GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team will welcome the Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs to close out the two-game series this season.
The first pitch is set for 6 p.m.
SPARTAN ESSENTIALS
TUESDAY
Who: Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs
Where: UNCG Baseball Stadium | Greensboro, N.C.
When: Tuesday, March 29 | 6 p.m.
Tickets: Free Admission
Concessions: Located behind home plate.
Weather: 56°/ 40° | Cloudy | 0% rain
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SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
-- UNCG enters the contest with an 11-13 overall record.
--As a team, they moved up nationally in hits to 21
st. They have a total of 254 hits this season.
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Alex Hoppe is 98
th in the nation with 39 strikeouts.
--He pitched 6.1 innings this past week and struck out 11 of 14 batters faced.
--Hoppe and
Austin Parsley lead the conference with four wins this season.
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Jared Mathewson is tied for fourth nationally with seven games started.
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Greg Hardison leads the SoCon in hits per game with 1.62.
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Hogan Windish follows with 1.53.
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Kross Robinson is second in the conference with three saves.
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GC Jarman hit his first career home run in the Spartan's 5-4 win at Davidson on Friday.
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Mitchell Smith hit his first home run as a Spartan on Sunday.
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Matt Kemp and
Ethan McKay also hit home runs last week. McKay led with two last week.
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Pres Cavenaugh leads the team in runs scored with 21.
--He and Smith are tied with six doubles.
SCOUTING THE RUNNIN' BULLDOGS
-- Gardner-Webb enters the contest with a 9-16 overall record, 1-2 in the Big South.
--They are coming off a three-game series against Wofford.
--Jacob Marcos leads the team with 29 hits.
--Curtis Robinson and Alex Burns are tied with four home runs this season.
--Robinson leads the team with 10 doubles.
--Joe Simeone leads the team with 38 strikeouts.
--He is 3-3 on the season with an ERA of 4.82 in 37.1 innings pitched.
SERIES HISTORY
--The Spartans lead the all-time series 3-1.
--UNCG and Gardner-Webb met 20 days ago.
---The Spartans took the contest with a final score of 7-3.
--Smith went 3-for-5 from the plate with two runs and two doubles.
