NO.6 LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (14-5) at NEWMAN (13-6)
Saturday, March 12 – 1:00 p.m.
McCarthy Field (Wichita, Kan.)
Radio: None
All-Time Series: LCU leads 6-2
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PROJECTED STARTING PITCHERS
LCU – Russell Reber (2-0, 4.55 ERA)
NU – Brent Bezio (3-0, 3.80 ERA)
 
RANKINGS
LCU: No. 6 (Collegiate Baseball Newspaper), No.10 (NCBWA), No.24 (D2Baseball News).
 
NU: Unranked
 
OPENING HEARTLAND PLAY
Another solid pitching performance by Guillaume Blanchette capped a doubleheader split in Lubbock Christian University's Heartland Conference opening series at Newman Friday at McCarthy Field. Chaps lost the opening game 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh inning, but bounced back to win the second game 1-0. It was their first 1-0 win since the 2005 season.
 
RUBBER MATCH PITCHER
LCU is going with Brent Bezio on the mound Saturday, as they try to claim the series. Bezio is making his third start of the season and it will mark his seventh appearance. His last start came in Pueblo, Colo., where he went eight innings and allowed three runs in a 4-3 win  (Feb.28). He struck out nine in that start.
 
HANGAR NEWS
The Jets are going with Kane McCarthy on the mound. McCarthy is 2-1 with a 3.22 ERA. Opponents are hitting .202 against him this season. He is coming off his shortest stint (2.2 innings on Mar.6 vs. Augustana) of the season.
 
SERIES NOTABLES
- The teams have combined for three complete games by pitchers in the series.
- Each team has 14 hits in the series.
- Jaime Bustamante leads LCU in the series with a .500 mark at the plate (3-for-6).
- LCU pitchers has three walks in the series.  All three came in the bottom of the seventh inning, which decided game one of Friday's doubleheader.
- The Jets are 5-for-11 (.455) with runners in scoring position in the series, while LCU is 2-for-15 (.133).