Baseball Versus Mississippi Valley Moved to 5 PM

Tuesday, March 14

Memphis, Tenn.

5:00 PM

University of Memphis

Mississippi Valley State

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Mar 13, 2017 | Baseball

Tigers and Delta Devils to play for first time since 2015

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis and Mississippi Valley State will square off Tuesday at 5 p.m. at FedExPark, moved up from the originally scheduled 6:30 p.m. first pitch. Tuesday night will bet the first Dollar Dog Night of the season at FedExPark and hot dogs will be $1 all night.

The Tigers and Delta Devils last met in 2015 with the Tigers taking a 7-1 win at FedExPark. Memphis holds a 5-1 advantage against Mississippi Valley State with all six games coming since 2006.

GAME INFORMATION:
Tuesday, March 14 | 5 p.m. CT
Memphis (9-6) vs. Mississippi Valley State (2-9)
Location: Memphis, Tenn.
Venue: FedExPark
Twitter Updates: @MemphisBaseball
Audio: WUMR 91.7 FM
Video: Memphis Tiger Network
Live Stats: StatBroadcast

Memphis has won three straight weekend series after taking two-of-three from Southern Illinois in dramatic fashion. The Tigers and Salukis played three games separated by one run each and Memphis had walk-off wins in two games.

Freshman shortstop Alec Trela had a great weekend, batting .385 with four RBI and three runs scored. Of his five total hits, three were for extra bases. Trela blasted the Tigers to victory in the series opener with a walk-off home run.

The Memphis pitching staff had its best weekend so far, allowing just five earned runs in 31 total innings pitched. The starting pitching showed big signs of improvement, with Alex Hicks and Connor Alexander both tossing quality starts and Drew Crosby coming up just one out shy of a quality start.

Next weekend Memphis will hit the road for the first series away from FedExPark this year. The Tigers, who start the season with 15-of-16 games at home, will travel to Missouri State March 17-19.