SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The University of New Orleans (18-19) heads to Hammons Field for a three-game series versus the 2018 Missouri Valley Conference Champion Missouri State University (11-25) Thursday-Saturday. The Privateers and Bears begin the series with 6:30 p.m. contests Thursday and Friday with the finale scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday.
Opened in 2004, Hammons Field is home to the Springfield Cardinals, the Double-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Privateers are 13-6 in nonconference games this season.
PITCHING PROBABLES
Thursday – RHP
Bailey Holstein (1-1, 4.42 ERA) vs. LHP Jake Lochner (2-1, 5.50 ERA)
Friday – RHP
Chris Turpin (4-2, 2.93 ERA) vs. RHP Logan Wiley (1-5, 4.91 ERA)
Saturday – RHP
Steven Swift (1-2, 7.08 ERA) vs. TBA
Thursday will be Holstein's first weekend start. The right-hander has tossed 11.0 consecutive scoreless innings heading into the series. Turpin is the reigning Southland Conference and Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) Pitcher of the Week after dominating the McNeese State University Cowboys with 8.0 shutout frames. The right-hander struck out a season-high 14 batters. Swift earned his first collegiate victory two weekends ago versus Southeastern Louisiana University.
ABOUT THE 'PEN
Entering Tuesday's contest in the eighth inning with the bases loaded and the tying run on deck, closer
Reeves Martin shut the door for his 10
th save of the season to clinch the Pelican Cup for the Privateers in a 15-10 victory over Tulane University. On the year, Martin is 3-0 with a 1.23 ERA and 38 strikeouts in 22.0 innings. He has been virtually unhittable, allowing 11 hits and limiting opponents to a .149 clip.
Mathew Oset is 4-1 with a 3.21 ERA.
Christopher DeMayo struck out three in relief Tuesday.
THE SERIES
The programs have only met once (2017) with the Bears taking the contest 7-2.
ABOUT UNO
Collin Morrill is coming off a 2-for-4 with three runs and four RBI performance. The first baseman bashed a grand slam in the win over Tulane Tuesday and is hitting .306 with 11 doubles and four home runs.
Gaige Howard leads the way with a .344 clip,
Luther Woullard is batting .303 and
Pearce Howard is tops on the club with five long balls and 11 doubles.
NO BLANKS
It's been 107 games since the Privateers were last shut out (May 13, 2017 against Nicholls). That is currently the third longest streak without getting shut out.
in program history. The top five streaks (with start and end dates) are as follows
1. 139 Games-4/19/78-3/7/81
1. 139 Games-3/16/07-4/7/09
3. 107 Games-5/14/17-Present
4. 90 Games-3/5/85-4/5/86
5. 69 Games- 3/8/76-4/21/77
HOW TO FOLLOW
Game Notes:
https://unoprivateers.com/sports/2018/2/15/baseball-game-notes.aspx?path=baseball
Audio:
https://unoprivateers.com/watch/?Live=1557&type=Live
Live Stats:
https://unoprivateers.com/sidearmstats/baseball/media;category=batting
Social Media
Twitter:
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YouTube:
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There will not be a video stream for this series.
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