BASEBALL HOSTS CAUSEWAY MATCHUP WITH UC DAVIS TUESDAY EVENING

Athletics News


Apr 10, 2017





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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sacramento State (15-16) continues a season-long nine game homestand hosting Causeway rival UC Davis (9-16) at 6 p.m. Tuesday at John Smith Field. The Aggies picked up a slim 7-6 win over the Hornets when the teams met in Davis last Tuesday.
Leading Off
Junior center fielder Ian Dawkins is the only Hornet that has started every game this season and has reached base in 29 of the 31 games. He leads the team with 25 runs scored and with 15 multi-hit games with a pair of four-hit contests. He also leads the team with eight stolen bases.
The Hornets lead the WAC in nearly every pitching category including ERA (3.76), opposing batting average (.238), strikeout to walk ratio (2.27), WHIP (1.25), walks allowed per nine innings (3.14) and hits allowed per nine innings (8.07). Hornet pitchers have also hit the fewest batters in the league.
Sacramento State leads the WAC while ranking 27th in NCAA Div. I with a .979 fielding percentage this season. The team has committed multiple errors in just six of 31 games this year and has 16 error-free games. The Hornets have committed just 15 errors in 18 home games this season.
Sacramento State handed WAC-leading Grand Canyon its first conference loss on Saturday and the Hornet pitching staff had a 1.67 ERA while holding the Antelopes to a .192 batting average during the three-games series. The bullpen combined to allow just one run and one walk over 7.2 innings.
After winning three of four games UC Davis was swept in a three-game series last weekend at Cal State Fullerton allowing 23 runs. The Aggies, who are just 2-10 on the road this season, beat the Hornets 7-6 in Davis last Tuesday scoring the winning run in the bottom of the ninth on a balk.
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