UNIVERSITY OF UTAH. This Week In Utah Baseball. Utah Possible Starters. Sports Information Schedule/Results

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1 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Sports Information Associate AD: Liz Abel Associate SID: Mike Lageschulte 1825 E. South Campus Drive-Front Salt Lake City, UT Assistant SID: Andy Seeley Phone: Fax: Assistant SID: Scott Pettett For Immediate Release February 22, 2006 Contact: Andy Seeley 2006 Schedule/Results Feb at New Mexico State... L 4-1 Feb. 5 - at New Mexico State... L 12-5 Feb. 6 - at New Mexico State...W 21-9 Feb at Texas-San Antonio... L 5-4 Feb at Texas-San Antonio...W 10-1 Feb at Texas-San Antonio... L 9-6 Feb at UC Davis...W 3-2 Feb at UC Davis... L 9-1 Feb at UC Davis...W 9-6 Feb vs. Missouri TX A&M...Noon Feb at Texas A&M... 6 p.m. Feb TX A&M...Noon Feb Missouri TX A&M...Noon March 9 - at Southern... 1 p.m. March 10 - at Southern... 1 p.m. March 11 - at Southern... 1 p.m. March 14 - at BYU... 7 p.m. March 17 - Portland... 2 p.m. March 18 - Portland... 1 p.m. March 19 - Portland... 1 p.m. March 20 - New Mexico State... 2 p.m. March 21 - New Mexico State... 2 p.m. March 24 - at St. Mary s (Calif.)... 3 p.m. March 25 - at St. Mary s (Calif.)... 3 p.m. March 26 - at St. Mary s (Calif.)... 2 p.m. March 30 - at San Diego State*... 7 p.m. March 31 - vs. Air SDSU... 3 p.m. April 1 - vs. SDSU...11 a.m. April 2 - vs. New SDSU... 12:30 p.m. April 4 - Valley State - Ute Field... 3 p.m. April 6 - at Valley State... 7 p.m. April 7 - Valley State - Ute Field... 3 p.m. April 8 - at Valley State... 7 p.m. April 11 - Southern - Ute Field... 3 p.m. April 13 - at San Diego State*... 7 p.m. April 14 - at San Diego State*... 7 p.m. April 15 - at San Diego State*... 2 p.m. April 18 - Southern - Ute Field... 3 p.m. April 21 - at New Mexico*...Noon April 22 - at New Mexico*... 6 p.m. April 23 - at New Mexico*... 1 p.m. April 25 - at Valley State... 7 p.m. April 28 - UNLV*... 6 p.m. April 29 - UNLV*... 6 p.m. April 30 - UNLV*... 6 p.m. May 5 - at TCU*... 6 p.m. May 6 - at TCU*... 1 p.m. May 7 - at TCU*...Noon May 9 - Valley State - Ute Field...3 p.m. May 12 - Air Force*... 6 p.m. May 13 - Air Force*... 6 p.m. May 14 - Air Force*... 1 p.m. May 16 - Southern - Ute Field... 3 p.m. May 18 - BYU*... Noon May 19 - BYU*... Noon May 20 - BYU*... Noon May MWC Las Vegas... All Times Local to Site Home Games Bold This Week In Baseball Utes: 4-5 Friday Josh Cooper (R) 1-1, 2.77 ERA Missouri State Rain - 70% High 55 Saturday Eric King (L) 1-1, 2.19 ERA Texas A&M Kyle Thebeau (R) 1-0, 0.79 ERA Showers - 30% High 66 Possible Starters Utes at Domino s Aggie Baseball Classic Friday, Feb. 24 vs. Missouri State - 1 p.m. CST Saturday, Feb. 25 vs. Texas A&M - 7 p.m. CST Sunday, Feb. 26 vs. UNC Greensboro - 1 p.m. CST Monday, Feb. 27 vs. Missouri State - 1 p.m. CST Olsen Field - College Station, Texas Sunday Lucas Trinnaman (R) 0-1, 5.27 ERA UNC Greensboro Partly Cloudy - 10% High 73 Sunday Missouri State Partly Cloudy - 20% High 71 Pos. No. Name (Yr., Ht., Wt.) Notes 1B 18 Jay Brossman (Jr., 6-0, 195) Has started all nine games at 1B 33 Clayne Garrett (Sr., 5-11, 192) Currently batting.077 2B 29 Tyler Kmetko (Jr., 6-1, 175) Batting.292 in seven games 8 Bret Baldwin (So., 5-11, 170) Batting.318 in five games SS 2 Ryan Khoury (Sr., 5-11, 180) Batting.395 w/ 2 2Bs, 9 RBIs 3B 16 Erich Kemp (Jr., 6-0, 204) Has started all 9 games at 3B 18 Jay Brossman (Jr., 6-0, 195) Currently batting.306 C 10 Adam Frank (Sr., 6-1, 202) Batting.250 in eight games LF 3 Corey Shimada (Fr., 5-8, 164) Has seen action in eight games 7 Mike Tummolo (Sr., 5-9, 161) Has seen action in six games CF 1 John Welsh (Jr., 5-10, 180) Leads team w/ 3 HRs, 13 RBIs RF 22 Joe Mozeleski (Sr., 5-9, 184) Batting.281 in nine games DH 40 Breeze Stringham (Jr., 6-2, 234) Batting.400 in three games 33 Clayne Garrett (Sr., 5-11, 192) Lone hit for season was a double

