Spring Hill at West Alabama Baseball Preview

THE TEAMS
Spring Hill College visits West Alabama for a 2 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday, then West Alabama travels to Mobile for a 2 p.m. doubleheader with the Badgers on Sunday.

WHERE
The Tigers and Badgers will play at Tartt Field on the UWA campus on Saturday and at Historic Stan Galle Field on the SHC campus on Sunday.

THE SERIES
This is the 10^th meeting between the Tigers and Badgers. West Alabama leads 7-2. The Tigers are 1-2 against Spring Hill at Tartt Field, but 6-0 against the Badgers at Stan Galle Field.

WATCH LIVE
Saturday: https://www.youtube.com/user/UWAAthletics
Sunday: No live feed available.

LIVE STATS
Saturday: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=weal
Sunday: http://www.sidearmstats.com/shc/baseball/

TIGER RADIO
The four games will not be carried on ESPN 104.9.

2020 RECORDS
West Alabama is 6-10. Spring Hill is 10-8.

HOME AND AWAY
West Alabama is 3-4 at home and 2-6 on the road. Spring Hill is 5-4 at home, 4-4 on the road.

THE COACHES
UWA head coach Gary Rundles is 998-672 in his 33^rd year as a collegiate head coach. He is 626-395 in his 20^th season at West Alabama. Frank Sims is 888-868-3 in 35 seasons at Spring Hill, 924-878-3 in 26 years as a collegiate head coach.

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
On April 10 of the 2019 season West Alabama erased a five-run deficit to notch a 6-5 win at Tartt Field. The win was the 12^th in 13 games for West Alabama, improving the Tigers to 22-12. It was also the last win of the season for UWA, who is 6-20 since that game.

LATE CONTRAST
West Alabama is 6-0 when leading after seven innings and 5-0 when leading after eight innings. Conversely, the Tigers are 0-7 when trailing after seven and 0-5 when trailing after eight frames.

5 AND 9
West Alabama has scored the majority of its runs in the fifth and ninth innings up to this point in the 2020 season. The Tigers have scored 23 runs in the fifth and 18 in the ninth, 42 percent of its 96 total.

MID TO LATE TROUBLE
West Alabama opponents have scored 101 runs this season, 60 of those coming in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings (59 percent).

FAULTY INHERITANCE
The West Alabama bullpen has struggled early on this season with keeping inherited runners from crossing the plate. Twenty-five of 37 (68 percent) of inherited runners have scored for Tiger opponents.

HOW THE TEAM STATS STACK UP
Batting Average
SHC: .241
UWA: .254

Runs Scored
SHC: 95 (5.3 pg)
UWA: 96 (6.0 pg)

Hits
SHC: 136 (7.6 pg)
UWA: 139 (8.7 pg)

Fielding Percentage
SHC: .974
UWA: .955

Earned Run Average
SHC: 5.30
UWA: 5.01

Batting Average Against
SHC: 276
UWA: 283

INDIVIDUAL COMPARISON LEADERS
Multiple-Hit Games
SHC: 7, Joseph Guidry
UWA: 5, Taylor Clemmons

Multiple-RBI Games
SHC: 4, Daniel Rodriguez
UWA: 3, Brayden Lyman, Taylor Clemmons

Current Hitting Streak
SHC: 7, Joseph Guidry
UWA: 4, Trevor Smeeton, Ryan Dell

Current Reached Base Streak
SHC: 10, Reis Trager, Daniel Rodriguez
UWA: 11, Trevor Smeeton

UP NEXT
The Tigers travel to Birmingham Tuesday to take on Miles College at Rickwood Field in a game that was postponed on Feb. 25. First pitch is set for noon. Spring Hill returns to SIAC play with a three-game series at Albany State March 13-14.

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Players Mentioned

#25 Taylor Clemmons: 1B/3B; 6' 0"; Senior; R/R

#27 Trevor Smeeton: SS; 5' 11"; Senior; L/R

#19 Brayden Lyman: OF; 6' 2"; Junior; L/R

#20 Ryan Dell: IF; 6' 0"; Freshman; R/R

Players Mentioned

#25 Taylor Clemmons
: 6' 0"; Senior; R/R
: 1B/3B

#27 Trevor Smeeton
: 5' 11"; Senior; L/R
: SS

#19 Brayden Lyman
: 6' 2"; Junior; L/R
: OF

#20 Ryan Dell
: 6' 0"; Freshman; R/R
: IF