Baseball Travels to Longwood for Three-Game Series

CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College Baseball team return to Big South play beginning on Thursday when the Blue Hose head to Farmville to face Longwood in the opener of a three-game series at 6 p.m… The series continues at 6 p.m. on Friday before a 2 p.m. first pitch on Saturday afternoon. The series will be shown on ESPN+ all weekend in Farmville.

GAMEDAY CENTRAL
WHAT: Presbyterian (13-18, 3-6 Big South) at Longwood (16-18, 7-2 Big South)
WHERE: Buddy Bolding Stadium (Farmville, Va.)
WHEN: 6 pm (Thursday) | 6 pm (Friday) | 2 pm (Saturday)
THE SERIES (Since 2008): PC Leads 13-9

FOLLOW THE ACTION
LIVE STATS: Sidearm Stats
VIDEO: ESPN+ (Thurs.) | ESPN+ (Fri.) | ESPN+ (Sat.)
RADIO: Fox Sports Spartanburg (98.3 FM, 1400 AM) 97.1 WPCX
TWITTER: @PresbyterianBSB
GAME NOTES: Presbyterian Notes

ON THE MOUND
Thursday
PC – LHP Charlie McDaniel (3-2, 4.98 ERA, 39 K)
LWU – RHP Andrew Potojecki (6-1, 3.00 ERA, 32 K)

Friday
PC – RHP Duncan Howard (4-2, 3.15 ERA, 44 K)
LWU – LHP Kevin Warunek (3-0, 3.35 ERA, 20 K)

Saturday
PC – RHP Colbey Klepper (0-3, 5.89 ERA, 19 K)
LWU – LHP Andrew Melnyk (1-2, 6.75 ERA, 13 K)

About the Blue Hose
• Georgia Southern used a four-run ninth and a pair of runs in the 10th to rally past the Presbyterian College baseball team 9-7 on Tuesday night at the PC Baseball Complex. Sophomore Jack Gorman led the Blue Hose offensively with three hits in the defeat.

Series History
• PC leads the all-time series in the DI era over Longwood by the count of 13-9 with the Blue Hose winning five of the last six meetings.
• In 2021, Presbyterian defeated the Lancers three out of four with three of those games occuring in Farmville.
• Chris Veach led the Blue Hose offense with a .389 average in the series last season. Eric Toth his .353 with a double, homer and six RBIs.
• On the mound, Alex Flood made a start of five innings allowing two earned runs, walking one and totaling four strikeouts. Toth and Veach each recorded saves in the series.

Blue Hose Leaders
• Eric Toth has a team-high 39 hits on the year which ranks him in a tie for seventh among Big South hitters so far this season. He's also tied for fourth with his 30 runs scored. Toth leads the conference with four saves as well.
• Dalton Reeves is tied for fifth in the conference with 10 doubles.
• Jack Gorman and Jay Wetherington both enter the weekend with a .333 average which is tied for 10th in the conference this season.
• Wetherington is third in the league with 13 stolen bases, while Toth and Kyle Decker are tied for seventh with 10 steals.
• Duncan Howard is tied for third in the league with four wins and sits seventh with 44 strikeouts.

Record Chasing
• With his next save, senior Eric Toth would become the DI program record holder for saves with 13. Toth has four saves on the season.
• Kyle Decker needs one stolen base to tie for fifth in the DI career record book for stolen bases. Decker currently has 23 and would tie Jeese Harmon with 24.

Last Five Games & 10 Games
• In the Blue Hose last five games, Eric Toth is leading the way with a .421 average (8-of-19). Dalton Reeves is hitting .353 (6-of-17) with two doubles and five RBIs.
• Darien Rorabeck has tossed 5.1 scoreless innings in his last two appearances leading the Blue Hose pen along with Logan Ymker. Ymker has also tossed 5.1 innings without allowing an earned run and totaling a team-high nine strikeouts.
• Brody Fahr has a team-high .412 average (14-of-34) over the last 10 games with four doubles and a pair of triples. Jack Gorman leads the team in that stretch with 11 RBIs.

