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1 2010 Arkansas State Baseball Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result Feb. 19 Southern Illinois-Carbondale W, 14-5 Feb. 20 Southern Illinois-Carbondale W, 5-3 Feb. 21 Southern Illinois-Carbondale Rained Out Feb. 23 at #17 Ole Miss L, 3-2 Feb. 26 UW-Milwaukee W, 6-5 Feb. 27 UW-Milwaukee W, 4-3 Feb. 27 UW-Milwaukee W, 11-4 Feb. 28 UW-Milwaukee W, 8-3 Mar. 5 University of Portland W, 7-0 Mar. 6 University of Portland L, 8-3 Mar. 7 University of Portland L, 5-4 Mar. 8 Indiana U.-Purdue U. Fort Wayne L, 2-1 Mar. 9 at Murray State W, 17-8 Mar. 12 at UL-Lafayette* L, 13-5 Mar. 13 at UL-Lafayette* W, 6-2 Mar. 14 at UL-Lafayette* W, 13-9 Mar. 16 at Missouri State L, 2-1 Mar. 17 at Missouri State W, 5-4 Mar. 19 Middle Tennessee* W, 4-3 Mar. 20 Middle Tennessee* L, 8-5 Mar. 21 Middle Tennessee* L, 2-0 Mar. 24 at Southeast Missouri State L, 6-4 Mar. 26 at New Orleans* W, 14-7 Mar. 27 at New Orleans* W, 7-6 Mar. 28 at New Orleans* W, 17-3 Mar. 30 Memphis W, 6-5 Apr. 2 #18 Western Kentucky* L, 4-3 Apr. 3 #18 Western Kentucky* W, 6-4 Apr. 4 #18 Western Kentucky* W, 3-1 Apr. 6 at UT-Martin L, Apr. 9 at ULM* W, 15-3 Apr. 10 at ULM* W, 10-6 Apr. 11 at ULM* W, 8-1 Apr. 14 Southeast Missouri State W, 9-6 Apr. 16 at University of Evansville L, 4-5 Apr. 17 at University of Evansville L, 4-7 Apr. 18 at University of Evansville L, 5-9 Apr. 21 at Memphis L, 5-15 Apr. 23 South Alabama* W, 9-8 Apr. 24 South Alabama* L, 4-9 Apr. 25 South Alabama* L, 6-7 Apr. 30 at Florida Atlantic* L, 2-3 May 1 at Florida Atlantic* L, 0-8 May 2 at Florida Atlantic* L, 2-3 May 4 UT-Martin W, 8-3 May 7 FIU* W, 8-7 May 8 FIU* L, 2-15 May 9 FIU* W, 5-4 May 11 Murray State Rained Out May 12 Ole Miss L, 2-5 May 14 at Troy* W, 5-4 May 15 at Troy* L, 6-11 May 16 at Troy* L, 3-9 May 20 UALR* L, 3-6 May 21 UALR* W, 16-8 May 22 UALR* L, May SBC Tournament at Murfreesboro, Tenn. TBA June 5 NCAA Regionals TBA Monday Travel to Murfreesboro, Tennessee * Sun Belt Conference Game All Times Central Time Tuesday Practice 9:00 a.m A-State Red Wolves Baseball 1 Arkansas State University 2010 Red Wolves Baseball Van Provence Assistant Sports Information Director vprovence@astate.edu (office) (cell) fax ARKANSAS STATE RED WOLVES at the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship May 26-29, 2010 Reese Smith Jr. Field (2,100) Murfreesboro, Tennessee Radio: KBTM 1230 AM & LiveStats Available at LEADING OFF: The Arkansas State Red Wolves travel to Murfreesboro, Tenn. to begin play in the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship. The tournament will get underway May 26 at Reese Smith Jr. Field on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University. The seventh-seeded Red Wolves will begin play in the tournament Wednesday, May 26 at 4:00 p.m. when they face the second-seeded Ragin Cajuns of Louisiana-Lafayette. Arkansas State will play either third-seeded Middle Tennessee State or sixth-seeded Troy in the second round. With a victory over ULL, Arkansas State will advance in the winners bracket and face the MTSU-Troy winner Thursday at 7:30 p.m. A Ragin Cajun victory in the opening round will drop the Red Wolves into the elimination bracket, where they will face the MTSU-Troy loser Thursday at 12:30 p.m. All ASU games may be heard on KBTM 1230 AM and through the StateZone portion of. LiveStats may also be accessed by logging on to. THE TEAMS: Arkansas State enters the tournament with an overall record of The Red Wolves finished Sun Belt Conference play with a record of and in a sixth-place tie with Western Kentucky and Troy. Troy earned the sixth seed in the tournament by virtue of their 2-1 series victory over ASU May 14-16, while the Red Wolves grabbed the seventh seed with their 2-1 series win over Western Kentucky April 2-4. The Red Wolves closed out the regular season last weekend with a 2-1 series loss at home to in-state rival UALR. The Trojans opened the series with a 6-3 victory over the Red Wolves Thursday night, before Red Wolves Baseball This Week Wednesday ASU vs. ULL 4:00 p.m. Thursday ASU vs. Troy or MTSU Time TBA Friday SBC Tournament Day 3 ASU evened the series at 1-1 with a 16-8 victory in the Friday night game. UALR grabbed the series victory with a win in the Saturday finale. The Ragin Cajuns closed out the regular season with a threegame sweep on the road at Louisiana-Monroe. ULL defeated ULM 6-5, 10-4 and 13-1 to close out the regular season at overall and 21-9 in Sun Belt Conference play. No team enters the field hotter than the Cajuns, who won 17 of the final 18 conference games to finish in a first-place tie with Florida Atlantic. ULL swept all but one of its final six SBC opponents on its way to a share of the regular-season title. Host MTSU will enter the tournament at 34-21, with an record against Sun Belt opponents. The Blue Raiders were defeated 2-1 in their season-ending series at Western Kentucky. The Hilltoppers opened the series with a 5-1 victory in game one, Middle Tennessee picked up a 7-2 win in the second game, and WKU earned the series with win with a 15-5 seven-inning run-rule victory in game three. Troy finished the regular season at 32-23, with a record in Sun Belt Conference play. The Trojans notched a 2-1 series victory over South Alabama to wrap up the regular season, winning 17-0 and 6-2 in the first two games, before South Alabama salvaged the series by edging Troy in the final game. THE ULL SERIES: The Red Wolves trail in the series but have won eight of the last 10 against the Cajuns, including a 2-1 series victory in Lafayette to open Sun Belt Conference play March The Ragin Cajuns opened the series with a 13-5 win in the Friday contest, but the Red Wolves Saturday Championship Saturday Sunday TBA

