A-STATE/LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE HISTORY

• A-State trails the all-time series with the Ragin' Cajuns 39-77 after losing two out of three games to Louisiana-Lafayette earlier this season April 1-3. A-State jumped out to a 7-0 lead in game one and held on for a 7-6 victory over the 27th-ranked Cajuns, but lost the final two games of the set by scores of 5-2 and 6-1.

• The first meeting between the schools happened in 1972 as members of the Southland

Conference. The Ragin' Cajuns won the first three meetings that season in Jonesboro, didn't play in 1973, and won the first two meetings of 1974 before A-State claimed its first victory in the series 6-2 in Lafayette, La., during the 1974 campaign.

• Arkansas State earned its first three-game series victory over Louisiana-Lafayette in 1975 by

taking two out of three games in Jonesboro. ULL won two-of-three the following season, but

A-State was able to win another three-game series in 1977. However, the Red Wolves didn't win two games in a season against the Ragin' Cajuns until 1992 (2-4) and didn't pick up a series victory again until 1995 when the team took two-of-three in Jonesboro. A-State has swept the season series twice with the team going 2-0 against ULL in 2004 and 3-0 in 2008.

• Head coach Tommy Raffo is 12-14 against the Cajuns during his tenure. The Red Wolves earned the season series victory in 2009 (2-1) and 2010 (3-1) with one win in 2010 coming in the SBC Tournament. A-State went 2-2 against Louisiana in 2011 and also took two-of-three from ULL in 2012 under Raffo. However, since then, A-State is only 3-9 against Louisiana-Lafayette and went 1-2 against the Cajuns a year ago. A-State won game one 10-4 in Lafayette, La., before losing games two and three 9-6 and 3-0, respectively, in 2015. A-State also won game one this season before falling in games two and three.

• Louisiana-Lafayette is currently 37-19 and was named co-champions of the league along with South Alabama as both had 21-9 SBC records, but the Ragin' Cajuns earned the number one seed based on taking two-of-three from the Jaguars May 13-15 in Mobile, Ala. ULL is ranked as high as 17 in a couple of the major polls and is 18th in the lating RPI.

NOTES FROM LITTLE ROCK SERIES

• The Red Wolves had 44 hits in the series against the Trojans, which is a new season high for a three-game series with the previous being 40 against Georgia State March 18-20. A-State tied its season high in hits with 19 in Friday's game before an 18-hit performance on Saturday along with seven in Thursday's series opener. It is the most since April 9-11, 2010 against ULM when A-State registered 45 hits against the Warhawks. A-State had 21 hits in game one before back-to-back 12-hit efforts.

• A-State scored 31 runs in the series, a season-high with the 15-run effort in game three as the highest scoring total in a single game this year surpassing the 14 runs scored in the season opener at UAB Feb. 19. It is the highest total since the Red Wolves scored 31 runs against Texas State in San Marcos May 8-10, 2015.

• Jeremy Brown hit .545 in the series with a .667 on-base percentage to lead the team, while Ty White hit .533. Both players knocked in four runs.

• Matt Burgess hit the team's first grand slam of the season in the top of the ninth inning in May 21's contest against Little Rock. There were two outs with the score tied 10-10 when the senior made the score 14-10 with one swing. It was his sixth home run of the year, tied for second on the squad.

• Bo Ritter picked up the win in Friday's game to move to 2-1 on the year. He gave up two hits immediately when he came in but worked out of trouble to keep the Trojans off the scoreboard for two innings.

• Bryan Ayers was the only other pitcher to go unscathed in the series with three shutout innings out of the bullpen Saturday. He gave up four hits and walked one while striking out three. Zach Haake picked up the win in Saturday's game after he tossed the eighth inning of the game and gave up two runs. He also had the win versus Ole Miss May 17 for two wins in the week.

• Senior outfielder Austin Baker was 1-for-1 with a pinch-hit RBI single that scored the go-ahead run Friday in his only at-bat of the series.

NOTES FROM OLE MISS GAME

• Arkansas State defeated No. 6 Ole Miss 8-6 May 17 in Jonesboro and marked the first time since 2012 the Red Wolves had defeated the Rebels. It was the second time this season A-State had defeated a ranked opponent (No. 27 Louisiana-Lafayette, 7-6, April 1). It was the first time the Red Wolves have defeated a top-10 since winning against No. 7 Louisville last season.

• Zach Haake pitched two scoreless innings in his first career start and picked up the win as he was on a strict pitch count. The victory is the first of his career.

• Collin Nord tossed 3.1 innings in the win and allowed just one run on four hits with one walk and one strikeout.

• Tanner Kirby tossed 2.2 innings and picked up his second save of the season in the win with the 2.2 innings pitched just one out shy of his career high of three, set three different times. He did manage to set a new career high with five strikeouts and walked only one batter.

