ANGELO STATE BASEBALL

SAN ANGELO, Texas – Angelo State is the 2012 Lone Star Conference baseball champion.

The Rams clinched the LSC title and earned the program's and head coach Kevin Brooks' 300th win on Saturday with a doubleheader sweep of Abilene Christian at Foster Field.
 
Angelo State (35-14, 19-8 LSC) will go into next week's LSC Baseball Championship as the regular season champion, regardless of results of Sunday's regular season finale after taking the first three games of their series against the Wildcats along with a West Texas A&M loss to Eastern New Mexico and a Texas A&M-Kingsville doubleheader sweep of Incarnate Word on Saturday. The 300th win comes in the eighth season of the program and takes it to a 300-163 overall record. ASU has now beat the Wildcats six straight times dating back to last season's three-game sweep in Abilene.

The Rams and Wildcats (24-25, 11-15 LSC) conclude their four-game series and the regular season at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
 
Michael Lange (7-0) earned the win for the Rams in the opener, while Austin Church (3-2) earned the win in the second game after coming into the game in the fourth inning as a reliever for starter Rick Reyna. Weatherly nailed down the conference title with a strikeout to end the game and earn his ninth save of the season.
 
The Rams' offense continued it hot streak in the first game, finishing with 16 hits. Toby Semler led the Rams with three hits, while Zach Cohen, Brett Parsons, Ryan Greer and Tate Allison had two hits in the game. Greer finished with a season-high six RBI in the game, including a three-run home run and three-run triple. Semler finished the game with three RBI, while Parsons had two doubles.
 
Semler, Neumann and Andrew LaCombe each had two-hit games for the Rams in the second game, while Doug Snover's two-run single in the second inning gave ASU a 3-1 lead.

Jordan Herra (2-7) took the loss for the Wildcats in the day's first game after giving up eight runs on 10 hits in 4.0 innings of work, while Austin Palmer (1-2) claims the loss in the 4-2 loss depite limiting the Rams to a series low eight hits in 6.0 innings. ACU was limited to four hits in the first game and to three in the second. Rodge Macy led ACU with one hit in each game.

Additional Notes

• ASU is now 23-4 overall and 13-2 in conference play at Foster Field
• The Rams have raised their team batting average to .320
• ASU has only trailed for half an inning during the first three games
• ASU has outscored its opponents 340-210 this season
• Greer now leads the Rams with 48 RBI 26 stolen bases this season
• Historically, Greer tied four other Rams who also had 6-RBI games (1. Chris Adamson -10, 2010)
• Neumann raised his season's batting average to .401 with 3 hits on Saturday
• Neumann now has an 11-game hitting streak and has reached in 19 straight
• Weatherly is now the single-season record holder for saves in ASU history
• Semler has reached base in 18 straight games and has a five game streak
• Nate Alter recorded his career's first hit with a single in the first game

Series Schedule
Friday: ASU won 16-0
Saturday: ASU won 14-2; 4-2
Sunday: 2 p.m.

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Program vs. Program
This season: ASU leads series 3-0
Overall series: Abilene Christian leads 23-15
At Foster Field: Abilene Christian leads 6-5
Last season: Angelo State swept series, 3-0 (10-1, 13-7, 14-7)