RUSTON – The Louisiana Tech baseball teams plays five home games in the next six days, starting with a two-game midweek series versus Air Force.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 14 (6 p.m.) | Wednesday, March 15 (3 p.m.)
Location: J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park (Ruston, La.)
TV/Stream: CUSA.tv
Stats: LATechSports.com/Stats
Radio: Sportstalk 97.7 FM | LA Tech Athletics app
Tickets: LATechSports.com/Tickets
 
ABOUT LOUISIANA TECH (8-7)
LA Tech looks to get back into the win column after dropping all three games at No. 8 Arkansas.  The starting pitching struggled for the Bulldogs, combining to throw just 11.1 innings. 
 
The bats struggled as well, combining for just 16 hits in the weekend series.  The one big bright spot was that of freshman Karson Evans who made his Bulldog debut.  He started all three games while batting .364 with four hits (two home runs), six RBIs, and four runs scored.
 
Evans became the fifth Bulldog this season to now have multiple homers.  Philip Matulia continues to lead in that department with six as well as having a team-high 16 RBIs.  Dalton Davis anchors the squad in total hits with 17.
 
While LA Tech fell to 1-4 on the road this season, they are 7-3 at home (have won six of their last seven at the Love Shack).  This two-game series with Air Force will be the last games prior to Conference USA play starting this weekend at home against Charlotte.
 
ABOUT AIR FORCE (5-11)
Air Force looks to snap a two-game losing skid.  After winning the series opener at New Mexico, the Falcons dropped games two and three by scores of 15-0 and 11-4, respectively.
 
Air Force is wrapping up its 18-game stretch of opening the 2023 season with all road/neutral games.  They will play their first home game this weekend with a Mountain West series versus San Jose State.
 
Offensively, the Falcons are averaging 5.2 runs per game.  The team is anchored by the duo of Sam Kulasingam and Trayden Tamiya who have combined for 50 hits.  Kulasingam has a batting average of .455 and an OPS of 1.168.
 
Pitching wise, Air Force has seven pitchers who have thrown at least 10 innings this season.  They have a combined team ERA of 6.68.
 
THE SERIES
LA Tech and Air Force are tied, 1-1, in the all-time series.  This will be the third straight season the Bulldogs and Falcons face one another on the diamond.  LA Tech won the first meeting in 2021 by a score of 18-1 in a neutral site game in Baton Rouge.
 
The two teams then met last season in the NCAA Austin Regional where the Falcons prevailed, 9-7, and eliminated the Bulldogs from postseason.
 
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