LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (12-16, 11-14 LSC) vs.
CAMERON (4-23, 4-18 LSC)
Saturday, April 17 – 1 p.m. (DH)
Hays Field – Lubbock, Texas
 
LEADING OFF
With an offense as hot as Lubbock Christian University's is right now, it's no wonder they have won four straight games, including three in run-rule fashion. They will look to keep their winning streak alive on Saturday in a doubleheader against Cameron, who is riding a streak of their own, having lost 10 straight games. With the win on Friday, LCU also moved to 6-7 at home this year, meaning if they win both games Saturday they will have a winning record at Hays Field.
 
STARTING PITCHING MATCHUPS
Game One
LCU – After starting a lefty on Friday night, the Chaps will go to right-hander Owen Woodward to start off the doubleheader. Woodward will be making his second consecutive start after making his first eight appearances this season as a reliever. Woodward has an ERA of 1.78 in 25 and a third innings of work. He has allowed five earned runs on 17 hits and 10 walks to go along with 22 strikeouts. Opponents are hitting .193 against them this season. In the Breckenridge native's first start last weekend, he went five and two thirds innings with two runs allowed on five hits while striking out a career-high seven batters.
 
CU – Michael Womack is the likely candidate to start in game two. The right-hander has an ERA of 8.68 and a 1-2 record in eight appearances, seven of which have come as a starting pitcher. He has allowed 27 earned runs in 28 innings of work on 27 hits with opponents batting .250 against him Womack struggles with the walk more than any other Aggie pitcher, having issued 24 free passes this year, but he also has 23 strikeouts.
 
Game Two
LCU – Peyton Hutson will get the nod in the second game of the doubleheader, tasked with making just his second start of the season. Hutston also started on Opening Day against Central Missouri but since then has only appeared out of the bullpen. He has a 5.57 ERA in 21 innings of work, having allowed 23 hits and walked 12 batters with 22 strikeouts. Hutson's most-recent outing was his best of the year, as pitched a career-high 4.0 innings, allowing just two hits and striking out a career-high seven batters against Eastern New Mexico.
 
CU - Marcos Feria will get the ball in game three, bringing in an ERA of 6.35 in 34 innings of work. He has 34 runs, 24 of them earned, on 33 hits. He has 27 walks, but has struck out a team-high 49 batters. Feria's best start of the year came on March 27, which was Cameron's last win. He went seven and a third innings with no earned runs allowed on just three hits with nine strikeouts. Opponents this season are hitting .248 against him.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
.191 | Woodward has been especially good against right-handed batter this season, holding them to just 13 hits in 68 at-bats for a .191 batting average
13 | Colin Gordon hit his 13^th double of the season on Friday night to hold onto the Lone Star Conference lead in that category
9.43 | Hutson has a strikeout rate of 9.43 per nine innings this season, which is the second-highest on the team behind only Armando Valle
19 | With two hits in Friday night's win, Luis Navarro has now hit safely in 19 straight games, which is the longest hitting streak by a Chap since Hunter McFall had a 23-game hitting streak in 2016
4.38 | Valle didn't need much help in relief in the series-opener, but a scoreless inning from Cannon Davis lowered LCU's bullpen ERA to 4.38