Baseball Game Notes

WASHINGTON STATE BASEBALL GAME NOTES

Stanford at Washington State Bailey-Brayton Field (Pullman, Wash.)

Friday-Sunday (April 1-3, 2011) Game Times 5:30 p.m., 2 p.m., Noon

Craig Lawson ? Assistant Sports Information Director (Baseball Contact) ? W-509-335-0265 ? C-509-432-9063 ? craigl@wsu.edu

FEBRUARY

18

at Cal State Bakersfield-W, 4-2

19

at Cal State Bakersfield-L, 11-10

20

at Cal State Bakersfield-W, 4-3

26

UC Santa Barbara-W, 5-1

26

UC Santa Barbara-W, 7-3 (7)

MARCH

4

#vs. Oklahoma State-W, 13-2

5

#vs. Minnesota-L, 2-0

6

#vs. South Alabama-L, 14-3

7

Dallas Baptist-L, 13-4

8

Dallas Baptist-W, 8-7

11

Utah Valley-W, 3-1

12

Utah Valley-W, 8-7

13

Utah Valley-W, 16-2

17

at Fresno State-L, 7-5

18

at Fresno State-L, 16-1 (6)

19

at Fresno State-L, 7-2

25

*at California-L, 7-0

26

*at California-L, 3-0

27

*at California-L, 4-3 (11)

29

Gonzaga (5:30 p.m.)

APRIL

1

*Stanford (5:30 p.m.)

2

*Stanford (2 p.m.)

3

*Stanford (Noon)

5

at Gonzaga (6 p.m.)

8

*UCLA (5:30 p.m.)

9

*UCLA (1 p.m.)

10

*UCLA (Noon)

12

Gonzaga (5:30 p.m.)

15

*at Arizona State (6:30 p.m.)

16

*at Arizona State (6:30 p.m.)

17

*at Arizona State (12:30 p.m.)

21

*at Oregon State (5:35 p.m.)

22

*at Oregon State (5:35 p.m.)

23

*at Oregon State (2:05 p.m.)

25

BYU (5:30 p.m.)

26

BYU (5:30 p.m.)

29

*Washington (5:30 p.m.)

30

*Washington (Noon)

MAY

1

*Washington (Noon)

6

UNLV (7 p.m.)

7

UNLV (5:30 p.m.)

8

UNLV (Noon)

9

at Portland (3 p.m.)

14

*Arizona (2 p.m.)

15

*Arizona (Noon)

16

*Arizona (5:30 p.m.)

17

Portland (5:30 p.m.)

20

*Oregon (5:30 p.m.)

21

*Oregon (2 p.m.)

22

*Oregon (Noon)

24

%vs. Washington (6 p.m.)

25

at Seattle (6 p.m.)

27

*at USC (6 p.m.)

28

*at USC (2 p.m.)

29

*at USC (Noon)

#Dairy Queen Classic (Tucson, Ariz.) *Pacific-10 Game %Played in Pasco, Wash. All Times Pacific

COUGARS OPEN CONFERENCE PLAY The Washington State University baseball team (10-10, 0-3 Pacific-10) hosts nationallyranked Stanford in a three-game Pac-10 Conference series at Bailey-Brayton Field, April 1-3...game times are 5:30 p.m., Friday, 2 p.m., Saturday and noon, Sunday...first conference games of the season for the Cardinal (11-6) which is ranked 11th (Baseball America), 18th (Collegiate Baseball), 19th (NCBWA) and 21st (USA Today/ESPN)...third-straight weekend Washington State will play a weekend series against a nationally-ranked opponent...all three games will have live stats and a webcast on ...Steve Grubbs will provide the play-by-play online and on the radio...Friday and Sunday will be on Hit Radio 104.3 FM with Saturday's broadcast airing on NewsTalk 1150 AM/105.3 FM.

