MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Auburn Montgomery baseball team hosts a pair of opponents this week for a total of three midweek games, starting on Tuesday, March 27 against Spring Hill College starting at 5 p.m. with Talladega College coming to the AUM Baseball Complex on Wednesday, March 28 in a doubleheader beginning at 3 p.m.
 
Match Information: Spring Hill College
Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 | 5:00 p.m.
Location: Montgomery, Ala. | AUM Baseball Field
Media Coverage: Live Stats | Video
 
Match Information: Talladega College
Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 | 3:00 p.m.
Location: Montgomery, Ala. | AUM Baseball Field
Media Coverage: Live Stats | Video
 
About the Warhawks
AUM (11-16, 4-11 GSC) enters the three-game midweek slate following an 0-4 week, including a Gulf South Conference series sweep by Lee University on the road.
 
Offensively, Auburn Montgomery is hitting .250 (210-839) with a .352 slugging percentage off the strength of 33 doubles, two triple and 16 home runs while tallying 112 walks for a .355 on base percentage and 94 RBI. Sophomore infielder Hayden Friesen leads three Warhawks hitting over .300 with a .417 average, followed by senior infielder Nathan Langley and junior infielder Jonathan Brandt marks of .371 and .311, respectively. Langley leads the team with 36 total hits, 21 walks, 21 runs scored, nine stolen bases and eight doubles while matching sophomore catcher Kyle Khoury with one triple. Brandt boasts a team-leading four home runs, propelling the junior to a team-best .522 slugging percentage, and 16 RBI.
 
On the mound, AUM sports a 4.99 ERA while tallying 153 strikeouts with 67 walks in 220.0 innings of work to date. Redshirt sophomore right-handed pitcher Hank Scott logs a team-high 49.1 innings over eight starts, tied with senior left-handed pitcher Garrett Deloney, to go with a team-leading four victories. Deloney fans a team-best 41 batters while Langley holds a team-low 1.66 ERA with freshman righty Sam Steigert limiting opponents to a .230 opposing batting average.
 
Against Spring Hill College in a three-game series to begin the 2018 campaign, Langley boasted a 1.33 slugging percentage with seven hits for a .778 batting average and four walks for a .846 on base percentage while earning a win on the mound with a 0.00 ERA in 2.1 innings of work.
 
In six games against Talladega last season, which AUM went 4-2 in, senior centerfielder Donovan Chandler drew nine walks and scored eight runs while Deloney and Scott both earned wins in complete-game outings with Langley recorded a win and save on the mound to go with a .368 batting average.
 
About the Badgers
Spring Hill College (11-13, 5-0 SIAC) enters the midweek tilt on a seven-game winning streak, most recently besting Lemoyne-Owen College 14-4 and 22-3 in a doubleheader on Saturday, March 24.
 
The Badgers are hitting .279 (209-748) as a team with a .413 slugging percentage coming from 44 doubles, four triples and 16 home runs while tallying 149 RBI and 105 walks. Grayson William boasts a team-high .400 batting average and either ties for the team-best or leads the team with 32 hits, 22 runs scored, 20 RBI, seven doubles, five home runs, one triple, a .700 slugging and .461 on base percentage.
Brennan Fontenot matches Williams with five home runs and 20 RBI while Daniel Rodriguez and John Sklopan each draw 14 walks.
 
On the mound, Spring Hill has a team ERA of 7.42 with 147 strikeouts and 111 walks in 180.2 innings. Austin Barrios logs 27.1 innings over six starts with two victories, all team-highs, while Lucas Kunkel strikes out a team-leading 25 batters with a team-best 3.71 ERA strikeouts and Rob Ewald recording three saves over 11 mound appearances.
 
About the Tornadoes
Just like AUM, Talladega College (17-10, 4-2 GCAC) has a three-game midweek docket with Reinhardt University taking on the Tornadoes on Tuesday, March 27.
 
The Tornadoes head into the week hitting .261 (170-652) as a team with 28 doubles, two triples and 10 home runs while tallying 116 RBI and 79 walks. Julia Fitts records a team-best .385 batting average with Jorge Rodriguez boasting a team-leading seven doubles and Anthony Rodriguez hitting four home runs while Emilo Martinez has a team-best 17 RBI.
 
On the mound, Talladega has a team ERA of 4.87 with 165 strikeouts and 77 walks in 166.1 innings of work. Fitts tosses a team-high 33.0 innings with 35 strikeouts and an opposing batting average of .193, all team-bests, while David Padilla makes five starts with Bryan Marquez logging eight mound appearances and four Tornadoes recording two wins.
 
Up Next
The baseball team hits the road for a three-game Gulf South Conference series at Montevallo, starting on Friday, March 30 at 6 p.m.
 
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