LR Begins Final Homestand Against Northwestern State

Game 48: Little Rock vs. Northwestern State
Date	Tuesday, May 8, 2017
Time	6 p.m.
Location	Little Rock, Ark.
Stadium	Gary Hogan Field
Stats	StatBroadcast
Video	Little Rock All-Access
Full Notes	Little Rock | Northwestern State

LITTLE ROCK – With only five home games left this season, Little Rock baseball will play its next-to-last midweek game against Northwestern State on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., at Gary Hogan Field.
 
Tuesday will be the 40th all-time meeting between the Trojans and Demons. The last time Little Rock faced Northwestern State was 11 years ago in April of 2006. The Demons have a 23-16 lead in the all-time series against the Trojans. The last year they faced one another, Little Rock and Northwestern State split the season's two-game series. The Demons come into Tuesday night's game with seven wins in the last eight meetings with the Trojans.
 
Little Rock will start right-hander Carter Brown (2-1) on Tuesday night. The freshman will be making his 12th appearance and seventh start this season. He currently has the third-lowest batting average against on the team at .205.
 
Northwestern State will start right-hander Tim Winders (1-4). Winders has an ERA of 7.58 in 29.2 innings while opponents are hitting .393 against him this season.

• Little Rock will be looking for its second straight midweek win and third consecutive win against a Southland Conference opponent.
• Little Rock and Northwestern State will face each other for the first time since April of 2006.
• The Trojans are striking out 8.9 batters per nine innings — 34th nationally and third in the Sun Belt.
• The Trojans' 41 doubles rank second in the Sun Belt and 41st nationally.
• Little Rock's pitching staff is allowing the third-fewest hits per nine innings in the Sun Belt at 8.59.
• Justin Garcia's 29 appearances lead the Sun Belt and rank sixth nationally.
• Garcia is four appearances shy of tying the program's single-season record.
• Cory Malcom's 94 strikeouts are tied for the most in the Sun Belt and rank 16th nationally.
• Malcom's strikeout total is tied for the third-most in a single season in program history.
• Hunter Owens' .328 batting average ranks ninth in the Sun Belt while Cameron Knight's .320 average ranks 15th.
• Dalton Thomas' 17 doubles lead the Sun Belt and are the 45th most in the country.
• Thomas has reached base in 22 consecutive non-conference games.
• A win would be Little Rock's 10th non-conference victory of the season — the most in head coach Chris Curry's three seasons at Little Rock.
• Zach Baker has started in 101 consecutive games heading into Tuesday.
• Riley Pittman currently has the Trojans' longest active hitting streak at eight games.
• Trojan pitchers have recorded at least seven Ks in each of the last 12 games.