LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (7-14, 7-14) vs.
UT TYLER (18-3, 18-3)
Sunday, March 8 – 1 p.m.
Hays Field – Lubbock, Texas
 
LEADING OFF
Trailing in the series two games to one, the Lubbock Christian baseball team has a chance to clinch a series split at home for the first time this season if they can take down UT Tyler on Sunday. The Patriots, who enter the day second in the Lone Star Conference, dropped game two of the series to the Chaps 11-7. LCU nearly came back to win in game three as well, loading the bases in the ninth, but a double play ended their chances. LCU will need a win today to avoid their third straight series loss at home.
 
STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP
LCU – The Southpaw Aaron Weseman will be on the mound for LCU in the finale of this four-game series. Weseman will be making his sixth start of the year, holding a 5.40 ERA in 18 and a third innings on the mound this season. He has allowed 11 earned runs on just 16 hits (.239 opponent's batting average) but has also walked 16. His last outing was a short one as he went just two innings with two hits and three walks against Texas A&M International before he was relieved by Shandon Herrera.
 
UTT – The LSC's leading pitcher by ERA Garrett Arredondo will go to the mound for UT Tyler in game four of the series. Arredondo comes into Sunday with a 1.16 ERA in 23 and a third innings pitched, having allowed just four runs on 16 hits. He has walked just eight batters while striking out 31.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
2-8 | The Chaps have just two wins in 10 home games so far this season and will need to go 12-5 in the remainder of their scheduled home games to finish with a winning record at home
114 | LCU hitters drew 14 more walks in the doubleheader Saturday, increasing their season total to 114, which is the fourth most in the LSC
.105 | Lubbock Christian is 0-9 in this series when the bases are loaded in this series and 4-38 with the bases loaded this season for a .105 batting average in those situations
1.222 | Larry Leitha is leading the team with a .444 batting average in this series and all four of his hits have gone for extra bases, giving him a series slugging percentage of 1.222
3 | UT Tyler had hit into just three double plays all year coming into the series, but the Chaps have turned three on them in three games. LCU is second in the league and ranks in the top ten nationally with 18 double plays turned
18 | Leitha reached base in both games of Saturday's doubleheader, extending his streak of game with at least one time on base to 18
.412 | George Mendazona has reached base in six of his 12 plate appearances during this series, pushing his overall on-base percentage above the .400 mark