CARROLLTON, Ga. – After a schedule change, the Eastern Kentucky University baseball team will now play three non-conference games against the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia this weekend.
 
The series will begin on Friday at 5 p.m. ET.  The two teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 12:30 p.m. ET.
 
THE COLONELS
-  EKU is 0-8 after falling at Western Kentucky on Tuesday.
 
-  Julius Scearce has hit a home run in each of the past three games, the final two games of a series at Ole Miss and the contest against the Hilltoppers on Tuesday.  He is batting .320 with six RBIs and three runs scored this season.
 
-  Diego Alana leads the team with a .333 batting average.  He also has a home run, three RBIs and two runs scored.

-  Wyatt Foley has made two appearances out of the bullpen and has pitched to a 3.38 ERA over eight innings of work.  He has walked two and struck out seven.
 
-  Ryker Walton, a senior right-hander, will start the first game of the weekend.  He is 0-2 with a 2.08 ERA and 11 strikeouts in 8 2/3 innings.  Newcomer Bradley Gagen, a redshirt sophomore lefty, is scheduled to get the ball for the second game.  He is 0-1 with a 4.50 ERA.  The starter for game three has not been determined.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-  West Georgia is off to a 4-3 start to the season.  The Wolves won series against New Orleans and Ohio before dropping a midweek contest at Georgia Tech on Wednesday.
 
-  Cooper Prince, a senior outfielder, leads the team with a .520 batting average and 10 runs scored.  Junior first baseman Carter Dierdorf is hitting .379 with a team-best four home runs and 14 RBIs.
 
-  Brendan Parks, a senior left-hander, has two saves in two appearances and a 1.80 ERA with nine strikeouts in five innings.
 
-  Lane Pearson, a senior righty, is 2-0 on the mound with a 0.69 ERA and 15 strikeouts in 13 innings.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
-  The Colonels played West Georgia one other time, on March 12, 1972 in Carrollton.  .
 
-  That game ended in a 4-4 tie.