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Arkansas State Baseball Travels To UALR To Begin Sun Belt Play This Weekend

Game 19-21 • at UALR • Little Rock, Ark.

vs. UALR (7-8, 0-0 SBC) - Friday, March 18,  6 p.m.
Sr. RHP Andy Ferguson (1-0, 4.50 ERA) vs. Sr. RHP Garrett Graziano (2-2, 3.33 ERA)
vs. UALR (7-8, 0-0 SBC) - Saturday, March 19,  4 p.m.
Jr. RHP Jacob Lee (1-2, 2.49 ERA) vs. Sr. RHP Travis Henke (0-0, 2.25 ERA)
vs. UALR (7-8, 0-0 SBC) - Sunday, March 20,  1 p.m.
Sr. RHP Brad Allen (2-1, 3.09 ERA) vs. Sr. RHP Calvin Drinnen (2-1, 2.29 ERA)

GAME TIME: The Arkansas State baseball team begins Sun Belt Conference action with a trip to UALR this weekend for a three-game series in Little Rock. Game time is set for 6 p.m. on Friday with a 4 p.m. matchup to follow on Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday.

THE OPPONENT:  UALR stands at 7-8 on the season with big wins past Oklahoma (7-0), Stephen F Austin (6-4, 3-0) and Bradley (11-7). As a team, the Trojans are batting .275 and own a team ERA of 4.21.     
    Jason Houston leads all regular starters and the team with 22 hits and a .379 batting average. Jake Rowell ranks second on the team with 18 hits and a .310 batting average, he also ranks second on the team with nine RBI and fourth with 10 runs scored. Justin Barnes leads the team with 11 RBI.
     The Trojans have two pitchers who have allowed no earned runs in relievers Andrew Loe and Ryan Montomery who are perfect on four combined appearances. Saturday starting pitcher Travis Henke leads the team with 14 strikeouts and owns a 2.25 ERA but has not gotten a result yet. Friday night starter Garret Graziano is second on the team with 13 strikeouts and owns a 2-2 record with a 3.33 ERA and leads the squad with 27.0 innings pitched. Calvin Drinnen is third on the team with 12 strikeouts and second with 19.2 innings pitched owning a 2-1 record with a 2.29 ERA. 

THE SERIES:  ASU is 52-37 against UALR in the two squads all-time series. During last season, ASU went 1-2 against the Trojans in the series at Tomlinson Stadium and Kell Field. ASU faces UALR at home this season as well when the Trojans travel to Jonesboro for a three game series May 19-21.

EMERY STREAK: Sophmore outfielder Ryan Emery currently leads the team with a 16-game hitting streak which dates back to the first weekend of the season. Emery leads the Red Wolves with a .451 batting average and 23 hits.

CASTALDO STREAK: Senior first baseman Jordan Castaldo's hitting streak came to an end over the weekend but not before he extended it to 24-games which puts him alone in second-place on the all-time leader board behind Kevin Tate who had the longest hitting streak in school history with a 28-game streak in 1991.

CONFERENCE LEADERS: Sophomore outfielder Ryan Emery ranks second in the conference with a .451 batting average while leading the league with an on base percentage of .569. Senior first baseman Jordan Castaldo ranks fourth in the league with a .532 on base percentage, seventh with seven doubles and hit by pitch and leads the conference in walks. Senior outfielder Todd Baumgartner leads the league in at bats with 78 and ranks second in total plate appearances with 85.
    Senior pitcher Sam Jew leads the conference with a .44 ERA, while Cory Kyle is tied for the lead in the conference with two saves. Junior Jacob Lee also leads the conference with 26 strikeouts while ranking seventh with 25.1 innings pitched. Daniel Wright also leads the conference with three runners picked off.

BAUMGARTNER GOES 5-5: Senior outfielder Todd Baumgartner went 5-5 against Austin Peay in Friday night's action including picking up two doubles, four runs scored and an RBI.

GAME ADDED: The Arkansas State baseball team has added a game to its schedule for Wednesday March 23rd against Lyon College.
    The game will replace the earlier rained out contest against Missouri State on the Red Wolves schedule. First pitch against Lyon College is set for 6:30 p.m. at Tomlinson Stadium and Kell Field.
    This will be the first time that Arkansas State has played Lyon College since the 2000 season. The Red Wolves are 8-1 against Lyon College in the two squads' all-time series.