PITCHING PROBABLES Friday RH Mark Appel-STANFORD (1-3, 4.23 ERA, 17 K, 27 2/3 IP) LH Adam Conley-WSU (4-2, 2.38 ERA, 43 K, 41 2/3 IP)

Saturday RH Jordan Pries-STANFORD (3-1, 2.28 ERA, 23 K, 27 2/3 IP) RH James Wise-WSU (2-2, 3.48 ERA, 29 K, 33 2/3 IP)

Sunday RH Dean McArdle-STANFORD (3-0. 2.89 ERA, 8 K, 18 2/3 IP) RH Chad Arnold-WSU (0-1, 7.71 ERA, 3 K, 7 IP)

COUGAR VICTORIES Washington State entered 2011 with 2,514 baseball wins to rank 10th all-time on the NCAA Division I in total victories...Cougars rank behind Fordham (4,043), Texas (3,197), USC (2,673), Michigan (2,664), Stanford (2,620), Arizona State (2,593), Arizona (2,534), Clemson (2,523) and Florida State (2,522)...Washington State is 28th all-time in winning percentage at 62.1...Arizona State (67.4), Arizona (65.2) and USC (64.7) are the only current Pacific-10 Conference schools with a higher winning percentage than WSU.

BUILDING A PROGRAM Prior to 2009, Washington State's last NCAA postseason appearance in baseball was 1990...Cougars have earned an at-large bid in each of the last two seasons...first back-toback NCAA postseason bids since 1987-88...WSU has 34 Pacific-10 Conference victories during that time, its most in a two-year span since 1989-90 (35)...Cougars have been prolific at protecting their home field with a 48-12 mark since the start of the 2009 season... the 80.0 winning percentage is the second highest in the Pac-10 behind Arizona State... under Donnie Marbut, Washington State has a winning record in each of the last five seasons, including four years with at least 30 wins...from 1995-2004, the 10 seasons between legendary Cougar Head Coach Charles "Bobo" Brayton and Marbut's arrival, Washington State had two winning seasons and failed to win 30 games in any campaign...Marbut is the only Cougar mentor besides Brayton to average at least 30 wins during his WSU career.

OUCH Washington State leads the Pacific-10 Conference in hit by pitches with 37.

WASHINGTON STATE BASEBALL GAME NOTES

Stanford at Washington State

Friday-Sunday (April 1-3, 2011)

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WSU'S RECORD...

Overall Conference Nonconference Home games Away games Neutral site Day games Night games First game of series Series Doubleheader February games March games April games May games 1-run games 2-run games Extra innings Shutouts

2011 10-10

0-3 10-7 7-1 2-7 1-2 10-8 0-2 3-3 3-2-1 1-0 4-1 6-9 0-0 0-0 3-2 2-2 0-1 0-3

When WSU scores...

0-3 runs

1-7

4+ runs

9-3

When Opponent scores...

0-3 runs

7-2

4+ runs

3-8

When...

WSU scores in 1st inning 6-2

Opponent scores in 1st inning 1-3

WSU scores first

9-2

Opponent scores first

1-8

Leading after 6 innings* 8-1

Trailing after 6 innings

2-8

Tied after 6 innings

0-0

Leading after 7 innings* 10-1

Trailing after 7 innings

0-8

Tied after 7 innings

0-0

Leading after 8 innings* 10-1

Trailing after 8 innings

0-8

Tied after 8 innings

0-0

WSU hits 0 home runs

6-6

WSU hits 1 home run

4-2

WSU hits 2+ home runs 0-2

Opponent hits 0 home runs 7-7

Opponent hits 1 home run 3-0

Opponent hits 2+ home runs 0-3

WSU makes 0 errors

3-2

WSU makes 1 error

3-3

WSU makes 2+ errors

4-5

Opponent makes 0 errors 1-3

Opponent makes 1 error 6-5

Opponent makes 2+ errors 3-2

WSU outhits opponent

9-3

Opponent outhits WSU

0-6

Hits are tied

1-1

WSU has 0-5 hits

0-3

WSU has 6-9 hits

6-3

WSU has 10+ hits

4-4

*Includes 4th-5th-6th of scheduled 7-inning game and does not include rain shortened 6-inning game

When WSU pitchers record...

