April 9, 2018
San Jose, Calif. --- The San José State baseball team will travel to Santa Clara to face their cross-town rivals at Stephen Schott Stadium Tuesday, April 10 at 6:00 p.m.
San José State vs Santa Clara
Tuesday • April 10, 2018 • 6:00 p.m. (PT) • Stephen Schott Stadium
Pitching Staff
This season, the 11 Spartan newcomers that have pitched on the roster have accounted for 146 of the 217 strikeouts this season. They have also recorded five 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: Santa Clara
Santa Clara is ahead in the all-time series 132-89
Previously this season the Spartans lost 4-1 at home to the Broncos.
Last 6 meetings
2/20/18 Santa Clara L, 4-1
4/4/17 at Santa Clara W, 13-8
3/29/17 Santa Clara W, 4-2
3/30/16 at Santa Clara L, 8-5
2/23/16 Santa Clara L, 7-4
5/12/15 Santa Clara L, 2-1 (11)
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 has 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 37 in 30 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 20 games Kellen Strahm has been one of the most effective hitters on the team. batting 28-for-85 (.329 avg) He also leads the team in walks with 17, triples with two, 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 134 of the last 136 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 .385 through 25 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.