GAME DAY CENTRAL

THE GAMES
Tarleton is taking a one-day break from Lone Star Conference action with a road doubleheader at Texas-Permian Basin Tuesday afternoon beginning at 2 p.m.
 
THE OPPONENT
Their final season in the Heartland Conference has not been one for the record books in Odessa as the Falcons, who are set to join the Lone Star Conference in the fall, are 5-24 on the season. However, Texas-Permian Basin has won three of their last five, including an 11-7 road win over Rogers State in game two of that Heartland Conference series. The Falcons are led at the plate by Zoe Murillo with a .482 batting average, which is .134 points higher than the next-best average on the team. Murillo is 28-58 at the plate with a team-leading 15 RBIs this season.
 
THE SERIES
Tarleton is 9-0 all-time against Texas-Permian Basin, dating back to the inaugural meeting in 2010. The TexAnns swept the Falcons in the only previous doubleheader to be played in Odessa.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Tarleton fell in three out of four on the road at Midwestern State despite 19 quality innings of work from Haley Freyman in the pitching circle. Freyman threw 19 of the team's 25 total pitching innings for the series and boasted an ERA of 1.84, which included a three-hit shutout victory over the Mustangs in game one of the series.
 
UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
The TexAnns will return home this weekend for a two-day tilt with No. 21 Angelo State in Stephenville. The start times for Friday and Saturday's doubleheaders have been moved up one hour each day, making Friday's start times 4 p.m. and Saturday's start time 1 p.m.