6+ innings as a starter*

7-4

0-6 strikeouts

2-8

7+ strikeouts

8-2

0-3 walks

8-7

4+ walks

2-3

*Includes 4+ in scheduled 7-inning game and does not include rain shortned 6-inning game

HITTER NOTES #35 Taylor Ard (1B) - Leads team with 19 RBI...tied with Matt Argyropoulos and Derek Jones for team lead with three home runs (tied for fourth in Pac-10)...four RBI vs. Oklahoma State (March 4) and against Gonzaga (March 29)...batted .440 (11-for-25) with three multi-hit games during seven-game hitting streak (March 6-17).

#23 Matt Argyropoulos (3B) - Recorded 11 muti-hit games, including four-straight to open the season...leads team with .373 batting average which is fifth in the Pac-10...tied for the team lead with Taylor Ard and Derek Jones in home runs with three (tied for fourth in Pac-10)...ranks second in the conference with .582 slugging percentage, sixth with .456 on-base percentage and tied for ninth with five hit by pitches.

#2 Cody Bartlett (2B/SS) - Batted .417 (10-for-24) during eight-game hitting streak (March 5-18)...batting .583 (7-for-12) over last three games.

#33 Nate Blackham (OF) - Appeared in 14 games off the bench...hits in first-two collegiate at bats.

#11 Patrick Claussen (OF) - Batted .667 (6-for-9) with double and six RBI in two games (first starts of the season) against Utah Valley (March 12-13).

#39 Paul Clingan (C) - Eight games off the bench...hit first-collegiate home run in victory over Utah Valley (March 13).

#15 Brett Jacobs (OF) - Started 19 of 20 games...three, three-hit games...seven-game hitting streak (Feb. 26-March 12)...tied for third in the Pac-10 with seven hit by pitches... first-career home run came leading off game (March 7) against Dallas Baptist...four RBI against Gonzaga (March 29).

#1 Kyle Johnson (OF) - Nine starts...batting .222 with three stolen bases...currently sidelined with wrist injury.

#25 Derek Jones (OF) - Started all 20 games...tied for team lead and tied for fourth in the Pac-10 with three home runs...tied for ninth in the Pac-10 with five hit by pitches and tied for 10th in walks with 11...fourt hits, including home run at California (March 27).

#32 Jason Monda (OF) - Started 19 games...six multi-hit games, including three with three...five extra-base hits, including four doubles.

#37 Adam Nelubowich (IF) - Batting .105 (2-for-19) in 11 games, including two starts... first-career RBI (March 4) against Oklahoma State.

#26 Stetson Olson (3B) -Batting .188 (3-for-16) in 10 games, two starts...three-run triple for first-collegiate hit and RBI (March 4) against Oklahoma State.

#30 Jay Ponciano (C) - Missed first-five games due to injury...has started 11 games since... batting .297 (11-for-37).

#6 Tommy Richards (2B) - Made 14 starts...four multi-hit games.

#28 Collin Slaybaugh (C) - Batting .237 with four extra-base hits and two stolen bases... made 12 starts.

#5 Trace Tam Sing (SS) - Played in 15 games, including eight starts...two doubles and seven runs.

