Baseball 3/2/2020 3:40:00 PM Greg Hartlage

Baseball Continues Homestand With Pair Of Midweek Matchups

CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College baseball team returns to the diamond beginning on Tuesday for a 2 pm first pitch against St. John's at the PC Baseball Complex. The Blue Hose continue their homestand on Wednesday with a 2 pm first pitch against Wofford. The matchup with the Terriers will be broadcast on Fox Sports 98.3 FM.

GAMEDAY CENTRAL
WHAT: Presbyterian (2-9) vs St. John's (3-6)
WHERE: Clinton, S.C. (PC Baseball Complex)
WHEN: Tuesday March 3, 2 pm
THE SERIES (Since 2008): First All-Time Meeting

GAMEDAY CENTRAL
WHAT: Presbyterian at Wofford (9-3)
WHERE: Russell C. King Field (Spartanburg, S.C.)
WHEN: Wednesday, March 4, 6 pm
THE SERIES (Since 2008): PC Leads 17-13

FOLLOW THE ACTION
LIVE STATS: statbroadcast.com (Tuesday) | statbroadcast.com (Wednesday)
TWITTER: @PresbyterianBSB

ON THE MOUND
Tuesday
PC – RHP Kyle Benson (0-1,8.68 ERA, 7 K)
STJ – RHP Brian Hendry (0-0, 15.00 ERA, 2 K)

Wednesday
PC – TBA
WOF – TBA

About the Blue Hose
• Notre Dame used early offense to finish off the three-game sweep of the Presbyterian College baseball team by the score of 9-0 at the PC Baseball Complex on Sunday afternoon. Andrew Livingston led the Blue Hose offense with two hits.

Rankings
• Austin Paradis is tied for the league lead with seven appearances and also is ninth nationally with his seven games.
• Zacchaeus Rasberry sits in third in the Big South with seven stolen bases. He is also tied for third in the league with four doubles.
• Kyle Merkle is tied for the league lead with a pair of home runs.
• Eric Miles sits in fourth place in the league with 18.2 innings pitched on the season.
• David Sweat is tied for sixth in the Big South with five stolen bases.

Series History
• Tuesday's matchup with St John's will be the first all-time meeting between the Blue Hose and Red Storm.
• Presbyterian has a 17-13 record all-time against Wofford including the Blue Hose taking all three meetings from the Terriers in 2019.

Scouting St John's
•St John's enters Tuesday's contest with a 3-6 mark following being swept by Charlotte last time out. The Red Storm has a win over No. 19 Georgia Tech and a pair of wins over Cal.
• At the plate, Jake Lazzaro leads St John's with a .367 average as he has three doubles and two RBIs on the young season. Sean McGeehan sits at .316 with five doubles and a team-high nine RBIs.
• McGeehan leads the Big East with five doubles. Mike Antico leads the Big East with six stolen bases.
• On the mound, Sonny Fauci has not allowed an earned run in 5.2 innings. Geoff Mosseau has a 1.86 ERA in 9.2 innings with seven strikeouts.

Scouting Wofford
• Wofford currently sits at 9-3 after taking 2-of-3 from Merrimack last time out. The Terriers are slated to host Winthrop before heading to Clinton for Wednesday's matchup.
• Lawson Hill sits at a .538 average, while Hudson Byorick is at .364 with five doubles and a home run. Alec Cargin has a team-high 18 RBIs.
• Jake Dippold has not allowed an earned run in 8.1 innings pitched, while O'Kelly McWilliams has not allowed an earned run in six innings.
• Wofford currently leads all of NCAA with 33 stolen bases. Brett Rodriguez is third in the nation with nine stolen bases.

Record Chasing
• Senior Eric Miles needs 23 strikeouts to move into third in the Blue Hose D1 record book. Miles currently sits with 189 career strikeouts.
• With his next victory, Miles becomes the Blue Hose D1 record holder for wins with his 22nd victory.
• Senior Zacchaeus Rasberry needs five stolen bases to move into a tie for first in the Blue Hose record book. Rasberry has 30 career stolen bases.

2020 Preseason Honors
• Eric Miles and Zacchaeus Rasberry both were selected to Perfect Game's Preseason All-Big South Team.
• Perfect Game selected the Blue Hose fifth in its preseason poll
• The Big South Conference Coaches selected PC fifth in the 2020 preseason coaches poll.
• DI Baseball selected Presbyterian fifth in their preseason poll as well.

Blue Hose In The Minors
• Hayden Deal finished the 2019 season with the Florida Firefrogs, the advanced A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. Deal appeared in 23 games with the Firefrogs while making 22 starts as he went 5-10 with a 3.24 ERA. He recorded 99 strikeouts in 119.1 innings during the season.

Up Next
• The Blue Hose concludes their eight-game homestand beginning on Friday against UConn beginning at 2 pm.

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