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Big Road Series Ahead For Truman Baseball

Truman Baseball Notes (April 16-17, 2016)
Twitter: @TrumanAthletics || @TrumanBaseball || #BewareofDog
 
 
Games #30-33: Truman (14-19, 6-6 GLVC) vs. Missouri S&T (21-11, 7-5 GLVC)
When: Saturday, April 16 || 12:00 p.m. (DH – 9/7)
Sunday, April 17 || 12:00 p.m. (DH – 7/9)
Where: Rolla, Mo.  || S&T Ballpark   
Live Stats  
2016 Stats: Truman || Maryville || GLVC  || NCAA 
 

Twitter: @TrumanAthletics || @TrumanBaseball || #TSUGameDay
 
Staff
Head Coach: Dan Davis
Career Record: 160-330 || .326 || 10th season (all at Truman)
GLVC Record: 45-39 || .535 || 3rd season
 
Assistant Head Coach: Zak Larkin (1st Season)
 
The First Pitch:
The first half of GLVC play will see the Truman Baseball team travel to Missouri S&T for a critical four-game conference series this weekend. The Bulldogs are a game out of a four-way tie for first place in the West Division with Missouri S&T one of those teams Truman is chasing. Truman is 6-6 in conference having split each of the previous three league weekends while the Miners are 7-5 after taking three of four from Drury and splitting their last two series against Quincy and Rockhurst.
 
It will be a series of "cat and mouse" with both teams atop the GLVC in stolen bases. Truman leads the league with 56 thefts in 76 attempts while S&T is second with 53 steals in 77 attempts. T.J. Wood leads the conference with 19 steals and the Miners' Eli Miller is second with 16. On the other side of the ledger, the Miners have allowed 41 steals and a 35% caught stealing percentage while Truman has allowed 21 stolen bases and have caught 40% of potential base stealers.
 
Players to Watch:
For the Bulldogs, junior shortshop Nick Agliolo is ninth in the GLVC in hitting with a .398 batting average and seventh in on-base percentage at .482. He is tied for ninth in hits with 45 and had a 15-game hitting streak to start the season. Freshman right fielder Mason King is second on the team with 12 stolen bases and has reached base in 17 straight games. Sophomore left fielder Adam Gregorich is hitting .351 and junior first baseman Dave Gambino is hitting .310 and tied with Agliolo for the team lead in RBIs with 25.
 
Last week's starting pitchers with wins, juniors Alex Hoffmann and Tyler Spencer, lead the staff in fewest walks issued. Both Hoffmann (4-1) and Spencer (2-2) have walked six batters apiece. Sophomore Kent Frantz (2-4) has 33 Ks to lead the staff and three complete games.  
 
Sophomore closer Peter Young holds the career saves record (14) and holds the single-season saves record at eight this year. He is third in the GLVC in saves behind Missouri-St. Louis' Austin Simokaitis (11) and the University of Indianapolis' Dylan Stutsman (9).
 
For the Miners, Eli Miller is fourth in the GLVC in hitting at .420 on the season. Miller has six doubles, a triple and 22 RBIs and leads the Miners in stolen bases with 16. Nick Ulrich is batting .354 and paces the Miners with 11 doubles, five home runs and 33 RBIs.
 
S&T has a team ERA of 4.39 with starter Aaron Bedsworth one win off the conference lead with a 6-2 record and is sixth in the GLVC in strikeouts with 46. Bedsworth has started eight games and has a 2.81 ERA.  
 
Last Year vs. Missouri S&T:
The Bulldogs took three of four from the Miners in Kirksville last year but Mother Nature was another plotline in the series. Game one of the set saw almost four hours of delays due to lighting and rain. After an hour plus delay at the start, Truman scored six runs in the bottom of the first but after the Miners tied it at 7 in the top of the fifth, Truman grabbed an 8-7 lead in their half of the inning.  The two teams waited out a two hour and 30 minute delay in the seventh before the Bulldogs held on to the 8-7 victory.
 
Dave Gambino's walkoff home run in the bottom of the seventh off of Aaron Bedsworth gave the Bulldogs a 2-1 victory in game two. The Miners took the lead in the top of the seventh with two outs but Paul Trenhaile singled in the bottom of the seventh and Gambino followed with fourth HR of the season to make Kent Frantz a seven-game winner.
 
With the series pushed to Monday because of rain, current Miners pitching coach and former Bulldog starter scattered five hits in earning a complete-game 6-0 victory in game three. Cody Gardner shutout the Miners with allowing five hits and three walks with 15 ground ball outs and Gambino drove in two in the Truman win.
 
The Bulldogs could not get the sweep as the Miners put up a 5-spot in the third inning and led 6-0 before prevailing in the series finale 6-2.Keith Coulson got the win for S&T and Reed Brown was 3-for-4 with a run scored.
 