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Stanford at Washington State

Friday-Sunday (April 1-3, 2011)

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WSU vs. CONFERENCES

2011

ATLANTIC SUN

0-0

East Tennessee State

0-0

Kennesaw State

0-0

BIG EAST

0-0

Notre Dame

0-0

BIG 12

1-0

Kansas State

0-0

Missouri

0-0

Oklahoma

0-0

Oklahoma State

1-0

Texas

0-0

Texas A&M

0-0

Texas Tech

0-0

BIG SOUTH

0-0

Charleston Southern

0-0

BIG TEN

0-1

Minnesota

0-1

BIG WEST

2-0

UC Davis

0-0

UC Santa Barbara

2-0

Cal State Northridge

0-0

Long Beach State

0-0

CONFERENCE USA

0-0

Rice

0-0

GREAT WEST

3-0

Utah Valley

3-0

HORIZON

0-0

Illinois-Chicago

0-0

Wright State

0-0

INDEPENDENTS

3-2

UC Davis (currently Big West)

0-0

Cal State Bakersfield

2-1

Dallas Baptist

1-1

Hawaii-Hilo (currently non-Division I) 0-0

Northern Colorado (currently Great West) 0-0

Sacramento State (currently WAC)

0-0

Seattle (1)

0-0

Utah Valley (currently Great West)

0-0

METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC

0-0

Rider

0-0

MID-AMERICAN

0-0

Kent State

0-0

Miami (Ohio)

0-0

MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC

0-0

Bethune-Cookman

0-0

MISSOURI VALLEY

0-0

Creighton

0-0

Wichita State

0-0

MOUNTAIN WEST

0-0

Air Force

0-0

BYU (2)

0-0

UNLV (3)

0-0

Utah

0-0

NAIA

0-0

Lewis-Clark State

0-0

PATRIOT

0-0

Bucknell

0-0

Lafayette

0-0

SOUTHEASTERN

0-0

Arkansas

0-0

SOUTHLAND

0-0

Southeastern Louisiana

0-0

SUMMIT (former Mid-Continent)

0-0

Chicago State (currently Great West) 0-0

Oral Roberts

0-0

South Dakota State

0-0

Southern Utah

0-0

SUN BELT

0-1

South Alabama

0-1

WEST COAST

1-0

Gonzaga (2)

1-0

Pepperdine

0-0

Portland (2)

0-0

San Francisco

0-0

Santa Clara

0-0

WESTERN ATHLETIC

0-3

Fresno State

0-3

Hawaii

0-0

San Jose State

0-0

PACIFIC-10

0-3

Arizona (3)

0-0

Arizona State (3)

0-0

California

0-3

UCLA (3)

0-0

Oregon (3)

0-0

Oregon State (3)

0-0

USC (3)

0-0

Stanford (3)

0-0

Washington (4)

0-0

Under Marbut

1-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 13-9 2-1 1-0 5-4 1-0 1-2 1-2 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 8-4 2-2 2-0 2-1 2-1 0-1 0-1 3-0 3-0 5-1 2-1 3-0 28-15 2-2 4-3 2-2 3-1 5-1 3-3 3-0 6-3 2-1 2-1 3-2 3-1 0-1 2-0 2-0 3-3 2-1 1-2 14-3 1-0 7-1 2-0 4-2 3-3 3-3 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-6 1-6 2-1 2-1 7-2 3-1 0-1 3-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 27-16 19-8 0-2 7-4 1-1 0-1 6-8 0-4 2-2 4-2 63-90 7-11 5-13 8-13 7-11 4-2 8-10 10-8 8-10 6-12

Bold (#) indicates games remaining vs. opponent in 2011

PITCHER NOTES #20 Sal Arena (RH) - Converted catcher...five appearances out of the bullpen with 5.87 ERA.

#4 Chad Arnold (RH) - Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2010...returned for his redshirt-senior season...injured in the fall...made season debut, March 19 (at Fresno State) and gave up five runs in two innings...limited California to one run in five innings (March 27).

#47 Kellen Camus (RH) - Roughed up for five runs in two innings during collegiate debut and only appearance (March 6) against South Alabama.

