ADAMS STATE (2-3) at No.6 LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (5-0)
Friday, February 10
Game 1: 2:00 PMÂ / Game 2: 4:00 PM Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Hays Field (Lubbock, Texas)
Radio: Online only
All-Time Series: LCU leads 12-4
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RANKINGS
LCU: No. 6 (Perfect Game), No.20 (NCBWA), No. 39 (Collegiate Baseball Newspaper)
ASU: Unranked
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PROJECTED STARTING PITCHERS
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GAME 1
LCU –
Christian Marquez (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
           - Making his second start of the season. He pitched last Friday against Missouri Western and went six innings allowing one unearned run off four hits and struck out six batters.
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ASU – Josh Keaton (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
           - Last Friday, Keaton claimed the win in a start at Arizona Christian, pitching four scoreless innings. He allowed three hits and struck out five batters in the appearance. On Feb. 4, 2016, Keaton suffered his first loss of the season in a season debut against LCU, going 1.2 innings and allowing five runs off three hits.
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GAME 2
LCU –
Daniel Crooks (1-0, 6.00 ERA)
           - Making his second start of the season. He pitched last Saturday against Newman and received the win, going six innings and allowing four runs on four hits. He struck out seven batters.
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ASU – Bailey Garcia (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
           - Last Friday, Garcia claimed a win over Providence Christian. He went four innings and did not allow a run. He struck out five batters and allowed two hits. On Feb. 4, 2016, Garcia made his 2016 debut against LCU and allowed three runs off seven hits in five innings.
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Lubbock Christian University plays their first doubleheader of the season, hosting Adams State for a pair of games of an eventual four-game non-conference series. LCU is 5-0 this season and 1-0 at home, while ASU is 2-3 on the season.
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THROWBACK THURSDAY
Lubbock Christian University's
Jaime Bustamante hit a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give LCU a 2-1 win over Adams State University in LCU's home opener at Hays Field Thursday.
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STREAKING
LCU's
Brandon Rix and
Jaime Bustamante are each riding a five-game hit streak with at least one hit in all five games this season. Rix has multi-hit games in four of their five games played. In addition to Rix and Bustamante,
Logan Nethercot and
Caleb Koedyker have reached base safely in all five games.
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SERIES NOTABLES
0-for-9 | ASU Is 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position, which is a stat both teams struggled with Thursday night, as LCU was 2-for 15 in the category. In addition, ASU was 2-for-18 with runners on bas and LCU was 3-for-18.
5-for-9 | LCU was 5-for-9 on getting the lead-off batter aboard, but they went 0-for-7 in two-out at-bats leading to 11 runners left stranded Thursday.
3 | ASU's Michael Downs leads all players in the series with three hits.
23 | The two teams combined to strand 23 base runners Thursday, with ASU stranding 12 and LCU stranding 11.
11-3 | LCU is 11-3 against ASU all-time at Hays Field.
9 | LCU has won nine straight contests against ASU.
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