BAKERSFIELD, Calif.--The CSU Bakersfield baseball team hosts future Western Athletic Conference Northern Colorado for a four-game series this weekend.

This is the first time CSUB and the Bears are playing baseball. Northern Colorado, currently a member of the Great West Conference in baseball, will join the WAC as an affiliate member in baseball in 2014. The Bears are 4-7 after spliting two games at Kansas State earlier this week. Northern Colorado's leading hitter is Nick Miller (.324).

Scheduled to pitch this weekend for UNC will be Eian Raeber (Friday, R, 0-0, 0.00 ERA), Jake Johnson (Saturday, G1, R, 1-1, 4.91 ERA), Game 2 is TBA on Saturday. Sunday's pitcher is scheduled to be Nick Miller (L, 2-1, 4.61 ERA).

Roadrunner Friday night starter Jeff McKenzie (Sr., El Dorado Hills, Calif., San Joaquin Delta College) was selected WAC Pitcher of the Week Mar. 11. McKenzie pitched a complete game nine inning shutout win in a 11-0 victory over UC Davis Mar. 8. McKenzie struck out four and walked three in the 119-pitch effort. The game marked McKenzie's second career shutout victory in his sixth career game.

Scott Brattvet (Sr., Trabuco Canyon, Calif., Santa Ana College) who is 3-0 on the year, is scheduled to start one of the Saturday games. At 2-1 in 2013, Jonathan Montoya (R-Sr., Chino Hills, Calif., Chino Hills HS) will start during the weekend. Montoya will go either in game two on Saturday or in the Sunday finale.

After going 4-for-5 during Tuesday's loss to No. 21 UNLV, Tyler Shryock (Jr., Tehachapi, Calif., Desert Christian HS) leads CSUB in hitting at a .403 clip.