VIRGINIA BASEBALL 2015 VIRGINIA CAVALIERS (13-5, 2-4 ACC) florIDA STATE SEMINOLES (17-5, 5-1 ACC) Probable Starting Rotation Probable Starting Rotation Fri. - Jr. LHP Nathan Kirby (3-1, 0.83 ERA) Fri. - RHP Boomer Biegalski (2-1, 2.94 ERA) Sat. - So. RHP Connor Jones (4-1, 1.57 ERA) Sat. - RHP Drew Carlton (1-1, 6.00 ERA) Sun - Jr. LHP Brandon Waddell (1-0, 2.42 ERA) Sun - RHP Cobi Johnson (2-1, 7.06 ERA) VIRGINia-florIDA STATE SERIES SCHEDULE/RESultS THE BASICS • Florida State owns a 51-26 edge in the all-time series against Virginia. FEBRUARY (9-0) • Virginia has won five of its last six series against FSU. Site ......................... Charlottesville, Va. Fri. 13 at East Carolina ..........................................W, 3-1 • The Cavaliers have won 15 of the last 23 meetings; the teams split four Sat. 14 at East Carolina [DH] ...................... W, 9-2/W, 4-2 Davenport Field Tue. 17 VCU......................................................Postponed games last year, with UVa taking two of three in Tallahassee before the Semi- Date/Time ..................... Friday, 5 p.m. Fri. 20 vs. Marist1 (at Bishop England HS) .............W, 9-1 noles won in the ACC tournament. Saturday/Sunday, 1 p.m. Sat. 21 vs. LaSalle1 (at Charleston Southern) .........W, 8-3 • Since 2010, 13 of the 20 meetings have been determined by three runs or Sat. 21 vs. Marist1 (at Coll. of Charleston) ...............W, 7-2 Radio ..........................WINA 1070-AM Sun. 22 vs. Marist1 (at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park) ...W, 5-4 (18) fewer, including three of four last season. Live Video .VirginiaSports.com (Fri./Sun.) Tue. 24 GEORGE WASHINGton ....................Postponed Live Audio ...VirginiaSports.com (Sat.) Fri. 27 vs. Hartford2 ...............................................W, 5-1 FINALLY, SOME WEEKEND BASEBALL AT DAVENPort 2 Live Stats ..............VirginiaSports.com Sat. 28 vs. Seton Hall ............................................W, 4-1 • With the crazy weather that has plagued Charlottesville this year, Virginia at MARCH (4-5) long last will play host to its first weekend games of 2015. 2 SOCIAL MEDIA Sun. 1 vs. Cornell .................................................W, 5-4 • This marks the latest date for the first home weekend game since March 26, Wed. 4 VMI......................................................Postponed Sat. 7 vs. Pittsburgh3 * [DH] ...................... L, 0-1/W, 2-1 1988, against West Chester. Sun. 8 vs. Pittsburgh3 * .......................................W, 10-3 • Virginia had three weekend series moved south, including the opening ACC Wed. 11 OLD DOMINION ...................................... L, 5-14 series against Pitt, which was moved to Cary, N.C. Fri. 13 at Virginia Tech * ......................................... L, 1-2 @UVABaseball UVABaseball @VirginiaBaseball Sat. 14 at Virginia Tech * ......................................... L, 1-3 Sun. 15 at Virginia Tech * ......................................... L, 5-6 SPEAKING OF WEEKENDS AT DAVENPort ... NATIONAL RANKINGS Tue. 17 TOWSON ...................................................W, 8-0 • Virginia has thrived at home in ACC play in recent years, winning 11 straight Fri. 20 No. 11 FlorIDA STATE * ......................... 5 p.m. UVa FSU Sat. 21 No. 11 FlorIDA STATE * ......................... 1 p.m. series and 27 of its last 28 ACC series, dating to April 2009. Baseball America 14 13 Sun. 22 No. 11 FlorIDA STATE * ......................... 1 p.m. • UVa last lost a home ACC series in 2012 when North Carolina came to town Collegiate Baseball 12 7 Tue. 24 GEORGetoWN ......................................... 4 p.m. and swept the Cavaliers. Wed. 25 at Liberty ................................................... 3 p.m. D1Baseball 13 20 Fri. 27 at Notre Dame * (ESPN3) .......................6:05 p.m. NCBWA 9 12 Sat. 28 at Notre Dame * .....................................2:05 p.m. HASELEY GETS BAT GOING Sun. 29 at Notre Dame * .....................................1:05 p.m. • After struggling at the plate to start the season, Adam Haseley concluded USA Today/ESPN 7 11 Tue. 31 at VCU [The Diamond] ................................ 7 p.m. the Virginia Tech series with back-to-back three-hit games. APRIL • It marked the first time he has recorded more than one hit in a game. ODDS AND ENDS Wed. 1 VMI............................................................ 4 p.m. • Haseley batted .169 over the first 15 games before going 6-for-9 in the final • UVa is on track to welcome its one mil- Sat. 4 LOUISVILLE * ........................................... 4 p.m. two games in Blacksburg; he batted leadoff in each of those two contests. Sun. 5 LOUISVILLE * ........................................... 1 p.m. lionth fan to Davenport Field on Sunday. Mon. 6 LOUISVILLE * (ESPNU) ............................. 7 p.m. • UVa has started 13 different lineups Wed. 8 JAMES MADISON ..................................... 5 p.m. FRESHMEN GAlore IN LINEUP Fri. 10 at Georgia Tech * (ESPN3) .......................... 