2021 ETSU Baseball GAME NOTES
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2021 ETSU Baseball GAME NOTES SCHEDULE EASTERN KENTUCKY COLONEL (2-5, 0-0 OVC) Head Coach: Chris Prothro (Arkansas State ‘05) 5-3 | H 5-2 | A 0-1 | N 0-0 | SoCon 0-0 Career Record: 2-5 (1st) LEADERS DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Record at school: SAME 2B: Caleb Upshaw (3) FEBRUARY 3B: Kendal Ewell (1) 19 NORTHERN KENTUCKY W, 10-3 HR: Harris, Lovell (1) 20 NORTHERN KENTUCKY (DH) W, 3-2 LEADERS 20 NORTHERN KENTUCKY (DH) L, 4-3 Stolen Bases: Harris, Ridley (1) Batting average: Will King (.333) ERA: Will Brian (0.00) 23 APP STATE L, 5-4 Runs: Cam Ridley (6) 26 UNC ASHEVILLE W, 9-1 K’s: Louis Davenport (9) 27 UNC ASHEVILLE (DH) W, 6-3 RBI: Lovell, Harris, Upshaw (6) Wins: Davenport, Kelly (1) 27 UNC ASHEVILLE (DH) W, 6-2 MARCH vs 2 #30 Clemson L, 7-3 5 EASTERN KENTUCKY 3:00 PM ETSU BUCCANEERS (5-3, 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: 79-51 (4th) LEADERS 9 RADFORD 5:00 PM 2B: Ethan Cady, Ashton King (3) 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: Five players (2) 16 at Tennessee Stolen Bases: Jake Lyle (3) 19 VMI* 5:00 PM Batting average: Ethan Cady (.345) Runs: Ethan Cady (7) ERA: Hunter Loyd (1.46) 20 VMI* (DH) 1:00 PM K’s: Hunter Loyd (16) 20 VMI* (DH) After GM1 RBI: Ethan Cady (7) 26 at Samford* Wins: Hunter Loyd (2) 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 EKU .210 35 47 9 1 2 30 36 67 2-7 6.41 59 67 52 42 36 63 .283 10 WOFFORD* 5:00 PM ETSU .237 44 59 13 1 13 40 39 76 4-6 3.04 71 56 27 24 26 76 .2115 11 WOFFORD* (DH) 1:00 PM 11 WOFFORD* (DH) AFTER GM1 13 at Radford GAME INFO SERIES HISTORY 16 The Citadel* DATE: FRIDAY, MARCH 5 - SATURDAY, MARCH 6 OVERALL RECORD 32-50-1 17 The Citadel* (DH) TIME(EST): CURRENT STREAK L1 17 The Citadel* (DH) AFTER GM1 21 at Viriginia Tech FRIDAY - 3 PM UNDER PENNUCCI 1-1 23 WESTERN CAROLINA* 5:00 PM SATURDAY - 1 PM DH FIRST MEETING 1958 (L, 17-4) 24 WESTERN CAROLINA* (DH) 1:00 PM LOCATION: JOHNSON CITY, TENN. LAST MEETING 2018 (L, 9-4) 24 WESTERN CAROLINA* (DH) AFTER GM1 STADIUM (CAPACITY): THOMAS STADIUM (1,000) 30 at Mercer* LIVE STATS: ETSUBUCS.COM MAY TV: ESPN+ 1 at Mercer* (DH) TALENT: 1 at Mercer* (DH) AFTER GM1 FRIDAY - JAY SANDOS 7 UNCG* 5:00 PM 8 UNCG* (DH) 1:00 PM SATURDAY - MIKE GALLAGHER 8 UNCG* (DH) AFTER GM1 PROJECTED WEATHER: MID 40s 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 JL Bland .316 19 4 6 1 0 0 3 0-0 1 4 .316 batting average is second on team 1B 28 Bryce Hodge .290 28 4 7 1 0 1 5 0-0 4 8 2019 NCJAA All-American at Walters St. *Southern Conference game 2B 4 Drew Haynie .211 19 2 4 0 0 2 3 0-1 4 6 40% of ETSU career hits are HR (4 of 10) Home games listed in BOLD 3B 9 Jake Lyle .167 30 6 5 1 0 2 5 3-3 2 12 3 of 5 hits have been XBH All listed game times are Eastern and subject SS 10 Ashton King .241 29 4 7 3 0 2 6 0-0 3 8 5 of 7 hits have been XBH (3 2B, 2 HR) to change LF 13 David Beam .290 31 6 9 3 0 2 13 0-0 7 9 Hit .429 (6-14) vs UNCA CF 1 Markell Graham .200 10 3 2 0 0 1 2 0-0 0 4 Only player with 10+ ABs without a walk RF 24 Ethan Cady .345 29 7 10 3 1 2 7 1-2 3 5 Leads team with .345 batting average DH 44 Ben Jackson .071 14 2 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 4 5 .276 on-base percentage PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS ETSU CLEMSON Day # Pitcher Pos. Cl. W-L ERA Day # Pitcher Pos. Cl. W-L ERA FRI 7 Hunter Loyd RHP SO 2-0 1.46 FRI 13 Brennan Kelly LHP SR 1-1 6.48 SAT 30 Colby Stuart LHP JR 0-0 3.60 SAT 14 Jake Lewis LHP JR 0-1 6.75 SAT 2 Nathanial Tate RHP JR 0-0 1.80 SAT 2 Louis Davenport RHP JR 1-0 4.00 GAMES 9-11 | EASTERN KENTUCKY | MARCH 5-6, 2021 | THOMAS STADIUM @ETSU_Baseball ETSU Baseball ETSUBucs.com QUICK FACTS AND NOTES WE ARE “ETSU” ETSU BASEBALL QUICK FACTS The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our request to be called “ETSU” throughout the 2018 season. East Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU. On TV graphics, please GENERAL INFORMATION use ETSU. Our full nickname is the Buccaneers, but “Bucs” is also encouraged. School .....................................East Tennessee State University Location ....................................................Johnson City, Tenn. NEW LOOK BUCS Founded ..........................................................................1911 The Bucs enter 2021 after a 12-3 record in 2020. The Bucs are led by head coach Joe Pennucci Enrollment ..................................................................14,000 who is in his fourth season