Game #31
ART U Urban Knights (13-17, 5-14 PacWest) vs. Biola Eagles (18-14, 9-11 PacWest)
Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 3 p.m.
La Mirada, Calif. -- Eagles Diamond
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Game #32 & 33
ART U Urban Knights (13-17, 5-14 PacWest) vs. Biola Eagles (18-14, 9-11 PacWest)
Thursday, April 12, 2019 at Noon & 3 p.m.
La Mirada, Calif. -- Eagles Diamond
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Game #34
ART U Urban Knights (13-17, 5-14 PacWest) vs. Biola Eagles (18-14, 9-11 PacWest)
Thursday, April 13, 2019 at Noon
La Mirada, Calif. -- Eagles Diamond
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ART U CONTINUES PACWEST PLAY WITH BIOLA
The Urban Knights will travel to southern California for the first time this season to take on Biola starting Thursday, April 11 for their third to last PacWest conference series.

FIRST PITCH
ART U will take on Biola Thursday, April 11 at 3 p.m., Friday at noon and 3 p.m., and Saturday at noon in La Mirada, California at Eagles Diamond. Remember to follow @ARTU_Knights via the athletics app (Apple App Store, Google Play Store) and on Twitter & Instagram as well as "Like" the Urban Knights on Facebook for score updates, videos, and recaps.

KNIGHT WATCH
The second highest batting average hitter in the PacWest, junior outfielder Thomas Delgadillo, had a pair of multi-hit games in ART U's series versus Concordia. Delgadillo is hitting .418 with five doubles, three triples, and one home run. Senior second baseman Elijah Smith has hit safely in three straight games, including going 2-4 with a double and one run scored April 6 versus CUI. The double was his 10th of the season, eighth most in a single season in ART  U baseball history. He needs seven more in the 15 remaining games to surpass Erick Luna's record of 16 doubles set in 2017. Senior pitcher Mason Verhees continued the best season of his career with a 5 inning, two hit, one run outing in which he struck out five, April 5 against Concordia. The winning pitcher that game was junior pitcher Galen Manhard, who threw 1.2 scoreless innings for the first win of his career.

BIOLA BOMBERS
Biola comes into their series with the Knights with a record of 18-14 overall and 9-11 in conference play. The Eagles started the season strong, winning five straight, with victories over Hope International, Vanguard, and San Diego Christian. BU dropped a pair of games to Hawaii Pacific next then split a doubleheader with the Sharks the following day. PacWest play started against UH Hilo who the Eagles lost three of four too in Hawaii. They split with Holy Names next before losing another series, three games to one, to Point Loma. BU briefly halted conference play to sweep St. Katherine in a three game series, but came back to PacWest play with a series loss to Azusa Pacific and most recently a split with Fresno Pacific. Offensively, Jerron Largusa leads the Eagles with his .345 batting average, although he is closely trailed by Jackson Collins who is hitting .343 and leads the team in home runs with six, and Joey Magro who is slashing .342. The Eagles have good power and boast the second most home runs in the league with 34. Troy Stainbrook is BU's top pitcher, with a conference leading 2.18 earned run average and 53 strikeouts in 41.1 innings of work. The all-time series between ART U and BU sits as just 2-2, with the Knights taking the latest game 6-0.

POTENT PITCHING OVERCOME BY EAGLES
ART U was locked in another pitchers duel in game four versus Concordia from outstanding performances by a trio of Urban Knights and although they kept it close the entire game, the Knights fell 3-1 Saturday at Laney College. Read More.

LOOKING AHEAD
Academy of Art will return home for the final home series of the year versus Azusa Pacific with back to back doubleheader days April 19-20. The Saturday game will feature a brief ceremony before the game to honor and thank the seniors of the program.