GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball will welcome N.C. A&T for the series finale between the two clubs on Tuesday night at UNCG Baseball Stadium.
 
The first pitch is set for 6 p.m.
 
SPARTAN ESSENTIALS
TUESDAY
Who: NC A&T Aggies
Where:  UNCG Baseball Stadium | Greensboro, N.C.
When: Tuesday, April 19 | 6 p.m.
Weather: 60°/ 36° | Sunny | 0% rain
Tickets: Free Admission
Concessions: Located behind home plate
Starting Pitchers: TBD vs. TBD
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SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
-- The Spartans enter the contest with a 14-22 overall record.
--Hogan Windish leads the team with a .415 batting average.
--He has 44 hits with 106 plate appearances.
--Dallas Callahan was a home run short of the cycle on Friday night. In his first plate appearance on Saturday, he completed the weekend cycle with a home run to right field.
-- Mitchell Smith hit four doubles last week, bringing his season total to 13.
--As a team, the Spartans have hit nine triples this season. Four of them came last week, two against no. 23 Wake Forest.
--The 10 runs scored by the Spartans on Saturday was the seventh time this season they have scored 10 or more runs.
--UNCG scored 22 runs in the series which is the second-most allowed by Mercer in a three-game series.
--The Spartans are the third team this season to score double-digit runs against the Bears since March 26. Utah and South Florida were the other two teams.

CAREER MILESTONE TRACKER
--Jared Mathewson and Kross Robinson are nearing the 200 mark in career strikeouts.
--Mathewson is 22 away.
-- Robinson needs 10 more.
 
IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
--As a team, the Spartans are 11^th in the nation in hits with 390.
--They are 27^th nationally in team batting average with .300.
--Five Spartans are ranked in the top 50 nationally in seven different statistical categories.
--Windish is 17^th in batting average and 30^th in on-base percentage (.500).
--Mathewson is fourth in the nation in games started.
--Austin Parsley is also fourth in games started with 10. He is 49^th in victories with five.
--Alex Hoppe is 14^th in strikeouts per nine innings with 13.72.
--Zack Budzik has four sacrifice flyouts this season putting him 48^th in the nation.
 
CLIMBING THE RECORD BOOKS
--Budzik, Windish, and Hardison are climbing the UNCG career records this season.
--Budzik has 45 stolen bases in his career which puts him ninth. Below are the 5^th – 9^th.
    5. Ryan Gordon, 2000-04 ...............................................................61
    6. Shane Schumaker, 2000-01 ....................................................... 54
    7. Jeremy Purcell, 1997-00............................................................. 47
    8. Jeff Smith, 1999-00..................................................................... 46
    9. Zack Budzik, 2018-present......................................................45
 
--Hardison's four doubles this season so far pushes his career total to 46 which moves him up to the seventh-place spot. Below are the 3^rd – 7^th.
    3. Jeremy Purcell, 1997-00.............................................................51
         *Trevor Edwards, 2009-13 ............................................................51
    5. Ryan Gordon, 2000-04 ............................................................... 50
        Tonka Maynor, 1991-94.................................................................50
    7. Greg Hardison, 2017-present……………………………………………………46
 
--Windish is in the top five on two record lists. With his two home runs last week, he is tied for fifth in career home runs with 25. Below are the top five.
    1. *Trevor Edwards, 2009-13 ............................................................. 39
    2. Tim Giles, 1994-96.......................................................................... 38
    3. Jeremy Purcell, 1997-00.................................................................. 37
    4. Cesar Trejo, 2016-18 ....................................................................... 26
    5. Tonka Maynor, 1991-94................................................................... 25
        Hogan Windish, 2018-present………………………………………………………..25
 
--Windish has been hit by a pitch 34 times in his career, putting him fourth in the UNCG record books. Below are the top 5.
    1. Chris Barker, 2010-11....................................................................... 40
    2. Greg Feltes, 2005-08 ........................................................................ 37
    3. *Trevor Edwards, 2009-13 ............................................................... 35
    4. Hogan Windish, 2018-present………………………………………………….…34
    5. Nicky Phillips, 1994-97...................................................................... 30
 
SCOUTING THE AGGIES
-- The Aggies enter the contest with a 12-22 overall record.
--A&T's most notable win this season was a 7-6 final at UNC Chapel Hill last week.
--Anthony Hennings leads the team with a .375 batting average. He has 48 hits with 128 plate appearances.
--His 48 hits lead the team.
--Hennings and Xavier Bussey are tied with four stolen bases this season.
--Cort Maynard has hit eight home runs this season and has 27 RBIs, which leads the team.
--Peyton Winebarger leads the Aggies with 51 strikeouts on the season.
--He has an ERA of 5.44.
--Jake Delisi has a 2.19 ERA, which is the lowest on the team.
 
SERIES HISTORY
-- The Spartans have a 45-10 lead on the all-time series over the Aggies.
--N.C. A&T took the last meeting, 7-5, last month at World War Memorial Stadium.
--Hunter Shuey earned his first collegiate start.
--Budzik led the team with three hits.