#29 Adam Conley (LH) - Won first-four starts...struck out career-high 10 batters in loss at Fresno State (March 17)...logged nine strikeouts in three outings...owns 43-to-4 strikeoutto-walk ratio...pitched at least six innings in each start...yielded 40 hits and owns 2.38 ERA in 41 and two-thirds innings pitched...ranks in the Pac-10 in wins (4, tied for third), strikeouts (ninth) and innings pitched (eighth)...tied Cougar single-season record with 12 saves in 2010.

#8 Bret DeRooy (LH) - Seven appearances, including three starts...first-collegiate win with six-shutout innings in start against Utah Valley (March 13).

#13 Anthony Drobnick (RH) - Six appearances out of the bullpen...blanked opponent in five outings, including his last four.

#22 Spencer Jackson (LH) - Has struggled in four appearances, losing both starts...has 16.71 ERA.

#34 J.D. Leckeny (RH) - Seven appearances out of the bullpen...blanked opponent in five outings and has 1.93 ERA.

#45 Richie Ochoa (LH) - Team-leading eight appearances, all in relief...has 3-0 record with two saves and 1.80 ERA...wins tied for eighth in Pac-10...punched out 13 hitters in 15 innings.

#21 Paris Shewey (LH) - Seven appearances...converted 4-of-5 save opportunities...tied for Pac-10 lead in saves.

#16 Brandon Snyder (LH) - One strikeout in perfect inning during collegiate debut (March 7) against Dallas Baptist.

#19 Brandon Williams (RH) - Five appearances, including one start...recorded 12 strikeouts in nine and one-third innings.

#9 Taylor Williams (RH) - Four appearances, including one start...touched up for 19 hits and 11 runs in four innings.

#12 James Wise (RH) - Six outings, including five starts...owns 2-2 record and 3.48 ERA with 29 strikeouts in 33 and two-thirds innings.

The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Washington State (as of Mar 29, 2011)

(All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 10-10 Home: 7-1 Away: 2-7 Neutral: 1-2 Pac-10: 0-3

Player

AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%

Argyropoulos, Matt.. Bartlett, Cody...... Ard, Taylor......... Jacobs, Brett....... Monda, Jason........ Jones, Derek........ -------------Blackham, Nate...... Ponciano, Jay....... Claussen, Patrick... Tam Sing, Trace..... Richards, Tommy..... Clingan, Paul....... Slaybaugh, Collin... Johnson, Kyle....... Olson, Stetson...... Nelubowich, Adam.... Conley, Adam........

.373 .349 .333 .294 .274 .270

.333 .297 .286 .276 .250 .250 .237 .222 .188 .105 .000

20-20 19-19 20-20 19-19 20-19 20-20

14-0 12-11

9-4 15-8 18-14

8-0 14-12 10-9 10-2 11-2

1-1

67 14 25 5 0 3 12 39 .582 6 5 16 1 .456 1 1 0-1 63 8 22 3 1 0 8 27 .429 7 0 14 2 .408 1 0 3-5 72 15 24 3 0 3 19 36 .500 7 3 7 0 .415 0 0 1-2 68 12 20 2 0 1 11 25 .368 3 7 5 2 .370 3 1 3-8 73 8 20 4 1 0 10 26 .356 5 4 19 0 .349 1 2 2-4 63 11 17 2 0 3 12 28 .444 11 5 21 0 .407 2 0 3-5

9 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 .333 2 2 2 0 .538 0 0 1-1 37 6 11 2 0 0 4 13 .351 4 0 3 1 .357 1 2 0-0 21 4 6 1 0 0 7 7 .333 2 0 6 0 .333 1 0 0-0 29 7 8 2 0 0 2 10 .345 1 4 9 1 .382 0 2 0-0 52 6 13 1 1 0 9 16 .308 1 2 4 4 .291 0 1 4-6

4 1 1 0 0 1 2 4 1.000 0 0 2 0 .250 0 0 0-0 38 8 9 3 1 0 4 14 .368 9 1 7 0 .388 1 0 2-2 27 5 6 0 0 0 0 6 .222 2 4 2 1 .364 0 0 3-3 16 1 3 0 1 0 3 5 .313 0 0 7 2 .188 0 0 0-0 19 3 2 1 0 0 1 3 .158 1 0 7 0 .150 0 0 0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0

