Courtesy of LA Tech Athletic Communications
Louisiana Tech is back at the Love Shack for a weekend series against conference opponent Sam Houston as the Bulldogs host the Bearkats starting tonight at 6 p.m.
Saturday’s game is set for 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.
All three games can be heard on 97. FM and seen on ESPN+.
Three big home runs carried Louisiana Tech (30-13, 8-4) to a victory over Nicholls on Wednesday night at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park. Tech secured a 10-7 win thanks to home runs from Michael Ballard, Kasten Furr, and Dalton Davis.
Cole McConnell leads the team in batting average with .411, in slugging percentage of .742, and on-base percentage of .479. Sam Brodersen leads the team in ERA with 1.96 and in strikeouts with 67. Ethan Bates has 12 saves this season and is tied for number one in the country for saves while he tied the LA Tech single-season program record for saves.
Sam Houston (24-17, 7-8) dropped a game to Baylor on Tuesday by a score of 9-3. Previously, the Bearkats had swept Conference USA opponent Middle Tennessee in a three-game series in Huntsville this past weekend. Sam Houston sits in sixth place in the conference with a record of 7-8, and the Bearkats are four spots behind LA Tech.
LA Tech has a record of 6-5 against Sam Houston, and the last time they played was in 2020 in Huntsville. Tech secured a victory over Sam Houston on March 3, 2020, by defeating the Bearkats 9-3 in extras.
