PHOENIX BASEBALL GAME NOTES 1 2013 ELON PHOENIX BASEBALL Elon Media Relations • Chris Rash • [email protected] • 2500 Campus Box • 100 Campus Drive • Elon, N.C. • 336-278-6712 • elonphoenix.com SCHEDULE/RESULTS APRIL 30-MAY 1 WAKE FOREST WINSTON-SALEM/ELON, N.C. February The Week Ahead THE MATCHUP 15 Marist!% W, 11-3 Following this home-and-home series with Wake Forest, Elon will 16 Boston College! L, 6-7 play its final road Southern Conference set of the season as the 17 VCU!% L, 2-6 maroon and gold will travel to Appalachian State this weeekend. 20 at North Carolina A&T W, 7-5 22 vs. #8 Kentucky^ L, 1-6 Quick Hits 24 vs. Kansas St.^ W, 4-3 • Of Elon’s 268 RBI, 83 (31.0 percent) have come with two outs. The Elon (23-23) vs. Wake Forest (24-23) 24 at Coastal Carolina^ W, 8-7 Phoenix has 123 two-out hits on the season. Wake Forest Baseball Park/Latham Park 26 Liberty% Ppd. • All three of Elon’s primary weekend starters are throwing more Winston-Salem, N.C./Elon, N.C. March than 65 percent of their pitches for strikes. Dylan Clark’s strike 1 Furman*$ L, 4-10 (12) percentage is 65.1, while Spencer Medick is throwing 66.5 percent PROBABLE PITCHERS 2 Furman*& W, 5-4 (12) of his pitches for strikes and Kyle Webb is throwing 66.2 percent of Tuesday (6:30 p.m.) 3 Furman*& L, 6-10 his pitches for strikes this season. LH Brandon Kacer (1-0, 12.60 ERA) vs. LH Matt Conway (2-1, 4.14 ERA) 5 #8 North Carolina St.$ W, 24-12 • Elon is 16-1 on the season when out-hitting its opponent. Wednesday (6:30 p.m.) 8 Col. of Charleston*% W, 3-2 (10) TBA vs. RH Jack Fischer (2-3, 6.18 ERA) 9 Col. of Charleston* L, 6-11 Legend of the Phoenix 10 Col. of Charleston* L, 4-7 Throughout history there is told the legend of the rare and remark- 12 at UNC Wilmington L, 3-7 able Phoenix, a crimson and gold bird that lived 500 years. It was Live Video: elonphoenix.comLIVE GAME (Tuesday COVERAGE Only) 13 Virginia Tech$ W, 4-3 sleek, swift and strong – the most marvelous bird ever created by Live Audio: elonphoenix.com (WPCM 920 AM) 15 at UNCG* W, 14-8 human imagination. At the end of its life, with death approaching, Live Stats: elonphoenix.com 16 at UNCG* W, 6-3 it built a nest in an oak tree and was consumed in flames ignited by 17 at UNCG* W, 8-4 the sun. From the ashes emerged the next Phoenix – reborn and Tues., April 30 WEATHERWed., May REPORT 1 20 Princeton% W, 12-11 renewed, with strength forged in fire. Partly Cloudy Ch. Showers 22 at Western Carolina* L, 5-7 Fire, too, has shaped the history of Elon University. The High 76, Low 59 High 72, Low 58 23 at Western Carolina* W, 8-5 disastrous fire of 1923 all but destroyed Elon. Gone college records, classrooms, the library and the chapel. Within days of the fire, trust- 24 at Western Carolina* W, 2-1 WAKE FOREST BB PARK/LATHAM PARK MEASUREMENTS 26 at High Point L, 0-8 ees set in motion the plan for Elon to rise from the ashes, stronger 27 East Carolina$ L, 4-11 than ever. 29 Davidson*$ W, 6-1 The Phoenix is a powerful leader and an emblem of immortality. WF: 400’ 30 Davidson* (DH)$ W, 8-2/W, 8-2 It is a perfect symbol for a school that is constantly renewing and Latham: 385’ April recreating itself. 8 ft. fence 2 High Point% W, 16-7 WF: 310’ WF: 300’ 3 at #25 North Carolina St.$ L, 6-8 There is Only One Latham: 326’ Latham: 327’ 5 at The Citadel* W, 8-5 As there can only be one Phoenix at any time, please refer to the 12 ft. fence 8 ft. fence 6 at The Citadel* L, 7-14 Phoenix in the singular. 7 at The Citadel* W, 8-6 9 #1 North Carolina$ L, 3-15 10 UNC Wilmington$ L, 5-8 12 at #8 Louisville L, 1-10 13 at #8 Louisville L, 5-7 14 at #8 Louisville L, 0-4 17 at #1 North Carolina$ L, 5-14 20 Wofford* (DH) $ W, 15-5/L, 4-11 21 Wofford*$ W, 14-3 23 at East Carolina$ L, 5-8 26 at Georgia Southern* L, 4-15 27 at Georgia Southern* L, 4-12 28 at Georgia Southern* W, 9-1 ELON’S PROJECTED STARTERS (BY POSITION) 30 at Wake Forest$ 6 p.m. Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. Cl. B/T Avg. 2B HR RBI Notes May C 27 Alex Swim 6-0 181 Sr. L/R .253 7 1 35 5 3B 1 Wake Forest$ 6:30 p.m. 1B 22 Ryan Kinsella 6-1 205 Jr. L/R .326 16 17 60 1.100 OPS 3 at Appalachian St.* 6:30 p.m. 2B 5 Sebastian Gomez 5-9 160 Jr. R/R .331 13 2 32 10-15 SB 4 at Appalachian St.* 3 p.m. SS 13 Antonio Alvarez 5-10 195 Jr. S/R .308 12 4 32 40 runs scored 5 at Appalachian St.* 1 p.m. 3B 8 Joey Tomko 5-10 185 So. R/R .288 7 1 15 20 runs scored 7 North Carolina A&T 6:30 p.m. LF 31 Blaine Bower 5-10 169 So. R/R .281 2 1 12 4-4 SB 8 Liberty 6:30 p.m. CF 28 Quinn Bower 5-10 172 So. R/R .266 4 0 11 17-17 SB 10 Samford*$ 6:30 p.m. RF 7 Casey Jones 6-1 193 So. R/R .241 6 0 7 14 runs scored 11 Samford*$ 4 p.m. DH 44 Chris King 6-5 247 So. L/R .300 8 3 14 .571 SLG 12 Samford*$ 1:30 p.m. OFF THE BENCH 22-26 SoCon Tournament$ TBA Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. Cl. B/T Avg. 2B HR RBI Notes ! Country Inn and Suites Elon Invitational OF 1 Niko Fraser 5-10 177 Sr. S/R .438 4 0 8 2 3B ^ Caravelle Resort Tourn. * SoCon Game INF 2 Chris Bresnahan 6-2 192 Sr. R/R .302 1 0 8 1 3B 2B 15 Wil Leathers 5-7 170 So. R/R .243 5 1 15 22 runs scored % WSOE 89.3 FM Broadcast INF 16 Tyler McVicar 6-3 218 So. R/R .326 2 0 5 9 runs scored $ WPCM 920 AM Broadcast 1B 17 Danny Lynch 5-10 201 Fr. L/R .213 3 2 11 10 runs scored & UStream Audio Broadcast OF 18 Chris Schaedel 6-0 158 Fr. R/R .300 1 0 2 22 GP, 5 GS INF 20 Sam Paone 6-2 190 So. L/R .000 0 0 1 8 GP 2 PHOENIX BASEBALL GAME NOTES OPPONENT INSIDER Elon-Wake Forest Series History Wake Forest In a series that began in 1909, Elon has met Wake Forest on the baseball diamond 88 times prior to this week’s home-and- 2013 Record: 24-23 home set. The maroon and gold is 35-52 in those meetings with one unknown result. The two sides have met at least once Rankings: Baseball America (nr) a year since 2002. Last year, each team picked up a win on its home field – Wake Forest won 7-5 in Winston-Salem on May 1, Collegiate Baseball (nr) while Elon claimed a 3-2 win at Latham Park on May 2. In each of the past two seasons, the series has split. Prior to that, Elon USA Today/Coaches (nr) had won seven straight in the series. Wake Forest won the first meeting in 1909 by a 7-1 score. NCBWA (nr) Head Coach: Tom Walter Tale of the Tape Record at Wake Forest: 100-115 (4th Year) Elon WFU Career Record: 526-443 (17th Year) Batting Average .288 .275 Runs Per Game 6.50 6.13 A LOOK AT THE RPI Home Runs 32 28 A look at how Elon and its opponents rate in the RPI (2013 Slugging Percentage .423 .388 RPI from WarrenNolan.com, 2013 rankings): Batters’ BB+HBP-K Margin -102 -49 On-Base Percentage .378 .382 Opponent (RPI) W-L BA USA CB BWA Stolen Bases 62-77 60-77 ELON (78) 23-23 -- -- -- -- ERA 5.40 4.39 App. St. (106) 23-16 -- -- -- -- Opponent Batting Average .292 .274 Boston Col. (183) 8-35 -- -- -- -- Pitchers’ K/BB Ratio 1.78 1.41 CofC (65) 24-19 -- -- -- -- Pitchers’ K Per 9 Innings 6.94 6.14 Citadel (52) 27-18 -- -- -- -- Pitchers’ BB Per 9 Innings 3.90 4.34 Coastal Caro. (44) 27-17 -- -- -- -- Fielding Percentage (Errors) .954 (84) .963 (70) Davidson (240) 13-29 -- -- -- -- Double Plays Turned 34 34 E. Carolina (86) 23-21 -- -- -- -- Record at Home 12-10 14-11 Furman (110) 23-19 -- -- -- -- Record on the Road (w/ Neutral) 11-13 10-12 Ga. Southern (119) 23-20 -- -- -- -- Record in One-Run Games 7-1 4-4 High Point (138) 22-22 -- -- -- -- Record in Extra Innings 2-1 2-1 Kansas St. (29) 31-14 -- RV -- RV Kentucky (27) 26-17 23 23 -- 26 Common Foes Liberty (76) 26-20 -- -- -- -- Elon WFU Louisville (22) 33-10 13 12 11 11 Boston College 0-1 3-0 Marist (184) 21-17 -- -- -- -- Coastal Carolina 1-0 0-1 N.