Baseball 3/10/2022 4:19:00 PM PC Athletic Communications

Baseball Heads to Georgia State for Weekend Series

All Three Games are slated for 1 p.m. First Pitch

CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College Baseball team hits the road for a three-game weekend series against Georgia State beginning on Friday at 1 p.m. All three games are set for 1 p.m. first pitch due to the threat of inclement weather in the Atlanta area.

GAMEDAY CENTRAL
WHAT: Presbyterian (7-6) at Georgia State (8-5)
WHERE: GSU Baseball Complex (Decatur, Ga.)
WHEN: 1 pm (Friday/Saturday & Sunday)
THE SERIES (Since 2008): GSU Leads 3-2

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LIVE STATS: Statbroadcast (Fri.) | Statbroadcast (Sat.) | Statbroadcast (Sun.)
TWITTER: @PresbyterianBSB
GAME NOTES: Presbyterian Notes | GSU Notes

ON THE MOUND
Friday
PC – LHP Charlie McDaniel (1-0, 5.60 ERA, 17.2 IP, 9 K)
GSU – LHP Brandon Kaminer (1-1, 2.77 ERA, 13 IP, 13 K)

Saturday
PC – RHP Duncan Howard (1-1, 1.65 ERA, 16.1 IP, 14 K)
GSU – RHP Chandler Dawson (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 9.1 IP, 6 K)

Sunday
PC – RHP Daniel Eagen (1-0, 1.76 ERA, 15.1 IP, 18 K)
GSU – RHP Dylan Matela (0-0, 5.06 ERA, 10.2 IP, 15 K)

About the Blue Hose
• The Presbyterian College baseball team fell in midweek action to visiting Western Carolina by the score of 15-2 at the PC Baseball Complex.

Series History
• Georgia State leads the all-time series in the Blue Hose DI era 3-2. PC won both meeting in 2019 13-4 at GSU and 11-7 in Clinton.

Scouting Georgia State
• Georgia State comes into the weekend with an 8-5 mark following a 4-1 midweek road win over Wofford. The Panthers have tallied two weekend sweeps this season taking four from Purdue Fort Wayne and a three-game sweep of Villanova.
• The Panthers offense is led by Griffin Cheney who's hitting .422 with four home runs on the year. Cameron Jones checks in with a .367 average and Dalton Pearson sits at .357 beginning the weekend.
• Georgia State's top home run hitter this yhear is Max Ryerson who's tallied six homers and a team-high 12 RBIs.
• On the mound, Camren Landry is 1-2 with a 2.35 ERA in three starts as Brandon Kaminer is 1-1 wih a 2.77 ERA.
• Cameron Jones has recorded three saves so far this season for the Panthers.

Toth Named Big South Player of the Week
• Following a 7-for-13 week at the plate, Presbyterian College baseball senior Eric Toth (Mobile, Ala.) has been named the Big South Player of the Week for games played Feb. 28-Mar.6, as announced by the league office on Monday.
• He began his week with a 2-for-4 performance in a midweek defeat against Charleston. Toth opened the weekend against Bellarmine with a season-high three hits including a double and run driven in during the Blue Hose 9-3 win over Bellarmine.
• The senior continued his strong week at the plate with his second homer of the season on Saturday in a 5-0 shutout before adding an RBI double and scoring two runs in Presbyterian's 8-4 series finale win over the Knights.
• Over the four-game week, Toth slugged .923 and got on base at a .611 clip as he was able to raise his batting average from .290 up to .364.

Dearman Earns Big South Relief Pitcher of the Week Honors
• Following his first collegiate save on Saturday, Presbyterian College baseball senior left-handed pitcher Clark Dearman (Milton, Ga.) has been named the Big South Relief Pitcher of the Week for games played Feb. 21-Feb. 27, as announced by the league office on Monday.
• Dearman began the week with 1.1 scoreless frames in the Blue Hose midweek contest against Georgia Tech. He recorded a pair of strikeouts in the outing against the Yellow Jackets allowing a hit and a walk.
• The Milton, Ga. native returned to the hill on Saturday afternoon and pitched the final two innings of the Blue Hose 5-1 game one victory against Manhattan to earn his first collegiate save. He recorded three punchouts in the two innings against the Jaspers.
• Dearman leads the team with four appearances as he has allowed two earned runs in 5.1 innings while totaling eight strikeouts this season.

Blue Hose Leaders
• Jay Wetherington enters the weekend seventh in the Big South in batting average at .387 entering the weekend.
• He also ranks fifth in on base percentage at .500.
• Eric Toth is tied for eighth in hits with 16 so far in 2022.
• Duncan Howard enters the weekend with the fourth best ERA in the league at 1.65 as Daniel Eagen sits fifth at 1.76.
• Eagen is seventh in strikeouts with 18 and leads the league in strikeouts looking at nine.

Matthews Slamming the Door
• Senior Luke Matthews tossed six scoreless frames over the weekend earning his first two collegiate victories against the Ospreys in the Blue Hose season opening series win against UNF.
• Matthews tossed 2.1 scoreless innings in relief on Friday as he earned his first collegiate victory. Matthews totaled a career-high three strikeouts.
• He improved on Friday's performance with a career-high 3.2 scoreless innings scattering three hits in recording his second win of the year.

Blue Hose Long Ball
• The Blue Hose have totaled eight home runs in the opening 13 games this season off the bats of six different players.
• Eric Toth and Chase Hughes led the way with two homers apiece on the season.
• Jeremiah Boyd, Jack Gorman, Sean Klein and Ryan Ouzts have each tallied one this year as well.

2022 Preseason Honors
• Senior Eric Toth and sophomore Charlie McDaniel were both selected to the Preseason All-Conference team as selected by Perfect game.
• PC was tabbed fourth in the preseason conference poll as voted on by the league coaches.

Up Next
• The Blue Hose hit the road next on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. when PC heads to Charlotte to battle the 49ers.

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Players Mentioned

#33 Jeremiah Boyd: C; 5' 10"; Senior; R/R

#35 Clark Dearman: LHP; 6' 1"; Senior; L/L

#25 Duncan Howard: RHP; 6' 3"; Sophomore; R/R

#11 Chase Hughes: INF; 6' 2"; Junior; R/R

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

#29 Luke Matthews: RHP; 6' 3"; Senior; R/R

#31 Charlie McDaniel: LHP; 6' 3"; Sophomore; L/L

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

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

#21 Jay Wetherington: OF; 5' 9"; Sophomore; L/L

#17 Daniel Eagen: RHP; 6' 4"; Freshman; R/R

#15 Jack Gorman: INF; 5' 10"; Sophomore; R/R

Players Mentioned

#33 Jeremiah Boyd
: 5' 10"; Senior; R/R
: C

#35 Clark Dearman
: 6' 1"; Senior; L/L
: LHP

#25 Duncan Howard
: 6' 3"; Sophomore; R/R
: RHP

#11 Chase Hughes
: 6' 2"; Junior; R/R
: INF

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

#29 Luke Matthews
: 6' 3"; Senior; R/R
: RHP

#31 Charlie McDaniel
: 6' 3"; Sophomore; L/L
: LHP

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

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

#21 Jay Wetherington
: 5' 9"; Sophomore; L/L
: OF

#17 Daniel Eagen
: 6' 4"; Freshman; R/R
: RHP

#15 Jack Gorman
: 5' 10"; Sophomore; R/R
: INF