GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team will welcome a top 25 team when No. 22/No. 25 NC State comes to UNCG Baseball Stadium on Tuesday. The Spartans will turn around and travel to Gardner-Webb on Wednesday for a game against the Runnin' Bulldogs.
The first pitch against the Wolfpack is set for 3 p.m. with RHP
Hunter Shuey taking the mound for UNCG. The Wolfpack will send RHP Logan Adams to the mound.
SPARTAN ESSENTIALS
TUESDAY
Who: No. 22 NC State Wolfpack
Where: UNCG Baseball Stadium | Greensboro, N.C.
When: Tuesday, March 8| 3 p.m.
Tickets: Free Admission
Concessions: Located behind home plate. No outside food is permitted.
Weather: 63°/ 42° | Partly Cloudy | 10% rain
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Live Stats
WEDNESDAY
Who: Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs
Where: John Henry Moss Stadium | Boiling Springs, S.C.
When: Wednesday, March 9 | 4 p.m.
Weather: 58°/ 44° | Rain | 90% rain
Live Stats
SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
--The Spartans are coming off a 3-0 series sweep over the Towson Tigers.
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Zack Budzik led the Spartans with a .529 batting average. He had nine hits on 17 at-bats and six RBIs.
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Caleb Freeman hit his first collegiate home run in the Spartans 6-5 win on Sunday.
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Hogan Windish hit two home runs over the weekend. He hit a three-run homer in Sunday's game to give UNCG the early 3-1 lead.
--He leads the team in RBIs with 18 this season.
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Kennedy Jones and Windish are tied with 19 hits this season.
--They are ranked 35
th in DI baseball.
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Austin Parsley leads the conference in ERA with 0.47.
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Pres Cavenaugh has hit two triples this season. He is one of three Southern Conference players to do so.
--The Spartans lead the conference in three statistical categories: double plays (10), double plays per game (0.91), and shutouts (1).
SCOUTING THE WOLFPACK
--The Wolfpack enters the contest ranked at No.22 by DI Baseball. They dropped rankings after suffering a series sweep from Northwestern.
--It was the first time that NC State has been swept in a weekend series since 2006.
--Freshman Tommy White is second in the nation in home runs with nine.
--He leads the team with 22 hits this season.
--Will Marcy and Devonte Brown are perfect in stolen bases. The pair have each stolen a pair of bases.
--Matt Willadsen leads the Wolfpack with 18 strikeouts.
SERIES HISTORY
--NC State leads the all-time series 29-9.
--The Wolfpack took the last meeting with a one-hit shutout last March.
SCOUTING THE RUNNIN' BULLDOGS
--The Runnin' Bulldogs are coming off a 2-2 series split against Dartmouth.
--Jacob Marcos and Curtis Robinson lead the Runnin' Bulldogs with 11 runs this season.
--Marcos leads with 15 hits.
--Robinson has nine RBIs and three home runs, which leads the team.
--Joe Simeone has pitched 15.2 innings and leads the team with 14 strikeouts.
SERIES HISTORY
--This will be the fourth meeting between the Spartans and Runnin' Bulldogs.
--UNCG has a 2-1 series lead.
--The Spartans took the last contest with a 9-0 win last April with a four-hit shutout.
