Bobcats alter weekend schedule with South Alabama

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.