LAFAYETTE, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana University baseball team wraps up a four-game road trip Wednesday at Louisiana-Lafayette. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. at M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field.

Southeastern (26-15) faces the Ragin' Cajuns for the second time this season. In the first meeting, ULL (27-13) snapped a nine-game losing streak to the Lions with a 9-6 win  March 26 in Hammond. Southeastern has won the last four games of the series in Lafayette.

The game can be heard in the Hammond area on KSLU-FM (90.9), on the internet through the Southeastern athletics website, as well as on the KSLU iPhone and TuneIn Radio apps. Live stats, as well as a live video stream through LionVision (subscription required), will be available. Links to audio, stats and video are located on the baseball schedule page at www.LionSports.net. Mobile links are available at www.LionSports.net/mobile.

Jameson Fisher (.322), Harry Slade (.309) and Ben Hernandez (.305) lead Southeastern at the plate. Jesse Buratt and Fisher lead the team with ten doubles while Fisher has also hit a team-high three home runs. Slade leads the team with 27 runs batted in and nine stolen bases.

Senior left-hander Jordan Hymel (5-3, 3.71) draws the starting nod for the Lions opposite  Ragin' Cajun junior right-hander Mat Plitt (2-0, 4.15). Hymel ranks fifth on Southeastern's career wins list with 22 victories. He needs two wins to tie Bob Hardy, Chris Laiche and former teammate Brandon Efferson for second. The Gramercy, La., native needs four victories to claim the top spot on the list from Kenny Lehrmann.

Each team split four games this past week. The Lions defeated New Orleans in the middle of the week and then dropped two of three games in a Southland Conference Series at Stephen F. Austin over the weekend. ULL dropped a mid-week contest at Nicholls State and then claimed two of three games in a Sun Belt Conference series against Florida Atlantic.

The Ragin' Cajuns have a game Tuesday at fellow Southland-foe McNeese State prior to facing Southeastern.

Tyler Girouard (.391), Ryan Leonards (.381) and Dex Kjerstad (.376) lead ULL at the plate. Michael Strentz has hit a team-high 14 doubles while Girouard and Caleb Adams each have a team-best seven home runs. Girouard also leads the team with 33 RBIs. Jace Conrad has stolen a team-best 11 bases in 14 attempts.

Southeastern returns to action Friday at 6 p.m. as the Lions host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the opener of a Southland Conference series at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field. It is a $5 Friday and Raising Cane's Challenge game.


Southeastern Louisiana Lions (26-15) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (27-13)

DATE / TIME
Wednesday, April 24 – 6 p.m. CT

STADIUM
M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field (Lafayette, La.)

RADIO
• KSLU, 90.9 FM
• Pregame show starts 15 minutes prior to first pitch

INTERNET / SMARTPHONE
• www.LionSports.net – live audio, video and stats
• KSLU iPhone app, TuneIn Radio app

SERIES RECORD
• Louisiana-Lafayette leads the series 24-17 since 1981
• In the last meeting, ULL won 9-6 (March 26, 2013)

PITCHING MATCHUP
SLU – Senior LHP Jordan Hymel (5-3 3.71) vs.
ULL – Junior RHP Matt Plitt (2-0 4.15)