2 Page 2 General Information Location... Salt Lake City Founded Enrollment...28,933 Conference... Mountain West Affiliation... NCAA Division I Colors... Crimson, White Nickname... Utes Mascot...Swoop (Red-tailed Hawk) First year of baseball NCAA Appearances/Record... 3/4-6 Administration President...Michael K. Young Dir. of Athletics...Dr. Chris Hill Assoc. AD/SID... Liz Abel Assoc. AD/Compliance... Doug Archie Assoc. AD/SWA... Mary Bowman Assoc. AD/Internal Operations... Pete Oliszczak Assoc. AD/External Operations... Chris Ritrievi Assistant AD/Tickets... Zack Lassiter Baseball SID...Andy Seeley The Diamond Staff Head Coach...Bill Kinneberg Alma Mater... Arizona (1980) Record at /Yrs /2 Career Record/Yrs /10 Office Phone Assistant Coach... Bryan Conger Alma Mater...Tarleton State (1995) Office Phone Assistant Coach... Todd Delnoce Alma Mater...Arizona State (1994) Office Phone Volunteer Assistant... Jake Brown Facilities Home Field...Franklin Covey Field Address...77 W South Press Box Number or Record at Franklin Covey Capacity...15,500 Dimensions.. LF 345; CF 420; RF 315 Alternate Facility...Ute Field Team Information 2005 Overall Record MWC Record MWC Finish...5th Starters Returning/Lost...5/4 Pitchers Returning/Lost...6/4 This Week In Baseball at Domino s Aggie Baseball Classic The University of baseball team travels to College Station, Texas for four games at the Domino s Pizza Aggie Baseball Classic on the campus of Texas A&M University. The Utes open the weekend with a Friday afternoon matchup against Missouri State. will face the host team, Texas A&M, on Saturday night. Balls & Strikes has never matched up with Missouri State (formerly Southwest Missouri State) on the diamond. The Utes are 1-2 against Texas A&M. hasn t faced the Aggies since The first meeting with A&M was back in Scouting The Opponents Missouri State - The Bears have yet to play this season. Missouri State was last season. The Bears were picked to finish third in the Missouri Valley Conference this season. The Bears finished last season with an 11- game winning streak. Texas A&M - The Aggies are already 8-0 on the season. A&M is coming off a 14-3 win over Texas-Arlington. The Quoting Kinneberg Quotes from head coach Bill Kinneberg: The Utes play a Sunday matinee against UNC Greensboro, before wrapping up with a Monday afternoon game against Missouri State. enters the game with a record of 4-5, after taking two of three from UC Davis last weekend. The Utes are in the midst of 17 scheduled games away from home to start the season. has never faced UNC Greensboro in baseball. is one of the top offensive clubs in the Mountain West Conference so far this season. The Utes rank second in batting average, first in slugging percentage, RBIs and home runs. Aggies face UNC Greensboro Friday, before taking on. A&M is led by Dalton Parker, who is batting.474. The Aggies top hurler is Hart Hering, who has three saves and a 0.00 ERA. UNC Greensboro - The Spartans are currently 1-3 on the season. UNCG is paced at the plate by Logan Smith (.500) and on the mound by Greg Martin (0.00 ERA). On This Weekend s Tournament: Our team is really looking forward to playing at Texas A&M, which has one of the top college facilities and atmospheres around. They re excited about playing there. On This Weekend s Opponents: We re facing three very good clubs. This will be good preparation for our conference preseason tournament. We ll play four games in four days and have a chance to see our pitching depth at work. On the Utes: Individually, Ryan Khoury and John Welsh have really played well. Those two have carried us a bit. As a team, we re still a bit of a work in progress. But we re narrowing down the things we need to work on. I saw a big improvement last weekend and we need to keep building on that.

