NORTHWESTERN STATE at ACU
Friday, May 12 • 6 p.m. • Crutcher Scott Field • (Audio / Video I Listen I Live Stats)
Probable Starting Pitchers – RHP Nathan Jones (NSU) vs. LHP
Austin Lambright (ACU)
Saturday, May 13 • 6 p.m. • Crutcher Scott Field • (Audio / Video I Listen I Live Stats)
Probable Starting Pitchers – RHP Evan Tidwell (NSU) vs. RHP
Drew Hanson (ACU)
Sunday, May 14 • 6 p.m. • Crutcher Scott Field • (Audio / Video I Listen I Live Stats)
Probable Starting Pitchers – RHP Cullen McDonald (NSU) vs. LHP
Derek Scott (ACU)
ABILENE – The ACU Wildcats close out the home portion of their 2017 schedule this weekend when they host Northwestern State in a three-game series at Crutcher Scott Field.
First pitch Friday is set for 6 p.m. with Saturday's game set for 6 p.m. The series will get started at 1 p.m. All three games will be broadcast on 98.1 FM The Ticket.
The Wildcats will say farewell to eight seniors Friday night as they celebrate Senior Night. Those eight seniors are pitcher
Keaton Brewer, outfielder
Russell Crippen, outfielder
Aaron Draper, pitcher
Collin Dudley, pitcher
Zach Kornely, twin brother pitchers Austin and
Brandon Lambright, and student assistant coach
Mack Morgan.
The Demons and Abilene Christian are recent rivals, having met in each of the past two seasons. Northwestern State has swept both series - the first at Crutcher Scott Field in 2015 and the most recent at Brown-Stroud Field in May 2016.
Here's a brief look at ACU and Northwestern State:
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ACU (11-25, 2-19 Southland) – Crippen enters the final home series of his career as ACU's NCAA Division I-era leader in virtually every offensive category, including runs scored (101), hits (201), doubles (45), home runs (17), RBI (99), total bases (303) and stolen bases (28). … His 45 career doubles have him tied for eighth in ACU history in the category, while his 201 hits are 10th in ACU history.
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Northwestern State (18-29, 8-16 Southland) – Northwestern State (18-29, 8-16) won its first conference series of the season this past weekend, taking two of three from Incarnate Word. The Demons sit a game behind Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and four games behind a trio of teams – Lamar, Nicholls and New Orleans – who are tied for the Nos. 7 and 8 spots in the Southland Conference standings. … This weekend's series marks the second, third and fourth games of the Demons' final road trip of the season, a five-game swing that started with a Tuesday loss at Little Rock and concludes May 16 at nationally ranked LSU.
