Belmont (31-16, 13-5 OVC) vs. Lipscomb (28-19, 15-9 ASUN)
Tuesday, May 10 | 5 p.m. CT
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Belmont (31-16, 13-5 OVC) vs. North Alabama (9-35, 2-22 ASUN)
Wednesday, May 11 | 5 p.m. CT
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E.S. Rose Park | Nashville, Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Belmont University baseball team begins their final homestand of the year with a pair of nonconference midweek games against teams from the ASUN West Division this week at E.S. Rose Park.
The Bruins host Lipscomb in a second edition of the Battle of the Boulevard on Tuesday night at 5 p.m. before welcoming North Alabama to the Music City on Wednesday night at 5 p.m.
Both games will be streamed on ESPN+, and audio play-by-play for Tuesday's Battle of the Boulevard will be simulcast on the Bruin Sports Network.
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With 31 wins, Belmont has their most victories since going 31-29 in 2017
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After sweeping UT Martin this past weekend on the road (8-1, 16-1, 15-5), the Bruins are 13-5 in conference play and currently tied with Southeast Missouri for first place in the Ohio Valley Conference
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The Bruins have won ten of their last 13 games
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Belmont is 17-9 at home this season
- Freshman right-hander Jordan Zuger (2-1, 3.38 ERA) is the projected starter for Tuesday's game against Lipscomb. Wednesday's starter is TBA.
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Sophomore left-hander Andy Bean was named OVC Co-Pitcher of the Week on Monday after tossing a complete game with a career-high 13 strikeouts in Friday's 8-1 win over UT Martin
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Sophomore first baseman Brodey Heaton earned his first career OVC Player of the Week award on Monday after going 9-for-15 with three home runs and nine RBIs over the weekend against the Skyhawks
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Sophomore outfielder Guy Lipscomb is currently 3rd in the country in stolen bases (38) after stealing six bags in three games against the Skyhawks. Lipscomb has already shattered the Bruin single-season record for stolen bases in a season and is currently 4th on the career stolen base record board (52) despite only playing in 80 games
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Lipscomb is ranked in the top 20 in the country in batting average (.398) and leads the OVC in on-base percentage (.485)
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Brodey Heaton and Tommy Crider are the first pair of Bruin teammates to each hit at least ten home runs in a season since Brennan Washington and Clay Payne in 2016
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Junior second baseman Jack Capobianco hit a grand slam in Saturday's 16-1 win, the first grand slam by a Bruin since Logan Jarvis hit one against SIUE in April 2021
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The 39 runs put up by Belmont this past weekend was the most in a series by the Bruins this season, eclipsing the 34 runs they scored in a three-game sweep of Murray State on April 1-3
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Lipscomb is 26th in the country in stolen bases (83), 14th in sacrifice bunts (32), and 8th in sacrifice flies (29)
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Malik Williams leads the team with a .368 batting average
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The Bisons currently 3rd in the ASUN West Division at 15-9 in conference play
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Lipscomb leads 85-69 all-time
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The Bruins won, 5-1, at Ken Dugan Field on March 2
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Belmont leads the series in the Division I era, 34-20, and has won 13 of the last 16 meetings
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North Alabama is currently last in the ASUN West Division with a 2-22 conference record
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The Lions have lost ten in a row heading into their Tuesday home game against Alabama A&M
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North Alabama leads the all-time series, 15-4-1
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In the Division I era, the series is tied, 2-2
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The teams first met in 1985, and most recently clashed in 2021, with the Bruins winning 5-1 in Nashville and 10-8 in Florence
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