Baseball Opens League Road Slate in Virginia on Friday

CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College baseball team hits the road for the first time in league play as the Blue Hose get set to face Radford with a single game on Friday night at 5 p.m. and Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. from Sherman Carter Memorial Stadium. Both games will be broadcast on ESPN+.

GAMEDAY CENTRAL
WHAT: Presbyterian (1-6, 0-1 Big South) at Radford (8-7, 3-3 Big South)
WHERE: Sherman Carter Memorial Stadium (Radford, Va.)
WHEN: Friday, March 19 (5:00 p.m.) | Saturday, March 20 (1:00 p.m.)
THE SERIES (Since 2008): Radford Leads 16-7

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VIDEO: ESPN+ (Friday) | ESPN+ (Saturday)
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GAME NOTES: Presbyterian Notes

ON THE MOUND
Friday
PC – LHP Charlie McDaniel (0-0, 1.80 ERA, 2 K)
RAD – RHP Greg Duncan (2-0, 4.50 ERA, 21 K)

Saturday
PC – TBA
EKU – RHP Ryan Bywaters (1-2, 3.79 ERA, 20 K)

About the Blue Hose
• The Presbyterian College baseball team opened Big South play on Tuesday with a 8-2 setback against Charleston Southern at the PC Baseball Complex. Freshman Brody Fahr led the Blue Hose with two hits including his first collegiate double.
• Fahr led the offensive attack with a two-hit game including his first collegiate extra base hit. Jay Wetherington, Sean Klein and Kyle Merkle also got into the hit column on Tuesday with base knocks.

Series History
• The Blue Hose and Highlanders have met 23 times prior to this weekend with the HIghlanders winning 16 of those meeting. PC earned the series win during the two teams most recent meeting in 2019.
• Presbyterian earned the series win in 2019 with a 17 strikeout performance from Reagan Fowler and Colton Springs en route to a 1-0 win on St. Patrick's Day.
• In the series the Blue Hose offense was led by Luke Matthews, Graham Mitchell, Jimmy Marcelli and Johnny Cook each adding three base hits in the series.
• On the mound, PC allowed seven earned runs in the series, while totaling 37 strikeouts en route to the series win over the Highlanders.

Scouting Radford
• Radford enters the weekend with an 8-7 record following a 12-3 victory in non-conference action against VMI. In the Highlanders last league series, Radford earned a three-game sweep over High Point.
• Radford is led at the plate by Sean Cheely who checks in this weekend with a .333 average with six extra base hits (two doubles, two triples, two homers) with six runs driven in. Connor Bagnieski and David Bryant both sit with a .260 average. Bagnieski along with Will Harless lead Radford with eight runs driven in.
• On the mound, the Highlanders are led by Austin Kaplan who has tossed six shutout innings without allowing a run and sits with a 1-0 record. Hunter Williams has made two starts and is 0-1 with a 1.69 ERA in 5.1 innings.

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 he's played in 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 .231 average so far in 2021 as he has reached base safely in all seven 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. In the CSU contest, Toth recorded 0.2 innings of relief work with a strikeout.
• Sean Klein, another JUCO transfer currently leads the team with a pair of long balls and a team-high six RBIs.
• Jay Wetherington, Allen Brown and Brody Fahr each made their first start on Tuesday against CSU. Fahr led the offense with two hits including a double and his first collegiate RBI. Wetherington totaled a base hit while Brown recorded a pair of walks.

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 on Tuesday, March 23rd at 4 p.m. when PC heads to USC Upstate for a Big South matchup with the Spartans.

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Players Mentioned

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

#24 Graham Mitchell: INF; 5' 11"; Senior; R/R

#27 Allen Brown: C; 6' 0"; Sophomore; R/R

#16 Reagan Fowler: P; 6' 5"; Senior; R/R

#29 Luke Matthews: P; 6' 3"; Junior; R/R

#32 Kyle Merkle: 1B; 6' 6"; Sophomore; R/R

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

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

#2 Brody Fahr: INF; 5' 11"; Freshman; L/R

#31 Charlie McDaniel: P; 6' 3"; Freshman; L/L

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

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

Players Mentioned

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

#24 Graham Mitchell
: 5' 11"; Senior; R/R
: INF

#27 Allen Brown
: 6' 0"; Sophomore; R/R
: C

#16 Reagan Fowler
: 6' 5"; Senior; R/R
: P

#29 Luke Matthews
: 6' 3"; Junior; R/R
: P

#32 Kyle Merkle
: 6' 6"; Sophomore; R/R
: 1B

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

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

#2 Brody Fahr
: 5' 11"; Freshman; L/R
: INF

#31 Charlie McDaniel
: 6' 3"; Freshman; L/L
: P

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

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