Back on the road to begin a season-long five-game road trip, Austin Peay State University's baseball team meets nationally-ranked Ole Miss in a 6:30 p.m., Tuesday contest at Swayze Field.

Austin Peay looks to rebound after losing both games of a Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader to Morehead State, Friday, ending a stretch of 11 games without consecutive losses. The Govs batted .340 during the three-game series with MSU, with four batters recording five or more hits. Third baseman Gino Avros enjoyed another solid OVC weekend, going 7-for-12 with two walks in the series.

Ole Miss dropped its second-straight Southeastern Conference series, falling to No. 1 Arkansas, last weekend, after falling at No. 15 Florida the weekend prior. Still, the Rebels are 11-4 overall since the start of SEC play and haven't lost consecutive games since March 14-16. Catcher Hayden Dunhurst opened the series against Arkansas with a 5-for-5 effort and finished the series 8-for-15 with seven RBI, leading an offense that batted .387 against the Razorbacks.

INSIDE THE SERIES

The Series: 20 previous meetings, UM leads 18-2
Previously: OM won the 2018 meeting, 11-4, in Oxford.
Notably: Ole Miss has won the last 14 meetings in the series. Austin Peay last won a game in the series during the 1998 season, 15-4, in Oxford. This will be the Govs fifth contest against a Top 25 team this season, previously facing Dallas Baptist and Tennessee. Austin Peay has seven wins against teams from Power 5 conferences under head coach Travis Janssen: Oklahoma (2016), #6 N.C. State (2017), Notre Dame (2017), Illinois (2018), Kansas State (2018), #5 Clemson (2018) and #1 Vanderbilt (2019).

PROBABLE STARTERS

Govs RHP Sebastian Martinez vs. Ole Miss RHP Tyler Myers
Martinez will make his first start as a Governor at Ole Miss, Tuesday. He leads the Govs with 13 appearances this season and owns a 3.38 ERA. Martinez has made 32 career relief appearances with his longest outing a 3.1-inning effort at Northwestern State earlier this season.

FIRST HACKS

• Austin Peay has recorded seven of its eight double-digit hit outings this season since March 20. The Govs are batting .310 and averaging 7.6 runs over the 13-game stretch that has seen them win seven games.
• Catcher Jack Alexander opened the Morehead State series by reaching in all four of his plate appearances, going 3-for-3 with two doubles, a walk, and two RBI. It was his first multi-hit outing since the March 26 Belmont series opener.
• Third baseman Gino Avros ranks ninth among OVC hitters with a .390 batting average in league games and is eighth with a .479 on-base percentage. He has particularly enjoyed playing at The Hand where he is batting .459 this season.
• Designated hitter Ty DeLancey went 2-for-4 in Game 2 of the Morehead State series, Friday. It was his third multi-hit outing in April after recording only two multi-hit outings prior tot he month.
• Outfielder TJ Foreman saw a four-game hit streak end in Friday's doubleheader against Morehead State. He had brought hit average up 59 points during a seven-game stretch, ending Friday, that saw him bat .409 (9-22) with four RBI.
• Outfielder Knaje Guthrie made his first collegiate home run count, hitting a grand slam in Game 2 of the Morehead State series, Friday. He has been the Govs starting left fielder since March 20 when he made his first collegiate start at Southeast Missouri.
• Shortstop Bobby Head has been the Govs best hitter in April, batting .448 (13-29) with six RBI and seven runs scored. He saw a six-game hit streak end in the Morehead State series finale, Friday, but has reached safely in nine straight games.
• First baseman John McDonald had a hit in all three games of the Morehead State series, including a 3-for-3 outing in the series finale. He went 5-for-9 with a home run, three walks and two RBI in the series.
• Center fielder Garrett Spain has been the Govs best bat on the road this season, leading the way with a .339 batting average, five home runs, a .695 slugging percentage and 14 RBI in the 15 road games to date.
• Second baseman Malcolm Tipler went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a RBI in the series finale against Morehead State, Friday, providing the Govs lone run. It capped a 5-for-9, three double weekend for the Govs fifth-year player.