RICHMOND SPIDERS Vs. Dayton Flyers
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2018 SCHEDULE RICHMOND SPIDERS Date Opponent Time/Result Feb. 16 vs. #13 Louisville ^ L, 4-3 Feb. 17 vs. George Mason ^ W, 16-2 vs. dayton flyers Feb. 18 @ The Citadel ^ W, 13-3 Feb. 20 @ Old Dominion L, 4-2 pitt field - richmond, va. Feb. 23 TOWSON W, 11-5 Feb. 24 TOWSON W, 7-3 Feb. 25 TOWSON W, 10-5 SCOUTING THE OPPONENT Richmond squares off with College World Feb. 28 JAMES MADISON L, 10-6 Dayton (12-25, 4-8) enters the conference Series participant, Louisville on Opening Day. Mar. 2 BINGHAMTON L, 5-4 Mar. 3 BINGHAMTON W, 3-2 series on a three-game win streak. Last The Spiders will also take on Yale, Marist, Mar. 4 BINGHAMTON W, 6-4 weekend, the Flyers took two of three from Davidson, North Carolina, and Virginia. Mar. 6 VMI Postponed Mar. 9 @ Stetson L, 5-2 St. Bonaventure and won both midweek Prior to the start of the season, the Spiders Mar. 10 @ Stetson L, 7-0 games, outscoring opponents 24-8. Pat will go head-to-head with four national- Mar. 11 @ Stetson L, 5-1 Meehan leads the Flyers at the plate hitting ly-ranked opponents. Mar. 13 @ Jacksonville W, 4-3 Mar. 14 @ The Citadel L, 5-2 .293 with 44 hits and six homers. Mar. 16 LEHIGH % W, 7-0 The Last Meeting: The two squads met last NOTEWORTHY NUMBERS Mar. 17 YALE % W, 8-5 Mar. 18 MONMOUTH % W, 7-6 season in Dayton with the Spiders taking • The Spiders are seventh in the A-10 in Mar. 19 PRINCETON W, 7-3 two of three - one of which went into extra ERA (4.03) and they rank 84th nationally Mar. 21 @ James Madison Canceled Mar. 23 UMASS * W, 17-5 innings. in category Mar. 24 UMASS * L, 2-1 • Layne Looney is tied for third in the Mar. 25 UMASS * W, 7-1 Mar. 27 MARYLAND W, 10-3 JOHNNY BENCH AWARD WATCH LIST league in saves (6) Mar. 31 @ George Mason * L, 1-0 (10 inn.) Junior Kyle Schmidt was named to 2018 • Vinny Capra is tied for 11th in the league @ George Mason * L, 5-1 Apr. 1 @ George Mason * W, 5-1 Johnny Bench Award Watch List. He is one of in batting average (.324) Apr. 3 #14 DUKE L, 13-2 four catchers to represent the Atlantic 10 on • The Spiders are sixth in the A-10 in Apr. 6 MARIST W, 8-7 MARIST L, 10-8 the list. He has started a total of 72 career runs (208) Apr. 8 MARIST Cancelled games. This season he has a .268 career • Richmond is 67th nationally in triples Apr. 10 LIBERTY L, 6-5 Apr. 13 @ George Washington * W, 6-4 batting average and a .992 fielding percent- per game (0.29) Apr. 14 @ George Washington * L, 6-0 age. Last season, Spider senior Brandon • Richmond ranks 84th nationally in @ George Washington * W, 5-4 Apr. 18 VMI L, 11-2 (10 inn.) Johnson was on the list. fielding percentage (.973) Apr. 20 DAVIDSON * L, 6-2 • Richmond is outscoring opponents Apr. 21 DAVIDSON * L, 3-0 Apr. 22 DAVIDSON * W, 10-6 A LOADED SCHEDULE 208-180 Apr. 24 @ William & Mary Cancelled The 2018 Spider Baseball schedule is high- Apr. 27 DAYTON * 3:00 PM Apr. 28 DAYTON * 1:00 PM lighted by seven NCAA Tournament partic- Apr. 29 DAYTON * 12:00 PM ipants and two games at Pitt Field against May 4 @ VCU * 6:30 PM May 5 @ VCU * 2:00 PM perennial powers, Maryland and Duke. May 6 @ VCU * 1:00 PM May 8 @ North Carolina 6:00 PM PROJECTED RICHMOND POSITION STARTERS May 9 @ Longwood 6:00 PM May 11 LA SALLE * 3:00 PM Pos. # Player Cl. B/T G-S Avg. H R RBI Notes May 12 LA SALLE * 1:00 PM C 37 Kyle Schmidt Jr. R/R 28-24 .268 26 15 7 Johnny Bench Watch List May 13 LA SALLE * 10:00 AM 1B 4 Kyle Adams Sr. L/R 35-35 .235 28 21 19 Leads team in home runs May 15 @ Virginia 6:00 PM 2B 23 Daniel Brumbaugh Sr. L/R 36-36 .272 37 24 23 May 17 @ Fordham * 12:00 PM SS 17 Vinny Capra Sr. R/R 38-38 .324 47 29 29 Team leader in RBI May 18 @ Fordham * 12:00 PM 3B 30 Sage Bruhl Jr. R/R 38-35 .261 31 16 17 LF 6 D.J. Lee R-Jr. L/R 37-37 .238 31 26 24 May 19 @ Fordham * 7:00 PM CF 9 Anthony Forte R-So. L/R 35-33 .243 28 23 14 May 23-26 Atlantic 10 Tournament TBA RF 28 Jordan Schulefand Fr. R/R 30-24 .235 19 10 10 DH 44 Tyler Plantier Gr. R/R 22-21 .288 23 13 9 ^ - Charleston Crab House Challenge (Charleston, S.C.) % - Spider Invitational (Pitt Field) PROJECTED RICHMOND STARTING PITCHERS * - Atlantic 10 Conference game Pos. # Player Cl. App.