Baseball’s McBride Earns Heartland Honor (4/18/06)

BILLINGS, MT – Montana State University-Billings baseball player Kyle McBride has been chosen as the Heartland Conference Co-Pitcher of the Week for the week of April 17.  This marks McBride’s second honor and the fifth overall for the Montana State-Billings Baseball program this season.

Kyle McBride, a junior right-handed pitcher from Billings, Montana earned the Yellowjackets only win in six games last week.  The win came in fine fashion as McBride pitched his third straight shut out in a row and his second against the Blue Tigers in a 12-0 win last week.  In the win against Heartland Conference opponent Lincoln, McBride allowed just four hits with no extra bases and struck out four.  Two of the 21 outs in last week’s victory were grounded double plays.  On the season, McBride has posted an earned run average of 5.18 in 41.2 innings of work, striking out a total 27 batters to date.

The Yellowjackets have 12 home games remaining in the season, all of which will be played against Heartland Conference opponents.  In the lineup, the Jackets will host Oklahoma Panhandle State April 21 and 22 at Cobb Field.  The Aggies are 4-38 overall and just 3-25 against Heartland Conference opponents.  The first game on Friday is scheduled for 12 noon while Saturday’s first game will start at 11:00 a.m.