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NCAA Notes: Bulldogs Face William Jewell In Opening Game

Truman Baseball NCAA Regional Notes (May 14-17, 2015)
When:  Begins Thursday, May 14 through Sunday, May 17 (double elimination)
Where: St. Charles, Mo. | Lou Brock Sports Complex – Lindenwood University
Tournament Site: http://quhawks.com/sports/2015/5/11/BB_0511152832.aspx?path=baseball
Live Stream: http://quhawks.com/watch/
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/quincy/baseball/
Twitter: @TrumanAthletics || @TrumanBaseball || #TSUGameDay
 
Probable Starting Line-up
No.Pos.NameHt.Yr.2015 Stats
23BZak Larkin6-1Sr.2nd Team All-GLVC; .304 avg. 40 R, 24-28 SB
52BMichael Venturella5-9RFr..213 in 17 games, 9 RBIs
34LFPaul Trenhaile6-5Sr.1st Team All-GLVC; .381 avg 11 2Bs 43 RBIs
61BDave Gambino6-2Jr..383 avg 10 2Bs, 3 3Bs 5 HRs 37 RBIs
24
7		DH
DH		Chris Iliopoulos
Brendan Trimble		5-9
6-2		Jr.
Fr.		.290 avg. 2 HRs 17 RBIs
2nd Team All-GLVC, .331 avg. 9 2Bs
27
12		2B
SS		Kyle Smith
Blake Deaton		5-9
5-11		So.
Sr.		.259 in 27 games, 18 starts
.275 26 RBIs, 9-9 SB
5RFJarod Hahn6-0Sr.1st Team All-GLVC .257 avg. 7 HRs 39 RBIs
30
14		C
C		Wyatt Fones
Joey Gardner		6-1
6-0		So.
Jr.		.290 avg. 11 RBIs, 56% caught stealing against
.104 in 19 games, 14 starts
10CFT.J. Wood5-10Jr..335 avg. 12 2Bs 18 RBIs 12-18 SBs
 
Notables Off The Bench
No.Pos.NameHt.Yr.2015 Stats
9OFAdam Gregorich5-10Fr..208 avg. 23 games 1 HR 7 RBIs
25OFTyler Hill5-8So.21 games, 4-6 SBs
32OFJosh DeRouse5-10Sr.19 games, 5-of-22 (.227) 1-1 SBs
 
Starting Pitchers
No.Pos.NameHt.Yr.2015 Stats
3RHPKent Frantz5-11RFr.8-2; 2.44 ERA 7 CG, 2 SH 30 Ks 8 BB .272 o/avg.
11RHPMark Roberts6-1Jr.4-2; 3.62 ERA 1 SV 22 Ks 26 BB .300 o/avg.
17LHPCody Gardner6-2Sr.8-5 3.62 ERA 8 CG, 1 SH 28 Ks 17 BB .295 o/avg.
31RHPAlex Hoffmann6-1So.4-2, 4.24 ERA 1 CG 25 Ks, 14 BBs .317 o/avg.
 
Out of The Pen (By Appearance)
No.Pos.NameHt.Yr.2014 Stats
21RHPPeter Young6-2Fr.2-0; 0.77 ERA 19 App. 5 SVs .244 o/avg.
19RHPAustin Tinsley6-0RFr.0-4, 9.49 ERA 15 App. 3 SVs .339 o/avg.
29LHPNate Lukas6-4Fr.1-2; 9.90 ERA 10 App. .341 o/avg.
1LHPMatt Tometz6-0Fr.2-1; 2.87 ERA 9 App. .328 o/avg
22RHPSam Reuter6-3So.0-0; 5.79 ERA 7 App. .269 o/avg.
 
 
Staff
Head Coach: Dan Davis
Career Record: 142-311 || .313 || 9th season (all at Truman)
GLVC Record: 39-33 || .541 || 2nd season
 
Assistant Head Coach: Chris Fletcher (1st Season)
 
Historic Season Continues:
After a span of 51 years and 1,874 baseball games as Northeast Missouri State/Truman State University, the Bulldogs will be playing their first games in an NCAA Championship Tournament. Truman will face William Jewell on Thursday night at 7 p.m. in the NCAA Midwest Regional.
 
The six-team double-elimination tournament will crown the regional champion and send the winner to the NCAA Division II College World Series to be held in Cary, North Carolina.
 
The NCAA Tournament is made up of 48 teams, playing in eight regional sites with each regional winner advancing to Cary for a chance at the national title. The Midwest Region champion last season, the University of Southern Indiana, went on to win the national championship over Tampa (Fla.).
 
