2021 ETSU Baseball GAME NOTES
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2021 ETSU Baseball GAME NOTES SCHEDULE App State Mountaineers (2-1, 0-0 Sun Belt) Head Coach: Kermit Smith (Northern Kentucky ‘94) 2-1 | H 2-1 | A 0-0 | N 0-0 | SoCon 0-0 Career Record: 543-468-1 (22nd) LEADERS DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Record at school: 72-110 (5th) 2B: Robbie Young (2) FEBRUARY 3B: None 19 NORTHERN KENTUCKY W, 10-3 HR: Cole/Drumheller (1) 20 NORTHERN KENTUCKY (DH) W, 3-2 LEADERS 20 NORTHERN KENTUCKY (DH) L, 4-3 Stolen Bases: Cole/Drumheller (1) Batting average: Phillip Cole (.500) ERA: Four pitchers (0.00) 23 APP STATE 3:00 PM Runs: Phillip Cole (4) 26 UNC ASHEVILLE 3:00 PM K’s: Trey Tujetsch (5) 27 UNC ASHEVILLE (DH) 1:00 PM RBI: Luke Drumheller (3) Wins: Martiniz/Hall (1) 27 UNC ASHEVILLE (DH) After GM1 MARCH vs 2 Clemson 5 EASTERN KENTUCKY 3:00 PM ETSU BUCCANEERS (2-1, 0-0 SoCon) 6 EASTERN KENTUCKY (DH) 1:00 PM Head Coach: Joe Pennucci (Northern Colorado ‘02) 6 EASTERN KENTUCKY (DH) After GM1 Career Record: 74-48 (4th) LEADERS 9 RADFORD 5:00 PM 2B: Ashton King (2) 12 at NC Central Record at school: SAME 14 at NC Central (DH) 3B: Ethan Cady (1) 15 at NC Central (DH) AFTER GM 1 LEADERS HR: Ashton King (2) 16 at Tennessee Stolen Bases: Jake Lyle (3) 19 VMI* 5:00 PM Batting average: Drew Haynie (.500) Runs: Ashton King (3) ERA: Seven players (0.00) 20 VMI* (DH) 1:00 PM K’s: Seth Chavez (4) 20 VMI* (DH) After GM1 RBI: Ashton King (5) 26 at Samford* Wins: Loyd/Smiddy (1) 27 at Samford* (DH) 27 at Samford* (DH) AFTER GM1 APRIL TEAM COMPARISON 2 at UNCG* HITTING PITCHING 3 at UNCG* (DH) 3 at UNCG* (DH) AFTER GM1 AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K’S SB-ATT ERA IP H R ER BB K’S B/AVG 6 VIRGINIA TECH 5:00 PM APP .240 17 23 3 0 2 14 13 20 2-2 3.76 26.1 21 11 11 10 22 .231 10 WOFFORD* 5:00 PM ETSU .234 16 22 5 1 4 15 14 29 4-5 2.67 27.0 14 9 8 11 33 .152 11 WOFFORD* (DH) 1:00 PM 11 WOFFORD* (DH) AFTER GM1 13 at Radford GAME INFO SERIES HISTORY 16 The Citadel* DATES: TUESDAY, FEB. 22 OVERALL RECORD 58-78-1 17 The Citadel* (DH) TIME(EST): 3 PM CURRENT STREAK W1 17 The Citadel* (DH) AFTER GM1 21 at Viriginia Tech LOCATION: JOHNSON CITY, TENN. UNDER PENNUCCI 1-0 23 WESTERN CAROLINA* 5:00 PM STADIUM (CAPACITY): THOMAS STADIUM (1,000) FIRST MEETING 1955 (W, 8-7) 24 WESTERN CAROLINA* (DH) 1:00 PM LIVE STATS: ETSUBUCS.COM LAST MEETING 2019 (W, 4-0) 24 WESTERN CAROLINA* (DH) AFTER GM1 PROJECTED WEATHER: 52º STREAK W1 30 at Mercer* LONGEST LOSING STREAK W2 MAY AT HOME 5-4 1 at Mercer* (DH) ROAD 3-0 1 at Mercer* (DH) AFTER GM1 NEUTRAL 0-0 7 UNCG* 5:00 PM 8 UNCG* (DH) 1:00 PM 8 UNCG* (DH) AFTER GM1 11 at App State* (DH) 14 at VMI* 15 at VMI* (DH) 15 at VMI* (DH) AFTER GM1 20 SAMFORD* 5:00 PM 21 SAMFORD* (DH) 1:00 PM ETSU PROBABLE POSITION STARTERS 21 SAMFORD* (DH) AFTER GM1 27-29 SOCON TOURNAMENT Pos. # Player AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-ATT BB SO Notes C 27 Kyle Richardson .100 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 3 1B 20 Sean Kearney .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 2 *Southern Conference game 2B 4 Drew Haynie .500 6 1 3 0 0 1 2 0-1 1 2 Home games listed in BOLD 3B 9 Jake Lyle .091 11 2 1 0 0 1 3 3-3 1 6 All listed game times are Eastern and subject SS 10 Ashton King .400 10 3 4 2 0 2 5 0-0 1 2 to change LF 13 David Beam .200 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0-0 4 3 CF 44 Ben Jackson .100 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 2 2 RF 24 Ethan Cady .400 10 2 4 1 1 0 3 1-1 1 0 DH 28 Bryce Hodge .364 11 2 4 0 0 0 1 0-0 1 2 PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS ETSU APP STATE Day # Pitcher Pos. Cl. W-L ERA Day # Pitcher Pos. Cl. W-L ERA TUE 2 Nathanial Tate RHP JR 0-0 1.29 TBD @ETSU_Baseball ETSU Baseball ETSUBucs.com QUICK FACTS AND NOTES ETSU BASEBALL QUICK FACTS BUC NOTES WE ARE “ETSU” GENERAL INFORMATION The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast School .....................................East Tennessee State University media to honor our request to be called “ETSU” throughout the 2018 season. East Tennessee State Location ....................................................Johnson City, Tenn. in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU. On TV graphics, please Founded ..........................................................................1911 use ETSU. Our full nickname is the Buccaneers, but “Bucs” is also encouraged. Enrollment ..................................................................14,000 Nickname ....................................................Buccaneers (Bucs) NEW LOOK BUCS School Colors ...............................................Navy Blue & Gold The Bucs enter 2021 after a 12-3 record in 2020. The Bucs are led by head coach Joe Pennucci Affiliation ........................................................NCAA Division I who is in his fourth season at the helm of Buccaneer