2 2010 Sun Belt Standings Final Regular Season Standings SBC OVERALL Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Florida Atlantic La.-Lafayette Middle Tennessee FIU South Alabama Troy Arkansas State Western Kentucky UALR La.-Monroe New Orleans Preseason All-Sun Belt Kenneth Roberts (Middle Tennessee, Sr., SP) Matt Ridings (Western Kentucky, Sr., SP) Lance Baxter (South Alabama, Sr., RP) Bart Carter (Western Kentucky, Sr., RP) Matt Rice (Western Kentucky, Sr., C) Tim Jobe (Florida International, Sr., 1B) Matt Payton (Western Kentucky, Sr., 2B) Boomer Blanchard (Louisiana-Monroe, Sr., SS) Tyler Burnett (Middle Tennessee, Jr., 3B) Todd Baumgartner (Arkansas State, Jr., OF) Bryce Brentz (Middle Tennessee, Jr., OF) Adam Heisler (South Alabama, Sr., OF) Murray Watts (Arkansas State, Jr., DH) Preseason Player of the Year Bryce Brentz (Middle Tennessee, Jr., OF) Preseason Pitcher of the Year Kenneth Roberts (Middle Tennessee, Sr., SP) Preseason Coaches Poll 1. Middle Tennessee (8) Western Kentucky (2) Florida International Troy Louisiana-Lafayette (1) Louisiana-Monroe Florida Atlantic South Alabama New Orleans Arkansas State Arkansas-Little Rock A-State Red Wolves Baseball bounced back to win the series with a 6-2 win in the Saturday game and a 13-9 victory in the Sunday contest. THE MTSU SERIES: Middle Tennessee State leads the overall series 23-8, which includes a 2-1 series victory over the Red Wolves in Jonesboro earlier this season. Arkansas State opened the series March 19 with a 4-3 win over the Blue Raiders, but Middle Tennessee evened the count with an 8-5 win in the Saturday game, then blanked ASU 2-0 in game three. THE TROY SERIES: Troy holds a 14-1 series advantage over the Red Wolves, but Arkansas State picked up its first-ever win over the Trojans when the teams met just two weeks ago in Troy. Arkansas State opened the series with a 5-4 win in the Friday game, but the Trojans swept both games of a Saturday doubleheader to earn the 2-1 series victory, winning 11-6 and 9-3. Prior to the 5-4 ASU victory May 14, Troy had swept the Red Wolves each season since the series began in ON THE MOUND FOR ASU: Junior righthander Andy Ferguson will get the start when ASU opens play in the tournament May 26 against ULL. Ferguson (4-4, 4.43 ERA) has made 14 starts on the year, giving up 55 runs (44 earned) in 89.1 innings of work. He has walked 25 batters, while striking out 72. Ferguson took the loss when ULL defeated ASU 13-5 March 12, giving up nine runs on nine hits, with six strikeouts and four walks in 4.2 innings of work. Sophomore Jacob Lee (7-3) will get the start in game two. Lee has logged 84.1 innings of work in 14 starts this year, giving up 43 runs (37 earned) on 78 hits with a team-high 76 strikeouts and 35 walks. He will take an ERA of 3.95 into the tournament. Lee took the hard-luck loss when Middle Tennessee defeated ASU 2-0 March 20, giving up two runs on six hits in seven Arkansas State Quick Facts Location: Jonesboro, Arkansas Enrollment: 12,185 Nickname: Red Wolves Colors: Scarlet and Black President: Dr. Les Wyatt Chancellor: Dr. Robert Potts Director of Athletics: Dr. Dean Lee Park: Tomlinson Stadium & Kell Field (1,200) Conference: Sun Belt Head Coach: Tommy Raffo Record at ASU: (Second Season) Overall Record: Same innings of work. Lee struck out six Blue Raiders, while walking just two. Against Troy, Lee struggled in just 2.2 innings of work, giving up seven runs on seven hits, with two strikeouts and two walks. ASU IN THE TOURNAMENT: Arkansas State will be looking to reverse a trend when the Red Wolves return to the Sun Belt Conference Tournament for the first time since Arkansas State has lost eight consecutive SBC Tournament games, and 19 of its last 20, and the Red Wolves are all-time in the tournament. The last ASU victory in the tournament was a 10-3 win over Louisiana-Lafayette in Like this year, Arkansas State and ULL met in the first round, with ASU seeded seventh and the Cajuns seeded second. Arkansas State has advanced to the championship game of the tournament two times. The Red Wolves defeated Lamar 3-2 to win the tournament in 1994 and advance to the NCAA Central ASU in the SBC Tournament All-Time Results ASU Stands at in the SBC Tourney Year....Score......Opponent L, ULL L, South Alabama L, FIU L, UNO L, MTSU L, New Mexico St L, #23 South Alabama L, FIU W, ULL L, New Mexico St L, Western Kentucky L, MTSU L, UNO L, UNO L, UALR L, South Alabama L, UNO L, 4-3 (13) Lamar L, South Alabama W, La. Tech L, South Alabama W, Texas Pan-Am L, ULL W, ULL W, UNO L, South Alabama W, UNO L, South Alabama* L, Lamar L, Jacksonville W, Lamar W, 9-8 (11) UNO W, Jacksonville L, Lamar W, 3-2 (11) Lamar* W, La. Tech W, Lamar L, Lamar L, Jacksonville * - Championship Game 2

3 Regional in Austin, Texas. Arkansas State went 2-2 in the regional, losing to host Texas in the opening round 9-4, before defeating Nevada 4-2 and Texas-San Antonio Arkansas State was eliminated with a 10-3 loss to eventual national champion Oklahoma. In the Red Wolves other appearance in the championship game, ASU was defeated by South Alabama, Arkansas State is 2-1 in extra inning games in the tournament, defeating Lamar 3-2 in 11 innings and UNO 9-8 in 11 innings, both in 1994 and losing to Lamar 4-3 in 13 innings in BEST IN OVER A DECADE: A-State finished the 2010 season at in Sun Belt Conference action, and the Red Wolves 16 conference victories are the most since the Athletic Media Relations Arkansas State University PO Box 1000 State University, AR Telephone Fax Press Box Website - Baseball Contact - Van Provence, Asst. SID / vprovence@astate.edu Jerry Scott, Asst. A.D./ Sports Info. Dir jscott@astate.edu Anthony Reynolds, Asst. SID / areynolds@astate.edu Katey Buckley, Graduate Asst. kathryn.buckley@smail.astate.edu MEDIA INFORMATION Credentials Working press credentials can be requested by contacting Van Provence at , or by at vprovence@astate.edu. Full-season and single-game credentials will be mailed whenever possible. If not, they will be left at the Tomlinson Stadium & Kell Field Box Office. Post-Game Interviews The Arkansas State locker room is closed to all members of the media. Head coach Tommy Raffo and requested assistant coaches and players will be available for interviews following a brief cooling-off period. At ASU s home games, all postgame coach and player interviews will be conducted in the press box. Baseball Releases All Red Wolves baseball releases and game notes may be obtained as a PDF document on the Arkansas State University athletics website at. To be added to the broadcast for baseball releases, contact Van Provence in the Sports Information office A-State Red Wolves Baseball 1995 season and the second-most since ASU began regular-season conference play in BACK ABOVE.500: Arkansas State finished the regular season at 28-26, with secondyear head coach Tommy Raffo leading the Red Wolves to their first winning season since ASU s 28 wins are the most since Arkansas State finished the 2005 season with 33 victories. The Red Wolves are also making a return to the Sun Belt Conference Tournament for the first time since the 2006 season. TWO GRANNIES FOR WATTS: Arkansas State junior Murray Watts continues to impress at the plate, slugging four home runs over an 11-day stretch from May 4 to May 14, including grand slams against Troy and UT-Martin. In league games only, Watts finished last week atop the SBC hitting charts, batting.419. In conference games only, Watts also finished last week first in RBIs and second in hits. BIG DAY FOR DEGRACE: Senior catcher Kyle DeGrace enjoyed his second two-home run game of the season Friday night in the Red Wolves 16-8 victory over UALR. De- Grace slugged a three-run home run in the fifth inning to break a 5-5 tie, then launched a grand slam over the 400-foot center field wall in the seventh to drive in his seventh run of the evening. DeGrace s seven-rbi day tied the Red Wolves seasonhigh, set previously when first baseman Murray Watts drove in seven runs in ASU s 17-3 win at New Orleans March 28. De- Grace also hit a pair of home runs in the Red Wolves 17-8 win at Murray State March 9. STREAK STOPPED: With their 5-4 victory over Troy May 14, the Red Wolves picked up their first-ever victory over the Trojans. Arkansas State went into the weekend series with an 0-12 record against Troy, but snapped the streak with the win in the opening game of the series. Red Wolves On the Radio A-State Baseball can be heard on KBTM 1230 AM and online at Matt Stolz will handle the play-by-play, returning for his fifth season as the Voice of ASU Baseball. 3 BAUM IS BACK: Junior Todd Baumgartner enjoyed his most productive week two weeks ago since being sidelined with an appendectomy April 16. He led Arkansas State at the plate, hitting.471 in the Red Wolves four games against #15 Ole Miss and Troy. Baumgartner went 8-for-17 with a double, three RBIs and three runs scored. His single in the ninth inning drove in the winning run in ASU s 5-4 Friday night victory over Troy, and he went 4-for-5 with an RBI in game three against the Trojans. His bat continued to be hot last weekend against UALR, when he hit.467 against the Trojans, going 7-for-15 against the Trojans with four RBIs. SIX IS THE MAGIC NUMBER: The Red Wolves are averaging 6.37 runs per game this season, and when reaching the six-run mark, Arkansas State is 21-4 on the year. Conversely, when scoring just five runs or less, the Red Wolves are 7-22 on the season. The Red Wolves have also been effective at holding a lead late in the game, posting a 23-2 record when leading after six innings. AMONG THE BEST IN THE BELT: Heading into the tournament, Arkansas State first baseman Murray Watts leads the league with a batting average of.419 in conference games only. Watts is also tied for second in the league with 49 hits and first with 38 RBIs. In league games only, second baseman Giovanni Garcia is tied for the league lead with 12 doubles. Designated hitter Jordan Castaldo is eighth in the Sun Belt with a batting average of.367, while Garcia is 12th with an average of.359. In all games played, senior Ross Humes ERA of 3.72 ranks sixth, while sophomore Jacob Lee is eighth at In Sun Belt Conference games only, Lee is eighth with an ERA of 3.86, while Humes is ninth at Watts and Castaldo are ninth and 13th, respectively, in batting, with Watts hitting.373 in all games and Castaldo at.362. Castaldo is tied for first with 20 doubles, and center fielder Michael Faulkner is third in the league with 22 stolen bases. ASU in the SBC Tournament Against All Opponents Opponent Record FIU FIU leads 2-0 Jacksonville Jacksonville leads 2-1 Lamar Lamar leads 4-3 Louisiana-Lafayette Series Tied 2-2 Louisiana Tech ASU leads 2-0 New Mexico State NMSU leads 2-0 New Orleans UNO leads 4-3 Middle Tennessee MTSU leads 2-0 South Alabama USA leads 7-0 Texas-Pan American ASU leads 1-0 UALR UALR leads 1-0 Western Kentucky WKU leads 1-0

