GAME 4 * FEB. 21 2017 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL 31 NCAA Regional Appearances • 3 College World Series Appearances • 9 ACC Championships Communications: Kevin Davis • Cell: 704-974-9095 • Email: [email protected] GEORGIA TECH BY THE NUMBERS Overall Record 3-0 GAME 4: #17 JACKETS HIT THE ROAD TO FACE EAGLES ACC Record - Tuesday, Feb. 21 • J.I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, Ga. At Russ Chandler Stadium 3-0 Road Games - GAME 4 GAME 2 GAME 3 Neutral Site Games - GEORGIA SOUTHERN MARSHALL W. MICHIGAN Streak W3 Tuesday • 6 p.m. ET Saturday • 2 p.m. ET Sunday • 12 p.m. ET Last 5 Games 3-0 TV: • Radio: WREK 91.1 FM TV: • Radio: WREK 91.1 FM TV: • Audio: WREK (online stream) Last 10 Games 3-0 Series History: Tech leads 98-31 Series History: First ever meeting Series History: GT leads, 3-0 2017 SCHEDULE / RESULTS Last Meeting: GT, 6-1 (3/30/16) Last Meeting: N/A Last Meeting: 2/20/16 (W, 13-0) DATE OPPONENT TV TIME GS Probable Starting Pitcher Feb. 17 BYU W, 5-3 Marshall Probable Starting Pitcher WMU Probable Starting Pitcher Zach Strickland, RHP, Fr., (0-0, .000) Jacob Niggemeyer, RHP, Jr. (11-1, 2.11 ERA)* TBD Feb. 18 Marshall W, 11-3 Feb. 19 Western Michigan W, 8-3 Feb. 21 at Georgia Southern 6 p.m. Tech Probable Starting Pitcher Tech Probable Starting Pitcher Tech Probable Starting Pitcher Feb. 24 Youngstown State 4 p.m. Ben Parr, LHP, Sr. Jonathan Hughes, RHP, R-Fr. TBD Feb. 25 Youngstown State 2 p.m. Feb. 26 Youngstown State 1 p.m. Feb. 28 Georgia State 4 p.m. March 1 Kennesaw State 6 p.m. Record in 2017 Record in 2016 Record in 2016 March 3 Belmont 4 p.m. 1-0, 0.00 ERA 3-1, 2.45 ERA N/A March 4 Belmont 2 p.m. March 5 Belmont 1 p.m. Career Record Career Record Career Record March 7 at Kennesaw State 5 p.m. 18-9, 3.72 ERA 3-1. 2.45 ERA N/A March 10 at Miami * 7 p.m. March 11 at Miami * 7 p.m. March 12 at Miami * 1 p.m. LEADING OFF March 14 Oklahoma 6 p.m. March 17 North Carolina * 6 p.m. The Yellow Jackets head to Statesboro, Ga. on a five-game winning streak versus the March 18 North Carolina * 1 p.m. 1 Georgia Southern and are 98-31 all-time versus the Eagles on the diamond. March 19 North Carolina * 1 p.m. March 21 Auburn 6 p.m. Georgia Tech has not trailed at all thus far this season. In fact, the Jackets have only March 24 at Wake Forest * 6 p.m. been tied with their respective opponents a total of four innings over their first three March 25 at Wake Forest * 4 p.m. 2 games of the year. March 26 at Wake Forest * 1 p.m. March 28 at Mercer 6 p.m. Tech has allowed exactly three runs in each of its three games this season. The March 31 Clemson * 6 p.m. Jackets defeated BYU 5-3, pounded Marshall 11-3 and beat Western Michigan 8-3 on April 1 Clemson * 4 p.m. 3 opening weekend. April 2 Clemson * 1 p.m. April 4 at Auburn 7 p.m. The starting pitching for Tech thus far this year has been superb, as the three starters April 7 at Notre Dame * 6 p.m. combined to allow just one run on nine hits while striking out 15 hitters over 14.0 April 8 at Notre Dame * 4 p.m. 4 innings of work. April 9 at Notre Dame * 1 p.m. April 11 at Georgia 7 p.m. Three different Jackets have already collected five hits apiece on the season in Chase April 13 Louisville * 6 p.m. Murray, Wade Bailey and Trevor Craport. However, they are all second on the team April 14 Louisville * 6 p.m. 5 in base knocks behind freshman Austin Wilhite’s team-high six base hits to start the April 15 Louisville * 1 p.m. season. April 18 Mercer 6 p.m. April 19 at Georgia State 6 p.m. Juniors Trevor Craport and Kel Johnson are both tied with the team lead in RBIs with April 21 at Virginia Tech * 5:30 p.m. 6 six so far this season. The duo combined have 12 of the Jackets’ 22 RBIs on the year. April 22 at Virginia Tech * 1 p.m. April 23 at Virginia Tech * 1 p.m. Georgia Tech posted a seven-run inning in the bottom of the second versus Marshall, April 25 Georgia 7 p.m. its largest run total in a single inning this season. In fact, all of the Jackets’ 24 runs April 28 at UIC 7:35 p.m. 7 thus far this season have