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Trojans Head to SFA for Weekend Series

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.
 
All games will air on Facebook Live on Stephen F. Austin Athletics' Facebook page.
 
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.
 
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.
 
  • 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.
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Players Mentioned

Cameron Knight

#7 Cameron Knight

C
6' 0"
Senior
R/R
Cory Malcom

#10 Cory Malcom

RHP
6' 0"
Senior
R/R
Hunter Owens

#9 Hunter Owens

OF
6' 0"
Senior
R/R
Dalton Thomas

#23 Dalton Thomas

C/OF
6' 3"
Senior
R/R
Cole Townsend

#34 Cole Townsend

LHP
6' 3"
Redshirt Junior
L/L
Chandler Fidel

#29 Chandler Fidel

LHP
6' 5"
Freshman
L/L

Players Mentioned

Cameron Knight

#7 Cameron Knight

6' 0"
Senior
R/R
C
Cory Malcom

#10 Cory Malcom

6' 0"
Senior
R/R
RHP
Hunter Owens

#9 Hunter Owens

6' 0"
Senior
R/R
OF
Dalton Thomas

#23 Dalton Thomas

6' 3"
Senior
R/R
C/OF
Cole Townsend

#34 Cole Townsend

6' 3"
Redshirt Junior
L/L
LHP
Chandler Fidel

#29 Chandler Fidel

6' 5"
Freshman
L/L
LHP