Baseball To Play AAMU Thursday & Friday To Beat Rain
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Baseball To Play AAMU Thursday & Friday To Beat Rain

LORMAN, Miss. – The Alcorn State University baseball program was originally scheduled to play Alabama A&M Friday through Sunday but due to thunderstorms expected this weekend, they will play games one and two on Thursday at 6 p.m. and Friday at 1 p.m. with game three up in the air.
 
The Braves (6-12, 6-10 SWAC) have a pitching staff that has been able to rack up the punchouts, slotting in third among its SWAC peers with an average of 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
 
Tristin Garcia has established himself as one the of nation's best all-around hitters ranking second in hits per game (1.89), fourth for batting average (.466), eighth regarding on-base percentage (.530), top-30 in the NCAA for being toughest to strike out (12.2) and top-45 in RBIs per game (1.17). The five-foot-four infielder is also fifth in the Southwestern Athletic Conference in slugging percentage (0.603).
 
Jose Fernandez has been a rock atop the Braves rotation in 2021, slotting as the conference's runner-up for ERA (2.09) and WHIP (1.09) plus top-five in hits allowed per nine innings (6.75).
 
Khalil Smith has been a walking and run scoring force this year, placing tenth nationally in runs per game at 1.25 plus drawing an average of a walk per game (1.00) to place 12th in division one.
 
Tyler Smith and Hunter Wilson cap off the Braves leaderboard representatives, ranking top-45 in the NCAA for walks per game (0.88) and sixth in the SWAC regarding RBIs per game (1.00), respectively.

Scouting the Alabama A&M Bulldogs (6-12, 6-7 SWAC)

The Maroon and White are coming off a four-game sweep of MVSU, averaging 10.5 runs per contest.
 
Teddy Bridges places third in the conference with 0.33 doubles per game and has the best stolen bases per game average on the squad at 0.33 as well.
 
JanMikell Bastardo and Trevor Berkemeyer have excelled at legging out triples, ranking top-15 and top-50 in the country in triples per game at 0.13 and 0.11, respectively.
 
Jose Figueroa is top-five in the Southwestern Athletic Conference for strikeouts per nine innings with 11.22.
 
The Baseball Braves won two-of-three from the Bulldogs in Huntsville earlier this season and hold a significant 100 to 43 advantage in 143 meetings between the two programs.
 
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