2023 Lamar Cardinals baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2023
Team:	Lamar Cardinals
Conference:	Southland Conference
Short Conf:	SLC
Record:	32–23
Conf Record:	13–11
Head Coach:	Will Davis
Hc Year:	7th
Asst Coach1:	Scott Hatten
Asst Coach2:	Sean Snedeker
Asst Coach3:	Tod McDowell
Stadium:	Vincent–Beck Stadium

The 2023 Lamar Cardinals baseball team represented Lamar University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals played their home games at Vincent–Beck Stadium and were led by seventh–year head coach Will Davis. They returned as members of the Southland Conference following one year as members of the Western Athletic Conference.

The Cardinals had a regular season record of 32–23 and a conference record of 13–11 finishing in third place in SLC play. They participated in the 2023 Southland Conference baseball tournament as the third seeded team. The Cardinals were 0-2 in the conference tournament losing to fourth seeded New Orleans 1–4 and first seeded Nicholls 0–4.

Previous season

See main article: 2022 Lamar Cardinals baseball team.

The Cardinals had a regular season record of 37–21 and a conference record of 20–10 finishing in second place in the WAC Southwest division, one game behind division winner Sam Houston. They participated in the 2022 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament as the second seeded team from the Southwest Division. After winning their first conference tournament game against Seattle, the Cardinals' season ended after losing to West Division first seed Grand Canyon and Southwest Division fourth seed Abilene Christian.

Preseason

New Players

On August 25, 2022, Lamar announced that twenty-nine new players would join the team for the 2023 season.^[1]

NCAA Division I Transfers
Brooks Caple	RHP	Gunter, Texas	Stephen F. Austin
Kanin Dodge	Infielder	Carencro, Louisiana	Stephen F. Austin
Carter Sutton	Pitcher (RHP)	Vancouver, Washington	Winthrop
Quinn Waterhouse	Pitcher (LHP)	Bondurant, Iowa	SIU Edwardsville
Trevor Mott	Pitcher (LHP)	Waxahachie, Texas	Western Kentucky
JUCO Transfers
River Orsak	Outfielder	Mont Belvieu, Texas	Alvin CC
Dave Wilson	Infielder	Austin, Texas	Blinn College
Antonio Escano	Pitcher (RHP)	Santo Domingo Dominican Republic	State Fair CC
Lander Suarez	Infielder	Valencia, Venezuela	Highland CC
Andres Perez	Pitcher (RHP)	Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua Mexico	El Paso CC
Austin Neal	Pitcher (RHP)	Claremore, Oklahoma	Fort Scott CC
Connor Kaiser	Outfielder	College Station, Texas	Galveston College
Foster Kreuzer	Pitcher (RHP)	Anahuac, Texas	Galveston College
Gavin Green	Pitcher (RHP)	Bridge City, Texas	Baton Rouge CC
Griffin Clark	Infielder	Midland, Michigan	Chattanooga State CC
Hunter Hessletine	Pitcher (LHP)	Topeka, Kansas	Barton CC
Jackson Cleveland	Pitcher (RHP) / Outfielder	Deer Park, Texas	North Central Texas College
Jesse Herrera	Catcher	San Antonio, Texas	New Mexico JC
Kole Tauzin	Pitcher (RHP)	Tomball, Texas	Wharton JC
Landon Roque	Infielder	Dickinson, Texas	Angelina CC
Luke Bumpus	Outfielder	Wylie, Texas	Midland College
Peyton Sanderson	Shortstop	Austin, Texas	Paris JC
Ryan Sosa	Catcher	Groves, Texas	Panola College
High School Signees
Trent Caram	Pitcher (RHP)	Houston, Texas	St. Pius X HS
Easton Culp	Catcher / Infielder	Salado, Texas	Harker Heights HS
Brett Hall	Outfielder	Leander, Texas	Leander HS
Ethan Ocuguera	Pitcher (RHP)	Bridge City, Texas	Bridge City HS
Kameryn Henderson	Outfielder	Orange, Texas	Orangefield HS
Tyler Hubbard	Outfielder	Austin, Texas	Vandegrift HS

Southland Conference Coaches Poll

The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 3, 2023. Lamar was picked to finish third in the Southland Conference with 88 votes.^[2]