come in a combined eight innings. April 29 at UIC (1) 1:05 p.m. at UIC (2) 4:05 p.m. Georgia Tech will wear the road uniforms for the first time this season on Tuesday night May 6 Pittsburgh * 6 p.m. 8 versus the Eagles. Last year, Tech was 11-10 in true road games for the year. May 7 Pittsburgh * RSN 6 p.m. May 8 Pittsburgh * 7 p.m. Tech offensively has had a total of nine different players account for at least one run May 9 vs. Georgia (SunTrust Park) 7 p.m. thus far this season for the Yellow Jackets. Defensively, the Jackets have allowed just May 12 at Duke * 6 p.m. 9 nine runs all season long and have outscored their opponents 24-9 on the year. May 13 at Duke * 1 p.m. May 14 at Duke * 1 p.m. Coach Hall has used 10 different hurlers out of the bullpen thus far this season. The 10 May 16 Georgia Southern 6 p.m. arms have combined to throw 13.0 innings of relief work. May 18 Virginia * 6 p.m. 10 May 19 Virginia * 6 p.m. May 20 Virginia * 1 p.m. May 23-28 2017 ACC Baseball Championship (Louisville, Ky.) @GTBaseball - 1 - www.RamblinWreck.com GAME 4 * FEB. 21 NATIONAL POLLS TRACKER STAT COMPARISON WEEK BA CB USA NCBWA D1 PG Preseason 21 38 RV 29 - 12 Feb. 20 17 - N/A N/A - N/A Feb. 27 Mar. 6 GEORGIA TECH GEORGIA SOUTHERN Mar. 13 Batting Average .327 .250 Mar. 20 Slugging Percentage .533 .330 Mar. 27 Runs Per Game 8.0 6.7 Apr. 3 Hits Per Game 11.7 8.3 Apr. 10 Doubles 5 3 Apr. 17 Triples 1 1 Apr. 24 Home Runs 5 1 May 1 RBIs 22 18 May 8 Stolen Bases/Attempts 1/1 6/6 May 15 ERA 2.33 3.41 May 22 K’s Per 9.0 7.3 9.6 May 29 BB’s Per 9.0 3.0 2.5 June 5 June 12 Opponent Batting Average .243 .300 BA = Baseball America, CB = Collegiate Baseball, USA = USA Today, NCBWA = NCBWA, D1= D1Baseball.com Fielding Percentage .973 .954 TRACKING THE OPPONENTS OPPONENT 2017 VERSUS GEORGIA SOUTHERN • The Yellow Jackets are 98-31 all-time versus the Georgia Southern Eagles, as the two Auburn 3-1 schools have played annually since 1984. Belmont 0-3 • Under Coach Hall, the Yellow Jackets are 66-19 overall versus Georgia Southern. BYU 1-1 • Georgia Tech has won five straight over the Eagles heading into Tuesday night’s Clemson 1-2 contest, including a 16-inning game last year in Statesboro on Feb. 24, 2016. Duke 0-4 Georgia 1-2 MARATHON GAME • The meeting between the two teams last year in Statesboro, Ga. proved to be an historic Georgia Southern 2-1 one, as it ranks as the longest game in Tech’s history. Georgia State 2-0 • The game went 16 innings and lasted over three hours before Brandon Gold hit a game- Illinois-Chicago 2-2 winning three-run home run in the top of the 16th inning to give the Jackets the 6-5 win. Kennesaw State 1-2 Louisville 3-0 ROAD TRIP Marshall 1-2 • The non-conference game on Tuesday night versus Georgia Southern will be the first road game of the young season for the Yellow Jackets who opened up the year with the Mercer 3-0 Atlanta Challenge on Feb. 17-19 at Russ Chandler Stadium. Miami 2-1 • Last season, the Yellow Jackets were just 11-10 on the season in true road contests, North Carolina 3-0 however, one of those wins was a 6-5 16-inning win at Georgia Southern in February. Notre Dame 1-3 Oklahoma 2-1 FRESH FACES MAKING A SPLASH Pittsburgh 3-1 • A number of freshmen made their debuts opening weekend for the Yellow Jackets in the Atlanta Challenge in Austin Wilhite, Chase Murray, Xzavion Curry, Kyle McCann, Nick Virginia 3-0 Wilhite, Brenton Sanders, Parker McCoy, Paxton Rigby and Jay Shadday. Virginia Tech 3-0 • Making the biggest splash of the newcomers in opening weekend was the trio of Austin Wake Forest 1-3 Wilhite, Murray and Curry. Western Michigan 0-3 • Austin Wilhite leads the team with six hits and an average of .667 through the first three Youngstown State 0-3 games. He also has a team-high .667 slugging percentage and .727 on-base percentage, and has the lone stolen base for the Jackets thus far this season. * Games Through Feb. 19 • Chase Murray, who like Wilhite started all three games for Tech in the opening weekend of play, went 5-for-11 (.455) and scored three runs for the Jackets.