| Little Rock at Memphis |
| Location |
Memphis, Tenn. |
| Stadium |
FedEx Park |
| First Pitch |
Friday, March 9 - 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Saturday, March 10 - TBA |
| Records |
Little Rock (6-7)
Memphis (5-8) |
| Watch |
GoTigersGo.com |
| Stats |
TrojanStats.com |
| Tiger Game Notes |
GoTigersGo.com |
LITTLE ROCK – Little Rock baseball will start off their three-game series against Memphis with a doubleheader on Friday at FedEx Park in Memphis, Tennessee. The schedule for the weekend has already been altered due to potential inclement weather as the Trojans and Tigers will now play a doubleheader Friday, getting underway at 1 p.m. The remaining game is tentatively set for Saturday but could be altered further depending on the weather forecast.
TROJANS TO WATCH FOR
Kale Emshoff, who was recently named to the watch list for the Johnny Bench Award, leads the team with a batting average of.386 with five doubles, one home run and four RBI's while
Troy Alexander leads the team in runs batted in with 14 and is second on the team in batting average with a .370.
Matt Merino is in a hot streak hitting home runs in back-to-back games which drove in three runs for the Trojans as he is hitting .357 during that span.
Little Rock's ace
Cole Townsend is proving why he is the number one for the Trojans. Little Rock has won all three of his starts this season with Townsend getting the win in two of those. He threw 15 consecutive scoreless innings, including a complete game shutout in his second start of the year, as his ERA sits at 1.83 while tallying 20 strikeouts with only two walks allowed.
SCOUTING MEMPHIS
The Tigers enter the weekend at 5-8 overall, earning a split in a midweek series at Middle Tennessee. The Tigers have a common opponent thus far with Little Rock, falling to ninth-ranked Ole Miss 8-6 on February 20.
Junior lefty Hunter Smith has been the Tigers' most reliable bullpen arm so far this season, pitching seven times and allowing just one run over 13.2 innings. Smith has struck out 17 and walked just two. He owns a 1-0 record and an 0.66 ERA.
Outfielder Tyler Webb is the Tigers' leading hitter with a .340 average in 12 starts. He has 16 hits, five doubles and a home run. His .436 on-base percentage is also the best on the team.
Newcomer Kyle Ouellette is the team's second-leading hitter with a .333 batting average in 13 games played. Ouellette, a transfer from Walters State, leads the team with 10 RBI and is the only Tiger with double-digit RBI.
SERIES AGAINST MEMPHIS
The Trojans and the Tigers are playing for the first time since 2006 and the first time in a weekend series since 1985. Memphis has the upper hand in the all-time series, winning 38 of the 50 games the two teams have played against each other.
LAST TIME OUT
Little Rock battled ninth-ranked Ole Miss pitch for pitch through six innings Wednesday night as the two teams were deadlocked at 2-2 heading to the bottom of the seventh. But the Rebels scored four runs in both the seventh and eighth innings, handing the Trojans a 10-2 loss at Swayze Field.
ON DECK
The Trojans will play their lone home game in a two-week stretch when it welcome Louisiana Tech to
Gary Hogan Field for a 4 p.m. first pitch on Tuesday, March 13. Little Rock then heads back on the road, opening Sun Belt Conference play at Troy March 16-18.
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