Baseball 3/15/2021 4:14:00 PM Greg Hartlage

Blue Hose Welcome Bucs to Clinton to Open League Play

CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College baseball team gets set to return to the diamond on Tuesday as the Blue Hose open Big South play by welcoming Charleston Southern to Clinton for a 3 p.m. first pitch. Tuesday's game is the first of five meetings this season between the Blue Hose and the Bucs.

GAMEDAY CENTRAL
WHAT: Charleston Southern (4-5, 4-2 Big South) vs. Presbyterian (1-5, 0-0 Big South)
WHERE: PC Baseball Complex (Clinton, S.C.)
WHEN: Tuesday, March 16 (3:00 p.m.)
THE SERIES (Since 2008): PC leads 22-15

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About the Blue Hose
• PC has had its last seven games canceled due to COVID-19 issues within the Blue Hose program.
• In their last action, fifth Year senior Eric Miles set a DI program record for wins on Saturday with his 22nd career win in game one of Saturday's doubleheader as the Blue Hose earned a split in the twinbill taking game one by the score of 12-9. Eastern Kentucky took game two by the count of 5-3.
• Chris Veach led the Blue Hose offense in the doubleheader with six hits which included three doubles.
• In game one, Eric Miles broke a tie for the DI program record in victories as he picked up his 22nd career victory on Saturday. Miles went 7.0 innings allowing five hits and five runs while totaling five strikeouts. He broke the tie with Chandler Knox who pitched for PC from 2011-14. Miles also became the fourth PC pitcher in the DI era to reach 200 career strikeouts with his five punchouts.

Series History
• The Blue Hose and Buccaneers will meet on Tuesday for the 38th time in PC's DI era with the Blue Hose holding a 22-15 all-time lead in the series with Charleston Southern.
• PC and CSU are slated to meet four more times during the 2021 spring season. Charleston Southern returns to Clinton on March 26-27 for a three game set and the Blue Hose make the trek to Charleston on May 11 to wrap up the five games scheduled to be played between the two teams.
• The Blue Hose wrapped up the 2019 regular season with CSU in their last meeting by taking two-of-three games. In the series, Jimmy Marcelli led the offense with a .538 average, while Jonathan White hit three home runs to help lead the PC offense.
• In the series, PC hit .294 with six doubles and seven home runs. The Blue Hose swipped 10 bases led by Zacchaeus Rasberry stealing four in the series.

Scouting Charleston Southern
• Charleston Southern enters Tuesday's game with a 4-5 record, while sitting 4-2 in league play after taking two-of-three from UNC Asheville in its most recent action.
• The Bucs are led offensively by Dylan Stewart who comes into play hitting at a .471 clip with two doubles, two triples and seven runs driven in. Tyrell Brewer checks in at .394 with four doubles.
• Daniel Padysak leads the Bucs starters with a 1-1 record allowing seven earned runs in 15.1 innings. Padysak has totaled 14 strikeouts so far this season.
• Sam Massey (3.2 innings) and Kyle Sandstrom (3.1 innings) both have held opponents without allow a run so far in 2021. Sandstrom has recorded a victory on the year.

Veach Named League Freshman of the Week
• Presbyterian College baseball freshman Chris Veach (Chapin, S.C.) was named the Big South Freshman of the Week for games played February 22-28, as announced by the conference office on Monday.
• Veach hit .583 (7-12) with six runs scored, two RBI and three doubles in three games last week. He went 6-9 in a series split with Eastern Kentucky -- collecting three hits in each game, in addition to four runs scored in PC's 12-9 victory.
• Veach also earned the save in the win over the Colonials, as he recorded the final out with the bases loaded.

Strong Opening Statements At The Plate
• Chris Veach currently paces the Blue Hose offense with a .400 average to begin the 2021 season as he has hits in all six games and 10 total during the Blue Hose first six games.
• Freshman Ryan Ouzts sits in third on the team currently with a .391 average thru the first six games. Ouzts is tied for the team lead with Veach totaling three doubles.
• JUCO Transfer Eric Toth has a .273 average so far in 2021 as he has reached base safely in all six games for the Blue Hose. Toth picked up his first Presbyterian home run of the season at No. 17 Auburn in game two of the series.
• Sean Klein, another JUCO transfer currently leads the team with a pair of long balls and a team-high six RBIs.

Record Chasing
• Senior Eric Miles needs 12 strikeouts to move into third in the Blue Hose D1 record book. Miles currently sits with 200 career strikeouts.
• With his next start, Miles will move into sole possession of seventh in the Blue Hose DI record book for appearances. He will also tie Jesse Harmon for sixth in games started with his next start.
• Miles needs 26.1 innings pitched to past Brian Kehner for fourth in the DI record book for innings in his Blue Hose career.
• Senior Zacchaeus Rasberry needs five stolen bases to move into first in the Blue Hose D1 record book. Rasberry has 31 career stolen bases.
• Rasberry's next triple will move him into a tie for fifth in D1 history with his fifth career triple as a Blue Hose.

Scouting The 2021 Season
• The Blue Hose enter of one the most unique seasons to date in the program's history dating back to 1988 in the modern era. PC is set to embark on a 50 game season which includes 40 games in the Big South along with 10 non-conference matchups.
• On the non-conference side, Presbyterian travels to Auburn (3 games) and Eastern Kentucky (3 games). The Blue Hose also have midweek home-and-home matchups with Wofford and Davidson as well.
• The Blue Hose are set to host three teams in home-and-home conference series this season. PC will face UNC Asheville (Mar.5-6 (H) & Apr. 1-2(A)), Longwood (Mar. 12-13(H) & Apr. 16-17(A)) and Radford (Mar. 19-20 (A) & Apr. 9-10(H)) six times apiece.
• Presbyterian will face two conference teams in five games during the 2021 season, including a home or road weekend series followed by a home-and-home midweek contest. The Blue Hose will host Charleston Southern on March 16 and March 26-27 before traveling to Charleston on May 11. PC will travel to USC Upstate on March 23 and play a weekend series in Spartanburg on April 30-May 1. The Blue Hose and Spartans are slated to meet in Clinton on April 20.
• PC will play four teams in a three-game series either at home or on the road. Campbell will visit Presbyterian for a weekend set on April 23-24, while also hosting Gardner-Webb on May 7-8.

Up Next
• The Blue Hose are next in action beginning on Friday March 20th at 5 p.m. when PC travels to Radford to open a three-game series with the Highlanders.

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Players Mentioned

#22 Jimmy Marcelli: INF; 6' 0"; Senior; R/R

#17 Eric Miles: P; 6' 1"; Fifth Year; R/R

#4 Zacchaeus Rasberry: OF; 6' 2"; Fifth Year; R/R

#22 Ryan Ouzts: UTL/P; 5' 8"; Freshman; R/R

#10 Chris Veach: INF/P; 6' 0"; Freshman; R/R

#7 Eric Toth: P/UTL; 6' 4"; Junior; R/R

#18 Sean Klein: INF; 5' 10"; Junior; R/R

Players Mentioned

#22 Jimmy Marcelli
: 6' 0"; Senior; R/R
: INF

#17 Eric Miles
: 6' 1"; Fifth Year; R/R
: P

#4 Zacchaeus Rasberry
: 6' 2"; Fifth Year; R/R
: OF

#22 Ryan Ouzts
: 5' 8"; Freshman; R/R
: UTL/P

#10 Chris Veach
: 6' 0"; Freshman; R/R
: INF/P

#7 Eric Toth
: 6' 4"; Junior; R/R
: P/UTL

#18 Sean Klein
: 5' 10"; Junior; R/R
: INF