University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Baseball Hosts Louisiana-Monroe For Two-Game Midweek Series
3/1/2004 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Baseball Hosts Louisiana-Monroe For Two-Game Midweek Series HATTIESBURG, Miss.
The Indians enter the series with an overall record of 6-3, collecting wins over Grambling State, Tennessee-Martin, Kansas State, Eastern Illinois and Southwest Missouri State. The three losses have come to LSU, Louisiana-Lafayette, and Tennessee-Martin. Southern Miss comes in with a 6-1 overall record. The Golden Eagles have three-game sweeps over Northwestern (La.) State and Louisiana Tech, with the lone loss coming to South Alabama.
Tuesday?s game will feature Southern Miss sophomore righthander Daniel Best against Indian righthander Andrew Burdine. Best is 0-1 with an 11.57 ERA in one start. He pitched 2.1 innings, and gave up three earned runs on five hits against South Alabama last Tuesday. Burdine is 0-1 with an ERA of 7.71 in three appearances. He has given up six earned runs on 10 hits in seven innings.
Wednesday?s game will feature Southern Miss sophomore right-hander Noah Tritz against Louisiana-Monroe senior lefthander Ryan Schwabe. Tritz comes in with a record of 0-0 with a 9.00 ERA in one appearance. He has pitched two innings, giving up two earned runs on two hits and one walk. Schwabe comes in with a record of 2-1 and a 2.55 ERA. In his three appearances, he has pitched 17.2 innings, given up five earned runs on 17 hits, struck out 15 and walked seven.
Southern Miss is led offensively by junior shortstop Matt Shepherd, who leads the team in several offensive categories, including batting average (.600), hits (15), triples (1), total bases (19), slugging percentage (.760), walks (7), on-base percentage (.697), sacrifice bunts (2) and stolen bases (5). Junior second baseman Jarrett Hoffpauir is hitting .556 (15/27) with four doubles and 13 RBI?s. Senior centerfielder Carlos Velasquez is hitting .379 with one home run and nine RBI?s.
Louisiana-Monroe is led offensively by junior infielder Dutchie Blanton, who sports a .611 batting average (11/18) with one double and two RBI?s. Junior outfielder Glenn Jackson is hitting .515 (17/33) with two doubles and five RBI?s.
Louisiana-Monroe enters this week hitting .326 as a team with 25 doubles, two triples, six home runs and 74 RBI?s. The Indians have a 3.04 ERA with one shutout and two saves. Opponents are hitting .276. The Golden Eagles enter the week hitting .325 as a team with 12 doubles, two triples, five home runs and 55 RBI?s. Southern Miss has a 3.43 ERA with one shutout and one save. Opponents are hitting .228.