-GS ERA W-L CG IP H R ER BB SO SV RHP 13 Tim Miller R-Fr. 9-9 4.17 2-3 - 45.1 42 21 21 18 41 - HOME games are BOLD RHP 25 Aaron Winkler So. 10-10 4.86 2-5 - 46.1 57 27 25 12 44 - All Times are Eastern RHP 24 Robbie Baker R-Sr. 10-10 3.38 5-1 1 50.2 41 26 19 18 46 - QUICK HITS RECORDS TO WATCH University of Richmond • Head Coach Tracy Woodson eclipsed 100 career wins at the helm with the Spiders. His Location .................................................University of Richmond, Va. 100th victory came over Towson on February 23. In the series finale at George Mason he Founded .....................................................................................................1830 logged his 300th career win since he began coaching in 2007. Enrollment .............................................................................................2,950 Nickname ............................................................................................Spiders • Senior Daniel Brumbaugh is nearing the top-10 in program history for saves. The right- Colors .......................................................................................Red and Blue hander currently has seven career saves and one more will tie him for tenth all-time. He is Affiliation ..........................................................................NCAA Division I also now tied for ninth with eight career triples, with four more he will tie the career hitting Conference .................................................................................Atlantic 10 President ..........................................................Dr. Ronald A. Crutcher record in the category. Alma Mater....................................................Miami University, 1969 • Redshirt junior D.J. Lee hit his seventh career triple and is now tied for 10th all-time. He is Director of Athletics ............................................................John Hardt also nearing the top-10 in stolen bases, he needs just two more to break into the top-10 Alma Mater.....................................................................................Iowa, ‘84 Athletic Department Phone ...................................804-289-8363 all-time. • Redshirt sophomore Anthony Forte keeps inching his way up the single season triples top- Pitt Field (1975) 10. He currently sits tied for third with five. Dimensions ....................................................328-360-390-360-328 Surface ......................................................Astro Turf (Installed 2015) • Junior Layne Looney is now tied for sixth in single season saves, after logging his sixth Capacity ......................................................................................................600 save of the season vs. Davidson. Pressbox Phone...............................................................804-289-8714 Coaching Staff TOP PROSPECTS Head Coach ..................................................................... Tracy Woodson According to Perfect Game, junior Kyle Schmidt was the #6 Prospect out of the Jayhawk Alma Mater..................................................................Valparaiso, 2010 League after a stellar sophomore campaign and summer ball season. UR Record (Years) .............................................117-131-1 (5th Year) Overall Record (Years)...............................304-341-1 (12th Year) Baseball Office Phone ................................................804-289-8391 HOME RUN TRACKER Best Time to Call..............................................Through PR Contact Kyle Adams: 4 Assistant Coach....................................................................R.J. Thomas Assistant Coach...............................................................Nate Mulberg Sage Bruhl: 1 Volunteer Assistant .......................................................Collin Radack Vinny Capra: 2 D.J. Lee: 3 Team Information 2017 Record ..........................................................................................17-36 Tyler Plantier: 3 Atlantic 10 Finish ...................................................................6-17 (12th) Kyle Schmidt: 1 2017 Postseason ...................................................................................N/A Tim Miller: 1 Did You Know? Starters Returning / Lost (Position) .........................................6/3 • Head Coach Tracy Woodson won Pitchers Returning / Lost ..............................................................12/5 Team Total: 15 Letterwinners Returning / Lost .................................................24/5 a World Series Championship as Newcomers ...................................................................................................10 SPIDERS SHINE IN THE SUMMER a player with the Los Angeles Team History Five Spiders returned to campus this fall as Dodgers in 1988. Seasons of Baseball ...................................................entering 103rd champions after winning league titles with their • Former Major Leaguer and current First Season ............................................................................................1915 respective summer teams. Four Spiders - seniors All-Time Record (Pct.) ..................................1,838-1,382-17 (.568) MLB Network Analyst, Sean Casey All-Time Conf. Record (Pct.) ...............................421-330-1 (.561) Brandon Johnson and Daniel Brumbaugh, and was a Richmond Spider