BASEBALL: LOUISIANA TECH (13-6) AT NEVADA (8-8)
When: Today (6 p.m.), Friday (6 p.m.), Saturday (1 p.m. double-header)
Where: Peccole Park
TV/Radio: None/630AM, pregame is 15 minutes prior to first pitch
Coaches: Nevada's Gary Powers (769-606-4) is in his 26rh season; Tech's Wade Simoneaux (136-166-1) is in his 6th season
Nevada rotation: Today - Kyle Howe (1-0, 3.09); Friday - Rod Scurry (2-2, 4.37); Saturday Game 1 -Chris Garcia (0-2, 6.33); Saturday Game 2 - TBA
LA. TECH
C Matt Combs (.237, 1 HR, 5 RBI)
1B Albie Goulder (.333, 4 HR, 16 RBI)
2B Drew Bunting (.276, HR, 9 RBI)
SS Nick Grunenwald (.319, 2 HR, 11 RBI)
3B Chris Kersten (.329, 4 HR, 23 RBI)
LF Chris Bohannon (.250, HR, 6 RBI)
CF Adam Cobb (.385, 5 HR, 17 RBI)
RF Jericho Jones (.302, 3 HR, 10 RBI)
DH Clay Alexander (.522, 5 RBI)
P Dylan Moseley (1-2, 3.72)
NEVADA
C Tyson Jaquez (.313, 2 HR, 6 RBI)
1B Shaun Kort (.403, 2 HR, 25 RBI)
2B David Ciarlo (.538, 2 HR, 13 RBI)
SS Garrett Patterson (.318, 4 RBI)
3B Jason Rodriguez (.448, 5 HR, 19 RBI)
LF Matt Bowman .309, HR, 12 RBI)
CF Jason Sadoian (.351, HR, 9 RBI)
RF Mike Hale (.273, HR, 5 RBI)
DH Terry Walsh (.255, HR, 7 RBI)
P Kyle Howe (1-0, 3.09)
About Nevada: The Pack blanked UOP on Tuesday 10-0, using eight different pitchers ... Ciarlo, Kort and Rodriguez continue to pound the ball at the plate ... This series is being played Thursday, Friday and Saturday because of Easter. This starts the WAC's new four-game series schedule which incvludes single games on the first two days of the series and a double-header on the final day ... Sadoian continues to be a good table setter in teh No. 1 spot for the Pack with his .351 average
About La. Tech: The Bulldogs are coming off a 10-4 win over Grambling State ... DH Alexander is hitting .466 in his last six games, while Grunenwald is on a five-game hit streak and is hitting .666 in that span ... Luke Burnett, the ace of Tech's staff a year ago and who pitched in the Cape Cod League last summer, is 0-1 with an 8.31 ERA thus far.
Compiled by Darrell Moody