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Baseball Notes: Bulldogs Head To Oklahoma Panhandle To Open Season

Truman Baseball Weekend Notes (February 14-15, 2015)
Games #1-4: Truman (0-0, 0-0 GLVC) at Oklahoma Panhandle State (0-7; 0-2 GAC)
When: Saturday, February 14 – Sunday, February 15, 2015 | Noon (DH)
Where: Goodwell, Okla. | Aggie Baseball Field
Live Stream: None Available
Live Stats: None Available
Stats: Truman (not available yet) | GLVC (not available yet)
Twitter: @TrumanAthletics || @TrumanBaseball || #TSUGameDay
Returning Position Players
No.Pos.NameHt.Yr.2014 Stats
2SS/2BZac Larkin6-1Sr..291 in 54 games; 31 of 43 SBs
5OFJarod Hahn6-0Sr.2nd Team All-GLVC; .315 in 52 games; 34 RBIs
6OF/1BDave Gambino6-2So..267 in 45 games, 21 RBIs
10OFT.J. Wood5-10Jr..159 in 31 games; 4 of 6 SBs
12SSBlake Deaton5-11Sr..292 in 54 games; 16 SBs; 36 RBIs
16SS/2BMichael Venturella5-9RFr.Redshirt Season
252B/OFTyler Hill5-8So.Six runs scored in 17 games as PR
27SS/2BKyle Smith5-9So..165 in 40 games; 5 RBIs
281BAndrew Range6-2So.No offensive stats
30C/3BWyatt Fones6-1So..255 in 27 games; 19 of 36 CSBs
32OFJosh DeRouse5-10Sr..150 in 23 games
341BPaul Trenhaile6-5Sr.2nd Team All-GLVC; .378 in 54 games; 39 RBIs
 
Returning Pitchers
No.Pos.NameHt.Yr.2014 Stats
3RHPKent Frantz5-11RFr.Redshirt Season
11RHPMark Roberts6-1Jr.2-5; 3.92 ERA 12 app., 11 starts 78.0 IP
17LHPCody Gardner6-2Sr.5-7; 3.16 ERA 18 app., 8 starts 62.2 IP
19RHPAustin Tinsley6-0RFr.Redshirt Season
22RHPSam Reuter6-3So.2-2; 7.51 ERA 11 app, 8 starts 38.1 IP
26RHPJoe Landers III6-0RFr.Redshirt Season
28RHPAndrew Range6-2So.No pitching stats
31RHPAlex Hoffmann6-1So.4-3; 5.03 ERA 14 app, 8 starts 59.0 IP
35RHPJohn Scofield6-2Sr.No pitching stats
 
New Players
No.Pos.NameHt.Yr.Extra
4UTTrevor Bell5-11So.Transfer from Garden City CC
73B/SSBrendan Trimble6-2Fr.O'Fallon, Mo./Francis Howell HS
8CJon Lyons5-10Fr.Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln East HS
9OFAdam Gregorich5-10Fr.Lithia, Fla./Newsome HS
14CJoey Gardner6-0Jr.Transfer from St. Charles CC
15LHPAlec Beuttel6-2Fr.Jerseyville, Ill./Jersey Community HS
21RHPPeter Young6-2Fr.Springfield, Ill./Sacred Heart-Griffin HS
23LHPChris Beckmann6-3Fr.Wentzville, Mo./Francis Howell HS
243BChris Iliopoulos5-9Jr.Transfer from Spoon River College
29LHPNate Lukas6-4Fr.Grafton, Wisc./Grafton HS
33OF/1BAlex Michaud6-2Fr.Transfer from University of Albany
 
Staff
Head Coach: Dan Davis
Career Record: 111-291 || .276 || 9th season (all at Truman)
GLVC Record: 18-18 || .500 || 2nd season
 
Assistant Head Coach: Chris Fletcher (1st Season)
 
First Pitch:
The 50th season of Truman Baseball will get underway this weekend in Goodwell, Oklahoma as the Bulldogs will face Oklahoma Panhandle State for the first time ever. The teams will play a four-game series with doubleheaders scheduled for Saturday and Sunday beginning at noon.
 
The "modern-era" of Bulldog Baseball began in 1966 with several years of the sport being played on the Kirksville campus prior to World War II. It resumed under the direction of Sam Nugent, a recent inductee in the Truman Athletics Hall of Fame, when the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Association started sponsoring a championship.
 
Last season, the Bulldogs set a new school record with 26 victories and advanced to the semifinals of the Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament in the first season of GLVC membership. The team hit .289, the highest batting average in over a decade and shattered the school mark in stolen bases with 118, 41 more than the previous mark set in 1999.
 
The Bulldogs return two second team all-conference performers from a year ago in outfielder Jarod Hahn and first baseman Paul Trenhaile. Hahn it .315 with 34 RBIs and 16 multi-hit games while Trenhaile broke the single-season hit record with 71 and was among the conference leaders with a .378 batting average. Trenhaile enters his senior season third in career batting at Truman at .351, tenth in hits at 154 and 11th in RBIs with 84.
 