• Redshirt sophomore catcher Daltan Lovell swatted the first home run of his career in the

bottom of the second inning when he took starter Sean Johnson deep. He crushed a 1-0 pitch to left-center field for the homer. He had a great night at the plate going 4-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored. The four hits and two runs scored are career highs.

• Speaking of 4-for-5, senior outfielder Ty White had a four-hit night with two RBIs and two runs scored and hit his third triple of the season in the seventh inning, which is the most on the team.

• Matt Burgess tied his career high with three hits (set 11 times), while Garrett Rucker hit his third home run of the season, a solo shot in the bottom of the sixth inning.

• The team had 17 hits, which is the fourth most of the season, only trailing a 19-hit

performance at Georgia State on March 18, 19-hit game at Little Rock May 20, and 18-hit

contest at Little Rock May 21.

WHITE PICKS UP CSM SBC PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARD

• A-State senior outfielder Ty White won the College Sports Madness Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week award for his performance in A-State's 3-1 week May 17-21.

• The Gladstone, Mo., native hit .600 (12-for-20) during the week to lead the team and had 15 total bases, also a team high. He tied for the team best during the week with six runs batted in and also scored four runs. He hit his seventh double of the season and his third triple, which is tied for the lead on the team.

• For the season, White is hitting .303, second best mark on the team, and has a team-best 69 hits. He's hit two home runs, knocked in 37 runs, scored 35 runs and has 10 steals.

LET'S TURN TWO

• A-State is now 32nd in the nation in double plays turned with 51 and also ranks as the tied for tops in the Sun Belt Conference in the category with Georgia State. The Red Wolves turned a 4-6-3 double play in Friday's game against Little Rock with Bo Ritter on the mound for the lone twin killing against the Trojans.

• The team's season-high for double plays is four against Saint Louis Feb. 27 in the second game of a doubleheader. The team has turned 12 6-4-3 double plays for the team lead, with 11 4-6-3 twin-killings in second. The Red Wolves turned their first 8-3 double play May 6 when Garrett Rucker made a diving catch and doubled the runner off of first base. Jake Bakamus turned the team's only 5-3 double play of the year when he got Peyton Culbertson out of a bases-loaded jam May 8. Bakamus reached back and tagged the runner going from second to third and fired a strike to first base to complete the twin killing. Tony Ortiz recorded A-State's only unassisted double play of the season at South Alabama April 8 when he snagged a line shot at first base and doubled the runner off. A-State's weirdest double play of the year is a 7-5-4 one that was turned after Garrett Rucker dove and appeared to catch a ball in left field for a split second. Rucker was able to pick it up and throw to third for a force out and then the ball was throw to second for another force out.

• Arkansas State turned 34 double plays a year ago and surpassed that total only 34 games into the regular season. The school record for double plays is 59 in both 1998 and 1994.

HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT

• Arkansas State was hit with five pitches against Little Rock in the last weekend of the season and has been plunked 91 times this year, good for fourth in the nation.

• Jackson State leads the country with 110, while SWAC conference mate Alabama State is second with 109. Southern has 98 to rank third, while Sun Belt Conference mate Georgia Southern rounds out the top five with 87.

• The Red Wolves are just three away from last year's team in the category after the 2015 squad was hit by a pitch 94 times, good for fifth in the country. Zach George led the team a season ago with 16 HBPs.

• Jake Bakamus leads the team with 19 hit-by-pitches after being hit by two against Little Rock and is first in the SBC and seventh in the country. Jeremy Brown is second on the team with 12. He ranks as fourth in the conference. Garrett Rucker has now been hit with 11 pitches and ranks as eigth in the league in the category. 14 different players have been hit by a pitch for the team this year. Bakamus's 19 HBP's is the third most in a season in school history behind Derek Alferman (23 in 1994 and 22 in 1993).

SCHRIMPF EARNS SBC WEEKLY AWARD

• A-State junior infielder/catcher Joe Schrimpf picked up A-State's first weekly award of the season Monday, April 25 after his performance during that week. It is the team's first weekly award since Schrimpf earned the honor on May 12 of last season.

• The St. Louis, Mo., native went 8-for-17 over the four A-State wins April 19-24 with two hits in each contest. He hit his fifth home run of the season Saturday, second most on the team, and hit a double and a triple in Sunday's game with the triple setting up the winning run in the 5-4 walk-off win over ULM. Schrimpf led A-State with a .550 on-base percentage and a .824 slugging percentage during the week and drove in five runs.

• For the season, he is hitting a team-best .316 and is the team's leader in RBIs (42), on-base percentage (.438), walks (37), and sacrifice bunts (9).