SEASON SWEEP: With its 5-1 win over Murray State a couple of weeks ago, the Red Wolves completed a season-sweep of the Thoroughbreds. Earlier this season ASU picked up an 8-4 win at Tomlinson Stadium over Murray earlier this season.

BATTING LEADERS: Sophomore outfielder Ryan Emery and Castaldo lead the Red Wolves with .451 and .33 batting averages, respectively. Emery leads the squad with 23 hits which is followed by Baumgartner with 22 and Castaldo with 18. Senior catcher Tyler Smith leads the squad with 11 RBI and Emery who has 10 RBI. Castaldo leads the team with seven doubles followed by Baumgartner who has five doubles. Baumgartner leads the team with 16 runs scored and is 5-5 in stolen base attempts. Castaldo has 15 runs scored which ranks second on the team.

PITCHING LEADERS: Sam Jew ranks second on the team with six appearances on the hill and has the lowest ERA of any pitcher with more than two appearances at 0.44 which leads the conference. Jew has pitched 20.1 innings which ranks third on the team and has struck out 19. Jacob Lee leads the team with 26 strikeouts and 25.1 innings pitched, he also owns a 2.49 ERA and holds a 1-2 record. Cory Kyle has made eight appearances for ASU a team-high while striking out 16 and also has two saves and a 2-0 record with a 2.70 ERA.  

LEE PRESEASON SBC PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Arkansas State junior starting pitcher Jacob Lee was named the Sun Belt Conference Preseason Pitcher of the Year announced the league last week. Lee also earned a Preseason All-Conference nod.
    Lee is the top returning pitcher for the Red Wolves from last season whose pitching staff ranked third in the Sun Belt Conference. Lee had a team-best 3.80 ERA and worked to a 8-3 record including 92.1 innings pitched. Lee struck out a team-best 83 batters and held opponents to a .246 batting average. He owned a 6-2 record in league play and helped the Red Wolves to a 12-2 victory against Troy in the 2010 Sun Belt Conference tournament for which he earned all-tournament honors.

BAUMGARTNER EARNS ALL-CONFERENCE NOD: Senior outfielder Todd Baumgartner was named to the Sun Belt Conference preseason all-conference team. Baumgartner has one of the top returning bats for the Red Wolves and was a 2010 All-Sun Belt Conference selection. Last season, Baumgartner ranked second on the team with 42 RBI and had a .336 batting average. He also had 74 hits, 49 runs scored and 10 stolen bases. In the field, he was nearly perfect committing just one error in 112 chances for a .991 fielding percentage.

BASEBALL AMERICA ALL-SBC PRESEASON: Sophomore outfielder and junior RHP Jacob Lee earned preseason all-SBC honors by Baseball America. The Red Wolves were tabbed to finish sixth in the standings while Faulkner was called the best leadoff hitter in the league by Baseball America and Lee was tabbed as the second best pro prospect in the conference.

TOP RETURNERS: Although the Red Wolves lost its top bat from last year to the Kansas City Royals organization, ASU returns three of its top four batters from last year. Senior infielder Jordan Castaldo has ASU's top returning bat with a .363 batting average from last season. Castaldo had 74 hits with 30 runs scored and 39 RBI. Castaldo led ASU with 20 doubles and two home runs.
    Todd Baumgartner was named preseason all-conference and ranks second among ASU returners with a .336 batting average with 84 hits, 49 runs scored and 10 stolen bases. He also was nearly perfect in the field with a .991 fielding percentage.
    Michael Faulkner earned all-tournament honors last season after posting a .336 batting average which ranks second among returners and was third last year as a true freshman in 2010. Faulkner has 23 stolen bases last year and 55 runs scored on 81 hits. He also had 25 RBI.
    On the hill, ASU gets a pair of hot starters back in senior Andy Ferguson and junior Jacob Lee, who was named SBC Preseason Pitcher of the Year. Ferguson started in 15 games for the Red Wolves and made 16 appearances overall as the Red Wolves usual Friday night starter, he led the Red Wolves starters with 101.1 innings pitched surrendering just 118 hits and 53 earned runs for a 4.71 ERA and is one of the Red Wolves top returning pitchers from last year. He pitched one complete game and shared a shutout. Walked just 30 batters on the year and held opposing batters to just .291 batting average while recording 74 strikeouts

