ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — For the second time this season, Carl Stajduhar was named the Mountain West Player of the Week. It’s the second straight week for a Lobo to earn that honor, following Chris DeVito. With No. 7 Texas Tech coming to Santa Ana Star Field tomorrow and Wednesday, UNM needs more performances just like that.
Carl extended his hitting streak to eight, and he had a hit and an RBI in all five games last week, hitting .429 on 9-for-21 batting with a home run and a double, along with three sacrifice flies. He had a monster day on Sunday, going 4-for-5 with four leadoff hits, including a ninth inning home run.
Overall, UNM has picked up Mountain West Player or Pitcher of the Week five times this season, with Stajduhar twice, Chris DeVito twice, and then Carson Schneider last week as Pitcher of the Week.
New Mexico, in first place in the league at 14-4 and 26-11 overall, start a five-game home stand Tuesday night when the Lobos embark on a two-game weekday series with No. 7 Texas Tech. The Lobos, who are ranked No. 50 in the RPI, can help their at-large resume with two games against the No. 11 RPI Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Tuesday 6 p.m. match-up on the mound will be a pair of lefties in Erik Lanning (2-3, 6.44) for Texas Tech and Luis Ggonzalez (2-1, 5.82) for UNM. Wednesday’s 1 p.m. matinee will see lefty Ty Damron (3-1, 5.40 ERA) for Texas Tech and righty James Harrington (6-1, 6.16 ERA) for the Lobos.
All five games this week, including the weekend series with San Diego State starting Friday, will be braodcaast on uPublic channel 26 and streamed on GoLobos.com. Robert Portnoy will have the call for all five games on ESPN Radio 101.7 The TEAM, and the audio will also be streamed at www.1017theteam.com.
Tuesday;s game will be $2 Tuesday, with all tickets for the game just $2. Fans coming for the game do not have to pay to park, just enter the PIT West on PIT East lots and let the attendants know you are there for Lobo baseball and they will direct fans on where to park.
NOTE: For the weekend events, all parking and gate entrances for baseball, softball and tennis will be via the South Entrance due to set-up for the Gathering of Nations.
Stajduhar Earns MW POTW, UNM Hosts No. 7 Texas Tech
