MARSHALL, Texas – Opening up the 2021 spring season at home, the East Texas Baptist University baseball team will host NAIA program Jarvis Christian College this Tuesday night. Both games will be seven innings.
Below is the information about the games.
▶️G1/2 #ETBU🐯🆚 Jarvis Christian College 🐂🐶
🗓️ Tuesday, February 9, 2021 |🕰️4:00 PM/6:00 PM
🏟 Woods Field
🔢All-Time Series: ETBU 3-2
*Last ETBU Win: Feb. 15, 2017 (21-7)
*Last JC Win: Mar. 28, 2017 (3-5)
ETBU
* Finished 3-14 last season
* Picked to finish third in the American Southwest Conference in 2021
* Return 24 members from last season's team
* Sophomores:
Isaiah Alvarenga,
Sayers Collins,
Peter Delkus,
Rece Gustafson,
Ryan Kasper,
Lucas McCrum,
Peyton Miller,
Julian Pokorny,
Blakely Welch
* Juniors:
Will Kelley,
Jake Miller,
Christopher Robinson,
Samuel Rowland,
Adrian Stover
* Seniors:
Cole Godkin,
Zachary McAdams,
Kyle Sweeney
* Graduate Students: Alex Arellano,
Blake Corbin,
Cameron Neel,
Devyn Nicholson,
Zackery Pierce,
Daniel Rubio
* Corbin and
Jake Miller both selected to ASC Players to Watch list.
* Corbin was ASC Pitcher of the Week for his complete game, three-hit, 1-0 shutout, against defending ASC champion Concordia, which he struck out a career high 12 batters.
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Jake Miller finished with 11 hits last season and was tied for third with six RBI while recording three doubles.
* Nicholson was third on the team with a .348 batting average
* Corbin won two of ETBU's three games posting an ERA of 1.40 with 24 strikeouts in 19.1 IP.
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Peyton Miller led ETBU's pitching staff in innings pitched (27.1) and strikeouts (25)
* Collins finished tied for the team lead in home runs with two.
* Split their series with JC in 2017. Won 21-7 at home while falling 5-3 at Hawkins.
JC
* 1-4 on the season following four straight losses to Wayland Baptist
* Armond Barrios batted .333 (four-of-12) in the series with 5 RBI, 2 HR, and three stolen bases
* Zeke Holder batted. .333 (three-of-nine) with two RBI, one HR
* Robert Morales-Candelario batted .333 (four-of-12) with one RBI, two runs scored, one HR, and one stolen base.
* Alvaro Xavier-Pena has the lone win on the mound with a 3.46 ERA in 2.1 IP.
