MEMPHIS BASEBALL 2011 Memphis Athletic Media Relations • 203 Athletic Office Bldg • Memphis, TN • 901-678-2337 • Fax: 901-678-4134 Baseball Contact Info: Mark Taylor • mtylor16@memphis.edu • 901-678-5294 • Cell: 870-759-2074
HOUSTON
MEMPHIS
(24-28, 11-10 C-USA)
(27-24, 10-11 C-USA)
Probable Starters
Probable Starters
Thurs. - LHP Jordan Lewis (5-2, 3.55 ERA) Fri. - RHP Matt Creel (5-4, 5.14 ERA) Sat. - RHP Mo Wiley (3-4, 4.84 ERA)
Thurs. - RHP Dan Langfield (2-3, 4.61 ERA) Fri. - LHP Ryan Holland (4-3, 5.05 ERA) Sat. - RHP Clayton Gant (4-2, 4.68 ERA)
2011 TIGER SCOREBOARD Date 2/18 2/19 2/20 2/22 2/25 2/26 2/27 3/5 3/6 3/8 3/12 3/12 3/13 3/15 3/18 3/19 3/20 3/22 3/23 3/25 3/26 3/26 3/30 3/30 4/1 4/2 4/3 4/5 4/8 4/9 4/10 4/12 4/13 4/16 4/16 4/17 4/19 4/20 4/22 4/23 4/24 4/27 4/29 4/30 4/30 5/6 5/7 5/8 5/10 5/13 5/14 5/15 5/17 5/19 5/20 5/21 5/25-29
Time/Result Evansville 13-9, W Evansville 8-4, W Evansville 17-6, W at Ole Miss 2-4, L at Kennesaw State 5-4, W at Kennesaw State 1-2, L at Kennesaw State 13-7, W Eastern Kentucky& 11-2, W Southern Illinois& 0-2, L at #23 Auburn 2-6, L St. Peter’s 12-3, W St. Peter’s 6-2, W St. Peter’s 5-3, W UT Martin 11-5, W Eastern Illinois 1-3, L Eastern Illinois 3-4, L Eastern Illinois 11-7, W vs. #12 Arkansas% 2-7, L vs. #12 Arkansas^ 3-7, L at East Carolina* 2-3, L at East Carolina* 3-2, W at East Carolina* 3-5, L Mississippi Valley State 7-0, W Mississippi Valley State 2-3, L Alcorn State 17-3, W Alcorn State 15-5, W Alcorn State 13-5, W vs. Ole Miss^ 9-2, W #14 Southern Miss* 6-5, W #14 Southern Miss* 16-8, W #14 Southern Miss* 5-8, L Arkansas State 8-9 (10), L at Arkansas State 4-5, L at UAB* 6-4 (13), W at UAB* 4-3 (10), W at UAB* 6-1, W Middle Tennessee 9-6, W Middle Tennessee 0-4 (5), L UCF* 4-5, L UCF* 9-11, L UCF* 12-7, W at Austin Peay CLD Marshall* 5-8, L Marshall* 4-20, L Marshall* 9-8, W at Tulane* 2-3, L at Tulane* 7-6, W at Tulane* 3-10, L Arkansas Pine-Bluff CLD at #19 Rice* 6-10, L at #19 Rice* 5-3 (10), W at #19 Rice* 6-7, L Mississippi State^ 3-8, L Houston* 6:30 p.m. Houston* 6:30 p.m. Houston* 1 p.m. C-USA Tournament TBA
* Denotes Conference USA Game & University of Memphis Classic (FedExPark) % Game Played in Little Rock, Ark. (Dickey-Stephens Park) ^ Game Played at AutoZone Park (Memphis, Tenn.) Home games in BOLD All Times are CST
G AME 52
Stat Comparison
Venue: .....................................Memphis, Tenn. FedExPark (2,000) Date/Time: ........................ Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Live Stats: .............................. GoTigersGo.com Live Chat ............................... GoTigersGo.com Video: .................................... GoTigersGo.com Audio: .................................... WUMR, 91.7 FM ..............................Jeff Brightwell, Play-by-Play
G AME 53 Venue: .....................................Memphis, Tenn. FedExPark (2,000) Date/Time: ............................. Friday, 6:30 p.m. Live Stats: .............................. GoTigersGo.com Live Chat ............................... GoTigersGo.com Video: .................................... GoTigersGo.com Audio: .................................... WUMR, 91.7 FM ..............................Jeff Brightwell, Play-by-Play
G AME 54 Venue: .....................................Memphis, Tenn. FedExPark (2,000) Date/Time: ......................... Saturday, 1:00 p.m. Live Stats: .............................. GoTigersGo.com Live Chat ............................... GoTigersGo.com Video: .................................... GoTigersGo.com Audio: .................................... WUMR, 91.7 FM ..............................Jeff Brightwell, Play-by-Play
24-28
Record
27-24
11-10
C-USA Record
10-11
.284
Avg.
.307
5.52
Runs/Game
6.59
9.83
Hits/Game
10.59
4.94
RBI/Game
6.00
.388
Slug%
.432
3.29
Walks/Game
4.55
.366
OB %
.395
1.08
SB/Game
1.08
.961
Fld %
.978
458.2
IP
454.2
4.69
ERA
4.95
5.27
SO/Game
7.41
3.73
BB/Game
4.63
.290
B/Avg.
.275
SERIES INFO Overall Series: ................... Houston leads 34-9 Last Memphis win: ........................4/17/10 (8-2) Last Houston win: .........................4/18/10 (8-6) Last Memphis win at home: .........4/18/09 (3-1) Last Houston win in Memphis:......4/19/09 (8-5)
DIAMOND CUTS Leading Off The University of Memphis baseball team closes the regular season schedule with a threegame series against Houston at FedExPark. First pitch is slated for 6:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and the series finale starts at 1:00 p.m. Saturday.
Live Coverage All games will be carried live on WUMR 91.7 FM with play-by-play by Jeff Brightwell. Live chat and stats are available at GoTigersGo.com and you can follow the Tigers on Twitter (@UofMBaseball) for in-game updates. A live stream of the game can be seen on GoTigersGo.com.
PROBABLE MEMPHIS STARTERS Pos. C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH
Name, Class Phillip Chapman T.J. Rich Chad Zurcher Jacob Wilson Ethan Gross Eli Hynes Drew Martinez Ford Wilson Robby Graham
BA GP-GS HR .311 50-48 4 .305 51-51 6 .458 49-49 0 .281 51-51 6 .266 42-34 0 .233 42-40 7 .329 51-51 0 .143 32-4 0 .323 43-42 3
RBI 38 50 33 49 9 29 21 1 28
R SB Notes 32 6-9 Leads team with 19 doubles 38 2-3 Second in C-USA with 50 RBI 44 12-16 Leads NCAA in hitting and on-base % 46 11-12 Third in C-USA with 49 RBI 13 1-1 Had first career 3-hit game on 5/14 at Rice 25 0-1 Started last three games in LF 50 20-24 23rd-round draft pick to Mets in 2010 3 0-0 Started last three games in RF 20 3-6 Moved to DH due to knee problems