Tuesday, March 6
RADFORD
4:00 PM
Radford University
vs
La Salle
Photo by: Lora Gordon (Radford University)
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RADFORD vs. LA SALLE March 5-6 | RU Baseball Stadium RU in 2012: 4-7 | Streak: W1 | Last 10: 4-6 |
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The two-game series with the Explorers this week begins a stretch where the Highlanders will play 20 of the next 25 games at RU Baseball Stadium – Radford won't play a weekend series on the road until April 6.
Coming off its longest road swing of the year, Radford is back at home with some momentum – the Highlanders won their first series of the season with a pair of victories at previously-unbeaten UNC Greensboro.
In the series at Greensboro, the Highlanders picked up 7-3 wins on Friday and Sunday, highlighted by late insurance runs. Radford outscored UNCG 5-0 from the sixth inning on in Friday's game, and added three ninth-inning runs on Sunday. Offensively, Zach Costello led the way with a 6-for-12 weekend and three walks, Matt Hillsinger knocked in five runs, and Brett Mollenhauer went 4-for-12, scoring five times. In addition to strong starts from pitchers Eddie Butler and Tyler Costello, Radford's bullpen posted a 1.96 weekend ERA.
This week marks the first-ever meeting between Radford and La Salle – the Explorers are in the middle of a nine-game road trip and a stretch where they play 16 of their first 17 games away from Philadelphia. La Salle went 28-26 last season and was picked to finish eighth in the Atlantic 10's Preseason Poll. The Explorers enter the week 5-4 after taking a weekend series at North Carolina A&T, including an 8-6 win in 11 innings on Sunday.
Since 2008, Radford is 3-1 against the A-10 with wins over Charlotte (2008), St. Joe's (2010) and Fordham (2011).
MIDWEEK NOTEBOOK
- Zach Costello has reached base in 12 consecutive games dating back to last year's finale in the Big South Tournament
- Costello led off each game at UNCG with a hit
- Costello's six steals on eight attempts lead the Big South entering the week
- Costello and Cory Turner are tied for fourth in the league with seven walks
- Turner, after going hitless following the second game at Samford, has hit in four straight
- Jeff Kemp leads the Big South with six doubles, and is tied for the league lead in extra-base hits with eight (2 triples)
- Jason Patten, who enters the week with the second-most appearances in the conference (7), has allowed just one run over his last 7 1/3 innings of relief
- The Highlanders plated seven ninth-inning runs in the series at UNCG, and eight in their last four games
- Radford enters the week third in the Big South with a .978 fielding percentage and seven fewer errors than the fourth-best team
Thursday, April 23
Sunday, April 12
Thursday, April 02
Saturday, March 21
