Freshman Trevor Coleman

April 5, 2007

MIZZOU vs. KANSAS STATE

First Pitch:
Game 1: Friday, April 6, 3 p.m.
Game 2: Saturday, April 7, 2 p.m.
Game 3: Sunday, April 8, 1 p.m.
Series History: MU leads 155-108-1
Last Year: MU took 2-of-3 in Columbia

Stadium: Tointon Family Stadium
Capacity: 2,311
Radio: KTGR 1580-AM
Live Audio: KTGR.com
Live Stats: k-statesports.com

MISSOURI TIGERS
Overall Record: 22-8
Big 12 Conference Record: 4-2
Last 10/Last 5: 7-3/2-3
Streak: Won 2
Head Coach: Tim Jamieson
Career Record: 421-298-2 (13th year)
Record at MU: 421-298-2 (13th year)
Website: mutigers.com

KANSAS STATE WILDCATS
Overall Record: 21-8
Big 12 Conference Record: 3-3
Last 10/Last 5: 6-4/3-2
Streak: Won 2
Head Coach: Brad Hill
Career Record: 609-224-2 (16th year)
Record at KSU: 108-83-2 (4th year)
Website: k-statesports.com

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FIRST PITCH
No. 29 Mizzou will travel to Manhattan, Kan. this weekend for three-game conference series against Kansas State. The series will begin at 3 p.m. on Friday, with games to follow at 2 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. The series was originally scheduled for Thursday-Saturday, but the forecast of inclement weather forced the change in the schedule. The two teams enter the series with nearly identical records, as the Tigers take a 22-8 record to Manhattan, while the Wildcats are 21-8 overall.

QUICK HITS
- Missouri is ranked for the second-straight week, coming in at No. 29 in this week's Collegiate Baseball's Top 30. The Tigers are the also receiving votes in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll.
- The Tigers have won all five of their three-game series this season, including sweeps in the first three series.
- Mizzou had a 14-game winning streak from March 2-23, which was the longest for the Tigers since a 15-game streak in 2005. In 2006, the longest winning streak was six games.
- In MU's four games last week (vs. Creighton and Kansas), junior Evan Frey hit .550 with two home runs and nine RBI. The two homers were the first of his career.
- Frey is tied for third in the Big 12 Conference with 38 runs scored on the year.
- Sophomore Rick Zagone is 5-0 on the season and ranks fifth in the conference with the five victories.
- Missouri's team ERA of 3.52 ranks fourth in the Big 12 Conference. - Sophomore Aaron Crow's 2.12 ERA in fifth best in the Big 12, while freshman Kyle Gibson is 11th with a 3.13 ERA and freshman Greg Folgia has a 3.78 mark, which is 18th in the conference.
- Freshman Kyle Gibson has five saves on the year, fourth most in the Big 12. His next save will put him into the top 10 for saves in a season at MU.
- Opponents are hitting just .193 off of Gibson, which ranks fourth in the Big 12. Sophomore Aaron Crow is eighth with a .212 mark.
- The Tigers won their Big 12 Conference opener for the third-straight year with a 5-1 win in 11 innings over Nebraska on March 23. - Mizzou won its 20th game of the season on March 24 at Nebraska. In 2006, the 20th win did not come until April 28.

SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
Kansas State has won its last two games and three of its last four after taking a 10-6 win over Kansas on Tuesday night. Last weekend, KSU took two of three from Texas Tech. The Wildcats enter the series with Mizzou with a 21-8 overall record and are 3-3 in the Big 12 Conference. KSU won nine of its first 10 games of the 2007 season and won 14 of its first 16 games. The Wildcats opened conference play by dropping the first two games of their series with Texas, before taking the finale. This week's series is part of a nine-game homestand for Kansas State.

