KINGSVILLE, Texas (Baseball) – #RV Texas A&M University-Kingsville (20-10) will host Eastern New Mexico University (27-11) in the second to last home series at Nolan Ryan Field April 12-14. The series begins at 6 p.m. Thursday with a doubleheader scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. Friday. First pitch on Saturday is set for 1 p.m.
IN THE POLLS
The Javelinas are receiving votes in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper (CBN) poll.
NATIONAL RANKINGS
Levi Zents is tallying a historic debut season for the Hogs as the third baseman is hitting .456, fifth highest in the nation. His .570 on-base percentage ranks second in the country. Right behind Zents is backstop
Christian Caudle, who has a .529 OBP to go with his .364 batting average.
ABOUT THE HOGS
Pablo Hernandez leads the club with 29 RBI and is hitting .337. Also over the .300 clip are
Kohl Ullman (.333) and
Hunter Perkins (.321, seven doubles, 16 RBI).
On the rubber,
Seth Hubert is 6-1 with a 2.37 ERA.
Isaiah Lybarger is 3-2,
Preston Plovanich is 4-1 with a 4.18 ERA and
Zach Wilson has a 2-2 record with a 3.73 ERA. Combined, the rotation has six complete games, led by Plovanich's three.
In the bullpen,
Tyler Crouch (1-1, 1.86 ERA, two saves) has 13 strikeouts in 9.2 innings.
Trey Taylor has a 1.13 ERA through eight appearances and
Jako Kelm has made a team-high 10 appearances.
ABOUT THE GREYHOUNDS
Eastern New Mexico is coming off a series win against Tarleton State this past weekend. As a team, the Greyhounds are hitting .306 in Lone Star Conference play, the second-highest in the league behind the Javelinas.
Alex DeLaCruz leads the offense, hitting .441 with 11 doubles, one triple, five home runs and 30 RBI. Mike McNicholl is batting .391 on the season with seven homers and 49 RBI.
On the mound, Scott Klein (4-3, 4.54 ERA), Austin Paisar (4-2, 2.47 ERA), Keenan Dodd (6-1, 2.14 ERA) and Nick DeArmond (3-1, 3.98 ERA) are expected to get the starts for the Greyhounds.
SOCIAL MEDIA
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