2020 ETSU Baseball GAME NOTES
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2020 ETSU Baseball GAME NOTES SCHEDULE TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS (14-2, 0-0 SEC) LEADERS Head Coach: Tony Vitello (Missouri '02) 2B: Zach Daniels (6) 12-2 | H 11-1 | A 1-1 | N 0-0 | SoCon 0-0 Career Record: 83-50 (3rd year) 3B: Two players (1) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Record at school: SAME HR: Daniels/Pavolony (4) FEBRUARY Stolen Bases: Max Ferguson (9) 14 TOLEDO W, 6-2 ERA: Sean Hunley (0.54) 15 TOLEDO W,15-1 LEADERS 16 TOLEDO W, 9-7 Batting average: Pete Derkay (.542) K’s: Jackson Leath (29) 18 at VIRGINA TECH L, 10-3 Wins: Jackson Leath (4) 21 RIDER W, 7-0 Runs: Zach Daniels (17) 22 RIDER L, 7-4 RBI: Zach Daniels (17) 23 RIDER W, 10-4 25 at CLEMSON W, 5-3 vs 29 GEORGIA STATE 9-3 MARCH ETSU BUCCANEERS (12-2, 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 W, 13-1 Record at school: SAME 7 MARIST W, 2-1 3B: Noah Hill (3) 8 OHIO W, 6-4 LEADERS HR: Jake Madole (4) 10 at UT 6:00 PM Batting average: JL Bland (.571) Stolen Bases: Jake Lyle (12) 13 at UNCW 6:00 PM ERA: Landon Knack (1.08) 14 at UNCW 4:00 PM Runs: Ben Jackson (14) 15 at UNCW 1:00 PM RBI: David Beam (14) K’s: Landon Knack (51) 17 at WINTHROP 6:00 PM Wins: Landon Knack (4) 20 MERCER* 6:00 PM 21 MERCER* 2:00 PM 22 MERCER* 1:00 PM TEAM COMPARISON 25 UNCA 6:00 PM HITTING PITCHING 27 at WCU* 5:00 PM 28 at WCU* 2:00 PM AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K’S SB-ATT ERA IP H R ER BB K’S B/AVG 29 at WCU* 1:00 PM UT .307 163 173 38 2 27 144 118 111 30-32 1.81 144.0 100 34 29 31 158 .192 31 RADFORD ETSU .295 112 136 31 9 19 103 68 125 30-35 2.93 126.0 114 54 41 34 158 .238 APRIL 3 at UNCG* 6:00 PM 4 at UNCG* 2:00 PM GAME INFORMATION SERIES HISTORY 5 at UNCG* 1:00 PM DATES: MARCH 10 OVERALL RECORD 20-66 8 V. TECH 6:00 PM TIME(EST): 6 PM 10 GEORGE WASHINGTON 6:00 PM CURRENT STREAK W1 11 GEORGE WASHINGTON 2:00 PM LOCATION: KNOXVILLE, TENN. LONGEST WIN STREAK W5 11 GEORGE WASHINGTON 6:00 PM STADIUM (CAPACITY): LINDSEY NELSON STADIUM (4,283) LONGEST LOSING STREAK L16 14 at UNCA 5:00 PM TV: WATCHESPN AT HOME 9-26 17 VMI* 6:00 PM TALENT: ROAD 11-29 18 VMI* 2:00 PM LIVE STATS: STATBROADCAST NEUTRAL 0-1 19 VMI* 1:00 PM PROJECTED WEATHER: UNDER PENNUCCI 3-2 21 at APP STATE 5:30 PM RAINY, HIGH 64, LOW 50 FIRST MEETING 4/25/1967, L, 4-2 24 FURMAN* 6:00 PM 25 FURMAN* 2:00 PM LAST MEETING 3/26/19, W 6-5 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 .260 50 13 13 2 0 3 9 0-1 Preseason All-SoCon first team selection 15 at WOFFORD* 6:00 PM 1B 7 Noah Hill .316 57 12 18 5 3 1 7 3-3 Reached base in all 14 games 16 at WOFFORD* 2:00 PM 19-24 SOCON TOURNAMENT 2B 8 Ashton King .222 27 6 6 1 2 2 7 0-0 First start at SS last weekend 3B 9 Jake Lyle .389 54 13 21 6 2 2 13 12-13 4th in nation with 12 stolen bases SS 10 Cade Gilbert .311 45 13 14 1 0 1 11 3-3 Inside-the-park HR against Marist *Southern Conference game LF 13 David Beam .313 32 5 10 5 0 1 14 0-0 RBI double to lead Bucs passed Clemson Home games listed in BOLD CF 44 Ben Jackson .271 48 14 13 1 0 2 9 0-1 Leads the team with 14 runs scored All listed game times are Eastern and subject RF 24 Ethan Cady .333 21 7 7 2 1 0 6 2-3 Fourth on team in batting avg to change DH 33 Jake Madole .393 28 9 11 4 0 4 10 2-2 Eight of 11 of his hits have been XBH PROJECTED STARTING PITCHERS ETSU TENNESSEE Day # Pitcher Pos. Cl. W-L ERA Day # Pitcher Pos. Cl. W-L ERA TUES 43 Tucker Rogers RHP Jr. 1-0 2.61 TUES Camden Sewell RHP So. 4-1 2.18 * stats from 2019 @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 The Bucs swept the ETSU Baseball Tournament last weekend with a win over Wagner, Athletic Director ..................................................Scott Carter Marist and Ohio. The Bucs outscored their opponents 23-11 over the weekend. Through- University Website ........................................www.ETSU.edu out the weekend ETSU's pitching staff combined for a 1.33 ERA with just four ER and four Athletics Website ...................................www.ETSUBucs.com walks. The staff combined for 34 strikeouts on the mound. ETSU's weekend success came Athletic Department Phone ........................