4 PACE NAMED TO ACADEMIC ALL-REGION TEAM: Arkansas State senior Cody Pace has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI second team, released Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Pace, an outfielder from Jonesboro, is one of just 27 players named to the teams, which are made up of student-athletes from Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi and New Mexico. We are extremely pleased and excited about Cody receiving a top academic honor as a student-athlete from CoSIDA and ESPN The Magazine, said ASU Head Coach Tommy Raffo. Cody has worked diligently in the classroom throughout his career at ASU and has deservingly been recognized for his efforts. An Engineering major at ASU, Pace holds a 3.67 grade point average and is currently batting a career-high.389 with six doubles, all of which were against Sun Belt Conference opponents. As a junior, he put together a 20-game hit streak, which is even more remarkable when noted that all 20 hits were singles. To make his mark on the 2010 season, Pace drove in the winning run in the eighth inning of ASU s 6-4 victory over No. 18 Western Kentucky April 3 with a two-out, two-run single. To be nominated for Academic All-Region honors, student-athletes must maintain at least a cumulative 3.3 GPA and be at least a sophomore both academically and in athletic eligibility. Pace was one of just five players chosen from the Sun Belt Conference. DROUGHT ENDS: Junior first baseman Murray Watts fifth-inning grand slam May 4 against UT-Martin snapped a string of seven consecutive games without an A-State home run. No ASU player had hit a home run in a game since the April 18 game at Evansville, when Watts put one out of the park in the fifth inning. Watts grand slam was also the first home run for an Arkansas State player at home since March 6, a string of 13 consecutive games. Watts also homered in that game as well, hitting one out in the third inning. Following the grand slam against UTM, Watts homered in the next two games as well, and currently leads the Red Wolves with 11 home runs on the year. TV AT TOMLINSON: The Arkansas State-FIU game broadcast live on the Sun Belt Network May 8 was the first televised game ever to play played at ASU s Tomlinson Stadium and Kell Field. FIU defeated the Red Wolves 15-2, but A-State took the series 2-1 with wins in the Friday and Sunday games. STRONG SHOWINGS FOR FERGUSON, LEE: Although Arkansas State came up on the wrong end of a three-game sweep April 30- May 1 at Florida Atlantic, starting pitchers Andy Ferguson and Jacob Lee continued to be outstanding on the mound. Ferguson allowed just one earned run in eight innings of work Friday night against the Owls to post an ERA of He surrendered just four hits and retired the final 14 batters he faced. Lee allowed just two earned runs on five hits in six and two-thirds innings of work, striking out six batters along the way. Ferguson held the Owls to a.143 batting average, facing 33 batters on the night, while 28 FAU batters were only able to combine for a.208 batting average against Lee. ENCORE FOR FERGUSON AND LEE: Arkansas State weekend starters Andy Ferguson and Jacob Lee continued to dominate on the mound May 7-9 against FIU, holding the top hitting team in the conference to just four runs on eight hits during their time on the mound. Although he finished with no decision, Ferguson got the weekend started by throwing seven innings Friday night, giving up just two runs and three hits while striking out six to put ASU in position to get the 8-7 victory. In 7.2 innings of work Sunday, Lee gave up just two runs on five hits to the Golden Panthers, striking out five to earn the win and help ASU clinch the series. FIU came into the weekend hitting.335 as a team, but Ferguson held the Panthers to a.135 batting average, while FIU hit just.180 against Lee. FIRST SAVE FOR ALLEN: Arkansas State junior Brad Allen has gone to the mound in relief in 10 games this season, but never under more pressure than May 9 against FIU. With the Red Wolves clinging to a 5-4 lead and the SBC series on the line, FIU had loaded the bases with two outs on the board, but Allen got third baseman Jeremy Patton to ground-out, giving the transfer from Elgin Community College his first save at A-State. SUCCESS IN EXTRA INNINGS: With its 8-7, 10-inning victory over FIU May 7, the Red Wolves improved to 4-0 this season in games that have gone into extra innings. Arkansas State also defeated South Alabama (9-8) Middle Tennessee (4-3) and Milwaukee-Wisconsin (4-3), all in 10 innings. EIGHT AT THE PLATE: Arkansas State freshman center fielder Michael Faulkner tied a 50-year old ASU record in the April 9 game at Louisiana-Monroe when he made eight appearances at the plate. Faulkner went 4-for-8 with an RBI and three runs scored in the game, giving him back-toback four-hit games on the week. ANOTHER FIRST: With three wins at ULM April 9-11, the Red Wolves posted their first-ever three game sweep over the Warhawks. The closest ASU had come in the past was a pair of victories in a twogame series at Monroe to open the 1997 season. Head coach Tommy Raffo has now directed the Red Wolves to a pair of firsttime sweeps of an opponent this season, also leading ASU to their first sweep of New Orleans on the road March OFFENSIVE HIGHS: Arkansas State hammered out a season-high 21 hits in their 15-3 victory at ULM April 9, surpassing their 20-hit mark set March 9 at Murray State. The Red Wolves also drew a season-high 12 walks in the ULM game and recorded a season-high 49 at-bats. Freshman designated hitter Ryan Emery notched five hits in the game, the most for any ASU player this season. KNOCK EM OFF: Second-year head coach Tommy Raffo led the Red Wolves to their first three-game series victory over a ranked opponent since winning two games against #25 South Alabama during the 2003 season when ASU took two-of-three against #18 Western Kentucky in Jonesboro April 2-4. THREE IN A ROW: With their series victories over New Orleans, Western Kentucky and ULM, the Red Wolves posted three consecutive series victories for the first time since the 2005 season. The 2005 ASU team accomplished the feat twice, defeating UAPB, ULM and Wisconsin-Milwaukee early in the season before stringing together series wins over New Orleans, South Alabama and Western Kentucky later in the year. Arkansas State has not won four consecutive weekend series since the 1995 team that finished defeated Louisiana Tech, Lamar, UALR and ULL on consecutive weekends. THREE IN A ROW - ON THE ROAD: With series victories on the road at ULL, New Orleans and Louisiana-Monroe, the Red Wolves became the first ASU team since the 1998 team that finished to win three consecutive weekend series that were 2010 A-State Red Wolves Baseball 4

