Kerrville, Texas– The Centenary baseball team will face the Schreiner University Mountaineers in a three-game Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference series this weekend beginning on Friday at 2 p.m. at Bob Henry Field.
The Diamond Gents (12-12, 2-4 SCAC) and Mountaineers (11-10, 3-3 SCAC) will play a doubleheader on Saturday at Noon and 2 p.m. to conclude the series.
Live stats and live video are available for Friday's game at the links below:
Stats: https://www.schreinermountaineers.com/sports/bsb/2021-22/boxscores/20220401_2l7j.xml
Video: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/schreiner/
Centenary enters the series having lost two of three games at home last weekend to #22 Trinity, winning the series opener 10-0 in eight innings but were swept in a doubleheader, 13-12 and 10-5, the next day. Schreiner enters the weekend following a series win over Dallas at home as after dropping the series opener the Mountaineers' offense exploded by recording 22-5 and 23-7 wins. Schreiner is 5-8 at home this season.
The Diamond Gents look to continue their recent dominance over the Mountaineers as the Maroon and White have won 15-straight games over them and 17 of the last 18. Centenary's last loss to Schreiner came way back on Feb. 27, 2016 (11-8) at home. Centenary swept Schreiner last March 26-27 at Shehee Stadium, winning all three games by one run.
Centenary is on the road in conference play for the second time this season after losing two of three games at Texas Lutheran March 18-19 but finished the series on a high note after winning the finale 2-1.
The series this weekend will feature the conference's top two offensive teams as the Diamond Gents are hitting .306 as a team with a .399 on-base percentage and are slugging .431. Centenary has scored 190 runs this season, averaging 7.9 per game, and has 254 hits, 66 extra-base hits (39 doubles, 16 triples, and 11 home runs), and has drawn 102 walks. The Diamond Gents have also stolen 46 bases and been hit by a pitch 31 times. Centenary ranks fourth in the country in division III in triples, tied for 13th in hits, is tied for 23rd in runs, and tied for 42nd in stolen bases.
The Mountaineers are hitting .323 with a .422 OBP and are slugging .451. They have scored 191 runs, have 239 hits, and 61 extra-base hits (38 doubles, 12 triples, and 11 homers). Schreiner has drawn 101 walks, stolen 14 bases, and has been hit by a pitch 34 times. Centenary ranks second in the conference in pitching with an overall team ERA of 5.37 while Schreiner is fourth (576).
Centenary has now scored 10 or more runs in a game a staggering 26 times over the last two seasons and done so nine times this season. The Diamond Gents have also recorded 10 or more hits in game 16 times, at least 13 hits nine times and at least 15 four times. Centenary has stolen at least two bases in a game nine times and has swiped six or more four times.
Freshman LHP Tyler Herrera (Spring, Texas) was named the SCAC Baseball Pitcher of the Week on Monday and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Rookie of the Week on Thursday after he turned in a dynamite performance on the mound in Centenary's 10-0 victory over Trinity last Friday. He blanked the Tigers on just three hits in his eight innings of work with nine strikeouts and just one walk. Herrera (3-0) lowered his team-low ERA to a stellar 0.69. He threw 81 pitches, 49 for strikes, and faced 27 batters. Herrera allowed a two-out single in the first inning, a leadoff single in the second, and a two-out single in the fifth.
He struck out a pair in the first, induced an inning-ending double play in the second, struck out two more in the fifth and also struck out a pair in both the seventh and eighth. Herrera is one of two SCAC pitchers to earn the weekly honor twice this season after he picked up the honor for the first time earlier this month.
Despite losing the series last weekend, Centenary's offense was impressive as the Diamond Gents scored 27 total runs, collected 33 hits, drew 13 walks, and stole 10 bases. Senior 1B Preston Ludwick (Pflugerville, Texas) had a great weekend at the plate as he hit .500 (7-14) with five RBI, two runs scored, a double, and a walk. Ludwick now has 15 multi-hit games this season and five in a row, getting at least two hits in all three games of the series. Senior C Ben Bridges (Beckville, Texas) hit .357 (5-14) with six RBI, a double, a homer, and scored two runs. He recorded his sixth multi-hit game of the season during the series and now has four games this season with three or more hits.
Freshman LF Cade LaBruyere (Iowa, La.) matched his single-game season-high with four hits in last Friday's win as he went 4-4 with an RBI, three runs scored, a triple, and a stolen base. LaBruyere now has five multi-hit games this season. Senior RF Luke Royle (Dodge City, Kan.) went 1-4 with three RBI and a stolen base. Royle went 2-4 with an RBI, two runs scored, and a walk in the 13-12 loss in game one of Saturday's DH. Bridges, Ludwick, Robinson, and Welch each recorded multi-hit games. Ludwick and Welch both had multi-hit games in game two of the DH.
See the complete Diamond Gents' season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/bsb/2021-22/schedule
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