SHSU Baseball Friday Delayed to 4 p.m.
4/9/2015 11:41:00 AM | Baseball
With threatening weather in the forecast for yet another weekend of Bearkat baseball, Sam Houston State and Incarnate Word have made changes in the schedule for this weekend's Southland Conference series at Don Sanders Stadium.
Action will not begin until at least 4 p.m. Friday at the Don with the goal of playing a doubleheader that day. The third game will be played if weather permits either Saturday or Sunday.
Sam Houston State is coming off an impressive 8-5 victory over the University of Houston Tuesday night. The Bearkats bring a 15-19 overall mark into the contest. The UIW Cardinals own an 11-19 record this season. Sam Houston currently stands tied for sixth place in the league standings with Nicholls with an 8-7 mark. The top eight finishers in the final regular season standings advance to the Southland Tournament in Sugar Land in May.
Southeastern Louisiana leads the league with an 11-4 mark followed by McNeese State (10-5), Central Arkansas (8-4), Northwestern State (9-5) and Houston Baptist (7-5).
Starting pitching rotation for the Bearkats is expected to be Andrew Godail (1-4, 2.53 ERA), Logan Boyd (3-3, 3.18 ERA) and Sam Odom (1-4, 5.27 ERA). Infielders Spence Rahm (.326) and Zach Smith (.312) are the Kats' top hitters.
Catcher William Triebes (.321) is the Cardinals' top threat at the plate. Incarnate Word features a lineup that is posting a .245 average at the plate.
