A-STATE/GSU SERIES HISTORY
• This will be the first-ever meeting between A-State and Georgia State.
HAWKINS DOMINATES BEARS
• Junior LHP Chandler Hawkins had a career night at Central Arkansas on April 22.
• In his first midweek start of the year, Hawkins fanned a career-high 10 in five innings of work.
• Hawkins retired eight in a row at one point and struck out five out looking on the night.
• He is the second A-State pitcher to reach double-digit strikeouts in a game this season (David Owen has struck out 10 twice.)
A-STATE PITCHING STAFF FANS SEASON-HIGH
• The Arkansas State pitching staff struck out a season-high 10 batters against Central Arkansas on April 22.
BURGESS ADDS ANOTHER WEEKLY HONOR
• Sophomore Matt Burgess was named the CollegeSportsMadness.com SBC Player of the Week on April 21.
• He is the second A-State player to be honored by the website this season (David Owen also earned POW honors earlier this season.)
WINNING STREAK SNAPPED...KINDA SORTA
• A-State had its six-game winning streak come to an end at Central Arkansas State on April 22.
• Despite the loss, the Red Wolves still have a five-game winning streak in SBC play in tact.
SWEEPS WEEK
• A-State swept its third weekend opponent of the 2014 season with three victories over Louisiana-Monroe April 18-20.
• The Warhawks are also the second SBC opponent that the Red Wolves have swept this season (UALR was the first during the opening weekend of the conference).
• The Red Wolves also completed a midweek season sweep of Memphis earlier in the week, marking the first-time since 2009 that A-State had defeated the Tigers twice in one season.
FIELDER'S CHOICE WALK-OFF
• A-State completed a comeback from five runs down against ULM on April 20 in the most unusual way with a fielder's choice walk-off.
• The Red Wolves won the game by scoring four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning,
included the game winning run on a fielder's choice by Ty Michelotti. The freshman hit a slow ground ball to second and the throw came home and but was too late as Zach Maggio scored the winning run.
IT'S JUST BASEBALL
• Freshman pitcher Byran Ayers shined in the first weekend start of his career April 19.
• The true freshman turned in a quality start by going six innings, striking out seven and giving up two runs on two hits for the first win of his collegiate career.
WOODHOUSE GETS THE SAVE
• Senior Cody Woodhouse did something he had never done in his four years on the A-State pitching staff, record a save.
• Woodhouse tossed the final three innings in the Red Wolves 11-7 victory over ULM on April 19 for the first save of career.
