ASUN BASEBALL PREVIEW: Lipscomb at Eastern Kentucky

RICHMOND, Ky. (Interstat) — Lipscomb’s Bisons visit Eastern Kentucky’s Colonels on Saturday afternoon at Turkey Hughes Field in an ASUN Conference matchup. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. The forecast calls for 60-degree temperatures and cloudy skies.

Lipscomb (20-22) enters with momentum after beating Eastern Kentucky 9-3 on Friday. The Bisons have won five of their past six games. Eastern Kentucky (10-35) has lost 10 of its last 11.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a 5-1 Lipscomb victory, giving the Bisons a 66.1 percent win probability.

Players to Watch

Lipscomb right-hander Alexander Llinas (4-0, 3.60 ERA) is scheduled to start. In Friday’s win over the Colonels, Llinas tossed six shutout innings, allowing no hits, two earned runs and striking out one. Over his last four outings, Llinas has thrown 21.2 innings, allowing two earned runs on nine hits with 16 strikeouts.

Eastern Kentucky left-hander Clay Cartledge (1-1, 3.86 ERA) is expected to pitch in relief. Cartledge threw 3.1 scoreless innings Friday, allowing four hits and striking out one. In six appearances this season, Cartledge has a 4.85 ERA with 10 strikeouts over 13 innings.

Head-to-Head

Lipscomb leads the season series 3-1. The Bisons won 9-3 on Friday and took two of three in Nashville in March (Interstat) — winning 3-2 in 12 innings and losing 15-3 before winning 9-2. Eastern Kentucky’s only win came March 28 when the Colonels scored 15 runs.

Recent Results

Lipscomb’s Jordan Thomas homered and drove in three runs in Friday’s win. Adam Jamison pitched three scoreless innings of relief.

Eastern Kentucky’s Jackson Cauthron homered and drove in two runs Friday. Addison Stockham pitched a scoreless inning.

The series concludes with a Sunday afternoon game.