LAWTON, Okla. (Baseball) – There will be no days off for the Javelinas as Texas A&M University-Kingsville (9-6, 3-1 LSC) leaves the Lone Star State to resume conference play at Cameron University (6-9, 0-4 LSC) on Saturday, March 7 at McCord Field. Following the four game series versus the Aggies, the Hogs return to Nolan Ryan Field for a midweek tilt against St. Mary's University (12-4) on Tuesday, March 10 at 6 p.m.
First pitch is set for 2 p.m. on Saturday, a doubleheader begins at 1 p.m. on Sunday and the series concludes on Monday afternoon at 1 p.m. Live stats will be available for all five games.
The Javelinas are coming off a 7-6 loss to the University of Houston-Victoria in 12 innings on Wednesday, but TAMUK took three out of four in its Lone Star Conference series opener against then ranked West Texas A&M University. On the other end, Cameron was swept by nationally-ranked Angelo State University last week in San Angelo.
In last week's four-game series versus WT,
Ryan Benitez,
Hayden James and
Matt Terrones posted wins in 5.0-plus innings of work. James punched out a career-high 11 and Terrones allowed just four hits and struck out eight in 6.0 innings.
Dustin Luna,
Weston Silverberg and
Trey Taylor boast a 0.84, 1.69 and 1.89 ERA, respectively, to form one of the conference's deepest stopgaps to closer
Ryan Scott, who enters the weekend with five saves in 2015 and 19 career stoppers – just six shy of tying the all-time school mark.
A big start to the season has cooled off with the weather playing a big part in TAMUK's offense, but
Hayden Vesely is getting on base 50 percent of the time and leads the club with a .371 batting average.
Zach Smith,
Cline Andrews,
Clint Wallace and
Brayton Carlson are all over the .300-batting average plateau. Vesely is currently riding a six-game hit streak and has reached base safely in 10 straight with Andrews reaching base in 12 consecutive games.
Under skipper
Jason Gonzales, the Javelinas are 15-12 versus Cameron, but have won nine straight dating back to the 2013 season. The Hogs have dominated the all-time series, 43-16, but against St. Mary's, the Javelinas are 24-47-1 all-time. Rattler head coach Charlie Migl is 1,062-475-1 in 28-plus seasons at StMU.
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Scouting the AggiesTyler Cook is hitting .357 with three doubles and eight RBI and boasts a .497 on-base percentage with nine walks to lead Cameron. Cody Knight recorded CU's lone home run this season and is second on the club with a .333 batting average. On the hill, Logan Fanning is 1-1 with a 1.35 ERA this season and the closer registered two saves in 2015. The Aggies have thrown three complete games this season and the Javelinas can expect to see Dirk Masters, Javarias Banks, Codey Upton and Nolan Withrow on the bump in the four-game series.
Scouting the RattlersOne thing is clear when facing St. Mary's. One of the South Central Region's best clubs is led by Charlie Migl, who is 1,062-475-1 in his 29
th season at the helm. StMU has won a NCAA Division II World Series and begin Heartland Conference play tonight.
