SAN ANGELO – The Angelo State Rams own a dominant 22-4 record at home this season and will host Eastern New Mexico this weekend in a three-game Lone Star Conference set at Foster Field with championship opportunities still alive.

The regular season's final weekend begins at 6:30 p.m. on Friday before a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday at Foster Field. Angelo State will honor its senior class of Hayden Elrod, Cody Semler, J.C. Snyder, Trae Davis, Cameron Massengill, Derek Tyner, Miles Gully, Brett David and Blake Bass before the start of Saturday's first game.

The Rams (32-14, 19-13 LSC) are one game back in the standings to West Texas A&M (20-12 LSC) and Texas A&M-Kingsville (20-12 LSC) entering the final weekend of the regular season. The regular-season champion, or team which owns a tiebreak, will host next week's four-team conference tournament. ASU owns the tiebreak over Kingsville after the Rams swept a three-game set last weekend, while WT has the tiebreak over the Rams. If all three teams are tied at the end of the weekend, WT would host next weekend's conference tournament by virtue of having the best record against Tarleton State (13-16 LSC) which is the fourth seed. For ASU to host, it needs to win two more games this weekend than West Texas A&M and one more than Kingsville. The Buffs host Cameron (11-21 LSC), while TAMUK hosts the Texans.  

ASU is on a five-game winning streak entering the series after sweeping the Javelinas last weekend, but is 1-3 against the Greyhounds after dropping three of four in Portales in the first meeting. The Rams own a 29-17 all-time advantage over ENMU, including an 18-4 record against them at Foster Field.
 

Jersey auction this weekend at foster field. Be wearing these Friday night. pic.twitter.com/XSsI6ESek2 — Kevin Brooks (@KBrooks15) April 27, 2015

ASU SEASON TRACKER
Overall Record:  32-14
Lone Star Conference Record:  19-13
At Foster Field:  22-4
Away from San Angelo:  10-10
Neutral Site Games:  0-0
LSC Home Games:  11-4
LSC Road Games:  8-9
Current Streak:  W5
Longest Winning Streak:  W15 (*program record)
Longest Losing Streak:  L4
Most runs scored:  18
Fewest runs scored:  0 (2)
Vs. Cameron: 7-0
Vs. Eastern New Mexico: 1-3
Vs. Tarleton State: 4-3
Vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville: 4-3
Vs. West Texas A&M: 3-4
 
ANGELO STATE PROBABLE STARTING ROTATION
Game 1: Steve Naemark, Junior, LHP (8-1, 0.73 ERA, 1 SV, 101 K, 16BB, 58H, 1CG, 7 ER, 86.0.0 IP)
Game 2: Blake Bass, Senior, RHP (8-2, 2.55 ERA, 79 K, 17BB, 79H, 3CG, 22 ER, 77.2 IP)
Game 3: Bryce Zak, Junior, RHP (5-5, 2.09 ERA, 74 K, 30BB, 48H, 14 ER, 60.1 IP)

STARTER REPORT: Steve Naemark is 6-0 with a 0.56 ERA at Foster Field this season and will make his 14th start of the season in the series opener on Friday night. Naemark was named the LSC and NCBWA South Central Pitcher of the Week after a nine-strikeout performance against Kingsville last Friday. He comes into the final weekend of the regular season with 101 strikeouts which is the all-time program record and his 0.73 ERA is also the best in program history. Naemark has recorded five or more strikeouts in 12 games this season, including a program-record 15 strikeouts against Regis and 12 against Lubbock Christian and 11 in his first game against Eastern New Mexico. Blake Bass (8-2) has 79 strikeouts this season and 118 in his career at ASU. Bass earned a win over ENMU in Portales earlier this season by striking out fivfe and allowing only three hits and two earned runs. He transferred to ASU from Texas Tech last season and will be making his 26th start for the Rams in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader. Bass, who has struck out five or more batters in 10 games this season, owns a 2.64 career ERA and is tied with Naemark for the conference lead with eight wins. Bryce Zak will start the regular-season finale on Saturday and comes into the game with 74 strikeouts this season and 112 in his career. A junior from San Angelo, Zak owns a 10-6 record at ASU after pitching his freshman season at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Zak did not receive a decision last Saturday despite striking out nine and allowing only one earned run in five innings against Texas A&M-Kingsville. The Rams eventually won the game 9-8. Zak has 19 strikeouts in his last two starts after he had 10 two weeks ago in a win at West Texas A&M which was one behind his career-best of 11 strikeouts in a win over Regis.

Angelo State is fourth in the nation with 9.8 strikeouts per 9-innings and seventh with a 2.92 pitching staff ERA and ranks first in 16 statistical categories in the Lone Star Conference entering the final weekend of the regular season. The Rams lead the conference offensively in batting average (.297), doubles (86), doubles per game (1.87), total hits (424), home runs (35), home runs per game (0.76), on-base percentage (.367), sacrifice flies (23) and slugging percentage (.438). The pitching staff's ERA and strikeouts per game leads the LSC, along with its 3.16 strikeout-to-walk ratio and 1.26. ASU also tops the conference with a .970 fielding percentage and a .696 win-loss percentage. The Rams are second in the conference in total runs (250), scoring (5.4 per), shutouts (4), stolen bases (46) and stolen bases per game (1.00).

