DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern baseball is set to hit the road for the first three games of a seven-game road trip beginning with a three-game series at Henderson State with the opener set for 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17 followed by a Saturday twinbill at noon on Feb. 21 in Arkadelphia, Ark.
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The Savage Storm jump back into Great American Conference play with a 5-4 record overall on the season and a 2-1 mark in league play.
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The Reddies head into the weekend series with a 5-3 record overall and an 0-3 mark in GAC action.
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SE is coming off a midweek win over Southwestern Oklahoma State which gave the program its fourth win in its last three games following a 2-1 series victory over Ouachita Baptist to open league play.
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HSU started its season 4-0 before getting swept to open conference play at East Central, but it did pick up a midweek win over Mississippi college on Tuesday.
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Isaac Villa paces the Storm offense with a .400 average and has reached base safely in all nine games so far on the year, adding four doubles, a triple, and a team-high 12 runs scored with six stolen bases.
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Reigning GAC Player of the Week
JJ Bush comes into the series hitting .364 with three homers, four doubles and 11 RBI while adding three stolen bases.
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Carter Olson is also hitting .364 with three homers and a team-high 15 RBI.
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Easton Ford and
Jax Heid are each hitting .320 or better as well.
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Estevan Fonseca continues to pace the Storm starters with a 5.06 ERA and a 2-0 record and 10 strikeouts, while
Jacob Fuller and
Dylan Hill have each recorded a pair of weekend starts.
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The Reddie offense is paced by Tripp Campbell who is hitting .448 with a team-high 11 RBI, while Mason Krznarich has a team-best three home runs.
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Ethan Roark leads the way for the pitching staff with a 4.35 ERA across two starts with 16 strikeouts despite an 0-1 record, while David Andrus has recorded two wins, both in relief.
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