SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The #6 Centenary Gents baseball team (23-3, 9-0 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) takes on SCAC preseason favorite Trinity (12-11, 2-4) Friday and Saturday, March 31-April 1.
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About the Polls
The Maroon and White are now ranked in the top-10 in all three NCAA Division III polls after sitting eighth (American Baseball Coaches Association), 10th (PerfectGame), and 15th (D3Baseball.com) last week.
#6 - ABCA and PerfectGame
#8 - D3Baseball.com
For the second week in a row, the Gents are the biggest movers in the D3Baseball.com poll, having gone from 15th to eighth. Ironically, the team right ahead of Centenary is UT Tyler, who the Gents beat in a 6-5, come-from-behind win last week in Tyler.
The ABCA moved the Gents up two spots from sixth to eighth. Three teams the Gents have played or will play in the 2017 regular season are ranked. Fourth-ranked UT Tyler is 1-1 against the Gents (the aforementioned 6-5 Gents win and the 4-1 loss at Tyler February 19) with a meeting in Shreveport April 18. The Maroon and White knocked off 22nd-ranked Occidental in California February 5, 11-1.
Finally, #30 Texas Lutheran visits Shehee Stadium for a series April 7-8.
Centenary went from 10th to 6th according to PerfectGame, the only poll to have the Gents ranked all season.
Watching Career Records
Career Lists
Many Gents are moving up on the career stats lists:
| Batting Average |
| 5. Jim Kubik (1983-84) .380 6. Michael Schimpf (2014-pres.) .373 7. Sonny Gaea (1994-95) .363 |
| Hits |
| 1. Tony Cardone (2001-04) 236 2. Bobby Gilliam (2000-04) 226 3. Michael Schimpf (2014-pres.) 203 4. Ricky Slade (1978-81) 186 ... 10. Ted Gardner (1993-96) 165 11. Aaron Quintanilla (2014-pres.) 164 |
| Runs |
| 1. Bobby Gilliam (2000-04) 184 2. Michael Schimpf (2017-pres.) 149 3. Dennis Traynor (1989-91) 141 4. Brian Stier (1992-94) 122 5. Andy Watson (1979-82) 121 6. Sonny Gaea (1994-95) 118 Ricky Slade (1978-81) 118 8. Aaron Quintanilla (2014-pres.) 114 |
| Doubles |
| 5. Dustin Brandon (1996-97) 33 Ricky Slade (1978-81) 33 Cliff Shepard (2009-10) 33 8. B.J. Grenda (2001-02) 32 Alex Maldonado (2005-08) 32 Chris Zapata (2015-pres.) 32 10. Ricky Barry (1994-95) 31 Andy Watson (1979-82) 31 Ryan Gasporra (2012-13) 31 Jemari James (2012-13) 31 ... Michael Schimpf (2014-pres.) 30 Aaron Quintanilla (2014-pres.) 29 |
| Triples |
| 1. Dustin Brandon (1996-97) 8 Mitch Ashmore (1978-80) 8 Bill Schmidt (1977-78) 8 Aaron Quintanilla (2014-pres.) 8 Michael Schimpf (2014-pres.) 8 6. Jason Chick (2000-01) 7 David Coss (1979-82) 7 Larry Haas (1976-77) 7 9. Justin Huff (2006-07) 6 Tim Ryan (2005-06) 6 David Kiefer (2005-06) 6 Nic Parrott (2011-14) 6 Total Bases |
| 5. Bobby Gilliam (200-04) 283 6. Ken Kaveny (1991-92) 275 7. Michael Schimpf (2014-pres.) 273 8. Mitch Ashmore (1978-80) 270 9. David Wyss (1991-92) 243 10. Jeff Schaffert (2009-12) 231 ... Aaron Quintanilla (2014-pres.) 227 Chris Zapata (2015-pres.) 226 RBI's |
| 4. David Turkoly (1994-96) 119 5. Jeff Schaeffert (2009-12) 115 Chris Zapata (2015-pres.) 115 6. Tony Cardone (2001-04) 113 8. Alex Maldonado (2005-08) 112 9. Ken Kaveny (1991-92) 110 Andy Watson (1979-82) 110 ... 12. Aaron Quintanilla (2014-pres.) 106 |
| Hit By Pitch |
| 1. Michael Schimpf (2014-pres.) 45 2. Dakota Brown (2012-2016) 37 3. Marc Martinez (2011-2014) 30 |
| Stolen Bases |
| 4. Patrick Beale (2002-03) 46 5. Bill Schmidt (1977-78) 44 Aaron Quintanilla (2014-pres.) 44 7. Roy Gilbert (1986-88) 43 8. Matt Webb (2006-07) 41 9. Matt Creamer (2010-13) 40 10. Dustin Brandon (1996-97) 37 ... Michael Schimpf (2014-pres.) 35 |
| Wins |
| 3. Ken Marks (1979-82) 20 Justin Kraft (2008-11) 20 5. Robert Lozano (1988-91) 18 Kevin Cassidy (2000-04) 18 Taylor Henry (2012-15) 18 Kaleb Kirk (2015-pres.) 18 9. George Fauber (1982-85) 16 |
| ERA |
| 1. Cecil Upshaw (1961-64) 1.18 2. Kaleb Kirk (2015-pres.) 2.59 3. Charles Kirby (1974-76) 2.65 |
Next Up
Centenary will welcome #30 Texas Lutheran in the final home conference series of the season next Friday and Saturday, April 7-9. While the Gents currently lead the conference at 9-0, the Bulldogs sit second at 7-2.
