Baseball Heads to Longwood For Pair of Doubleheaders

CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College baseball team hits the road for a pair of doubleheaders this weekend against Longwood beginning on Friday at 1 p.m. from Buddy Bolding Stadium in Farmville, Va.. The Blue Hose and Lancers will play a second doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 12 p.m..

The two teams are playing a pair of twin bills in an effort to make up some of the March 12-13 series that was postponed in Clinton earlier this season. Both game ones of the doubleheader will be nine innings followed by seven inning games in game two of the twin bills.

GAMEDAY CENTRAL
WHAT: Presbyterian (7-10, 6-5 Big South) at Longwood (10-18, 3-11 Big South)
WHERE: Buddy Bolding Stadium (Farmville, Va.)
WHEN: Friday, April 16, 2021 (1:00 p.m.) | Friday, April 16, 2021 (Game Two DH) | Saturday April 17, 2021 (12:00 p.m.) | Saturday April 17, 2021 (Game Two DH)
THE SERIES (Since 2008): Presbyterian Leads 10-8

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ON THE MOUND
Friday Game One
PC – LHP Charlie McDaniel (2-0, 2.84 ERA, 6 K)
LWU – RHP Dylan Saale (1-2, 3.47 ERA, 21 K)

Friday Game Two
PC – RHP Eric Miles (2-1, 5.40 ERA, 20 K)
LWU – RHP Dominick D'Ercole (1-2, 8.84 ERA, 19 K)

Saturday Game One
PC – RHP Duncan Howard (1-1, 1.64 ERA, 14 K)
LWU – LHP Andrew Melnyk (0-2, 6.35 ERA, 28 K)

Saturday Game Two
PC – RHP Alex Flood (0-2, 5.27 ERA, 9 K)
LWU – TBA

About the Blue Hose
• With darkness on the horizon, the Presbyterian College baseball team outlasted UNC Asheville by the score of 5-4 in 14 innings on April 6th at the PC Baseball Complex. Kyle Decker led the offense with four hits and Eric Toth pitched the final 5.2 innings to earn the victory.
• Tuesday's game is the first Blue Hose contest that has exceeded four hours since April 27, 2019, when PC outlasted Pittsburgh 9-7 in 12 innings. The contest with the Panthers went 4:20.
• The game is also the longest in program history on February 21, 2016, when PC and Furman went 11 innings and played for 4:30.
• 14 innings matches the program record for the longest game in terms of innings played as PC has played two other 14 inning contests with the most recent coming on March 16, 2015, against Gardner-Webb

Series History
• PC and Longwood have met 18 times prior to this weekend with the Blue Hose winning 10 of those meetings including two of three in 2019 against the Lancers.
• In the 2019 series with Longwood, Andrew Livingston paced the Blue Hose with a .500 average, while Zacchaeus Rasberry hit .357 with a home run and five runs driven in. Rasberry swipped four bags in that series.
• On the mound, Jackson Dean tossed eight innings allowing one earned run and striking out eight to earn the win in that series with the Lancers.

Scouting Longwood
• Longwood enters Friday's doubleheader with a 10-18 record after losing two-of-three with High Point last time out.
• Hunter GIlliam paces the Lancers on offense with a .323 average which includes seven doubles, three triples and 18 runs driven in. Jack Schnell sits with a .286 average including three doubles and a homer. Eliot Dix leads the Lancers this spring with five homers.
• On the mound, Logan Berrier is 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA out of the Longwood bullpen as Berrier has 20 strikeouts over 20.0 innings. Dylan Saale leads Lancer arms with starts this spring at 1-2 with a 3.47 ERA.

Veach Earns Olerud Watch List Honor
• Presbyterian College infielder & pitcher Chris Veach has been named to the 10th annual John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award watch list, as announced by the College Baseball Foundation on Tuesday.
• The deep pool of talent resulting from several veteran players returning for an extra season granted by the NCAA in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, plus the influx of new talent from the last two seasons, has created a unique pool of 17 top candidates for the 2021 Olerud watch list.
• The list also includes teammates from two Power 5 schools, three players who have already been honored with the Olerud Player of the Week award and four players who were on the watch list for the 2019 award.
• The Chapin, S.C. native is continuing to lead the Blue Hose offensive attack with a conference leading .348 average thru 16 games. He's had a base hit in 14 of 16 games he's played in this spring.
• Veach has already earned a pair of Big South Freshman of the Week honors this spring as well.

Miles & McDaniel Honored With Weekly Honors
• Presbyterian College baseball pitchers Eric Miles and Charlie McDaniel have been named Big South Starting Pitcher and Co-Freshman of the Week respectively for games played March 22-28, as announced by the conference office on Monday.
• Miles was dominant on Saturday in game one of the doubleheader with CSU as he recorded 7.0 shutout innings en route to a 3-0 series clinching win over Charleston Southern. Miles totaled seven strikeouts while only allowing four singles and a pair of walks to earn his second win of the spring.
• In just his third collegiate start, McDaniel tossed a complete game allowing just one earned run to earn his first career victory over Charleston Southern on Friday afternoon. The Sanford, Fla. native allowed just one run and six hits to earn the win. McDaniel faced one batter over the minimum over the final five innings. McDaniel's complete game was the Blue Hose first since May 17, 2019, when Jackson Dean spun a complete game against Charleston Southern.
• Both pitchers were a part of a pitching staff that allowed just two earned runs over 27.0 innings against Charleston Southern this weekend.
• This is Presbyterian's third freshman of the week honoree in six award cycles as Chris Veach earned a pair of awards already this spring.

Strong Opening Statements At The Plate
• Chris Veach currently paces the Blue Hose offense with a .348 average to begin the 2021 season as he has hits in 14 of his first 16 collegiate games he's played in and 24 total during that stretch.
• Freshman Ryan Ouzts sits in second on the team currently with a .317 average thru the first 16 games. Ouzts is second on the team totaling four doubles.
• JUCO Transfer Eric Toth has a .264 average so far in 2021 as he is the team leader with four long balls after two big flies over the weekend at UNC Asheville. He pitched the final 3.0 innings in a 7-6 win over Radford recording his first win of the season. Toth grabbed his first save of the season against CSU to clinch the series. In the 14-inning marathon with UNC Asheville, Toth pitched the final 5.2 innings to earn the victory.
• Sean Klein, another JUCO transfer currently has four doubles and a pair of home runs with eight runs driven in thru 17 contests.

Record Chasing
• Senior Eric Miles needs eight strikeouts to move into second in the Blue Hose D1 record book. Miles currently sits with 212 career strikeouts.
• Miles needs 15.2 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 fourth in D1 history with his sixth career triple as a Blue Hose.

Up Next
• The Blue Hose return home for a midweek matchup on April 20th at 3 p.m. against USC Upstate from the PC Baseball Complex.

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Players Mentioned

#12 Kyle Decker: OF; 5' 11"; Junior; R/R

#38 Alex Flood: P; 6' 3"; Sophomore; R/R

#34 Andrew Livingston: OF; 6' 1"; Redshirt Senior; R/R

#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

#12 Kyle Decker
: 5' 11"; Junior; R/R
: OF

#38 Alex Flood
: 6' 3"; Sophomore; R/R
: P

#34 Andrew Livingston
: 6' 1"; Redshirt Senior; R/R
: OF

#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