ABILENE – Abilene Christian finishes up its nine-game home stand on Tuesday and hits the road for Utah this weekend.
The Wildcats host Tarleton State in a non-conference game Tuesday at 6:05 p.m. before heading to Utah Tech for a three-game WAC series Friday through Sunday. The Wildcats also play at Brigham Young for the first time on Monday.
Tarleton State at ACU | Tuesday | 6:05 p.m. | ESPN+ | Live Stats
ACU at Utah Tech | Friday | 7:05 p.m. (CT) | WAC International | Live Stats
ACU at Utah Tech | Saturday | 3:05 p.m. (CT) | WAC International | Live Stats
ACU at Utah Tech | Sunday | 1:05 p.m. (CT) | WAC International | Live Stats
ACU at Brigham Young | Monday | Noon (CT) | ESPN+/XII Now | Live Stats
ACU Storylines
Sacrificial Living: Abilene Christian ranks second in the NCAA with 31 sacrifice flies this season.
Gino D'Alessio is 12th in the NCAA with six. The Wildcats also lead the WAC with 23 sacrifice bunts.
Maddox Miesse and
Ranse Radtke lead the WAC with six apiece.
RBI Dude: Gino D'Alessio leads the WAC with 40 RBIs this season. D'Alessio also leads the Wildcats with a .377 batting average and eight home runs.
Shutdown Sunday: Brett Lanman, ACU's typical Sunday starter, leads the Western Athletic Conference with six wins and 6.08 hits per nine innings. He also leads the WAC with his 2.03 earned run average.
K Guys: The Wildcats lead the WAC with 9.9 strikeouts per nine innings. That's 38th in the NCAA.
Brett Lanman leads the qualifying pitchers with 10.29 strikeouts per nine. Among the bullpen staff,
Brett Garcia averages 15.375 strikeouts per nine innings.
Tough Out: Garrett Williams leads the WAC as the toughest to strike out. Pitchers have gotten him out on strikes once per 9.1 at-bats.
He Gets On Base: Miller Ladusau leads the Western Athletic Conference in on-base percentage at .478. Ladusau is hitting .364 this season with 25 walks and he has been hit by a pitch nine times.
History with Tarleton State: ACU took two of three in the WAC series in Stephenville last month have won the last two meetings. It's the first midweek game between the two teams since 2013 when the Texans won 15-5 in Abilene.
History with Utah Tech: The Wildcats won two of three against Utah Tech in Abilene last season with a pair of two-run wins to close out the series.
About Tarleton State
- The Texans are 22-18 overall this season after taking two out of three with UT Rio Grande Valley over the weekend.
- TSU hits .283 as a team, led by Cole Miears at .336
- The Texans carry a 5.45 team earned run average.
- Reliever Grant Garza has made 16 appearances for 43 innings and leads the team with a 1.88 earned run average.
About Utah Tech
- Utah Tech is 10-29 on the season and 8-13 in the WAC finished the series at Grand Canyon with a 2-1 win.
- The Trailblazers are batting .244 as a team, led by Hank Dodson at .321.
- Hunter Katschke tops the team with eight home runs and 24 RBIs.
- UTU comes into the series with a 7.78 team earned run average.
- Carston Herman leads the starting rotation with a 5.64 ERA.
