2021 ETSU Baseball GAME NOTES
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2021 ETSU Baseball GAME NOTES SCHEDULE ETSU BUCCANEERS (13-10, 3-3 SoCon) Head Coach: Joe Pennucci (Northern Colorado ‘02) 13-10 | H 10-4 | A 3-6 | N 0-0 | SoCon 3-3 Career Record: 87-59 (4th) LEADERS DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Record at school: SAME 2B: Ashton King (9) FEBRUARY 3B: Ethan Cady (1) 19 NORTHERN KENTUCKY W, 10-3 20 NORTHERN KENTUCKY (DH) W, 3-2 LEADERS HR: Ethan Cady (10) 20 NORTHERN KENTUCKY (DH) L, 4-3 Batting average: Ethan Cady (.368) Stolen Bases: Jake Lyle (7) 23 APP STATE L, 5-4 Runs: Ethan Cady (22) ERA: Joseph Acosta (0.00) 26 UNC ASHEVILLE W, 9-1 K’s: Hunter Loyd (44) 27 UNC ASHEVILLE (DH) W, 6-3 RBI: Ethan Cady (31) 27 UNC ASHEVILLE (DH) W, 6-2 Wins: Hunter Loyd (4) MARCH at 2 #30 Clemson L, 7-3 5 EASTERN KENTUCKY W, 7-6 UNCG SPARTANS (13-11, 2-4 SoCon) 6 EASTERN KENTUCKY (DH) W, 3-2 (10) 6 EASTERN KENTUCKY (DH) W, 9-7 Head Coach: Billy Godwin (Florida '92) 9 RADFORD W, 6-0 Career Record: 342-230-1 (11th) LEADERS 12 at NC Central W, 14-3 Record at school: 25-16 (2nd) 2B: Greg Hardison (6) 13 at NC Central (DH) W, 5-1 3B: Corey Rosier (3) 13 at NC Central (DH) L, 3-2 16 at Tennessee L, 9-6 (10) LEADERS HR: Hogan Windish (7) 19 VMI* W, 4-0 Batting average: Corey Rosier (.354) Stolen Bases: Zack Budzik(11) 20 VMI* (DH) L, 6-3 Runs: Corey Rosier (23) ERA: Brandon Stephens (3.12) 20 VMI* (DH) W, 7-2 K’s: Austin Koehn (23) 26 at Samford* L, 7-3 RBI: Corey Rosier (26) 27 at Samford* (DH) L, 10-2 Wins: Austin Parsley (3) 27 at Samford* (DH) W, 5-1 30 at Radford L, 9-5 TEAM COMPARISON APRIL HITTING PITCHING 2 at UNCG* 3 at UNCG* (DH) AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K’S SB-ATT ERA IP H R ER BB K’S B/AVG 3 at UNCG* (DH) AFTER GM1 ETSU .231 123 169 44 1 25 116 114 226 19-27 3.88 201.2 176 95 87 82 216 .233 6 VIRGINIA TECH 5:00 PM UNCG .269 167 217 36 10 22 152 121 211 38-51 4.96 210.1 223 131 116 101 176 .274 10 WOFFORD* 5:00 PM 11 WOFFORD* (DH) 1:00 PM 11 WOFFORD* (DH) AFTER GM1 GAME INFO SERIES HISTORY 13 at Radford DATE: FRIDAY, APRIL 2, SATURDAY APRIL 3 OVERALL RECORD 16-31 16 The Citadel* TIME(EST): 4 PM FRIDAY, 1 PM DH ON SATURDAY CURRENT STREAK L3 17 The Citadel* (DH) 17 The Citadel* (DH) AFTER GM1 LOCATION: GREENSBORO, N.C. UNDER PENNUCCI 2-5 21 at Viriginia Tech LIVE STATS: ETSUBUCS.COM 23 WESTERN CAROLINA* 5:00 PM TV: ESPN+ 24 WESTERN CAROLINA* (DH) 1:00 PM TALENT: 24 WESTERN CAROLINA* (DH) AFTER GM1 30 at Mercer* MAY 1 at Mercer* (DH) 1 at Mercer* (DH) AFTER GM1 7 UNCG* 5:00 PM 8 UNCG* (DH) 1:00 PM 8 UNCG* (DH) AFTER GM1 11 at App State* (DH) 14 at VMI* 15 at VMI* (DH) 15 at VMI* (DH) AFTER GM1 20 SAMFORD* 5:00 PM ETSU PROBABLE POSITION STARTERS 21 SAMFORD* (DH) 1:00 PM 21 SAMFORD* (DH) AFTER GM1 Pos. # Player AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-ATT BB SO Notes 27-29 SOCON TOURNAMENT C 27 JL Bland .222 72 11 16 4 0 0 7 1-1 6 21 Has played DH, C, and 1B this season 1B 28 Sean Kearney .125 24 2 3 0 0 1 3 0-0 2 10 1.000 fielding percentage this season 2B 5 Justin Hanvey .209 43 6 9 4 0 0 4 1-1 7 15 44% of his hits this season are doubles *Southern Conference game 3B 9 Jake Lyle .165 79 15 13 4 0 2 8 7-7 10 25 Has started every game since coming to JC Home games listed in BOLD SS 10 Ashton King .299 87 15 26 9 0 3 10 1-1 12 15 12 of 26 hits this season have been XBH All listed game times are Eastern and subject LF 13 David Beam .256 78 11 20 4 0 1 10 1-2 16 26 Leads team with 16 walks to change CF 23 Reese Farmer .235 17 4 4 0 0 0 0 1-2 3 10 Fourth different starting CF this season RF 24 Ethan Cady .368 87 22 32 8 1 10 31 3-4 13 16 .461 OBP, .828 SLG% DH 27 Kyle Richardson .239 71 7 17 5 0 3 10 1-1 11 22 Third on team with .437 SLG% *BASED ON LAST WEEKEND'S LINEUP PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS ETSU UNCG Day # Pitcher Pos. Cl. W-L ERA Day # Pitcher Pos. Cl. W-L ERA FRI 7 Hunter Loyd RHP So. 4-0 2.16 FRI 16 Austin Koehn RHP R-So. 1-2 5.22 SAT 30 Colby Stuart LHP Jr. 1-1 4.05 SAT 24 Jacob Curry RHP R-Jr. 1-0 5.13 SAT 2 Nathanial Tate RHP Jr. 2-2 3.46 SAT 30 Brendan Collins RHP R-So. 2-1 6.00 GAMES 24-26 | UNCG | APRIL 2-3, 2021 | GREENSBORO, N.C. @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 2021 season. East Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU. On TV graphics, please use GENERAL INFORMATION 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 