CANYON, Texas – The West Texas A&M baseball team returns home to host Cameron in the regular season finale series beginning Friday at 7 p.m. at Wilder Park.  The Buffs and Aggies then are scheduled for a doubleheader Saturday beginning at 1 p.m. for Senior Day.
 
Fans can access live stats and streaming by logging on to www.gobuffsgo.com and clicking on the baseball schedule page.  The series is sponsored by Amarillo Plains Dairy and the Amarillo Board.
 
This weekend also is Senior Weekend for the Buffs as 13 players will be playing their last regular season games at Wilder Park this weekend.  The 2015 WT senior class includes; Aaron Blair, Max Brennen, Jacob Caples, Heath Davis, Justin Disbro, Dylan Dyson, Johnny Gaines, Tyler Gibson, Justin Hargrove, Paul Lujan, Ryan March, Sean Michel and Kyle Olason. 
 
This senior class helped lead the Buffs to their first NCAA postseason appearance in school history last year and the program's best overall record at 37-21.  The seniors also have helped lead the Buffs to three-straight years of 30 or more wins including 2015.
 
Entering the series, the Buffs are 31-16 overall and 20-12 in Lone Star Conference play and are tied atop the league standings with Texas A&M-Kingsville.  TAMUK would have the edge over WT in hosting the Lone Star Conference Baseball Tournament next week if the two teams end tied by virtue of the head-to-head series win by the Javelinas over the Buffs this season. 
 
If Angelo State, who sits one game back of WT and TAMUK heading into the final week, also ties for the regular season title, the Buffs would host the LSC Championship by having the best record (6-1) against Tarleton State, who currently sits fourth in the league standings. 
 
The 2015 Lone Star Conference Baseball Championship is scheduled for May 7-9 at the regular season champion.  WT finished as LSC Tournament runner-up last season in Kingsville, Texas, which was the best finish in program history for the Buffs.
 
For the final weekend, the Buffs host Cameron, while TAMUK hosts Tarleton State and Angelo State hosts Eastern New Mexico.  WT and Cameron split their first series in March in Lawton, Okla., while Tarleton State went 3-1 against TAMUK, as did Eastern New Mexico against Angelo State.  All teams are scheduled to play Friday night and Saturday afternoon, however the schedule is subject to change based on weather.
 
WT remained fourth in the latest NCAA South Central Region Rankings, which were released Wednesday afternoon.  Colorado Mesa remained first, followed by St. Edward's, who jumped Colorado State-Pueblo who now sits third, followed by the Buffs, Angelo State and Tarleton State moved into sixth.  St. Mary's moved into seventh, followed by Texas A&M-Kingsville who fell from sixth to eighth as the Javelinas have lost five-straight games. 
 
The Buffs are 31^st this week, as the first team receiving votes in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Division II poll.  Angelo State is 28^th, while Colorado Mesa is 4^th to lead teams in the South Central Region, Colorado State-Pueblo is 16^th, followed by St. Edward's at 18^th. 
 
Last week, the Buffs went 3-1 with a 6-5 win at Wayland Baptist on Tuesday and then went 2-1 at Tarleton State to pull into a tie for first in the LSC as TAMUK dropped three games at Angelo State.  Lujan broke his own school record with his 10^th save of the season in the win at Wayland Baptist.  Lujan had nine saves last season and he owns the most career saves in school history with 19. 
 
After winning the first game of the series at Tarleton State 9-3, the Buffs dropped the second game and battled back in the third scoring home runs in the ninth and 10^th innings to tie the game and take the lead on solo shots for a 2-1 victory. The finale saw two weather delays during the game which played havoc with the pitching staffs. 
 
Junior Josh Day led the team for the week at .467, while leading the team with seven hits, one double and belted two home runs. He drove in three runs and scored four. Day slugged .933 and reached base at a .529 clip. Day now is tied for the team lead in home runs this season with four and has scored a team-high 37 runs. He has reached base safely in the last 16 games for the longest current streak on the team this season.
 
Cameron enters the series with a 19-26 record overall and an 11-21 mark in LSC play.  The Aggies are looking for their second conference series win of the season as they went 5-2 this season against Eastern New Mexico.  With two wins against the Buffs, Cameron would win the series with WT.
 
WT head coach Matt Vanderburg won his 200^th game on Sunday at WT in his seventh season.  He is 200-149 at WT and 299-216 overall in 10 seasons of coaching.  Vanderburg is 16-14 against Cameron at the helm of the Buffs.
 
The Aggies enter the series winners of 4 of 5 including going 2-1 against ENMU last weekend.  Prior to that, they had won just 1 of their last 11 dating back to losses in the final two games against WT on Mar. 28-29. 
 