Coaches poll
1	McNeese State	118 (7)
2	Southeastern Louisiana	115 (10)
3	Lamar	88
4	New Orleans	87
5	Northwestern State	65 (1)
6	Nicholls	59
7	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	55
8	Houston Christian	41
9	Incarnate Word	20

Preseason All-Southland team

One Lamar player was named to the conference preseason second team.^[2]

First Team

Edgar Alvarez (NICH, JR, 1st Base)
Brad Burckel (MCNS, SR, 2nd Base)
Josh Leslie (MCNS, SR, 3rd Base)
Parker Coddou (NICH, JR, Shortstop)
Bo Willis (NWST, JR, Catcher)
Tre Jones (TAMUCC, JR, Designated Hitter)
Payton Harden (MCNS, SR, Outfielder)
Brendan Ryan (TAMUCC, SR, Outfielder)
Xane Washington (NICH, R-SR, Outfielder)
Zach Garcia (TAMUCC, SO, Starting Pitcher)
Grant Rogers (MCNS, JR, Starting Pitcher)
Tyler Theriot (NICH, SR, Starting Pitcher)
Burrell Jones (MCNS, SR, Relief Pitcher)
Alec Carr (UIW, SR, Utility)

Second Team

Josh Blankenship (LU, SR, 1st Base)
Daunte Stuart (NWST, JR, 2nd Base)
Kasten Furr (NO, JR, 3rd Base)
Tyler Bischke (NO, JR, Shortstop)
Bryce Grizzaffi (SELA, SR, Catcher)
Kade Hunter (MCNS, SR, Designated Hitter)
Josh Caraway (TAMUCC, JR, Outfielder)
Braden Duhon (MCNS, JR, Outfielder)
Issac Williams (NO, JR, Outfielder)
Cal Carver (NWST, SR, Starting Pitcher)
Tyler LeBlanc (NO, JR, Starting Pitcher)
Will Kinzeler (SELA, JR, Starting Pitcher)
Dalton Aspholm (SELA, SR, Relief Pitcher)
Tre’ Obregon III (MCNS, SR, Utility)

Schedule and results

Legend
	Lamar win
	Lamar loss
	Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions
Bold	Lamar team member
	Non-Conference game
†	Make-Up Game

2023 Lamar Cardinals baseball game log

Regular season (32–23)

February (9–0)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SLC Record
Feb. 17				6–5 (10)	Cleveland, Jackson (1-0)	B. Decker (0-1)			1,112	1–0
Feb. 18	Oakland*		Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	3–2	Tauzin, Kole (1-0)	C. Stelling (0-1)		ESPN+	1,231	2–0
Feb. 19	Oakland*		Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	5–4	Hail, Patrick (1-0)	T. Ware (0-1)	Cleveland, Jackson (1)	ESPN+	1,279	3–0
Feb. 21	at *	5		7–4	Kreuzer, Foster (1-0)	Dillard, Matt (0-1)	Cleveland, Jackson (2)	ESPN+	4,889	4–0
Feb. 22			Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	4–3	Rivera, Jeremy (1–0)	Fajardo, German (0–1)	Cole, Daniel (1)	ESPN+	1,817	5–0
Sugar Land Classic
Feb. 24	vs. *			5–2	Cleveland, Jackson (2-0)	Matthew Maloney (0-2)				6–0
Feb. 25	vs. *		Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX	2–1	Ellis, Jacob (1-0)	Stapleton (0-2)	Cole, Daniel (2)		133	7–0
Feb. 26	vs. Houston Christian*		Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX	4–3 (10 inn)	Cleveland, Jackson (3-0)	Wells, Jarek (0-2)				8–0

Feb. 28			Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	11–2	Waterhouse, Quinn (1-0)	Austin Guzman (0-2)		ESPN+	1,472	9–0

