April 30, 2018
San Jose, Calif. --- The San José State University baseball team (19-22) takes its five-game win streak to Pacific (17-25) Tuesday, May 1 at 6:00 p.m. at the Klein Family Field.
San José State (19-22) vs Pacific (17-25)
Tuesday • May 1, 2018 • 6:00 p.m. • Klein Family Field
Pitching Staff
This season, the 11 Spartan newcomers that have pitched on the roster have accounted for 207 of the 316 strikeouts this season. They have also recorded 11 of the team's wins.
Big innings (four or more runs) have plagued the San José State baseball team this season. The team has given up 20 big innings this season.
Tuesday
RHP Josh Zanger (1-2) vs RHP Hayden Pearce (1-1)
Series History: Pacific
The Spartans are ahead in the all-time series 91-79.
The two squads are 3-3 against each other in their last six meetings.
LAST 6 MEETINGS
3/21/17 AT PACIFIC L, 12-10
3/7/17 PACIFIC W, 9-2
4/26/16 AT PACIFIC W, 9-7
3/1/16 PACIFIC W, 8-7
3/6/14 PACIFIC L, 5-1
2/19/14 AT PACIFIC L, 2-1
In Andrew Mitchel's last seven starts, the Spartans have outscored opponents 45-25. This season, Mitchel is second in the Mountain West in strikeouts with 72, third in opposing batting average at .216, and first in doubles allowed with five.
Mitchel has been one of the most effective pitchers in the MW. In conference games, he holds a 4.14 ERA with a 4-0 record in 37.0 innings. He has allowed 17 earned runs, 13 walks, and struck out 42 batters. The junior has allowed just one extra base hit in six MW games.
Mitchel's rankings: has the most wins in the MW with four - ninth in ERA at 4.14 - second in opposing batting average with .208 - Second in batters struck out with 42 - Seventh in hits allowed with 27 - eighth in innings pitched at 37.0.
Tevin Cadola holds a 3.76 ERA through 26.1 innings. This season, the junior has allowed 11 earned runs along with 27 strikeouts to 11 walks.
In conference play, he has been even more effective. He holds a 2.57 ERA in 21.0 innings and is averaging a hit per inning. He has allowed just six earned runs and has 23 strikeouts to 10 walks. He ranks fifth in ERA (2.57), ninth in opposing batting average (.269), Fourth in earned runs (6), third in hits allowed (21).
Double play
The Spartans are tied for fourth in the nation in double plays turning 48 in 41 games. They lead the nation in double plays per game with an average of 1.17 per game. Last year, the Spartans turned 54 double plays all season.
Flash
In the last 31 games, Kellen Strahm has been one of the most effective hitters on the team batting .358 with an OB% of .432 during that span. He is also currently on a 15 game hit streak. He leads the team in walks with 24, triples with three, doubles with 10 and stolen bases with seven. 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 145 of the last 147 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 returned 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 36 games with 55 hits and 28 RBI's.
This season, the senior has 10 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, they have batted 236-for-731 (.322), with 32 doubles, six triples, 11 home runs, 142 RBI, and 313 TB.
Since 4/7/18, the seniors have batted .357 racking up 64 RBI in the 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.