MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Auburn Montgomery baseball team wraps up a season-long eight-game homestand on Tuesday, March 21 against the University of North Alabama in a non-conference contest with first pitch slated for 5 p.m.
 
Match Information: University of North Alabama
Date: Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2018 | 5:00 p.m.
Location: Montgomery, Ala. | AUM Baseball Complex
Media Coverage: Live Stats | Video
 
About the Warhawks
AUM (11-12, 4-8 GSC) hosts the Lions after a 3-1 week at the AUM Baseball Complex, including the Warhawks' second-consecutive Gulf South Conference Series win after besting Valdosta State University in back-to-back games via 4-3 and 6-4 scores on Thursday, March 15 and Friday, March 16 before a 2-5 setback in the three-game series finale.
 
Offensively, Auburn Montgomery is hitting .256 (183-716) with a .365 slugging percentage off the strength of 29 doubles, two triple and 15 home runs while posting 99 walks and 84 RBI. Sophomore infielder Hayden Friesen leads four Warhawks hitting over .300 with a .381 average, followed by senior infielder Nathan Langley, junior infielder Jonathan Brandt and senior first baseman Curtiss Johnson with marks of .370, .325 and .308, respectively. Langley leads the team with 30 total hits, 19 walks, 17 runs scored and nine stolen bases with Brandt boasting a team-leading four home runs and 14 RBI. Langley and Brandt each have six doubles while sophomore catcher Kyle Khoury and Langley both recording one triple.
 
On the mound, AUM sports a 4.67 ERA while tallying 130 strikeouts with 57 walks in 189.0 innings of work to date. Redshirt sophomore right-handed pitcher Hank Scott logs a team-high 46.0 innings over seven starts, tied with senior right-handed pitcher Garrett Deloney, while also leading the team with 36 strikeouts and four victories. Freshman righty Sam Steigert makes a team-best 11 mound appearances with a team-low ERA of 1.80 and two saves while matching Langley for the lowest opposing batting average at .212.
 
In a home-and-home series against North Alabama last season, which AUM swept 9-8, 7-1, Johnson went .444 at the plate with multiple hits in both contests while Scott got the victory in the road leg after holding the Lions off the scoreboard over 5.0 innings.
 
About the Lions
North Alabama (15-10, 8-4 GSC) treks to Montgomery after the a 1-2 weekend at Montevallo, falling to the Falcons 10-5 and 4-3 in a doubleheader on Saturday, March 17 with a 14-1 Gulf South Conference series finale victory on Sunday, March 18.
 
The Lions are hitting .271 (216-796) as a team with a .393 slugging percentage coming from 33 doubles, five triples and 18 home runs while tallying 133 RBI and 125 walks. Kyle Hubbuch paces the Lions in the batter's box with a team-leading .386 batting average, 27 RBI, 26 walks, nine home runs, two triples, a .773 slugging percentage and .530 on base percentage while matching T.J. Lockett with 28 runs scored.
 
On the mound, North Alabama has a team ERA of 4.13 with 223 strikeouts and 91 walks in 209.0 innings. Channing Wall makes a team-leading nine mound appearances, all in relief, while Tyler Joyner logs a team-high 49.2 innings with 48 strikeouts in seven starts with four victories, tied with Lane Wallace and Shane Priest for the most starts and wins. Josh Stillman holds opponents to a team-low .175 batting average with a team-best 2.37 ERA.
  
Up Next
The baseball team hits the road to take on Lee in a Gulf South Conference series, starting on Friday, March 23 at 5 p.m.
 
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