STOCKTON, Calif. – Pacific baseball (9-17, 2-7) travels to Santa Clara this weekend to take on the Broncos(14-10, 4-5). The series will be a Thursday-Saturday series with Easter Sunday this week. 

Graduate Ben Nemivant and freshman Rylan Evans lead the team and the conference in batting average. Nemivant is hitting .451, and Evans is hitting .404. They are the only two hitters in the conference hitting over .400. Nemivant also leads the conference in hits and is tied for the conference lead in doubles. Junior Chase Graves leads the team in home runs with four, while Nemivant and graduate Jeremy Lea are tied for the team lead in extra-base hits with 11. 

Senior Grant Stevens leads the team in wins with three and is the only Tiger to throw a complete game this season. Stevens leads the team in innings pitched at 39.2 and in strikeouts with 28. Sophomore Caden Duke leads the team in ERA at 3.26 and has a team-high four saves. 

Santa Clara is coming off a 5-4 win over UC Santa Barbara on Monday. The Broncos' most recent WCC action was a three-game series against LMU that the Lions swept. Santa Clara took two of three from San Diego the week prior. 

The Broncos are fourth in the WCC in team batting average. The Tigers are second, three points behind conference-leading Portland. The Santa Clara pitching staff is the best in the conference by ERA, with a team ERA of 4.29, 30 points better than second-place Portland. 

The Tigers took one of three from the Broncos at Klein Family Field last season. Pacific took two of three from Santa Clara the last time the two teams played at Santa Clara.