RUSTON, La. – No. 21 Louisiana Tech faces off with No. 17 Dallas Baptist Tuesday at 6 p.m. at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date and Time: Tuesday, March 29 at 6 p.m.
Location: J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park (Ruston, La.)
TV: CUSA.tv
Radio: Dave Nitz on KNBB 97.7 FM
Audio: LA Tech Athletics App
Live Stats: LATechSports.com
 
ABOUT LOUISIANA TECH (18-6, 5-1 C-USA)
LA Tech has surged its way into the top 25 of two national polls. The Bulldogs rank at No. 21 in Perfect Game USA and No. 23 in Collegiate Baseball going into arguably the toughest stretch of the season.
 
The Bulldogs posted a 4-0 record in last weeks games winning at No. 14 LSU 7-6 in 12 innings and outscoring FIU 37-4 over the weekend series sweep.
 
Taylor Young and Cole McConnell lead the team in batting average both hitting over .360 at the leadoff and two-hole spot in the order. McConnell was 6-for-16 over the four games last week with three doubles, a grand slam and 10 RBI.
 
Greg Martinez is slated to make his third start on the mound Tuesday night. The right-hander started at LSU in the win last Wednesday posting four strong innings and striking out five.
 
ABOUT DALLAS BAPTIST (15-8, 0-0 MVC)
Dallas Baptist ranks No. 1 in the country in RPI going in to the week. The Patriots are coming off of a series versus No. 20 Maryland where they took the series two games out of three.
 
DBU outfielder Jace Grady earned Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week honors after posting a .474 batting average, scoring nine runs and collecting 13 total bases.
 
The Patriots will start right-hander Zach Heaton against the Bulldogs. Heaton will make his second start of the season in Ruston. The redshirt junior holds a 5.14 ERA over 14 innings and tossing a 15 to four strikeout-to-walk ratio.
 
THE SERIES
The Bulldogs and Patriots will meet for the 23rd time in the program's history. LA Tech leads the all-time series 13-9. The last time the teams met on the diamond was 2013 at Dallas Baptist as LA Tech took the series winning two out of three games.
 
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