| GAME DAY INFORMATION |
| When: Friday-Sunday, Feb. 20-22, 2015 | 3 / 1 / 1 p.m. |
| Where: Stephenville, Texas | Cecil Ballow Baseball Complex |
| TSU Game 1 Probable Starter: Matt Herrick (2-0; 1.50 ERA) |
| TSU Game 2 Probable Starter: Kyle Gottardy (0-1; 5.20 ERA) |
| TSU Game 3 Probable Starter: Blain Bagley (0-1; 11.59 ERA) |
| TSU Game 4 Probable Starter: Colton Burleson (0-0; 5.40 ERA) |
| Series History: Texans lead 6-3 | Streak: TSU, Won 2 |
| Last Game: TSU 7, TAMI 6 on February 2, 2009 in Stephenville |
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THE GAMES
Tarleton State will make its Stephenville debut this weekend when the Texans take the field at the Cecil Ballow Baseball Complex for a four-game series with the Dustdevils, beginning Friday at 3 p.m.
THE BREAKDOWN
Tarleton State will play four games against Texas A&M International this weekend, beginning with a single game Friday at 3 p.m. On Saturday, the Texans will play a pair starting at 1 p.m. before wrapping things up with the one-game, series finale on Sunday at 1 p.m.
THE SERIES
Tarleton State and Texas A&M International are rekindling a relatively new series that began in 2007. The teams played nine total times from 2007-09 before taking a five-year hiatus from each other. Tarleton owns the all-time series against the Dustdevils 6-3, including a 4-2 mark in Stephenville. This is the first four-game series between the two teams.
THE OPPONENT
International comes into the weekend having won two of its first three series to open the season, taking two of three from Southeastern Oklahoma to begin the year and three of four last weekend from Our Lady of the Lake. The Dustdevils were swept in a three-game visit to Angelo State. They are 5-5 overall, including 1-4 on the road but have won two straight entering the weekend. Jake Cardoza leads the team at the plate with a .571 batting average with an .857 slugging percentage but do have a single starting pitcher with an ERA under 4.50.
LAST TIME OUT
Tarleton State is coming off a series win against perennial power St. Mary's in San Antonio. The Texans won the opening game of the series 2-0 on a pair of solo bombs from
Alec Humphreys and
Collin Scribner and a combined shutout from the Texan pitching staff, led by seven innings from
Matt Herrick. After falling in game two,
Kevin Meredith's five RBIs powered Tarleton State to a 12-4 win over the Rattlers to secure the series win for the Texans.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
The February 20 home debut is the latest into the opening month of the season Tarleton has waited to take the field at Cecil Ballow in school history. Prior to this weekend, the longest Tarleton State waited to take the field in Stephenville came in 1988 when Tarleton hosted TCU on February 19 for the home debut.
COUNTDOWN TO 200
Head coach
Bryan Conger enters this weekend's series with 187 career victories as the head coach of the Texans. He is 13 away from reaching the 200 mark that only Tarleton Hall of Fame coach, Jack Allen, has eclipsed since Tarleton reinstated baseball in 1988. Conger has the second-most wins in Tarleton's new-era history behind Allen (565) and ahead of his immediate predecessor, Trey Felan (145).
UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
The Texans will start Lone Star Conference play next weekend as they get back on the road for a trip to Portales, New Mexico for a four-game set against Eastern New Mexico, starting Friday at 6 p.m.
