BASEBALL LOOKS TO EXTEND WIN STREAK AT ETSU TUESDAY

Radford begins a six-game road swing on Tuesday and looks to extend a six-game win streak when the Highlanders travel to East Tennessee State for a doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m.

Coming off of a series sweep of Cornell, the Highlanders will play on the road for the first time since March 9 – Radford began its season playing 12 straight away from home, going 6-6 over that stretch of games.

The Highlanders and Buccaneers will meet for their traditional two games in a series that was continuous from 1989-2001 and has regained that status since 2008.

ETSU leads the series 18-13 – last year, the Buccaneers won 22-10 at home on March 24, while Radford took a 9-8 win at home on April 27.

The series, which is typically a home-and-home set, will be played in its entirety with this Tuesday doubleheader at Cardinal Park. Radford was originally scheduled to host ETSU last Tuesday.

ETSU (12-4) is 8-2 in its last 10 games. The Buccaneers dropped two of three in an Atlantic Sun conference home series over the weekend against Jacksonville – ETSU salvaged the series with a 10-8 win over the Dolphins in the finale.

MIDWEEK NOTEBOOK
• Sunday's win over Cornell gave head coach Joe Raccuia his 150th career victory
• In a series sweep of Cornell, the Highlanders got 8 1/3 innings from each of their three starters, Eddie Butler, Mark Peterson and Bobby Bolling
• Radford's weekend starters have a combined 2.99 ERA while opponents are hitting .212 off the trio
• Senior right-hander Cassidy McDaniel will make his 15th career start in game one against ETSU - McDaniel (1-1, 4.00 ERA) pitched effectively in his last start, allowing just two earned runs on five hits in five innings in a loss at NC State on March 8
• Radford is third in the conference in team ERA at 4.16, and the leaders in opponents' batting average at .253
• The Highlanders only needed two total innings of relief work all weekend
• Cory Turner extended his hitting streak to five games, going 4-for-9 during the weekend with four RBIs
• Turner is fourth in the Big South with a .410 batting average, leads the league in on-base percentage (.526) and is fifth in slugging percentage (.590)
• Matt Mack was 4-for-4 in the series finale, and 5-for-12 over the weekend
• Mack's .371 average is eighth in the league
• Seven of the 15 Radford runs against Cornell were scored with two outs
• The Highlanders continue to lead the conference in fielding percentage at .975, with a league-low 17 errors

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