BASEBALL 2017 GAME NOTES @dc_baseball @davidsonbaseball Davidson Athletics @DavidsonWildcat @DavidsonWildcat Contact: Caitie Smith, Assistant Director, Sports Information C: 304 .546 .0976 Email: casmith@davidson .edu 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DAVIDSON HOSTS PRESBYTERIAN: GAME 42 2.17 Georgetown L, 6-5 MAY 2 | WILSON FIELD | DAVIDSON, N.C. 2.18 Georgetown W, 9-4 2.19 Georgetown W, 8-1 Davidson Wildcats 22-19 (9-9 A-10) 2.21 High Point L, 12-11 (10) Head Coach: Dick Cooke (27th Season) 542-805-1 (School) 2.24 UMass Lowell W, 8-5 553-837-1 (Career) 28-26 (11-11 A-10) 2.25 Lehigh W, 7-4 2016 Record: 2016 Atlantic 10 Runner-Up Returning Players/Starters: 25/7 2.26 Fairleigh Dickinson W, 5-2 Current Streak: L2 (5-5 Last 10) 2 .28 at Wake Forest L, 13-5 3.3 Bucknell L, 8-0 3.4 Hartford W, 7-5 Presbyterian Blue Hose 23-23 (11-7 Big South) 3.5 Butler W, 3-2 Head Coach: Elton Pollock (13th Season) 265-440 (School) 3.7 Gardner-Webb W, 11-2 Same (Career) 3.11 Siena W, 11-8 2016 Record: 27-30 (12-12 Big South) 2016 Big South Tournament L, 8-4 Siena Returning Players/Starters: 21/5 3.12 Siena Canceled Current Streak: W2 (5-5 Last 10) 3.14 Notre Dame L, 2-0 3.17 ST. BONAVENTURE* W, 9-2 3.18 ST. BONAVENTURE* W, 9-2 WILDCATS RUNDOWN 3.19 ST. BONAVENTURE* L, 17-4 -Senior Will Robertson made history over the -Davidson continues to lead the league in long 3.21 at High Point L, 7-0 weekend, after doubling in the fi rst inning of balls, with 41 . SeniorBrian Fortier spent the 3.24 RHODE ISLAND* L, 5-2 Saturday’s contest . He extended his hitting fi rst 11 weeks of the season ranked at the top 3.25 RHODE ISLAND* L, 7-6 streak to 18 games, the longest in program of the A-10 and near the top of the nation . He 3.26 RHODE ISLAND* L, 9-1 history . Robertson followed that up with two is currently one behind Rhode Island’s Mike 3.28 at Duke L, 8-6 hits on Sunday, including a triple, to move to Corin (13), who fi nally dethroned Fortier over 3.31 SAINT JOSEPH’S* W, 10-7 19 games . He has now collected an extra-base the past weekend . Fortier hit a towering 360- 4.1 SAINT JOSEPH’S* L, 7-1 hit in 14 of his last 16 games . foot home run Sunday at George Washington, 4.2 SAINT JOSEPH’S* W, 5-3 his 12th of the year . Sophomore Justin Lebek 4.7 at La Salle* W, 24-4 -The Wildcats will play their fi nal midweek at homered on Friday, marking his third long ball 4.8 at La Salle* W, 6-4 (10) home Tuesday, after fi ve midweek contests at in what was his last four games . He now has 4.9 at La Salle* W, 8-7 Wilson this season . The ‘Cats are currently 2-3 fi ve on the year, while classmateEric Jones in those games, after overwhelming victories and senior Will Robertson have collected 4.11 Appalachian State W, 12-6 over Gardner-Webb and Appalachian State, eight each . at VCU* W, 5-4 4.14 but falling to High Point, Notre Dame, and L, 14-0 4.15 at VCU* then-No . 17 Wake Forest . 4.16 at VCU* L, 11-4 4.18 at No . 18 South Carolina & L, 3-2 4.21 at North Carolina A&T W, 6-0 4.22 North Carolina A&T W, 12-1 LINEUP CARD North Carolina A&T W, 5-3 Probable starting lineup based on last game/majority of games in 2017 * at Winthrop Canceled 4.25 Name Class Pos. Avg. H R 2B 3B HR TB BB RBI SB SLG. OBP. L, 12-6 4.26 No. 17 Wake Forest Cam Johnson JR CF .280 46 31 15 - 4 73 29 19 5/5 .445 .393 4 .28 at George Washington* W, 12-2 Will Robertson SR RF .349 61 40 14 2 8 103 9 27 3/3 .589 .401 4 .29 at George Washington* L, 5-0 4 .30 at George Washington* L, 4-3 Alec Acosta JR DH .280 45 19 7 - - 52 15 18 - .323 .355 5.2 Presbyterian 6:00 P.M. Brian Fortier SR 1B .311 52 30 12 1 12 102 15 39 0/1 .611 .378 5.5 SAINT LOUIS* 6:00 P.M. Eric Jones SO 3B .290 47 33 5 - 8 76 16 27 2/3 .469 .373 5.6 SAINT LOUIS* 2:00 P.M. Jake Sidwell SR C .189 20 20 3 - 1 27 19 15 - .243 .324 5.7 SAINT LOUIS* 1:00 P.M. Justin Lebek SO LF .321 45 26 7 2 5 71 13 30 2/4 .507 .421 5 .9 at No . 9 North Carolina 6:00 P .M . Max Bazin SO SS .200 25 20 1 - - 26 31 16 3/4 .208 .357 5.10 Winthrop (BB&T Ballpark, Charlotte) 6:00 P.M. Tyler Agard SR 2B .220 26 14 6 - - 32 9 17 - .271 .301 5 .18 at UMass* NOON at UMass* 2:30 P .M . 