Trojans to Conclude Homestand Against Oral Roberts

Game 13: Little Rock vs. Oral Roberts
Date	Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Time	6 p.m.
Location	Little Rock, Ark.
Stadium	Gary Hogan Field
Stats	StatBroadcast
Video	Little Rock All-Access
Full Notes	Little Rock | Oral Roberts

LITTLE ROCK – Fresh off a four-game sweep of Fort Wayne, Little Rock baseball (6-6) will conclude its five-game homestand against Oral Roberts (7-4) on Tuesday night at 6 p.m., at Gary Hogan Field.
 
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The Trojans will be looking for their fifth consecutive win and their seventh straight win at home when they face the Golden Eagles in midweek action. With a Little Rock win on Tuesday night, it would be the Trojans' longest home winning streak since 2006. That year, Little Rock put together a streak of 11 consecutive victories at home.
 

• Little Rock and Oral Roberts will face each other for the fourth time this season on Tuesday.
• The Trojans are 6-1 in home games this season.
• Matt McDowell (0-3) will get the start for Little Rock against Oral Roberts.
• The Golden Eagles will start right-hander Logan Michaels (0-0).
• Little Rock's only home win against Oral Roberts came in 1996.
• Little Rock's pitchers are striking out 10.9 batters per nine innings — seventh nationally.
• Little Rock ranks 15th in the nation for fielding percentage at .984.
• The Trojans have 29 doubles for the year — 18th nationally.
• The team's batting average of .306 ranks 43rd in the nation and second in the Sun Belt.
• Trojan hitters have 129 hits for the year — 24th-most in Division I.
• Cory Malcom's strikeout-to-walk ratio of 29.00 ranks first in the nation while he ranks 15th for strikeouts and 17th for walks allowed per nine innings.
• Hunter Owens' 23 hits rank eighth nationally while his .511 batting average ranks 14th and seven doubles rank 11th.
• Trojan reliever Ryan LeMoine leads the nation with nine appearances out of the bullpen this season.