BAKERSFIELD, Calif.--CSU Bakersfield welcomes Dallas Baptist to Hardt Field this weekend for a three-game Western Athletic Conference series.

This is the first time CSUB and Dallas Baptist are playing baseball against one another. The Roadrunners (25-13), winners of four in a row are tied for the WAC lead with UT Arlington (9-3). Dallas Baptist (20-17) is tied for fourth (7-5) with Sacramento State.

The Patriots have made the NCAA Tournament the past two seasons as an independent program. and this will be the lone season for the squad in the WAC before Dallas Baptist moves its lone Division I program to the Missouri Valley Conference.

Duncan McAlpine leads the Patriots in hitting (.336), home runs (12), and RBI's (38). He has a .704 slugging percentage to go along with a .439 on-base percentage.

Jake Johansen (R, 5-3, 4.47 ERA) is scheduled to pitch Friday night against Jeff McKenzie (Sr., El Dorado Hills, Calif., San Joaquin Delta College). On Saturday, Cy Sneed (R, 2-2, 5.36 ERA) will face Scott Brattvet (Sr., Trabuco Canyon, Calif., Santa Ana College). The Sunday finale should feature Cody Beam (R, 2-0, 4.31 ERA) against Jonathan Montoya (R-Sr., Chino Hills, Calif., Chino Hills HS).

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