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2018 APPALACHIAN STATE BASEBALL Marshall Saturday-Sunday, March 3-4 1p.m., Noon (DH) Boone, N.C. Beaver Field at Smith Stadium APPVISION Live Streams NCAA Regionals: 1973, 1984, 1986, 2012 @appstatesports AppalachianStateMountaineers @appstatesports Conference Champs: 1973, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2012 @AppBaseball AppStateBaseball @AppBaseball PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS APPALACHIAN STATE (3-4, 0-0 Sun Belt) Location: Boone, N.C. Nickname: Mountaineers Game 1 (Saturday, 1 p.m.) Head Coach: Kermit Smith (2nd season — Pfeiffer University, 2000) App State — LHP Andrew Vaccacio (Jr.) Marshall — RHP Wade Martin (Jr.) VS. Game 2 (Sunday, Noon) App State — LHP Colin Schmid (Jr.). Marshall — RHP Brad O’Connor (Sr.) MARSHALL (4-2, 0-0 Conference USA) Location: Huntington, W.Va. Nickname: Thundering Herd Game 3 (Sunday, After Game 2) Head Coach: Jeff Waggoner (12th season — Cleveland State, 1998) App State — RHP Brandon Boone (Jr.) Marshall — RHP Will Ray (Sr.) 2018 SCHEDULE POTENTIAL STARTERS (2018 STATS) FEBRUARY Pos. No. Name Yr. B/T BA GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI OBP Fri. 16 at UNCG L, 10-3 C 8 Riley Smith Jr. R/R .259 7-7 27 6 7 4 0 0 6 .375 Sat. 17 at UNCG L, 11-6 Sun. 18 at UNCG W, 6-4 1B/DH 34 Conner LeonardSr. R/R .100 6-6 20 2 2 0 0 1 2 .308 Fri. 23 at UNCW L, 2-0 2B 3 Bailey Welch Fr. R/R .143 7-7 28 6 4 0 0 0 2 .314 Sat. 24 at UNCW W, 6-2 3B/1B 13 Drew Beck Jr. R/R .217 6-6 23 2 5 2 0 1 5 .308 Sun. 25 at UNCW L, 2-1 (10) Tues. 27 at Western Carolina W, 13-3 3B/2B 31 Calev Grubbs So. L/R .222 5-3 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 .462 SS 9 Joel McDaniel Jr. R/R .250 6-6 24 4 6 2 0 0 4 .357 MARCH LF 19 Beau Myers So. R/R .133 7-4 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 .235 Sat. 3 Marshall 1 p.m. Sun. 4 Marshall Noon CF 22 Alex Leshock Fr. R/R .286 4-4 14 4 4 1 1 0 2 .412 Sun. 4 Marshall 4 p.m. RF 7 CJ Brown Jr. R/R .080 7-7 25 3 2 0 0 1 1 .148 Tue. 6 vs. South Carolina^ 6 p.m. DH 16 Jason Avers Fr. R/R .231 7-7 26 1 6 1 0 0 8 .355 Wed. 7 UNC Asheville 5 p.m. Fri. 9 at Elon 4 p.m. Sat. 10 at Elon 2 p.m. STORYLINES Sun. 11 at Elon 1:30 p.m. Tue. 13 at North Carolina Central 6 p.m. SETTING THE STAGE Fri. 16 at Texas State* 7 p.m. After beginning the season with seven straight road games, App State opens its home schedule Saturday Sat. 17 at Texas State* 5 p.m. with the start of a three-game series vs. Marshall. The opener will be followed by a Sunday doubleheader. Sun. 18 at Texas State* Noon Tue. 20 Wake Forest 5 p.m. Wed. 21 at UNC Asheville 4 p.m. Earlier this week, App State set a program record for season-ticket sales, beating the mark set in 2013. Fri. 23 Georgia Southern* 6 p.m. Sat. 24 Georgia Southern* 3 p.m. Overall, the Mountaineers are scheduled to play 40 of their 56 regular-season games in the state of North Sun. 25 Georgia Southern* 1 p.m. Carolina. After the Marshall series, they will play South Carolina in Charlotte’s BB&T Ballpark on Tuesday. Tue. 27 at Gardner-Webb 6 p.m. Thu. 29 at South Alabama* 7:30 p.m. Fri. 30 at South Alabama* 7:30 p.m. STARTING STRONG ON THE MOUND Sat. 31 at South Alabama* 2 p.m. With only 11 earned runs allowed in 38.1 innings this season, Appalachian State’s starting pitchers have a combined ERA of 2.58. APRIL Tue. 3 at Radford 3 p.m. Fri. 6 Troy* 6 p.m. Series-opening starter Andrew Vaccacio has a 2.92 ERA with four earned runs allowed over 12.1 innings, Sat. 7 Troy* 3 p.m. and normal Game 2 starter Colin Schmid (1-0) has a 3.27 ERA with four earned runs allowed over 11.0 Sun. 8 Troy* 1 p.m. innings. Brandon Boone made his first career start at UNCW and gave up one earned run over four innings. Wed. 11 at North Carolina A&T% 6 p.m. Fri. 13 Louisiana* 6 p.m. Sat. 14 Louisiana* 3 p.m. Travis Holden (2-0) gave up one unearned