UWA at Alabama Huntsville Baseball Preview

WHO'S PLAYING
West Alabama at Alabama Huntsville.

GAME TIMES
Currently scheduled as a doubleheader Saturday at 1 p.m. with a single game Sunday at 1 p.m.

WHERE
Charger Park on the Alabama Huntsville campus in Huntsville, Alabama.

THE SERIES
Alabama Huntsville leads 42-35. Since 2015 West Alabama has won 11 of 15 meetings, including five consecutive series wins.

WATCH LIVE
https://www.youtube.com/user/UAHChargers

LIVE STATS
https://uahchargers.com/sidearmstats/baseball/summary

TIGER RADIO
Sunday's single game will be broadcast live in ESPN 104.9, the 50,000 watt Twin States Sports Authority covering several counties in west Alabama and east Mississippi. It can also be heard at www.grantellbroadcasting.com.

2020 RECORDS
Alabama Huntsville is 9-5 overall, 4-2 in GSC play after a pair of 1-run wins Wednesday at Spring Hill. West Alabama is 6-7 and 1-5 after dropping two of three last weekend to West Florida at home. A midweek game at Miles was cancelled due to weather.

HOME AND AWAY
West Alabama is 2-3 on the road, having won two at Emmanuel and lost three at Mississippi College. Alabama Huntsville is 5-1 at home and has a modest three-game winning streak.

THE COACHES
UWA head coach Gary Rundles is 998-669 in his 33^rd year as a collegiate head coach. He is 626-392 in his 20^th season at West Alabama. Hunter Royer is 302-193-2 in his 11th season as a head coach, all at UAH. Royer was an assistant for Rundles from 2004-06.

QUEST FOR 1K
The Tigers need just two wins to hand Coach Gary Rundles his 1,000^th collegiate win as a head coach.

LAST MEETING
West Alabama took two of three from the Chargers last season, losing the series opener, 3-1, before taking games two and three, 15-9 and 7-1.

PINBALL WIZARD
Tiger starting pitcher Peyton "Pinball" Warren is tied for third in the GSC with three wins already and is one of just eight pitchers in the league to have an earned run average under 2.00. Warren comes into the weekend with a 1.96 ERA.

BACKWARD K
Tiger pitcher Connor Brooks is fifth in the GSC having recorded 10 of his 28 strikeouts looking in four appearances.

HOW THE TEAM STATS STACK UP IN THE LEAGUE
Hitting (Average)
UAH 8^th .255
UWA 10^th .245

Pitching (ERA)
UWA 7^th 3.87
UWAH 10^th 4.67

Fielding Percentage
UAH 2^nd .974
UWA 12^th .944

UP NEXT
The Tigers take a break from conference play, hosting Spring Hill for a doubleheader on Saturday, March 7 and then traveling to Mobile to play the Badgers two more on Sunday, March 8.

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Players Mentioned

#31 Connor Brooks: RHP; 6' 3"; Junior; R/R

Players Mentioned

#31 Connor Brooks
: 6' 3"; Junior; R/R
: RHP

Players Mentioned

#31 Connor Brooks

Players Mentioned

#31 Connor Brooks