HARROGATE, Tenn. –Lincoln Memorial University's baseball team (10-5, 0-3 SAC) will look to rebound from a three-game sweep at No. 16 Wingate to open South Atlantic Conference play at home against the Anderson Trojans (4-9, 1-2 SAC) this weekend. The Railsplitters were competitive against Wingate but were undone by big innings in all three games. Meanwhile, Anderson dropped two of three at home to Lenoir-Rhyne to open SAC play and fell 6-2 at Erskine Tuesday.
 
Schedule/Game Day Links:

Friday, March 2 (4 p.m.) - Live Stats
Saturday, March 3 (1 p.m.) - Live Stats
Saturday, March 3 (4 p.m.) - Live Stats
 
Quick Hits:
 
- A six-run bottom of the first inning doomed LMU as Wingate went on to beat the Railsplitters 8-4 in the teams' SAC opener. The loss snapped Lincoln Memorial's nine-game win streak. Tyler Adams finished 3-for-4 with a solo homer in the ninth—his first of the year. The shortstop also doubled, scored three of the team's four runs and drove in two. Timmy Wages and Seth Hunt each went 2-for-4.
 
- Lincoln Memorial dropped both ends of Saturday's doubleheader as the Bulldogs completed the three-game sweep. Wingate came from behind in both games to win 6-5 in the opener and 12-10 in game two. LMU led 5-2 in game one before Wingate scored four runs, including three in the seventh, to take the lead for good. The Railsplitters battled back from an 8-3 deficit with a seven-run sixth inning in the nightcap, but a grand slam put Wingate back ahead 12-10.
 
- Logan Augustine went 5-for-13 in the series and has recorded multiple hits in five of his last six games. The senior first baseman has reached in 41 straight games dating back to last season. He also is on a 14-game hitting streak since going 0-for-3 in the season opener. Augustine leads the team in several categories including hits (24), on-base percentage (.565) and stolen bases (8).
 
- Adams has also reached base in all 15 games this season and 18 straight dating back to last season. The sophomore shortstop leads all LMU players in runs scored (22), RBI (17) and doubles (9).
 
- Lincoln Memorial has also averaged 12.3 hits per game this season and has recorded a double-digit hit total 11 times in 15 games, including five straight.
 
- LMU has only hit 10 home runs—five of which came in the team's 21-4 win at Claflin and three in an 18-1 win over Ohio Valley. The team has only homered one time in its past nine games—Adams' ninth-inning solo shot Friday at Wingate.
 
- Timmy Wages has connected for four of the team's 10 home runs. No other Railsplitter has hit more than one.
 
- The Railsplitters are 24-for-26 in stolen base attempts this season. Augustine is 8-for-8.
 
- LMU pitching has been solid for the most part, though the Wingate series raised the team's ERA from 3.25 to 4.20. Opponents have posted a 9.88 mark. Starting pitchers are a combined 6-1 with a 3.30 ERA. Joe Bobiak has three of those wins and is 3-0 in four starts.
 
- The team has collected 137 strikeouts through 124.1 innings (9.92 K/9). Ethan Elliott leads with 32 strikeouts in 23 innings. Dominic Morabito has 26 in 15.2 innings.  
 
Notes on Anderson:
 
- The Trojans are 0-4 away from home and are in the midst of playing 11 of 14 away from home. That stretch started Tuesday with a 6-2 loss at Erskine. Anderson opened the scoring with a run in the top of the fourth, but Erskine evened the score with a leadoff homer in the bottom of the fifth and added five runs in the bottom of the sixth.
 
- The Trojans lost their SAC opener Friday to Lenoir-Rhyne 11-3 and split Saturday's doubleheader by winning 19-6 in the nine-inning game and again losing 11-3 in the seven-inning finale.
 
- The team's 19 runs, 17 hits and 10 walks drawn were season highs.
 
- Anderson is ninth in the 10-team SAC in batting average (.258). The team is last in on-base percentage (.359) and stolen bases (6) and tied for last in runs scored (72).
 
- Chandler Castleberry has reached base safely in all 13 games and leads the team with three home runs. He has also struck out a team-high 21 times in 44 at-bats.
 
- Tyler Miller leads the team in hits with 14 and three stolen bases. He is also tied for the team lead in RBI (9) and runs scored (10).
 
- Matthew Overton is tied for second on the team in hits with 13 but ranks first in batting average (.394), on-base percentage (.565), walks (13), doubles (4) and slugging percentage (.697).
 
- The Anderson pitching staff has posted a 6.00 ERA compared to 4.32 for opponents.
 
- Will Gee leads the team with 17.1 innings pitched and 17 strikeouts. The righty is 1-1 in four appearances (three starts) with a 5.19 ERA.
 
- Stetson Scott has made four starts and is second on the team with 17 innings. The righty is 0-1 with a 5.29 ERA but has only struck out seven.
 
- Christian Carpenter has made a team-high seven appearances—all in relief—and is 1-2 with a 7.30 ERA.
 
- The Trojans have lost nine of 11 since opening the season with a pair of wins over King.
 
Series History:
 
- Lincoln Memorial improved to 11-10 against the Trojans by taking two of three last year at Anderson.
 
- The Railsplitters took the first two games 20-3 and 11-3 but were shut out 5-0 in the final game of the regular season to be denied of the regular-season SAC championship.
 
- The teams last met in Harrogate in 2016. LMU took two of three with all three games being high-scoring affairs. The Railsplitters took the first two games 16-12 and 14-9 but dropped the series finale 24-10.