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2018 ETSU Baseball 2018 SCHEDULE GAME DAY INFORMATION DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT ETSU BUCCANEERS (17-12, 4-5 SOCON) VS. UNCG SPARTANS (24-8, 5-1 SOCON) FEB 16 NORTHERN KY W, 6-2 UNCG BASEBALL STADIUM • GREENSBORO, N.C. • APRIL 13-15 FEB 18 NORTHERN KY (DH 1) W, 7-2 (7) LIVE STATS: ETSUBUCS.COM • VIDEO: ESPN + ($) (GAME 3 WILL BE ON THE SOCON DIGITAL NETWORK) FEB 18 NORTHERN KY (DH 2) L, 5-4 TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM: @ETSU_BASEBALL FEB 23 at Florida Gulf Coast W, 10-8 FEB 24 at Florida Gulf Coast L, 6-1 PROJECTED STARTERS: FEB 25 at Florida Gulf Coast L, 11-2 FRIDAY – 6:00 PM – GAME 1 MAR 2 at Tennessee$ W, 10-9 RHP MICAH KACZOR (2-3, 5.17 ERA) VS. RHP MATT FRISBEE (6-0, 2.36 ERA) MAR 3 vs. MTSU$ L, 16-8 MAR 4 vs. Memphis$ W, 8-2 SATURDAY – 3:00 PM – GAME 2 MAR 7 EASTERN KENTUCKY W, 12-7 RHP RYAN SIMPLER (3-3, 4.84 ERA) VS. LHP BRYCE HENSLEY (3-1, 4.40 ERA) MAR 9 WINTHROP W, 8-4 MAR 10 WINTHROP W, 7-3 SUNDAY – 1:00 PM – GAME 3 MAR 11 WINTHROP W, 10-5 RHP RUSSELL KOESTERS (2-0, 3.82 ERA) VS. TBA (0-0, 0.00 ERA) MAR 16 at William & Mary L, 1-0 MAR 17 at William & Mary W, 3-2 (10) BUCS IN THEIR LAST 5 ..............................................................................................................................................3-2 MAR 18 at William & Mary L, 3-2 BUCS IN THEIR LAST 10 .................................................................................................................................. 5-5 MAR 20 at Tennessee W, 9-6 STREAK ............................................................................................................................................................L1 MAR 23 at Samford* W, 7-4 NEXT OUTING FOR THE BUCS ..........................................................................................APRIL 17 VS. TENNESSEE MAR 24 at Samford* L, 6-2 BUCS LEADER IN HITS ................................................................................................................ CHRIS COOK; 38 MAR 25 at Samford* W, 2-1 BUCS LEADER IN DOUBLES ............................................................... CALEB LONGLEY AND CHRISTIAN BAILEY; 11 MAR 27 UNC-ASHEVILLE W, 12-4 BUCS LEADER IN TRIPLES ............................................................................. CALEB LONGLEY AND ETHAN RICE; 1 MAR 29 MERCER* L, 10-4 BUCS LEADER IN HOME RUNS .................................................................AARON MAHER AND CALEB LONGLEY; 5 MAR 30 MERCER* L, 5-3 BUCS LEADER IN RBIS .......................................................................................................CHRISTIAN BAILEY; 25 MAR 31 MERCER* L, 8-4 BUCS LEADER IN RUNS ...............................................................................AARON MAHER AND CHRIS COOK; 24 APRIL 4 at Radford W, 9-8 BUCS LEADER IN OB% ......................................................................................................... DAVID BEAM; .432 APRIL 6 VMI* L, 8-7 BUCS LEADER IN SLG% .................................................................................................... CALEB LONGLEY; .608 APRIL 7 VMI* W, 6-4 BUCS LEADER IN STEALS .........................................................................................................HUNTER PARKER; 6 APRIL 8 VMI* W, 7-3 BUCS LEADER IN WINS .........................................................................JAMES GIAMBALVO AND RYAM SIMPLER; 3 APRIL 10 at Eastern Kentucky L, 9-4 BUCS LEADER IN IP..............................................................................................................RYAN SIMPLER; 48.1 APRIL 13 at UNCG* 6:00 PM BUCS LEADER IN ERA (AT LEAST 20.0 INNINGS) .......................................................... JAMES GIAMBALVO; 2.01 APRIL 14 at UNCG* 3:00 PM BUCS LEADER IN K’S ................................................................................................................RYAN SIMPLER; 54 APRIL 15 at UNCG* 1:00 PM BUCS LEADER IN SAVES .......................................................................JAMES GIAMBALVO AND AARON MAHER; 4 APRIL 17 TENNESSEE 6:00 PM APRIL 20 at Tulane 6:30 PM BUC NOTES APRIL 21 at Tulane 2:00 PM WE ARE “ETSU” APRIL 22 at Tulane 1:00 PM The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast APRIL 24 RADFORD 6:00 PM media to honor our request to be called “ETSU” throughout the 2018 season. East Tennessee State APRIL 27 at Western Carolina* 5:00 PM in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU. On TV graphics, please APRIL 28 at Western Carolina* 2:00 PM use ETSU. Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable. APRIL 29 at Western Carolina* 1:00 PM SERIES HISTORY MAY 4 THE CITADEL* 6:00 PM Through 40 all-time contests, UNCG leads the all-time series 26-14. MAY 5 THE CITADEL* 2:00 PM MAY 6 THE CITADEL* 1:00 PM After ETSU shutout the Spartans 11-0 to open last season’s series in Johnson City, UNCG took MAY 8 at Marshall TBA the final two games by finals of 9-7 and 12-3. MAY 11 FURMAN* 6:00 PM MAY 12 FURMAN* 2:00 PM Since rejoining the SoCon, UNCG has won each series, although, the Bucs and Spartans have MAY 13 FURMAN* 1:00 PM had some close battles. Seven of the 10 contests have been decided by two runs or less. MAY 15 at UNC-Asheville 6:00 PM SIMPLIFYING THE SPARTANS MAY 17 at Wofford* 6:00 PM In the 11-0 win over UNCG last year, veteran ace Ryan Simpler had his career best outing, MAY 18 at Wofford* 6:00 PM dealing a complete game shutout against one of the top offenses in the nation. Simpler threw MAY 19 at Wofford* 2:00 PM 108 pitches in the 9.0 innings, striking out seven and limiting UNCG to six hits. Prior to this, MAY 22-27 SoCon Tournament TBD ETSU’s last shutout at home came in 2013 against Lipscomb (8-0). *Southern Conference game STRIKING FIRST $ Lindsey Nelson Stadium in Knoxville (Tri-Star Classic) ETSU holds a 13-1 record when scoring first and 8-0 when scoring in the first inning. The first Home games listed in BOLD CAPS loss when scoring first came Tuesday against EKU. Game times Eastern and subject to change IMMACULATE INNING Junior RHP Daniel Sweeney used nine pitches against UNC Asheville to record three strikeouts — the nation’s first known immaculate inning this season. Tulane’s Will McAffer has been the only other known player to record one, doing so last week. The two teams face off next week in New Orleans. 2018 ETSU Baseball ETSU QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION TALE OF THE TAPE LOCATION ........................................................................JOHNSON CITY, TENN. BUCS VS. SPARTANS FOUNDED ................................................................................................1911 ETSU ............................CATEGORY ............................ UNCG NICKNAME .........................................................................BuccANEERS (BUCS) .272 ................................BATTING AVERAGE .............................. .320 ENROLLMENT ........................................................................................15,250 6.00 ................................RUNS PER GAME ............................... 7.00 COLORS .....................................................................NAVY BLUE & OLD GOLD 5.31 ................................RBIS PER GAME ............................... 6.03 AFFILIATION ..........................................................................NCAA DIVISION I CONFERENCE..........................................................................................SOCON 9.14 ................................ HITS PER GAME ............................... 11.28 PRESIDENT ..........................................................................DR. BRIAN NOLAND 3.86 ........................WALKS DRAWN PER GAME ....................... 4.09 ATHLETICS DIRECTOR ..................................................................SCOTT CARTER .400 ...................................SLUGGING % .................................. .465 FACULTY REP. .................................................................................SUSAN EPPS .364 ....................................ON-BASE % .................................. .397 ATHLETICS PHONE ...............................................................(423) 439-4343 IELDING TICKET OFFICE PHONE .........................................................(423) 439-3878 .971 ....................................F %. .................................. .984 4.88 .........................................ERA .........................................4.05 TEAM INFORMATION 5.70 .................RUNS ALLOWED PER NINE INNINGS ..................4.50 8.70 ....................STRIKEOUTS PER NINE INNINGS ................... 10.20 2017 OVERALL RECORD ........................................................................30-29 2017 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE RECORD.........................................9-15 (7TH) TWO TENNESSEE TRIUMPHS STARTERS RETURNING/LOST ........................................................................ 5/3 After defeating the Vols for a second-straight time in Knoxville, ETSU picked up its first STARTING PITCHERS RETURNING/LOST......................................................... 2/3 season series win over Tennessee since 2014. Furthermore, the wins also marked ETSU’s first LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST ......................................................... 20/14 series win over a Power Five school since 2016 over Big-10 opponent Purdue. Next Tuesday, ALL-TIME RECORD ....................................................................1208-1355-7