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SEATTLE – Western Athletic Conference play resumes Thursday for Seattle University baseball as the Redhawks begin a three-game series at Grand Canyon with a 6:30 p.m. first pitch at GCU Ballpark in Phoenix, Ariz. The Redhawks (8-26, 4-8 WAC) and Lopes (17-18, 5-7 WAC) will continue play on Friday at 6:30 p.m. and wrap up the series in advance of the Easter holiday with a noon first pitch on Saturday. For the most up-to-date information on game day, be sure to follow the Redhawks on Twitter at @seattleubase.
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- Thursday, April 18 at 6:30 p.m. PT (GCU Ballpark, Phoenix, Ariz.)
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- Friday, April 19 at 6:30 p.m. PT (GCU Ballpark, Phoenix, Ariz.)
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- Saturday, April 20 at 12:00 p.m. PT (GCU Ballpark, Phoenix, Ariz.)
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THE MATCH-UPS
PROBABLE STARTERS
Thursday, April 18 at 6:30 p.m. PT
SU: LHP Jarrod Billig (2-2, 1.91 ERA) vs. GCU: RHP Pierson Ohl (3-4, 4.59 ERA)
Friday, April 19 at 6:30 p.m. PT
SU: RHP Josh Thompson (0-1, 4.26 ERA) vs. GCU: RHP Kade Mechals (7-1, 2.78 ERA)
Saturday, April 20 at 12:00 p.m. PT
SU: TBA vs. GCU: LHP Jack Schneider (0-1, 2.88 ERA)
SERIES HISTORY
The Redhawks are 6-10 all-time against Grand Canyon, including a 2-4 record in Phoenix. The teams met four times last season, including the regular-season ending series at Bannerwood Park. The Lopes would sweep that three-game set, clinching the WAC regular-season title along the way. But the Redhawks responded in the WAC Tournament the following week, earning a 3-2 win over the top-seeded Lopes.
REDHAWK REPORT
- Seattle U sits at 8-26 overall and 4-8 in Western Athletic Conference play after going 1-2 in a three-game series against league-leader Sacramento State last weekend. The Redhawks began this week by falling 12-5 at 12th-ranked Arizona State on Tuesday.
- Jake Taylor went 2-for-4 with three RBI to lead Seattle U against the Sun Devils.
- Austin Lively carries the Redhawks' longest active hit streak (5 games) while Kyler Murphy carries the longest active reached-base streak (10 games).
- Pitcher Jarrod Billig picked up his second win in as many starts last Friday against the Hornets. The sophomore lefty struck out two and scattered seven hits while allowing just one run in 6.1 innings. Tyler Yeh earned the save, his second on the year.
- Austin Lively had the best success at the plate against the league's best pitching staff, batting 7-for-10 with a home run, three runs scored and four RBI.
- In the series finale against the Hornets, the Redhawk pitching staff fanned 16 batters, a season high. Josh Thompson collected 10 of those strikeouts over the course of just four innings of work.
- Offensively for the season, Kyler Murphy leads the Redhawks with a .338 batting average, going 23-for-68 in 26 games played.
- Freshman Kyle Sherick is batting .321 with a team-high 42 hits, while Austin Lively is hitting .294 with 40 hits.
- Jake Taylor leads the Redhawks with 31 RBI after launching his fourth homer of the season in the series against Sac State. Taylor also has a team-high nine doubles. Justin Mazzone is not far behind with 25 RBI, aided by six doubles and a team-high five homers.
- Jake Prizina has been one of the most consistent presences on the mound for the Redhawks with a 2.45 ERA while also holding opponents to a .224 batting average. The senior southpaw has struck out 39 while walking just seven in 55.0 innings.
- Prizina is climbing up the list in a number of program all-time records. Entering this week, he already holds the all-time records strikeouts (237), innings pitched (300.0) and starts (43). He also ranks second in wins (19) and eighth in total appearances (67). Tarik Skubal (2015-16, 18) holds the career record for wins with 21 while the all-time appearances record is held by Garrett Anderson (2012-15) with 83.
- Jake Prizina was named WAC Pitcher of the Week and PerfectGame.org National Pitcher of the Week following his complete-game shutout of the Rebels on opening day. The senior southpaw scattered five hits and struck out five while walking just one to earn the win. It marked the first nine-inning complete game for the Redhawks since 2014 and just the third overall since Seattle U resurrected its baseball program in 2010.
- The 2019 season marks the 10th year of Redhawk baseball since the program was resurrected in 2010 as part of the University's return to NCAA Division I athletics.
- One of the youngest teams Head Coach Donny Harrel has managed in his 10 seasons at Seattle U, the 2019 Redhawks' active roster features 13 freshmen, seven sophomores, six juniors and six seniors.
- The Redhawks return 17 letterwinners from 2018, a squad that went 34-23 – the second most wins in Redhawk program history.
- Senior LHP Jake Prizina, junior third baseman Austin Lively and sophomore catcher/designated hitter Justin Mazzone all earned a spot on the 14-man Preseason All-WAC Team. It is the first such honor for all three Redhawks.
- Prizina is the Redhawks' top returning starting pitcher after back-to-back stellar seasons as a sophomore and junior. The Sparks, Nev., native went 8-1 with a 3.82 ERA in 2018. He fanned 92 while walking just 16 in 99 innings.
- Lively was one of four players to start all 56 games in 2018. He hit .316 while collecting 65 total hits - second most on the team. He added 10 doubles, two triples, two home runs, eight stolen bases and a team-high 48 runs scored.
- Mazzone collected a team-high .339 batting average during his rookie campaign for the Redhawks. He started 29 games and appeared in 49. In 115 at bats, the Huntington Beach, Calif., native had 39 hits, including five doubles and three home runs, while driving in 19 runs and scoring 17 times.
- The Redhawks earned 54 points and were selected fourth in the WAC preseason poll, as voted on by the league's 10 head coaches. Grand Canyon was the preseason favorite to win the 2019 WAC title with five first-place votes and 75 points, while the Lopes' Quin Cotton and New Mexico State's Brock Whittlesey were selected as the preseason Player and Pitcher of the Year, respectively. The Aggies earned three first-place votes and 74 points, while Sacramento State had two first-place votes and 69 points.
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Single game tickets are available for all remaining Seattle U baseball home games during the 2019 season. For more information, visit goseattleu.com/tix or contact the SU Athletics Ticket Office at 206-398-GOSU or seattleutickets@seattleu.edu.