5 played on the road. The 1998 team went on the road to defeat UALR, Western Kentucky and Texas Pan-American. FOUR FREE PASSES FOR WATTS: Junior first baseman Murray Watts tied his own single-game record when he drew four walks in ASU s 15-3 victory at ULM April 9. Watts also drew four walks in one game against Western Kentucky during the 2009 season, becoming the 14th player in ASU history to be issued four walks in a single game. LOUISIANA STATE CHAMPS: With its weekend series victory at ULM April 9-11, Arkansas State wrapped up its competition against teams from the state of Louisiana with an 8-1 record. The Red Wolves earned a 2-1 series victory over ULL March before sweeping New Orleans 3-0 March and ULM 3-0 April All nine games were played on the road. TOPPERS SHUT DOWN: Western Kentucky went into last weekend s series averaging 9.5 runs per game, but the Arkansas State pitching staff was solid all weekend, holding the Hilltoppers to just nine runs in the entire series. Arkansas State held the Hilltoppers to a.232 average on the weekend, gave up just three-multi base hits, which were all doubles, and walked only 10 batters. For the weekend, the Red Wolves pitchers gave up just 23 hits and eight earned runs. LEE EARNS LEAGUE HONOR: Arkansas State sophomore Jacob Lee was named Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week April 5 for his performance on the mound in the Red Wolves 3-1 victory over No. 18 Western Kentucky April 4. Lee, a right-hander from Jonesboro, Ark., struck out eight batters in 6.2 innings to get the win and help ASU earn the series victory in Sunday s decisive game three against the Hilltoppers. Lee held the Hilltoppers, who came into the series averaging 9.5 runs per game, to a single run in the Sunday finale. He surrendered just five hits, all singles, along the way. After giving up three hits and walking in a run in the first three innings, Lee settled in and retired the next 12 batters he faced to put the Red Wolves in position to earn the win. He threw a career-high 122 pitches and held the Hilltoppers to a.222 batting average. We are extremely proud of Jacob s achievement last weekend against Western Kentucky, said ASU pitching coach Justin Meccage. He has worked extremely hard since his arrival at Arkansas State, and he gives us a chance to win each week when he is on the mound. Lee became a weekend starter for Arkansas State as a true freshman and has posted a 4-2 record during the 2010 season. His ERA of 2.95 ranks second among Arkansas State pitchers, and he leads the team with 40 strikeouts. He has surrendered just 36 hits in 42.2 innings of work this season, with only seven of the hits going for extra bases. MORE HONORS FOR LEE: Arkansas State sophomore Jacob Lee was named to the CollegeBaseball360.com Primetime Performer Weekly Honor Roll April 6 for his performance on the mound in leading the Red Wolves to a 3-1 victory over No. 18 Western Kentucky April 4. Lee, one of just 16 players from across the nation to be named to the list, struck out eight batters in 6.2 innings to get the win and help ASU earn the series victory in Sunday s decisive game three against the Hilltoppers. Lee held the Hilltoppers, who came into the series averaging 9.5 runs per game, to a single run in the Sunday finale. The Jonesboro, Ark. native surrendered just five hits, all singles, along the way. After giving up three hits and walking in a run in the first three innings, Lee settled in and retired the next 12 batters he faced to put the Red Wolves in position to earn the win. He threw a career-high 122 pitches and held the Hilltoppers to a.222 batting average. GET THE BROOMS: Arkansas State earned its first-ever series sweep over UNO and its first weekend sweep of an opponent since taking three games at Louisiana-Lafayette to open Sun Belt Conference play during the 2008 season. The Red Wolves defeated the Privateers 14-7 in Friday s opener, before clinching the series victory with a 7-6 win Saturday afternoon. Arkansas State wrapped up the sweep with a 17-3, seveninning victory in the Sunday finale. OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION: The Red Wolves 17 runs and 16 RBIs in their March 28 win over UNO matched their season-high totals set March 9 at Murray State, and ASU s 38 runs during the March series were its most in a three-game series since a 42-run series against Western Kentucky during the 2006 season. MEGA-WATTS: Junior first baseman Murray Watts went 4-for-5 with a career-high seven RBIs to lead the Arkansas State Red Wolves to a 17-3 March 28 victory over New Orleans. Watts drove in at least one run in each of his five trips to the plate, and his seven-rbi afternoon was the second-most in ASU history. For the week, Watts hit.438 with two doubles, two home runs, 10 RBIs and six runs scored. He posted a slugging percentage of.938, drew three walks, had one sacrifice and was 1-for-1 on stolen base attempts. FRESHMAN COMES THROUGH: With ASU clinging to a 7-5 lead March 27 against UNO John Koch went to the mound in the bottom of the ninth with the bases loaded and just one out on the board. Koch allowed one runner to score but recorded an out on a fielder s choice on the play, then got the final batter to fly out, giving the true freshman his first career save. Koch repeated the effort March 30 against Memphis. With ASU leading 6-5 after seven innings of play, Koch went to the mound and retired all six Tigers he faced, striking out three, to earn his second save of the season. He again preserved the win in Saturday s game two against Western Kentucky when Hilltoppers managed to get the tying run aboard in the top of the ninth, but Koch went to the mound for Arkansas State and retired all three batters he faced, striking out the first two, to earn his third save in his last three appearances. ASU PITCHING SHINES: Arkansas State s pitchers combined to post a combined ERA of 2.60 over five games during the week of March The Red Wolves pitching staff combined to give up just 13 earned runs over the five-game stretch, with three of those games against the explosive Middle Tennessee lineup. Each of ASU s five starters worked a minimum of 6.2 innings and none of the starters had an ERA higher than 4.05 with four of the starters recording an ERA of 3.00 or lower. With the strong week, Arkansas State moved to the top of the Sun Belt Conference pitching chart and leads the league with a team ERA of ALLEN STRONG ON THE MOUND: Arkansas State starter Brad Allen threw six and onethirds innings of no-hit baseball, before the Missouri State Bears finally broke through with their first hit in the seventh inning of the Red Wolves game at Springfield March 17. Allen (3-0) retired 19 of the first 20 batters he faced on the afternoon, striking out six on the day while walking none to earn the win. He gave up three runs on three hits in the seventh. Before that, Missouri State s only baserunner reached on an error in the third. OUTSTANDING WEEK FOR CACERES: Arkansas State junior Andres Caceres was exceptional on the mound in two appearances during the week of March In 8.2 innings of work, Caceres did not give up an earned run, striking out nine opposing batters against four hits and four walks. 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6 souri State March 16, striking out seven Bears. He returned to the mound four days later and shut down the explosive Middle Tennessee State offense for 1.2 innings, striking out two batters without giving up a run or a hit. FERGUSON EARNS WIN OVER MTSU: Junior starter Andy Ferguson went eight and two-thirds innings to earn the win against preseason league favorite Middle Tennessee, holding the Blue Raiders to two earned runs on nine hits with seven strikeouts. Ferguson left the mound after throwing a season-high 126 pitches and walking just one batter on the night. Of the nine hits given up by Ferguson, six were singles. SERIES COMEBACK: After dropping the Friday opener in their series at ULL last weekend, the Red Wolves bounced back to take the series 2-1 with wins in the Saturday and Sunday games. The series victory marked the first time since the final week of the 2007 season that Arkansas State has recovered from a loss in the opening game and come back to win the series. OFFENSIVE BREAKOUT: The Red Wolves enjoyed their best offensive day of the season March 9 in their 17-8 victory at Murray State. The Red Wolves set season highs for runs (17), hits (20), RBIs (16), doubles (5), total bases (33) and at-bats (47). Juniors Murray Watts and Jordan Castaldo both notched four hits in the game, which was the most for any player in a single game this season. Senior Kyle DeGrace drove in a season-high five runs against the Thoroughbreds, and Castaldo belted a seasonhigh three doubles in the game. Castaldo remains among the league s leaders in doubles and leads ASU with nine on the season. He leads the Red Wolves with a.380 batting average. HOT START: With their 7-1 start on the season, the Red Wolves got off to their best start since the 2006 season, when ASU began the year at 6-1. Prior to that, the 2005 ASU squad began the season at 8-2, on its way to a finish. ANOTHER EARLY MARCH SHUTOUT: With their 7-0 shutout against Portland in the series opener March 5, the Red Wolves posted their first shutout victory since a 3-0 victory over ULL March 6 of last season. During the first weekend in March, Arkansas State has shut out an opponent in each of the last four seasons, blanking ULL again in 2008 by a score of 2-0 and Bradley in 2007 by a 7-0 margin. FERGUSON SHUTS DOWN PORTLAND: Junior Andy Ferguson was outstanding March 5 in his third Friday night start of the season. Ferguson threw seven shutout innings against Portland to earn the win in the series opener against the Pilots. Ferguson struck out nine batters in his seven innings on the mound, giving up just five hits along the way. He did not issue a walk in the game, throwing 103 pitches on the night and holding the Pilots batters to a.185 average. ASU IN SEASON OPENERS: With its opening-day 14-5 victory over Southern Illinois, Arkansas State is now all-time in season openers. The Red Wolves are now 2-0 in season-openers under second-year head coach Tommy Raffo after picking up a 4-3, 10-inning victory over Texas State in the season-opener a year ago. Raffo joins former head coach Bill Bethea ( ) as the only ASU coach to win the season openers in their first two seasons as head coach at Arkansas State. RARE FOUR-GAME SWEEP - With their sweep of the four-game series against Wisconsin-Milwaukee Feb , the Red Wolves completed their first four-game sweep of an opponent since the Red Wolves swept four games from Eastern Illinois during the 1997 season. GIO IN THE CLUTCH: Senior second baseman Giovanni Garcia came up with two clutch hits in ASU s 6-5 victory over Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Garcia went to the plate in the eighth inning with the Red Wolves trailing 5-4 and hit a solo home run to tie the game. In the ninth, he delivered a two-out walk-off base hit to send home the winning run. KOCH-ING WITH HEAT: True freshman John Koch (pronounced Cook) was outstanding for Arkansas State out of the pen during the week of Feb In the Red Wolves 6-5 series-opening victory over Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Koch went to the mound in the sixth inning with ASU trailing 5-4 and shut down the Panthers. Working the final 3.2 innings, Koch struck out eight of the 12 batters he faced - including the final six. He gave up just two hits and no runs to earn his first career victory. In his only other appearance on the week, Koch worked one inning against 17th-ranked Ole Miss and did not give up a run or a hit, while striking out one batter. For the week, he struck out nine in 4.2 innings of work, while giving up just two hits and no runs, without walking an opposing batter. HUMES SHINES IN DEBUT: A former twotime Pac-10 Player of the Week and the Washington State single-season saves record-holder with 12, senior Ross Humes made his Arkansas State debut Saturday against Southern Illinois. In his first start in over two years, Humes threw five scoreless innings to get the win against the Salukis. Humes gave up just two hits both infield singles and struck out five batters without issuing a walk. Both of the infield singles came in the third inning and in the remaining four frames, Humes did not allow a baserunner. In five innings on the mound, only one of the 17 batters Humes faced was able to put the ball in play into the outfield. BAUMGARTNER, WATTS NAMED ALL-SBC: Arkansas State juniors Todd Baumgartner and Murray Watts have been named to the preseason All-Sun Belt Conference baseball team, the league office announced Feb. 12. Watts (Jonesboro, Ark.) was named to the team as a designated hitter, while Baumgartner (Edwardsville, Ill.) was named as an outfielder. Middle Tennessee s Bryce Brentz was named Preseason Player of the Year, while MTSU s Kenneth Roberts was named as the Preseason Pitcher of the Year. We are extremely happy that Murray and Todd have been named to the preseason All-Sun-Belt team, said ASU head coach Tommy Raffo. It is an honor not only for Murray and Todd but for our entire program. This honor certainly reinforces the expectations we have for both during the upcoming season. We expect both to be in the middle of our line-up, and they have worked very hard and continue to show a passion to improve every day. Watts, a 6-7, 250-pound left-hander, earned his second All-SBC honor after earning All-Sun Belt second-team honors as a utility player following the 2009 season in which he led Red Wolves with 44 RBIs, 16 doubles and 10 home runs. His 16 doubles ranked 12th in the league at the end of the regular season and his on-base percentage of.440 led ASU and was 14th in the Sun Belt. Watts started 50 of the 51 games he appeared in a year ago and hit.305 on the season a jump of over 50 points from the previous year. He led the SBC at the end of the regular season with 44 walks and was the ASU team leader with a.572 slugging percentage. He notched 14 multiple-hit games on the season, including one four-hit performance and two three-hit games. Watts was also the team leader in multiple RBI games with 12 and drove in four runs on two occasions. Baumgartner, a 6-1, 180-pound right-hander, started all 53 games for ASU in 2009, leading the Red Wolves with a.350 batting average, an increase of over 100 points from his sophomore season. He delivered a team-high 84 hits, which also ranked fifth in the SBC at the end of the regular season 2010 A-State Red Wolves Baseball 6

