RADFORD HOSTS APP STATE & ETSU IN MIDWEEK CONTESTS

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SETTING THE STAGE
- Record vs. Appalachian State: 6-11
- Record vs. ETSU: 19-25
- Location: Carter Memorial Stadium (Radford, Va.)
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ON THE BUMP
Tuesday, April 3 – 6 p.m. vs. Appalachian State
RHP Brandon Donovan (0-0, 27.00 ERA) vs. RHP Brandon Boone (1-2, 5.24 ERA)
Wednesday, April 4 – 6 p.m. vs. ETSU
TBA vs. TBA

HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS

Current record: (10-16) | Home: (4-5) | Away: (6-9) | Neutral (0-2)
Big South: (2-7)
Streak: L3
Radford will play the second of three weeks made up of two midweek games on the 2018 slate.
The Highlanders have only played five midweek games on the season, holding a 2-2 record on Tuesday and 0-1 clip on Wednesday.
Radford is coming off its third straight Big South series loss, falling victim to a sweep by Gardner-Webb.
In the series, Radford was outscored 33-18 and outhit 36-24.
Spencer Horwitz went 5 for 11 in the series, driving in five runs and scoring five.
Horwitz has four two-hit games in his last six games, ranking third on the team with nine multi-hit games.
The sophomore opened the series with a two-home run game, his third career performance with a two-homer game.
Andrew Szamski raised his average to .381 on the year, ranking second in the Big South in average and hits with 40. He is one of two conference players with 40-plus hits.
Szamski continues to lead the Big South with 16 extra-base hits and ranks ninth in the country with four triples.
With 11 triples as a team, Radford is 12^th nationally.
Radford's pitching staff has only allowed 140 earned runs in 230.1 innings, ranking as fifth least in the Big South.
The Highlanders have walked 122 batters, which is fourth in league in least number of walks allowed.

SCOUTING APPALACHIAN STATE

Current record: (6-19) | Home: (1-2) | Away: (5-17)
Sun Belt: (0-9)
Streak: L3
Appalachian State has won only two of its last 15 games.
The Mountaineers have been outscored 54-12 in Sun Belt games.
With no players hitting over .300, Kendall McGowan leads the team with a .261 average.
Drew Beck leads the Mountaineers with 21 hits and 13 RBIs.
As a team, Appalachian State holds a .196 average.
With 38 doubles as a team, six players have four-plus doubles.
Appalachian State holds a 5.35 ERA and .277 opposing batting average.
Striking out 213 batters in 210.1 frames, Appalachian State ranks second in the Sun Belt with 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
Four Mountaineers have punched out 20-plus batters.
Out of the bullpen, Kaleb Bowman has struck out 24 in 19.2 innings, giving up only two extra-base hits.

SCOUTING ETSU

Current record: (14-10) | Home: (7-4) | Away: (6-5) | Neutral (1-1)
SoCon: (2-4)
Streak: L3
The Buccaneers are 4-0 against Big South teams on the season, sweeping Winthrop in a weekend series and taking a midweek against UNC Asheville.
Always possessing a solid offensive core, ETSU ranks fourth in the SoCon with a .277 batting average as four players are hitting over .300.
Christian Bailey leads the team with a .333 average, 31 hits, 22 RBIs and nine doubles.
Caleb Longley is the Bucs leader with five home runs, following Bailey with 20 RBIs.
ETSU has swiped only 19 bases in 28 attempts. Aaron Maher and Hunter Parker are both 4 for 6 on the year.
Holding a 4.75 team ERA, ETSU has walked only 92 batters in 210.1 innings. The Bucs have punched 210 batters, averaging 9.0 per nine innings.
James Giambalvo is the team leader out of the bullpen with a 1.93 ERA, yielding only four earned runs in 18.2 innings. He holds a 3-2 record with 15 strikeouts.

UP NEXT

Radford will play its fourth Big South weekend series April 6-8, traveling to Farmville, Va., for a three-game series with Longwood.
The Highlanders took the series 2-1 in 2017, outscoring the Lancers 27-13 in the three games.
Longwood leads the all-time series 16-15.

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