COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY - PUEBLO (6-7) at No.12 LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (9-6)
Sunday, February 26, 2017 | 1:00 p.m.
Hays Field (Lubbock, Texas)
Radio: KJTV am950/100.7fm
All-Time Series: CSU Leads 4-3
 
IN THE BOX
Lubbock Christian University and CSU-Pueblo close out a four-game series with a nine-inning contest scheduled for a 1 p.m. first pitch at Hays Field. CSU-P leads the series 3-1 and LCU needs a win Sunday to split the four-game set. LCU also looks to improve a 4-3 home record.
 
RANKINGS (as of 2/23/17)
LCU: No. 12 (Perfect Game), No. 16 (d2baseballnews.com), No. 39 (Collegiate Baseball Newspaper),
CSU-P: Unranked
 
PROJECTED STARTING PITCHERS
 
LCU – Daniel Crooks (2-1, 5.89 ERA)
Crooks leads the Chaps in strikeouts with 25 strikeouts in 18.1 innings this season. He is scheduled to make his fifth appearance and fourth start of the season. His last start came Tuesday in Canyon, Texas, where he earned the win over No.24 West Texs A&M. He struck out 10 batters and held the Buffs to two runs off six hits in six innings. Opponents are batting .269 against him this season.
 
CSU-P – Zach Hoffman (0-0, 5.40 ERA)
            Hoffman is slated for his second appearance of the season. He went 3.1 innings against Adams State and allowed two runs on five hits. The junior is a lefthanded pitcher.
 
LOOKING BACK
No.12 Lubbock Christian University bounced back from a 12-5 deficit in Saturday's opener with a 7-3 win to split a doubleheader against Colorado State University - Pueblo at Hays Field. 
 
STREAKS
Tony Reyes leads the team with a 13-game hit streak. He leads the team reaching base safely in 13 straight games, with Chase Simmons behind him reaching in 10 straight contests played.
 
SERIES NOTABLES
47.8% | CSU-P has been able to get the leadoff batter aboard in 11 of 23 opportunities in the series.
.636 | Brandon Castaneda leads CSU-P in the series going 7-for-11 at the plate.    
3 | Tony Reyes has three extra-base hits against CSU-P in the series. The entire T-Wolves lineup has two.
4 | Ryan Rogers leads LCU in the series with four RBI.
5 | Reyes (5-for-11) and Jaime Bustamante (5-for-12) each have five hits in the series for LCU.
5 | Ambrose Romero of CSU-P has five RBI against LCU in the series.
7-for-9 | With a runner at third and less than two outs, CSU-P is .778 in getting the runner home in the series (7-for-9), while LCU is .455 (5-for-11).
 
HISTORY WITH CSU-P
The two programs had never met until a four-game series last season. The teams alternated wins and losses, with the two teams splitting the four-game series. CSU-P has a game advantage (4-3) in the series after winning the opening two games of this series.