Bobcats alter weekend schedule with South Alabama

April 20, 2018

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Texas State will enter the series with a 20-16-1 overall record and an 8-7 mark in the Sun Belt Conference.

SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State baseball team has announced a change in plans for this weekend’s home series against South Alabama.

The Bobcats were slated to play single games on each day between April 20-22. However, due to rain in the Saturday forecast, the series will begin with a doubleheader on April 20 beginning at 3 p.m.

The finale was originally scheduled for an 11:30 a.m. start April 22. That game will now begin at 12:30 p.m. April 22.

Texas State will enter the series with a 20-16-1 overall record and an 8-7 mark in the Sun Belt Conference. The Jaguars are 22-13 on the year and 10-4 in league play.

Texas State has now had eight of its 10 weekend series altered in some way due to inclement weather. A complete compilation can be found below:

Weather has played a role in all but two weekend series for Texas State in 2018.
The opening three-game set against Oklahoma State went off without a hitch, but since then the Bobcats have been unable to finish a series unaltered by weather.
TXST had a 58-minute rain delay early in a 1-0 loss to McNeese State on Feb. 25.
A contest on March 3 against Stephen F. Austin was halted after five innings of play due to persistent rain showers, and the game was finished on March 4 with Texas State winning 6-3.
Action at UC Santa Barbara never got underway March 10 thanks to heavy rainfall, and the game was moved to a doubleheader March 11. The Bobcats won the first game 6-5, and the two sides tied 4-4 in the series finale due to travel constraints.
Play was halted in the sixth inning for 1 hour, 24 minutes on March 17 against Appalachian State due to rain/lightning. TXST would go on to capture a 3-2 victory.
The start time for a March 23 bout against Coastal Carolina was pushed up one hour due to cold temperatures in Conway. The series finale was then played as a day-night doubleheader March 24 due to rain in the March 25 forecast.
Heavy rain showers on April 6 in Monroe forced the weekend series to be pushed back one day. The series started April 7 and a doubleheader was played on April 8. ULM won the series two games to one.
The April 15 forecast called for thunderstorms in the Decatur area, so the series finale with Georgia State was moved up a day to a day/night doubleheader on April 14. The Bobcats swept the road series.