BASEBALL SEASON GETS UNDERWAY WITH SERIES AT SAMFORD

Friday, February 13

Birmingham, Ala.

4:00 PM (CT)

Radford University

Samford

Photo by: Radford Athletics Communications

BASEBALL SEASON GETS UNDERWAY WITH SERIES AT SAMFORD

2/12/2015 12:45:00 PM | Baseball

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Radford (33-23) at Samford (35-25) • L.J. Griffin Field • Birmingham, Ala.

GAME 1 • Friday, February 13 • 4:00 p.m. (CT) • LISTEN LIVE • LIVE STATS
RU Michael Boyle (4-3, 4.09) vs. SU Alex Ledford (11-2, 4.70)

GAME 2 • Saturday, February 14 • 2:00 p.m. (CT) • LIVE STATS
RU Dylan Nelson (6-4, 4.34) vs. SU Jared Brasher (2-5, 5.50)

GAME 3 • Sunday, February 15 • 1:00 p.m. (CT) • LISTEN LIVE • LIVE STATS
RU Mitchell MacKeith (2-2, 6.23) vs. SU Cole Limbaugh (1-1, 4.04)

Radford opens its season Friday at Samford in the first of a three-game series with the Bulldogs. First pitch at Griffin Field in Birmingham, Ala. is set for 4:00 p.m. (CT) local. The series continues Saturday and culminates Sunday. The Highlanders have faced the Bulldogs twice before in series, splitting a two-game set in 1990 and taking one of three to open the season in 2012.

SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
Samford won 35 games a year ago and finished 10 games above .500 overall while finishing 15-12 in Southern Conference play. The Bulldogs feature two of the SoCon's best pitchers in starter Alex Ledford and closer Andres Gracia. Ledford led the league in wins a year ago with 11, and Gracia posted 14 saves with a 0.79 ERA in 34.0 innings of work in 2014.

THE HIGHLANDERS • Full Season Preview
For the first time in Radford baseball history, the Highlanders are coming off back-to-back 30-win seasons, including a school record 33 victories a year ago. The Highlanders received one first-place vote and were predicted 5^th in the Big South preseason poll. RU returns two all-conference performers from a year ago. Patrick Marshall was a first-team selection in left field, and Hunter Higgerson earned second-team at third base.