Baseball 2/25/2020 11:36:00 AM

PREVIEW | @ETBU_Baseball Set for Four Games This Week

MARSHALL, Texas – Playing four games this week, the East Texas Baptist University baseball team will start at home hosting Millsaps College on Tuesday before the long drive west to Alpine, Texas. They will play a three-game American Southwest Conference series vs. Sul Ross State on Friday and Saturday.

Below is the information about the series.

ETBU vs. Millsaps College | Marshall, TX
Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020
Stadium: Woods Field
Time: 4:00 PM
All-Time Series: Series Tied 4-4
* Last ETBU Win: Mar. 5, 2019 (6-3)
* Last MC Win: April 10, 2018 (6-4)

ETBU vs. Sul Ross State University | Alpine, TX
Friday, Feb, 28| Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020 (DH)
Stadium: Kokernot Field
Time: 7:00 PM (Fri.); 1:00 PM (Sat.) (Game 2 starts 30 minutes after)
All-Time Series: ETBU 22-9
* Last ETBU Win: April 13, 2019 (18-8)
* Last SRSU Win: April 11, 2015 (6-5)

ETBU

1-8 overall and 1-2 in the American Southwest Conference after dropping two of three to Howard Payne University.
Earned their first win of the year in game two of the series, 9-3. Alan Underwood recorded the win with 6.0 innings pitched allowing one run on three hits with four strikeouts. Ryan Kasper recorded two hits while he, Jake Miller, and Ford Spigener also had two RBI.
Swept two games from MC last season by scores of 6-3 and 8-7.
Jack Hanstad had two hits and an RBI in the 6-3 win over MC.
Brady Faulkner recorded two hits while he and Dylan Singletary recorded an RBI in the 8-7 win.
Swept SRSU last season by scores of 11-7, 7-4, 18-8.
Have won their last ten meetings with the Lobos.
Kasper leads the team with a .500 batting average (four-of-eight).
Will Kelley leads the team with five RBI.
Ford Spigener is ETBU's hit leader with nine.
Julian Pokorny, Austin Scahper, and Creed Spenrath all have an ERA of 0.00.
Peyton Miller leads ETBU's pitching staff with 14 strikeouts.

MILLSAPS

2-5 after losing 5-4 to Edgewood College
Jon Dale Dieckman led the Majors with two RBI on two hits in the loss to EC.
Took one out of three from LeTourneau University, a 4-2 win in Game 2
Last defeated ETBU on April 10, 2018.
Jackson Hailey leads the team with a .350 batting average.
Jimmy Johnstone leads the Majors in hits (nine) and RBI (five)
Wil Wood has a 3.95 ERA in 13.2 innings while posting 1-1 record on the mound.
Ryan Erwin (1.69 ERA) (1-1 W/L) has recorded the only save of the season for the Majors.

SRSU

3-9 overall and 1-2 in the ASC after dropping two-of-three games to LETU.
Defeated LETU 13-0 in game one. Tye Lindsey went four-for-four with four RBI. Jared Lorenz (two hits) also had four RBI while Tyler Tupper had three hits. Sam Russell recorded the win with 7.0 innings, four hits, and 10 strikeouts.
Lost 17-3 to #1 Chapman University.
Batting .290, which is fifth in the American Southwest Conference.
Lead the ASC in runs scored (77), hits (111), RBI (68), doubles (25), total bases (157), stolen bases (27), and innings pitched (94.0 IP)
Second in the ASC in walks (49), hit by pitches (19), and batters struck out (76)
Tim Johnson leads SRSU and is in the ASC Top 10 in batting average (.405; 7^th), hits (T4th; 15), walks (1^st; 12), on base percentage (6^th; .549) and stolen bases (3^rd; six)
Lindsey is in the ASC top 10 in RBI (T2nd; 12), slugging percentage (5^th; .733), and total bases (T5th; 22).
Richard Bailey leads the ASC with nine stolen bases.
Russell is tenth in the ASC in ERA (2.91) while he leads in innings pitched (21.2). He also is fifth in the ASC with 20 strikeouts.