3 This Week In Baseball Page 3 Johnny Be Good Junior outfielder John Welsh (Salem, ) is currently s top hitter. He s also among the top hitters in the MWC on the young season. Khoury Krushing It Senior shortstop Ryan Khoury (West Jordan, ) is enjoying a strong start to the season at the plate. Khoury is second on the team with a.395 average, which also ranks No. 4 in the Mountain West Conference. He ranks third in the league in slugging Offense Explosive is in the top two in nearly every offensive category in the Mountain West Conference statistics. The Utes are tops in slugging percentage, runs scored, RBIs and home runs. s Record When... Overall Mountain West Conference vs. Ranked Teams vs. Unranked Teams Home Away Neutral Day Night February March April May vs. Right-handers vs. Left-handers Run Games Run Games Extra Innings Welsh is batting.400 through nine games, which ranks No. 3 in the Mountain West Conference. Welsh leads the MWC in runs scored (11), runs batted-in (13) and home runs (3). He is second in the league in slugging percentage, with an average of.771. percentage, fourth in on-base percentage, second in hits, second in runs scored and third in total bases. Khoury has been busy in the field as well. Other than first basemen and catchers, Khoury leads all other fielders with 40 fielding chances. The Utes rank second in batting average, on-base percentage, hits, doubles, total bases, plate appearances, at-bats, and hit batsmen. At the other end of the spectrum is the Utes pitching staff. ranks fifth in earned-run average, fourth in opponent batting average, sixth in walks allowed and sixth in runs allowed. Scores First Opponent Scores First Scores in 1st Inning Opponent Scores in 1st Inning Scores 5+ Runs Opponent Scores 5+ Runs Scores Double Digits Leading After 7 Innings Trailing After 7 Innings Tied After 7 Innings Leading After 8 Innings Trailing After 8 Innings Tied After 8 Innings Out-Hit Opponents Opponents Out-Hit Commits More Errors Opp. Commits More Errors Commits 0 Errors Head Coach Bill Kinneberg Bill Kinneberg was named head coach of the University of baseball program on Sept. 15, This is Kinneberg s second goround as the Utes head baseball coach. Kinneberg was the head coach at in 1996, leading the Utes to a record. The 30 victories recorded by under Kinneberg was a school record at the time. Since January of 2003, Kinneberg had been working for the Chicago White Sox organization as a minor league pitching coach. He also recently worked with USA Baseball, as director of the athlete development program. From 1996 through 2001, Kinneberg was the associate head baseball coach at the University of Arizona. The Wildcats were in that time. Arizona also advanced to an NCAA Regional Tournament during his tenure. Kinneberg served as the pitching coach for USA Baseball s national team in He coached three All-WAC athletes during the 1996 season at. The Utes also set four school records which are still intact, during Kinneberg s first stint. Prior to his time with the Utes, Kinneberg was an assistant baseball coach at Arizona State from 1992 through During the 1993 and 1994 seasons, Kinneberg helped lead the Sun Devils to the College World Series. Kinneberg was the head baseball coach at Wyoming from 1986 through While in charge of the Cowboys program, Kinneberg guided his team to the WAC playoffs in five of his seven seasons. In 1990, he earned Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. Kinneberg served as head coach at UTEP in Kinneberg s coaching career began in 1980, when he became an assistant at UTEP. He served in that capacity for four years. In addition to his duties with USA Baseball, Kinneberg worked with the Italian Olympic team in 1984, serving as pitching coach. In his 11th season as a head coach at the NCAA Division I level, Kinneberg has a record of He is overall at. His teams established school records for victories in a season at UTEP in 1985, Wyoming in 1990 and in Kinneberg is a 1980 graduate of the University of Arizona. He attended graduate school at UTEP from

