ASU/MISSOURI STATE SERIES HISTORY
• This will be the 59th and 60th meetings all-time between ASU and Missouri State.
• The first meeting occurred during the 1964 season when the Bears were known as Southwest Missouri State.
• Since 1990, the schools have met for at least one game every year except for 1998 and
2004.
• Missouri State leads the all-time series record 36-22.
• Missouri State took a pair of games from A-State last season.
SCOUTING THE BEARS
• The Bears are 10-2 on the season but have played just three road games on the year.
• Missouri State has played just one midweek game on the season, losing 5-4 in 10 innings to Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla.
• Missouri State has given up an average of 3.3 runs a game this season, while scoring an average 5.0 runs per game.
• The Bears rank among the nation's leaders in strikeouts per nine innings, averaging 9.2
strikeouts a game.
• Joey Hawkins is ranked 37th in the nation in triples.
• This will be the first start's of the year for Andy Cheray and Matt Hall.
• Hall has made just two apperances on the year and has not given a hit or a run.
• Cheray has made one apperance and lasted 2/3 of an inning and gave up one run on two hits.
JUST ANOTHER WALK-OFF SINGLE
• Alex Potts lifted A-State to a walk-off single in the bottom of the 11th inning on March 8 to give ASU a 2-1 victory over UAB.
• It was the third walk-off single of Pott's career. He recorded two walk-off singles during his junior season.
• The first was a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning against UALR on March
17, 2012 to give ASU a 3-2 win.
• The second was a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth against South Alabama to give ASU 1-0 on May 6, 2011.
HAWKINS SHINES IN FIRST START
• Sophomore Chandler Hawkins shined in his first start of the season on March 9 against UAB.
• He pitched a career-high seven innings, faced a career-high 28 batters and allowed just one run on seven and tied a career-high with three strikeouts.
BAKER'S HITS EQUAL RUNS
• Freshman outfielder Austin Baker drove in four runs on three hits on Saturday March 9 against UAB in a doubleheader.
• Baker drove in a run on every hit he had across both games on the day.
HAWKINS KEEPING EM' DOWN
• Sophomore Chandler Hawins has a league leading 0.57 ERA on the season.
• He has has six apperances on the season, five of which have been in relief.
• He has allowed just one run on nine hits, with 12 strikeouts and just six walks in 15.2 innings.
FITZPATRICK FIRST START
• The true freshman made a start in left field and batted in the leadoff position. He went 1- for-4 with two runs scored.
• He recorded his first career RBI on Tuesday, March 5 against UT-Martin.
ASU PERFECT IN EXTRAS
• ASU is 2-0 on the year in extra inning games.
• Alex Potts helped ASU to a 2-1 victory over UAB on March 8 when he drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning.
• The Red Wolves were down to their last out, but rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Memphis 3-2 on Feb. 19.
• Collin Massanelli drove in two runs in the top of the ninth inning to tie the game at 2-2.
• Ryan Emery followed with a game winning RBI single in the top of the 10th inning and Tanner Ring closed out the game in the bottom of the 10th to give A-State the win.
GETTING THE SHUTOUT
• Arkansas State recorded its first shutout of the season on Tuesday, March 5 against UT- Martin.The Red Wolves picked up a 9-0 victory over the Skyhawks and faced just one batter of the mininum.
•The last time ASU shutout an opponent was April 13 of last year when A-State picked up a 5-0 win over Western Kentucky.
• The last time ASU recorded a shutout against a non-conference opponent was against Portland in 2010 in a 7-0 victory.
• It was the first shutout for ASU during a midweek game since 2006 when the team defeated Murray State 11-0 on a Wednesday (The team also defeated Freed-Hardeman 8-0 on Sun, April 16 of that year. ASU played Freed-Hardeman in a Sunday-Monday two game series.)
IN THE POLLS
• Arkansas State received votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Top 30 poll earlier this season.
• Records indicate that the last time an A-State baseball team was ranked was during the the 1970 season when Arkansas State finished the season ranked 24th in the nation in the final Collegiate Baseball poll.
