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Colby McCasland (#18)

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Baseball Opens Up Four-Game Series at Chicago State Friday

Game Notes

CHICAGO, Illinois -- The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs baseball team (21-11, 8-4 Great West Conference) opens up a four-game series with the Chicgo State University Cougars (5-28, 3-9 GWC) with the first of back-to-back doubleheaders on Friday at 11:00 a.m. at Brooks Field.

Game one is scheduled to last seven innings while game two is scheduled to go the full nine.

The Broncs and Cougars were originally scheduled to play a single game on Friday, a doubleheader on Saturday and a single game on Sunday, but due to the potential for inclement weather, Sunday's game was moved to Friday in an attempt to get all four games in.

What You Need to Know
  • These are the ninth and 10th meetings all-time between the Broncs and Wolverines in a series dating back to the start of the Great West Conference in 2010. The Broncs are 7-1 all-time against the Cougars, having won their last seven meetings. The Broncs went 3-1 at Chicago State in 2010.
  • The Broncs are sixth in the NCAA with a team batting average of .321.
  • The Broncs are seventh in the NCAA in runs per game at 7.7.
  • The Broncs are eighth in the NCAA in on base percentage at .409.
  • Angel Ibanez is the fourth toughest batter to strike out in the NCAA, averaging just one every 25.6 at-bats (five strikeouts in 128 at-bats). Derek Hagy ranks 34th (one every 16.4 at-bats) and Chris Torres ranks 93rd (one every 12.9 at-bats).
  • Roger Bernal is 13th in the NCAA in hitting with a .412 batting average. He has hits in 28-of-32 games.

NCAA Leaderboard

Team Batting Average
  1. Utah Valley .343 (434-1,264)
  2. Hofstra .336 (463-1,378)
  3. Campbell .327 (480-1,470)
  4. No. 13/15/17 Purdue .326 (446-1,368)
  5. No. 16/17/20/22 San Diego .322 (447-1,390)
  6. UTPA .321 (335-1,045)
  7. No. 6/11/16/18 Arizona .320 (434-1,356) (.3201)
  8. Stony Brook .320 (428-1,339) (.3196)
  9. Tulane .319 (442-1,385)
  10. Appalchian State .318 (422-1,325) (.3185)
  11. No. 25/29 New Mexico State .318 (452-1,420) (.3183)
  12. Western Carolina .317 (469-1,479)
  13. No. 1/2/3 Kentucky .316 (443-1,403)
  14. Nebraska .315  (464-1,474)

Team Runs Per Game
  1. No. 25/29 New Mexico State 9.4
  2. Utah Valley 8.5
  3. Hofstra 8.0
  4. Campbell 7.9
  5. Appalachain State 7.8
  6. Illinois State 7.7 (7.73)
  7. UTPA 7.7 (7.69)
  8. No. 20/23/26 Louisville 7.6 (7.63)
  9. UALR 7.6 (7.60)
  10. Nebraska 7.5

Last Time Out

Broncs @ Utah Valley University Wolverines (4/21/12)
  • The Wolverines used a pair of four-run innings, one in the first and one in the eighth, to beat the Broncs 13-3.
  • The game was stopped during the bottom of the eighth due to the 10-run rule.
  • Derek Hagy doubled, walked and scored while going 1-for-3.

Next Up

The Broncs and Cougars play another doubleheader on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. at Brooks Field. Both games on Saturday are scheduled to go the full nine innings.
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