DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Bethune-Cookman plays its final home games of the 2022 season with a three-game Southwestern Athletic Conference series against Alabama A&M beginning Friday at Jackie Robinson Ballpark.

GAME INFORMATION
Friday-Sunday May 13-15
Times: 7 p.m. | 6 p.m | 1 p.m.
Live Stats: https://bcuathletics.com/sidearmstats/baseball/summary

Last Time Out
The Wildcats (21-27 overall, 15-9 SWAC) dropped a 7-0 midweek decision at Florida Tuesday after taking two of three at Jackson State last weekend.

The 411
B-CU enters the next-to-last weekend three games behind Florida A&M and two of Alabama State in the SWAC East Division. The Wildcats have already clinched a berth in the SWAC tournament, now it's a battle for tournament seeding

The Starters
Louis Lipthratt continues as the Friday starter. He's 5-4 on the season with 3.72 ERA. In his first meeting with Alabama A&M, he struck out a season-high 10 in 8.1 innings of an 8-4 victory.

Nolan Santos is back in the Saturday starter role. He pitched last Sunday, striking out 11 in a 13-2 victory over Jackson State. He's 5-3 on the season with a 4.35 ERA. In the last meeting with Alabama A&M, he struck out 11 in eight innings as the Wildcats posted a 6-2 decision.

Hector Vazquez is back in the Sunday slot after winning last Saturday at Jackson State. Vazquez (5-4, 4.45 ERA) scattered six hits in seven innings in his last outing against Alabama A&M, a 7-2 victory.

At The Plate
Christopher Patterson leads the Wildcats with a .342  average … Matthew Garcia leads with 31 RBI and four home runs, with all the homers in conference play … Patterson is hitting .360 in conference play, followed by Brian Perez at .342 … Malik Stephens has reached base in 19 consecutive games.

Scouting Alabama A&M
Alabama A&M (12-31, 8-16) has won four straight, including a three-game sweep of Mississippi Valley State… Tim Dixon and Jared Tribett lead the Bulldogs with a .270 average … Jose Figueroa has a 4.23 ERA.