UNCG Affiliation ........................................................NCAA Division I The Spartans are 13-11 this season and 2-4 in league play. Last weekend, UNCG took two of three Conference............................................................... Southern games against VMI. In the SoCon opening series, the Spartans were swept by the Bulldogs in Bir- President ...................................................... Dr. Brian Noland mingham. Most recently, UNCG hosted NC State in the final game of their home-and-home series Athletic Director ..................................................Scott Carter this season. After defeating the Wolfpack earlier this season in Raleigh, NC State took down the University Website ........................................www.ETSU.edu Spartans in a pitcher’s duel, 3-0. UNCG is hitting .269 this season, while allowing their opponents Athletics Website ...................................www.ETSUBucs.com to have a .274 average at the plate. Offensively, the Spartans are led by Corey Rosier who is hitting .354 with a .616 slugging percentage. He leads the team with five home runs and three triples. The Athletic Department Phone ....................... (423) 439-4343 redshirt sophomore also has five doubles this season and 26 RBI. On the mound, Austin Koehn Ticket Office Phone.......................................(423) 439-BUCS and Brendan Collins both have six starts for the Spartans. Koehn has a 1-2 record while Collins is 2021 TEAM INFORMATION 2-1. The Spartans do not have a pitcher with more than five innings of work that holds under a Lettermen Returning ........................................................ 26 3.00 ERA. Lettermen Lost .................................................................... 6 Starting Position Players Returning ................................ 7 ETSU’S LAST SOCON OUTING Last weekend, ETSU lost its first weekend series of the season, falling in a doubleheader at Starting Position Players Lost ........................................... 3 Samford. In game one of the series, the Bucs took a one-run lead into the eighth, but the Bulldogs Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost...................................2/1 battled back. With one out, the Bulldogs got one man one with their third hit of the afternoon. Newcomers ......................................................................... 20 After a walk and a single, Samford tied the game at three before taking the lead on a squeeze 2020 IN REVIEW play. The Bulldogs added to their big eighth inning with a three-run home run to left to take a 7-3 Overall Record .................................................................12-3 lead into the ninth. In game two, Samford was efficient at the plate throughout the entire game. Home ................................................................................11-1 The hosts plated two in the first and second inning and followed with six more runs in the middle Away ...................................................................................1-2 frames to ultimately take the series and defeat the Bucs 10-2. ETSU avoided the sweep with a 5-1 victory in Saturday’s contest. Behind a strong start by Nathanial Tate (Manchester, Tenn.), ETSU Neutral ...............................................................................0-0 held Samford to just one run to improve to 3-3 in league action. SoCon Record .....................................................................n/a SoCon Finish ......................................................................n/a SERIES HISTORY BALLPARK INFORMATION UNCG leads the series against ETSU, 31-16 and have won the last three. The Blue and Gold are 2-5 Name ........................................Thomas Stadium (“The Thom”) against the Spartans under Coach Pennucci. Year Opened ....................................................................2012 ETSU’S STARTING ROTATION ETSU Record at Thomas .............................................161-104 The Buccaneers will keep the same starting rotation. Hunter Loyd will be the ace for the Blue and Location ..............Corner of State of Franklin Rd. & Univ. Pkwy. Gold for the seventh straight week. He holds a 2.16 ERA, has 44 K’s and leads Buccaneer pitch- Capacity ..........................................................................1,000 ing with a 4-0 record.