LSC Baseball Weekly Release (03/22/16)

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LSC BASEBALL
Angelo State, Texas A&M-Kingsville and West Texas A&M are tied with identical 8-4 records in Lone Star
Conference action to top the standings.
LSC teams are playing a 10-week schedule with a four-game series and three-game series against every other
team. Each four-game series shall consist of a 9-inning game Friday, a 7x7 doubleheader Saturday and 9-inning
contest Sunday, and each three-game series shall consist of a 9-inning game Friday and a 7x9 doubleheader
Saturday.
The overall LSC Champion will be the team(s) with the best winning percentage in regular-season conference
games, while the winner of the postseason championship will be recognized as LSC Tournament Champion
and receive the league’s automatic qualification into NCAA postseason. The championship will be played May
12-13-14, at the No. 1 seed.
LSC baseball teams are 86-61 overall this season. In the NCAA South Central Region, the teams are currently
17-6 combined versus Heartland Conference teams and 8-4 against the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
HITTER
Christian Caudle, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, SO, Catcher, Klein, Texas, Klein
Caudle hit .769 in a 4-1 week last week to lead A&M-Kingsville past Eastern New Mexico and Our Lady of the
Lake... Caudle only struck out once in 17 plate appearances and reached base safely 14 times... Caudle went
10-14 with four RBI and six runs and added four walks and two stolen bases while not committing an error
behind the dish.
PITCHER
Justin McAllister, West Texas A&M University, JR, RHP, Gilbert, Ariz., Gilbert HS
McAllister had another strong outing as he helped lead WT to a series-opening 2-1 win Friday evening against
Angelo State. McAllister went eight innings, allowing four hits, one unearned run in eight innings with one walk
and five strikeouts as he held the Rams to a .154 average for the game. For the season, McAllister is 2-1 with a
3.09 ERA in 35 innings of work with 37 strikeouts to just eight walks.
OTHER TOP PERFORMERS
John Baiada, West Texas A&M University, had a big weekend for the Buffs as they split a four game series
with Angelo State to tie for the league-lead. He went 2 for 3 in the opener with a RBI and a run scored and
finished the season with the same performance. Baiada plated the first run of the game in the opener with
a bunt single and then he scored the eventual game winning run in the seventh. In the series, he went 1-4 in
stolen base attempts behind the dish. For the season, he is third on the team in average at .373 with 22 hits,
three doubles, 13 runs scored and eight RBI.
Cody Knight, Cameron University, led the Aggies at the plate with five RBI and six hits in their home series
win over Tarleton State. The CU junior had three RBI and helped the Aggies rally past TSU who was leading 7-3
in the fifth inning. Knight also had a RBI in CU’s 4-3 win in the series opener and a RBI in their 4-1 victory to
close out the weekend. On the field, he recorded 28 putouts at first base with a pair of assists.
Stacy Heinatz, Tarleton State University, led Tarleton with a .364 batting average in four games at Cameron.
The sophomore from Marble Falls had four hits, including an RBI double, to go along with two RBIs and two
runs scored. He also boasted a .462 on-base percentage from the bottom of the Tarleton lineup.
Blake Welch, Cameron University, allowed only four hits and picked up his first career win on Monday against
Tarleton State. The true freshman pitcher was making his first career start and went six innings. Welch allowed
only one Texan runner in scoring position during his start and struck out four batters.
Preston Plovanich, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, tossed his first collegiate shutout in a 6-0 win over
Eastern New Mexico, punching out six and allowing just three hits in 7.0 innings... the freshman left-hander
followed a 19-run game with a gem on the mound to clinch the series victory over the Greyhounds... he limited
ENMU to a .125 batting average.
Jacob French, Tarleton State University, earned his second straight pitching win for Tarleton with five innings
of work, over which he allowed one earned run and struck out three Aggies.
Bryce Zak, Angelo State University, earned his fifth win of the season as he brought the Rams back to tie the
series with West Texas after a close loss in Friday night’s game. The senior San Angelo native tossed a complete
seven inning game and allowed only two runs on seven hits. He held the opposition to a .280 batting average at
the plate and struck out seven continuing to lead the LSC in the category with a total of 66. Zak’s five win record
also keeps him tied for the top spot in the conference.
NOTES (Submitted by LSC SID’s)
Angelo State
The Angelo State Rams baseball team split its four series with West Texas A&M this weekend taking games two
and four. This allowed ASU to remain in a three way tie for first in the Lone Star Conference. The Rams now sit
a 15-10 overall and 8-4 in the conference. In the final game of the series, it was the Rams bench that pulled
off four RBIs in the final innings to take the win and tie the series. Pitcher Bryce Zak earned his fifth win of the
season tossing a complete game allowing two runs on seven hits and striking out seven. Fellow pitcher Matt
STANDINGS
School LSC Pct. Overall Strk
West Texas A&M 8-4 0.667 19-7 L1
Texas A&M-Kingsville 8-4 0.667 16-7 L1
Angelo State 8-4 0.667 15-10 W1
Cameron 5-7 0.417 16-7 W2
Tarleton State 5-7 0.417 11-13 L2
Eastern New Mexico 2-10 0.167 9-17 W1
SCHEDULE
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Texas A&M-Kingsville at Texas A&M Int’l, 4 p.m.
Thursday, March 24, 2016
*Cameron at Angelo State, 6 p.m.
Friday, March 25, 2016
*Tarleton State at Texas A&M-Kingsville, 3 p.m.
*Cameron at Angelo State, 4 p.m.
*Cameron at Angelo State, 6 p.m.
*West Texas A&M at Eastern New Mexico, 6 p.m.
*Tarleton State at Texas A&M-Kingsville, 6 p.m.