7 p.m. • Virginia has started six freshmen during the first month of the season. through the first 18 games. Sat. 11 at Georgia Tech * (ESPN3) .......................... 4 p.m. • Matt Thaiss has thrown out nine of 19 Sun. 12 at Georgia Tech * (ESPN3) .......................... 1 p.m. • UVa has put at least four freshmen in each lineup, including eight games Tue. 14 RADFORD ................................................. 6 p.m. with five rookies and a three contests with six. baserunners attempting to steal against Wed. 15 WILLIAM & MARY ................................... 6 p.m. • Ernie Clement (CF), Adam Haseley (RF), Justin Novak (2B) and Pavin Smith him (47.4%). Fri. 17 MIAMI * .................................................... 6 p.m. • Virginia ranks first in the ACC and ninth Sat. 18 MIAMI * .................................................... 1 p.m. (1B/DH) have started all 18 games. Sun. 19 MIAMI * .................................................... 1 p.m. • UVa has had first-years in all three outfield positions in eight games. nationally in team ERA at 2.03. Tue. 21 LONGWOOD ............................................. 6 p.m. • Fourteen of UVa’s 29 players are freshmen. Wed. 22 LIBertY ................................................... 6 p.m. Fri. 24 at NC State * (ESPN3) .............................6:30 p.m. Sat. 25 at NC State * (ESPN3) .............................6:30 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS BY POSITION (Lineup Subject to Change) Sat. 26 at NC State * (ESPN3) ................................. 1 p.m. Tue. 28 at Old Dominion [Harbor Park] .................. 7 p.m. Pos. No. Name, Class BA GP-GS R H RBI SB Notes C 21 Matt Thaiss, So. .338 18-18 14 23 15 2-2 Riding career-best eight-game hit streak MAY Fri. 8 DUKE * (ESPNU) ........................................ 8 p.m. 1B 10 Pavin Smith, Fr. .351 18-18 14 27 11 1-2 Leads team with nine multiple-hit games Sat. 9 DUKE * ...................................................... 4 p.m. 2B 18 Justin Novak, Fr. .073 18-18 4 4 2 1-1 Tied for 17th nationally in sac bunts (6) Sun. 10 DUKE * ...................................................... 1 p.m. SS 22 Daniel Pinero, So. .279 18-18 13 19 9 4-5 Had career-high four hits, including HR, in Sunday gm vs. Pitt Tue. 12 RICHMOND .............................................. 6 p.m. 3B 9 Kenny Towns, Sr. .333 18-18 14 25 14 1-2 Had career-high four hits, including three doubles, on Tuesday Thu. 14 at North Carolina * (RSN) ........................... 7 p.m. LF/DH 12 Charlie Cody, Fr. .233 11-9 4 7 4 0-0 Went 3-for-3 in Game 1 of Sat. DH vs. ECU in his first game Fri. 15 at North Carolina * (ESPN3) ...................6:30 p.m. or 37 Thomas Woodruff, Sr. .111 13-8 2 3 1 0-0 Singled twice and scored winning run against Cornell Sat. 16 at North Carolina * (ESPNU) .........................Noon CF 4 Ernie Clement, Fr. .288 18-18 11 23 7 0-3 Has struck out twice in 85 plate appearances 19-24 ACC Baseball Championship4 (RSN/ESPN2) ............TBA 5/29 - 6/1 NCAA Regionals5 (ESPN Networks) .................TBA RF 7 Adam Haseley, Fr. .236 18-18 12 17 8 1-2 Had six hits in last two games of Virginia Tech series DH 8 Robbie Coman, Jr. .214 10-7 1 6 2 0-1 Has started twice in last four games in return to lineup JUNE or 23 Christian Lowry, Fr. .250 8-5 1 6 2 2-2 Owns hits in six of his last seven games 5-8 NCAA Super Regionals5 (ESPN Networks) ........TBA 13-24 College World Series6 (ESPN/ESPN2) ...............TBA P No. Name, Class W-L ERA IP H R ER BB K Notes Home games in BOLD ; *denotes ACC games; all times Eastern LHP 19 Nathan Kirby, Jr. 3-1 0.83 32.2 23 3 3 14 43 Second in ACC in ERA, first in strikeouts Televised/webcast games in parentheses; Game times/dates subject to RHP 33 Connor Jones, So. 4-1 1.57 28.2 23 8 5 13 33 Ranks seventh in conference in ERA change; 1Charleston, S.C.; 2Myrtle Beach, S.C.; 3USA Baseball Complex, LHP 20 Brandon Waddell, Jr. 1-0 2.42 26.0 28 12 7 7 27 Making team-high 40th career start Cary, N.C. 4Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham, N.C.; 5Sites TBA; 6TD Ameritrade Park, Omaha, Neb. All games can be heard on VirginiaSports.com, with select games VIRGINIA ATHLETICS MEDIA RelaTIONS BASEBALL MEDIA CONTACT INFORMATION airing on WINA 1070-AM PO Box 400583 • JPJA • Charlottesville, VA 22904-4853 Andy Fledderjohann, Assistant Media Relations Director Phone: (434) 982-5500 • Website: VirginiaSports.com O: (434) 982-5131 • C: (434) 906-0075 • E-mail: [email protected] CAVALIERS END loSING STREAK TUESDAY rotATION EXCELLING THROUGH FIRST MONTH • In all, Virginia has had 13 home games altered because • Virginia snapped a four-game losing streak Tuesday • The weekend rotation of Nathan Kirby, Connor Jones of inclement weather. with its win against Towson. It marked UVa’s longest and Brandon Waddell has been strong, going 8-2 with a • UVa was forced to shift its series with Marist (Feb. 20- losing skid since April 23-27, 2008. 1.54 ERA. 22) to Charleston, S.C., and its round-robin tournament • It marked just the fourth four-game losing streak • The trio has allowed 15 earned runs in 15 games.