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Javs to finish out homestand vs. St. Mary’s, Abilene Christian by Jaime Gonzalez |
 Sabrina Salina Javelina shortstop Erik Gomez attempts to complete a double play and avoid Southwestern Oklahoma runner Matt Wathen during game one of Friday’s doubleheader. Gomez was able to complete the 3-6-3 double play. |
The Texas A&M-Kingsville Javelina baseball team took another three games in a four-game series this weekend, this time from the Southwestern Oklahoma Bulldogs to improve to 6-2 in Lone Star Conference play.
The team now has an overall record of 9-4.
The team will finish their homestand this week with a non-conference game against the St. Mary’s Rattlers on Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 5 p.m.
Last season, the Hogs defeated the Rattlers 4-0 at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi before the Rattlers returned the favor in San Antonio by defeating A&M-Kingsville, 10-3.
The Javelinas will then host the Abilene Christian Wildcats this weekend for another LSC series.
The first game of the series will be held at Whataburger Field Friday, Feb. 29, at 6 p.m. The Hogs will finish out the series against the Wildcats with the last three games at Nolan Ryan Field.
The teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday, March 1 beginning at 3 p.m. before finishing out the series on Sunday, March 2 at 1 p.m.
Last season, the Wildcats came into Nolan Ryan Field and took three out of four games from the Javelinas, but only outscored the Hogs by three runs, 22-19.
The teams met again in the LSC postseason tournament and again the Wildcats got the best of the Javelinas, defeating them 9-2.
A&M-Kingsville has shown to be a balanced team this season, ranking second in the LSC with a 3.69 ERA and third in batting average hitting at a .339 clip.
As far as individual pitching, Sam Strickland is tied for the conference lead with a 0.00 ERA while fellow Javelina staff member Tim Jones is fifth with a 2.16 ERA.
The pitching staff also leads in conference in strikeouts with 101.
Mario Gonzalez leads the conference with 27 strikeouts while teammate Josh Livingston is third with 21.
Catcher Joe Hamon is third in the LSC with .561 batting average and leads the conference in hits with 23.
Leadoff hitter Chase Myrick is ranked 13th in the LSC hitting .422 while the nine-spot hitter James Brown is ranked 15th with a .419 average.