Baseball | 04.23.2022

LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (32-13, 30-13, LSC) vs.
UT PERMIAN BASIN (12-32, 11-32 LSC)
Sunday, April 24 – 1 p.m.
Hays Field – Lubbock, Texas
 
LEADING OFF
It's Senior day for the Lubbock Christian University baseball team, and the Chaps have a chance to sweep UT Permian Basin and win their sixth-straight game to close out the regular season home slate. Prior to the start of Sunday's game (at 12:45 p.m.) LCU will honor 14 graduating players before the teams take the field in the finale of a series that the Chaps have already won. It's been the offense that has impressed through the first three games with 51 runs scored by Lubbock Christian through the first three games of the weekend, and they will try and stay hot at the plate in the final regular season game at Hays Field.
 
STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP
LCU – Coming off one of his best starts of the season, Ty Stephenson will go the mound for the Chaparrals in the series finale. Last week against Cameron, the senior tossed five shutout innings, allowing just four hits in that time while striking out three batters. Overall, Stephenson has an ERA of 5.91 on the year in 42.2 innings of work. He has allowed 28 earned runs on 54 hits and 20 walks while striking out 29. Opponents are batting .303 against him. Stephenson is in his third year with the Chaps and will be making his 21^st career start. In his career he has an ERA of 5.05 in 103.1 innings of work.
 
UTPB – Trever Berg is slated to get the start in game four of the series for the Falcons. He has an ERA of 9.06 in 49.2 innings of work this season, but his two wins on the mound are tied for most on the team. Berg has allowed a team-high 82 hits, 20 of which have gone for doubles. Opponents are batting .369 against him and he has walked 24 while striking out 40. Berg was solid in his last start against the Rattlers, allowing just four runs on nine hits with five strikeouts in 6.1 innings of work.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
794 | The 14 graduating players have combined to appear in 794 total games in the last five seasons
.506 | Lubbock Christian is batting .506 (45-89) in the three games against UT Permian Basin, led by Eduardo Acosta's .800 average so far in the series
20 | If the Chaps can win the finale, they will reach 20 wins at home for the first time since 2017, when they were 25-4 at the friendly confines
.269 | LCU starting pitcher Ty Stephenson has been very good at limiting two-out hits against him this season, allowing just 14 in 52 chances for a .269 opponent's batting average in those situations
.611 | Chap leadoff batters have reached in 11 of their 18 chances so far this weekend for a .611 on-base percentage