The Little Rock Trojans baseball team will begin a key three-game home series against Morehead State starting Friday, May 1, as announced on April 30. The games are scheduled for Friday at 6 p.m., Saturday at 4 p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m. at Gary Hogan Field.
This series is significant as Little Rock is currently in a four-way tie for first place in the Ohio Valley Conference with Southeast Missouri, Eastern Illinois, and SIUE. The Trojans have an overall record of 26-19 and a conference record of 12-6. Morehead State enters the weekend sixth in the OVC with a record of 23-21 overall and 8-10 in conference play.
Saturday’s game will also be Hometown Heroes Game, which honors military members and first responders. Eligible fans can receive up to four free tickets by contacting the Little Rock ticket office.
Little Rock head coach Chris Curry said, “We’re sitting here with three weekends left and two of those three weekends are at home in first place. While last weekend was very frustrating for us, what I told the team on Monday when we got back was, ‘Hey, we’re in the exact same spot, tied for first, that we were when we walked into the weekend last weekend.’ So we didn’t lose anything. And all of our future is controlled by what we do and how we play. We don’t have to depend on other people to get help in the standings, and that’s all you can ask for.”
The Trojans have performed well at home this season with a record of 15-5 overall and have not lost a league series at Gary Hogan Field. Junior pitcher Brannon Westmoreland ranks fifth in the OVC with a 2.91 earned run average (ERA) while Ty Rhoades recently played his 200th career game. Angel Cano has started every game this season after returning from injury last year.
Morehead State arrives riding a five-game winning streak and leads the OVC with a .318 team batting average. Sophomore shortstop Aubrey Kearns leads their offense with a .398 batting average and has driven in 52 runs.
