NORMAL, Ala. – The University of New Orleans baseball team heads to Bulldog Field this weekend for a three-game series against Alabama A&M.
The two teams will play a 12 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday with the second game of the day scheduled for seven innings. The series will resume on Sunday at 12 p.m. with no live stats, audio, video or Twitter updates available for any game this weekend.
UNO (2-27) anticipates starting left-handed pitcher Robert Ormsbee (0-5, 10.57 ERA) in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader with Zach Kelt (1-5, 9.93 ERA) to follow in the second game.
Scott Stonestreet (1-1, 6.45 ERA) will take the ball in Sunday's season finale and will look to duplicate his efforts last week against San Diego. Stonestreet shutout USD over seven innings last Saturday, yielding just seven hits as the Privateers picked up a 2-0 victory.
At the plate, the offensive trend forward continues. UNO tallied 11 hits in the loss against Nicholls on Wednesday night, improving its team batting average and producing double-digit hits for the fifth time this season.
Chris Geronimo had two of the hits against the Colonels earlier this week and is 4-for-9 over his last three appearances to bolster his season batting average to a team-best .281.
AAMU (4-23) has dropped three games in a row, including a 12-0 loss to Tennessee Tech earlier this week. The Bulldogs are off to a 2-10 start in Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) play and 3-9 at home.
Kency Duarte is hitting a team-best .345 for an AAMU team that is hitting .237 as a collective unit. The Bulldogs' lone home run against 29 for opposing squads, has come off the bat of Norb Riggins, who leads the team with 10 RBIs.
Head coach Ed McCann is in his first year at the helm of the AAMU program after making the move over from Centenary following 12 seasons in Shreveport. McCann has not announced his tentative starting pitchers for the weekend.
Following this weekend's series, the Privateers will enjoy a week off from baseball before resuming play next Friday at 6 p.m. against Southern Miss.
