Baseball Welcomes in Charleston Southern for Big South Series

CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College baseball team begins its home Big South Conference slate on Friday afternoon welcoming in Charleston Southern for a three-game set with first pitch scheduled for 3 p.m.. from the PC Baseball Complex. The Bucs and Blue Hose will play a pair of games on Saturday morning beginning at 11 a.m..

GAMEDAY CENTRAL
WHAT: Charleston Southern (7-7, 7-4 Big South) vs Presbyterian (2-8, 1-3 Big South)
WHERE: PC Baseball Complex (Clinton, S.C.)
WHEN: Friday, March 26, 2021 (3:00 p.m.) | Saturday, March 27, 2021 (11:00 a.m.) | Saturday, March 27, 2021 (Game Two DH)
THE SERIES (Since 2008): Presbyterian Leads 22-16

FOLLOW THE ACTION
LIVE STATS: Statbroadcast.com (Friday) | Statbroadcast.com (Saturday G1) | Statbroadcast.com (Saturday G2)
RADIO: Fox Sports 98.3 FM (Friday & Saturday Game Two)
TWITTER: @PresbyterianBSB
GAME NOTES: Presbyterian Notes

ON THE MOUND
Friday
CSU – RHP RJ Petit (2-2, 3.75 ERA, 24 K)
PC – LHP Charlie McDaniel (0-0, 5.79 ERA, 3 K)

Saturday Game One
CSU – RHP Krishna Raj (1-1, 5.89 ERA, 16 K)
PC – RHP Eric Miles (1-1, 8.25 ERA, 8 K)

Saturday Game Two
CSU – RHP Daniel Padysak (2-1, 4.22 ERA, 24 K)
PC – RHP Duncan Howard (0-1, 1.64 ERA, 9 K)

About the Blue Hose
• USC Upstate used a pair of five-run frames to lead the Spartans to a 13-0 victory on Tuesday afternoon over the Presbyterian College baseball team.
• Ryan Ouzts and Chris Veach each led the Blue Hose with two hits including a double from Veach in the loss.

Series History
• The Blue Hose and Buccaneers will meet on Tuesday for the 39th time in PC's DI era with the Blue Hose holding a 22-16 all-time lead in the series with Charleston Southern.
• PC and CSU met on March 16th with the Bucs earning an 8-2 win in Clinton that afternoon.
• Following this three-game set with Charleston Southern, Presbyterian will make the trip to Charleston on May 11th to wrap up the season series the CSU.

Scouting Charleston Southern
• CSU currently sits with a 7-7 record following a midweek setback by the score of 7-4 on Tuesday night at Winthrop. The Bucs are 7-4 in league play this season overall.
• Houston Parker and Tyrell Brewer pace the Charleston Southern offense with a .327 average on the season. Parker has five doubles, one triple and one home run, while Brewer has five doubles on the year.
• Kyle Sandstrom has pitched 5.2 innings of scoreless baseball with six strikeouts and a 1-0 record along with one save.
• RJ Petit leads the Bucs among starters with a 2-2 record and a 3.75 ERA thru four starts. The Big South preseason pitcher of the year has 24 strikeouts over 24.0 innings this spring.

Veach Continues to Pace The Offensive Attack
• The Chapin, S.C. native is continuing to lead the Blue Hose offensive attack with a conference leading .472 average thru nine games.
• He's had a base hit in all nine games he's played in this spring with five consecutive multi-hit games.
• Veach has already earned a pair of Big South Freshman of the Week honors this spring as well.
• He currently ranks 19th in all of DI baseball with a .472 average, while also ranking 14th in the country as he has struck out once every 18 at bats this spring.
• Veach ranks 10th in nation with an average of 1.89 hits per game this spring.

Strong Opening Statements At The Plate
• Chris Veach currently paces the Blue Hose offense with a .472 average to begin the 2021 season as he has hits in all nine games he's played in and 17 total during the Blue Hose first eight games.
• Freshman Ryan Ouzts sits in second on the team currently with a .412 average thru the first nine games. Ouzts is second on the team totaling three doubles.
• JUCO Transfer Eric Toth has a .250 average so far in 2021 as he has reached base safely in nine of the Blue Hose first 10 games. 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. He pitched the final 3.0 innings in a 7-6 win over Radford recording his first win of the season.
• 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 head back out on the road beginning on Thursday April 1 to open a three-game series with UNC Asheville as first pitch is set for 5 p.m.. PC and Asheville will play a Friday doubleheader to wrap up the series with first pitch for the twinbill set for 1 p.m..

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Players Mentioned

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

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

#25 Duncan Howard: P; 6' 3"; Freshman; R/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

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

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

Players Mentioned

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

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

#25 Duncan Howard
: 6' 3"; Freshman; R/R
: P

#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

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

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