Saint Anthony – UTSA is looking to make it three USA Weekend Conference Series wins in a row, as the Roadrunners travel to Rice for the weekend series against the Owls.
UTSA (22-11, 7-5 C-USA) enters the weekend series after winning five of its last six games against conference enemies. The series will take place over the Easter holiday and will include an Easter match.
The Roadrunners are 9-1 in their last 10 matches with a 6-1 record over the ranked teams in the period. UTSA defeated No. 11 TCU, No. 23 Charlotte (3x) and No. 29 Old Dominion (2x) in their last 10 matches. UTSA No. 2 also defeated Stanford earlier in the year as the Roadrunners now hold the record 7-1 against seasonally ranked foes. UTSA continued its rise in the RPI, with Wednesday’s win over Sam Houston pushing the Roadrunners to 45 in the RPI.
The Owls (10-24, 3-9 C-USA) enter the weekend series as well after their midweek win over Sam Houston. Like UTSA, Rice visited Huntsville earlier in the week and took a 5-1 win to enter the weekend with momentum.
This will be the eleventh-ever meeting between the two Texans, with Rice having an all-time advantage over the Roadrunners who have a 26-13 record. The Owls have a 7-2-1 series record on UTSA, however, in their last three games, UTSA has been 2-0-1. Albums 17-7 in the home games against UTSA.
Miscellaneous notes
- UTSA enters the Weekend Series with the second highest hit rate (.297) of all conferences in the USA and ranks 37th nationally.
- UTSA ranks fifth in the C-USA with 60 walkers.
- The Roadrunners have 72 doubles, the 22nd-most in baseball and third in the C-USA.
- UTSA has 12 triples per year, topping the C-USA and 19th in the country.
- UTSA ranks 24 for hits in college baseball with a score of 342. It ranks third in C-USA.
- UTSA 263 runs 22nd in college baseball and 2nd in the conference.
- UTSA leads the nation in flies sacrifice with 25 flies per season.
- Roadrunners average 8.0 game runs, which is second in the C-USA and 28th overall.
- jar Luke Malone It has the lowest ERA of all US conferences with 1.84. ERA ranks 29th nationally.
- The opposing hitter hits .244 against Malone. This is the ninth lowest hitting rate for an opponent in the conference.
- Mallon allowed the 10th lowest hits of the year (37) and the 3rd lowest number (13) in the USA Conference. It’s only allowed nine times, the second lowest in the C-USA.
- jar Daniel Schaeffer He ranks fourth for the most balls saved in Central America with five.
- Sami Diaz It has the eighth best percentage on a percentage basis in Conference USA (.466).
- As part of it, Diaz was injured 11 times – in third place in South America.
- He has 11 horses, which is 35 .y The most attractive in the nation.
- Jonathan Tapia He achieved fourth place in doubles at C-USA (12) and hit the field nine times throughout the year, placing him fifth in C-USA in that category.
- Being at the base helped him score 35 points in the year. 3rd place at C-USA.
- Ian Bailey Recorded the third largest number of participants in the conference. In those bats:
- He has the second three times more than any player in the C-USA (3).
- It owns the sixth largest RBI in the conference with 34.
- He tied the seventh most home runs with nine.
- Ryan Flores It might equal 25 walks per season, which ranks fourth in the C-USA.
- Flores and his teammate Chase King They both have four carcasses a year, which puts them in the top ten of that statistical category in the USA Conference.
Weekend info
Friday 15th April at 6:30 pm
R – Junior. RHP, Luke Malone (4-1, 1.84 ERA) vs. Cooper Chandler (1-1, 4.13 ERA)
Saturday 16th April at 2 pm
Father RHP, Jacob Jimenez (2-1, 5.40 ERA) vs. Alex DeLeon (1-0, 4.30 ERA)
Sunday April 17 at 1 pm
UTSA TBD vs. Rice TBD
All games will take place in Reckling Park and will be broadcast on CUSA TV.
next one: UTSA will conclude its eight-game road trip with a final stop in San Marcos to face the 19th-seeded Texas State Bobcats. The match is scheduled for Tuesday, April 19, at Bobcat Ballpark and begins at 6 p.m.
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