7 and posted a team-high 26 multiple-hit games, including 10 with three or more hits. Baumgartner scored a team-high 54 runs including 33 in SBC action. He drove in multiple runs in 10 games, including one five-rbi game and two four-rbi performances. Baumgartner struck out just 24 times in 240 at-bats and led ASU with 129 total bases, three triples and 13 stolen bases to rank 10th in the SBC. He delivered 15 doubles, eight home runs and 43 RBIs with a slugging percentage of.538 to rank second on the ASU team in all three categories. The Red Wolves were picked 10th in the SBC preseason poll, while Middle Tennessee was picked as the conference favorite heading into the season. The poll and All- SBC team were voted on by the league s 11 head coaches HIGHLIGHTS: Although the Red Wolves finished a year ago, the 2009 season did provide some notable performances, both on a team and individual level. As a team, the Red Wolves hit.296, which ranked third all-time in ASU history. Arkansas State belted out 557 hits during the year which was the fifth-most ever for an ASU team. The Red Wolves 242 walks was the sixth-most in team history, and ASU s 337 runs and 291 RBIs were both the seventh-most ever at ASU. A-State s 786 total bases ranked as the ninth-most in school history. On an individual level, current junior Todd Baumgartner ranked among the best in five statistical categories. Baumgartner s 84 hits and 240 atbats were both the third-most in ASU history, and his 54 runs and 129 total bases both ranked as the fourth-most in school history. Baumgartner drove in 44 runs a year ago, which was the 16th-most in ASU history, while current ASU junior Murray Watts was one behind with 43 RBIs. Watts drew 44 walks a year ago to rank second on the ASU all-time charts and slugged 10 home runs and 16 doubles to rank 11th and 16th, respectively, in those categories. Watts 107 total bases was the 18th-most in ASU history. ASU senior Cody Pace put together a string of 20 consecutive hits - all singles - which was the second-longest hit streak ever at Arkansas State. MORE HONORS FOR WATTS & BAUMGART- NER: Arkansas State juniors Todd Baumgartner and Murray Watts have been named to the preseason SEBaseball.com All-Sun Belt Conference first team, the website announced Feb. 16. Watts (Jonesboro, Ark.) was named to the team as a first baseman, while Baumgartner (Edwardsville, Ill.) was named as an outfielder. Monday s announcement by SE- Baseball.com follows last week s announcement by the Sun Belt Conference that both players had earned preseason allconference honors as voted on by the league s 11 head coaches. Baumgartner, a 6-1, 180-pound right-hander, started all 53 games for ASU in 2009, leading the Red Wolves with a.350 batting average, an increase of over 100 points from his sophomore season. He delivered a team-high 84 hits, which also ranked fifth in the SBC at the end of the regular season and posted a team-high 26 multiple-hit games, including 10 with three or more hits. Baumgartner scored a team-high 54 runs including 33 in SBC action. He struck out just 24 times in 240 at-bats and led ASU with 129 total bases, three triples and 13 stolen bases. He delivered 15 doubles, eight home runs and 43 RBIs with a slugging percentage of.538 to rank second on the ASU team in all three categories. Watts, a 6-7, 250-pound left-hander, earned his second All-SBC honor after earning All-Sun Belt second-team honors as a utility player following the 2009 season in which he led Red Wolves with 44 RBIs, 16 doubles and 10 home runs. Watts started 50 of the 51 games he appeared in a year ago and hit.305 on the season a jump of over 50 points from the previous year. He led the SBC at the end of the regular season with 44 walks and was the ASU team leader with a.572 slugging percentage. He notched 14 multiple-hit games on the season, including one four-hit performance and two three-hit games. Watts was also the team leader in multiple RBI games with 12 and drove in four runs on two occasions. The Red Wolves were picked to finish 10th in the conference by SEBaseball.com, while FIU was picked to edge defending conference champion Middle Tennessee as the league favorite. BAUMGARTNER, HUMES & FAULKNER HONORED BY BASEBALL AMERICA: Arkansas State junior Todd Baumgartner (Edwardsville, Ill.) has been selected to Baseball America s preseason All-Sun Belt Conference team as an outfielder, while freshman Michael Faulkner (Memphis, Tenn.) and senior Ross Humes (Federal Way, Wash.) were named two of the top-ten newcomers in the league. Baumgartner, a 6-1, 180-pound centerfielder, has already garnered a 2010 preseason All-SBC honor and a preseason SEBaseball.com All-SBC first team selection. He started all 53 games for ASU in 2009, leading the Red Wolves with a.350 batting average, an increase of over 100 points from his sophomore season. He delivered a team-high 84 hits, which also ranked fifth in the SBC at the end of the regular season and posted a team-high 26 multiple-hit games, including 10 with three or more hits. Baumgartner scored a teamhigh 54 runs including 33 in SBC action. He struck out just 24 times in 240 at-bats and led ASU with 129 total bases, three triples and 13 stolen bases. Faulkner, a 5-10, 155-pound outfielder, comes to ASU from Germantown High School ranked as the fourth-best high school prospect in the state of Tennessee by Perfect Game and ranked as a three-star prospect by Baseball America, while Humes, a 5-11, 170-pound left-handed pitcher, transferred to Arkansas State from Washington State where he was a two-time Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week and ranked second at WSU with 19 career saves. The Red Wolves were picked to finish ninth in the conference by Baseball America, while defending conference champion Middle Tennessee was chosen as the league favorite A-State Red Wolves Baseball 7

