CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College baseball team hits the road on Tuesday for a 6 p.m. first pitch against Davidson from Wilson Field on ESPN+. PC looks to avenge a 7-4 defeat to the Wildcats from a March 21st game that took place in Clinton.
GAMEDAY CENTRAL
WHAT: Presbyterian (12-17) at Davidson (15-11)
WHERE: Wilson Field (Davidson, N.C.)
WHEN: April 4, 2023 at 6 pm
THE SERIES (Since 2008): Davidson Leads 7-6
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LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+
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GAME NOTES: Presbyterian Notes
About the Blue Hose
• The Blue Hose enter the new week off of a series defeat at the hands of UNC Asheville as the Bulldogs sealed the series win on Sunday with a 10-6 victory in Asheville. Davidson had its seven-game win streak snapped on Sunday with a 6-4 defeat to Fordham after earning the first two wins over the Rams.
Scouting the Wildcats
• Davidson enters the weekend with a 15-11 record after taking its first A10 series over Fordham last time out. The Wildcats are led by Michael O'Shaughnessy who's hitting at .359 clip with six homers and 21 RBIs while Ryan Wilson sits at .355 with seven doubles and a team-high 13 homers with 33 runs knocked in. Jack Cotrone sits at .349 with nine homers and Nick Calero checks in with four doubles and two homers to Tuesday's action. On the mound, AJ Pabst is 1-0 over 11 outings with a 0.71 ERA. Will Schomberg sits at 4-1 over seven starts with a 2.80 ERA.
Wildcats Down Blue Hose in Midweek Action
• The Presbyterian College baseball team dropped Tuesday's non-conference matchup against the visiting Davidson by the score of 7-4 at the PC Baseball Complex. Jack Gorman picked up his team-high eighth double in Tuesday's setback.
• Logan Ymker pitched one of the best outings in his Blue Hose career on Tuesday as he pitched two scoreless frames and matched his career high with five strikeouts. As a team, PC finished with a season-high 14 strikeouts led by Ymker's five.
Head to Head vs Davidson
• The Wildcats hold a 7-6 edge over PC in the head-to-head series battle throughout the PC DI era. Davidson has won four of the last five meetings including a 7-4 victory earlier this seaosn in Clinton.
Blue Hose in the Ranks
• Jack Gorman enters the contest on Tuesday tied for ninth in the league with eight doubles.
• Kyle Decker is tied for sixth in the league with 11 steals. Decker is tied for first in league games with six steals as the fifth-year senior has gone 6-for-7.
• Joel Dragoo sits seventh in the conference with 19 walks as Decker and Brody Fahr are tied for eighth with 18 free passes on the season.
• Fahr is tied for the top spot in the league with three triples on the season.
• Tanner Smith is atop the league in saves with five. Luke Gibson is fifth in the league with a pair of saves.
• Charlie McDaniel is fourth in the Big South with a 5.17 strikeout-to-walk ratio. McDaniel is third in the conference with 1.46 walks allowed per nine innings.
• Colbey Klepper is third in the league and eighth in the nation in appearances with 16 on the season.
Smith Goes Back-to-Back with Big South Relief Pitcher of the Week Honors
• Following two Big South saves in the Blue Hose series win over Charleston Southern, Presbyterian College baseball senior Tanner Smith (Laurens, S.C.) has been Big South Relief Pitcher of the Week for the second straight week for games played March 20-26, as announced by the league office on Monday.
• Smith opened the week with three strikeouts over 1.1 scoreless frames at home against Davidson. He opened the outing with a walk before recording three strikeouts over the next five batters to earn the scoreless outing.
• He carried his momentum into Friday's outing with a scoreless inning totaling two strikeouts and facing one over the minimum in the ninth of the Blue Hose 6-3 win over CSU to earn his fourth save. He needed just 16 pitches to get out of the inning against the Bucs.
• He bounced back on Saturday he needed just 12 pitches and worked around a leadoff hit by pitch to record his second save in as many games as PC clinched the series with a 2-1 victory. Smith tallied a strikeout in the inning of work on Saturday.
• Smith has not allowed an earned run over his last 8.1 innings as the senior has totaled 12 strikeouts and allowed three hits in that stretch. He continues to lead the Blue Hose bullpen with a minuscule 1.12 ERA over his 16 innings of work this season. He is currently tied for 15th in the nation with his five saves
• He becomes the first Blue Hose player to earn back-to-back Big South Relief Pitcher of the Week honors since last April 4 & 11 when Logan Ymker earned two straight honors.his third save of the season and give PC the 7-6 league opening win.
