Privateers Finish Home Stand Against Loyola

LOYOLA (19-20, 6-15) AT NEW ORLEANS (10-17, 2-7)
GAME 28 | NEW ORLEANS, LA. | MAESTRI FIELD AT FIRST NBC BALLPARK
TUESDAY 6:30 PM

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THE GAME:
For the second time in seven days, the New Orleans Privateers baseball team (10-17, 2-7 Southland) will tangle with the Loyola Wolfpack (19-20, 6-15 SSAC). First pitch for the Tuesday evening affair is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Maestri Field at First NBC Ballpark.
 
The game will wrap up a 12-game home stand for the Privateers who went 4-7 leading up to Tuesday. New Orleans delivered a walk-off win on Sunday, defeating Arkansas-Pine Bluff 5-4 in 10 innings to take two of three from the Golden Lions. With the series victory, the Privateers are 5-1 against SWAC opponents this season.
 
The Wolfpack enter the week after dropping two of three games in a series against Mobile. After getting blanked on Friday night, the Wolfpack split a pair of one-run games on Saturday, taking the series finale 4-3. Loyola has won five of their last eight after previously enduring a season-long five-game losing streak.
 
Tuesday will mark the second of three Division I contests for Loyola who defeated the Privateers 8-4 on Mar. 24. The Wolfpack will also tussle with Southern on Apr. 12. John Nicholson and Luis Angiuzola enter the week tied for fourth in NAIA Division I in doubles with 15 each.
 
WEATHER:

TEMPERATURE	CONDITIONS	RAIN CHANCE	WINDS
79/64	Partly Cloudy	20%	SW 5-10

 
 
PITCHING MATCHUP:
UNO- Darron McKigney RHP (1-0, 5.25) vs. LOY- Jordan Green RHP (2-0, 4.09)
 
ALL-TIME SERIES:
RECORD: New Orleans leads 7-4
LAST MEETING: Loyola W 8-4, 3/24/15
 
NEXT UP:
The Privateers will spend Easter weekend at McNeese State in a three-game series that starts on Thursday. First pitch for the series opener is at 6 p.m.
 
NEWS AND NOTES:
A LONG ROAD AHEAD:
After playing the majority of March at home, the Privateers will be a traveling bunch throughout April. Of their 17 games scheduled in the month, 13 are on the road. The only four home games will include a conference series against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and a mid-week tilt against Jackson State.
 
HOME PLATE SPECIAL:
Ryan Calloway scored a run in each of the Privateers' four games last week, boosting his total to 22 runs on the year. That total places Calloway in a tie for fourth in the Southland. Calloway also crushed his first home run of the season in Friday's win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Calloway's homer was the first by a Privateer lead-off hitter since Mar. 23, 2013 (Chaz Boyer vs. Grambling).
 
GIVE ME TEN:
The Privateers opened the weekend series against Arkansas-Pine Bluff with an 11-1 win on Friday night. With that victory, New Orleans has won eight straight games dating back to Apr. 2010 when scoring at least 10 runs.
 
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