Stephen F. Austin
Prairie View A&M
Tuesday Afternoon Non-Conference Tilt at Prairie View A&M Starts SFA's Four-Game Road Trip
3/18/2019 1:06:00 PM | Baseball
'Jacks and Panther meet for eighth time
Game Twenty-Two
SFA (11-10) at Prairie View A&M (5-14)
Tuesday, March 19 | 3:00 p.m. | Tankersley Field (512) | Prairie View, Texas
Live Stats | Weather Forecast
Pitching Matchup | RHP Austin Hearn (0-0, 9.90 ERA) vs. TBA
LEADOFF HITS
• In search of a fourth-straight victory for the first time in 2019, the SFA baseball team hits the road for a Tuesday afternoon non-conference tilt at Prairie View A&M. First pitch at Tankersley Field has been set for 3:00 p.m.
• Senior right-hander Austin Hearn gets the start for the 'Jacks. In the only other starting assignment of his collegiate career, Hearn fanned four batters in five innings of work to pick up a win during the 'Jacks' 9-4 non-conference triumph over Texas Southern on March 6, 2018.
• The 'Jacks are 1-3 (.250) in non-conference road games this season with their lone win coming on Sunday, Feb. 24, at UT-Arlington. That night, SFA scored an 11-9 victory in 10 frames over the Mavericks.
• SFA's last winning streak of four or more games came last season when the 'Jacks won five in a row from March 21-27.
LAST TIME OUT | HOUSTON BAPTIST SERIES
• Another sterling three-game effort by SFA's pitching staff helped the 'Jacks secure their second-straight Southland Conference sweep last weekend. SFA bookended its 3-0 weekend with a pair of shutout victories - 6-0 on Friday night and 1-0 on Saturday afternoon - and gave up only two runs over the three-game set against Houston Baptist. Those two runs are the fewest given up by SFA in a three-game Southland series in program history.
• SFA's two shutout wins against the Huskies represent the second-highest total of Southland shutouts tossed by the 'Jacks in a single season. In 2013, 2011 and 2007 SFA finished with a program-best three shutout wins in Southland play.
• Alex Palmer started the series with a 10-strikeout performance through seven innings of action. Those 10 punchouts upped his season total to 44 which are the most by any pitcher in the Southland Conference and the 14th most in the nation. The junior picked up the win, improving to 2-1 on the year and 2-0 in Southland play. In his two Southland starts, Palmer owns a 0.60 ERA, a .137 BAA and has fanned 19 through 15 innings of work.
• Saturday starter Jaxon Covington and Sunday starter Jacob Stobart each improved to 2-0 in Southland play. In relief, Jesus Gamez notched one save while Jeremy Rodriguez added another.
• In Sunday's 1-0 win, senior infielder Manny Vasquez blasted a solo homer in the bottom of the second inning. That long ball stood up as the game-winner in SFA's first 1-0 Southland Conference regular season win since May 8, 2015 at Lamar.
SERIES HISTORY vs. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M
Record vs. Prairie View A&M | 4-3 (.571)
Streak | Prairie View A&M won one
In Nacogdoches | 4-0 (1.000)
Streak | SFA won four
In Prairie View, Texas | 0-3 (.000)
Streak | Prairie View A&M won three
Last Game | at Prairie View A&M 8, SFA 2 (March 20, 2018)
SFA Runs/Per Game | 66/9.4
Prairie View A&M Runs/Per Game | 46/6.6
Last Prairie View A&M Win | March 20, 2018 (8-2)
Last SFA Win | March 13, 2018 (13-6)
Cardenas vs. Prairie View A&M | 2-2 (.500)
SCOUTING PRAIRIE VIEW A&M | ROSTER | SCHEDULE | STATISTICS
• Sunday afternoon the Panthers put an end to a three-game losing skid by scoring a 12-6 triumph in their final game of a three-game set against Alcorn State.
• A great deal of Prairie View A&M's damage at the dish come off the bats of Alex Martinez and Dalton Horner. Martinez has driven in a team-high 16 runs and has posted a slash line of .343/.392/.552 in his 16 games started. His 23 hits are also a team high and of those 23 seven have gone for extra bases including a squad best three home runs.
• Horner has amassed 15 RBI in 17 games and like Martinez has bashed three homers and racked up seven extra-base hits.
• Daniel Lingua (.339/.500/.482) is tied for with Martinez for the team high in runs scored with 14 and has pushed nine runs across the plate through his 16 games played.
• Only one Prairie View A&M player - Derrick Curry - possesses an ERA lower than 4.50. The Panthers' team ERA stands at 9.14 thus far in the season and two of the team's five victories belong to Cameron Cooper (2-2, 10.45 ERA).
• Kyle Smith (1-1, 6.39 ERA) is tops on the team with 20 strikeouts, but as a club the Panthers have walked 102 batters through 146 2/3 frames of work.
SHOVIN' IN THE SOUTHLAND
• The main reason why the 'Jacks are off to their best Southland Conference start since 2011 is pitching.
• Through six Southland games this season, SFA arms own a collective 1.17 ERA and a batting average against of just .175.
• SFA has allowed just eight runs through six Southland games - the fewest over a six-game Southland stretch in the history of the program.
MANNY BEING MANNY
• Through SFA's five games last week, senior Manny Vasquez proved to be the best bat in the 'Jacks' lineup.
• Over that stretch, Vasquez batted .412/.474/.824 and finished with three RBI on the strength of four doubles and one home run.
• The senior is currently the owner of a team-best seven-game hitting streak and has at least one hit in five of SFA's six Southland games this season.
ON DECK
• SFA returns to Southland Conference action and completes its four-game road trip by heading north to Conway, Ark., for a weekend series at Central Arkansas. Friday's series opener is set for 6:00 p.m. at Bear Stadium.
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