The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
UAB Baseball Notebook: 4/25
4/25/2005 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 25, 2005
Overall Record: 25-15 (10-8 C-USA)
Last Week: 2-2 (2-1 C-USA)
Wed., April 20- Samford 10, UAB 7
Fri., April 22- UAB 5, Cincinnati 2
Sat., April 23- UAB 4, Cincinnati 3
Sun., April 24- Cincinnati 1, UAB 0
This Week:
Tues., April 26- UAB at Troy- 6:00 pm
Fri., April 29- UAB vs. Charlotte- 7:00 pm
Sat., April 30- UAB vs. Charlotte- 2:00 pm
Sun., May 1- UAB vs. Charlotte- 1:00 pm
Hitter of the Week:
Clint Toomey- .417 (5-for-12), 3 runs, HR, 2 RBI, SB, 4 BB
- Freshman centerfielder hit his first career home run in Friday's series opener vs. Cincinnati
- Walked four times last week, increasing his team-best total to 33 bases on balls
- His 33 walks are more than twice as many as any other Blazer
- Has not committed an error in 69 chances this season
Pitcher of the Week:
Cole Helms- 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 7.0 IP, 5 K's
- Senior improved to 3-0 with seven shutout innings against Cincinnati on Friday
- Has not allowed a run in his last 14 innings on the mound
- Lowered team-best ERA to 1.93
News and Notes:
- Sunday's 1-0 loss to Cincinnati marked UAB's first 1-0 game since falling at TCU on April 11, 2003
- At 10-8 in C-USA play, the Blazers find themselves in fifth place in the conference standings with 12 games remaining
- Four UAB outfielders have played perfect defense this season- Clint Toomey, Cole Helms, J.R. Bond and Levi Patmon have not committed a single error all year. The quartet have combined for 188 total chances in the outfield and are perfect through 40 games.
- Four Blazers have started all 40 games for UAB so far this season. Helms, Seth Rollin, Nathan McCorkle and Zac Ward have all been in the starting lineup every day in 2005.
