RADFORD HOSTS NO. 16 WAKE FOREST IN FINAL MIDWEEK TILT

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RADFORD, Va. – The Radford baseball team returns to Williams Field at Carter Memorial Stadium to host No. 16 Wake Forest Wednesday night in the final midweek tilt of the regular season and first of a seven-game home stretch. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m.

SETTING THE STAGE

Series: Wake Forest leads (7-2)
Location: Williams Family at Carter Memorial Stadium (Radford, Va.)
Radford dropped the first matchup 18-7 on March 28.
Anthony Miano collected his first career home run and had three RBIs, the most of any Highlander.
Radford's last game at home came on April 29 and saw a 9-3 victory over VMI.
The last time a ranked opponent came to Radford was April 8-10, 2016 when the defending national champions Coastal Carolina visited for a three-game Big South series.
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ON THE HILL
Wednesday, May 10th – 6 p.m.
RHP John McCarren (4-3, 5.50) vs. LHP Andrew Nardi (0-2, 6.49)

HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS

Current record: (20-26) | Home: (9-8) | Away: (10-17) | Neutral (1-1)
Big South (8-10)
Streak: L2
Radford's offense has been on tear of late, scoring 58 runs over its last seven games on 83 hits.
Danny Hrbek tallied a three-hit, two-RBI performance against ETSU with a triple in the top of the ninth to give him 14 in his career, matching a program record set by Kellen Wohlford in 2005.
After the three-hit, two-RBI performance on Tuesday, Hrbek has 196 hits and 90 RBIs in his career.
The Highlanders have collected double-digit hits in the last seven games, totaling 21 on the season.
The Highlanders enter the series with 37 home runs on the season, 12 have come in the last seven games.
In the last seven games, Radford has swiped 20 bags, giving them 67 stolen bases for the season. They have swiped just under three per game in the seven-game stretch.
Radford pitchers have combined to strikeout 70 batters in the last seven games, averaging 10 per game.
Kyle Butler continues to lead the offensive charge with the eighth best average in the league, entering play with a .331 clip. Butler leads the team with 57 hits, 38 runs and 11 doubles.
Spencer Horwitz is second on the team with a .323 average after going 2 for 3 with one walk on Tuesday night.
The Highlanders have inched up the Big South home run rankings, entering the contest ranked fourth. Jonathan Gonzalez is third in the league with 11 to his name, combing with Horwitz for 18 of the 37 homers.
Four different Highlanders have over 50 hits on the season, including six with over 35 hits.
Seven different Highlanders have scored 20-plus runs.
In non-conference games, Evan Threehouse holds a 3.24 ERA in 11 appearances, striking out 18 in 16.2 pitched.
Threehouse had tossed 11.1 straight innings without allowing a run, before ETSU ended the streak Tuesday in the seventh.
Radford holds a 5.96 ERA in non-confernce play as opposing teams are hitting for a .289 average.
The Highlanders are 7-4 in home non-conference matchups.

SCOUTING WAKE FOREST

Current record: (32-15) | Home: (19-6) | Away: (12-8) | Neutral (1-1)
ACC (15-9)
Streak: L1
The Demon Deacons took two in a three-game series against Boston College, but dropped a 5-3 home contest to High Point on Tuesday. The Panthers scored four in the first inning and Wake Forest could never gain the lead.
Jonathan Pryor is one of seven Demon Deacons to have above an .300 batting average playing in over 40 games. He leads the team with a .383 batting average.
Four players have double-digit home runs as Gavin Sheets has a team-high 17, Johnny Aiello has 15, Stuart Fairchild has hit 11 and Keegan Maronpot rounds out the crew with 10.
Sheets has a team-high 69 RBIs, while Fairchild leads the team with 50 runs scored.
Possessing a .314 batting average that ranks second in the ACC and 14^th nationally. Wake Forest has totaled 528 hits, which ranks inside the Top 15 in the country.
Crossing the plate 380 times, the Demon Deacons have five players with 40-plus runs scored.
Sheets ranks sixth nationally with his 17 home runs and Pryor ranks 13^th with his team-high 74 hits.
Wake Forest's pitching staff holds a 4.21 ERA, which ranks ninth in the league as opposing teams are hitting .247 off them.

ON DECK

Radford will now play six straight Big South games at home, welcoming High Point into town on Friday for a three-game weekend series starting at 6:30 p.m.
High Point leads the all-time series 26-21, sweeping the Highlanders in 2016.

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