The Bulldogs and Cardinals, both making their first trip to the regional, are joined by top-seed Quincy (Ill.) Hawks, #2 Grand Valley (Mich.) State Lakers, #5 Drury (Mo.) Panthers and #6 Ashland (Ohio) Eagles.
 
Bulldogs/Cardinals Opening Game:
The two teams will meet for the fifth time this season and ninth time over the last two years. Truman and William Jewell split in Liberty back in March with the Cardinals winning two games on walk-off runs while Truman won the two seven-inning games.
 
In game one, Truman pounded out 13 hits off of starter Austin Kretchmar and led 3-0 after seven innings. The Cardinals scored all of their runs via the long ball. Hunter Brown hit a two-run shot in the eighth and Luke Lucchetti won the game with a two-run homer in the ninth. Mark Roberts pitched eight innings for Truman allowing six hits and striking out five. T.J. Wood was 3-for-4 with a pair of runs scored.
 
Game two saw the Bulldogs come back from a three-run deficit with two in the fourth and a four-run fifth to win 6-5. Cody Gardner went the distance for Truman and Nick Farleigh did so for the Cardinals. Jarod Hahn, Dave Gambino, Blake Deaton and T.J. Wood all had doubles with Gambino adding a two-run triple.
 
Jarod Hahn hit a pair of home runs and Kent Frantz picked up his fifth straight win in a 6-4 win in game three. Hahn hit two and Dave Gambino added another in the seventh as an insurance run. Frantz pitched six and a third and Austin Tinsley earned the save getting the final two outs. Preston Felgate tossed four innings and Chris Mancha pitched the final three to take the loss.
 
The finale saw the Cardinals rally with three runs in the final two innings to win 5-4. The Bulldogs led 4-2 on back-to-back homers from Jarod Hahn and Paul Trenhaile but Luke Lucchetti's solo shot in the eighth sparked the comeback. Bryan Rezin tied the game with an RBI single and Brian Porting won the game on a fielder's choice. Starters Alex Hoffmann and Billy Kirkpatrick both went six innings. Austin Tinsley took the loss and Dylan Pollock got the win. Pollock pitched the final three innings, allowing one hit and striking out five.
 
For the series, Paul Trenhaile hit .500 with four runs scored and a .529 on-base percentage. The Bulldogs hit five home runs in the four games with Jarod Hahn belting three and driving in five. Truman hit .344 for the series.
 
Luke Lucchetti earned the GLVC Hitter of the Week after going 8-of-11 (.727) with a double, triple and two home runs. Lucchetti drove in seven of the Cardinals 19 runs scored and had a 1.535 slugging percentage and a .692 on-base percentage during the series.
 
In the eight games played between the two teams over the past two years, five games have been decided by one run and the other three decided by no more than three.
 
What Happens Next:
A win by the Bulldogs will send them to the 7 p.m. Friday night game against the winner of the Grand Valley State/Drury game. A loss by the Bulldogs will pit them against the winner of the Quincy/Ashland contest at 3 p.m., also on Friday.
 
Truman is 2-3 against Quincy this year and lost to the Hawks in the GLVC Tournament last week 6-4. They are 2-2 against Drury this season with all four games played in Springfield. They have never faced Ashland or Grand Valley State.
 
Regional Team Breakdown:
TeamRecordLast 15B avg.Runs/GHRSB/SBAERASOBB
Quincy39-1514-1.3095.813360/843.56322186
GVSU34-1612-3.3116.922645/633.85245165
WJC37-179-6.3046.352747/703.92252128
Truman31-208-7.2995.582169/884.23171117
Drury31-22-113-2.3015.834055/694.52299124
Ashland36-179-6.3126.453058/724.0316393
 
 
Season Honors:
Six Bulldogs earned all-conference honors from the GLVC. (Release)
 
Kent Frantz was the GLVC Freshman of the Year and a first-team all-GLVC pitcher. He was joined on the first-team by seniors Paul Trenhaile and Jarod Hahn.
 
Second-team honorees were senior pitcher Cody Gardner, senior Zak Larkin and freshman Brendan Trimble.
 
In addition to all-GLVC, Trenhaile was named a Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District selection for the second straight year and was Truman's Male Outstanding Senior Student-Athlete winner.
 
Trenhaile, Dave Gambino and Blake Deaton all earned GLVC Hitter of the Week awards during the season and Frantz earned it on consecutive weeks back in mid-March.
 