8 Head Coach Tommy Raffo Now entering his second season as head baseball coach at Arkansas State, Tommy Raffo has the Red Wolves poised to again become a factor in the Sun Belt Conference race. Juniors Murray Watts and Todd Baumgartner have already garnered numerous preseason all-conference awards, two of ASU s weekend starters return on the mound and seven starters return in the field. In addition, a talented group of newcomers is expected to make an immediate impact on the ASU lineup. Raffo led the Red Wolves to a record in 2009, and although Arkansas State missed the Sun Belt Conference tournament by one-half game, the team showed a great deal of improvement over the previous season. The Red Wolves won 12 Sun Belt Conference games in Raffo s first season, up from just eight the year before, and ASU s overall record showed an improvement of three wins over the 2008 season. Arkansas State earned conference victories over Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, South Alabama and Arkansas-Little Rock. The Red Wolves raised their team batting average an impressive 36 points over the previous season, finishing the year with a team average of.296. Five players hit.300 or better, compared to just one in the previous season, with one, sophomore Murray Watts earning All-Conference honors at the conclusion of the season. The Red Wolves were also much more aggressive on the bases in Raffo s first season, stealing 42 bases to almost double the figure from the previous year. All-Conference selection Chase Ware helped keep the Red Wolves strong on the mound in 2009, and Ware signed with the Cincinnati Reds organization at the conclusion of the season. As a team, the Red Wolves hit.296, which ranked third all-time in ASU history. Arkansas State belted out 557 hits during the year which was the fifth-most ever for an ASU team. The Red Wolves 242 walks was the sixth-most in team history, and ASU s 337 runs and 291 RBIs were both the seventh-most ever at ASU. A-State s 786 total bases ranked as the ninth-most in school history. Raffo became the fifth head coach in the history of the ASU baseball program on July 1, 2008 after serving as an assistant coach at Mississippi State for the past 15 years. During his time at Mississippi State, he served as the hitting and outfield coach for a Bulldog program that made three trips to the College World Series. Under his direction, the Bulldogs posted a team batting average of.300 or better in eight of the past 11 seasons. During his 15 seasons at Mississippi State, Raffo served as the recruiting coordinator for the Bulldog baseball program, landing 10 straight recruiting classes ranked in the top 33 nationally by Collegiate Baseball. He coached seven All-America players and four Academic All-Americans. He was named as the 2007 Southeastern Conference Fellowship of Christian Athletes Coach of the Year, and during his time at MSU, 49 Bulldogs were chosen in the Major League Baseball Draft. Raffo s outstanding recruiting at MSU paid dividends for the program as he helped the Bulldogs reach the SEC Tournament 12 times with two championships to their credit. Mississippi State also made 11 appearances in the NCAA Tournament during Raffo s time with the program, winning five regional titles. The Bulldogs made three appearances in the NCAA Super Regionals and advanced to the College World Series in 1997, 1998 and Raffo coached one Johnny Bench Award winner, given annually to the top college catcher in the country, and helped seven hitters finish the season in the SEC s top five batting averages. As a player, Raffo was co-captain of the 1990 Mississippi State team that advanced to the College World Series. He was a two-time Academic All- American and a three-time Academic All-SEC selection. He was named firstteam All-SEC in 1989 and 1990, and in 1990 earned second-team All-America honors from both the American Baseball Coaches Association and Baseball America. After earning his Bachelor s of Business Administration Degree from Mississippi State in 1990, he was chosen by the Miami Miracle with the first pick of the eighth round in the 1990 MLB Draft. While playing in the Reds organization, he was the MVP of the 1991 South Atlantic League All-Star Game and was Co- Captain of the 1992 Midwest League Champion Cedar Rapid Reds. A native of Orange Park, Fla., Raffo is married to the former Paula Hawkins of Calhoun City, Miss., and they are the parents of two daughters, Claudia Elizabeth, 13, and Anna Winifred, 11 and a son, Thomas Hanniford Ford, born in July A-State Red Wolves Baseball 8

9 2010 Arkansas State University Baseball Roster # NAME YR POS HT WT B/T HOMETOWN, ST (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 1 JORDAN KIMBALL SR INF S/R New Madrid, MO (Central HS) 2 RYAN EMERY FR INF/OF L/R Franklin, TN (David Lipscomb HS) 3 DANNY RIEMENSCHNEIDER JR INF R/R Bryant, AR (Bryant HS) 4 COLIN FULLER JR RHP R/R Cabot, AR (UA-Fort Smith) 5 ZACH MAGGIO FR INF R/R Edwardsville, IL (Edwardsville HS) 6 THOMAS LUNDBORG FR C S/R Brentwood, TN (Brentwood Academy) 7 KYLE DEGRACE SR UTL R/R Toronto, ONT (Connors State CC, OK) 8 TODD BAUMGARTNER JR OF R/R Edwardsville, IL (Edwardsville HS) 9 CODY POWELL SO RHP R/R Jonesboro, AR (Jonesboro HS) 10 MICHAEL FAULKNER FR OF L/L Memphis, TN (Germantown HS) 11 WES DAGESTAD JR LHP L/L St. Louis, MO (Stl. Forest Park CC, MO) 13 SAM JEW JR RHP R/R Gooseberry Hill, Australia (Palomar CC, CA) 14 JORDAN CASTALDO JR INF L/R Toronto, Canada (Connors State CC, OK) 15 DREW BENES JR RHP R/R St. Louis, MO (Westminster Christian HS) 17 BRANDON MILHOUSE FR 1B L/L Collierville, TN (Collierville HS) 18 CODY PACE SR OF R/R Jonesboro, AR (Jonesboro HS) 19 MURRAY WATTS JR 1B L/R Jonesboro, AR (U Arkansas) 21 JOHN KOCH FR RHP L/R Fort Smith, AR (Fort Smith Southside HS) 23 JOSH DEMONEY SR OF L/L Madison, MS (Meridian CC, MS) 24 ANDRES CACERES JR LHP L/L Queens, NY (Connors State CC, OK) 25 BRAD ALLEN JR RHP R/R Geneva, IL (Elgin CC, IL) 26 PHILLIP MALATESTA FR RHP R/R Oxford, MS (Oxford HS) 27 TAYLOR CLEMENTS JR INF R/R Chico, CA (Butte CC, CA) 28 SCOTTY JAMESON FR RHP R/R Lovell, WY (Lovell HS) 29 MIKE ZIMMERMANN JR RHP R/R St. Louis, MO (Stl. Forest Park CC, MO) 30 GIOVANNI GARCIA SR INF R/R San Luis, AZ (AZ Western CC) 31 LOGAN UXA FR OF L/R St. Louis, MO (LaDue HS) 32 ROSS HUMES SR LHP L/L Federal Way, WA (Washington State U.) 34 ANDY FERGUSON JR RHP R/R Benton, AR (Benton HS) 35 MICHAEL GEORGE SO 3B/1B R/R Luxora, AR (Dyersburg State CC, TN) 36 DANIEL WRIGHT FR RHP R/R Bartlett, TN (Bartlett HS) 37 JACOB LEE SO RHP R/R Jonesboro, AR (Jonesboro HS) 40 TYLER SMITH JR C/3B R/R Paragould, AR (Three Rivers CC, MO) 22 Tommy Raffo Head Coach 12 Chris Cook Assistant Coach 20 Justin Meccage Assistant Coach Jon Allen Garner Student Manager Blake Irvin Student Manager 2010 A-State Red Wolves Baseball 9

10 state Overall Statistics for Arkansas State (as of May 23, 2010) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: Home: Away: Sun Belt: Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 19 Watts, Murray Castaldo, Jordan Emery, Ryan Baumgartner, Todd Garcia, Giovanni Faulkner, Michael Kimball, Jordan DeGrace, Kyle Pace, Cody Riemenschneider, D DeMoney, Josh Maggio, Zach Uxa, Logan Smith, Tyler Clements, Taylor Milhouse, Brandon Totals Opponents LOB - Team (510), Opp (416). DPs turned - Team (41), Opp (47). CI - Team (0), Opp (3). IBB - Team (9), Watts, M. 5, Faulkner, M. 2, Castaldo, J. 1, Baumgartner 1, Opp (4). Picked off - Pace, C. 1, Faulkner, M. 1, Emery, R. 1, Baumgartner 1. (All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 32 Humes, Ross / Lee, Jacob / Ferguson, Andy / Caceres, Andres / Benes, Drew / Koch, John / Wright, Daniel / Allen, Brad / Dagestad, Wes / Jew, Sam / Milhouse, Brandon / Powell, Cody / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (17), DeGrace, K. 15, Smith, T. 2, Opp (15). Pickoffs - Team (10), Ferguson, An 3, Wright, D. 2, Lee, J. 1, Koch, J. 1, Smith, T. 1, Caceres, A. 1, DeGrace, K. 1, Opp (4). SBA/ATT - DeGrace, K. (54-70), Lee, J. (13-18), Allen, B. (11-15), Smith, T. (10-14), Humes, R. (9-13), Caceres, A. (10-12), Ferguson, An (8-11), Wright, D. (5-7), Koch, J. (3-4), Jew, S. (2-3), Benes, D. (2-2), Milhouse, B. (1-1), Powell, C. (0-1) A-State Red Wolves Baseball 10

11 state Overall Statistics for Arkansas State (as of May 23, 2010) (All games Sorted by Fielding pct) Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci 40 Smith, Tyler Wright, Daniel Milhouse, Brandon Benes, Drew Jew, Sam Allen, Brad Dagestad, Wes Riemenschneider, D Watts, Murray Baumgartner, Todd Faulkner, Michael DeGrace, Kyle DeMoney, Josh Pace, Cody Garcia, Giovanni Ferguson, Andy Kimball, Jordan Uxa, Logan Lee, Jacob Maggio, Zach Humes, Ross Koch, John Castaldo, Jordan Caceres, Andres Clements, Taylor Emery, Ryan Powell, Cody Totals Opponents A-State Red Wolves Baseball 11

