Memphis Seeks Revenge at Arkansas State Tuesday

Tuesday, April 25

Jonesboro, AR

6:30 PM

University of Memphis

Arkansas State

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Apr 24, 2017 | Baseball

Game Notes vs. Arkansas State (4/25)

Tigers have dropped three straight to the Red Wolves

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis begins a four-game road stretch with a trip to Jonesboro, Ark. to take on Arkansas State Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. The Tigers (22-19) are looking for revenge against the Red Wolves (20-19) after losing 11-4 on April 11 at FedExPark.

Memphis will head back on the road this weekend, traveling to UCF for a three-game weekend series in Orlando, Fla.

GAME INFORMATION:
Tuesday, April 25 | 6:30 p.m.
Memphis (22-19) at Arkansas State (20-19)
Location: Jonesboro, Ark.
Venue: Tomlinson Stadium
Twitter Updates: @MemphisBaseball
Audio: WUMR 91.7 FM
Video: Red Wolves Digital Network
Live Stats: StatBroadcast

Leading Off
• Memphis seeks revenge against Arkansas State after taking an 11-4 loss at FedExPark on April 11. The Tigers have lost three straight to the Red Wolves after being swept last season. Memphis swept ASU back in 2015.
• Memphis closer Colton Hathock picked up his 10th save of the season in the April 23 win over USF. The 10 saves are the third most by a Tigers pitcher in a single season in school history. The single-season program record for saves is 14, set by Nolan Blackwood in 2015.
• The Tigers won their 20th game on April 5 against Alcorn State, marking significant improvement from last season. Memphis ended the 2016 regular season with 19 wins and picked up the 20th on May 26 in the American Athletic Conference tournament.
• However, since recording the 20th win of the season the Tigers have gone just 2-10 with 11-of-12 games against ranked opposition.
• The series win at Cincinnati four weeks ago was the first for Memphis over the Bearcats since 2004 and the first for head coach Daron Schoenrock. The Bearcats won the series over Schoenrock's Tigers in 2005 before joining the Big East Conference. The teams reunited in the American Athletic Conference in 2014. The Tigers and Bearcats played two series in 2015 and 2016 and the teams will meet again in May.
• The Tigers finished off the season sweep of nationally-ranked Ole Miss with a 2-1 walk-off win at AutoZone Park March 21. The sweep of the Rebels is the first since 2013. With a 3-3 record so far against teams from the SEC, Memphis sits at 17-17 over the last five seasons versus the nation's toughest conference. The Tigers are still scheduled to play two games against Arkansas in April.
• As part of the Tigers Feb. 24-26 sweep of Illinois State, Memphis rallied from an 11-0 deficit to win 12-11 in extra innings during the second game of the series. The comeback win is the largest in the Daron Schoenrock era of Memphis baseball.
• Senior outfielder Chris Carrier was named the American Athletic Conference Hitter of the Week April 3 after slugging two doubles and three homers in four games during the week. The conference weekly recognition is the third of his career.
• Memphis had a record-setting opening weekend against Tennessee at FedExPark. The two teams squared off Sunday Feb. 19 in front of the largest crowd in FedExPark history of 2,188. The three-game series set another facility record, attracting 4,793 fans throughout the weekend.
• Memphis started the season with 15 of its first 16 games at home and the Tigers played five-of-six weekends at home in non-conference play. The start to league play wasn't as friendly, with trips to Cincinnati and UConn right out of the gate. In all Memphis will play 35 home games, including the two at AutoZone Park.
• More than 70-percent of the Tigers' innings pitched last season were by freshmen and sophomores and all 10 of those players return this season. This year's pitching staff is rounded out by the addition of four incoming freshmen pitchers and two junior college transfers.