Ball State University Athletics
Baseball Opens 2016 Season in Arizona
February 18, 2016 | Baseball
Game 1 - Ball State vs. No. 5 Oregon State
Friday, Feb. 19, 3 p.m. ET/1 p.m. MT
Live Audio | Live Stats
Game 2 - Ball State vs. Utah Valley
Friday, Feb. 19, 7 p.m. ET/3 p.m. MT
Live Audio | Live Stats
Game 3 - Ball State vs. Utah
Saturday, Feb. 20, 8 p.m. ET/6 p.m. MT
Live Audio | Live Stats
Game 4 - Ball State vs. Utah Valley
Sunday, Feb. 21, 12 p.m. ET/10 a.m. MT
Live Audio | Live Stats
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Projected Starting Pitchers
Game 1 - Zach Plesac, RHP (5-5, 3.27 ERA, 77 K in 2015)
Game 2 - Matt Haro, LHP (2-0, 5.24 ERA, 14 K in 2015) or Kevin Marnon, LHP (DNP in 2015)
Game 3 - Evan Korson, LHP (2-8, 5.05 ERA, 44 K in 2015 at NKU)
Game 4 - Kevin Marnon, LHP (DNP in 2015) or Brendan Burns, RHP (4-1, 7.58 ERA, 28 K in 2015)
Game Notes
Season Opener: This is the first time the Cardinals have ventured to the Southwest U.S. since 2008 when Ball State took on New Mexico State in a four-game set.
Series History: Ball State will be playing all three of these teams for the first time in program history.
Who's Back: The Cardinals have every position starter back from last year's team except Elbert Devarie. P Zach Plesac, the team's top pitcher, led the Cardinals in most of the pitching statistics last year including wins (five), games started (16), innings pitches (107.1), strikeouts (77) and ERA (3.27) on the way to earning All-Mid-American Conference second team honors.
OF Alex Call, a second team All-MAC honoree, led the Cardinals in batting average (.339), hits (78) and runs scored (45) while ranking second in slugging percentage (.465) and RBIs (42). Call put together a 16-game hitting streak in the middle of his sophomore campaign.
C Jarett Rindfleisch, a 2015 ABCA/Rawlings All-Mideast Region first team selection, stacked among the top three in the MAC in home runs (10), RBIs (47) and slugging percentage (.518) a year ago. The junior catcher made 56 starts as a sophomore and piled up a personal-high five RBIs in the 16-8 win over Buffalo on March 29.
Wins Vs. Ranked Teams: Ball State has notched at least one win over a ranked team in three straight seasons. Below are the wins over ranked programs since 2009:
2/28/15: 2-1 vs. #25 Illinois
3/7/14: 10-8 (10) vs. #22 Kentucky
4/17/13: 5-3 vs. #19 Indiana
2/20/10: 5-2 vs. #15 Arkansas
3/20/10: 5-1 vs. #7 Louisville
4/22/09: 20-8 vs. #23 Ohio State
