2021 ETSU Baseball GAME NOTES
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2021 ETSU Baseball GAME NOTES SCHEDULE UNCG SPARTANS (22-20, 8-13 SoCOn) 19-20 | H 12-8 | A 7-12 | N 0-0 | SoCon 9-10 Head Coach: Billy Godwin (Atlantic Christian '86) LEADERS DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Career Record: 351-239-1 (11th) FEBRUARY Record at school: 34-25 (2nd) 2B: Rosier/Greg Hardison (9) 19 NORTHERN KENTUCKY W, 10-3 3B: Rosier/Windish/Budzik (3) 20 NORTHERN KENTUCKY (DH) W, 3-2 HR: Corey Rosier (10) 20 NORTHERN KENTUCKY (DH) L, 4-3 LEADERS 23 APP STATE L, 5-4 Batting average: Corey Rosier (.358) Stolen Bases: Zack Budzik (6) 26 UNC ASHEVILLE W, 9-1 Runs: Corey Rosier (47) ERA: Brandon Stephens (3.34) 27 UNC ASHEVILLE (DH) W, 6-3 K’s: Austin Parsley (48) 27 UNC ASHEVILLE (DH) W, 6-2 RBI: Corey Rosier (42) Wins: Austin Parsley (6) MARCH at 2 #30 Clemson L, 7-3 5 EASTERN KENTUCKY W, 7-6 ETSU BUCCANEERS (19-20, 9-11 SoCon) 6 EASTERN KENTUCKY (DH) W, 3-2 (10) 6 EASTERN KENTUCKY (DH) W, 9-7 Head Coach: Joe Pennucci (Northern Colorado ‘02) 9 RADFORD W, 6-0 Career Record: 93-69 (4th) LEADERS 12 at NC Central W, 14-3 Record at school: SAME 2B: Ashton King (14) 13 at NC Central (DH) W, 5-1 3B: Ethan Cady (1) 13 at NC Central (DH) L, 3-2 HR: Ethan Cady (11) 16 at #10 Tennessee L, 9-6 (10) LEADERS 19 VMI* W, 4-0 Batting average: Ethan Cady (.305) Stolen Bases: Jake Lyle (10) 20 VMI* (DH) L, 6-3 Runs: Ethan Cady (27) ERA: Matthew Bollenbacher (2.21) 20 VMI* (DH) W, 7-2 K’s: Hunter Loyd (74) 26 at Samford* L, 7-3 RBI: Ethan Cady (35) Wins: Colby Stuart (5) 27 at Samford* (DH) L, 10-2 27 at Samford* (DH) W, 5-1 30 at Radford L, 9-5 APRIL TEAM COMPARISON 2 at UNCG* L, 9-2 HITTING PITCHING 3 at UNCG* (DH) W, 4-1 3 at UNCG* (DH) W, 6-3 AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K’S SB-ATT ERA IP H R ER BB K’S B/AVG UNCG .269 289 379 64 13 37 261 196 343 52-72 4.94 366 387 237 201 170 308 .272 6 #23 VIRGINIA TECH L, 15-5 ETSU 10 WOFFORD* L, 3-2 (10) .238 199 305 76 1 43 189 173 355 34-43 4.46 340.2 334 197 169 140 343 .255 11 WOFFORD* (DH) W, 7-4 11 WOFFORD* (DH) L, 11-9 16 The Citadel* L, 5-4 GAME INFO SERIES HISTORY 17 The Citadel* (DH) W, 7-2 DATE: MAY 7-8 OVERALL RECORD 18-32 17 The Citadel* (DH) L, 6-4 TIME(EST): 6:00 PM, 1 PM DH CURRENT STREAK W2 23 WESTERN CAROLINA* (DH) L, 3-0 LOCATION: JOHNSON CITY, TENN. UNDER PENNUCCI 4-6 23 WESTERN CAROLINA* (DH) W, 7-1 STADIUM (CAPACITY): THOMAS STADIUM (1,000) 24 WESTERN CAROLINA* CANC. 27 at Viriginia Tech L, 12-0 LIVE STATS: ETSUBUCS.COM 30 at Mercer* L, 13-8 TV: ESPN+ MAY PROJECTED WEATHER: 1 at Mercer* (DH) W, 7-6 1 at Mercer* (DH) L, 8-4 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 21 SAMFORD* (DH) 1:00 PM 21 SAMFORD* (DH) AFTER GM1 27-29 SOCON TOURNAMENT *Southern Conference game Home games listed in BOLD All listed game times are Eastern and subject to change GAMES 40-42 | UNCG | MAY 7-8 | THOMAS STADIUM @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 ETSU VS UNCG EARLIER THIS SEASON Affiliation ........................................................NCAA Division I The Bucs and the Spartans played each other at the beginning of April in Greensboro. ETSU Conference............................................................... Southern was able to take two of three games in Greensboro over the UNCG Spartans. After losing in the President ...................................................... Dr. Brian Noland series opener, 9-2, the Bucs swept the doubleheader to take the much-needed series over their Athletic Director ..................................................Scott Carter in-division rival. ETSU held the Spartans to a .189 batting average over the weekend and the Blue University Website ........................................www.ETSU.edu and Gold hit .206. Led by Kyle Richardson, who started all three games and hitting .273, ETSU Athletics Website ...................................www.ETSUBucs.com outhit UNCG 21-17 and tallied two more strikeouts on the mound. Additionally, the Bucs swiped Athletic Department Phone ....................... (423) 439-4343 four bases over the weekend in five attempts. Ticket Office Phone.......................................