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2021 BASEBALL GAME NOTES vs. South Alabama May 20-22 5 p.m., 5 p.m., Noon Boone, N.C. Beaver Field at Jim & Bettie Smith Stadium ESPN+ NCAA Regionals: 1973, 1984, 1986, 2012 @appstatesports AppStateSports @appstatesports Conference Champions: 1973, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2012 @AppBaseball AppStateBaseball @AppBaseball PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS APP STATE (18-29, 9-9 Sun Belt) Game 1 Location: Boone, N.C. Nickname: Mountaineers App State — LHP Tyler Tuthill (Jr.) South Alabama — RHP Miles Smith (Sr.) Head Coach: Kermit Smith (5th season — Pfeiffer University, 2000) 2021: 4-5, 3.09 ERA, 75.2 IP, 62 Ks, 37 BBs 2021: 4-0, 1.91 ERA, 56.2 IP, 57 Ks, 16 BBs VS Game 2 App State — RHP Jason Cornatzer (R-Jr.) South Alabama — RHP Matt Boswell (Sr.) SOUTH ALABAMA (28-18, 14-7 Sun Belt) 2021: 1-2, 8.49 ERA, 29.2 IP, 37 Ks, 13 BBs 2021: 3-3, 5.01 ERA, 55.2 IP, 63 Ks, 19 BBs Game 3 Location: Mobile, Ala. Nickname: Jaguars App State — RHP Trey Tujetsch (So.) South Alabama — RHP JoJo Booker (Sr.) Head Coach: Mark Calvi (10th season — Nova Southeastern, 1991) 2021: 1-5, 8.93 ERA, 40.1 IP, 38 Ks, 18 BBs 2021: 6-0, 3.46 ERA, 67.1 IP, 64 Ks, 35 BBs 2021 SCHEDULE LEADING HITTERS (2021 STATS) FEBRUARY Pos. No. Name Yr. B/T BA GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB 2/20 Saturday at Winthrop W, 4-1 2/20 Saturday at Winthrop W, 4-0 C 35 Hayden Cross Jr. L/R .245 37-29 94 11 23 2 1 0 8 2-3 2/21 Sunday at Winthrop L, 10-9 1B 28 Robbie Young S-Sr. L/L .303 47-47 165 24 50 7 1 3 25 6-8 2/23 Tuesday at ETSU W, 5-4 2/27 Saturday North Carolina A&T (DH) W, 6-2 2B 4 Luke Drumheller Jr. L/R .286 47-47 182 28 52 9 1 5 36 3-4 2/27 Saturday North Carolina A&T (DH) W, 7-6 2/28 Sunday at North Carolina A&T L, 11-3 SS 3 Bailey Welch Sr. R/R .278 47-47 151 34 42 9 2 4 19 5-6 3B 32 Andrew Terrell Jr. R/R .248 42-34 121 21 30 4 0 1 15 9-12 MARCH 3/2 Tuesday North Carolina A&T W, 14-7 LF 5 Kendall McGowan Sr. R/R .264 47-43 174 26 46 6 2 6 25 4-4 3/5 Friday at #17 East Carolina L, 13-2 3/6 Saturday at #17 East Carolina L, 5-2 CF 22 Alex Leshock Sr. R/R .277 44-44 137 24 38 5 1 1 17 7-9 3/7 Sunday at #17 East Carolina L, 10-2 RF 19 Dalton Williams R-So. L/R .167 29-15 60 4 10 1 0 2 9 1-1 3/12 Friday at UNCW L, 6-1 3/13 Saturday at UNCW L, 4-1 RF 34 Phillip Cole Jr. R/R .185 43-35 130 14 24 7 0 2 19 3-3 3/14 Sunday at UNCW L, 7-1 DH 27 Tyler Leek R-Sr. R/R .231 11-7 26 2 6 1 0 0 2 0-0 3/16 Tuesday North Carolina A&T W, 14-5 3/19 Friday Arkansas State* W, 5-4 LEADING RELIEVERS (2021 STATS) 3/20 Saturday Arkansas State* W, 8-3 3/21 Sunday Arkansas State* W, 12-2 (7 inn.) Pos. No. Name Yr. ERA REC GP-GS SV IP H R ER BB K AVG. 3/23 Tuesday vs. Charlotte (in Kannapolis) L, 15-5 3/26 Friday at Georgia Southern* L, 3-1 LHP 29 Eli Ellington R-Jr. 4.12 2-0 23-0 4 39.1 29 18 18 17 42 .199 3/27 Saturday at Georgia Southern* L, 10-2 RHP 26 Jason Cornatzer R-Jr. 8.49 1-2 15-1 0 29.2 43 30 28 13 37 .333 3/28 Sunday at Georgia Southern* W, 3-1 3/30 Tuesday at Wake Forest L, 15-7 RHP 20 Andrew Papp S-Sr. 7.41 0-0 17-0 0 17.0 29 16 14 7 14 .392 APRIL RHP 32 Andrew Terrell Jr. 9.53 1-2 8-2 2 11.1 17 12 12 5 17 .321 4/1 Thursday at Coastal Carolina* PPD. STORYLINES 4/2 Friday at Coastal Carolina* PPD. 4/3 Saturday at Coastal Carolina* PPD. • Possessing the sixth-best league record in the 12-team Sun Belt and the fourth-best record in the 4/6 Tuesday at NC State L, 13-2 4/9 Friday Georgia State* W, 4-2 six-team East, App State caps the regular season with a home series vs. first-place South Alabama. 