Baseball Opens Home Schedule Tuesday

Baseball | 2/8/2016 5:39:00 PM

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern will make its home debut on Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. at The Ballpark in Durant when it welcomes Oklahoma Christian for a single nine-inning contest.
 
The Savage Storm come into the midweek matchup with a 2-3 record overall on the season after dropping a pair of games at Northeastern State on Saturday.
 
The game will also be featured on the Southeastern Sports Network available at GoSoutheastern.com/SESportsNet.


SE enters the contest with six players hitting .300 or better, led by Greg Husnander at .385 with a pair of doubles, a homer and an RBI.
 
Ty Hanson, Tim Hunter and Connor Counce are each over .350 as well with 11 hits and seven RBI between the three of them over five games.
 
The Storm pitching staff is led by Scott Richards who boasts a 1-0 record and a 2.89 ERA in a pair of starts, while also getting some solid bullpen outings with Bryce Clemons and Mike Wade allowing just one earned run between them in four combined appearances.
 
The Eagles come to Durant with a 3-0 record after sweeping a three-game series at Texas A&M-Kingsville.
 
Jake Baxter and Austin Orth lead the way with matching .667 averages in a combined 18 at bats, with Baxter posting a pair of doubles and an RBI while Orth has three doubles and two runs batted in.
 
Kyle Lacy leads the OCU starters with a 1-0 record and a 2.57 ERA alongside nine strikeouts, while Dillon Fazekas has the team's only save.
 
Tuesday's contest is the first of four-straight at home which will include a three-game series against No. 13 Angelo State with a double-header at noon on Feb. 12 followed by a single game at noon on Feb. 13.