Saturday, March 26, 2016
*Cameron at Angelo State, 1 p.m.
*Tarleton State at Texas A&M-Kingsville, 1 p.m.
*West Texas A&M at Eastern New Mexico, 2 p.m.
*West Texas A&M at Eastern New Mexico, 3:30 p.m.
*Tarleton State at Texas A&M-Kingsville, 4 p.m.
Sunday, March 27, 2016
*West Texas A&M at Eastern New Mexico, 2 p.m.
All times are CST; *denotes LSC game
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Complete results at lonestarconference.org.
WEEKLY AWARDS
Date Hitter
F-9 Bronson Pulgados, Cameron
F-16 Stacy Heinatz, Tarleton State
F-23 Tyler McKinzie, Cameron
M-1 Dalton Perry, Texas A&M-Kingsville
M-8 Trace Hansen, West Texas A&M
M-15 Steven Pinales, Angelo State
M-22 Christian Caudle, Texas A&M-Kingsville
Date Pitcher
F-9 Trevor Renfro, Tarleton State
F-16 Brooks Trujillo, West Texas A&M
F-23 Justin McAllister, West Texas A&M
M-1 Austin Moore, West Texas A&M
M-8 Sebi Palacios, Texas A&M-Kingsville
Austin Moore, West Texas A&M (2)
M-15 Paxton DeLaGarza, Angelo State
M-22 Justin McAllister, West Texas A&M (2)
LONE STAR CONFERENCE BASEBALL
WEEKLY RELEASE | MARCH 22, 2016
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Shannon also threw a spectacular complete eight inning game, however, came up just short of earning the win.
Cameron
3-1 last week.
Eastern New Mexico
The Eastern New Mexico baseball team went 1-3 this weekend in a four game-Lone Star Conference series
against Texas A&M-Kingsville. The Hounds moved to 9-17 on the season and 2-10 in LSC play. In the first nine
inning contest of the week on Friday, ENMU lost by a score of 19-9. The doubleheader on Saturday also got
away from the Greyhounds, with Kingsville winning the first contest 19-3 and the second 6-0. The shutout was
only their third such game of the season. In the fourth and final matchup, the Greyhounds had a tremendous
late run to force extra innings, finally clinching the comeback in the bottom of the tenth inning, off a Keenan
Dodd double to center field, to win 12-11 and avoid the sweep. Justin Paul led the team from the plate, hitting
an even .500 while going 7-of-14 and recording six RBIs. His three run homerun in the fourth and final game
was instrumental in giving ENMU an early lead and keeping them in the game late. Jacob Cluff recorded five
hits over the series, while Dylan Nault and Chris Padillia each had four hits. Wesley Jordan led the team with
seven RBIs, including a three run homer of his own, and was a key factor in the Greyhounds game four win
when he came up to bat in the ninth inning as a pinch hitter and drove in two runs with a single to left field. On
the mound, the Greyhounds had good starts from James Thomas and Nick DeArmond, despite their final ERAs.
Thomas, who finished pitching 6.2 innings while striking out three batters, put in the most amount of work over
the weekend, pitching a full two innings more than any other arm in the rotation. DeArmond pitched several
shutout innings in his start, before having on disastrous inning that saw him head to the clubhouse. Prior to
that inning, the righty had stuck out a series high six batters and only gave up five runs on the day, all in the one
inning. Anthony Inge and Scott Klein came up big for the Greyhounds in relief roles, throwing a combined 3.1
shutout innings while only giving up four hits – two hits each. Inge struck out three batters and Klein two, with
Klein getting his first decision of the season in Sunday’s 12-11 win.
Tarleton State
Tarleton dropped three of four to Cameron. The Texans will head to Kingsville this weekend for a four-game
series.
Texas A&M-Kingsville
Texas A&M University-Kingsville went 4-1 last week and 3-1 in LSC play to move into a three-way tie for first
place in the conference with an 8-4 mark... the Javelinas came back from down three to take the midweek
tilt versus Our Lady of the Lake 4-3 with a four-run ninth... against Eastern New Mexico, the Javelina offense
exploded for 19 runs in game one and 19 runs in game two, followed by a dominating performance on the hill
by Preston Plovanich in a 6-0 shutout win.
West Texas A&M
The No. 18/22 West Texas A&M baseball team split a four game series with Angelo State over the weekend in
Canyon...WT won the opener 2-1 and won the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader 4-2 with two runs in
the bottom of the seventh for the walk-off win...WT had leads in each game, but were unable to hang on for
wins in a 3-2 loss in the first game of Saturday’s twin bill and the 8-5 setback on Sunday...Late inning runs were
a common theme in the series as the teams combined for 27 runs with 10 coming in the final three innings
combined and seven combined runs in the seventh inning alone with WT plating five and ASU with two...The
Buffs went 1-2 when leading after six innings, 0-1 after seven innings and 1-0 after eight, while 0-1 when tied
after eight...WT outhit the Rams .292 to .261, but managed just two more hits for the series and slugged .340
(.288 ASU) and both teams reached base at a .288 clip...Three unearned runs proved costly for the Buffs in the
series, highlighted by four errors compared to no unearned runs for ASU and two miscues for the Rams...On
the mound, junior Justin McAllister continued to impress going eight innings, allowing four hits, one unearned
run with one walk and five strikeouts in the 2-1 opening win...Senior Austin Moore also earned a win with a
complete game four-hitter, allowing two unearned runs with one walk and two strikeouts...WT held a 3.09 ERA
(3.90 for ASU), but had just 17 strikeouts in the series...WT travels to Eastern New Mexico for a four game series
this week.
B A S E B A L L
LSC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
MAY 12-13-14 | NO. 1 SEED