12 state Conference statistics for Arkansas State (as of May 23, 2010) (Sun Belt games only Sorted by Batting avg) Record: Home: 7-8 Away: 9-6 Sun Belt: Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 19 Watts, Murray Castaldo, Jordan Garcia, Giovanni Kimball, Jordan Baumgartner, Todd Faulkner, Michael Emery, Ryan DeGrace, Kyle Pace, Cody Maggio, Zach Riemenschneider, D Smith, Tyler DeMoney, Josh Uxa, Logan Clements, Taylor Totals Opponents LOB - Team (270), Opp (229). DPs turned - Team (25), Opp (24). CI - Team (0), Opp (2). IBB - Team (7), Watts, M. 3, Faulkner, M. 2, Castaldo, J. 1, Baumgartner 1, Opp (4). Picked off - Emery, R. 1, Pace, C. 1. (Sun Belt games only Sorted by Earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 37 Lee, Jacob / Humes, Ross / Ferguson, Andy / Wright, Daniel / Benes, Drew / Koch, John / Dagestad, Wes / Caceres, Andres / Jew, Sam / Allen, Brad / Milhouse, Brandon / Powell, Cody / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (11), DeGrace, K. 10, Smith, T. 1, Opp (5). Pickoffs - Team (8), Ferguson, An 3, Smith, T. 1, Wright, D. 1, DeGrace, K. 1, Lee, J. 1, Koch, J. 1, Opp (2). SBA/ATT - DeGrace, K. (35-44), Lee, J. (7-11), Ferguson, An (7-10), Caceres, A. (8-9), Humes, R. (6-9), Wright, D. (4-5), Smith, T. (2-4), Koch, J. (2-2), Jew, S. (1-2), Milhouse, B. (1-1), Benes, D. (1-1) A-State Red Wolves Baseball 12

13 state Conference statistics for Arkansas State (as of May 23, 2010) (Sun Belt games only Sorted by Fielding pct) Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci 8 Baumgartner, Todd Smith, Tyler Uxa, Logan Wright, Daniel Benes, Drew Jew, Sam Koch, John Milhouse, Brandon Allen, Brad Watts, Murray Faulkner, Michael DeGrace, Kyle Garcia, Giovanni DeMoney, Josh Pace, Cody Ferguson, Andy Kimball, Jordan Maggio, Zach Lee, Jacob Humes, Ross Castaldo, Jordan Emery, Ryan Caceres, Andres Clements, Taylor Dagestad, Wes Powell, Cody Riemenschneider, D Totals Opponents A-State Red Wolves Baseball 13

14 state Games Summary for Arkansas State (as of May 23, 2010) (All games) Score by innings EX Total Arkansas State Opponents Record when... Overall Conference Non-Conference Home games Away games Neutral site 0-0 Day games Night games vs Left starter 8-4 vs Right starter Run games Run games Run games 11-9 Extra innings 4-2 Shutouts 1-2 Scoring 0-2 runs runs runs runs 9-2 Opponent 0-2 runs runs runs runs 0-6 Scored in 1st inning Opp. scored in 1st 7-9 Scores first Opp. scores first After 6 leading trailing tied 1-5 After 7 leading trailing tied 1-6 After 8 leading trailing tied 4-0 Hit 0 home runs home run home runs 6-0 Opponent 0 home runs home run HRs 4-4 Made 0 errors error errors 8-15 Opp. made 0 errors error errors 13-4 Out-hit opponent 24-6 Out-hit by opponent 2-13 Hits are tied 2-7 Record when team scores: Runs W-L Record when opponent scores: Runs W-L Record when leading after: Inn W-L Record when trailing after: Inn W-L Record when tied after: Inn W-L Current losing streak: 1 Longest winning streak: 5 Longest losing streak: 5 Home attendance : ( 29 dates avg = 588 ) Away attendance : ( 24 dates avg = 865 ) Total attendance: ( 53 dates avg = 713 ) 2010 A-State Red Wolves Baseball 14

15 state Miscellaneous Stats for Arkansas State (as of May 23, 2010) (All games) STARTERS SUMMARY Position Batting Order Player GS p c 1b 2b 3b ss lf cf rf of dh 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10 Faulkner, Mich Watts, Murray Garcia, Giovan Kimball, Jordan Castaldo, Jorda DeGrace, Kyle Baumgartner, T Emery, Ryan DeMoney, Josh Maggio, Zach Uxa, Logan Pace, Cody Lee, Jacob Ferguson, And Humes, Ross Smith, Tyler Caceres, Andre Riemenschneid Allen, Brad Clements, Tayl Jew Sam 2 2 Multiple Hit Games Total 10 Faulkner, Michael Garcia, Giovanni Baumgartner, Todd Watts, Murray Castaldo, Jordan DeGrace, Kyle Emery, Ryan Kimball, Jordan Pace, Cody DeMoney, Josh Uxa, Logan Maggio, Zach Clements, Taylor TEAM Multiple RBI Games Total 19 Watts, Murray Garcia, Giovanni DeGrace, Kyle Emery, Ryan Castaldo, Jordan Baumgartner, Todd Kimball, Jordan DeMoney, Josh Pace, Cody Faulkner, Michael Uxa, Logan Maggio, Zach TEAM Hitting Streaks Longest Current 14 Castaldo, Jordan Watts, Murray Garcia, Giovanni Faulkner, Michael Baumgartner, Todd Emery, Ryan DeMoney, Josh Kimball, Jordan DeGrace, Kyle 7-5 Maggio, Zach Pace, Cody 5-31 Uxa, Logan 3-3 Riemenschneider, D 2-40 Smith, Tyler Clements, Taylor A-State Red Wolves Baseball 15

16 state Miscellaneous Stats for Arkansas State (as of May 23, 2010) (All games) Starting Lineup By Position (Team W-L record when starter) Starting Lineup By Lineup Spot (Team W-L record when starter) PITCHER: LEADOFF: 34 Ferguson, Andy 14 (9-5) 10 Faulkner, Michael 37 (18-19) 37 Lee, Jacob 14 (7-7) 5 Maggio, Zach 12 (6-6) 32 Humes, Ross 10 (6-4) 30 Garcia, Giovanni 5 (4-1) 24 Caceres, Andres 8 (1-7) 2ND SPOT: 25 Allen, Brad 4 (3-1) 30 Garcia, Giovanni 28 (16-12) 13 Jew, Sam 2 (1-1) 23 DeMoney, Josh 8 (5-3) 17 Milhouse, Brandon 2 (1-1) 10 Faulkner, Michael 6 (2-4) CATCHER: 18 Pace, Cody 5 (1-4) 7 DeGrace, Kyle 47 (24-23) 31 Uxa, Logan 3 (3-0) 40 Smith, Tyler 7 (4-3) 8 Baumgartner, Tod 2 (0-2) FIRST BASE: 2 Emery, Ryan 2 (1-1) 19 Watts, Murray 54 (28-26) 3RD SPOT: SECOND BASE: 8 Baumgartner, Tod 31 (17-14) 30 Garcia, Giovanni 51 (27-24) 14 Castaldo, Jordan 21 (11-10) 5 Maggio, Zach 3 (1-2) 19 Watts, Murray 1 (0-1) THIRD BASE: 30 Garcia, Giovanni 1 (0-1) 14 Castaldo, Jordan 40 (22-18) CLEANUP: 5 Maggio, Zach 12 (6-6) 19 Watts, Murray 33 (17-16) 27 Clements, Taylor 2 (0-2) 8 Baumgartner, Tod 14 (10-4) SHORTSTOP: 30 Garcia, Giovanni 5 (1-4) 1 Kimball, Jordan 52 (27-25) 14 Castaldo, Jordan 2 (0-2) 5 Maggio, Zach 2 (1-1) 5TH SPOT: LEFT FIELD: 19 Watts, Murray 20 (11-9) 23 DeMoney, Josh 23 (10-13) 2 Emery, Ryan 15 (8-7) 31 Uxa, Logan 13 (8-5) 30 Garcia, Giovanni 10 (3-7) 18 Pace, Cody 12 (7-5) 14 Castaldo, Jordan 6 (3-3) 2 Emery, Ryan 5 (3-2) 3 Riemenschneider, 2 (2-0) 8 Baumgartner, Tod 1 (0-1) 5 Maggio, Zach 1 (1-0) CENTER FIELD: 6TH SPOT: 10 Faulkner, Michael 54 (28-26) 2 Emery, Ryan 22 (10-12) RIGHT FIELD: 14 Castaldo, Jordan 21 (13-8) 8 Baumgartner, Tod 46 (27-19) 7 DeGrace, Kyle 4 (1-3) 18 Pace, Cody 4 (0-4) 3 Riemenschneider, 2 (2-0) 31 Uxa, Logan 2 (0-2) 40 Smith, Tyler 2 (0-2) 27 Clements, Taylor 1 (1-0) 31 Uxa, Logan 2 (1-1) 2 Emery, Ryan 1 (0-1) 30 Garcia, Giovanni 1 (1-0) DESIGNATED HITTER: 7TH SPOT: 2 Emery, Ryan 33 (16-17) 7 DeGrace, Kyle 40 (21-19) 14 Castaldo, Jordan 11 (5-6) 18 Pace, Cody 4 (2-2) 3 Riemenschneider, 4 (4-0) 40 Smith, Tyler 3 (1-2) 31 Uxa, Logan 2 (2-0) 30 Garcia, Giovanni 3 (2-1) 30 Garcia, Giovanni 2 (0-2) 31 Uxa, Logan 2 (1-1) 40 Smith, Tyler 1 (0-1) 23 DeMoney, Josh 1 (0-1) 5 Maggio, Zach 1 (1-0) 10 Faulkner, Michael 1 (1-0) 8TH SPOT: 23 DeMoney, Josh 14 (5-9) 10 Faulkner, Michael 10 (7-3) 31 Uxa, Logan 10 (5-5) 18 Pace, Cody 7 (4-3) 5 Maggio, Zach 5 (2-3) 7 DeGrace, Kyle 3 (2-1) 40 Smith, Tyler 2 (2-0) 27 Clements, Taylor 2 (1-1) 14 Castaldo, Jordan 1 (0-1) 9TH SPOT: 1 Kimball, Jordan 52 (27-25) 27 Clements, Taylor 1 (0-1) 40 Smith, Tyler 1 (1-0) 2010 A-State Red Wolves Baseball 16

