BILLINGS, Mont. – The last time the Montanan State University Billings baseball team attempted to play Northwest Nazarene University, their trip to Nampa, Idaho was cut short by weather. The Yellowjackets (15-17, 6-12 GNAC) will get another chance to complete the season-series with the Crusaders (19-16, 8-10 GNAC) this weekend as they will attempt to pull off a six-game, three-day series starting Thursday, April 19 and ending Saturday, April 21 at Dehler Park.
 
All three days will start at 1 p.m.
 
Last weekend, the 'Jackets split their four-game series with Saint Martin's University on Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15.  The Saints claimed the first and third games of the series 5-8 and 1-0 while MSUB took games two and four 12-5 and 1-0.
 
Sunday's 1-1 decision between the two games was the lowest-scoring conference doubleheader in Great Northwest Athletic Conference history.
 
Matt Eames was honored by the GNAC as the Co-Pitcher-of-the-Week after pitching the Yellowjackets to a 1-0 win in game-four. He fanned 10 batters in seven innings of work and gave up just two hits.
 
Eames is currently fourth on the team for innings pitched with 33.1 and also strikeouts at 31. Despite his record, game-three's pitcher Samuel Paterson leads the team with 49.1 innings of work and 37 batters retired. Paterson is currently second in the league with a 3.65 earned run average.
 
At the plate, freshman Ty Gilmore continues to pace the team with a .364 which also has him tied for fourth in the conference. The 'Jackets' starting third baseman is second to only Brody Miller in official at-bats and leads the team with 24 runs scored, 40 hits, six doubles and 46 total bases.
 
Blake Loran and Mack Unruh are the other two players currently hitting above .300 for the season with Loran second on the team with a .316 while Unruh currently owns a .304 batting average. Matt Comer leads the team with a .460 slugging percentage and is tied with Trevor Wilson with a team-high four home runs.
 
Northwest Nazarene is led on the mound by Zeb Sneed who has made 11 appearances this season, third-best on the team. He leads the team with a 3.81 ERA and a 5-4 record and has struck out a team-best 47 batters.
 
Sean McDonald leads the Crusaders' offense as he is currently hitting at a .349 clip and has scored a team-high 26 runs in a team-high 146 at-bats. Zach Steele leads the team with seven homers for the season and 27 runs batted in to boast a .512 slugging percentage.
 
All six games will be available to be followed live via live stats. Just log onto www.msubsports.com and click on the live stats link either under the multimedia tab or on the Yellowjacket baseball schedule.