Commerce, Texas- After six home games, the Lions go on the road to play Midwestern in a Lone Star Conference Series.
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A&M-Commerce heads into the series on a four-game winning streak and has a winning record of 31-13, 13-11 in the LSC.
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Midwestern enters the series on a one-game winning streak and has a winning record of 23-21. However, the Mustangs are 8-12 in conference play.
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By the numbers the Lions lead in:
Batting average by .012 (TAMUC, .331, MSU, .319)
Stolen bases by 107 (TAMUC, 154, MSU, 47)
Hits by 6 (TAMUC, 409, MSU, 403)
Runs by 50 (TAMUC, 275, MSU, 325)
RBI by 24 (TAMUC, 273, MSU, 249)
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The series pits two teams against each other with similar statistics. The Mustangs lead the Lions in doubles and home runs.
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Players to Watch:
- Katelyn Vinson for the Mustangs has a batting average of .453, 11 home runs and a slugging percentage of .829. Vinson also leads her team in RBI with 47. She has also been walked 31 times leading to an on base percentage of .570.
- Baylee Voigt has eight home runs and 34 RBI for the Mustangs.
- Ciera Nunez leads the Lions in batting average with a .366.
- Kylene Hatton has the most doubles for the Lions with 11.
- Luci Ponce has a whopping 80 RBI, 10 homers, and eight doubles.
- Baylea Higgs has shown her speed with 38 stolen bags.
- Brittany Woolridge has an ERA of 2.47 and has 50 strikeouts.
- Selena Rima is the team leader with 94 strikeouts and is coming off of a shutout of Tarleton State in her LSC game.
- Katie Dean the reigning LSC Pitcher of the week has a win-loss record of 9-2 with 58 strikeouts.
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Games are Friday, April 8 at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Saturday, April 9 at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Keep up during the games by watching live stats that can be found on
www.lionathletics.com and following Twitter handle Lion_Softball.
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