 
Vs. Cancer Foundation:
The Bulldogs joined with the Vs-Cancer Foundation to raise money to cure kids' cancer this season. They have raised $5,708 dollars and are ranked 25 out of 66 teams during the challenge. The team goal was $5000 dollars.
 
As part of the campaign, following the March 22 game against McKendree, the Bulldogs shaved their heads in support. Here is a link to a story about the haircuts what was produced by KTVO http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=1181092
 
For more information or to donate visit: https://team.vs-cancer.org/fundraise/team?ftid=38051
 
Records Watch:
The Bulldogs have already shattered the school record for wins this year with 31. The previous high was last year with 26 and before that 21 in 1999. It is first time Truman will finish a season above the .500 mark since 1982 (17-12).
 
As a team, Truman has broken school records in hits (490), doubles (80), RBIs (252), Total Bases (651) and Saves (10). The .299 batting average is third best in single-season history, they are seven runs shy of tying the record of 292 from last year and currently has the best fielding percentage of any Bulldog squad a .968. The previous best was .961 in 2014.
 
Individual offensive season records, Paul Trenhaile broke his hits record from last year. Trenhaile has 75 this year after 71 in 2014. Dave Gambino has 67 which is third best.  Gambino is one triple away from tying the record with five. Trenhaile and Jarod Hahn is tied for third in runs scored with 42, seven away from tying the record. Zak Larkin is fifth.
 
Trenhaile and Hahn are both in the top 10 in RBIs. Trenhaile's 43 are third and Hahn's 39 are tied for sixth. The record is 50 held by Tony Vandemore in 1999.
 
Larkin's 24 stolen bases are fourth in a season, 11 off the school record held by Corbin Williams and six away from his 31 last year.
 
Individual pitching records look like this. Kent Frantz and Cody Gardner are tied with Jeff Birdsong's 1999 record of eight wins on the hill. Peter Young is tied with Dan Hillen (2005) and Doug Pisarek (1986) mark of five saves in a season.
 
Gardner needs six and a third innings pitched to tie the single-season mark of 93.1 set by Birdsong in 1999.
 
Career Legacies:
 
Four Bulldogs seniors will be featured in future editions of the Truman Baseball Record Book:
Paul Trenhaile
  • Has a career .360 batting average which is currently third all-time (1st - .370 – Aaron Royster)
  • 229 hits, currently first  all-time
  • 34 doubles, currently fourth all-time (Next: Josh Rubin - 36)
  • 6 triples, currently tied ninth all-time (Next: Three Players – 7)
  • 127 RBIs, currently tied for first all time
  • 124 runs scored, currently third all time (Next: Mike Kubinski - 133)
  • 308 total bases, currently first all time
  • 1423 total chances, currently first all time
  • 1319 putouts, currently first all time
Jarod Hahn
  • 197 games played, currently first all time
  • 642 at bats, currently third all time (Next: Steven Rose - 669)
  • 185 hits, currently tied seventh all time (Next: Josh Rubin – 184/186)
  • 120 runs scored, currently fourth all time (Next: Zak Larkin - 131)
  • 32 doubles, currently tied for seventh all time (Next: Keaton Jones & Pat Hardin - 33)
  • 105 RBIs, currently fourth all time (Next: Devon Myers - 111)
  • 256 total bases, currently tied for eighth all time (Next: Patrick Hardin – 256)
Zak Larkin
  • 196 games played, currently second all time (Next Jarod Hahn: 197)
  • 684 at bats, currently first all time
  • 137  runs scored, currently first all time
  • 194 hits, currently tied third all time (Next: Devon Myers - 197)
  • 85 walks, currently third all time (Next: Aaron Royster - 86)
  • 84 stolen bases, currently first all time
  • 109  stolen base attempts, currently first all time
  • 786 total chances, currently sixth all time (Next: Devon Myers - 791)
  • 441 assists, currently second all time (Next: Steve Rose – 582)
Cody Gardner
  • 14 career wins, first all time
  • 51 appearances, tied third all time  (Next: Michael Stair – 55)
  • 13 complete games, tied third all time (Next: Mike Dahlberg – 15)
  • 181.0 innings pitched, eight all time (Next: Charlie Gavin – 185.1)
 
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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
Zak Larkin.

#2 Zak Larkin.

SS/2B
6' 1"
Senior
R/R
Sam Reuter

#22 Sam Reuter

RHP
6' 3"
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
Zak Larkin.

#2 Zak Larkin.

6' 1"
Senior
R/R
SS/2B
Sam Reuter

#22 Sam Reuter

6' 3"
Sophomore
R/R
RHP