MONTGOMERY, Ala. --- The Auburn Montgomery baseball team will take part in five games this week, with home contests against Spring Hill College and Alabama Huntsville on Tuesday and Wednesday, and a three-game Gulf South Conference series on Friday and Saturday at Christian Brothers University.
Game Information: Spring Hill College (23-14, 15-3 SIAC)
Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Montgomery, Ala. |
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Game Information: Alabama Huntsville (24-15, 14-9 GSC)
Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Montgomery, Ala. |
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Series Information: Christian Brothers University (8-29, 4-20 GSC)
Dates: Friday, April 19, 2019 | Saturday April 20, 2019
Times: 1:00 p.m. (DH) | 1:00 p.m.
Location: Memphis, Tenn. |
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ABOUT THE WARHAWKS
AUM (21-20, 11-13 GSC) heads into their full slate of games this week coming off of a two-games to one Gulf South Conference series victory over West Georgia at home in their most recent action. The Warhawks took game one of the series 12-2 on Friday, April 12, and won the rubber match 9-8 on Saturday, April 13.
Four players currently hold a plus-.300 batting average on a Warhawk squad hitting .283 through 41 games, led by
Zach Feaster's mark of .327.
Matthew Zielonko (.326),
Dalton Cobb (.324) and
Grayson Blackwell (.301) all also sport a batting average over .300 on the season.
Zielonko leads the Orange and Black, while also unofficially ranking fourth in the GSC, with 42 runs driven in on the season. Zielonko also ranks among the top 10 in the conference in home runs (7), while also leading AUM in total hits (47), extra base hits (17), on-base percentage (.455), and multi-RBI games (15).
Quinterrious Arrington currently sits in second place unofficially in the GSC with 30 stolen bases, while also leading the Warhawks in runs scored (39) and multi-hit games (14). With his most recent stolen base in game three of the Warhawk's home series against West Georgia, Arrington became just the eighth player in AUM baseball history to swipe 30 bags in a single season.
On the mound,
Todd Burkett,
Josh Flowers and
Troy Jones all have posted a team-best three wins on the season. T. Burkett also leads the Warhawks with five saves, while Jones leads AUM with 57 strikeouts.
Harrison Morris boasts a team-low 2.89 earned run average, in addition to compiling a 2-0 record on the season with one save. Morris also currently brings a team-high 11 game hitting streak into the week.
The Warhawks hold an all-time series advantage of 46-19 over Spring Hill, and a 3-0 series lead over Christian Brothers, while they trail UAH 4-10 in their all-time series. AUM scored an NCAA-era record 19 runs on 17 hits in their 19-7 win at UAH back on April 2 of this season.
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