baseball. The 43-man roster consists of 20 newcomers and 12 true freshmen. The Bucs will open their campaign at home for the 11th Conference............................................................... Southern straight season and hold a 7-3 record in that span. President ...................................................... Dr. Brian Noland Athletic Director ..................................................Scott Carter RENEWING THE RIVALRY University Website ........................................www.ETSU.edu The Bucs have played more games against Appalachian State than any other team in program Athletics Website ...................................www.ETSUBucs.com history. App State has won 20 more contests in the series (78-58), while the two teams have tied Athletic Department Phone ....................... (423) 439-4343 once. The Bucs won the first matchup 8-7 in 1955 and the last, 4-0 in 2019. The win two years Ticket Office Phone.......................................(423) 439-BUCS ago is the only time the Bucs and the Mountaineers have faced in the Pennucci era. 2021 TEAM INFORMATION THREE WINNING SEASONS? Lettermen Returning ........................................................ 26 After recording winning seasons each in 2017, ‘18 and ‘19, the Bucs secured three winning Lettermen Lost .................................................................... 6 seasons in a row for the first time since the 1981-83 seasons. In those years, ETSU went 44-17, Starting Position Players Returning ................................ 7 34-19 and 20-18, respectively. In 2017, ETSU finished 30-29 and in 2018 began the Joe Pennucci Starting Position Players Lost ........................................... 3 era with a 28-25 mark. Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost...................................2/1 ABOUT APP STATE Newcomers ......................................................................... 20 The Mountaineers are 2-1 after opening weekend. App State faced Winthrop on the road and 2020 IN REVIEW fell in the final game of the series, 10-9 after sweeping the season-opening doubleheader on Overall Record .................................................................12-3 day one. Phillip Cole leads App with a .500 batting average and a .615 on-base percentage. Home ................................................................................11-1 Alex Leshock and Andrew Greckel are the two other Mountaineers with above a .300 average. Away ...................................................................................1-2 Quinton Marintez and Noah Hall are the two pitchers for App with a 0.00 ERA and more than Neutral ...............................................................................0-0 three innings on the mound. SoCon Record .....................................................................n/a SOCON PRESEASON POLL SoCon Finish ......................................................................n/a The Bucs were slated fifth along with UNCG in the Southern Conference preseason coaches BALLPARK INFORMATION poll. The Bucs tallied three preseason All-SoCon selections in Jake Lyle (Spring Hill, Tenn.), Jake Name ........................................Thomas Stadium (“The Thom”) Madole (Hampstead, N.C.) and Matthew Mercer (Chattanooga, Tenn.). The media also picked the Year Opened ....................................................................2012 Bucs to finish fifth. ETSU Record at Thomas .............................................156-102 MIDWEEK MATCHUP ON THE MOUND Location ..............Corner of State of Franklin Rd. & Univ. Pkwy. Nathanial Tate will make his first career start in blue and gold for ETSU on Tuesday. The 2020 Capacity ..........................................................................1,000 SoCon All-Preseason Selection led all ETSU relievers with a 1.29 ERA last season. Tate tossed Surface .................. Turf (including the mound as of Jan. 2019) seven innings and allowed six hits, one run and struck out nine. Appalachian State’s probable Dimensions .............. LF- 330, LC-370, CF-400, RC-370, RF-330 starter, Cam Roberts, started one game last season and made five appearances out of the ‘pen. COACHING STAFF He held a 6.11 ERA, a 2-1 record through 17.2 IP. The redshirt-sophomore had eight strikeouts Head Coach .......................................................... Joe Pennucci and eight walks. Alma Mater, Year ..............................Northern Colorado, 2002 ALL ABOUT THE BEAM Overall Record .............................................74-49, 4th season Junior outfielder David Beam is poised for a solid spring, as he was named first team all-confer- Record at ETSU ................................................................Same ence by the coaches in 2019. As a freshman, Beam batted .283 in 38 appearances and was one Pitching Coach ..................................Jamie