Scouting the Lancers
• Longwood enters the series with a 16-18 record following a 9-8 walkoff win on Tuesday over George Mason. The Lancers sit at 7-2 in the conference with series wins over UNC Asheville, High Point and N.C. A&T.
• Eliot Dix leads the Lancers offensively with a .360 average including five doubles and 18 RBIs. Jack Schnell sits at .339 with a team-high 12 doubles and has driven in 24.
• Hunter Gilliam has a team-high 10 homers on the season to go along with a team best 35 runs driven in.
• Michael Peterson leads the Lancers with 16 steals as Michael Dolberry has 12 to his record.
• On the mound, Andrew Potojecki leads the Lancers with a 6-1 record over eight starts with a 3.00 ERA. He has pitched 48 innings allowing 16 earned runs, walking 13 and totaling 32 strikeouts.

PC Swiping Bases
• The Blue Hose totaled seven stolen bases over the three games at Morehead State led by a trio with a pair of stolen bases.
• Jay Wetherington leads the team with 13 stolen bases as Eric Toth has totaled 10 stolen bases.
• Kyle Decker is a perfect 10-of-10 on the bases. Jack Gorman has totaled five SBs.
• PC has had nine players record a stolen base led by Wetherington's 13 which leads the Blue Hose to 46 on the year.

Ymker Earns Second Straight Relief Pitcher of the Week Award
• Junior Logan Ymker (Sioux Falls, S.D.) has been named the Big South Relief Pitcher of the Week for the second straight week for games played April 4-10, as announced by the league office on Monday.
• Ymker opened the weekend at Morehead State tossing the final two innings of the Blue Hose 11-7 win over the Eagles. He sat down the first five batters he faced on Saturday before a two-out single was his lone blemish. Ymker struck out a season-high five batters to help finish off Saturday's win for the Blue Hose. He pitched in Sunday's series finale at Morehead State recording the final two outs which included his sixth strikeout of the weekend.
• Over his last six appearances, Ymker has allowed two earned runs over 9.2 innings allowing just one walk and totaling 16 strikeouts. The Sioux Falls, S.D. native is limiting batters to .147 opponents batting average as he has recorded a 1.86 earned run average in that stretch.
• Ymker is the first Big South reliever since May of 2019 to win back-to-back weekly awards when Winthrop's Colten Rendon won three straight at the end of the 2019 season.

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 Long Ball
• The Blue Hose have totaled 20 homers on the season led by a trio of players with three. Eric Toth, Chase Hughes and Jeremiah Boyd each have three on the year.
• Jack Gorman, Dalton Reeves, Chris Veach and Joel Dragoo each have hit two homers. Jay Wetherington, Sean Klein and Ryan Ouzts have each hit one apiece.

Blue Hose in the Minors
• Former Blue Hose pitcher Hayden Deal opened his 2022 season over the weekend tossing 2.2 scoreless innings with four strikeouts for the Mississippi Braves, the AA Affiliate of the defending champion Atlanta Braves.
• As he begins his fifth year in pro baseball in 2022, Deal is 20-15 with a 3.1 ERA as over 319.2 innings pitched he has racked up 284 strikeouts. He also added five saves in his minor league career.

Up Next
• The Blue Hose return home on Tuesday April 19 at 6 p.m. to host Wofford at the PC Baseball Complex.

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Players Mentioned

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

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

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

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

#38 Alex Flood: RHP; 6' 3"; Junior; R/R

#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

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

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

#45 Darien Rorabeck: RHP; 6' 0"; Senior; R/R

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

Players Mentioned

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

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

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

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

#38 Alex Flood
: 6' 3"; Junior; R/R
: RHP

#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

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

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

#45 Darien Rorabeck
: 6' 0"; Senior; R/R
: RHP

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