Home Run Homer:
 
Player – Inning/Game (Season/Career HR)
Dave Gambino - 5th Inning Game 3 vs. Lincoln solo (1/7) *
Jason Priest  - 5th Inning Game 3 vs. Lincoln solo (1/1)
Nick Agliolo – 1st Inning Game 8 vs. Bemidji solo (1/1)
Adam Gregorich – 5th Inning Game 12 vs. Lewis Grand Slam (1/2)
Dave Gambino – 3rd Inning Game 14 vs. Lewis one on (2/8)
Mason King – 5th Inning Game 14 vs. Lewis solo (1/1) *
Dave Gambino – 5th Inning Game 17 vs. Missouri Western two-on (3/9)
Jason Priest – 3rd Inning Game 19 vs. Augustana Grand Slam (2/2)
Charlie Kreh – 9th Inning Game 25 vs. Quincy solo (1/1)
Brendan Trimble – 3rd Inning Game 26 vs. Drury solo (1/1) *
Nick Agliolo – 4th Inning Game 26 vs. Drury one on (2/2)
Charlie Kreh – 7th Inning Game 26 vs. Drury solo (2/2) *
Nick Agliolo – 1st inning Game 27 vs. Drury solo (3/3)
Joey Gardner – 2nd Inning Game 27 vs. Drury solo (1/1)*
 
*leadoff home runs
 
The Bulldogs had not hit a grand slam since 2010 but have hit two this season.
 
The three home runs hit against Drury in Game 26 was only the 11th time in school history that a team has hit three or more in a single game. The last was on March 29 at William Jewell. The school record for home runs in a game is seven, done twice. The first was in 1983 against Westminster and the next was in 1993 against Pittsburg State.
 
Quick Hits:
  • Opponents have scored in the first inning of games 16 out of 33 games played and are 9-7 in those games. Opponents have scored first against Truman in 27 games and are 17-10.
  • Opponents have outscored the Bulldogs 40-23 in the first inning and the highest scoring inning has been the third at 45-29 in favor of the opponents.
  • Mark Roberts and Tanner Forck have the team's only combine shutout thus far, a 7-0 seven-inning victory over Bemidji State on March 4.
  • Truman has been shutout once this year, an 8-0 loss to Augustana on March 19, a seven-inning game.
  • The Bulldogs are 7-9 in nine-inning games with two needed extra innings (both losses) and 7-10 in seven-inning games with one (a loss) only going five innings due to darkness.
  • Truman has had over 10 hits in 17 games this season with a high of 17 in a victory over Saint Joseph's (Ind.). The Bulldogs are 10-7 in those 17 games, with two being extra inning losses.
  • Nick Agliolo has 13 multi-hit games including a 4-for-6 performance against Southern Indiana.
  • Brendan Trimble has 11, including four three-hit games and Jason Priest and Dave Gambino has 10 multi-hit contest.
  • Three Bulldogs have turned in four-hit games. Agliolo against Southern Indiana, Mason King (4-for-4) against Missouri Western and Dave Gambino (4-for-5) against Drury.
  • Agliolo had the longest hitting streak of any 'Dog this year as he hit safely in the first 15 games.
  • Mason King has reached base in a season-long 17 straight games (current) while Agliolo and Fones are on 10-game reached base streaks.
  • Fones has the current longest active hitting streak at 10 games.
  • Dave Gambino (First Base), Nick Agliolo (Shortstop) and T.J. Wood (Center Field) have played and started each game at those respective positions.
  • Gambino (3rd) and Trimble (5th) have been placed in the batting order in those spots for all 33 games.
  • Mark Roberts (8), Kent Frantz (8), Nate Lukas (4), Brad Molski (4), Adrian Morris (1), Sam Reuter (3), Tyler Spencer (3) and Alex Hoffman (2) have made the pitching starts this season.
  • Truman played 22 straight home games during the month of March and are scheduled to play 31 games in Kirksville this year.
 
Bulldogs In The GLVC:
 
Truman is 5-3-11 in GLVC four-game series since joining the league in 2014. They have one four-game sweep, at Southern Indiana in 2015 and have been swept one time at home against Drury in 2014. The Bulldogs last series win was in 2015 against Missouri S&T (five series ago) and last series loss was at Rockhurst in 2014 (13 series ago).
 
The Bulldogs have had eight doubleheader sweeps in conference play with three coming on day one and five on day two.
 
Opponents have swept Truman 10 times in the past three years in doubleheader. Seven of the 10 have occurred on the second day of the series, one was the middle day of a three-game set.
 