run in five innings of a Game 3 win to end the UNCG series, Sun. 15 Louisiana* Noon and he allowed two earned runs in six innings of a 13-3 win at Western Carolina on Tuesday. Tue. 17 North Carolina Central 5 p.m. Wed. 18 Western Carolina 5 p.m. Fri. 20 at ULM* 7 p.m. HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING Sat. 21 at ULM* 3 p.m. When App State held a 10-1 lead after three innings at Western, it was the first time the Mountaineers Sun. 22 at ULM* 2 p.m. reached double figures in the first three innings of a game since the 2012 team that won a conference Wed. 25 Gardner-Webb 5 p.m. Fri. 27 Little Rock* 6 p.m. title and reached an NCAA Regional scored 10 runs in the first three innings of a 15-4 win against Rider. Sat. 28 Little Rock* 3 p.m. Sun. 29 Little Rock* 1 p.m. PUTTING THE SEASON IN PERSPECTIVE In its 64 innings this season, with two series against teams picked to win their leagues, App State has held MAY Wed. 2 North Carolina A&T 5 p.m. the lead after its at-bat 31 times, been tied after 20 of its at-bats and trailed after only 13 of its at-bats. Fri. 4 at UT Arlington* 7:30 p.m. Sat. 5 at UT Arlington* 3 p.m. ASSESSING APP STATE Sun. 6 at UT Arlington* 2 p.m. Led by second-year head coach Kermit Smith, the Mountaineers have 13 returning players and 18 Fri. 11 at Georgia State* 6 p.m. Sat. 12 at Georgia State* 2 p.m. newcomers following a 19-36 season in which they stood at 18-24 overall and 7-12 in Sun Belt play Sun. 13 at Georgia State* 1 p.m. before closing against South Alabama, Wake Forest and Coastal Carolina. Tue. 15 Radford 5 p.m. Thu. 17 Coastal Carolina* 6 p.m. There are six seniors among the 13 returnees, and the 18 newcomers are split evenly between nine Fri. 18 Coastal Carolina* 3 p.m. Sat. 19 Coastal Carolina* 1 p.m. freshmen and nine transfers, including eight from the junior college level. Three of the team’s four home Tues.-Sun. 22-27 at Sun Belt Tournament (Lafayette, La.) runs have come from newcomers: freshman Kendall McGowan, freshman CJ Brown, transfer Drew Beck. * Sun Belt Conference game RECAPPING THE MARSHALL SERIES ^ in Charlotte, N.C. (BB&T Ballpark) % at War Memorial Stadium Entering this weekend, App State holds a 41-26 lead in its series with Marshall. The Mountaineers took All times are Eastern two of three road games when they last met in 1997. GAMES 8-10 VS. MARSHALL • MARCH 3-4, 2018 STORYLINES STRIKING IMPRESSION 2018 SUN BELT CONFERENCE STANDINGS App State junior Colin Schmid’s 11 strikeouts last weekend at UNCW are tied for the most by a Sun Belt pitcher this season. ULM’s Trey Jeans had 11 against Sun Belt Overall Northern Kentucky one day earlier. EAST DIVISION W L Pct. W L Pct. Streak Coastal Carolina 0 0 0.000 8 2 0.800 W3 Schmid has moved forward from a sophomore season in which his 79 strikeouts tied for sixth place on App State’s single-season list. South Alabama 0 0 0.000 7 2 0.778 L1 Georgia State 0 0 0.000 4 3 0.571 L1 Schmid’s ERA of 3.61 in 2017 ranked fourth among returning full-time starters Georgia Southern 0 0 0.000 5 4 0.556 L1 in the Sun Belt Conference. After posting four of his six wins in Sun Belt play last year, there were only five returning pitches with more wins in league play. Troy 0 0 0.000 5 4 0.556 W1 Appalachian State 0 0 0.000 3 4 0.429 W1 RANKING HIGHLY IN THE SUN BELT WEST DIVISION Junior catcher Riley Smith is fourth in the Sun Belt with four doubles this year. UTA 0 0 0.000 4 1 0.800 W2 Senior pitcher Travis Holden is 10th in the league with a 1.64 ERA. He has eight ULM 0 0 0.000 6 2 0.750 L1 strikeouts and only one walk in his two starts. Arkansas State 0 0 0.000 3 2 0.600 W2 The pitching staff from App State is second in the league with only 18 walks. Little Rock 0 0 0.000 5 4 0.556 W1 Texas State 0 0 0.000 3 4 0.429 L1 MATCHING UP ON THE MOUND Louisiana 0 0 0.000 3 5 0.375 W1 Game 1 record … Through 20 of his 25 outings, had a 1.93 ERA ..