The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
UAB Baseball Notebook: May 2
5/2/2005 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May. 2, 2005
Overall Record: 28-16 (12-9 C-USA-4th)
Last Week: 3-1 (2-1 C-USA)
Wed., April 27- UAB 10, Troy 8
Fri., April 29- Charlotte 9, UAB 7
Sat., April 30- UAB 7, Charlotte 2
Sun., May 1- UAB 5, Charlotte 2
This Week:
Wed., May 4- UAB at Alabama- 6:30 pm
Fri., May 6- UAB at Southern Miss- 6:30 pm
Sat., May 7- UAB at Southern Miss- 4 pm
Sun., May 8- UAB at Southern Miss- 1 pm
Hitter of the Week:
Ryan Metcalf- .538 (7-for-13), 2 2B, 2 RBI, 4 BB, 8 runs scored 4-4 SB
- Junior shortstop had a .647 on-base percentage last week, tops on the team
- Stole four bases in four attempts
- Did not commit an error in 20 chances at shortstop
Pitchers of the Week:
Jeff Brown- 1-0, CG, 9.0 IP, 1 ER, 4 K's
- Senior picked up his seventh victory which is tied for third most in C-USA
- Complete game was UAB's first this season and Brown's sixth of his career
- His 18 career victories ranks third on UAB's all-time list
Ryan Huffman- 2-0, 3 G, 7.1 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 7 K's
- Opponents batted just .190 against UAB reliever who saw action in three of the team's four games
- Picked up two victories, improving to a perfect 6-0 out of the bullpen this season
- Struck out seven batters in seven innings
- Improved team-best ERA to 2.05
- Is one of just two pitchers in Conference USA who has five victories along with at least one save
News and Notes:
- With their 10-8 victory at Troy last Wednesday, the Blazers completed a two-game season sweep of the Trojans. UAB also defeated Troy by a score of 5-3 in Birmingham on March 8.
- With nine conference games remaining, the Blazers need just one victory to match last year's league win total. The 2004 UAB squad finished 13-16 in C-USA.
- Freshman centerfielder Clint Toomey batted .429 (6-for-14) last week with four RBI and a team-high six walks. Toomey leads C-USA with a .492 on-base percentage and his 39 walks rank second in the league
