MARSHALL, Texas - Splitting their midweek doubleheader with LeTourneau, the East Texas Baptist University baseball team will begin American Southwest Conference play with a road trip to Austin, Texas, to take on Concordia University Texas on Saturday and Sunday. ETBU won one game vs. the Tornados last season.
Below is the information about the games.
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🗓️ Saturday, February 27, 2021 |🕰️11:00 AM/2:00 PM
🗓️ Sunday, February 28, 2021 |🕰️1:00 PM
🏟 Local Field - CTX has no power in Austin
🔢All-Time Series: CTX 36-19
*Last ETBU Win: Mar. 6, 2020 (1-0)
*Last CTX Win: Mar. 7, 2020 (6-3)
ETBU
* 3-2 after a splitting their two games with LETU.
* Hit seven homers vs. LETU from
Charles Gordon (G1),
Jake Miller (G1),
Will Kelley (G1),
Zachary McAdams (G1),
Cameron Neel (G1),
Austin Barry (G2), and
Christopher Robinson (G2).
* Won Game 1, 9-0.
Colson Sledge led with three RBI while Gordon recorded two hits.
Jacob Sherman earned the win with three scoreless relief innings and five strikeouts.
* Lost Game 2, 10-7. Robinson had three RBI while Barry had two.
Sayers Collins took the loss with 0.1 innings allowing two runs.
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Carson Wilson leads ETBU with a .533 batting average, eight hits, and six RBI.
* Took one of three from CTX last season. The win was a 1-0 win with Corbin pitching a complete game shutout striking out 13 batters and allowing three hits.
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Samuel Rowland would hit his first career homer last season in the second game of the doubleheader.
CTX
* Will have their first games of the season this week.
* Was 11-5 overall and 8-1 in the ASC when COVID-19 hit last year.
* Brett Leiferman led CTX in hits (29), batting average (.492), RBI (18), doubles (five), stolen bases (six) and tied for first in homers (three).
* Calvin Bush was 4-0 on the mound in 31.0 innings with a 1.74 ERA with six runs on 15 hits and 44 strikeouts.
* Matthew Williams went 3-1 on the mound while leading the pitching staff in strikeouts (55), ERA (1.24), and innings pitched (36.1 IP)
* Leiferman went 5-10 against ETBU with three homers and six RBI.
* Defending conference champions from 2019.
