HARROGATE, Tenn. – The Lincoln Memorial University baseball team (20-10) resumes its 11-game homestand with a nonconference matchup with Lee (16-14) at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Lamar Hennon Field. The Railsplitters came from behind to walk off Carson-Newman twice over the weekend while Lee enjoyed a home sweep of Auburn Montgomery.
 
Schedule/Game Day Links:
 
Tuesday, March 27 (4 p.m.) - Live Stats
 
Quick Hits:
 
- The Railsplitters kicked off the Carson-Newman series with a 2-1 walk-off victory Friday evening. Dalton Dedas delivered the game-winning base hit with two out in the bottom of the ninth. Ethan Elliott carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning and went the full nine innings with a career high-tying 12 strikeouts—eight of which were looking. He only faced one batter over the minimum and improved to 4-2 on the year with only one earned run allowed on two hits.
 
- Timmy Wages walked off the Railsplitters to a 12-11 win in game one of Sunday's doubleheader after LMU fell behind 10-1 in the seventh inning. The Railsplitters were down 10-2 before a nine-run bottom of the eighth put the team up 11-10. Carson-Newman tied the score in the top of the ninth, but Wages delivered a 2-2 pitch through the right side on the ninth pitch of his at-bat to drive in the winning run. Justin Shaw made his first start of the season and finished 4-for-5 with a pair of runs scored and RBI. Logan Augustine went 3-for-3 with a walk and two RBI. Joe Stucky also notched three hits while Wages went 2-for-6 with three RBI.
 
- The Railsplitter bats were held mostly in check in the series finale. Joe Stucky went 3-for-3, but the rest of the lineup was held to just four hits. Chris Salvey and Dedas each hit two-run home runs to left in the second inning to account for the team's scoring output. LMU went hitless (0-for-7) with runners in scoring position.
 
- Augustine went 5-for-8 in the series to re-take the SAC lead in batting average at .404. He leads the team outright in hits (42) and stolen bases (9) and is tied with Tyler Adams for second in the SAC in on-base percentage (.500). He has reached safely in 28 of 30 games on the year.
 
- Adams only went 2-for-11 in the series to fall out of the SAC lead in batting average. He is now seventh at .374. The sophomore shortstop is tied for the conference lead with 14 doubles and is tied for third with 36 runs scored. He has reached base safely in 28 of 29 games.
 
- Wages has connected for seven of the team's 26 home runs. Augustine (5) and Salvey (3) are the only other Railsplitters with more than two.
 
- Lincoln Memorial averages 8.67 runs and 11.17 hits per game for the season. Those totals increase to 10.17 runs and 12.50 hits at home. The Railsplitters have totaled at least 10 hits in 17 of 30 games overall and 11 of 18 at home.
 
- The Railsplitters as a team have hit .370 at home compared to .261 on the road. On-base percentage is nearly 100 percentage points higher (.460-.365) while slugging percentage is nearly 200 points better (.558-.377).
 
- LMU pitching has been solid for the most part and is second in the SAC with a 3.98 ERA, though the team is third with a 4.69 mark in SAC play. Starting pitchers are a combined 13-5 with a 3.49 ERA.
 
- The pitching staff has a collective 3.26 ERA at home and 5.09 on the road.
 
- The team has collected 249 strikeouts through 246.1 innings (9.10 K/9). Elliott leads the conference with 71 strikeouts and 54.1 innings pitched. Dominic Morabito has 38 in 28 innings.  
 
Notes on Lee:
 
- The Flames are tied for fifth in the 14-team Gulf South Conference with a 9-6 mark in league play.
 
- Lee has already beaten in-state rivals Carson-Newman 10-9 and Tusculum 12-10.
 
- The Flames swept Auburn Montgomery at home over the weekend. The team won Friday's doubleheader by scores of 3-2 and 9-3 and took Saturday's series finale 3-1.
 
- Lee has been mediocre offensively with a .271 team batting average and 5.77 runs per game. The team has scored at least six runs in just 13 of its 30 games.   
 
- Tyler Payne leads the team in hits (35) and RBI (25) and has reached base in 28 straight games. He is batting .321 but only has four extra-base hits and has not hit a home run.
 
- Miguel Pimento (.327) and Peyton Meeker (.324) are tied for second on the team with 34 hits. Jordan Howard (.323) is fourth with 31. No other player is batting above .280.
 
- The team has been efficient stealing bases with 51 on 64 tries. Payne is 14-for-15 stealing bases, and Fernando Ortiz is 9-for-10. Howard is 8-for-9.
 
- Lee's pitching staff has been strong with a 3.98 ERA. Opponents have been held to five runs or fewer 21 times in 30 games.
 
Series History:
 
- The all-time series is tied 4-4, though Lee has won the last four meetings.
 
- Lee won last year's game 8-5 in Cleveland, Tennessee.
 
- LMU has not beaten Lee since 1999.