LUBBOCK, Texas (October 21, 2016) – The fall Lubbock Christian University baseball tradition continues, as the annual "Ducks & Skunks" baseball series at Hays Field is set to begin its best-of-three edition Friday at 3 p.m. at Hays Field.

DUCKS & SKUNKS SCHEDULE
 
Game 1 – Friday, Oct. 21 – 3:00 PM
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   Down 0-6 in the bottom of the fifth inning the Ducks took advantage of a Skunk error to score seven runs and take the lead with the help of a two-run bomb by Keaton Greenwalt, the freshman from Melrose, New Mexico. The skunks evened it up in the top of the seventh on a homer by newcomer Caleb Koedyker, a senior from UT-Arlington. In the bottom of the seventh with Brent Stewart on third base Ryan Rogers singled to center to give the Ducks game one.
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Game 2 – Saturday, Oct. 22 – Noon
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   Ducks get on the board first with a sacrifice fly off the bat of Brent Stewart in the first inning scoring Jamie Bustamante. The Skunks, however, put up three runs in third, one in the fourth, five in the fifth and another in the sixth to put the game away. Ricky Contreras (6 innings) and Brennan Fowler (1 inning) combined to hold the Ducks to three runs off two hits. Skunk catcher, James Hardbereger, homered twice in the game in back-to-back at bats with a two-run shot in the fifth and a solo bomb in the sixth.
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Game 3 – Sunday, Oct. 23  – 1:30 PM
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   Down 0-7 after five innings of play the Skunks got five runs in the sixth to make it a two-run game. The Ducks add three more runs in the bottom half of the inning to go up 10-5. The Skunks weren't done though scoring four runs in the top of the seventh. With Brandon Urquizo on third and Antonio Reyes on first and only one out the Skunks were in position to take the lead. Duck releif pitcher, Nick Hooper got Caleb Koedyker to strike out and James Hardberger to fly out to right field to seal the victory and take the series.
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All three games will be played regardless if one of the teams sweeps the first two games.
All games played at Hays Field
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HISTORY
The series dates back to the fall of 1970 when then-LCC (Lubbock Christian College) head coach Larry Hays devised the series to celebrate the end of fall practices, but the name Ducks & Skunks dates back to 1962, when LCC's first baseball team needed uniforms and the Post Cereal Mill generously donated some left-over uniforms with a Skunk on them.
 
Ducks & Skunks is basically an intersquad matchup with bragging rights on the line. It serves as LCU's fall schedule for evaluations and preparation for the 2017 season.