SAN ANGELO, Texas – The 15^th-ranked Angelo State baseball team is away this weekend as the Rams travel to Austin for a four-game Lone Star Conference series against St. Edward's beginning Friday, April 1.
 
LAST WEEK:
The Rams split their most recent series at home against Texas A&M – Kingsville, sweeping the doubleheader while falling in games one and four. Jake Rogers picked up his seventh win of the season as he threw a complete seven-inning game, allowing only six hits and three runs.
 
#15 ANGELO STATE RAMS (23-7, 21-7 LSC) vs. ST. EDWARD'S HILLTOPPERS (20-12, 20-12 LSC)
Game 1: Fri., April 1, 2 p.m. | Game 2/3: Sat., April 2, 12 p.m. | Game 4: Sun., April 3, 1 p.m.
Austin, Texas – Lucian-Hamilton Field
Live Video: lonestarconferencenetwork.com/asu
Live Stats: angelostats.com
Listen Live: kksa-am.com/sports/
 
SERIES HISTORY:
All-Time Series: ASU leads the series 10-5
Last Meeting: April 27, 2021: ASU, 10-1 – Austin, Texas
Meeting only a few times before St. Edward's joined the LSC, the Rams hold a 10-5 advantage in the series against the Hilltoppers, winning the last five consecutive games. SEU earned two wins during the 2020 series, splitting with the Rams at home.
 
SCOUTING ST. EDWARD'S
The Hilltopers enter the weekend with a 20-12 overall record, picking up series wins over Eastern New Mexico, UT Permian Basin, UAFS, and Oklahoma Christian. In their most recent action, SEU dropped three games to St Mary's while splitting against Lubbock Christian.
 
SEU ranks sixth in the LSC both on the mound and at the plate, holding a team ERA of 5.58 and a team batting average of .298. The Hilltoppers have scored the fourth most runs this season in the conference with 232 and are tied for second in home runs with 29. They are also the most walked team in the LSC with 166 walks. SEU is second in the Lone Star in strikeouts with 263 and is holding opponents to the fourth-lowest batting average at .272.
 
Stacy Bailey leads SEU at the plate with a .372 batting average, tallying a team-high 37 RBIs and 10 home runs at this point in the season. Cullen Ainsworth has 31 RBIs, hitting .313 while Jake Hahn holds a .351 average with a high of 39 hits. Wesley Gafford holds the most wins on the mound with a 5-3 record, collecting 55 strikeouts.
 
QUICK HITS:
-ASU batters have been hit by a pitch more than any other team in Division II, taking first base 71 times.
-Jake Rogers is third in the country in total wins with a 7-0 record which leads the LSC.
-The Rams have been walked the third most times in the LSC and rank 13^th in DII with 159 walks.
-ASU holds the second-highest batting average in the conference at .334, ranking 15^th in DII.
-Holding a .977 fielding percentage, the Rams are first in the conference and sixth in the country.
-The Rams lead the LSC in on-base percentage at .460, ranking fifth in the country.
-ASU has scored the second-most runs in the conference at 272, 15^th in DII.
-The Rams are third in the country in stolen bases with 89 while Austin Beck leads the Lone Star with 15 followed by Justin Lee with 12.
-Aaron Walters is the most walked batter in the LSC, ranking 10^th in the country with 26 walks.