SERIES HISTORY
Mizzou leads the all-time series with Kansas State, 155-108-1. Last year, the Tigers took two of three from the Wildcats in Columbia, dropping the first game before taking victories in the next two. MU has won six of the last seven meetings and nine of the last 12 matchups between the two teams. In 2005, the last time the two teams met in Manhattan, Mizzou recorded a sweep over KSU.

LAST TIME OUT
Mizzou took a series victory over Kansas last weekend, winning the final two games of the weekend after dropping the opener. In game one of the series, the Tigers were one strike away from taking the win before a two-run home run by KU put the Jayhawks ahead. Missouri evened the series with an 8-7 win on Saturday. The Tigers trailed 4-3 heading to the bottom of the fifth inning, when junior Evan Frey hit a three-run home run to put MU ahead. The Jayhawks would cut the lead to one in the ninth, but could get no closer. Frey then capped off the weekend by hitting a walk-off home run on Sunday, giving the Tigers the 10-9 win and the series victory. MU led 8-0 after four innings in the finale, but Kansas rallied to take a one-run lead in the ninth. Then with one on and two outs in the bottom of the inning, Frey homered for the second time in two days, giving Mizzou win in walk-off fashion.

A SUPER-SIZE FREY
Junior Evan Frey capped off a week in which he hit .550 over four games with a walk-off home run on Sunday to give the Tigers a 10-9 win in the series finale against Kansas. In MU's four games of last week, Frey went 11-of-20, with two home runs and nine RBI. Against Creighton last Tuesday, Frey was 4-for-4, recording the Tigers' second 4-hit game of the season. He opened the series against Kansas with two hits on Friday, including a double and two RBI. Frey then drove in five runs in game two against the Jayhawks, going 3-for-6 with a home run. He finished the week by going 2-for-5, with the second hit of the day being the walk-off homer coming with the Tigers trailing by a run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning.

DRIVING `EM IN
Sophomore Ryan Lollis leads the team with 31 RBI on the year. That ranks 11th in the Big 12 Conference. Lollis drove in six runs in the Tigers second game of the season, a win at Florida International. He has had seven multi-RBI games including six games in which he has driven in at least three runs.

CLOSING THE DOOR
In addition to the five saves that freshman Kyle Gibson has recorded this season, he also has wins, against Cleveland State, Nebraska and Kansas. His next save would move him into the top 10 in saves in a season at MU, putting him in a tie for ninth all-time with Ryan Stegall (2001) and Justin Stine (1996).

STREAK FREAKS
Junior Evan Frey had the longest hitting streak of the season, recording a hit in eight-straight games from March 2-15. Frey currently has a six-game streak in tact, which is the longest active streak on the team. Sophomore Ryan Lollis, sophomore Kyle Mach and freshman Trevor Coleman have each had seven-game hitting streaks this year.

TAKING A HIT
Through the first 30 games, junior Brock Bond has been hit by a pitch 12 times and senior John McKee has been hit 11 times. As a sophomore in 2005, McKee set a school record with 23 hit-by-pitches.

TIGERS PILE UP THE RUNS
The Tigers scored a season-high 19 runs against Saint Louis on March 14, marking the highest run production since recording 19 runs in back-to-back games against Mississippi Valley State on May 6-7, 2006. Missouri had three-straight games in which it recorded double-digit runs from March 10-14, starting with two wins on March 10 (14-4 over Texas State and 11-7 over Dallas State) and then the 19-1 win over SLU.

TURNING THE CORNER
In the first 13 games of the season, sophomore Kyle Mach had just two hits and was hitting .154. On March 4, in game number 14, Mach was 3-for-4 against Youngstown State, starting what would be a seven-game hitting streak. Since that game, Mach is hitting .348 and has raised his season average to .317, fourth best on the team. He had the first four-hit game of the season for the Tigers, going 4-for-5 against Texas State on March 10.

