`Jacks Ride Streak Into Clash With Demons
3/18/2010 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 18, 2010
vs Northwestern State (13-3, 2-1 Southland) - March 19, 2010 - 3:00 p.m.
vs Northwestern State (13-3, 2-1 Southland) - March 20, 2010 - 2:00 p.m.
vs Northwestern State (13-3, 2-1 Southland) - March 21, 2010 - 1:00 p.m.
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Probable Pitching Matchups
Friday:
SFA - Tyler Herriage, LHP (3-0, 3.10 ERA, 20.1 IP, 17 K, 10 BB)
NWLA - Luke Irvine, RHP (2-0, 2.78 ERA, 22.2 IP, 32 K, 6 BB)
Saturday:
SFA - Jared West, RHP (2-0, 4.67 ERA, 17.1 IP, 10K, 8 BB)
NWLA - Heath Hennigan, RHP (0-1, 5.40 ERA, 15.0 IP, 15 K, 7 BB)
Sunday:
SFA - Justin Braddock, RHP (3-0, 2.08 ERA, 26.0 IP, 10 K, 3 BB)
UCA - Ryan Zimmerman, RHP (1-1, 6.05, 19.1 IP, 20 K, 6 BB
Series Notes
- The `Jacks will be looking to pick up their first win over the Demons at Jaycees Field since the opener of the 2006 SLC series played there - the first time the teams has played since th `Jacks resurrected the program. Since 2006, the Demons have won eight of 11 games in the series overall. SFA got a win in the Warhawk Classic last season ove Northwestern State behind 8.0 innings from Brett Rogers in his collegiate debut; however, the Demons made up for that with two wins in Natchitoches in league play less than a month later.
- The teams were scheduled to have already met this season in non-conference action at the SFA Lumberjack Classic; however, inclement weather forced the cancellation of the game and the modification of the tournament from a three-day, to a two-day classic.
- The weekend will feature two of the top teams in the Southland early in the season as it will be the only league series this weekend with a pair of teams that have already reached 10 victories on the year. It is also a matchup of tow of the top offenses in league with SFA leading the league with a .332 average and the Demons finding themselves just two spots away at a .308 clip as a team; however, the Demons are averaging just slightly more runs per contest than SFA at 9.06 rpg compared to SFA's 8.68
- Friday's pitching matchup will be a battle of two of the hottest pitchers in the SLC in SFA's Tyler Herriage and Northwestern's Luke Irvine. Neither pitcher has allowed a run in their last two starts with Herriage carrying a 13-inning scoreless streak into Friday and Irvine having a 12-inning streak of his own. Oddly enough, the last time either pitcher allowed a run it was on Jaycees Field on the first day of the SFA Lumberjack Classic two weeks ago.
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