2017 GEORGETOWN BASEBALL GAME NOTES Baseball Contact: Brendan Thomas • [email protected] • (C) 207-400-2840 • (O) 202-687-6783 2017 Georgetown Baseball Schedule GAMEDAY NOTES Weekend Information Dat Opponent Time/Result The Georgetown University baseball team is set for an important three-game, BIG EAST series this weekend, hosting St. John’s at Shirley Povich Field. First pitch on Feb. 17 at Davidson W, 6-5 Georgetown vs. St. John’s Feb. 18 at Davidson L, 9-4 Friday and Saturday is scheduled for 7 p.m., while Sunday’s finale is set for 1 p.m. Live stats for all three games will be available at www.GUHoyas.com and in-game updates (24-20, 2-7 BIG EAST) (32-7, 6-3 BIG EAST) Feb. 19 at Davidson L, 8-1 Feb. 22 at Coppin State W, 6-5 (10) can be found on the team’s twitter account: @GtownBaseball. Game #45 Fri., May 5 7 p.m. Feb. 24 at USC Upstate L, 12-0 On Monday, right-handed pitcher Simon Mathews and outfielder Zach Racusin, named Feb. 25 at Wofford L, 18-11 Game #46 Sat., May 6 7 p.m. to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll. The honors, the seventh and eighth of the season Game #47 Sun., May 7 1 p.m. Feb. 26 vs. Dayton L, 8-7 for the Hoyas, recognize their efforts in GU’s four games last week. Feb. 28 at Navy W, 11-3 Location: Shirley Povich Field | Bethesda, Md. Mar. 1 at George Washington W, 6-4 Mathews fired his second complete-game shutout, allowing just six hits while not Mar. 3 vs. Chicago State ! W, 11-0 walking anyone and striking out six. He threw 83 of his 113 pitches for strikes in his first Mar. 4 vs. Boston College ! W, 4-3 complete game of the season after firing five a year ago. He recorded 16 ground ball MATCHUP BY THE NUMBERS Mar. 5 vs. Ball State ! W, 3-0 outs to go along with his six strikeouts, three of which were looking. Mar. 7 vs. Western Michigan ! W, 12-8 (11) Mar. 8 vs. Central Michigan ! L, 9-7 After starting the week with a 3-for-3 showing with a stolen base against UMBC on Georgetown 2017 St. John’s Mar. 10 vs. Lafayette ! W, 10-4 Wednesday, Racusin had a two-run double in Friday’s win over Villanova. He was on 24-20, 2-7 Record 32-7, 6-3 Mar. 11 vs. Lafayette ! W, 14-7 base twice on Saturday with a single and a walk before capping the weekend with a Mar. 12 vs. Lafayette ! W, 13-6 3-for-3 performance on Sunday, adding a stolen base. He had a key hit-and-run single .291 Avg. .328 Mar. 15 at UMES Postponed in the 11th inning to move the eventual winning run to third base. 6.1 Runs/Gm 7.6 Mar. 17 at Gardner-Webb L, 8-1 Georgetown is coming off an 8-7 victory over District rival George Washington on Mar. 18 at Gardner-Webb L, 4-3 (10) 10.1 Hits/Gm 11.9 Mar. 19 at Gardner-Webb W, 4-2 Tuesday night. Brent Killam picked up the win with a career-high 2.1 innings, striking out a personal-best four. Michael DeRenzi and Sammy Stevens each had two hits and 70 Doubles 75 Mar. 22 Coppin State W, 14-4 three RBI to lead the offense, while Racusin added three base knocks. Mar. 25 at Brown L, 2-0 13 Triples 18 Mar. 25 at Brown L, 11-10 For the season, Racusin leads the team with a .359 batting average and has a Mar. 26 at Brown W, 3-2 team-high 65 hits. Jake Kuzbel is second, batting .352 while leading the Hoyas with 21 HR 24 Mar. 29 Navy L, 6-2 five triples and 39 RBI and tying for the team lead with four home runs and 11 doubles. 39-60 SB-Att. 46-55 Mar. 31 George Mason L, 11-1 DeRenzi is tops on the team with 38 runs scored and 11 stolen bases. April 1 at George Mason W, 7-3 .376 OBP .412 April 2 at George Mason W, 4-2 St. John’s, ranked No. 15 in the country, enters the weekend with a 32-7 overall April 4 Cornell W, 3-1 record and a 6-3 mark in BIG EAST play. The Red Storm lead the conference in most .395 SLG .457 April 7 NYIT W, 6-4 offensive categories, including topping the league with a .328 batting average, which April 8 NYIT W, 9-0 ranks fourth nationally. The pitching staff also leads the BIG EAST with a 2.64 ERA, which is fifth in the country. April 9 NYIT W, 13-3 4.58 ERA 2.64 April 13 Creighton * L, 7-5 April 14 Creighton * L, 6-4 Current Streaks .277 Opp. Avg. .217 April 15 Creighton * L, 11-9 Kuzbel has reached base safely in 39-consecutive games, which is tied for the fourth- April 18 at Mount St. Mary’s W, 13-2 longest active streak in the country. In the 18 games since he joined the everyday 333 Strikeouts 315 lineup, Garza is 27-for-75 (.360) with two home runs, nine doubles, 13 runs scored April 21 at Seton Hall * L, 11-2 and 19 RBI. He has multi-hit efforts in 11 of the past 16 games and has an RBI in 10 133 BB Allowed 136 April 22 at Seton Hall * L, 5-4 of the last 15. April 23 at Seton Hall * L, 10-5 26 HR Allowed 10 April 25 UMBC L, 10-2 Upcoming Milestones April 28 at Villanova * W, 7-0 Senior right-handed pitcher Simon Mathews enters Friday night with 70 strikeouts, April 29 at Villanova * L, 4-0 needing just nine more to break the single-season record. 