17 state Season Game Highs for Arkansas State (as of May 23, 2010) (All games) TEAM GAME HIGHS Batting At bats: 49 - at ULM (Apr 09, 2010) Runs scored: 17 - at Murray State (Mar 09, 2010) 17 - at New Orleans (Mar 28, 2010) Hits: 21 - at ULM (Apr 09, 2010) RBIs: 16 - at Murray State (Mar 09, 2010) 16 - at New Orleans (Mar 28, 2010) Doubles: 5 - (4 times ) Triples: 1 - (8 times ) Home runs: 3 - vs Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Feb 27, 2010) 3 - vs Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Feb 28, 2010) 3 - vs UALR (May 21, 2010) Total bases: 33 - at Murray State (Mar 09, 2010) Walks: 12 - at ULM (Apr 09, 2010) Strikeouts: 13 - vs Western Kentucky (Apr 02, 2010) Sac hits: 3 - at Louisiana (Mar 14, 2010) 3 - at New Orleans (Mar 28, 2010) Sac flies: 3 - at Murray State (Mar 09, 2010) 3 - vs UALR (May 22, 2010) Stolen bases: 5 - vs Memphis (Mar 30, 2010) Hit by pitch: 4 - at New Orleans (Mar 28, 2010) Caught stealing: 2 - vs IPFW (Mar 08, 2010) Runners LOB: 22 - at ULM (Apr 09, 2010) Hit into DP: 3 - vs Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Feb 27, 2010) 3 - vs UT Martin (May 04, 2010) Fielding Putouts: 30 - (4 times ) Assists: 20 - vs Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Feb 27, 2010) Errors: 5 - at Louisiana (Mar 12, 2010) Passed balls: 3 - vs Portland (Mar 05, 2010) DPs turned: 3 - at Louisiana (Mar 13, 2010) 3 - vs UT Martin (May 04, 2010) Pitching Innings pitched: (4 times ) Runs allowed: 17 - at UT Martin (Apr 06, 2010) Earned runs: 15 - at Memphis (Apr 21, 2010) Walks allowed: 10 - at Memphis (Apr 21, 2010) Strikeouts: 12 - vs Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Feb 26, 2010) 12 - vs Portland (Mar 05, 2010) Hits allowed: 18 - vs Portland (Mar 06, 2010) 18 - at UT Martin (Apr 06, 2010) Doubles allowed: 4 - at UT Martin (Apr 06, 2010) 4 - vs Southeast Missouri (Apr 14, 2010) 4 - vs UT Martin (May 04, 2010) Triples allowed: 2 - at Louisiana (Mar 12, 2010) 2 - at Louisiana (Mar 14, 2010) 2 - vs FIU (May 07, 2010) 2010 A-State Red Wolves Baseball 17

18 Homers allowed: 4 - at Murray State (Mar 09, 2010) 4 - vs FIU (May 08, 2010) Wild pitches: 3 - vs Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Feb 26, 2010) Hit batters: 5 - at Univ. of Evansville ( ) 2010 A-State Red Wolves Baseball 18

19 state Game Results for Arkansas State (as of May 23, 2010) (All games) Date Opponent Score Inns Overall Sun Belt Pitcher of record Attend Time Feb 19, 2010 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W Ferguson, An (W 1-0) 417 3:04 Feb 20, 2010 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W Humes, R. (W 1-0) 605 2:43 Feb 23, 2010 at #17 Ole Miss L Lee, J. (L 0-1) :46 Feb 26, 2010 WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE W Koch, J. (W 1-0) 341 3:05 Feb 27, 2010 WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE W 4-3 (10) Allen, B. (W 1-0) 434 2:55 Feb 27, 2010 WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE W Caceres, A. (W 1-0) 434 3:01 Feb 28, 2010 WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE W Lee, J. (W 1-1) 389 3:00 Mar 05, 2010 PORTLAND W Ferguson, An (W 2-0) 407 2:56 Mar 06, 2010 PORTLAND L Humes, R. (L 1-1) 522 2:44 Mar 07, 2010 PORTLAND L Koch, J. (L 1-1) 455 2:40 Mar 08, 2010 IPFW L Caceres, A. (L 1-1) 305 2:27 Mar 09, 2010 at Murray State W Allen, B. (W 2-0) 149 2:54 * Mar 12, 2010 at Louisiana L Ferguson, An (L 2-1) :16 * Mar 13, 2010 at Louisiana W Humes, R. (W 2-1) :35 * Mar 14, 2010 at Louisiana W Lee, J. (W 2-1) : at Missouri State L Koch, J. (L 1-2) 359 2: at Missouri State W Allen, B. (W 3-0) 211 2:34 * Mar 19, 2010 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W 4-3 (10) Wright, D. (W 1-0) 547 3:07 * Mar 20, 2010 MIDDLE TENNESSEE L Benes, D. (L 0-1) 463 2:57 * Mar 20, 2010 MIDDLE TENNESSEE L Lee, J. (L 2-2) 437 2: at Southeast Missouri L Allen, B. (L 3-1) :53 * Mar 26, 2010 at New Orleans W Wright, D. (W 2-0) 282 3:00 * Mar 27, 2010 at New Orleans W Humes, R. (W 3-1) 215 2:55 * Mar 28, 2010 at New Orleans W Lee, J. (W 3-2) 237 2:05 Mar 30, 2010 MEMPHIS W Allen, B. (W 4-1) 753 2:53 * Apr 02, 2010 #18 WESTERN KENTUCKY L Ferguson, An (L 2-2) 782 3:00 * Apr 03, 2010 #18 WESTERN KENTUCKY W Wright, D. (W 3-0) 942 6:55 * Apr 04, 2010 #18 WESTERN KENTUCKY W Lee, J. (W 4-2) 605 2:42 Apr 06, 2010 at UT Martin L Wright, D. (L 3-1) 376 3:39 * Apr 09, 2010 at ULM W Ferguson, An (W 3-2) 611 3:28 * Apr 10, 2010 at ULM W Humes, R. (W 4-1) 622 3:05 * Apr 11, 2010 at ULM W Lee, J. (W 5-2) 509 2:52 Apr 14, 2010 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI W Benes, D. (W 1-1) 847 3: at Univ. of Evansville L Wright, D. (L 3-2) 241 2: at Univ. of Evansville L Humes, R. (L 4-2) 443 2: at Univ. of Evansville L Powell, C. (L 0-1) 285 2:54 Apr 21, 2010 at Memphis L Wright, D. (L 3-3) 231 3:47 * Apr 24, 2010 SOUTH ALABAMA W 9-8 (10) Humes, R. (W 5-2) 767 3:20 * Apr 24, 2010 SOUTH ALABAMA L Caceres, A. (L 1-2) 767 3:00 * Apr 25, 2010 SOUTH ALABAMA L Koch, J. (L 1-3) 812 3:07 * Apr 30, 2010 at Florida Atlantic L Ferguson, An (L 3-3) 247 2:31 * May 01, 2010 at Florida Atlantic L Caceres, A. (L 1-3) 240 2:39 * May 02, 2010 at Florida Atlantic L Humes, R. (L 5-3) 214 2:14 May 04, 2010 UT MARTIN W Allen, B. (W 5-1) 627 2:35 * May 07, 2010 FIU W 8-7 (10) Benes, D. (W 2-1) 517 4:07 * May 08, 2010 FIU L Caceres, A. (L 1-4) 591 2:58 * May 09, 2010 FIU W Lee, J. (W 6-2) 375 3:07 May 12, 2010 #15 OLE MISS L 2-5 (10) Milhouse, B. (L 0-1) 982 2:57 * May 14, 2010 at Troy W Ferguson, An (W 4-3) :38 * May 15, 2010 at Troy-1 L Lee, J. (L 6-3) - 2:39 * May 15, 2010 at Troy-2 L Humes, R. (L 5-4) :37 * May 20, 2010 UALR L 3-6 (10) Ferguson, An (L 4-4) 560 3:05 * May 21, 2010 UALR W Lee, J. (W 7-3) 707 3:35 * May 22, 2010 UALR L Allen, B. (L 5-2) 672 3:50 * = Conference game () extra inning game 2010 A-State Red Wolves Baseball 19

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