Individually, a Ram leads the conference in 19 statistical categories with Steve Naemark running away with margins with 101 strikeouts and a 0.73 ERA. His strikeout total is fourth in the nation and his ERA is fifth in the country. Blake Bass is second in the conference with 79 strikeouts and Bryce Zak has 74 strikeouts which is fourth. Bass and Naemark lead the LSC with eight wins each, while Graylon Brown is second in the LSC with nine saves and leads with 24 appearances. Paxton DeLaGarza leads the conference with a .385 batting average, 101 total bases and 65 hits, while he is second with seven home runs behind Nehwon Norkeh who leads the conference with nine home runs and also 46 runs scored. DeLaGarza is on an eight-game hitting streak and has hit safely in 28 of the last 30 games. He was named the LSC Hitter of the Week on Tuesday. J.C. Snyder continues to pace the conference in doubles and has 19 entering this weekend and he also leads with a .599 slugging percentage. Snyder is second in the conference with a .358 batting average, while Derek Tyner is hitting .314 with five home runs. Brett David comes into the weekend with four home runs this season and eight in his four-year career. A senior from El Paso, David is the lone senior on the team who has played all four seasons at ASU. He has 113 total hits, while senior catcher Cameron Massengill enters this weekend with 92 career hits and 40 RBI. Sam Kohler has proven to be the toughest strikeout in the LSC after taking a third strike in only 10.8 percent of his at-bats, while Cody Semler leads the conference with 12 stolen bases.  

DeLaGarza leads the Rams with 19 multi-hit games this season and nine multi-RBI games, while Snyder has 18 multi-hit games and Tyner has delivered multi-hit performance 17 times. DeLaGarza also leads the Rams with 35 RBI, while Norkeh and David have 29 RBI each and Tyner has 28 RBI as the team's designated hitter. Norkeh and DeLaGarza both had 13 doubles entering the weekend.
 
Angelo State Record Watch
Most wins in a season
1. 12 - Cody Broussard (12-2) - 2007
2. 10 - Kenny Elkind (10-4) - 2009
    10 - Jake Feckley (10-5) - 2013
    10 - Michael Gunter (10-5) - 2007
5. 9 - Sean Winscher (9-3) - 2008
    9 - J. W. Nastoupil (9-1) - 2006
    9 - Elliott Love (9-5) - 2006
    9 - Michael Lange (9-1) - 2012
9. 8 - Mike Weatherly (8-3) - 2013
    8 - Ryan Mulle (8-3) - 2005
    8 - Tommy Rafferty (8-1) - 2006
    8 - Blake Bass (8-2) - 2015
    8 - Steve Naemark (8-1) – 2015
Lowest earned run avg. (min. 37 IP)
1. 0.73 - Steve Naemark (86.0 IP) - 2015
2. 1.73 - Tommy Rafferty (52.0 IP) - 2006
3. 2.09 - Bryce Zak (60.1 IP) - 2015
4. 2.52 - Mike Weatherly (82.0 IP) - 2013
5. 2.55 - Blake Bass (77.2 IP) - 2015
Most strikeouts in a season
1. 101 - Steve Naemark - 2015
2. 89 - Michael Gunter - 2007
3. 88 - Kenny Elkind - 2009
4. 86 - Joseph Key - 2009
5. 81 - J. W. Nastoupil - 2006
6. 79 - Cody Broussard - 2007
    79 - Blake Bass - 2015
8. 74 - Bryce Zak - 2015
Lowest opponent batting avg. (min. 37 IP)
1. .147 - Tommy Rafferty (52.0 IP) - 2006
2. .187 - Steve Naemark (86.0 IP) - 2015
3. .220 - J. W. Nastoupil (82.0 IP) - 2006
4. .222 - Bryce Zak (60.1 IP) – 2015
Most saves in a season
1. 9 - Mike Weatherly - 2012
    9 - Graylon Brown – 2015
Most career saves
1. 16 - Joseph Key - 2006-09
2. 14 - Graylon Brown - 2013-15
Most strikeouts/9 inn game (min. 37 IP)
1. 11.04 - Bryce Zak (60.1 IP) - 2015
2. 10.89 - Mike Weatherly (38.0 IP) - 2012
3. 10.57 - Steve Naemark (86.0 IP) - 2015
4. 9.58 - Austin Church (41.1 IP) - 2012
5. 9.15 - Blake Bass (77.2 IP) – 2015
Most caught stealing by
1. 25 - Andrew LaCombe - 2012
2. 22 - Cameron Massengill - 2015
3. 16 - Trey Carter – 2009
Most career caught stealing by
1. 40 - Andrew LaCombe - 2012-13
2. 33 - Cameron Massengill - 2014-15
Highest fielding pct. (min. 100 chances)
1. .995 - Cameron Massengill (696-54-4) - 2014-15
2. .994 - Ryan Greer (170-9-1) - 2012-13
3. .990 - Quaid McKinnon (973-62-10) - 2012-13
4. .990 - Clay Calfee (1039-46-11) - 2006-08
5. .989 - Derek Tyner (256-12-3) - 2014-15
Most doubles in a season
1. 28 - Steven Allred - 2007
2. 24 - Clay Calfee - 2008
3. 23 - Shan Sullivan - 2008
4. 22 - Austin Lasprilla - 2009
    22 - Nate Hemm - 2005
6. 20 - Zak Leonhardt - 2010
7. 19 - Christian Summers - 2013
    19 - J.C. Snyder - 2015
    19 - Bucky Strickland - 2007
    19 - Lee Neumann - 2012
    19 - Garrett Harris - 2011
Most home runs in a season
1. 26 - Keith Towne - 2009
2. 13 - Matt Lenderman - 2007
    13 - Clay Calfee - 2008
4. 11 - Trey Carter - 2009
5. 10 - Chris Adamson - 2010
    10 - Drew Caraway - 2007
7. 9 - Clay Calfee - 2007
    9 - Ronnie Gaines - 2006
    9 - Nehwon Norkeh - 2015
    9 - Chris Adamson - 2009