PREVIEW: Crusaders Close Out Season at Austin College
HOW TO FOLLOW
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GAME INFORMATION
Dates: April 27th (9 innings) (DH) | April 28th (9 innings)
Times: April 27th 1:00 p.m. (DH) | April 28th 12:00 p.m.
Opponent: Austin College
Records: Austin College (7-23, 3-12 SCAC) | Dallas (16-20, 3-12 SCAC)
Location: Sherman, Texas
FIRST PITCH
The University of Dallas baseball team will wrap up the regular season at Austin College this Saturday and Sunday. Saturday's doubleheader will get started at 1:00 p.m. The series will conclude on Sunday with first pitch scheduled for 12:00 p.m. Dallas is coming off a three-game setback to Southwestern University at home last weekend.
UDCRUSADER HEADLINES
- Conrad Voss (Corona, Calif.) is tied with Austin Smith (Southwestern University) and Corey Cater (Trinity University) for the conference lead with seven wins.
- Jordan Stickler (Grand Rapids, Mich.) has now swiped 25 bases as he continue to lead the SCAC. He sits third overall in UD history in that category.
- Jamie Wallace (Crockett, Texas) cracked the SCAC top five once again in earned run average once again with a 3.62.
- Josh Abalos (Lewisville, Texas) sits behind Stickler with 20 stolen bases. He is tied with Austin Rahn for fourth all-time in school history.
- Dallas is 8-6 in true road games this season.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Dallas leads the all-time series 81-45-1
- Austin College took the series last year winning Game One 12-11 and Game Two 7-6. Dallas took the finale 7-6. AC has taken the series the past three years.
A LOOK AT THE 'ROOS
- Brett Taff leads all SCAC players with a .413 batting average. Taff has 30 RBI, six homeruns, and 37 runs scored on the current campaign.
- Oscar Gonzalez leads the team with 13 swiped bases.
- Cody Groggins has a .352 batting average along with 36 RBI.
- AC is currently on a 10-game losing streak.
- Cody Johnson has logged the most innings for the 'Roos (32.1 IP). Johnson has given up 19 earned runs and is averaging 3.90 strikeouts per nine innings.
UP NEXT
This will conclude the 2019 season.