April 26, 2018
San Jose, Calif. --- The San José State University baseball team (16-22, 6-11 MW) will face their conference opponent New Mexico (15-24-1, 8-13 MW) in a three-game series starting Friday, April 26 at 6:00 p.m. inside Municipal Stadium.
San José State (16-22, 6-11 MW) vs New Mexico (15-24-1, 8-13 MW)
Friday • April 26, 2018 • 6:00 p.m. • Municipal Stadium
Saturday • April 27, 2018 • 3:00 p.m. • Municipal Stadium
Sunday • April 28, 2018 • 12:00 p.m. • Municipal Stadium
LIVE STATS:
LIVE VIDEO: Mountain West Network
Pitching Staff
This season, the 11 Spartan newcomers that have pitched on the roster have accounted for 185 of the 284 strikeouts this season. They have also recorded eight of the teams wins.
Big innings (four or more runs) have plagued the San José State baseball team this season. The team has given up 19 big innings this season.
Friday
RHP - Josh Goldberg vs RHP - Justin Slaten
Saturday
LHP - Andrew Mitchel vs RHP - Cody Dye
Sunday
RHP - Tevin Cadola vs RHP - Nathaniel Garley
Series History: New Mexico
The Lobos are winning the all-time series at 19-6-1.
The Spartans are 1-4-1 in their last six games against New Mexico.
Last 6 meetings
4/9/17 New Mexico T, 5-5
4/7/17 New Mexico W, 2-1
3/12/17 at New Mexico L, 8-3
3/11/17 at New Mexico L, 16-8
3/10/17 at New Mexico L, 11-1
4/17/16 New Mexico L, 10-3
In Andrew Mitchel's last six starts, the Spartans have outscored opponents 40-21. This season, Mitchel is second in the Mountain West in strikeouts with 61.
Mitchel has been one of the most effective pitchers in the MW. In conference games, he holds a 3.90 ERA with a 3-0 record in 30.0 innings. He has allowed 13 earned runs, 12 walks, and struck out 31 batters.
In Mountain West play this season, Mitchel is ranked sixth in ERA at 3.90 - second in opposing batting average with .217 - Sixth in batters struck out with 31- Fourth in hits allowed with 23 - 11th in innings pitched at 30.0.
Double play
The Spartans are tied for fifth in the nation in double plays turning 44 in 38 games this season. They are second in the nation in double plays per game with an average of 1.16 per game. Last year, the Spartans turned 54 double plays all season.
Flash
In the last 28 games, Kellen Strahm has been one of the most effective hitters on the team batting .364 avg with an OB% of .438 during that span. He is also currently on a 12 game hit streak. He leads the team in walks with 23, triples with three, doubles with nine and stolen bases with six. 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 142 of the last 143 games for the Spartans. No San José State baseball player has more homers the last four seasons than Timmons with 24. He is currently second all-time in home runs with Robert Berns (1996-97). 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 .379 through 33 games with 50 hits and 27 RBI's.
This season, the senior has nine three hit games (four of them being consecutive). Bautista has two, double home run games this year.
Seniors
The Spartans are led by the five seniors in the starting lineup. This season, Shane Timmons, Brett Bautista, Chris Williams, Kyle Morrison, and David Campbell have combined to bat 216-for-674 (.320) with 31 doubles, six triples, 11 home runs, 136 RBI, and 292 TB.
Since 4/7/18 the seniors have batted .359 racking up 58 RBI in the 11-game span. They are part of a team that has recorded two 21 hit games this season. The last time the Spartans had two 20 hit games in a single season was in 2010.