4/11 Sunday Georgia State (DH)* W, 9-7 After being at 30-percent capacity, Smith Stadium will be at 100-percent capacity for the first time. 4/11 Sunday Georgia State (DH)* L, 15-13 4/13 Tuesday Wake Forest L, 12-0 4/16 Friday at Lipscomb W, 9-5 (11 inn.) • Bailey Welch leads the Sun Belt in batting (.414) and on-base percentage (.521) in league games 4/17 Saturday at Lipscomb L, 4-2 and is No. 3 in slugging (.621). The shortstop has also produced a D1Baseball.com Defensive Play of 4/18 Sunday at Lipscomb W, 4-3 the Week this season with a quick-reflex play on a ricochet to initiate a 6-3 double play at Lipscomb. 4/20 Tuesday #19 Charlotte L, 11-8 4/23 Friday at Troy* L, 2-0 4/25 Sunday at Troy (DH)* L, 9-5 • App State allowed five runs over three games in last weekend’s series win at Little Rock and lost 2-0 4/25 Sunday at Troy (DH)* L, 12-2 (8 inn.) Tuesday at No. 21 South Carolina. Tyler Tuthill threw a complete game last Friday in a 2-1 win, and 4/27 Tuesday NC State L, 7-3 Trey Tujetsch pitched six scoreless innings before giving way to Eli Ellington in a 5-0 shutout Sunday. 4/30 Friday ULM* W, 6-4 • Pitcher of the Week Tyler Tuthill’s 1.83 ERA in league play ranks No. 3 in the Sun Belt and overall MAY 5/1 Saturday ULM* L, 10-7 ERA of 3.09 ranks sixth among starters. With his last three starts being 6.2 no-hit innings vs. ULM, 11 Ks 5/2 Sunday ULM* L, 13-5 (8 inn.) at Miami and 11 more Ks vs. Little Rock in a 2-1 victory that’s the only complete-game win on the road 5/7 Friday at Miami L, 4-2 5/8 Saturday at Miami L, 16-1 by a Sun Belt pitcher this year, he has allowed two earned runs or less in six of his last eight starts. 5/9 Sunday at Miami L, 10-2 (6 inn.) 5/11 Tuesday ETSU L, 10-5 • The six-day Sun Belt Tournament begins Tuesday at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, Ala. All 12 5/14 Friday at Little Rock* W, 2-1 teams qualify, with four “pool” groups of three teams apiece and each team playing a minimum of 5/15 Saturday at Little Rock* L, 4-2 5/16 Sunday at Little Rock* W, 5-0 two games (vs. the other two teams in its pool). Semifinalists will emerge from pool play that runs 5/18 Tuesday at #21 South Carolina L, 2-0 Tuesday-Friday, and the highest seed in a pool would win the tiebreaker if all three teams went 1-1. 5/20 Thursday South Alabama* 5 p.m. 5/21 Friday South Alabama* 5 p.m. • Currently No. 4 in the East, App State enters the South Alabama series percentage points ahead of 5/22 Saturday South Alabama* Noon No. 5 Georgia State (10-11 going into a home series vs. Little Rock) and three games ahead of No. 6 POSTSEASON Coastal Carolina (6-12 going into a home series vs. Texas State). Below are tourney scenarios for: 5/25- Tues/Sun. Sun Belt Tournament Montgomery, Ala. — No. 4 in East: Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. ET vs. No. 6 in West, Thursday at 7 p.m. ET vs. No. 1 in West * Sun Belt Conference game — No. 5 in East: Tuesday at 5 p.m. ET vs. No. 3 in West, Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET vs. No. 2 in East APPSTATESPORTS.COM • Injuries have taken a toll. Opening-day catcher Jack Lipson suffered a season-ending injury in the fifth game, and co-starter Hayden WHEN REFERENCING APP STATE, PLEASE USE: Cross missed two weeks before returning to the starting lineup two • App State weekends ago. Third baseman Andrew Greckel, who homered four • Appalachian State University times and hit .357 in 16 games last season, has been limited to two • Mountaineers starts since suffering an injury March 19, andCole Hooper (Sunday • Pronunciation: app-uh-LATCH-in starter to open the season) hasn’t pitched since Feb. 28. Other ailments have sidelined other key pitchers, and DH Tyler Leek made PLEASE DO NOT USE: his injury-delayed debut on April 27. • ASU • Appy State • For App State’s roster classification purposes, each team member • Appy who played in a college game last season has been advanced a • Pronunciation: app-uh-LAY-chin year.