2020 ETSU Baseball GAME NOTES
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2020 ETSU Baseball GAME NOTES SCHEDULE 9-2 | H 5-1 | A 1-1 | N 0-0 | SoCon 0-0 DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT FEBRUARY 14 TOLEDO W, 6-2 15 TOLEDO W,15-1 WAGNER MARIST OHIO 16 TOLEDO W, 9-7 18 at VIRGINA TECH L, 10-3 4-6 2-7 3-8 21 RIDER W, 7-0 22 RIDER L, 7-4 23 RIDER W, 10-4 25 at CLEMSON W, 5-3 vs 29 GEORGIA STATE 9-3 MARCH ETSU BUCCANEERS (9-2, 0-0 SoCon) 1 GEORGIA STATE (GM 1) 18-7 Head Coach: Joe Pennucci (Northern Colorado ‘02) 1 GEORGIA STATE (GM 2) 5-4 (10) Career Record: 71-48 (3rd) LEADERS ETSU BASEBALL TOURNAMENT 2B: Jake Lyle (6) 6 WAGNER 4:00 PM Record at school: SAME 7 MARIST 4:00 PM 3B: Lyle/Noah Hill (2) 8 OHIO 3:00 PM LEADERS HR: Jake Madole (4) 10 at UT 6:00 PM Batting average: Jake Lyle (.463) Stolen Bases: Jake Lyle (10) 13 at UNCW 6:00 PM ERA: Matthew Mercer (1.17) 14 at UNCW 4:00 PM Runs: Ben Jackson (12) 15 at UNCW 1:00 PM RBI: Jake Lyle (11) K’s: Landon Knack (35) 17 at WINTHROP 6:00 PM Wins: Landon Knack (3) 20 MERCER* 6:00 PM 21 MERCER* 2:00 PM 22 MERCER* 1:00 PM 25 UNCA 6:00 PM 27 at WCU* 5:00 PM 28 at WCU* 2:00 PM 29 at WCU* 1:00 PM 31 RADFORD APRIL 3 at UNCG* 6:00 PM 4 at UNCG* 2:00 PM 5 at UNCG* 1:00 PM GAME INFORMATION SERIES HISTORY DATE: FRIDAY, MARCH 6 – SUNDAY, MARCH 8 VS WAGNER 7-0 8 V. TECH 6:00 PM LAST TIME ETSU 4, WAG 3 — FEB. 24, 2019 10 GEORGE WASHINGTON 6:00 PM LOCATION: JOHNSON CITY, TENN. THOMAS STADIUM 11 GEORGE WASHINGTON 2:00 PM TEAMS: ETSU (9-2), WAGNER (4-6), MARIST (2-7), OHIO (3-5) VS MARIST 4-2 11 GEORGE WASHINGTON 6:00 PM LIVE STATS: STATBROADCAST LAST TIME MAR 13, ETSU 2 — MAR 3, 2013 14 at UNCA 5:00 PM VS OHIO 1-2 17 VMI* 6:00 PM TOTAL 8-4 18 VMI* 2:00 PM UNDER PENNUCCI 3-0* 19 VMI* 1:00 PM * ALL VS WAGNER 21 at APP STATE 5:30 PM 24 FURMAN* 6:00 PM 25 FURMAN* 2:00 PM 26 FURMAN* 1:00 PM 28 AT RADFORD 6:00 PM MAY 1 at SAMFORD* 6:00 PM 2 at SAMFORD* 2:00 PM 3 at SAMFORD* 1:00 PM 7 CITADEL* 6:00 PM ETSU PROBABLE POSITION STARTERS 8 CITADEL* 4:00 PM 10 CITADEL* 1:00 PM Pos. # Player AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-ATT Notes 14 at WOFFORD* 6:00 PM C 6 Jackson Greer .250 40 11 10 1 0 3 8 0-1 Preseason All-SoCon first team selection 15 at WOFFORD* 6:00 PM 1B 7 Noah Hill .311 45 9 14 4 2 1 6 1-1 Reached base in all 11 games 16 at WOFFORD* 2:00 PM 19-24 SOCON TOURNAMENT 2B 8 Drew Haynie .286 21 4 6 0 0 2 3 2-2 First start against VT, 2 HR last Weekend 3B 9 Jake Lyle .463 41 10 19 6 2 1 11 10-11 Reached base in all 11 games SS 10 Cade Gilbert .270 37 9 10 1 0 0 8 3-3 1 of 4 to start every game at same position *Southern Conference game LF 13 David Beam .333 21 4 7 5 0 0 7 0-0 RBI double against Clemson in fifth Home games listed in BOLD CF 44 Ben Jackson .300 40 12 12 1 0 2 9 3-4 Reached base in all 11 games All listed game times are Eastern and subject RF 24 Ethan Cady .438 16 6 7 2 1 0 6 2-3 One of five Bucs with a triple this season to change DH 27 Kyle Richardson .222 10 2 2 0 0 0 2 0-0 Hit first walkoff HR in Pennucci era on 2/16 PROJECTED STARTING PITCHERS ETSU OPPONENT Day # Pitcher Pos. Cl. W-L ERA OPP # Pitcher Pos. Cl. W-L ERA Sat. 40 Landon Knack RHP Sr. 3-0 1.42 WAG 11 John LaPointe LHP Fr. 0-0 2.45 Sun. 30 Colby Stuart LHP So. 1-1 5.59 MAR 33 Ryan Cardona RHP So. 0-1 3.14 Sun. 31 Zach Kirby RHP So. 1-1 5.54 OHIO 21 Braxton Kelly RHP So. 1-1 5.25 @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. GENERAL INFORMATION East Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be School ......................................East Tennessee State University ETSU. On TV graphics, please use ETSU. Our full nickname is the Buccaneers, but “Bucs” is Location .....................................................Johnson City, Tenn. also encouraged. Founded .......................................................................... 1911 ABOUT ETSU Enrollment ...................................................................14,000 ETSU enters this weekend 9-2 on the season. The Blue and Gold are 8-1 at home and are Nickname ....................................................Buccaneers (Bucs) hitting .310 at the dish at Thomas. As a team, they are fifth in the nation with a .555 slug- School Colors ............................................... Navy Blue & Gold ging percentage. The Bucs’ pitching staff has been wildly successful early in the season, Affiliation ........................................................ NCAA Division I striking out a total of 124 hitters, averaging 11.3 K/9 innings. Conference................................................................Southern President .......................................................Dr. Brian Noland ETSU'S LAST WEEKEND ETSU is riding a five-game win streak after sweeping Georgia State last weekend at home Athletic Director ..................................................Scott Carter and upsetting Clemson on the road last Tuesday. The Bucs are led on the mound by senior University Website ........................................www.ETSU.edu Landon Knack (Johnson City, Tenn.) who has been lights out in his three starts this season. Athletics Website ...................................www.ETSUBucs.com Knack has 35 strikeouts this season in 19 innings of work and holds a 3-0 record. His 35-1 Athletic Department Phone ........................(423) 439-4343 strikeout to walk ratio is the best in the nation. Ticket Office Phone....................................... (423) 439-BUCS 2020 TEAM INFORMATION SCOUTING MARIST Lettermen Returning .........................................................20 The Red Foxes are 2-7 entering the tournament and are on a five-game losing skid. Marist is hitting .215 at the plate and just one player is hitting above .313 on their team. On the Lettermen Lost ...................................................................14 mound, the team has a 3.46 ERA and has given up 31 earned runs and 11 unearned runs. Starting Position Players Returning/Lost ..................... 6/3 They are giving up nearly one walk for every two strikeouts with 81 strikeouts and 42 Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost................................... 1/2 walks this season. Their starting pitchers have combined for an 0-2 record and have seven Newcomers ..........................................................................12 no decisions. Relief pitcher Zane Kmietek is 2-0 and has recorded a decision in both of the 2019 IN REVIEW teams’ wins. Overall Record ................................................................34-21 Home .................................................................................22-9 SCOUTING OHIO The Ohio Bobcats are riding a seven-game losing streak and are 3-8 this season. They are Away ................................................................................10-10 3-5 on the road and 0-3 in neutral site contests. The team is hitting .194 and has scored 34 Neutral ............................................................................... 2-2 runs over the course of 11 games. On the mound their pitchers hold a 5.52 ERA while their SoCon Record ..................................................................11-12 opponents have an ERA of 2.71. Throughout their seven game losing skid, the Bobcats SoCon Finish .......................................................................6th have been outscored by a combined total of 47-14 including having faced two shutouts. BALLPARK INFORMATION Name ........................................Thomas Stadium (“The Thom”) SCOUTING WAGNER Year Opened ....................................................................2012 Wagner is 4-6 this season and the Seahawks are 3-4 on the road. At the plate, Wagner is hitting .204 as a team and have 14 extra-base hits. Griffin Schneider and Henry Martinez ETSU Record at Thomas .............................................146-100 both lead the Seahawks with a .310 average. Schneider has four extra-base knocks with Location ..............Corner of State of Franklin Rd. & Univ. Pkwy. three home runs and a double. On the mound, Wagner holds a 6.72 team ERA and oppos- Capacity ..........................................................................1,000 ing hitters and batting .283 against them. Ryan Lauk of their staff holds a 6.60 ERA but is Surface .................. Turf (including the mound as of Jan. 2019) the lone starter to have recorded any wins this season as he holds a 2-0 record in three Dimensions .............. LF- 330, LC-370, CF-400, RC-370, RF-330 starts. Three of Wagner’s four wins this season have come in a one-run contest. COACHING STAFF Head Coach ..........................................................Joe Pennucci THREE IS THE MAGIC NUMBER After recording winning seasons each in 2017, '18 and '19, the Bucs secured three Alma Mater, Year .............................Northern Colorado, 2002 winning seasons in a row for the first time since the 1981-83 seasons. In those years, ETSU Record at ETSU (overall)....................................62-46 (same) went 44-17, 34-19 and 20-18, respectively. In 2017, ETSU finished 30-29 and in 2018 began Pitching Coach ........................Micah Posey (Florida State ‘11) the Joe Pennucci era with a 28-25 mark. Last season, the Bucs finished with a 34-21. Hitting Coach/ Recruiting ........Ross Oeder (Wright State ‘08) Volunteer Assistant ............................Zach Murray (ETSU ‘12) SETTING RECORDS Director of Baseball Operations .