10-GAME WINNING STREAK COMES HOME, WEEKEND SERIES STARTS FRIDAY VS. WINTHROP

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Radford (21-11, 8-1 BSC) vs. Winthrop (22-12, 3-6 BSC)
RU Baseball Stadium • Radford, Va. • Admission is FREE

GAME 1 • Friday, April 10 • 6:30 p.m.
RU Michael Boyle (5-2, 2.18) vs. WU Sam Kmiec (3-3, 3.72)
BIG SOUTH NETWORK VIDEO • LIVE STATS

GAME 2 • Saturday, April 11 • 4:00 p.m.
RU Dylan Nelson (4-2, 3.97) vs. WU Matt Crohan (4-2, 2.08)
RU SPORTS NETWORK AUDIO • LIVE STATS

GAME 3 • Sunday, April 12 • 2:00 p.m.
RU Mitchell MacKeith (4-2, 4.37) vs. WU Josh Strong (3-3, 3.03)
BIG SOUTH NETWORK VIDEO • LIVE STATS

Radford brings its school-record 10-game winning streak and first place standing in the Big South race home to RU Baseball Stadium beginning Friday for an important three-game series hosting Winthrop. First pitch Friday night is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Saturday's middle game of the set is slated for 4:00, and Sunday's series finale starts at 2:00.

SCOUTING THE EAGLES • Current Stats
Winthrop has won three straight games including scoring 38 runs in its last two games (26-7 at Furman, 12-7 at North Carolina A&T). The Eagles also own impressive wins on the season over South Carolina, Clemson, and a series win over Kennesaw State. WU has dropped two of three games in all three of its Big South series (Gardner-Webb, Coastal Carolina, High Point). As a team, the Eagles are batting .291 led by three players among the conference leaders in batting average (Roger Gonzalez .383, Brad Kaczka .368, Anthony Paulsen .341). Winthrop has a team ERA of 3.90.

THE HIGHLANDERS • Current Stats
Radford is off to its best conference start in program history (8-1) and owns back-to-back sweeps on the road in Big South play over Campbell and Gardner-Webb. RU won its 10th straight Tuesday at VMI, 6-2. In the last four weeks, the Highlanders have dropped their RPI ranking from 195 to a current 35th ranking entering the series.

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