March 20, 2008

PENSACOLA, Fla. - The West Florida baseball team plays their first conference home game since winning the 2007 conference title. The University of North Alabama is in town for a three game series with the Argos, beginning Friday afternoon at 3:00 pm for a doubleheader. Then, the series finale is Saturday at 1:00 pm. The Argos are 1-2 in conference play this season, after dropping two of three from Montevallo last weekend. Meanwhile, North Alabama is 2-1, after last weekend's series victory over West Georgia.

West Florida started conference play with an outstanding pitching performance by Kyle Ramsey, who hurled a four hit complete game in a 14-1 win at Montevallo. The Falcons defeated the Argos 12-11 and 8-6 in the other two games. The Argos offense is led by Kyle Andrews, who is third in the conference with an on-base percentage of .520, and has the conference's seventh best 40 hits so far this season. Andrews is hitting .396, which second on the team to Jimmy Boswell's .405 average.

North Alabama, who is 16-7 overall, is led by Jeffrey Ritter, who is hitting .494, which is the second best in the conference. Ritter leads the GSC in RBI's with 37, while teammate Matt Horton has the GSC's seventh best batting average of .444 for the season so far. The Argos' Greg Pron and Craig Westcott each have 24 RBI's on the season to lead the UWF attack, while Steven Bingert is third in the conference with four triples.

Statistics forecast a lot of runs to be scored at Pelican Park this weekend. West Florida, now 13-17 overall, took two out of three games from North Alabama last season, and finished three games ahead of the Lions in the standings last season during the regular season. This weekend's games will be broadcast on stretch internet, and available to listen over the phone. Go to goargos.com, and look for the stretch internet link on the right side of the page. Click on the link and look for directions to listen in.