8 25 18 50 165 3 30 0 31 0 35 1

5 .868 4 .944 2 .988 0 1.000 1 .969 1 .973

7 0 56 6

1 0 17 27 17 40

9 2 69 6 32 1

2 3 11 0

1 6

1 .875 0 1.000 0 1.000 6 .880 4 .934 0 1.000 2 .974 0 1.000 1 .833 1 .917 0 1.000

Totals.............. .289 20-20 658 113 190 29 5 11 104 262 .398 61 37 131 14 .375 11 9 22-37 510 191 31 .958 Opponents........... .296 20-20 682 123 202 41 4 12 114 287 .421 62 15 137 16 .363 10 21 14-19 510 206 22 .970

LOB - Team (154), Opp (157). DPs turned - Team (19), Opp (15). CI - Team (0), Opp (1). Picked off - Jacobs, B 2, Richards, T 2, Bartlett, C 1, Olson, S 1, Argyropoulos 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player

ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

Conley, Adam........ 2.38 4-2 Wise, James......... 3.48 2-2 -------------Snyder, Brandon..... 0.00 0-0 Ochoa, Richie....... 1.80 3-0 Leckenby, J.D....... 1.93 0-0 Drobnick, Anthony... 3.38 0-0 Shewey, Paris....... 3.60 0-0 Arena, Sal.......... 5.87 0-0 Williams, Brandon... 6.75 0-0 Arnold, Chad........ 7.71 0-1 DeRooy, Bret........ 7.94 1-2 Jackson, Spencer.... 16.71 0-2 Camus, Kellen....... 22.50 0-0 Williams, Taylor.... 24.75 0-1

6 6 0 0/0 6 5 0 0/0

0 41.2 40 18 11 4 43 11 1 0 158 .253 0 33.2 31 17 13 15 29 9 0 1 123 .252

4 5 0 5 1 1

3 8 1 5

1 0 0 0/0 8 0 0 0/0 7 0 0 0/0 6 0 0 0/0 7 0 0 0/0 5 0 0 0/0 5 1 0 0/0 2 2 0 0/0 7 3 0 0/0 4 2 0 0/0 1 0 0 0/0 4 1 0 0/0

0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 2 15.0 15 5 3 4 13 2 0 1 57 .263 0 9.1 5 4 2 6 3 0 2 0 32 .156 0 5.1 6 2 2 1 4 2 0 0 20 .300 4 10.0 11 5 4 2 8 1 0 0 40 .275 0 7.2 7 5 5 4 3 1 1 1 31 .226 0 9.1 12 8 7 9 12 1 0 2 37 .324 0 7.0 6 6 6 3 3 2 0 0 25 .240 0 17.0 26 17 15 7 12 5 0 4 76 .342 0 7.0 17 13 13 2 4 3 0 1 37 .459 0 2.0 7 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 12 .583 0 4.0 19 18 11 5 2 3 0 2 31 .613

0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0

0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0

Totals.............. 5.14 10-10 20 20 0 0/0 Opponents........... 5.08 10-10 20 20 0 3/3

6 170.0 202 123 97 62 137 41 4 12 682 .296 16 15 1 10 21 5 170.0 190 113 96 61 131 29 5 11 658 .289 12 37 2 11 9

PB - Team (4), Slaybaugh, C 4, Opp (4). Pickoffs - Team (1), Slaybaugh, C 1, Opp (7). SBA/ATT - Ponciano, J (9-10), Slaybaugh, C (5-9), Wise, J (3-7), Williams, B (4-4), Shewey, P (2-2), Drobnick, A (1-2), Jackson, S (2-2), Conley, A (1-1), Williams, T (1-1).

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