67 Errors 44 April 30 at Villanova * W, 3-2 (11) May 2 George Washington W, 8-7 National Statistical Rankings .961 Field Pct. .971 May 5 St. John’s * 7 p.m. Georgetown has embraced the small-ball in 2017, currently ranking 10th in the country May 6 St. John’s * 7 p.m. in sacrifice flies (27) and 14th in sacrifice bunts (42). Individually, Kuzbel is tied for the May 7 St. John’s * 1 p.m. national lead with 10 sacrifice flies, while Racusin is the sixth toughtest batter to strike @GtownBaseball out, striking out only once every 20.1 at-bats. May 10 UMES (7 Inn.) 5 p.m. @GeorgetownHoyas UMES (9 Inn.) 7:30 p.m. May 12 Butler * 7 p.m. What’s Coming Up Next May 13 Butler * 7 p.m. Following this weekend, the Hoyas will jump back out of conference play, hosting @HoyaBaseball May 14 Butler * 1 p.m. the University of Maryland Eastern Shore for a doubleheader on Wednesday. The @GeorgetownAthletics two teams will play a seven-inning game at 5 p.m., with a nine-inning game starting May 16 at UMBC 6 p.m. immediately afterward. May 18 at Xavier * 3 p.m. Hoya Baseball May 19 at Xavier * 3 p.m. Georgetown Athletics May 20 at Xavier * Noon May 26-29 BIG EAST Championships Home games in bold played at Shirley Povich Field (Bethesda, Md.) PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP ! Snowbird Baseball Classic (Port Charlotte, Fla.) * BIG EAST Conference Game BIG EAST Championships held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Simon Mathews Jack Cushing Kevin Superko Neb. (hosted by Creighton) Sr. | RHP | West Haven, Conn. So. | RHP | Flower Mound, Texas Jr. | RHP | Wellesley, Mass. 4-6, 4.32 ERA, 73.0 IP, 70 K 4-5, 5.00 ERA, 66.2 IP, 68 K 6-2, 3.84 ERA, 70.1 IP, 41 K Sean Mooney Jeff Belge Michael LoPresti So. | RHP | Marmora, N.J. Fr. | LHP | Syracuse, N.Y. Jr. | RHP | Wayne, N.J. 5-0, 1.06 ERA, 67.2 IP, 62 K 3-2, 4.15 ERA, 43.1 IP, 42 K 5-1, 4.05 ERA, 50.0 IP, 34 K 2017 GEORGETOWN BASEBALL GAME NOTES Georgetown’s 2017 Record When ... Quick Facts Hoya Talk Day Games ..............................................................21-17 Night Games ................................................................3-3 University Club Members Location: .........................................................Washington, D.C., 20057 Kuzbel and DeRenzi have become the 24th and 25th members of the 150-hit club vs. RHP starter .........................................................16-17 Enrollment: ..............................................7,562 undergrad / 18,459 total this season. Kuzbel did so on March 1 against George Washington, while DeRenzi vs. LHP starter..............................................................8-3 Founded: ...........................................................................................1789 accomplished the feat on April 23 at Seton Hall. Beau Hall needs just six more hits to Nickname: .......................................................................................Hoyas reach 150 for his career. 1-run games .................................................................6-4 School Colors: ...................................................................Blue and Gray 2-run games .................................................................5-5 Affi liation: ........................................................................NCAA Division I Kuzbel needs just one more hit to become just the 11th member of the 200-hit club. 5+-run games .............................................................10-9 Extra innings .................................................................3-1 Conference: ..............................................................................BIG EAST Shutout games .............................................................4-3 President: ....................................................................... John J. DeGioia Kuzbel became the 19th member of the 100-RBI club at Georgetown on April 9 against NYIT. Athletic Director: ........................................................................Lee Reed Scoring 0-2 runs ...........................................................0-9 Athletic Department Phone: ..............................................202-687-2435 Scoring 3-5 runs ...........................................................7-6 Web Address: ............................................................ www.guhoyas.com Hall became the 30th member of the 100-runs scored club against on April 15 against Scoring 6-9 runs ...........................................................8-3 Creighton. Scoring 10+ runs ..........................................................9-2 Athletic Administration Athletic Director .........................................................................Lee Reed Winning March Opponent scores 0-2 runs.