GAMES 53-55
Date: May 16-18, 2013
First Pitch: Thursday 6:30 p.m.
Friday 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, 4:06 p.m.
Location: Jonesboro, Ark.
Stadium: Tomlinson Stadium (1,200)
Radio: East Arkansas Broadcasters
95.3 FM The Ticket
970 AM KNEA
Radio Talent: Matt Stolz
SERIES
ASU vs UALR: 65-39 (ASU Leads)
Raffo Record vs UALR: 16-5
Last Meeting: May 15-17, 2007
Current Streak: ASU 12 Wins
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LEADING OFF: Arkansas State will close out the 2013 regular season with a three-game Sun Belt Conference home stand against Arkansas-Little Rock. This week's games will take place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday with Saturday's contest being show on the Sun Belt Network. ASU is coming off a seven-game road trip and recently ended an eight-game losing streak. However, the win came at Troy and ended the Trojans 18-game home winning streak, which was the longest in the nation.
ASU is currently tied for one of the final spots in the SBC tournament. The Red Wolves are tied with UALR and Middle Tennessee and a number of scenarios can play out in order for A-State to get into the tournament, but the simplest equation is for ASU to win two games to secure its berth in postseason play.
UALR has won four out of its last seven games, but has lost its last 12 matchups to ASU.
THE STARTERS: Arkansas State will start senior right-hander Daniel Wright on Thursday night. He enters the game with a 5-4 record, a 3.38 ERA and 89 strikeouts on the season. Bradley Wallace will get the call on Friday after his start was skipped last weekend and Cody Woodhouse will get the call on Saturday.
UALR will start senior right-hander Chance Cleveland on Thursday. He is 5-8 on the year with a 3.39 ERA and 82 strikeouts. Left-hander Travis McDonald will get the call for the Trojans on Friday, while Blake Huffman will get the call on Saturday to close out the series.
ASU/UALR SERIES HISTORY
• This will be the 105th, 106th and 107th meetings all-time between ASU and UALR.
• The first meeting occurred during the 1975 season with ASU taking two games from the
UALR.
• Arkansas State leads the all-time series 65-39.
• ASU has won 12 straight games against the Trojans.
• ASU swept UALR in Little Rock earlier this season.
• Collin Massasnelli tied a school record with three home runs during the Saturday game of
the last series in Little Rock.
• The Red Wolves have won the last nine games in the series and have won 15 out of the
last 18 matchups with the Trojans.
SCOUTING THE TROJANS
• UALR is 26-25 overall on the season and is 11-16 in league play.
• The Trojans are averaging 5.9 runs per game this year.
• The Trojans have won four out of their last seven games.
•As a team the Trojans rank sixth in the nation with 52 home runs.
• Chance Cleveland has pitched four complete games this season.
• Ben Crumpton ranks 40th in the nation with 23 stolen bases on the year.
LOOKING AT THE SCENARIOS
• Arkansas State has multiple scenarios that can play out for the Red Wolves to make the
SBC Tournament. Currently ASU owns the tiebreakers over UALR and Middle
Tennessee.
• If ASU wins two out of three games against UALR then it will clinch a spot in the
tournament.
• If ASU wins just one game, then Western Kentucky must win at least two against Middle
Tennessee.
• If ASU losses three games, then Middle Tennessee must also lose three games this
weekend.
LOOKING AT THE SCENARIOS...SEEDING EDITION
• To Be the 5th Seed: ASU must sweep UALR AND Middle Tennessee must win at least
two games against Western Kentucky AND Florida Atlantic must sweep Florida
International.
• To be the 6th Seed: ASU must sweep UALR AND Middle Tennessee must win two
against Western Kentuckty.
• To be the 7th Seed: ASU must win two games against UALR AND Western Kentucky
must win two games against Middle Tennessee.
• To be the 8th Seed: ASU wins one game against UALR AND Middle Tennessee loses
two games to Western Kentucky.......OR.......ASU loses three games AND Middle
Tennessee loses three games.
EMERY EYES RBI RECORD
• Senior Ryan Emery is closing in on the all-time career runs batted in mark at ASU.
• Emery has 132 RBIs in his career and is 7 away from tying the record, which was set by
Todd Baumgartner with 139 between 2008-11.
NEW SCHOOL LEADER IN CAREER WALKS
• Ryan Emery has shattered the school record for walks in a career.
• Emery has 137 walks in his career and passed Jerome Stone who had 109 in his career
from 1980-83.
• Logan Uxa has surpassed the mark as well. The senior has totaled 122 walks in his
career.
WRIGHT GOING DEEP INTO GAMES
• Senior Daniel Wright has pitched at least seven innings in each of his last seven starts
this season.
• In has gone at least seven innings in 10 out of 13 games this year and has 7 quality
starts.
WINNING A WILD ONE
• Arkansas State scored 15 runs against Troy on May 19 and narrowly escaped with a 15-
14 win.
• The Red Wolves scored 15 runs on 15 hits, which were both season highs for A-State.
• Freshman David Owen sat down Troy in order in the 9th inning in his fifth inning of work
in the win.
TAMING TROY
• The Arkansas State pitching staff held Troy to just five runs through two games of its
series on May 17-18.
• Troy entered the game No. 3 in the country in scoring, but Daniel Wright held the Trojans
scoreless through 9 innings on Friday and then ASU gave up just four runs on Saturday
before both teams exploded for a combined 29 runs on Sunday.
HONORING THE SENIORS
• ASU will honor its 10 senior baseball student-athletes before the start of Saturday's
finale against UALR.
• Jacob Bax, Drew Burks, Ryan Emery, John Koch, Seth McWilliams, Brandon Milhouse,
Alex Potts, Ryan Roberts, Logan Uxa and Daniel Wright will all be honored in a
ceremony before Saturday's game.
HOME SWEET HOME
• The Red Wolves are returning to play the first home game since April 30 when they host
UALR this weekend.
• A-State recently embarked on a seven-game road trip in which they spent 10 out of 11
days on the road.
• ASU played in Lafayette, La. for a three game series May 3-5 and then played at the
University of Tennessee on May 8 during the midweek. The Red Wolves then drove from
Knoxville to Troy, Ala., for a three-game road series versus the Trojans.
• In all, ASU traveled over 2,200 miles, spent over 45 hours on a bus and stayed in six
different hotels.