For the season, the Aggies are hitting .254 with 346 hits, including 63 doubles, 12 triples and 12 home runs, while driving in 168 and scoring 193 runs.  Cameron is slugging .344 and reaching base at a .354 clip, while going 38 of 59 in stolen bases.
 
Offensively, Nate Hale and Cody Knight each lead the team with a .300 average.  Hale is second in hits with 36, along with six doubles, nine RBI and a team-high 21 walks.  He leads the team with eight stolen baes in 11 chances and has scored a team-high 29 runs.  Knight has 27 hits, with four doubles and one home run with 11 RBI and seven runs scored.  Jonathan Reyes leads the team with 47 hits, including eight doubles, two triples and one home run, while driving in a team-high 22 and scoring 24 runs.  Justin Winters leads the team with three home runs.
 
The Aggies carry a 4.06 ERA into the series in 355 innings this season.  CU has allowed 366 hits, 202 runs – 160 earned, 137 walks and 262 strikeouts as teams are hitting .267 against the Aggies.  The opposition has a 3.64 ERA allowing 193 runs – 145 earned, 168 walks and fanned the Aggies 315 times.
 
Dirk Masters leads the team with a 5-6 record and a 3.02 ERA in 12 appearances with 11 starts, three complete games, one shutout and one save.  He is second in innings pitched at 65.2 and has allowed 58 hits, 29 runs – 22 earned, walked 23 and fanned a team-high 73.  Codey Upton is 3-1 on the year with a 3.82 ERA in 68.1 innings.  Upton has pitched in 12 games with 11 starts and one complete game, while allowing 75 hits, 33 runs – 29 earned, 20 walks and he fanned 41.  Deven Youngstedt leads the team with a 1.47 ERA and has a 2-1 record in 18 appearances with one start and four saves in 30.2 innings of work.
 
The Buffs went 2-2 against Cameron in the first meeting this season.  WT outscored the Aggies 19-11 and outhit CU 37-29, but committed eight errors leading to seven unearned runs in the series.  Two of the games were decided by the score of 2-1 (both WT losses) and one was in 11 innings.  In the Buffs' two wins, they outscored CU 17-7.  WT hit .278 for the series with seven doubles and two home runs by junior Trace Hansen who hit a team-best .462 going 6 for 13 with six runs scored and two RBI. Michel and Olason each earned wins in the series, while Disbro and junior Kyle Tinius took the losses. 
 
Cameron leads the all-time series 31-29.  CU has won eight of the past 14 and won the series, 4-3 last season. 
 
The Buffs are led by Day who is hitting .313 among active starters and is the only Buff to play and start all 47 games.  He leads the team with 37 runs scored, second in hits (52), while recording eight doubles, a team-high four triples and four home runs along with a team-best 34 RBI.  He is slugging .482 and reaching base at a .382 clip.  March is second in average at .312 and leads the team with 53 hits.  He has six doubles, three triples, one home run while driving in 22 and scoring 29 runs.  Dyson is hitting an even .300 for the year with 30 hits, 20 runs scored, six doubles, one home run and 16 RBI.
 
As a team, the Buffs are hitting .277 with 416 hits, including 77 doubles, 15 triples, 21 home runs and 230 RBI while scoring 253 runs.  The team is slugging .390 and reaching base at a .356 clip.  WT is 17 of 33 in stolen bases and has committed 71 errors on the year for a .959 fielding percentage.
 
On the bump, Gibson leads the team among starters with a 2.20 ERA and a 5-2 record in 13 appearances with 12 starts, three complete games, one shutout and one save.  He has pitched a team-high 81.2 innings, allowing 62 hits, 26 runs – 20 earned, walked 25 and fanned a team-high 72 as teams are hitting .212 against him.  Junior Brooks Trujillo carries a 3.05 ERA and a 2-2 record in 12 starts.  He is second in innings pitched with 62 and has 42 strikeouts on the team which is tied for second.  Lujan leads the team with a 0.33 ERA and has a 4-1 record in 20 appearances.  He has pitched 27 innings, allowing 13 hits, four runs – one earned, walked five and fanned 27 with 10 saves.
 
As a staff, the Buffs have a 3.56 ERA in 379.1 innings.  The team has allowed 376 hits for a .262 average, 190 runs – 150 earned, walked 108 and fanned 318.  The 71 errors have led to 40 unearned runs thus far.
 
Nationally speaking, the Buffs rank sixth nationally in double plays, as they have turned 46 to lead the LSC.  WT ranks 29^th nationally and second in the LSC in ERA at 3.56, while ranking 40^th in hits allowed per nine innings (8.92).  The staff is 17^th in strikeout-to-walk ratio at a 2.94 clip and is 11^th in walks allowed per nine innings at 2.56 to lead the league.
 
Individually, Lujan ranks sixth nationally in saves with 10 which is tops in the LSC.  Gibson is 58^th in strikeouts with 72, while Day is 53^rd in triples with four.