LITTLE ROCK – Looking for its second series win of the year, Little Rock baseball (2-5) will face Fort Wayne (3-5) in a four-game series beginning on Friday at 3 p.m., at
Gary Hogan Field. A doubleheader will take place on Saturday at noon, and the series finale will take place on Sunday at 1 p.m.
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The Trojans will hold Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day on Friday. All UA Little Rock faculty and staff members will receive free admission with a valid university ID.
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Friday will mark the 12th meeting between Little Rock and Fort Wayne — all at
Gary Hogan Field. The Trojans have built
a 7-4 series lead since the initial meeting in 2010.
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- Little Rock owns a 7-4 series lead over Fort Wayne.
- The Mastodons took the four-game series 3-1 last year in Little Rock.
- The last time Little Rock won a series against Fort Wayne was in 2011.
- All eleven games in the series have taken place in Little Rock.
- The first meeting between the Trojans and Mastodons occurred in 2010.
- Cory Malcom enters the weekend series as the reigning
Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week.
- Freshman Carter Brown will be making his first career start on Friday.
- Chandler Fidel will go for his second straight win in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader.
- Cole Townsend will start the series finale on Sunday after starting the midweek game at Oklahoma.
- Malcom's strikeout-to-walk ratio of 22.00 ranks first in the nation and his 22 strikeouts rank fifth.
- Malcom is striking out 14.14 batters per nine innings — ranking 39th nationally.
- Little Rock's .990 fielding percentage ranks sixth nationally
and leads the Sun Belt.
- The Trojans' 20 doubles this season rank 27th nationally and third in the Sun Belt.
- Hunter Owens enters the weekend with a hitting streak of eight games and leads the Trojans in nine different offensive categories.
- Dalton Thomas has reached base in every game this season.
- A win on Friday would be the Trojans' third straight at home.
- A four-game series sweep would be Little Rock's first since 2005.
