SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Evangel Baseball competes in their home opener on Friday (Feb. 7) afternoon before traveling on Saturday (Feb. 8) afternoon to conclude their series with College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout. Both doubleheaders begin at noon over the weekend.
SERIES HISTORY
Evangel is 61-70-1 all-time against the Bobcats, having most recently faced off with their longtime rival last season, where EU was swept, 4-8 and 4-17.
OPENING STORYLINES
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Evangel is coming off an 0-4 weekend in Texas, as the Valor fell in four games to Texas A&M-Texarkana.
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Evangel is currently led at the plate by Shane Poe, who boasts a .385 batting average.
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Both Poe and Matthew Olson lead Evangel with three RBIs so far this year.
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Wyatt Keplar leads EU in innings pitched, currently with 4.1 this year.
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Hardy Dougan, TJ Newman, and Kaelin Adams all pitched scoreless innings in relief in their previous series.
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The Valor will look to clean up their fielding this weekend, after recording 10 errors over the last four games.
LOOKING AHEAD
Evangel Baseball returns home on Friday and Saturday (Feb. 14/15) afternoon to host the Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes in their conference opener. First pitch for Friday's nine inning game is set for 1:00 p.m.
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