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Islanders Travel to Sam Houston for Weekend Set

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi baseball resumes its Southland schedule with a four-game series at preseason favorite Sam Houston, beginning with a Friday, March 26 (6:30 p.m.) nightcap, followed by a Saturday, March 27 doubleheader and concluding with a single-game matinee on Sunday, March 28 (1 p.m.).

Islander Notes
  • Home runs have highlighted the Islanders' spring, as A&M-Corpus Christi paces the Southland contingent with 13 and averaging 0.72 per game while Josh Caraway leads the blue and green with three homers.
  • On the mound, Hayden Thomas' 41 strikeouts is second-best in the Southland while also earning him a No. 20 national ranking. His 12.30 average per nine innings lands him a fifth-place spot in the league.
  • Steven Rivera-Chijin has found base in 18-straight contests, the longest streak of any Islander this season, with eight of those via a hit by pitch that ties for second in conference.
  • Itchy Burts, Tristan Welch, and Brendan Ryan each ride three-game hitting streaks into the weekend series, with Burts' longest of the season extending to five games.
  • Burts leads the Islanders with 20 hits and seven multi-hit games this season, tying fellow super seniors Williams and Marbach for multi-RBI games with three apiece.
  • After a stellar showing at the Shriners College Classic, senior Mike Williams was tabbed to the All-Tournament team after he batted .375 over the three-game tournament and tallied a hit in all three contests including a monster two-RBI home run in the Saturday showing against Rice that afforded the Islanders an early 2-0 advantage.  
  • Behind a noteworthy pitching performance from Hayden Thomas that saw him strike out 11 in 6.2 innings, the Islanders limited No. 10 Texas Tech to one run through six and took them down to the wire in a 4-3 final. Thomas has sat down 23 batters in his last two starts.
  • In their first series of 2021, A&M-Corpus Christi's pitching contingent held the Chippewas to 23 scoreless frames over the three-game set, led by starter Henry Bird's 5.0 innings of hitless and scoreless ball that saw him fan four batters in a 5-1 rout in the mound victory.
  • A&M-Corpus Christi head coach Scott Malone is in his 14th season at the helm of the Islanders and boasts a career record of 326-377-2 and 167-201-2 in Southland play.
  • Luke Marbach collected Southland Hitter of the Week honors on Feb. 23 after belting five hits that included two doubles and a long ball that helped drive home four runs.
Scouting the Opponent
  • Sam Houston is 5-12 on the season and carries a 2-6 league mark after splitting the past series with Northwestern State and being swept by Southeastern Louisiana on the road in its two Southland series.
  • The Bearkats earned the Southland preseason favorite title with 16 first-place votes and 256 points, marking the eighth time since 2013 Sam Houston been chosen as the frontrunner.
  • A fellow Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic participant, the Bearkats turned in impressive wins against Rice in a 12-4 laugher before downing No. 13 TCU in walk off fashion, 6-5.
Series History
  • Sam Houston – Sam Houston leads 34-24. Last meeting: AMCC 2, SHSU 1 (5/22/19)
  • In their last meeting, A&M-Corpus Christi upset the No. 1-seeded Bearkats in the Southland tournament by a 2-1 margin.
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