(423) 439-BUCS ABOUT UNCG 2021 TEAM INFORMATION UNCG enters the weekend at 22-20 and is 8-13 in SoCon play. The squad began the season 10-2 Lettermen Returning ........................................................ 26 and then lost eight of their next nine games. The Spartans began SoCon play 3-12, but have won Lettermen Lost .................................................................... 6 seven of their last eight. UNCG has two Power-5 wins this season (#12 NC State and #13 Virgina Starting Position Players Returning ................................ 7 Tech). UNCG is led offensively by Corey Rosier. He has a .358 average and leads the team with 10 home runs, 47 runs scored and 42 RBI. He's also second on the squad with 13 stolen bases. On the Starting Position Players Lost ........................................... 3 mound, the Spartans have an ERA of 4.94. Brandon Stephens and Austin Parsley lead the squad Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost...................................2/1 with a sub-four ERA out of the bullpen. Newcomers ......................................................................... 20 2020 IN REVIEW ETSU’S LAST TIME OUT Overall Record .................................................................12-3 Last weekend, the Blue and Gold fell in the series opener in Macon to the Mercer Bears, 13-8. All Home ................................................................................11-1 three games were a slugfest and it was the first series for the Bucs this season where all three Away ...................................................................................1-2 games featured 10 or more runs between the two teams. In game two, the Bears took a 5-4 lead into the ninth and with two on and no one out, Bryce Hodge hit a three-run bomb to give ETSU Neutral ...............................................................................0-0 the lead. The Bucs won game one of the doubleheader 7-6. In the rubber match, after a stellar six SoCon Record .....................................................................n/a innings of work by Nathanial Tate, the Bucs held a 4-0 lead over the Bears. After a three-run home SoCon Finish ......................................................................n/a run in the seventh and four more in the eighth, Mercer got a come-from-behind win of their own, BALLPARK INFORMATION taking the third game, 8-4. Name ........................................Thomas Stadium (“The Thom”) Year Opened ....................................................................2012 SERIES HISTORY UNCG leads the series against ETSU, 32-18. The Blue and Gold are 4-6 against the Spartans under ETSU Record at Thomas .............................................166-109 Coach Pennucci. Location ..............Corner of State of Franklin Rd. & Univ. Pkwy. Capacity ..........................................................................1,000 CADY LEADS THE CONTINGENT Surface .................. Turf (including the mound as of Jan. 2019) Ethan Cady leads the team with a .305 batting average and a .408 on-base percentage. He has Dimensions .............. LF- 330, LC-370, CF-400, RC-370, RF-330 39 hits this season with 21 of them going for extra bases. Cady is second on the team with 10 COACHING STAFF multiple-hit games and has eight multi-RBI games. Against Virginia Tech, his 26-game on-base Head Coach .......................................................... Joe Pennucci streak to start the season ended as the Soddy Daisy native went 0-5. Alma Mater, Year ..............................Northern Colorado, 2002 LYLE'S HOT CORNER Overall Record .............................................93-69, 4th season ETSU's senior third basemen, Jake Lyle got off to a slow start this season, but has played a big role Record at ETSU ................................................................Same recently. The senior third basemen is hitting .212 this year with seven doubles and four HR. Pitching Coach ..................................Jamie Pinzino (Tufts ‘98) Hitting Coach/ Recruiting ........ Ross Oeder (Wright State ‘08) KIRBY ON THE BUMP Volunteer Assistant .......................Daniel Sweeney (ETSU ‘19) ETSU right-handed pitcher from Upland,