FRESNO, Calif. – The Fresno Pacific baseball team is set for another four-game PacWest Conference series this week, hosting Azusa Pacific beginning on Thursday evening. The Sunbirds will host Senior Day prior to Saturday's series finale. 
 
Schedule
Series #10 – vs. Azusa Pacific
Thursday, April 25
6:00 p.m. • 
Fresno, Calif. • FPU Diamond
Live Stats
 
Friday, April 26
2:00 p.m. • Doubleheader
Fresno, Calif. • FPU Diamond
Live Stats • Play-By-Play
 
Saturday, April 27
11:45 a.m. • Senior Day 
Fresno, Calif. • FPU Diamond
Live Stats • Play-By-Play
 
About the Sunbirds (16-21, 12-12 PacWest)
Fresno Pacific split a league series against Point Loma last weekend, while freshman Jared Aguilar launched four home runs to earn PacWest Freshman of the Week honors. Shortstop Tristen Alvarez has taken over has the team's leading hitter with a .347 average, while Brian Hefner's five homers has made him FPU's premier power threat. Justin Fuson's nine strikeouts highlighted the weekend for the Sunbird pitching staff, while reliever Tyler Rumbaugh claims a 2.91 earned run average in 21.2 innings out of the pen.    
 
Leaderboard

• Batting average: Tristen Alvarez, .347
• RBI: Tristen Alvarez, 29
• Steals: Brian Hefner, 10
• Doubles: Tristen Alvarez, 13
• Triples: seven players tied, 1
• Home runs: Brian Hefner, 5    
• Wins: Justin Fuson, 4
• ERA: Tyler Rumbaugh, 2.91
• Strikeouts: Nic Boatman, 66

 
About the Cougars (31-10, 21-3 PacWest)
Azusa Pacific is ranked 25th in the most recent edition of the Collegiate Baseball Poll and 10th in theNCBWA Poll after winning its' ninth straight game last weekend. As a team, the Cougars have clipped a league-best .315 this spring, while Justin Gomez has reached base in 20 straight games. Sophomore third baseman Osvaldo Tovalin has terrorized opposing pitchers all season, hitting .406 with 13 homers and 120 total bases. Nick Estrella and A.J. Woodall have combined for 21 starts so far to lead the Cougar pitching staff, combining for 96 strikeouts in 127 innings on the mound. 
 
The Cougars claim a slight 31-30 edge in the all-time series, including a 14-14 record in Fresno. FPU has not taken a series from APU since 2015.   
 
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