RADFORD TO PLAY FIRST MIDWEEK IN 20 DAYS; TRAVEL TO VMI TUESDAY

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SETTING THE STAGE

Series: Radford leads (30-23-1)
Location: Gray-Minor Stadium (Lexington, Va.)
Radford is playing its first midweek game since March 7 as recent inclement weather has spoiled the last two midweek matchups.
The Keydets last played a midweek game on March 14.
The two Commonwealth foes spent the weekend in North Carolina's triad area as the Highlanders faced High Point and the Keydets took on UNC Greensboro.
Both teams dropped Friday's doubleheader and earned wins on Sunday.
Since 2008, Radford is 5-5 in games played inside at Gray-Minor Stadium.
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ON THE HILL
Tuesday, March 27 – 4 p.m.
LHP Mack Krupp (0-3, 5.68) vs. LHP Jonathan Clines (0-0, 7.56)

HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS

Current record: (9-13) | Home: (4-2) | Away: (5-9) | Neutral (0-2)
Big South (2-4)
Streak: W1
After dropping the first two games of the series, Radford's bats caught fire in the series finale as the Highlanders scored 15 straight runs in a 18-6 thrashing of High Point led by a four-hit, five-RBI performance from sophomore Straton Podaras.
The 18 Highlander runs came on a day in which four Highlanders finished with multi-hit performances, including three with three-plus hits.
Radford's 15 hits are the most on the season after the Highlanders tallied only 13 hits in the first two games of the series.
The Highlanders have six double-digit hit games on the season.
Radford's seven extra base hits match a season high and the five doubles also match a season best.
Radford has tallied 60 extra-base hits on the season, ranking eighth nationally with 10 triples.
Andrew Szamski and Matt Roth followed Podaras with three hits each. The duo also reached base four times on the day.
Roth matched a career high with three RBIs, while Szamski tallied his fifth multi-RBI game on the season.
Szamski continues to dominate at the plate with the Big South's second best average of .367. The redshirt junior is third with 33 hits, but leads the league with 14 extra base hits.
Roth has four multi-hit games in the last eight, driving in six runs.
The duo has combined for seven of Radford's 12 home runs.
Of Radford's 98 RBIs, five players have driven in 10-plus runs each.
Highlander pitchers have combined for 141 strikeouts in 192.1 innings.
Radford's staff is averaging 6.60 strikeouts per game.
On Sunday, Austin Ross became the first Highlander to earn a win as the starting pitcher. Making his first start of the season, Ross allowed only one run over five strong, improving to 5-2 on the season.
Ross is tied for the nation's lead in wins.
With 21.2 innings out of the bullpen, Austin Gerber leads the team with a 2.49 ERA with only seven of his 19 hits allowed coming as extra-base hits.
On the base paths, Radford is 30 for 44, which rank as the third most steals in the league.
Eleven different Highlanders have swiped a base this season with six swiping three-plus.
Kyle Butler is the team leader with a 6 for 8 showing on the bases.
Radford ranks second in the Big South and 47^th nationally with a .976 fielding percentage.

SCOUTING VMI

Current record: (10-11) | Home: (6-3) | Away: (4-8)
SoCon (1-2)
Streak: W1
The Keydets possess a .272 team batting average with four players hitting over .300 on the season.
Matt Dunlevy leads the team with a .379 clip, while his 17 walks have aided a .512 on-base percentage.
Matt Pita has totaled 35 hits, including a whopping 13 doubles, which ranks fourth in the nation.
Two Keydets have drove in 20-plus runs as Peyton Maddox paces with 21 and Pita follows with 20.
VMI has swiped 41 bags in 46 attempts, ranking 20^th nationally.
Possessing a team ERA of 6.16, Matthew Eagle has been the best pitcher out of the bullpen with a 1-1 record and 4.41 ERA. He has struck out 23 batters in 16.1 innings pitched.
Keydet pitchers have punched out 179 batters in 182.0 frames. Four different pitchers have recorded 20-plus so far.
Opposing teams are hitting .298 off VMI's pitching staff, totaling 227 hits.

ON DECK

Radford will have a quick turnaround as they return to action on Thursday, hosting Gardner-Webb for its second Big South home series. The series runs Thursday-Saturday due to Easter.
The Highlanders will be playing the Runnin' Bulldogs for the first time since the 2016 season. Radford took the series and also defeated Gardner-Webb in the Big South Tournament that same season.
Since 2012, Radford is 9-4 against the Runnin' Bulldogs as they also lead the series 14-9.

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