Arkansas Online · May 22, 2018
ASU, UALR look to get past opener
Chris Curry says his team is "built for" a deep run in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, and Tommy Raffo says his squad will rely on a "limited" lineup to succeed.
The Arkansas State University baseball team (20-31, 11-19 Sun Belt) clinched the No. 9 seed in the conference tournament -- which begins today in Lafayette, La. -- with a 2-1 series victory last weekend at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (27-26, 15-14).
Raffo's Red Wolves' starting lineup went unchanged during the series, and the only major wrinkle in the previous three series was at designated hitter, which rotated between Jaylon Deshazier (.214 batting average), Blake Wynn (.250) and Tobias Johnson (.258).