Since losing its series to Lubbock Christian to begin Heartland Conference play six weeks ago, the UAFS baseball team has won four conference series in a row.
This week, the Lions will look to keep that streak alive when they host the Texas A&M International Dustdevils in a three-game conference series at Crowder Field. The series will begin with a doubleheader at 1 p.m. on Friday and conclude with one nine-inning game at noon on Saturday, which also will be Senior Day.
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It will be the final home conference series of the regular season for UAFS, which will finish conference play with a three-game series against Newman at McCarthy Field in Wichita, Kan., on May 3-4.
It also will be the first three of four final home games for UAFS, which will host Northeastern State in a nonconference game at 3 p.m. on Tuesday at Crowder Field.
UAFS (21-16, 8-7) is fourth in the conference and trails conference leader and No. 23-ranked Lubbock Christian (30-11, 12-3) by four games with six games remaining. Rogers State (27-13, 11-4) is second, and Oklahoma Christian (27-13, 9-6) is third.
Texas A&M International (16-25, 7-8) gave Lubbock Christian its first conference series loss last weekend and is fifth, St. Mary's (25-18, 6-9) and St. Edward's (18-24, 6-9) are tied for sixth and Newman (14-25, 1-14) is eighth.
This past weekend, UAFS won its conference series against Oklahoma Christian 2-1 at Dobson Field in Oklahoma City. The Lions lost the opener 1-0 but won the final two games 8-3 and 7-4 to win their fourth conference series in five opportunities.
The Lions are batting 0.255 as a team with 286 hits, including 60 doubles, four triples and 20 home runs. Right fielder
Logan Allen leads the team in batting average (0.340) and doubles (10). Second baseman
Logan Easley leads the team in triples (two), and first baseman
Kyle Love leads the team in hits (42), home runs (four) and RBIs (63). Allen, Warner and catcher
Dylan Hurt lead the team in stolen bases (six).
UAFS' pitching staff has compiled a 4.14 ERA with 218 strikeouts and 97 walks over 300 1/3 innings.
Right-hander
Javon Rigsby leads the staff in ERA (2.01), wins (four), complete games (seven), shutouts (two), innings (71 2/3) and strikeouts (55). Right-handers
Foster Pace and
Cooper Van Kooten lead the staff in saves (three).
Texas A&M International has won two of its five conference series – a 3-0 series win against Newman and a 2-1 series win against Lubbock Christian.
The Dustdevils are batting 0.291 as a team with 378 hits, including 58 doubles, 10 triples and 32 home runs. Infielder Jorge Napoles leads the team in batting average (0.424), hits (67), doubles (11) and RBIs (42) and is tied with catcher Matthew Rosales for the team lead in home runs (six).
Outfielder Anthony Handel and utility player Phillip Sanchez lead the team in stolen bases (seven).
The Dustdevils pitching staff has compiled a 7.57 ERA with 233 strikeouts and 209 walks over 316 1/3 innings. Right-hander Andrew Hernandez leads all starters in ERA (4.78) and leads the staff in wins (four) and strikeouts (42). Right-hander Andrew Pavon leads the staff in innings (54 1/3), right-hander Ruben Solis leads the staff in complete games (one) and right-hander Justin Diaz leads the staff in saves (two).
