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2019 ETSU Baseball 2019 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Game Day Information FEB 15 IONA W, 4-3 ETSU Buccaneers (27-11, 7-4 SoCon) vs. Mercer Bears (21-20, 8-7 SoCon) FEB 16 IONA W, 14-3 Macon, Ga. • OrthoGeorgia Park • April 26-28 FEB 17 IONA W, 14-4 Twitter and Instagram: @ETSU_Baseball • Live Stats: ETSUBucs.com FEB 19 at Virginia Tech L, 9-3 FEB 23 WAGNER W, 7-1 Probable Starters: FEB 24 WAGNER W, 6-1 Friday, April 26 — 6:00 pm — Game 1 FEB 24 WAGNER W, 4-3 FEB 26 at #16 Clemson L, 14-3 RHP Micah Kaczor (5-0, 2.10) vs. RHP Sawyer Gibson-Long (4-3, 5.36) MAR 1 LIU BROOKLYN W, 10-3 MAR 2 LIU BROOKLYN W, 7-2 Saturday, April 27 — 2:00 pm — Game 2 MAR 2 LIU BROOKLYN W, 7-2 RHP Landon Knack (8-1, 3.03) vs. RHP Kevin Coulter (4-2, 2.65) MAR 6 at #1 Vanderbilt L, 12-4 MAR 8 at Georgia State L, 6-5 (13) Sunday, April 28 — 1:00 pm — Game 3 MAR 9 at Georgia State W, 8-2 RHP Daniel Sweeney (5-2, 3.17) vs. LHP Tanner Hall (5-3, 4.84) MAR 10 at Georgia State W, 5-1 MAR 13 at Gardner-Webb CANCELED Bucs in their last 5 ..............................................................................................................4-1 MAR 16 NJIT (DH 1) W, 12-2 Bucs in their last 10 ............................................................................................................5-5 MAR 16 NJIT (DH 2) W, 8-1 Streak ........................................................................................................................................L1 MAR 17 NJIT W, 3-2 Bucs Leader in Hits ............................................. Jackson Greer and Cullen Smith; 47 MAR 19 #22 TENNESSEE L, 5-1 Bucs Leader in Doubles ........................................................................Jackson Greer; 13 MAR 22 WESTERN CAROLINA* W, 10-9 Bucs Leader in Triples ............................................ Ethan Cady and Ethan Shelton; 3 MAR 23 WESTERN CAROLINA* W, 5-4 Bucs Leader in Home Runs ...................................................................Jackson Greer; 7 MAR 24 WESTERN CAROLINA* W, 10-3 Bucs Leader in RBIs ................................................................................Jackson Greer; 33 MAR 26 at #23 Tennessee W, 6-5 Bucs Leader in Runs ........................................................................................ Jake Lyle; 36 MAR 27 UNC ASHEVILLE W, 7-6 (12) Bucs Leader in OB% (starters) ........................................................ Jackson Greer; .483 MAR 29 GEORGETOWN W, 4-0 Bucs Leader in Slg% (starters) ........................................................ Jackson Greer; .606 MAR 30 GEORGETOWN W, 11-1 Bucs Leader in Stolen Bases .....................................................................Ethan Cady; 12 MAR 31 GEORGETOWN L, 5-3 Bucs Leader in Wins .................................................................................Landon Knack; 8 APRIL 2 RADFORD W, 6-5 Bucs Leader in IP .................................................................................. Micah Kaczor; 64.1 APRIL 5 at VMI* L, 7-6 Bucs Leader in ERA (starters) ........................................................... Micah Kaczor; 2.10 APRIL 6 at VMI* W, 14-3 Bucs Leader in ERA (relievers) ........................................................Nathanial Tate; 1.80 APRIL 7 at VMI* L, 6-0 Bucs Leader in K’s ..................................................................................Landon Knack; 62 APRIL 10 VIRGINIA TECH L, 4-2 Bucs Leader in Saves ........................................................................James Giambalvo; 5 APRIL 12 at Furman* L, 4-3 (12) BUC NOTES APRIL 13 at Furman* W, 8-7 WE ARE “ETSU” APRIL 14 at Furman* W, 11-5 The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast APRIL 16 APPALACHIAN STATE W, 4-0 media to honor our request to be called “ETSU” throughout the 2019 season. East Tennessee State in APRIL 18 WOFFORD* W, 7-1 first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU. On TV graphics, please use APRIL 19 WOFFORD* L, 10-4 ETSU. Our full nickname is the Buccaneers, but “Bucs” is encouraged. APRIL 20 WOFFORD* CANCELED APRIL 26 at Mercer* 6 PM SERIES HISTORY - Mercer leads the all-time series 33-15. APRIL 27 at Mercer* 2 PM - The teams have faced off every season since 2006, both as members of the ASUN and SoCon. APRIL 28 at Mercer* 1 PM - Since both rejoined the SoCon in 2015, Mercer has won all but one contest vs. ETSU. APRIL 30 at UNC Asheville 6 PM - ETSU’s last win vs. Mercer was also the last matchup between the two in Macon in 2016 -- 9-2. MAY 3 UNCG* 6 PM MAY 4 UNCG* 2 PM BUCS RECEIVING VOTES IN USA TODAY COACHES POLL MAY 5 UNCG* 1 PM For the first time in the Pennucci Era, ETSU officially received votes for a top 25 poll. The Bucs had MAY 10 at The Citadel* 4 PM six votes