GAMES 46-48
Date: May 3-5, 2013
First Pitch: Friday, 6 p.m.
Saturday, 6 p.m.
Sunday, 1 p.m.
Location: Lafayette, La.
Stadium: M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field (3,755)
Radio: East Arkansas Broadcasters
95.3 FM The Ticket
970 AM KNEA
Radio Talent: Matt Stolz
SERIES
ASU vs ULL: 36-67 (ASU Trails)
Raffo Record vs ULL: 8-6
Last Meeting: March 25, 2012 (8-7 ASU)
Current Streak: ASU 2 Wins
MULTIMEDIA
Online Audio: AStateRedWolves.com
Live Stats: AStateRedWolves.com
LEADING OFF: Arkansas State will travel to Louisiana-Lafayette for a three-game Sun Belt Conference series May 3-5. The Red Wolves are coming off a weekend in which they took two of three games from Middle Tennessee and currently sit in seventh place in the SBC standings are just five games out of first place. ASU enters the game with 220 walks, which leads the Sun Belt Conference. A-State also leads the league in sacrifice bunts with 57, while the Red Wolves pitching staff has held opponents to a .248 batting average, which is the second lowest in the league. Daniel Wright leads the league with 80 strikeouts on the mound, while he and Bradley Wallace have struck out 24 batters looking on the year.
Louisiana-Lafayette enters the game having won three out of its last four games and the Ragin' Cajuns also lead the league with a .315 team batting average.
THE STARTERS: ASU will start senior right-hander Daniel Wright on Friday night. Wright will be making his 12th start of the season and currently has a 5-3 record. Wallace will get the start on Saturday after coming off his shortest outing of the year against Middle Tennessee. Cody Woodhouse will make his second consecutive start on the weekend for ASU on Sunday.
Louisiana-Lafayette will counter with sophomore right-hander Austin Robichaux on Friday, while left-hander Cody Boutte will get the call on Saturday. The Ragin' Cajuns have yet to announce a starter for Sunday's contest.
ASU/ULL SERIES HISTORY
• Louisiana-Lafayette leads the all-time series 67-36.
• This will be the 104th, 105th and 106th meeting all-time between ASU-ULL.
• ASU took two of three games from the Ragin' Cajuns in Lafayette last season.
• This marks the second straight season in which ASU has travled to Lafayette to play the
Ragin' Cajuns.
• ASU has won 13 out of the last 16 meetings between the two schools.
• Daniel Wright held ULL to a .200 batting in his start last season against the Ragin'
Cajuns, well below their season average at the time.
SCOUTING THE RAGIN' CAJUNS
• Louisiana-Lafayette is 31-15 on the year and 12-9 in conference play.
• The Ragin' Cajuns are coming off a weekend in which they took two of three-games from
FIU.
• ULL has the highest team batting average in the Sun Belt at .315.
• Austin Robichaux ranks second in the league in ERA at 2.71.
• Dex Kjerstad is second in the league with 65 hits on the year.
• Tyler Girouard leads the league in batting average at .385.
• The ULL lineup features at least nine hitters with 30 hits.
FRESHMAN PITCHERS HOLD TIGERS SCORELESS
• Freshman pitchers Adam Grantham and David Owen combined to hold Memphis
scoreless for five straight innings of relief on April 30.
• The pair combined to strikeout six and give up just four hits over the game's final five innings.
WRIGHT EYEING SINGLE SEASON STRIKEOUT
• Senior pitcher Daniel Wright has struck out 80 batters on the year and is closing in on
the single season mark for strikeouts at ASU.
• Aubrey Gatewood holds the single season record for strikeouts at 117, which was set in 1959.
MASSANELLI GOES FOR FIVE
• Sophomore outfielder Collin Massanelli went 5-for-6 against Middle Tennessee on April |
28 in game one of a doubleheader.
• He was just one hit away from tying the school record for hits in a game with six.
• He had a hit in his first five at bats of the game.
TAKING A LEAD AFTER 8
• A-State is a perfect 18-0 on the season when leading after 8 innings this season.
• The team is also 17-1 when it has a lead after 7 innings and 16-3 when leading after 6 innings.
NINE RUNS ON THREE HITS
• A-State accomplished a rare feat on April 28 by scoring nine runs on just three hits in a
victory over Middle Tennessee.
• The Red Wolves scored runs on a variety of ways in the inning, including three bases
loaded walks, a hit batsman with the bases loaded, scoring on a wild pitch and passed
ball and a single.
ALL NIGHT TO THINK ABOUT IT
• Junior Dustin Jones had a little over 17 hours to think about his at bat with the bases
loaded in the bottom of the second back on April 26-27.
• A-State and Middle Tennessee's game on April 26 was suspended in the bottom of the
second inning with bases full of Red Wolves due to inclement weather. Dustin Jones was
at the plate when the suspension occurred and when play resumed 17 hours later the
next day he cleared the bases with first triple of his career.
HIGH ATTENDANCE MARKS
• ASU played before a crowd of 1,006 people on Tuesday, April 23 against Ole Miss at
Tomlinson Stadium.
• It was the second largest crowd at Kell Field since 2003. The Red Wolves played before
a crowd of 1,019 in 2008 against Memphis.
• It was only the second time since 2003 that ASU had a home crowd of 1,000 people.
