But lately the injury bug has hit both teams. It was obvious over the weekend that Louisiana-Monroe missed catcher Ted White, who is out for the season with a broken thumb. Replacing White, an all-SLC pick who hit .336 with 10 homers last year, with Joe Jensen, a .217 hitter, is a huge blow. Look at Sunday's 9-3 loss to McNeese. ULM had 14 hits and only three runs.
Nobody seems to be able to get that big hit to break an inning open.
Down the road, it has to wear on the Indians if they can't find people who can get those big extra-base hits. At Arlington, there has been an apparent rash of injuries that have bothered the Mavericks lately. Unfortunately for McNeese, those injuries didn't start happening until after UTA swept the Cowboys in Arlington in early March. Texas-Arlington has four losses entering today's game with Southeastern Louisiana. No other team has fewer than five losses.