March (7–9)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SLC Record
Mar. 3			Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	1–6	Coady, Owen (1-1)	Odom, Landon (0-1)		ESPN+	2,014	9–1
Mar. 4	Penn*		Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	6–7 (10 inn)	Trop, Eli (1-0)	Cleveland, Jackson (3-1)	Sarti, Edward (1)	ESPN+	1,501	9–2
Mar. 5	Penn*		Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	3–1	Tauzin, Kole (2-0)	Dromboski, Ryan (0-1)	Cleveland, Jackson (3)	ESPN+	1,523	10–2
Mar. 8	at LSU*	1		2–9	Christian Little (2-0)	Waterhouse, Quinn (1-1)	Garrett Edwards (1)	SECN+	10,020	10–3
Mar. 10			Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	5–0	Ellis, Jacob (2-0)	Blake Burzell (0-3)		ESPN+	1,197	11–3
Mar. 11	UC Riverside*		Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	15–3	Morse, Trhea (1-0)	Eric Marrujo (2-1)		ESPN+	1,214	12–3
Mar. 12	UC Riverside*		Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	6–2	Kreuzer, Foster (2-0)	Jake Gebb (0-2)		ESPN+	1,153	13–3
Mar. 15	at Missouri*			8–10	Lunceford, Logan (2-0)	Hesseltine, Hunter (0-1)	Neubeck, Tony (1)	SECN	1,075	13–4
Mar. 17	vs. Saint Louis*			7–8	HENDRICKSON, R. (1-0)	Cleveland, Jackson (3-2)			130	13–5
Mar. 18	vs. Saint Louis*		USA Stadium • Millington, TN	5–6 (10 inn)	BELL, E. (1-0)	Cole, Daniel (0-1)			65	13–6
Mar. 19	vs. Saint Louis*		USA Stadium • Millington, TN	Cancelled due to freezing weather
Mar. 21			Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	9–2	Caple, Brooks (1-0)	Dade Hensley (2-1)		ESPN+	1,104	14–6
Mar. 24			Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	4–2	Kreuzer, Foster (3-0)	Blanchard, Beau (0-2)	Cleveland, Jackson (4)	ESPN+	1,634	15–6	1–0
Mar. 25	New Orleans		Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	2–5	Mitchell, Brandon (4-2)	Morse, Trhea (1-1)		ESPN+	233	15–7	1–1
Mar. 26	New Orleans		Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	9–4	Caple, Brooks (2-0)	Horton, Collin (2-3)	Cleveland, Jackson (5)	ESPN+	1,198	16–7	2–1
Mar. 28			Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	3–9	Cristian Cienfuegos (1-0)	Escano, Antonio (0-1)		ESPN+	1,739	16–8
Mar. 31			Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	8–9 (19 inn)	Jordan, Harper (2-0)	Cole, Daniel (0-2)		ESPN+	1,491	16–9	2–2

April (9–9)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SLC Record
Apr. 1	Nicholls		Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	9–7	Hesseltine, Hunter (1-1)	Desandro, Devin (1-3)	Tauzin, Kole (1)	ESPN+	1,362	17–9	3–2
Apr. 2	Nicholls		Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	2–4	Mayers, Jacob (4-1)	Rivera, Jeremy (1-1)	Evans, Cade (4)	ESPN+	1,258	17–10	3–3
Apr. 4	at *			2–5	Hackett, Bryce (1-3)	Morse, Trhea (1-2)	Bailey, Gray (1)	WAC Digital Int'l	510	17–11
Apr. 6				Cancelled
Apr. 7	at Northwestern State		H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA	5–13	Flowers, Dawson (1-2)	Ellis, Jacob (2-1)		ESPN+	621	17–12	3–4
Apr. 8	at Northwestern State		H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA	9–7	Caple, Brooks (3-0)	Makarewich, Alex (2-3)	Cleveland, Jackson (6)	ESPN+		18–12	4–4
Apr. 8	at Northwestern State		H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA	5–6	Froehlich, Kyle (3-0)	Morse, Trhea (1-3)		ESPN+	719	18–13	4–5
Apr. 11	at Rice*			3–7	Krishna Raj (2-1)	Tauzin, Kole (2-1)		CUSAtv	2,001	18–14
Apr. 14				7–9	Stacey, Otto (2-0)	Cleveland, Jackson (3-3)		ESPN+	191	18–15	4–6
Apr. 15	at Incarnate Word		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	1–5	Zavala, Isaiah (6-0)	Ellis, Jacob (2-2)	Hayward, Steve (4)	ESPN+	230	18–16	4–7
Apr. 16	at Incarnate Word		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	6–1	Hesseltine, Hunter (2-1)	Berens, Micah (2-1)		ESPN+	202	19–16	5–7
Apr. 18	at TCU*			9–6	Hail, Patrick (2-0)	Sloan, Braeden (2-3)	Cleveland, Jackson (7)	ESPN+	3,455	20–16
Apr. 21			Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	3–4	Watson, Matthew (3-3)	Cleveland, Jackson (3-4)	Dean, Austin (5)	ESPN+	1,476	20–17	5–8
Apr. 22	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi		Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	10–8 (8 inn)	Ellis, Jacob (3-2)	Purcell, Colin (3-4)		ESPN+	1,366	21–17	6–8
Apr. 23	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi		Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	5–7 (11 inn)	Garcia, Zach (2-2)	Tauzin, Kole (2-2)	Dickey, Kyle (1)	ESPN+	1,668	21–18	6–9
Apr. 25	at *		Schroeder Park • Houston, TX	4–2	Green, Gavin (1-0)	AYERS, Kyle (1-1)	Tauzin, Kole (2)	ESPN+	1,130	22–18
Apr. 28				5–4	Caple, Brooks (4-0)	Lauve, Lance (2-2)		ESPN+	1,212	23–18	7–9
Apr. 29	at Southeastern Louisiana		Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA	7–1	Hesseltine, Hunter (3-1)	Landry, Andrew (2-6)		ESPN+	1,178	24–18	8–9
Apr. 30	at Southeastern Louisiana		Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA	12–4	Hail, Patrick (3-0)	Stuprich, Brennan (3-4)		ESPN+	1,098	25–18	9–9

