
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
MULERIDERS
28-17 (17-13 GAC) |
ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO
BOLL WEEVILS
30-12 (20-7 GAC)
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Leading Off
The Southern Arkansas baseball team wraps up its 2016 regular season on the road at Arkansas-Monticello as they are set to take on the Boll Weevils in a three-game Great American Conference series.
The Muleriders will be coming into the series 28-17 overall and 17-13 in GAC play, while the Boll Weevils will enter with a 30-12 overall record and a 20-17 mark in the GAC.
In their last four games played, the Muleriders have seen their offense start to take off as they have scored 48 runs on 57 hits with nearly half of those (25) going for extra bases. In the middle of most of that production has been
Billy Germaine as the senior is hitting .733 (11-for-15) with three doubles, five homeruns and 14 RBIs. During that time, Germaine is slugging 1.933 and has an on-base % of .750
Last year, the Muleriders and Boll Weevils met three times with SAU sweeping the series at home.
Statistically, the Muleriders rank third in the GAC in team batting average (.290) while ranking second in the league in team ERA (3.81). The Boll Weevils will enter play ranked fourth in the GAC in team batting average (.287) and fourth in team ERA (4.16). Defensively, the Muleriders rank ninth in the GAC while the Boll Weevils rank second.