5 .19 NOON FOLLOW ALONG at UMass* WILSON FIELD Follow on: http://www.sidearmstats.com/ 5.24-27 A-10 Championships (St. Louis, Mo.) TBA Watch on: http://www.atlantic10.com/ davidson/baseball/ Home & Televised on SEC Network mediaPortal/player.dbml?mid=96912&db_ ATLANTIC 10 OPPONENT AT HOME* All times Eastern oem_id=31600 A-10 opponent on road* #CATSAREWILD 1 QUICK FACTS THE MOUND MAKEUP UNIVERSITY AND GENERAL INFORMATION Location . Davidson, N C. Founded . 1837 Enrollment .. 1,900 TUESDAY [Game 42] Colors . Red and Black TBA vs. So . RHP Josh Hudson Nickname . Wildcats Conference . Atlantic 10 (6 .26 ERA, 1-3, 27 1. IP, 16 K) Affiliation . NCAA Division I President . Carol Quillen (Chicago ‘83) Athletic Director . Jim Murphy (Davidson ‘78) Associate Director of Athletics . Scott Applegate (East Carolina ‘82) Facility . Wilson Field (700) Dimensions . LF (320), CF (385), RF (320) Press Box Phone . 704-894-2740 PROGRAM HISTORY First Year . 1902 All-Time Record . 1312-1976-14 ( .396) All-Time SoCon* Record . .. 430-765-1 ( .360) LEADING OFF All-Time Big South** Record . 20-14 -Davidson made program history last season, becoming the first ever No . All-Time A-10 Record . 39-32 6 seed to play for the Atlantic 10 title . It was also the first time in school Record All-Time vs. A-10 Opponents . .. 73-66 history that Davidson had advanced to the title game in any conference Most Wins in Single Season .. 29 (2014) tournament . The ‘Cats have had three consecutive 28+ win seasons, start- *Competed 1947-88, 1993-2014 ing in 2014 when they collected a school-best 29 . **Competed 1991-92 THIS PAST WEEKEND TEAM INFORMATION Davidson suffered a heartbreaking series loss on the road at George 2016 Record . 28-26 Washington, after winning in a commanding 12-2 Friday affair, but falling 2016 A-10 Record/Finish . 11-11 (6th) Saturday 5-0 and despite leading for eight innings, fell 4-3 Sunday . 2016 A-10 Tournament Finish . 2nd Home/Road/Neutral . 19-11/7-11/2-4 On Friday, three ‘Cats registered multi-hit performances and three others Starters Returning/Lost . 7/4 tallied three RBI each . Justin Lebek doubled and homered while bringing in Letterwinners Returning/Lost . 26/6 three and scoring three times, and junior Alec Acosta picked up three hits Newcomers . 8 and classmate Cam Johnson added two . Seniors Will Robertson and Jake Sidwell each collected three RBI; it was Sidwell’s second straight multi-RBI COACHING STAFF contest . They were the only two to collect hits on Saturday, where Robertson Head Coach . .. Dick Cooke (Richmond ‘78) doubled in the first inning to extend his hitting streak to then-18 games, a . dicooke@davidson. edu. new program record . .704-894-2368 Career Record . 553-837-1 (28th Season) He went on to collect two hits Sunday, while classmate Brian Fortier belted Davidson Record . 542-805-1 (27th Season) his 12th homer of the season . Davidson led in the eighth, before the Colonials Associate Head Coach .. Rucker Taylor (Vanderbilt ‘06) plated three runs in the bottom of the frame to steal the victory and the . 5th Season series . rutaylor@davidson edu. Assistant Coach . Ryan Munger (Duke ‘13) . 4th Season . .rymunger@davidson edu. THE BASH BROTHERS Volunteer Assistant . Aaron Lynch (Allegheny ‘12) -The Davidson offense has been heavy hitting as of late . The ‘Cats have belted at least one long ball in 14 of their last 20 games, and more than one in six of them . In that 20-game time span the team has totaled 23 home SPORTS INFORMATION runs, led by veteran Will Robertson’s six . The Wildcats lead the league Sports Information Director . Joey Beeler with 41 homers, and have turned in 11 contests this season where they have . 704-894-2123 homered twice or more, including back-to-back games with three (4/21- . jobeeler@davidson edu. 4/22) . Every member of the ‘Cats who has homered (eight total players) Associate Director . Gavin McFarlin with the exception of two has went on to hit another blast this season . .704-894-2635 . gamcfarlin@davidson edu. Baseball SID . Caitie Smith (1st Season) - On April 18, Robertson and Brian Fortier each belted a solo shot in the . .Assistant Director fourth inning at No .