April 5, 2018
San Jose, Calif. --- The San José State University baseball team will play Nevada in a Mountain West three-game series starting Saturday, April 7 at 3:00 p.m. at Municipal Stadium. The Friday matchup between the two teams has been postponed and will be rescheduled.
San José State (10-17, 3-8, MW) vs Nevada (15-11, 9-3 MW)
Game one • TBA • Municipal Stadium
Game two • April 7 • 3:00 p.m. (PT) • Municipal Stadium
Game three • April 8 • 12:00 p.m. (PT) • Municipal Stadium
Pitching Staff
This season, the 11 Spartan newcomers that have pitched on the roster have accounted for 132 of the 194 strikeouts this season. They have also recorded half 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 16 big innings this season.
Series History: Nevada
The Spartans are ahead in the all-time series 91-85.
Last season, the Spartans swept Nevada at home.
Last 6 meetings
3/11/18 At Nevada L, 14-4
3/10/18 At Nevada L, 10-9
3/9/18 at Nevada L, 11-4
4/15/17 AT NEVADA L, 6-2
4/14/17 AT NEVADA L, 5-4
4/13/17 AT NEVADA W, 6-5
Goldberg & Mitchel
In the last 11 games, the Friday and Saturday starters for the Spartans have led the team to a 3-2 record. In games when Goldberg and Mitchel start, the Spartans have outscored opponents 26-21.
In the last 11 games that the duo have not started, the Spartans have been outscored, 51-16.
In Andrew Mitchel's last three starts, he has been one of the most effective pitchers in the Mountain West. He holds a 1.47 ERA with a 2-0 record in 18.1 innings. He has allowed just three runs and has 17 strikeouts to five walks.
In Mountain West play this season, Mitchel is ranked seventh in ERA at 3.57 - second in opposing batting average with .183 - 10th in innings pitched at 23.1 - Fourth in batters struck out with 18 - Third in wins with two.
In Josh Goldberg's last three starts, he has recorded two complete games and a 2.57 ERA through 21.0 innings. The senior has 10 strikeouts to seven walks and a 1-2 record. The senior from Long Beach, California threw 103 pitches in a career game high 9.0 innings. He is the first Spartan pitcher to throw a complete game victory since Kalei Contrades on May 21, 2014.
Double play
The Spartans are third in the nation in double plays turning 35 in 27 games this season. They are second in the nation in double plays per game with an average of 1.30 per game. Last year, the Spartans turned 54 double plays all season.
Flash
In the last 17 games Kellen Strahm has been one of the most effective hitters on the team. batting 23-for-72 (.319 avg) He also leads the team in walks with 14, triples with two, and stolen bases with five. Kellen 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 131 of the last 133 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 .405 through 22 games with 34 hits and 15 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.