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RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern's baseball team will play its final non-conference game of the regular season when the Colonels take on Western Carolina on Tuesday in Mason, Ohio.
The game will be played at Prasco Park and begin at 6:30 p.m.
INSIDE THE SERIES
- Western Carolina leads the all-time series 17-9.
- EKU won the most recent meeting between the two teams, beating the Catamounts, 10-5, in Richmond last season.
THE COLONELS
- Eastern Kentucky is 28-23 overall. The Colonels are coming off a series victory at Southeast Missouri over the weekend.
- As a team, EKU is seventh in the nation in stolen bases (125) and 21st in scoring (7.5 runs per game).
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Will Johnson leads the conference in stolen bases (27) and walks (49).
Nick Howie is first in the OVC with a .474 on-base percentage.
Ryland Kerr is tied for second in the league in runs (55).
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A.J. Lewis is hitting .361 with 10 runs and six RBIs in his last 10 games. He also has a .528 slugging percentage and a .452 on-base percentage during that time.
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Logan Teague, a senior right-hander, will start on the mound for the Colonels. He is 2-4 this season with a 7.36 ERA.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
- Western Carolina is 18-28 this season.
- The Catamounts were swept last weekend at Samford and have lost eight straight overall.
- Justice Bigbie leads the team in average (.387), runs (49), RBIs (50) and is tied for the team lead in home runs (12).
- Ryan Mitschelle will start for WCU. He is 0-2 this season with a 9.98 ERA in 11 appearances. In 15 and one third innings of work the redshirt sophomore right-hander has allowed 17 earned runs.