Baseball | 3/2/2017 3:21:00 PM
SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State baseball team will add a new opponent to its long list of all-time foes this weekend as the maroon and gold welcome Richmond to Bobcat Ballpark.
The Bobcats and Spiders are slated to meet for the first time ever March 3-5, with the opening contest of the weekend scheduled under the lights at 6 p.m. Richmond is the first of three opponents on the 2017 docket that Texas State will meet for the first time (Alabama A&M, Coastal Carolina).
Series Info: Richmond at Texas State
Site: Bobcat Ballpark – San Marcos, Texas
Dates: Friday, March 3 – Sunday, March 5
Time: Friday – 6 pm
LIVE STATS | Saturday – 4 pm
LIVE STATS | Sunday – 1 pm
LIVE STATS
All-Time Record: First Meeting
Probable Pitching Matchups
Friday: #11 LHP
Anthony Pagano (0-1, 15.43 ERA) vs. #33 RHP Layne Looney (1-0, 2.35 ERA)
Saturday: #18 LHP
Wes Engle (1-0, 6.00 ERA) vs. #15 LHP Jacob Lamb (1-0, 3.00 ERA)
Sunday: #36 RHP
Nicholas Fraze (0-1, 13.50 ERA) vs. #24 RHP Robbie Baker (0-2, 8.00 ERA)
TXST TOPPLES NATIONALLY-RANKED FOE
Texas State earned a hard-fought 12-11 upset victory over No. 22 Oklahoma State on Feb. 25 at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium. The Bobcats never trailed in the game but had to fend off three separate Cowboy comebacks. Junior
Blake Walden (2-0) earned the win on the mound after throwing the final 1.2 innings. He allowed one run on two hits. Sophomore
Wes Engle took the ball first and left after 4.0 frames. He struck out five, walked four and gave up three runs on two hits. Senior
Joe Powell, junior
Braden Pearson, sophomore
Brandon Lewis and true freshman
Zachary Leigh all logged time on the mound between Engle and Walden. Junior
Derek Scheible went 4-for-5 at the plate and tied the school record by scoring five times. He also registered a career-high four runs batted in to go along with a career high in hits. Junior
Dylan Paul went 3-for-5 with three RBI and one run scored, and sophomore
Jonathan Ortega finished 3-for-6 with an RBI. Sophomore
Jacob Almendarez went 2-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored. Overall, Texas State outhit Oklahoma State 17-11.
BOBCATS BOAST TOP ATTENDANCE NUMBERS
Since the NCAA began tracking attendance figures in 2014, Texas State has boasted the second-best attendance in the Sun Belt Conference. From 2014-16, the Bobcats welcomed 120,802 (1,328/game) patrons to Bobcat Ballpark. During the first six home games of this season, TXST has an average attendance of 1,745, which is good for 30th in the nation.
STUDENT TICKETING POLICIES ANNOUNCED FOR UT, TAMU MATCHUPS
The Texas State Athletics Ticket Office has announced student admission policies for upcoming marquee TXST home baseball matchups against Texas and Texas A&M. The Bobcats are slated to welcome UT at 6 p.m. March 21 and TAMU at 6 p.m. March 28. Students will still gain free entrance to the games, but they will not be able to pick up tickets prior to the date of either contest. They will need to show their valid Texas State student ID at the entrance to Bobcat Ballpark once the gates open at 4:30 p.m. on each respective game day just as they would for any other Texas State home athletic event. The first 500 students will be presented a ticket and allowed to sit in the stands. Any remaining students will be allowed to swipe their ID and enter the Standing Room Only sections until capacity is reached. This policy will only be in effect for the Texas and Texas A&M games. Standing Room Only is located down both the left (beyond the home dugout) and right (beyond the caboose) field lines outside of the barricades. Reserved seating tickets for both games are sold out. However, a limited number of General Admission and Standing Room Only tickets are still available for $12. For more information, contact the ticket office at 512.245.2272, email gametickets@txstate.edu or visit the Mark & Linda Smith Athletic Ticket Office on the northeast side of Bobcat Stadium.