a few weeks back and one the following week in the USA Today Top 25 Coaches’ Poll. MAY 11 at The Citadel* 2 PM HOME SWEET HOME MAY 12 at The Citadel* 1 PM ETSU has a 21-4 record at Thomas Stadium this season, its best home start in Thomas Stadium MAY 14 GARDNER-WEBB 6 PM history. ETSU started 8-0 at home in 2005 and 8-1 in 2010. ETSU is one of 10 teams with at least MAY 16 SAMFORD* 6 PM 21 wins at home and four or less home losses. MAY 17 SAMFORD* 6 PM MAY 18 SAMFORD* 2 PM NEW LOOK BUCS The Bucs had a large turnover in players this past season, bringing in 25 newcomers to join 10 re- MAY 21-26 ---------SoCon Tournament ------------------------ turners. The 25 newcomers are the most in D1 Baseball. Sixteen of the newcomers are freshmen, eight are junior transfers and one is a sophomore transfer. *Southern Conference game Home games listed in BOLD CAPS THREE WINNING SEASONS? All listed game times are Eastern and subject to change After recording winning seasons each in 2017 and 2018, the Bucs will look to make it three winning seasons in a row for the first time since the 1981-83 seasons. In 2017, ETSU finished 30-29 and in 2018 began the Joe Pennucci era with a 28-25 mark. 2019 ETSU Baseball TALE OF THE TAPE ETSU QUICK FACTS BUCS VS. BEARS General Information ETSU ............................CATEGORY ............................. MER Location ..................................................................Johnson City, Tenn. .279 ..............................BATTING AVERAGE ............................... .272 Founded .............................................................................................1911 6.47 ...............................RUNS PER GAME ................................ 6.36 Nickname .................................................................Buccaneers (Bucs) Enrollment ......................................................................................15,250 5.81 ................................RBIS PER GAME ............................... 5.87 Colors ..................................................................Navy Blue & Old Gold 9.50 ............................... HITS PER GAME ................................. 9.31 Affiliation .......................................................................NCAA Division I 4.89 ......................WALKS DRAWN PER GAME ........................ 4.09 Conference......................................................................................SoCon .444 ..................................SLUGGING % ................................... .429 President ...................................................................... Dr. Brian Noland .385 .................................ON-BASE % ................................... .360 Athletics Director ...............................................................Scott Carter Faculty Rep............................................................................Susan Epps .975 .................................FIELDING %. ................................... .965 Athletics Phone ............................................................(423) 439-4343 3.50 ........................................ERA .........................................5.07 Ticket Office Phone .....................................................(423) 439-3878 4.23 .................RUNS ALLOWED PER NINE INNING ...................5.63 8.36 ....................STRIKEOUTS PER NINE INNINGS .....................8.51 Team Information AN EMPHASIS ON PITCHING 2018 Overall Record ......................................................................28-25 The second year of the Pennucci Era has been headlined by its strong starting pitching, as 2018 Southern Conference Record ...............................11-13 (6th) ETSU’s three weekend starters all rank in the Top 10 of the Southern Conference in ERA. Starters Returning/Lost .................................................................... 4/5 Friday RHP Micah Kaczor 2.10 ERA — 1st in SoCon Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost .................................................. 2/2 Saturday RHP Landon Knack 3.03 ERA — 6th in SoCon Letterwinners Returning/Lost................................................... 10/17 Sunday RHP Daniel Sweeney 3.17 ERA — 7th in SoCon All-Time Record .................................................................1248-1380-7 Head Coach ......................Joe Pennucci (Northern Colorado, ‘02) PITCHER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST Record at ETSU: ....................................................55-36 (2nd season) ETSU was one of a handful of teams to place more than one pitcher on the College Baseball Career Record: ................................................................................ SAME Foundation’s 2019 Pitcher of the