FRESNO, Calif. – The Fresno Pacific baseball team begins a stretch of 12 straight road games this week, heading south to take on Concordia for a four-game league series.
 
Schedule
Series 10 – vs. Concordia
 
Friday, April 20 • 12:00 / 3:00 p.m.
Irvine, Calif. • Eagles Field
Live Stats
 
Saturday, April 21 • 12:00 / 3:00 p.m.
Irvine, Calif. • Eagles Field
Live Stats
 
About Fresno Pacific (15-19, 12-16 PacWest)
• The Sunbirds dropped all four games against California Baptist last weekend in the final home series of the year, marking the first time since last season's final series that FPU has been swept.
• Catcher Braden Frankfort and outfielder Eddie Sievers combined for six hits in Saturday's 11-inning series finale, with Frankfort driving in both FPU runs for the game.
• Starting pitchers Alex Garcia and Nic Boatman allowed a total of just two earned runs in their 15.1 collective innings of work, fanning 15 along the way.
  
Sunbird Leaderboard
• Batting average: Eddie Sievers, .354
• RBI: Hunter Villanueva, 27
• Steals: Eddie Sievers, 6
• Doubles: three players tied, 9    
• Triples: two players tied, 2
• Home runs: Hunter Villanueva, 10
• Wins: two players tied, 4
• ERA: Alex Garcia, 1.70
• Strikeouts: Esteban Lizaola, 61
 
About Concordia (14-24, 11-17 PacWest)
• The Eagles split last weekend's road series with Hawai'i Hilo, taking the series opener 10-7 and the finale 3-0.
• Sophomore Bailey Collins has been one of the best hitters on the team this season, leading the Eagles in average, triples, walks and home runs.
• Concordia's pitching staff has struggled to a 5.34 earned run average this spring, but relievers Jack Ruegge and Sam Reed have each pitched well in conference games.  
 
Eagle Leaderboard
• Batting average: Bailey Collins, .295
• RBI: Davis Tominaga, 27
• Steals: two players tied, 6  
• Doubles: Davis Tominaga, 9  
• Triples: Bailey Collins, 2
• Home runs: Bailey Collins, 7   
• Wins: two players tied, 3  
• ERA: Neil Lang, 3.67  
• Strikeouts: Neil Lang, 40  
 
All-Time Series
• The Eagles claim a 21-18 edge in the all-time series, which dates back to 2006 as league opponents in the NAIA's Golden State Athletic Conference.
• Concordia is 10-8 at their home facility against the Sunbirds.  
• As PacWest Conference opponents, the Sunbirds and Eagles have split the series in each of the last two seasons.  
 
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