Harding Baseball Meets Henderson State for Midweek Contest

Harding Baseball (7-8) vs. Henderson St. (8-8)
Mar. 1, 2016 – 6 p.m. – Clyde Berry Field

HOW TO FOLLOW
Internet:
   Streaming: None
    Live Stats: www.HardingSports.com

THE COACHES
Dr. Patrick McGaha, Harding
   at Harding: 296-240 (11th season)
   Career: 415-332 (15th season)
   vs. Henderson St.: 15-23
Cody Hooten, Henderson St.
   at HSU: 124-140-1 (6th season)
   Career: same

THE SERIES
Series Record: Henderson St. leads 90-67-1 … Henderson St. won the GAC series 2-games-to-1 on Feb. 19-20 in Searcy.

HARDING'S PROBABLE STARTING PITCHER
Reed Roberts (SO, RHP) – 0-1, 6.14 ERA, 7.1 IP, 8 K

WATCH TO WATCH FOR
Harding plays its first midweek game of the season with a single, nine-inning game at Henderson State. The Bisons and Reddies already played a three-game Great American Conference series in Searcy with Henderson State winning two of the three games on Feb. 19-20.

Harding won two of three games against Ouachita in its GAC series over the weekend. Henderson State swept Arkansas Tech and enters Tuesday's game on a five-game winning streak. The Reddies are atop the GAC standings at 5-1 despite a .238 team batting average.

KEY STATS
Harding's pitching staff is holding right-handed hitters to a .226 batting average.

Harding has outscored its opponents 35-18 in innings 1-4.

Harding is 6-0 when it scores in the first inning.

PLAYERS TO WATCH
Harding's offense is still looking to become more of a force, but one Bison has had a great start to the season. Senior Zac Stewart has 22 of the team's 103 hits and has a .395 batting average. Stewart also has nine of the team's 29 extra-base hits, including five doubles, two triples and a home run.

Sophomore Reed Roberts will make his fifth career start and first of the season. In his career, Roberts has 39 strikeouts and only 11 walks in 46 2/3 innings.

Henderson State's AJ Kruzel enters the game with an eight-game hitting streak that includes multi-hit games in each of his last three outings. He was 6-of-11 with three doubles in the Reddies' sweep of Arkansas Tech.

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Players Mentioned

#22 Reed Roberts: P; 6' 4"; Sophomore; R/R

#23 Zac Stewart: OF/P; 5' 11"; Redshirt Senior; R/R

Players Mentioned

#22 Reed Roberts
: 6' 4"; Sophomore; R/R
: P

#23 Zac Stewart
: 5' 11"; Redshirt Senior; R/R
: OF/P

Players Mentioned

#22 Reed Roberts

#23 Zac Stewart

Players Mentioned

#22 Reed Roberts

#23 Zac Stewart