Cameron (27-19, 15-17 LSC) at Eastern New Mexico (10-37, 3-29 LSC)
Portales, New Mexico
Friday, May 6 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 7 at 1/3 p.m.
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SERIES NOTABLES
- Cameron has a slight advantage in the historical series, leading ENMU 45-40 overall.
- Cameron has won its last three series against the Greyhounds. ENMU last edged the Aggies in three game series in 2014, but lost the seven game season series by a 4-3 margin.
- In the teams' last meeting to start the month of April, Cameron took three of four games over the Greyhounds and outscored them 31-14.
- In the series opener, Eastern New Mexico walked 14 Cameron batters, a season high for the Aggies.
- Eastern New Mexico has dropped their last 13 contests in a row with their last win coming against the Aggies at McCord Field on April 3rd in the series finale.
- Cameron sits in fourth in league standings with a one game lead over Tarleton State. Eastern New Mexico is in the sixth and last spot.
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STREAKING
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Cody Bower is currently on a six game hitting streak while
Jonathan Reyes has reached bases in his last ten at bats.
Nate Hale has reached base seven consecutive times.
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SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
- The Greyhounds are 3-29 in the Lone Star Conference. They have taken one game each against Cameron, Texas A&M-Kingsville, and Tarleton State.
- Hold a 3-15 home record; last won on home turf in a 12-11 series finale win over Texas A&M-Kingsville on March 20.
- The team is batting .272 on the season. Daniel Ward leads the Greyhounds at the plate, batting .393, second in the LSC, through 35 games in addition to a .650 slugging percentage.
- Justin Paul has scored a team high 35 runs and has swiped 14 bags this season good for third in the LSC.
-The Greyhounds have an 8.64 ERA pitching staff and opponents have batted .345 against them.
- Are fielding .946 and lead the league in errors at 84.
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ALL ABOUT CU
Cameron wrapped up its home season against Angelo State, falling in a 2-1 series loss. The Rams out-hit the Aggies 25 to 19 on the weekend; CU is 2-14 when they are out-hit by their opponent.
Cody Knight batted 4 for 5 on the series to lead at the plate.
Bryan Belote was tabbed Lone Star Conference Pitcher of the Week after tossing eight innings scoreless. The redshirt-junior gave up five hits and only allowed an ASU runner to reach scoring position three times. The Aggies' victory over ASU went into extra innings as the game remained scoreless until the tenth when an error in the ASU infield allowed
Nate Hale to score for the 1-0 shutout. CU ranks second in the LSC with a .296 batting average and leads with 37 homers;
Cody Bower and
Cole Williams are tied for the team high with seven. Hale leads the league with 43 runs, 34 walks, and is second for the most stolen bases in the LSC with 15.Â
Tyler McKinzie is third in the LSC with 39 RBI, and he has knocked in 14 doubles, which is third most in the league. The Aggie pitching staff is third in the LSC with a 3.81 team ERA and is first with 372 strikeouts.
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