A-STATE/LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE SERIES HISTORY

• A-State is 38-75 against Louisiana-Lafayette in the all-time series with the first meeting coming 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.

• 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 11-12 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 2-7 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.

• Louisiana-Lafayette is currently 16-9 and 6-3 in league play. The Cajuns have taken two-of- three from Troy, lost two-of-three to Little Rock, and swept Georgia State in conference play. Most recently the Ragin' Cajuns won a midweek contest against Nicholls State 5-4 after scoring three runs in the top of the ninth to earn the win.

NOTES FROM MEMPHIS MIDWEEK

• A-State improved to 56-90-1 against Memphis all-time with an 11-5 victory over the Tigers at FedExPark Tuesday night. It was the team's first victory over Memphis since a 6-4 win in Memphis during the 2014 season. A-State is now 12-12 on the year.

• The 11 runs were the most the team had scored in a game since March 22's contest against No. 10 Missouri State. It is also tied for the third most times the team has scored this season with 13 against Milwaukee March 4 and 14 against UAB Feb. 19.

• A-State had 11 hits against the Tigers marking the ninth time the squad has had 10 or more hits in a game.

• Sophomore Bo Ritter pitched five innings and only gave up one run to earn the win for the team.

• Matt Burgess hit his second home run of the season in the game and the Red Wolves as a team have now homered in five straight contests. The last time an A-State team homered in five consecutive games was in the 2007 season.

• Ty White went 4-for-5 during the game with four singles, two of which came on bunt attempts. He also stole his sixth base of the season, drove in two runs, and scored three times.

• Jake Bakamus was hit with two pitches during the game to improve his team lead to 11. Neil Lambert was also hit with two pitches, while Jeremy Brown was hit with one.

NOTES FROM GEORGIA SOUTHERN SERIES

• Arkansas State dropped to 11-12 on the year and 3-6 in SBC play after losing two of three to Georgia Southern March 24-26.

• A-State had an identical 11-12 mark and 3-6 conference record through 23 games and nine league contests a season ago, but A-State dropped to 11-13 last season before winning Tuesday night against Memphis to improve to 12-12 during the 2016 campaign.

• Tanner Ring hit a home run in Friday's win over the Eagles, along with the walk-off hit to give A-State its third walk-off win this season. Joe Schrimp hit his second home run in the series opener and Matt Burgess left the yard for the first time this year in the series finale Saturday.

• Neil Lamber hit his first career triple in the series.

• Bo Ritter came in relief in the first game of the series and tossed a career-high five innings and only allowed one run on three hits with no walks and two K's.

RITTER, RITTER, CHICKEN DINNER

• Sophomore pitcher Bo Ritter made his first start of the season against Memphis March 29 and tossed five innings of one-run ball to pick up his first win of the season and second of his career. He allowed one run on two hits with one walk and no strikeouts. One of the hits was a solo home run that barely cleared the left-field fence at FedExPark.

• The win for Ritter was the first since he won his only other decision against Central Arkansas on May 5 of last season. He tossed three scoreless innings in relief and allowed only one hit with no runs allowed and one strikeout with no walks against the Bears as the Red Wolves won 8-6 in 13 innings.

BURGESS LEAVES THE YARD

• A-State senior Matt Burgess has homered in two straight games for the first time in his career. He hit a two-run homer against Georgia Southern in the bottom of the first inning March 26 before absolutely destroying a ball against Memphis March 29 for another two-run home run in the top of the ninth.

• A-State has now hit 11 home runs on the season with Tanner Ring holding the team lead (4).

LET'S TURN TWO

• A-State is now 17th in the nation in double plays after Neil Lambert turned a 6-3 double play to end the game against Memphis Tuesday night. It was the Red Wolves' first 6-3 double play of the season. Georgia Tech leads the nation in double plays turned with 40.

• The last one the team turned before the one against Memphis was of the 7-5-4 variety in not-so-typical fashion March 20 against Georgia State. It was a shallow fly ball to left field that Garrett Rucker made a diving attempt on with runners on first and second, he held up his glove like he had the ball, but it was rolling on the ground. So both runners went back to their bases and Rucker threw it in to third baseman Tanner Ring for a force out, who then threw it to second baseman Joe Schrimpf for another force out.

• 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 six 4-6-3 double plays and 6-4-3 double plays each. The team has turned a double play 12 different ways this season.

• Arkansas State turned 34 double plays a year ago. The school record for double plays is 59 in both 1998 and 1994.

SO CLOSE, YET SO FAR

• Arkansas State has held the lead in 20 of its 24 games so far this season. The team jumped on Memphis early and was able to hold on for an 11-5 win after leading early in the contest 9-1. A-State held the lead in two of the three games against Georgia Southern, but was only able to win one game (Friday night 6-5). The Red Wolves led 3-1 after the first inning of Saturday's contest, but ultimately fell to the Eagles 9-7.A-State also jumped ahead of Missouri State 5-0 and went ahead later in the game 8-7 only to fall to the Bears 15-11 March 22.

