Baseball returns home with a midweek clash against LamarBaseball returns home with a midweek clash against Lamar
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Baseball returns home with a midweek clash against Lamar

SAN ANTONIO – Lamar visits Roadrunner Field Tuesday, kicking off a four-game home stand for UTSA baseball. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.  

Cardinals at Roadrunners
Tuesday April 9, 6 p.m.
Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, Texas
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Series History: 53rdAll-time Meeting
UTSA is 26-26 against the Cardinals
Home: 16-11 • Road: 8-15 • Neutral: 3-2
Last Meeting: L, 2-3 April 30, 2014 (Roadrunner Field)
Last Win: 4-2 (April 29, 2014)
Last Home Win: 4-2 (April 29, 2014)
Streak: Lost 1 • Last 10: 6-4 • Last 5: 2-3
 
Probable Starters:
Lamar - Fr. LHP, Dylan Johnson (0-2, 6.75)
UTSA - Jr. RHP, Shane Daughety (1-2, 7.71)
 
Scouting UTSA:
• As a team, the Roadrunners are hitting .277 and average just under six runs per contest.
• Over the last 10 games, UTSA has belted 31 extra-base hits, including 17 doubles and 10 home runs.
Bryan Arias doubled Sunday, registering his eighth of the season and 53rdin his career. He moved into a tie for third all-time in program history.
Bryan Sturges went 7-for-16, with four doubles in four games last week and leads the team with 13 this season.
Karan Patel posted his fifth consecutive quality start Friday and is averaging a strikeout per inning. His ERA is 2.25 and he has fanned 51 batters in 51.0 innings of work.
Slater Foust leads the staff with a 2.25 earned run average and is 4-1 in seven starts.
 
Scouting Lamar:
 • The Cardinals were swept by Sam Houston State in a three-game weekend series in Huntsville, Texas. They fell by a score of 15-6 in the opener Friday, before dropping a doubleheader (6-5, 8-4) Saturday.
• As a team, Lamar is hitting .270 through 32 games, with 69 extra-base hits, including 21 home runs.
• Logan Beriof paces the Cardinals with a .365 average (23-63).
• Anthony Quirion has six home runs and six doubles.
• The pitching staff holds allows 3.49 earned runs per contest and opponents are hitting .270 against them.
 
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