ACU at HOUSTON BAPTIST
ACU starters are probable starters
Thursday, April 13 - 2 p.m. (Audio / Video • Live Stats)
RHP Addison Russ, HBU (1-3, 3.04 ERA) vs. RHP
Keaton Brewer, ACU (0-1, 6.00 ERA)
Friday, April 14 - 2 p.m. (Audio / Video • Live Stats)
LHP Christian Thames, HBU (4-1, 3.02 ERA) vs. RHP
Nick Skeffington, ACU (1-2, 8.49 ERA)
Saturday, April 15 - 1 p.m. (Audio / Video • Live Stats)
RHP Daniel Endsley, HBU (1-2, 2.01 ERA) vs. RHP
Zach Kornely, ACU (0-0, 5.51 ERA)
HOUSTON – The ACU Wildcats will try to put an end to their losing streak this weekend when they take on Houston Baptist in a three-game Southland Conference series at Husky Field.
The series begins at 2 p.m. Thursday and will be followed by a 2 p.m. game Friday and a 1 p.m. game Saturday.
The Wildcats are 9-20 overall after Tuesday night's 8-1 loss at Texas A&M, and they are 1-14 in the Southland Conference. ACU is riding a 13-game losing streak, the program's longest since it began its transition to NCAA Division I affiliation in 2013-14.
Houston Baptist is 14-15 overall and 6-6 in the league, but has lost four of its last five games.
SERIES NOTES
• ACU senior outfielder
Russell Crippen is eighth in the league in hitting (.378), fifth in slugging percentage (.631), fifth in doubles (13), tied for 10th in home runs (five), and ninth in total bases (70).
• ACU junior designated hitter
Luis Trevino is 13th in league in batting average (.365), 10th in slugging percentage (.583), fourth in doubles (14), and tied for 12th in total bases (67).
• The Wildcats – who were held to just one hit Tuesday vs. Texas A&M – are still fifth in the league in hitting at .281, fifth in slugging percentage (.412), fourth in doubles (65) and fifth in home runs (20).
• ACU is 12th in the 13-team league in earned run average (6.85), opposing batting average (.312), 12th in fewest runs allowed (235), 11th in earned runs allowed (197), and 13th in walks allowed (155).
• The Wildcats are 4-5 all-time against Houston Baptist: 1-2 in 2014 (in Houston), 2-1 in 2015 (in Houston) and 1-2 in 2016 (in Abilene).