4 Page 4 This Week In Baseball The Last Time... A Hitter Had... 7 At-Bats... Tyler Kmetko 5+ Hits... Doug Beck 5/1/05 at New Mexico (6) 4+ Hits... Breeze Stringham (4) 5 Runs... Trevor Eastman 5/8/04 vs. AFA 3 2Bs... Tyson Olson, 3/26/04 vs. BYU 2 HRs... Welsh, Stringham, Frank Hit for Cycle... Doug Beck 5/1/05 at New Mexico Grand Slam...Khoury/Stringham 5 RBI...Breeze Stringham (7) 3 BBs...Jay Brossman (4) 4 Ks... Mike Basham, 3/16/03 vs. SDSU 3 SBs... Mike Basham, 5/17/03 vs. UNLV HRs in Consecutive At-Bats... Trevor Eastman, 5/11/04 vs. UVSC 2 HBPs... Trevor Eastman 3/1/05 at SUU 2 Hits in 1 Inn.... Breeze Stringham A Pitcher Had... Complete Game... Matt Crockett 4/30/05 at New Mexico, W 8-4 Complete Game (Less than 9 Inn.)... Shad McCord, 5/7/04, 7 inn. vs. AFA Consecutive Complete Games... Jason Price, 2004 Homer-Meter A Look at s 2006 Home Runs 2/4 at New Mexico State - Welsh (1) 2/5 at New Mexico State - Khoury (1), Welsh 2 (3), Stringham 2 (2), Mozeleski (1), Frank 2 (2) 2/11 at Texas-San Antonio - Brossman (1) 2/18 at UC Davis - Khoury (2) 2/19 at UC Davis - Kemp (1) Shutout... Doug Mackay 5/7/04 vs. Air Force, W Ks...Jason Price 5/7/04 vs. Air Force (10) 2-Hitter... Doug Mackay, 5/7/04 vs. AFA 3+ Hit Batsmen... Clay Westmoreland 5/28/04 vs. New Mexico (3) Had Runs... 4/9/05 at AFA, W Runs... 2/5/06 at NMSU, W Hits... 2/5/06 at NMSU (21) 7+ Home Runs... 2/5/06 5+ Home Runs... 2/5/06 3+ Home Runs... 2/5/06 7+ Doubles...5/26/04 vs. BYU (7) 5+ Triples...5/7/04 vs. Air Force (5) 10+ Walks... 4/27/04 vs. UVSC (10) 10+ Strikeouts... 2/5/06 at NMSU (14) 5+ SBs...4/21/03 vs. Southern (6) Allowed 3 or Less Hits... 5/7/04 vs. AFA (2) Held to 3 or Less Hits... 5/27/04 vs. SDSU (3) A Shutout... 5/7/04 vs. AFA, 12-0 (7 inn.) 9-Inn. Shutout...5/9/03 vs. AFA, 7-0 Was Shutout...2/11/05 vs. TCU, 10-0 Committed 6+ Errors... 3/27/04 vs. BYU (6) Committed 5+ Errors...5/1/04 vs. BYU (5) Played Extra Innings... 5/8/05 vs. SDSU, L 11-8 (10) Lost in Extra Innings... 5/8/05 vs. SDSU, L 11-8 (10) Won in Extra Innings... 4/26/05 at UVSC, W 7-6 (10) Played 15+ Innings... 3/27/04 17 vs. BYU, L 5-4 Franklin Covey Field The baseball team plays many of its home games at beautiful, stateof-the-art Franklin Covey Field, located near downtown Salt Lake City. The Utes play all their home Mountain West Conference games at Franklin Covey, as well as some nonconference contests. Franklin Covey Field opened in 1994 and serves as the home to the Salt Lake Bees, the AAA affiliate of Major League Baseball s Anaheim Angels. Franklin Covey Field s playing surface is natural grass and the stadium seats 15,500. Dimensions are as follows: left field line feet; left-center feet; center field feet; right-center feet; 20 feet from the right-field line feet; right-field line feet. The views at Franklin Covey Field are astounding. From any seat in the house, fans can view the majestic Wasatch Mountains on the east side of Salt Lake City. The stadium rests at 4,229 feet above sea level. The Bees, then known as the Buzz, set a Pacific Coast League record for attendance at FCF, drawing 714,000 fans in Franklin Covey Field was also the home for the 1996 Triple-A All-Star Game. The Utes have a record in all games at Franklin Covey Field. plays many of its non-conference home games at Ute Field, located on campus. Total - 12

5 This Week In Baseball Page Baseball Overall Statistics for Univ. of (as of Feb 20, 2006) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 4-5 Home: 0-0 Away: 4-5 MWC: 0-0 Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 1 WELSH, John KHOURY, Ryan BALDWIN, Bret BROSSMAN, Jay KMETKO, Tyler MOZELESKI, Joe KEMP, Erich FRANK, Adam MALONE, Scott SHIMADA, Corey STRINGHAM, Breeze TUMMOLO, Mike GARRETT, Clayne WISE, T.J BELL, Josh KING, Eric Totals Opponents (All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 34 KING, Eric / COOPER, Josh / KRAUSE, Greg / TRINNAMAN, Lucas / DEVORE, Brad / McCORD, Shad / JAMES, Rory / CHRISTENSEN, Chas / WILLIAMS, Jason / PRICE, Jason / AST, Brandon / Totals / Opponents /