SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San José State baseball team (20-30, 14-13 MW) hosts New Mexico (27-22, 16-11 MW) for a three-game series to end the regular season starting Thursday at 6:05 p.m. from Excite Ballpark and it can be seen on NBC Sports Bay Area.
POTENTIAL PITCHING MATCHUP:
THURSDAY: RHP Nolan George (2-1, 5.45 ERA) vs. RHP Dayne Pengelly (4-4, 6.95 ERA)
FRIDAY: LHP Micky Thompson (3-4, 6.18 ERA) vs. RHP Brett Russell (4-2, 6.12 ERA)
SATURDAY: TBA vs. TBA
NEWS AND NOTES:
- The Spartans are fighting for a spot in the Mountain West Championships with only the top four making the tournament
- SJSU is currently in fifth place due to a tiebreaker
- SJSU is third in the Mountain West with 65 home runs and first in the MW with 20 triples
- Hunter Dorraugh hit a home run at USF (5/7) and has 14 for the season which is good for fourth in the MW
- Dorraugh tied the single-season home run mark with Jeff Ball (1990) of 15 in 2022 and is one away from tying his own record now
- Dorraugh is the SJSU home run king with 39 home runs and has 43 for his career
- Dorraugh also leads the Spartans with 22 multi-hit games
- In his last six conference games, Dorraugh has hit .385 with three home runs, eight RBIs, one double, 10 hits and five runs scored with a .769 slugging pct.
- Dalton Bowling passed Kyle Bellows (146) as the all-time SJSU RBIs leader on 5/4 and has 154 career RBIs
- Bowling has 34 career home runs which is good for second in SJSU history
- In his last six conference games, Bowling has hit .423 with two home runs, three doubles, two triples, 11 hits, eight RBIs, six runs scored with a slugging pct. of .923
- In his last three conference games (at Air Force 5/3-5), Theo Hardy has hit .429 with two home runs including his first inside-the-park HR, one double, eight RBIs and three runs scored with a .929 slugging pct.
- Robert Hamchuk is on a career-best 16 game hit streak
- Hamchuk leads the MW in triples with five
- Jared Lewis during the three games at Air Force (5/3-5) hit .545 with six hits, his first career double, his first career triple and four runs scored with a .818 slugging pct. and a .545 on-base pct.
- On Sunday (5/12) in the Spartans 8-2 win at Cal, Sebastian Orduno went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double and two RBIs
- Matt Spear is on a 10-game hitting streak, earlier this season he had an 11-game hitting streak
UP NEXT: The Spartans will know after this weekend if they will play in the Mountain West Championships in San Diego, Calif. next week.
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