Game 14: Little Rock at Stephen F. Austin |
Date |
Friday, March 10, 2017 |
Time |
6:30 p.m. |
Location |
Nacogdoches, Texas |
Stadium |
Jaycees Field |
Stats |
GameTracker |
Video |
SFA Facebook Live |
Full Notes |
Little Rock | Stephen F. Austin |
LITTLE ROCK – Little Rock baseball (6-7) will be looking for its third consecutive series win when it travels to Stephen F. Austin (5-9) for a three-game series beginning on Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Jaycees Field. The second game of the series will occur on Saturday at 2 p.m., and the series will wrap up on Sunday at 1 p.m.
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All games will air on Facebook Live on Stephen F. Austin Athletics' Facebook page.
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Little Rock and Stephen F. Austin are knotted up at 9-9 in the
Game 15: Little Rock at Stephen F. Austin |
Date |
Saturday, March 11, 2017 |
Time |
2 p.m. |
Location |
Nacogdoches, Texas |
Stadium |
Jaycees Field |
Stats |
GameTracker |
Video |
SFA Facebook Live |
Full Notes |
Little Rock | Stephen F. Austin |
all-time series while the Trojans beat the Lumberjacks 7-2 last year in Nacogdoches.
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The Trojans will go with right-hander
Cory Malcom (1-0) on Friday, lefty
Cole Townsend (1-0) on Saturday and lefty
Chandler Fidel on Sunday (1-1). The Lumberjacks will start right-hander Trevor Kiminski (1-1) on Friday, lefty Erik Nouis (0-1) on Saturday and lefty Patrick Ledet (0-2) on Sunday.
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- Cory Malcom's strikeout-to-walk ratio 29.00 leads the nation while his 29 strikeouts rank 17th.
Game 16: Little Rock at Stephen F. Austin |
Date |
Sunday, March 12, 2017 |
Time |
1 p.m. |
Location |
Nacogdoches, Texas |
Stadium |
Jaycees Field |
Stats |
GameTracker |
Video |
SFA Facebook Live |
Full Notes |
Little Rock | Stephen F. Austin |
- Hunter Owens' .479 batting average ranks 24th in the nation and second in the Sun Belt Conference.
- Little Rock ranks 14th in the nation for strikeouts per nine innings at 10.5.
- The Trojans' fielding percentage of .985 ranks 10th in the nation.
- Little Rock has the second-highest team batting average in the Sun Belt at .300.
- The Trojans' 29 doubles for the year rank 28th in Division I.
- Hunter Owens' .479 batting average ranks 24th nationally and second in the Sun Belt.
- Owens and Dalton Thomas have safely reached base in all 13 games this season.
- A win on Friday would be the Trojans fourth straight in Nacogdoches.
- A series win would give Little Rock three consecutive series wins for the year and would be the Trojans' first-ever series win in Nacogdoches.
- Head coach Chris Curry is two wins away from 50th career victory.
- A sweep would give Little Rock back-to-back weekend series sweeps for the first time since 2006.
- A sweep of SFA would be the first time Little Rock has ever swept a three-game series and a four-game series in back-to-back weekends.
- Cameron Knight was named to the Johnny Bench Award watch list on Thursday afternoon.