Records Watch:
Paul Trenhaile is already the Truman career leader in total chances (1,209) and putouts (1,122). At the plate, Trenhaile is 43 hits away from the Truman career hits record of 197 and is 38 RBIs away from the top of that stat category.
 
Larkin is the king of career stolen bases at Truman with 60 and is in the Truman top 10 in runs scored, walks and assists.

About the Aggies:
OPSU has been in action seven times so far this season and have dropped all seven games, all at home. Last weekend, they hosted the OPSU Round Robin where they lost 9-4 and 16-1 to Colorado School of Mines and 9-2 and 5-3 to Newman (Kan.) University.
 
As a team, they have hit .175 with two home runs and 11 RBIs. Indidviudally, Chase Graf leads the team with a .267 batting average, collecting four hits in 15 at bats.
 
On the mound, the team has a 7.42 ERA with starters Walker Rainwater, Patrick Gonzales and Samuel Beattie all starting 0-2 on the season.
 
The Aggies were 12-37 last season and 2-27 in the Great America Conference.
 
Bulldogs Picked Fourth in GLVC West Preseason Poll:
The GLVC Coaches Poll was released on February 4 with defending national champion Southern Indiana and Quincy (Ill.) picked to win their respective divisions. Southern Indiana sits atop the East Division picking up 14 of 16 first-place votes while Quincy was in a dead heat with Drury (Mo.) for the top spot in the west. The Hawks totaled 113 points to Drury's 112 with each school splitting the eight first-place votes.
 
The Bulldogs were in a similar heat with Missouri-St. Louis with the Tritons getting the edge and the number three spot in the west with 79 points to Truman's 77.
 
Truman will play all seven GLVC West Division opponents – William Jewell (Road March 28-29), Rockhurst (Home April 3-4), Drury (Road April 10-12), Missouri S&T (Home April 18-19), Missouri-St. Louis (Road April 25-26), Maryville (Home May 1-3) and Quincy (Home April 1; Road April 14). The Bulldogs will play Southern Indiana on the road to start GLVC play on March 13-15 and McKendree (Ill.) from the East Division at home on March 21-22.
 
Up Next:
The Bulldogs are slated to open up the home portion of their schedule on Saturday, February 20 when they host Arkansas-Fort Smith for a four-game weekend series at the Bulldog Baseball Park.
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Players Mentioned

Blake Deaton

#12 Blake Deaton

SS
5' 11"
Senior
R/R
Josh DeRouse

#32 Josh DeRouse

OF
5' 10"
Senior
R/R
Wyatt Fones

#30 Wyatt Fones

C/3B
6' 1"
Sophomore
R/R
Kent Frantz

#3 Kent Frantz

RHP
5' 11"
Redshirt Freshman
R/R
Dave Gambino

#6 Dave Gambino

OF/1B
6' 2"
Sophomore
L/L
Cody Gardner

#17 Cody Gardner

LHP
6' 2"
Senior
R/L
Joey Gardner

#14 Joey Gardner

C
6' 0"
Junior
R/R
Jarod Hahn

#5 Jarod Hahn

OF
6' 0"
Senior
L/R
Tyler Hill

#25 Tyler Hill

2B/OF
5' 8"
Sophomore
R/R
Alex Hoffmann

#31 Alex Hoffmann

RHP
6' 1"
Sophomore
R/R
Joe Landers III

#26 Joe Landers III

RHP
6' 0"
Redshirt Freshman
R/R
Andrew Range

#28 Andrew Range

1B/RHP
6' 2"
Sophomore
R/R

Players Mentioned

Blake Deaton

#12 Blake Deaton

5' 11"
Senior
R/R
SS
Josh DeRouse

#32 Josh DeRouse

5' 10"
Senior
R/R
OF
Wyatt Fones

#30 Wyatt Fones

6' 1"
Sophomore
R/R
C/3B
Kent Frantz

#3 Kent Frantz

5' 11"
Redshirt Freshman
R/R
RHP
Dave Gambino

#6 Dave Gambino

6' 2"
Sophomore
L/L
OF/1B
Cody Gardner

#17 Cody Gardner

6' 2"
Senior
R/L
LHP
Joey Gardner

#14 Joey Gardner

6' 0"
Junior
R/R
C
Jarod Hahn

#5 Jarod Hahn

6' 0"
Senior
L/R
OF
Tyler Hill

#25 Tyler Hill

5' 8"
Sophomore
R/R
2B/OF
Alex Hoffmann

#31 Alex Hoffmann

6' 1"
Sophomore
R/R
RHP
Joe Landers III

#26 Joe Landers III

6' 0"
Redshirt Freshman
R/R
RHP
Andrew Range

#28 Andrew Range

6' 2"
Sophomore
R/R
1B/RHP