WALLACE TIES CAREER HIGH
• Junior Bradley Wallace tied a career-high with seven strikeouts in 4.2 inning of work on Feb. 26 against Vanderbilt.
• Wallace is leading the Sun Belt with 24 strikeouts in 16.2 innings pitched this year.
• Wallace has struckout 10 batters looking this season, which leads the SBC.
UXA'S HOT START
• Senior Logan Uxa is tied for seventh in the Sun Belt Conference 22 hits on the year.
• He has had a hit in all but three games this year.
PROTECTING HOME FIELD
• ASU currently has a 8-2 record at home.
• ASU's best start to a season was 10-0 which happened twice. The first time was in 1993 and the team matched the performance in 1994.
• ASU has a .291 batting average at home this season and has a 2.35 ERA, compared to just a .240 batting average and a 5.65 ERA on the road.
COMPARED TO THE NATION
• Alex Potts is tied for the lead in the nation with nine sacrifice bunts on the year.
• As a team, ASU ranks eighth in the nation in sacrifice bunts with 21 on the year.
• The team also ranks fifth in the nation with 97 walks already on the year.
• The team's .986 fielding percentage ranks 7th in the nation.
• Ryan Emery is ranked 7th in the nation, averaging 1.2 walks per game.
• Emery ranks 5th in the nation with 18 walks.
GETTING QUALITY STARTS
• The A-State starting pitching staff has racked up seven quality starts on the year thus far.
Wallace earned a quality start against Memphis and Chandler Hawkins had one against UAB.
MCWILLIAMS SHUTS THEM DOWN
• Senior Seth McWilliams earned two wins in relief action out of the bullpen during the week of Feb. 18-24.
• The right-hander threw 2.2 innings of relief against Memphis on Feb. 19 and earned the victory in ASU's 3-2 comeback victory.
• McWilliams also earned the victory after pitching 2.1 innings in the Red Wolves 14-6 win over Western Illinois on Feb. 24.
• For the week, McWilliams tossed five innings in relief, struck out seven and did not give up a run.
RING GETS FIRST SAVE
• Freshman Tanner Ring picked up his first career save at Memphis on Feb. 19.
• Ring entered the game in bottom of the ninth inning as a defensive replacement at second base and then moved to the mound in the bottom of the 10th inning.
KOCH SETS CAREER HIGH
• In his first career start, senior John Koch struck out a career-high 11 batters on Feb. 15.
• Koch pitched five innings, gave up three runs on nine hits to earn his first win as a
starter.
PITCHING STAFF SHINES
• The A-State pitching staff recorded a school record 19 strike outs in the 10-5 victory over Bradley on Opening night on Feb. 15.
• The previous record was 18 strikeouts, which ASU did twice. The first was in 1995 against Memphis and the second was against Kansas State in 1960.
• On opening weekend, A-State recorded 37 strikeouts and allowed just eight runs and walked 7 batters in 27 innings.
OPENING SERIES SWEEP
• ASU recorded a three-game series sweep for the first time since 1971 and for only the second time in school history.
GRANTHAM MAKES MOST OF FIRST START
• True freshman Adam Grantham earned his first career win on Feb. 17 in a 12-2 victory over Bradley.
• Grantham threw four innings, struck out five and did not allow any runs in his first career start.
• Grantham was a 32nd round draft selection of the Atlanta Braves coming out of high school.
BAKER GOES DEEP
• True freshman Austin Baker hit a home run on the first pitch he saw in his collegiate career on Feb. 16
• Baker went 3-for-3 on the day and was a triple from the cycle. He had three RBIs on the day and was walked once.
4-K INNING
• Arkansas State senior right-hander John Koch notched a rare four strike out inning in the Red Wolves 10-5 victory over Bradley Feb. 15. After Bradley's David Compitello reached on a dropped third strike out in the fourth inning with one out, Koch proceeded to strike out two more batters to end the inning.