at the helm of Buccaneer baseball. The 43-man roster consists of 20 Nickname ....................................................Buccaneers (Bucs) newcomers and 12 true freshmen. School Colors ...............................................Navy Blue & Gold ABOUT EASTERN KENTUCKY Affiliation ........................................................NCAA Division I Eastern Kentucky is 2-5 entering the weekend and is coming off a 6-3 loss at Kentucky. Five of Conference............................................................... Southern EKU’s seven games have been decided by four runs or less. The Colonels picked up a big win President ...................................................... Dr. Brian Noland at No. 15 Georgia Tech in their second game of the season, 9-6. The team’s other win came at Athletic Director ..................................................Scott Carter Presbyterian, 5-3. Of EKU’s seven games, five have come against Power-5 opponents (No. 15 Ga. University Website ........................................www.ETSU.edu Tech, No .4 Louisville and Kentucky). Athletics Website ...................................www.ETSUBucs.com ETSU’S LAST TIME OUT Athletic Department Phone ....................... (423) 439-4343 On Tuesday, the Bucs suffered their first road loss of the season at Clemson, one of three Ticket Office Phone.......................................(423) 439-BUCS Power-5 opponents for ETSU this season. Clemson defeated the Bucs 7-3 with three HR and 2021 TEAM INFORMATION strong two-out offense. Last weekend, Bucs swept UNC Asheville over the weekend for their Lettermen Returning ........................................................ 26 first series sweep of the season. ETSU outscored UNCA 21-6 in the three-game series. The Bucs Lettermen Lost .................................................................... 6 tallied 11 extra-base hits over the weekend and drew 18 walks. ETSU’s pitcheres held just a 1.33 Starting Position Players Returning ................................ 7 ERA against the Bulldogs and struck out 25, walking nine. Starting Position Players Lost ........................................... 3 ETSU’S LAST FIVE Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost...................................2/1 Over the last five games, the Bucs are 3-2 with two midweek losses (Appalachian State and Newcomers ......................................................................... 20 Clemson). In the last five games Kyle Richardson is leading the team with a .462 batting average, 2020 IN REVIEW while David Beam is hitting .333 and Ethan Cady is .316 at the dish. The Bucs have nine home Overall Record .................................................................12-3 runs and eight doubles over the last five contests, averaging 1.8 HR and 3.4 XBH per game. Home ................................................................................11-1 Away ...................................................................................1-2 CADY’S CONSISTENCY Ethan Cady leads the team with a .345 batting average and a .441 on-base percentage. He Neutral ...............................................................................0-0 has 10 hits this season with six of them going for extra bases. Cady leads the team with three SoCon Record .....................................................................n/a multiple hit games and has two multi-RBI games. The Soddy Daisy native has an eight-game SoCon Finish ......................................................................n/a on-base streak and four-game hit streak, both are tied for the team lead. He has moved up in BALLPARK INFORMATION the batting order this season, beginning the season in the 4th and 5th spot, but has started the Name ........................................Thomas Stadium (“The Thom”) last four games as the 2nd man in the lineup. Year Opened ....................................................................2012 ETSU Record at Thomas .............................................159-103 ALL ABOUT THE BEAM Beam continued his sucess in the last four games with a hit in each as the junior outfielder Location ..............Corner of State of Franklin Rd. & Univ. Pkwy. extended his on-base streak to eight. He had a hit and a walk against Clemson on Tuesday. Capacity ..........................................................................1,000 Against UNC Asheville last weekend, the senior outfielder was 6-for-14 at the dish against the Surface .................