CAMERON (20-11) at No.12 LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (22-9)
Tuesday, April 5th – 6:00 PM
Hays Field (Lubbock, Texas)
Radio: Online Only
All-Time Series: LCU leads 8-0
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PROJECTED STARTING PITCHERS
 
LCU – Brent Bezio (4-1, 5.95 ERA)
CU – Blake Welch (1-0, 3.12 ERA)
 
RANKINGS
LCU: No. 12 (Collegiate Baseball Newspaper), No.22 (NCBWA), No.26 (Hero Sports), No.28 (D2Baseball News).
CU: Unranked
 
ON A TUESDAY
Lubbock Christian University heads into a Tuesday night non-conference home game against Cameron University on a two-game win streak. LCU enters 22-9 overall and they are 14-3 against non-conference NCAA Div. II programs. The Chaparrals are 15-3 at home and 11-1 in non-conference home games.
  
BEZIO'S BUMP
Brent Bezio will get the start on the mound for LCU. The right handed junior has made 10 appearances, with five coming in a starting role. Bezio is 4-1 with a 5.95 ERA and made his last start on Mar. 25 against Arkansas-Fort Smith lasting only 2.1 innings in his first loss of the season. He allowed a run off two hits in a relief outing (his last outing) lasting two innings Saturday at St. Edward's.
 
ON THEIR HILL
Blake Welch is the Aggies expected starter on the mound. The freshman from Frisco, Texas has made six appearances, with his last two coming in a starting role. Welch (1-0) went without a decision in a start on Mar. 26 at Angelo State. He went 4.1 innings and allowed six runs off six hits (three earned runs) in the appearance.
 
FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT CAMERON
- The Aggies are 20-11 on the season, 11-0 in non-conference and 4-6 on the road.
- They are coming off a four-game series against Eastern New Mexico in which they won three of four games at home. They outscored ENMU 31-14 in the series.
- CU is hitting .313 as a team, with Cody Bower hitting .382 on the season. He has 10 doubles and three homers on the season.
- CU was preseason picked tied for fifth in the Lone Star Conference Preseason Poll after going 11-24 last season in conference play.
- The Aggies rank seventh in NCAA Div. II in strikeouts per nine innings with a rate of 9.7 per nine innings.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
LCU and Cameron have not met since Mar. 14, 1981, with LCU sweeping a four-game set. The Chaps have won all eight prior meetings, with all played at Hays Field.