Harding Baseball

Harding (16-12) vs. #21 Arkansas Tech (20-8)

Location: Tech Field, Russellville, Ark.

Times: Tuesday, Mar. 25 at 6 p.m.

Series: Tech leads 99-52

Coaches: Harding – Dr. Patrick McGaha (250-195, 9th season at Harding); Arkansas Tech – Dave Dawson (145-94, 5th season at Arkansas Tech)

Coverage: Link available for live stats on HardingSports.com.

Harding will look to end a four-game skid Tuesday in a non-conference road matchup against No. 21 Arkansas Tech in Russellville. The 6 p.m. start will be the latest for the Bisons in a game this season.

Harding and Arkansas Tech will play their three-game Great American Conference series in Searcy on Apr. 25-26.

The Bisons were swept over the weekend at Arkansas-Monticello. Harding dropped to sixth in the GAC standings at 8-7 in conference games. The top six teams in the conference advance to the GAC Tournament in Enid, Okla., on May 3-6.

Harding is 4-7 on the road this season and 1-1 in non-conference road games. The Bisons are hitting .288 in road games and averaging 6.4 runs per game. Harding's top two hitters in road games are Matt Calhoun (.447, 17-for-38, 3 HR, 12 RBI) and Erin McCarver (.412, 14-for-34, 1 HR, 7 RBI).

Harding's pitching staff has a 5.62 ERA in road games. Andrew Fiddler has been the Bisons' top pitcher away from Searcy with a 4.61 ERA and 16 strikeouts in 13 2/3 innings.

Sophomore Jacob Stripling will get the start for Harding, his fourth this season. He is 1-1 with a 1.50 ERA and has limited opponents to a .156 average.

Arkansas Tech is 12-5 at home this season. The Wonder Boys lost two of three to Southern Arkansas in Magnolia over the weekend and are second in the conference standings at 10-5.

Arkansas Tech has a .280 team batting average and is averaging 6.5 runs per nine innings. The Wonder Boys have a 4.26 team ERA.