Baseball | 4/24/2017 1:54:00 PM

SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State baseball team continues a nine-game stretch of road games when the maroon and gold heads to Waco, Texas, to take on Baylor. The Bobcats and Bears will meet at 6:35 p.m. April 25 at Baylor Ballpark.
 
The Bobcats (22-19) are 2-8 in their last 10 games and have tied their season high of four-straight losses. They lost a midweek game to Texas last week and dropped all three games at Troy. They are also 5-9 on the road.
 
The Bears (24-16) are on the heels of a series loss to TCU, but they were able to take down the No. 2-ranked Horned Frogs 16-5 on April 22. They are 5-5 over their last 10 games and 16-9 at home.

Series Info: Texas State at Baylor
Site: Baylor Ballpark – Waco, Texas
Date: Tuesday, April 25
Time: 6:35 pm
Radio: KTSW 89.9 FM
All-Time Record: Baylor leads 48-23

PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
Tuesday: #18 LHP Wes Engle (2-1, 5.21 ERA) vs. #28 RHP Hayden Kettler (0-0, 3.13 ERA)
 
HUBBARD WINS FIRST CAREER WEEKLY ACCOLADE
Jaylen Hubbard was named the Sun Belt Conference Community Coffee Player of the Week for the first time in his career on April 17. The sophomore third baseman received the honor for games played April 10-16 after helping lead the Texas State baseball team to a series victory over ULM this past weekend. The Missouri City, Texas, native entered the weekend with one career home run, and he belted round-trippers in each of the first two games against the Warhawks. He registered two hits and at least one RBI in all four games this past week to finish with a .533 batting average (8-for-15). He tallied a .562 on-base percentage and a .933 slugging percentage, while finishing with eight RBIs and three runs scored. The hit and RBI totals are both the most in any four-game stretch in Hubbard's career. This past week also marked the first time in his career he recorded multiple hits in four-straight contests. For good measure, he also stole a base and only struck out once. Three of his eight hits came with two outs, and he finished 6-for-9 on the week with runners in scoring position. Hubbard is currently riding a career long six-game hitting streak. He has registered at least one RBI in each of those six games, which is also a career best. Hubbard joins fellow sophomore Jonathan Ortega (March 7) as the two weekly award winners from Texas State this season. Hubbard is also the fourth Bobcat to be named as the SBC Player of the Week, joining Ortega, junior Luke Sherley (March 1, 2016) and former great Tanner Hill (March 19, 2015).
 
TEXAS STATE HELPS RAISE COLON CANCER AWARENESS
The Texas State and Texas A&M baseball programs wore blue laces in their matchup March 28 at Bobcat Ballpark to help raise awareness for colon cancer and to help benefit Kiel Colon Cancer. The mission of the organization is to decrease the number of preventable deaths caused by colon cancer through education and awareness initiative, encouraging healthy lifestyle choices and supporting colon cancer research. The founder of the organization, George Kiel III, is a Texas State graduate and played on the men's basketball team. For more information, visit kielcoloncancer.org.
 
BOBCATS GO4THEGOAL BY LACING UP FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER AWARENESS
Texas State softball and baseball supported the Go4theGoal organization by participating in Lace Up 4 Pediatric Cancer games on April 5. Both games were played in San Marcos with softball defeating Texas and baseball defeating UTRGV. Both programs wore gold shoe laces in support of the initiative. Fans are encouraged to continue donating to Go4theGoal. The organization's mission is helping improve the lives of children battling cancer by providing financial support, developing and implementing unique hospital programs, funding innovative research and granting personal wishes. For more information, visit GO4THEGOAL.ORG.
 
'CATS SHATTER ATTENDANCE MARK, TOPPLE UT 11-10 IN EXTRAS
Texas State defeated Texas 11-10 in 10 innings on March 11 inside Bobcat Ballpark. The win was the first all-time for the Bobcats at home against UT, and it also set a new all-time attendance mark of 3,017 fans. After battling back to tie the game on four different occasions, the Bobcats were finally able to take their first lead in dramatic fashion in the bottom of the 10th. The game-winning hit came off the bat of Luke Sherley, who's single to shallow right center drove in sophomore Ryan Newman and set the record crowd into a frenzy. This was the fourth walkoff hit of the season for TXST (Purdue, Feb. 18 / Richmond, March 5 / Coastal Carolina, March 17). Sherley went 4-for-5 to tie for a career-high in hits. He recorded hits in the eighth, ninth and 10th innings. He also drove in a career-high four runs and scored in both the eighth and ninth frames. Jaylen Hubbard registered a career-high in hits (4-for-5), and Jacob Almendarez went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored. Theodore Hoffman went 2-for-6 with two runs scored, and Newman scored three times. Blake Walden (5-0) earned the win on the mound and is now tied for the nation's lead in that category. He threw the final 2.2 frames and gave up just one run on two hits, while striking out two. Junior Cam Baird started the contest and logged the first 4.0 frames. He conceded three runs (two earned) on five hits, while striking out three. Senior Brandon Courville, sophomore Anthony Pagano and true freshmen Zachary Leigh and Shane Daughety also saw time on the mound.
 
THE 2017 SCHEDULE
The Bobcats are in the midst of a treacherous 2017 slate that features numerous dangerous opponents and allows Texas State fans plenty of opportunities to see some of the best college baseball teams in the nation. TXST is playing 23 road games and 33 contests in the friendly confines of Bobcat Ballpark. Of those 22 different opponents, seven received preseason national top-25 rankings from at least one of the five accredited ranking organizations (Coastal Carolina, Louisiana, Oklahoma State, Rice, Sam Houston State, Texas, Texas A&M). Also on the docket are seven programs that competed in the NCAA Championship last year (CCU, OSU, Rice, TAMU, SHSU, Louisiana, South Alabama), two College World Series participants (CCU, OSU) and the defending national champions (CCU). Of the first 30 games this season, 24 are scheduled to be played at home. Of the final 26 games, 17 will be played on the road.