NSU Baseball Weekly Report - May 3, 2010

Northwestern State Baseball Report – May 3, 2010
Overall Record: 28-16 (15-8 in Southland Conference)

Last Week: 2-2
April 27 lost 2-1 (10) at Centenary
April 30 won 4-3 at Central Arkansas
May 1 lost 5-4 (13) at Central Arkansas
May 2 won 11-4 at Central Arkansas


Nominee for Pitcher of the Week
Dustin Northcott, Jr.-RS, 6-1, 210, Alberta, Canada, West Central HS, Indian Hill CC
1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 G, 7.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO

Northcott was the third pitcher entered in the game for the Demons on Sunday and pitched NSU out of a third-inning jam. He then went on to get the win after throwing 7.0 relief innings while holding Central Arkansas to just two hits and no runs and striking out four. He retired the last 10 batters to end the game.

Nominee for Hitter of the Week
LF Eric DeBlanc, Sr.-1L, 6-0, 200, Scott, La., St. Thomas More HS
.450, 4 G, 4 GS, 9-20, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 3 2B, .750 SLG, .500 OB, 2 BB, 3 SO
DeBlanc improved his career-long hitting streak to 17 games after he hit safely in all four games for the week… his 2-run, 2-out home run in the top of the ninth inning on Friday lifted the Demons to a 4-3 win over UCA…he has had multiple hits in seven straight games and is hitting .449 and slugging .679 during his current hitting streak… for the week, he also had three doubles, knocked in five runs, and scored four times.


Weekly Notes
NSU went 2-2 on the week and won its fifth SLC series of the season after taking two out of three from UCA… that series wrapped up a 9-game road swing away from home… NSU went 3-6 during that span… catcher Aaron Munoz picked off his 11th runner over the weekend which ranks him No. 1 in Division I baseball… Eric DeBlanc extended his hitting streak to 17 games, a career high. That’s one game shy of the season high of 18 set by Chase Lyles earlier this season. That 17 game streak ranks as the third longest in school history… with two strikeouts on Saturday, Luke Irvine now has 85 for the season which ranks tied as the 5th most in school history in a single season. The record is 110… relief pitcher Heath Hennigan needs five Ks to set the mark as the school’s all-time career strikeout king. He has 237 with the record being 241 set by Jimmy Heard last season… after hitting 19 home runs in their first 28 games, the Demons have matched that with 19 in the last 16 games.


The Week Ahead
Saturday, May 8 vs. Lamar, 2 p.m. DH
Sunday, May 9 vs. Lamar, 1 p.m.