DICKINSON NAMED ASSISTANT COACH: Dickinson brings 10 years of coaching experience to the Red Wolves including four years at the Division I level working as a pitching coach at the University of Washington. During his career, Dickinson has worked with numerous Major League Baseball prospects including 2010 MLB All-Stars Tim Lincecum, John Lester and Evan Meek.
    Overall, Dickinson coached 13 drafted pitchers including a first and second round pick while at Washington. Dickinson served as an assistant coach at Montesano High School in 2009-10 where he led the squad to a 21-4 first-place league finish and an appearance in the state playoffs.
    Prior to his appointment at Washington, Dickinson served as head coach at Edmonds Community College where he led the squad to a third-place finish in the NWAACC Tournament and a 75-16 record as head coach, including a 40-8 conference mark. 
    Dickinson also served as head coach at Skyline High School in Issaquah in 2003, guiding the team to a 14-7 overall mark and a 13-5 conference record. He also served as pitching coach at Edmonds CC in 2000 and 2001.
    Aside from his work at Edmonds and Skyline, Dickinson has also served as pitching coach at Taylor Baseball, a top youth summer program, since 2001. Taylor took third place in the national AAU tournament in 2001 and in 2002, finished second at the USA Baseball Federation national tournament. During the 2005 summer season, Taylor finished second at the USABF World Series and completed the season with a 59-7-1 record.
    A native of Aberdeen, Wash., Dickinson graduated from Montesano High in 1994. After one year at Green River CC, he played three seasons of college baseball as a pitcher at Alabama-Birmingham, lettering in 1996, 1997 and 1998. In 1999, he earned a bachelor's degree in secondary education from UAB.

WREN NAMED VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH: A native of Hattiesburg, Miss., Wren joins the ASU staff after spending the last six years as owner and instructor of Wren Baseball and Softball Academy in Hattiesburg.  Prior to that, he was an assistant coach at Petal (Miss.) High School, where he coached the school's hitters to the highest team batting average in school history during the 2003-04 season.  Following his time at Petal High School, Wren was the offensive manager and hitting coach for the Baton Rouge River Bats, an independent professional team in Baton Rouge, La.
    Wren began his collegiate baseball career at Southern Mississippi, where he was named a freshman All-American following the 1996 season and first-team All-Conference USA following the 1997 season.  He transferred to Mississippi State prior to his senior season and earned first-team All-SEC honors and third-team All-America honors as a first baseman following the 1999 season.
    Following his career at Mississippi State, Wren was drafted in the 33rd round by the Los Angeles Dodgers and spent three seasons in the Dodgers organization, playing for the Yakima Bears, the Vero Beach Dodgers and the Los Angeles Dodgers during 2001 spring training.
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Players Mentioned

Jordan Castaldo

#14 Jordan Castaldo

INF
6' 1"
Junior
L/R
Jacob Lee

#37 Jacob Lee

RHP
6' 1"
Sophomore
R/R
Tyler Smith

#40 Tyler Smith

C
6' 0"
Junior
R/R
Brad Allen

#25 Brad Allen

RHP
6' 4"
Senior
R/R
Michael Faulkner

#10 Michael Faulkner

OF
5' 11"
Sophomore
L/L
Andy Ferguson

#34 Andy Ferguson

RHP
6' 1"
Senior
R/R
Sam Jew

#13 Sam Jew

RHP
6' 0"
Senior
R/R
Daniel Wright

#36 Daniel Wright

RHP
6' 2"
Sophomore
R/R

Players Mentioned

Jordan Castaldo

#14 Jordan Castaldo

6' 1"
Junior
L/R
INF
Jacob Lee

#37 Jacob Lee

6' 1"
Sophomore
R/R
RHP
Tyler Smith

#40 Tyler Smith

6' 0"
Junior
R/R
C
Brad Allen

#25 Brad Allen

6' 4"
Senior
R/R
RHP
Michael Faulkner

#10 Michael Faulkner

5' 11"
Sophomore
L/L
OF
Andy Ferguson

#34 Andy Ferguson

6' 1"
Senior
R/R
RHP
Sam Jew

#13 Sam Jew

6' 0"
Senior
R/R
RHP
Daniel Wright

#36 Daniel Wright

6' 2"
Sophomore
R/R
RHP
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