Career Record Watch:
Mark Roberts is Truman's career leader in innings pitched. Roberts surpassed Kyle Veazey (220.1) earlier this season and has pitched 243.0 innings over the course of 48 appearances and 38 starts. His 11 career wins is fifth in Truman history. He is now in the top 10 of career Bulldogs in appearances while his next start will bring him three away from the all-time record of 42 held by Veazey.
 
Peter Young's 14 career saves is five better than the former record of nine held by Dan Hillen from 2003-2005. Young has converted on all 14 save opportunities in his career.
 
Dave Gambino's 660 putouts are fourth on Truman's career list.
 
 
GLVC West Primer:
 
After three weeks of conference games, a four-way tie exists between Quincy, William Jewell, Missouri S&T and Rockhurst at 7-5. The Bulldogs are a game back at 6-6. Drury and Missouri-St. Louis are next at 5-7 and Maryville brings up the rear at 4-8. Four of the six teams overall in the GLVC with over 20 wins reside in the GLVC West led by William Jewell and Indianapolis' 22 regular season wins.  
 
Truman (6-6) at Missouri S&T (7-5)
Quincy (7-5) at Quincy (5-7)
Rockhurst (7-5) at Missouri-St. Louis (5-7)
William Jewell (7-5) at Maryville (4-8)
 
The top four teams in the division will advance to the GLVC Postseason Tournament in Westfield, Indiana that will run from May 12-15.
 
Preseason Polls:
In the GLVC Preseason Coaches' Poll, Truman was picked third in the West Division behind Quincy and Drury. The Hawks picked up 12 first place votes and had 117 points, Drury had one first place vote and 96 total and Truman had two first place tallies and 91 total votes.
 
 
The University of Indianapolis earned 11 first place votes to sit atop the poll for the GLVC East Division with Southern Indiana gaining the other five first place votes and totaled 105 points.
 
 
This season, the GLVC will play exclusively within their divisions to decide postseason tournament berths. The top four in each Division will gain spots in the tournament to be played in Westfield, Indiana in mid-May.
 
 
Up Next:
Truman will step outside of divisional play with a non-conference single-game against Illinois Springfield on Tuesday at home. The game will start another nine-game home stand with Missouri-St. Louis coming to Kirksville next weekend.
 
The Prairie Stars are 17-14 overall and 6-6 in the GLVC East and will be coming off a four-game home series with Bellarmine. Last season, the Bulldogs won three of four from UIS in early March.
 
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Cody Gardner

#17 Cody Gardner

LHP
6' 2"
Senior
R/L
Paul Trenhaile

#34 Paul Trenhaile

1B
6' 5"
Senior
R/R
Kent Frantz

#3 Kent Frantz

RHP
6' 0"
Sophomore
R/R
Dave Gambino

#6 Dave Gambino

OF/1B
6' 1"
Junior
L/L
Joey Gardner

#14 Joey Gardner

C
6' 0"
Senior
R/R
Adam Gregorich

#9 Adam Gregorich

OF
5' 10"
Sophomore
L/R
Alex Hoffmann

#31 Alex Hoffmann

RHP
6' 1"
Junior
R/R
Nate Lukas

#25 Nate Lukas

LHP
6' 4"
Sophomore
L/L
Sam Reuter

#22 Sam Reuter

RHP
6' 3"
Junior
R/R
Mark Roberts

#11 Mark Roberts

RHP
6' 1"
Senior
R/R
Tyler Spencer

#29 Tyler Spencer

RHP
6' 190"
Junior
R/R
Brendan Trimble

#7 Brendan Trimble

3B/1B
6' 2"
Sophomore
L/R

Players Mentioned

Cody Gardner

#17 Cody Gardner

6' 2"
Senior
R/L
LHP
Paul Trenhaile

#34 Paul Trenhaile

6' 5"
Senior
R/R
1B
Kent Frantz

#3 Kent Frantz

6' 0"
Sophomore
R/R
RHP
Dave Gambino

#6 Dave Gambino

6' 1"
Junior
L/L
OF/1B
Joey Gardner

#14 Joey Gardner

6' 0"
Senior
R/R
C
Adam Gregorich

#9 Adam Gregorich

5' 10"
Sophomore
L/R
OF
Alex Hoffmann

#31 Alex Hoffmann

6' 1"
Junior
R/R
RHP
Nate Lukas

#25 Nate Lukas

6' 4"
Sophomore
L/L
LHP
Sam Reuter

#22 Sam Reuter

6' 3"
Junior
R/R
RHP
Mark Roberts

#11 Mark Roberts

6' 1"
Senior
R/R
RHP
Tyler Spencer

#29 Tyler Spencer

6' 190"
Junior
R/R
RHP
Brendan Trimble

#7 Brendan Trimble

6' 2"
Sophomore
L/R
3B/1B