FRESHMEN MAKE IMPACT
The 2007 freshman class has quickly made an impact on the Tigers. On the mound, freshman Kyle Gibson's 3.13 ERA is the 11th best mark in the Big 12 Conference. He has five saves on the year and is second on the team with 14 appearances this season. Another freshman, Greg Folgia, is third on the squad with 12 appearances on the mound. Included among the 12 appearances are four starts including one against Louisiana-Monroe in which he was perfect through the first four innings of play. Freshman Ryan Allen has appeared in seven games and has 13 strikeouts in 12.1 innings. Trevor Coleman and Aaron Senne are two freshmen that have found their way into the Tigers' lineup. Coleman is third on the team with a .319 batting average. He has started 20 games for the Tigers, splitting time at catcher with junior Dan Pietroburgo. Senne has started 25 of Mizzou's 30 games this season in the outfield. He hit his first home run of his Tiger career in the series opener against Youngstown State on March 2.

TIGER PITCHING SHUTS DOWN OPPONENTS
Through its first 30 games of the 2007 season, Mizzou has a 3.52 ERA, which is fourth best in the Big 12 Conference. Opponents are hitting .244 off the Tigers, which is second best in the league and MU's 2.55 walks per nine innings average ranks third in the Big 12. The Tigers have already recorded three shutouts on the season, including a pair of 11-0 wins in a doubleheader sweep of Youngstown State on March 4. In the second game of the doubleheader, YSU managed just one hit off of Mizzou pitchers. The season's first shutout was a 5-0 win over Navy on Feb. 25, when senior Stephan Holst, sophomore Ryan Gargano and freshman Ryan Allen each pitched three scoreless innings and did not allow a hit until two outs into the eighth inning.

JAMIESON JOINS THE 400-WIN CLUB
Missouri's win in the season opener marked the 400th career victory for MU Head Coach Tim Jamieson. He enters the weekend with a 421-298-2 record in his 13th season at the helm. Jamieson joins legendary Mizzou coaches Gene McArtor (733 wins) and John "Hi" Simmons (481 wins) as the only coaches in MU history to reach the 400-win mark. McArtor and Simmons both have their numbers retired at MU and are members of the Missouri Athletics Hall of Fame. Jamieson took over as head coach of the Tigers in 1995. During his tenure, Missouri has recorded at least 30 wins 10 times and has made five trips to the NCAA Tournament, including the last four. Last year he took the Tigers to the first Super Regional in school history.

MIZZOU-TTU SERIES FINALE TO BE TELEVISED
The third game of the Missouri and Texas Tech series on April 29 will be broadcast on Metro Sports and Fox Sports Midwest.

EX-TIGERS EARN ACCOLADES IN THE MINOR LEAGUES
Former Mizzou standouts Mark Alexander and Cody Ehlers each earned postseason honors for their performances last year in Minor League Baseball. Alexander was named the Los Angeles Dodgers' Branch Rickey Minor League Pitcher of the Year, after compiling 27 saves to lead all Dodger Minor Leaguers for a second-straight season. Alexander was an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection in 2004, as he recorded 10 saves, which is second most in a season in Mizzou history. Ehlers, a member of the Tampa Yankees, was voted the Florida State League's Most Valuable Player. He led the FSL in RBI (103) and doubles (35) and was fourth in hits (142). He hit .298 with 18 home runs. As a senior at MU in 2004, Ehlers led the Tigers in nearly every offensive category and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Big 12 Tournament.

ON THE AIR
Once again, KTGR 1580-AM will be the radio home of the Tigers. All of Mizzou's regular season and postseason games will air on KTGR 1580-AM in Columbia. The games can also be heard online at KTGR.com. Tex Little returns for his 17th season of calling Tiger Baseball and is joined in the booth by former Tiger catcher J.C. Field

UP NEXT
Missouri will face Saint Louis for the second time this season next Tuesday in St. Louis. Gametime is set for 7 p.m. at the Billken Sports Center. Next weekend, the Tigers return to Taylor Stadium for a three-game series with Texas A&M, with game one of the weekend at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.