Magnolia, Ark. - The SAU Baseball team closes out their regular season this weekend as they host GAC regular season champions Arkansas-Monticello in a three-game conference series. The Muleriders are coming off a weekend taking two of three from Ouachita while Monticello took both games from Tech to clinch the one seed in next week's tournament. The Muleriders currently sit in second place in the standings, one game ahead of third-place Arkansas Tech, who take on fourth-place Harding on the weekend. 

Facts and Figures:
These two teams last played on March 19th, with the Boll Weevils winning 11-5 in Monticello; in this series last year, the Muleriders took two of three, outscoring them 28-14. 

The Muleriders have a 20-10 advantage in this series since 2013 and are 4-3 against the Weevils since the start of 2018;  the Muleriders are 9-2 at home in this matchup and 12-6 in GAC play.

Muleriders ranked in GAC categories:
Austin Baker: Hits (tied-1st - 65); total plate appearances (T-4th - 208); at-bats (2nd - 184); stolen bases (1st - 31); steal attempts (1st - 35); assists (2nd - 112)

Cooper King: RBIs (tied-8th - 35); doubles (3rd - 16); hit by pitch (T-11th - 9)

Josh Walker: Hit by pitch (tied-4th - 11); chances (3rd - 332); putouts (5th - 304); fielding double plays (t-9th - 19)

Jansen McCurdy: stolen bases (T-6th - 15)

Brett McGee: On-base percentage (10th - .462)

Nathan Stubber: ERA (11th - 4.09); opponent BA (7th - .247); games in relief (tied-6th - 17);  hits allowed (7th - 40); runs (6th - 22); earned runs (tied-5th - 18); 

Hunter Brantley: Innings pitched (7th - 68.0); strikeouts (4th - 71); strikeouts looking (T-4th - 23); games started (tied-1st - 12); sac bunts allowed (tied-3rd - 5); runners picked off (tied-1st - 5); 

Garrett Walker: Strikeouts (7th - 59); strikeouts looking (8th - 19); sac bunts allowed (tied-3rd - 5); 

Matt Kortendick: Saves (1st - 9); games finished (1st - 17); games in relief (tied-4th - 18); appearances (T-7th - 18)

Parker Abrego: Wins (T-3rd - 6)