LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (18-8)
vs. UAFS (13-9)
March 23 – 11:30 a.m.
Crowder Field (Fort Smith, Arkansas)
 
LEADING OFF
Lubbock Christian University will wrap up a three-game series with Arkansas-Fort Smith on Saturday with a single game slated to start at 11:30 a.m. The game was originally scheduled for noon, but moved up 30 minutes to avoid rain in the Fort Smith area. The Chaps have already secured a series win against the Lions and are 2-0 in Heartland Conference play after sweeping Friday's doubleheader with 4-1 and 8-4 wins.
 
STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP
LCU – Chandler Casey will take the mound to start for the Chaps, making his team-leading 10^th appearance, but just his third start. Casey has an earned run average of 3.30 in 30 innings pitched. He has given up 34 hits but walked only eight batters, striking out 30 and holding opponents to a .288 batting average for the year. The Lubbock native gets more outs on the ground (36) than he does in the air (19), and he is tied for the team lead with a pair of double-play balls. He was the losing pitcher in his last outing, giving up four runs (three earned) over seven innings pitched.
 
UAFS – The Lions will be throwing a right-hander as well in freshman Andrew McGlynn. The Rogers, Ark. native has made five appearances (four starts) in his inaugural collegiate campaign, never pitching more than 5.0 innings at a time. He has an earned run average of 7.41, giving up 15 hits and 11 walks to just 13 strikeouts in his 17.0 innings of work. He got a no-decision his last time out, giving up five runs on six hits in four innings against Rogers State.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES NUMBERS
13 | Lubbock Christian pitchers walked 13 batters in Friday's doubleheader, including a season-high 10 in the second game alone
.407 | Chap batters had 11 two-out hits in the first two games of the series in 27 at-bats for a .407 average
11 | Lubbock Christian now has 11 road wins the season, matching their total from the 2018 season
4 | LCU has now won four straight series dating back to the St. Mary's series in which they took two of three games from the Rattlers. The streak has also included wins over St. Edward's and Texas A&M-International
3.41 | Only the Chaps have a sub-4.00 earned run average in the Heartland Conference, checking in at 3.41 for the season
10 | Braden Hayward had three hits in game one of the series and two in the second game, giving him a team-second 10 multi-hit games this year
6-10 | Six of the 10 players with the most home runs in the Heartland Conference this year are Chaps, including Hill Alexander and Braden Hayward, who both have home runs in this series
.095 | UAFS recorded just two hits in 21 chances with runners on base in the first two games for a batting average of .095