Privateers Finish Regular Season Against Southeastern

NEW ORLEANS (14-37, 3-24) vs. SOUTHEASTERN (38-15, 22-5)
GAME 52-54 | MAESTRI FIELD AT FIRST NBC BALLPARK/PAT KELLY DIAMOND | N.O./HAMMOND, LA.
THURSDAY 6:30 PM | FRIDAY 6 PM | SATURDAY 1 PM

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THE SERIES:
The New Orleans Privateers baseball team (14-37, 3-24 Southland) will wrap up the 2015 regular season with a three-game split series against the Southeastern Lions (38-15, 22-5) starting Thursday in New Orleans. First pitch for the series opener is at 6:30 p.m. The two teams will also play the season finale on Saturday at Maestri Field at First NBC Ballpark while the Friday game will take place in Hammond.
 
The Privateers wrapped up their final mid-week game, falling 9-1 to the #1 ranked LSU Tigers on Tuesday night. New Orleans broke up the shutout in the ninth inning on a Parker Jones RBI ground out. New Orleans was limited to just four hits on the evening. This season, the Privateers are 2-15 against Louisiana schools.
 
Southeastern is going for their first ever Southland regular season title in baseball and can clinch it with one win or one Northwestern State loss. The Lions are 2.5 games up heading into the final weekend. Coach Matt Riser is in his second season and boasts a 76-40 overall record and a winning percentage of .655.
 
The Lions lead the Southland in several offensive categories including batting average, runs, hits, walks, and stolen bases. Jacob Seward and Julian Service are 1-2 in the league in runs scored with 46 and 44 respectively. Southeastern's pitching staff has the second lowest earned run average in the league (3.41).

WEATHER:

DAY	TEMPERATURE	CONDITIONS	RAIN CHANCE	WINDS
Thursday	86/74	Cloudy	20%	SE 5-10
Friday	83/71	Isolated T-Storms	30%	SE 5-10
Saturday	85/76	Thunderstorms	80%	SSE 10-15

 
PITCHING ROTATION:
Thursday- UNO: TBA vs SLU: Tate Scioneaux RHP (8-2, 2.96)
Friday- UNO: TBA vs SLU: TBA
Saturday- UNO: TBA vs. SLU: TBA
 
ALL-TIME SERIES:
RECORD: New Orleans leads 56-33
LAST MEETING: Southeastern W 5-3, 4/19/14
 
NEWS AND NOTES:
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES:
Saturday will mark Senior Day festivities for the Privateers. The 2015 roster holds 11 seniors (five pitchers, six position players) and four players who were four-year players (Alex Smith, Seth Laigast, Andre Damiens, and Jonathan Coco).
 
REACH FOR IT:
Entering the final weekend, three Privateers are on a current streak of reaching base safely in at least 10 straight games. Sam Carriere has a 15-game hitting streak, tied for ninth longest in school history. Ryan Calloway and Hezekiah Randolph have each reached base safely in 10 straight.
 
WALK THIS WAY:
Hezekiah Randolph has drawn 24 walks this season, 11 more than second-highest on the team (Ryan Calloway). The 24 free passes are tied for 10^th most in the Southland. Randolph enters the final weekend with a .389 on-base percentage.
 
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