May (7–3)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SLC Record
May 2			Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	13–1	Cole, Daniel (1-2)	Elijah Breeden (3-4)		ESPN+	1,298	26–18
Battle of the Border
May 5				4–6	Rogers, Grant (10-0)	Ellis, Jacob (3-3)	Abraham, Ty (4)	ESPN+	1,674	26–19	9–10
May 6	at McNeese		Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA	3–4	Jones, Burrell (4-2)	Tauzin, Kole (0-2)	Abraham, Ty (5)	ESPN+	1,172	26–20	9–11
May 7	at McNeese		Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA	10–9	Cleveland, Jackson (1-2)	Abraham, Ty (1-2)	Morse, Trhea (1)	ESPN+	1,099	27–20	10–11

May 10	at *			9–2	Morse, Trhea (2-3)	Muirhead, Adam (0-1)		ESPN+	1,666	28–20
May 12	at Stephen F. Austin*			Cancelled
May 13	at Stephen F. Austin*		Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX	2–9	R. Boyett (1-1)	Ellis, Jacob (3-4)		ESPN+	125	28–21
May 14	at Stephen F. Austin*		Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX	Cancelled
May 16			Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	10–4	Waterhouse, Quinn (2-1)	Garza, Randy (2-3)		ESPN+	986	29–21
May 18	Houston Christian		Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	11–1 (7 inn)	Ellis, Jacob (4-4)	Gunter, Rye (1-5)	Waterhouse, Quinn (1)	ESPN+	1,098	30–21	11–11
May 19	Houston Christian		Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	10–3	Hesseltine, Hunter (4-1)	Baumann, Baylor (1-4)		ESPN+	1,614	31–21	12–11
May 20	Houston Christian		Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	9–5	Caple, Brooks (5-0)	Ewald, Tim (0-3)	Cole, Daniel (3)	ESPN+		32–21	13–11

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Notes and References

Web site: Seven New Cardinals Joining 2023 Squad . Lamar University Athletics . August 25, 2022. Kenneth Cline. January 31, 2023 . en.
Web site: McNeese picked to win 2023 Southland Conference baseball crown; Preseason All-Conference Teams announced . Southland Conference . February 3, 2023 . February 3, 2023.
Web site: DIBASEBALL.COM TOP 25 . NCAA.com . January 17, 2023.
Web site: 2023 Baseball Schedule . Lamar University Athletics . January 17, 2023.
Web site: James Dixon . Baseball Releases 2023 Slate . Lamar University Athletics . January 17, 2023 . November 8, 2022.
Web site: 2023 Southland Baseball schedule announced . Southland Conference . January 17, 2023 . October 14, 2022.