(423) 439-4343 with the help of Landon Knack on Friday who set a school record with 16 strikeouts and Ticket Office Phone....................................... (423) 439-BUCS offensively on Saturday, David Beam's grand slam in the eighth put the dagger on the 2020 TEAM INFORMATION 13-1 win. On Sunday, the Bucs had closer games, but a Cade Gilbert inside-the-park HR Lettermen Returning .........................................................20 was the difference maker in game one vs Marist. In the tournament finale, Markell Graham Lettermen Lost ...................................................................14 came through with 2 RBIs and a run scored in his best game of the early season. Starting Position Players Returning/Lost ..................... 6/3 SCOUTING TENNESSEE Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost................................... 1/2 The Vols entered last weekend 13-0 but lost the series to Wright State and now hold a Newcomers ..........................................................................12 14-2 record. UT is hitting .307 as a squad and hold a strong 1.81 ERA on the mound. While 2019 IN REVIEW scoring 10.2 runs per game, the Vols have 67 extra-base hits. Offensively, Liam Spence has Overall Record ................................................................34-21 started in 15 of the Vols’ 16 games and hosts a .362 batting average with two doubles and Home .................................................................................22-9 a home run. He holds a .483 on-base percentage as one of five Vols with 10 or more walks. Away ................................................................................10-10 MATCHUP ON THE MOUND Neutral ............................................................................... 2-2 The Bucs will be throwing Tucker Rogers for his third midweek start this season. He is 1-0 SoCon Record ..................................................................11-12 this year after allowing a total of three runs between starts at Virginia Tech and Clemson. SoCon Finish .......................................................................6th He secured the upset win over the Tigers on Feb. 25 with five innings and giving up just BALLPARK INFORMATION two runs on six hits. Recently he pitched one inning on Saturday against Wagner and Name ........................................Thomas Stadium (“The Thom”) allowed no hits, struckout one and walked a batter. Tennessee's starter, Camden Sewell Year Opened ....................................................................2012 has not thrown a pitch this season. Last year he went 4-1 in five starts with 43 strikeouts in ETSU Record at Thomas .............................................146-100 45.1 innings of work. Location ..............Corner of State of Franklin Rd. & Univ. Pkwy. THREE IS THE MAGIC NUMBER Capacity ..........................................................................1,000 After recording winning seasons each in 2017, '18 and '19, the Bucs secured three Surface .................. Turf (including the mound as of Jan. 2019) winning seasons in a row for the first time since the 1981-83 seasons. In those years, ETSU Dimensions .............. LF- 330, LC-370, CF-400, RC-370, RF-330 went 44-17, 34-19 and 20-18, respectively. In 2017, ETSU finished 30-29 and in 2018 began COACHING STAFF the Joe Pennucci era with a 28-25 mark. Last season, the Bucs finished with a 34-21.