series win: 4/11-13, 2003Last series loss: 4/8-10, 2005Last home series win: 4/11-13, 2004Last home series loss: 3/26-28, 2004Last road series win: 4/9-11, 1999Last road series loss: 4/8-10, 2005Last UNM series sweep: NeverLast time swept: 5/15-16, 2003Last 10 games: 3-7Alday vs. SDSU: 18-38Longest UNM win streak: 4 (twice)Longest UNM losing streak: 9 (1982-83)Last UNM win: 4/10/05 (6-4)Last UNM loss: 4/9/05 (15-4)Last UNM home win: 3/27/04 (13-7)Last UNM home loss: 3/28/04 (11-9)Last UNM road win: 4/10/05 (6-4)Last UNM road loss: 4/9/05 (15-4)Last UNM shutout win: 4/26/85 (1-0)Last UNM shutout loss: 5/1/04 (1-0)Highest scoring game: 45 (L, 24-21, 3/17/00)Largest margin of victory: 9 (5/2/04, 18-9)Largest margin of defeat: 16 (5/28/04, 24-8)Most runs by UNM: 21 (twice)Most runs by SDSU: 24 (L, 3/17/00, 24-21)UNM in one-run games: 13-14