GAME 25: Little Rock at Texas State
Time / Date	6 p.m. / Thursday, March 29
Location	San Marcos, Texas
Stadium	Bobcat Ballpark
Live Stats	Statbroadcast | SIDEARM
Video ($)	TXST All-Access
Audio	KTSW 89.9 FM | TXST All-Access
Game Notes	Texas State
TXST Starter	RHP Connor Reich (3-1, 2.70 ERA)
LR Starter	LHP Chandler Fidel (3-2, 4.38 ERA)

SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State baseball team will play host to Little Rock for a three-game Sun Belt Conference series this weekend. The Bobcats (14-9-1, 3-3 SBC) and Trojans (14-10, 4-2 SBC) will meet March 29-31 at Bobcat Ballpark.

Little Rock leads the all-time series 9-4, but the Bobcats were able to split the season series 2-2 last year. LR won the regular-season series two games to one, but TXST eliminated the Trojans in the first round of the Sun Belt Conference Championship.

Texas State has never taken a series off Little Rock. The Trojans have won all four regular-season series since TXST joined the Sun Belt in 2014. LR is also 5-1 against Texas State in San Marcos, outscoring the maroon and gold by a combined 33-23.

A LOOK AT TEXAS STATE
•    Texas State is currently 14-9-1 this season and has posted an 11-5-1 record in the month of March.

GAME 26: Little Rock at Texas State
Time / Date	6 p.m. / Friday, March 30
Location	San Marcos, Texas
Stadium	Bobcat Ballpark
Live Stats	Statbroadcast | SIDEARM
Video ($)	TXST All-Access
Audio	KTSW 89.9 FM | TXST All-Access
Game Notes	Texas State
TXST Starter	RHP Zachary Leigh (1-1, 4.68 ERA)
LR Starter	RHP Pablo Ortiz (1-0, 3.38 ERA)

•    The Bobcats ripped off a 14-game stretch where they went 12-1-1, but they have since registered a 1-5 mark in their last six outings. They are also on a season high four-game losing skid.
•    TXST entered the national discussion for one week on March 19, when the maroon and gold earned a national rank of No. 30 by Collegiate Baseball News. The team dropped out of the polls this week after going 1-4 last week.
•    Senior Luke Sherley leads TXST in batting average overall this season, as he is hitting .297 (22-for-74).
•    Senior Derek Scheible is the team leader in RBIs (22), home runs (7) and runs scored (22).

A LOOK AT LITTLE ROCK
•    The Trojans are 14-10 overall this year with an SBC West Division-leading 4-2 ledger in league play.
•    They are riding high as of late, as they are winners in eight of their last 10 outings.
•    LR has won each of its SBC series so far, taking two of three from both Troy and UTA. The team also knocked off Oral Roberts on March 27 in midweek action.

GAME 27: Little Rock at Texas State
Time / Date	1 p.m. / Saturday, March 31
Location	San Marcos, Texas
Stadium	Bobcat Ballpark
Live Stats	Statbroadcast | SIDEARM
Video ($)	TXST All-Access
Audio	KTSW 89.9 FM | TXST All-Access
Game Notes	Texas State
TXST Starter	TBA
LR Starter	LHP Ethan Daily (0-0, 2.84 ERA)

•    Troy Alexander leads a trio of Trojans who are hitting at least .300 with his .385 average (37-for-96). He also leads the team in hits, runs scored (20), home runs (5), doubles (9) and RBIs (26).
•    Justin Garcia - the SBC Pitcher of the Week on March 20 - is one of the top closers in the game. He owns five saves and a team-leading 2.51 ERA.

ESTABLISHING NEW CAREER-HIGHS
    Below is a list of all Bobcat returners who have registered new single-game career highs in 2018.
•    Broc Bosse - 2.1 innings pitched (Oklahoma State), 4 strikeouts (Coastal Carolina)
•    Cole Coffey - 2 runs scored (Stephen F. Austin)
•    Nicholas Fraze - 8 strikeouts (Appalachian State)
•    Jaylen Hubbard - 2 doubles (Incarnate Word)
•    Zachary Leigh - 7.2 innings pitched and 8 strikeouts (Appalachian State)
•    Brandon Lewis - 8 strikeouts (McNeese State)
•    Braden Pearson - 4 strikeouts (Rice)
•    Derek Scheible - 2 home runs (UC Santa Barbara)

WEATHER WREAKING HAVOC ON TXST
•    Weather has played a role in all but one weekend series for Texas State in 2018.
•    The opening three-game set against Oklahoma State went off without a hitch, but since then the Bobcats have been unable to finish a series unaltered by weather.
•    TXST had a 58-minute rain delay early in a 1-0 loss to McNeese State on Feb. 25.
•    A contest on March 3 against Stephen F. Austin was halted after five innings of play due to persistent rain showers, and the game was finished on March 4 with Texas State winning 6-3.
•    Action at UC Santa Barbara never got underway March 10 thanks to heavy rainfall, and the game was moved to a doubleheader March 11. The Bobcats won the first game 6-5, and the two sides tied 4-4 in the series finale due to travel constraints.
•    Play was halted in the sixth inning for 1 hour, 24 minutes on March 17 against Appalachian State due to rain/lightning. TXST would go on to capture a 3-2 victory.
•    The start time for a March 23 bout against Coastal Carolina was pushed up one hour due to cold temperatures in Conway. The series finale was then played as a day-night doubleheader March 24 due to rain in the March 25 forecast.

BOBCATS LAND 3rd IN PRESEASON POLL
•    Texas State was selected to finish third in the west division of the 2018 Sun Belt Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll, the league announced Jan. 30.
•    The Bobcats collected 51 points and one first-place vote to land in the top half of the division. Louisiana was chosen to win the west after picking up nine first-place votes and 68 points. UTA, the defending division champion, was slotted second after receiving 56 points and the remaining two first-place votes.
•    South Alabama earned all 12 first-place votes and was picked to win the SBC East Division with 72 points. Coastal Carolina settled into second with 59 points, and Georgia Southern landed in third with 43 points.

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