April 12, 2018
San Jose, Calif.--- The San José State baseball team (12-19, 4-10 MW) will travel to Fresno State (20-12, 7-8 MW) for a three-game series starting Friday night at 6:05 p.m. (PT) at Pete Beiden Field at Bob Bennett Stadium.
San José State (12-19, 4-10 MW) vs Fresno State (20-12, 7-8 MW)
Friday • April 13 • 6:05 p.m. (PT) • Bob Bennett Stadium
Saturday • April 14 • 6:05 p.m. (PT) • Bob Bennett Stadium
Sunday • April 15 • 1:05 p.m. (PT) • Bob Bennett Stadium
LIVE STATS: Sidearm Stats
LIVE VIDEO: Mountain West Network
RADIO: 940 AM ESPN
Pitching Staff
Friday
RHP- Josh Goldberg (2-3) vs Ryan Jensen (1-3)
Saturday
LHP- Andrew Mitchel (3-0) vs RHP-Edgar Gonzalez (5-1)
Sunday
RHP- Tevin Cadola (1-2) vs RHP-Davis Moore (3-1)
Series History: Fresno State
Fresno State is ahead in the all-time series 133-91
Previously this season the Spartans took the series 2-1 at home against the Bulldogs.
Last 6 meetings
3/18/18 FRESNO STATE L, 6-3
3/18/18 FRESNO STATE W, 10-1
3/17/18 FRESNO STATE W, 4-1
4/30/17 AT FRESNO STATE L, 16-8
4/29/17 AT FRESNO STATE L, 8-3
4/28/17 AT FRESNO STATE W, 6-3
Goldberg & Mitchel
In the last 14 games when Goldberg and Mitchel started, the Spartans have outscored opponents 39-36.
In the last 14 games that the duo have not started, the Spartans have been outscored, 54-22.
In Andrew Mitchel's last four starts, he has been one of the most effective pitchers in the Mountain West. He holds a 1.82 ERA with a 2-0 record in 24.2 innings. He has allowed just five earned runs and has 24 strikeouts to nine walks.
In Mountain West play this season, Mitchel is ranked fourth in ERA at 3.38 - first in opposing batting average with .185 - first in hits allowed with 15 - 11th in innings pitched at 24.0 - Fourth in batters struck out with 15.
In Josh Goldberg's last four starts, he has recorded two complete games. The senior has 14 strikeouts to nine walks and a 1-2 record. The senior from Long Beach, California threw 103 pitches in a career game high 9.0 innings against Fresno State. He is the first Spartan pitcher to throw a complete game victory since Kalei Contrades on May 21, 2014.
Double play
The Spartans are fourth in the nation in double plays turning 38 in 31 games this season. They are third in the nation in double plays per game with an average of 1.23 per game. Last year, the Spartans turned 54 double plays all season.
Flash
In the last 21 games Kellen Strahm has been one of the most effective hitters on the team. batting 31-for-89 (.348 avg) He also leads the team in walks with 18, triples with three, and stolen bases with five. Strahm is one of the fastest players in the Mountain West. He was the 2017 MW leader in steals with 18. He had three multi-steal games including a season-high three steals versus New Mexico 3/11/17.
Shane "Timbo" Timmons
The three-time letter winner from Mission Viejo, California has started in 135 of the last 137 games for the Spartans. No San José State baseball player has more homers the last four seasons than Timmons with 21. He is currently tied for third in all-time home runs with Adam Shorsher. The current record was set nearly 20 years ago by John Fagan with 25 home runs. The 2017 second team All-Mountain West first baseman finished in the top-10 in several MW conference categories: ninth in slugging percentage (.648), tied for seventh in triples (2), fifth in home runs (7), tied for sixth in hit by pitches (6), first in sacrifice flies (5) and tied for eighth in stolen bases (5).
He is the first Spartan to lead the team in batting average two consecutive seasons since Kevin Frandsen in 2003 and 2004 seasons. Frandsen would become a 12th round pick in the 2004 MLB Draft, and play nine seasons of major league baseball. He would later be inducted into the San José State Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.
Bautista is Back
After Bautista redshirted the 2017 season and played only 10 games of 2016, the senior returns to the Spartan lineup without missing a step. Bautista, who had not recorded a hit since March 1, 2016, has a team leading batting average of .370 through 26 games with 37 hits and 19 RBI's.
This season, the senior has seven three hit games (four of them being consecutive). In Nevada he hit his first home run in nearly three years...then he hit another the very next day.