Baseball | 03.13.2022

LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (15-5, 13-5, LSC) at
TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL (10-14, 10-12 LSC)
Sunday, March 13 – 1 p.m.
Hays Field – Lubbock, Texas

LEADING OFF
After an offensive onslaught in Saturday's doubleheader to start the series, Lubbock Christian University will try and clinch a series win and keep a sweep in play as they Take on Texas A&M International at 1 p.m. at Hays Field. Conditions should be ripe for more run-scoring, with warm weather and a wind upwards of 15 miles per hour blowing out of the ballpark predicted for throughout the game.
 
STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP
LCU – The Chaps will use right-hander Ty Stephenson in game three. The Ingram. Texas native has an ERA of 8.31 this season in 13.0 innings pitched. All four of his appearances so far have come as a starter, but he has not gone more than 4.0 innings on the mound yet this year. The righty has allowed 12 runs on 22 hits while striking out 11. Opposing batters are hitting a robust .361 against the righty. In his last outing, he gave up three earned runs on six hits and a pair of walks in 3.1 innings of work at Angelo State. Stephenson was out with an injury for much of the 2021 season.
 
TAMIU – Abanny Garcia seems like the probable candidate to go to the mound for the Dustdevils as they try and get back into the series. A righty, Garcia has started five times this season and has an ERA of 6.08 in 23.2 innings of work. Opponents are hitting .312 against him, and he has allowed 17 runs on 29 hits while striking out 24 batters. Last weekend against St. Mary's, Garcia lasted only three innings while the Rattlers touched him up for six earned runs on seen hits and four walks.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
.585 | Lubbock Christian raised its already league leading slugging percentage by 20 points in Saturday's doubleheader to .585. The second place team in the LSC is WT at .530
20 | Chap catcher/first basemen Jarred Gibson lost his hitting streak in game one of yesterday's doubleheader but did reach base with a walk. He is the only LCU player to have reached base in every game so far this season
19 | LCU's 19 hits in the second game set a new season-high. The last time a Chap team had more than 19 hits in a game was March 29, 2019, when they collected 28 against Newman
1.1 | Although the Chap pitching staff as a whole leans on the groundout more, game three starter Ty Stephenson has a flyout to groundout ratio of 1.1, with 13 outs through the air and 12 on the ground this year
.714 | Chap pitchers were living dangerously in both games of yesterday's doubleheader, allowing TAMIU leadoff batters to reach in 10 of their 14 total leadoff opportunities for a .714 OBP