Not your typical Tuesday matchup tonight.
Host #20 Tennessee Tech
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No. 20 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles
Host #20 Tennessee Tech
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No. 20 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles
- Record: 34-5 (17-1 OVC)
- 2017 Postseason: NCAA Tallahassee Regional (1-2)
- Ranked No. 20 in Collegiate Baseball News poll, No. 21 in Baseball America poll and No. 25 in D1Baseball.com and USA Today/ESPN.com Top 25 Coaches' Poll.
- Picked to win the Ohio Valley Conference this season after taking home the regular season and tournament titles last season.
- Had five players selected to the OVC Preseason All-Conference Team.
- Returned six starting position players and eight pitchers from last season's NCAA Regional team.
- Entering this week, the Golden Eagles feature one of the most potent offenses in the entire country. They lead the nation in team batting average (.356), hits (524), runs scored (448), home runs (95), on-base percentage (.454) and slugging percentage (.644).
- TTU has five everyday players batting over .350 and five players with 11 or more home runs. They also have nine players with 20 or more RBI this season.
- Alex Junior leads the country with 60 runs scored, Chase Chambers ranks third in the country with 55 RBI and Kevin Strohschein ranks second nationally with 71 hits.
- The Golden Eagles pitching staff has proven to be vulnerable, however, sporting a 4.80 team ERA so far this season.