• The only games the Red Wolves haven't led in were the 5-0 loss to UAB in the first game of a doubleheader on Feb. 20, the March 6 loss to Milwaukee, the 2-0 loss to UTA on March 12 in the second game of a doubleheader, and the March 24 loss to Georgia Southern 8-3.

• A-State has already been involved in six walk-off games this season, three coming in a row against Ole Miss, Morehead State, and Saint Louis. The first two were losses, but the Red Wolves defeated SLU 5-4 when Ty White delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth to plate to score pinch-runner Garrett Huff. It was the team's first walk-off win since May 15, 2015 when Stuart Levy hit a sacrifice fly to defeat UALR 4-3 in 14 innings. It was the team's first walk-off hit since Matt Burgess hit a single to beat UALR on March 15, 2014 in the second game of a doubleheader, which also wound up being a 4-3 win for the Red Wolves in 14 innings. Since then, A-State defeated Southern Illinois 1-0 in walk-off fashion March 15 on a wild pitch and lost to Georgia State 5-4 on a walk-off infield single March 19. Tanner Ring gave the Red Wolves a walk-off win with a single in the bottom of the ninth against Georgia Southern March 25.

HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT

• Arkansas State was hit with five pitches against Memphis Tuesday night after only being hit with two all weekend against Georgia Southern. The team is now tied for second in the nation in the category with 47. Jackson State leads the country with 51 on the year, while A-State, North Carolina Central, and Campbell all have 47 each. UC Santa Barbara ranks fifth with 46.

• The Red Wolves have a good start on chasing 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 11 hit-by-pitches, which is first in the SBC and 7th in the country. Matt Burgess and Jeremy Brown are tied for second most on the team with six HBP's, which also ranks sixth in the conference. 14 different players have been hit by a pitch for the team.

TOUCH 'EM ALL JOE (BUT HURRY)

• A-State junior infielder/catcher Joe Schrimpf hit his first home run of the season in the first game against Saint Louis Feb. 27, but it wasn't your normal home run as it was an inside-the-park home run. He smoked a ball to deep center field that hit off of the wall and

ricocheted back towards the infield. By the time the centerfielder was able to get the ball to the cut-off man, Schrimpf was already racing towards the plate. He was able to slide in safely ahead of the throw that wound up being too high for the catcher to corral.

• The inside-the-parker for Schrimpf was the first of his career and the first for the Red Wolves since Austin Baker hit one at Tomlinson Stadium against Memphis on March 25, 2014.

• The round-tripper was the team's third home run of the season after Tanner Ring and Jeremy Brown both left the yard in the first game of the year at UAB. The team has 11 homers now.

RED WOLVES REWRITE HISTORY WITH SERIES WIN VS UAB

• Arkansas State won two out of three games against UAB to begin the 2016 season and it marks the first time in school history that the Red Wolves have won a three-game set to begin a

season in school history.

• The 14-5 win in the opener against the Blazers was the first time A-State has won a season- opener on the road since the 1997 season when A-State defeated Northeast Louisiana, now ULM, by a score of 8-6.

• The opening win on Friday also secured head coach Tommy Raffo his first victory in a road season opener in three tries.

SAVE YOUR RAIN (AND SNOW) DANCES

• A-State has had six games altered due to potential rain chances causing UAB and the Red Wolves to play a doubleheader opening weekend and move the game with Ole Miss to Wednesday, Feb. 24. The two-game midweek series against Austin Peay was canceled due to rain March 8-9. The weather in the Arlington area forced the Red Wolves and UT Arlington to push back Friday's league opener to part of a Saturday doubleheader March 12. Most recently, A-State postponed its March 30 game with Mississippi Valley State to April 20.

• The Red Wolves had 26 games altered to weather a season ago with a healthy mix of both rain and snow as the culprits. The Red Wolves optioned to go to the Perfect Game Complex in Emerson, Ga., to play No. 7 Louisville instead of to Northwestern State where rain was likely on Feb. 20-21. The Red Wolves would go on to take two-of-three from the Cardinals.

• The second big alteration to the schedule was when Arkansas State shifted its home-opening Sun Belt Conference series versus UT Arlington to Smith-Wills Stadium in Jackson, Miss., due to winter weather preventing the team from playing in Jonesboro.

• All in all, the Red Wolves ended up playing seven doubleheaders, with the only one that was originally scheduled versus Illinois State on opening weekend. A-State played six consecutive doubleheaders on weekends to open the season.

213 AND COUNTING FOR RAFFO

• A-State head coach Tommy Raffo got to 213 career victories with the 11-5 win over Memphis and is now 213-212-1 in his eight-year career at Arkansas State.

• Raffo got his 200th win last season during the SBC Tournament with a 6-1 win over Georgia Southern and got number 201 a day later with a 6-2 victory over Georgia State.

• The 200th win tied Raffo with Richard Johnson for third-most wins all time in A-State baseball history, while the 201st pushed him into third place for most wins by himself at the end of the 2015 season.

• Coach Raffo only trails Bill Bethea and J.A. Ike Tomlinson on the A-State baseball career wins list.