GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team will welcome the Samford Bulldogs this weekend for another Southern Conference series in UNCG Baseball Stadium.  
 
Friday's first pitch will be at 6 p.m., while Saturday's is set for 2 p.m. The two clubs will close the series out on Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
Friday's game will be Hispanic Heritage night where the first 100 students will receive a free t-shirt. Saturday, the first 50 students will receive free Taco Mama, while the first 200 fans will receive a $5 Taco Mama gift card. On Sunday the first 120 students will receive a free Krispy Kreme doughnut.
 
SPARTAN ESSENTIALS
FRIDAY
Who: Samford Bulldogs
Where:  UNCG Baseball Stadium | Greensboro, N.C.
When: Friday, April 22 | 6 p.m.
Weather: 81°/ 56° | Mostly Sunny | 10% rain
Tickets: Free Admission
Concessions: Located behind home plate
Starting Pitchers: LHP Jarred Mathewson vs. RHP Jacob Cravey
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SATURDAY
Who: Samford Bulldogs  
Where:  UNCG Baseball Stadium | Greensboro, N.C.
When: Saturday, April 23 | 2 p.m.
Weather: 82°/ 58° | Partly Cloudy | 10% rain
Tickets: Free Admission
Concessions: Located behind home plate
Starting Pitchers: RHP Austin Parsley vs. RHP Michael Ross
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SUNDAY
Who: Samford Bulldogs
Where:  UNCG Baseball Stadium | Greensboro, N.C.
When: Sunday, April 24 | 1 p.m.
Weather: 82°/ 59° | Partly Cloudy | 10% rain
Tickets: Free Admission
Concessions: Located behind home plate
Starting Pitchers: TBD vs. RHP Jalon Long
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SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
-- The Spartans snapped their losing streak with a dominant 13-1 win over in-city foe, North Carolina A&T on Tuesday.
--GC Jarman had a career game, going 3-for-3 at the plate, including a three-run homer run to score the first runs of the game.
--He finished the game with five RBIs, which was also a career-high.
--Zack Budzik was a double away from hitting for the cycle.
--The three home runs by the Spartans match a season-high.
--Pres Cavenaugh leads the team with 34 runs scored.
--Alex Hoppe leads the team with 64 strikeouts and a 3.02 ERA.
--Jared Mathewson had pitched 57.0 innings, which leads the team.
 
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 ranked in the top 100 in eight categories: ninth in hits (408), 20^th in batting average (.305), 51^st in doubles (74), 59^th in triples (10), 78^th in on-base percentage (.385), 79^th in triples per game (0.27), 81^st in doubles per game (2.00), and 82^nd in runs (249).
--Nine Spartans are in the top 100 in 17 different statistical categories.
--Windish is 13^th in batting average (.418), 23^rd in on-base percentage (.507), 33^rd in slugging percentage (.727), and 81^st in hits per game (1.48).
--Austin Parsley joins Windish in being ranked in four categories.
--He is sixth in games started (10), 53^rd in victories (5), 54^th in walks allowed per nine innings (1.62), and 71^st in strikeout to walk ratio (5.00).
--Mathewson is the highest-ranked Spartan, coming in at third in games started with 11.
--Hoppe is 11^th in strikeouts per nine innings (13.72), 44^th in strikeouts (64), and 64^th in hits allowed per nine innings (6.48).
--Kennedy Jones is ahead of Windish in hits per game. He is 60^th in the nation with 1.52.
--Jones is 75^th in doubles per game (.39) and RBIs per game (1.13).
--Mitchell Smith is 64^th in doubles per game (0.39) and 68^th in doubles (13).
--Budzik is in 52^nd in sacrifice flies with four.
--Cavenaugh is 88^th with 51 hits this season.
--KJ Wells has 18 pitching appearances which puts him 59^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 home run against the Aggies, he is tied for fourth in career home runs with 26. 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
Hogan Windish, 2018-present………………………………………………………..26
5. Tonka Maynor, 1991-94................................................................... 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 BULLDOGS
-- Samford enters the weekend with a 17-17 overall record, 4-2 in the Southern Conference.
--The Bulldogs went 2-1 against Western Carolina and VMI.
--Stephen Klein leads the team with a .361 batting average.
--Colton Ledbetter has 30 RBIs, 28 runs, and nine home runs, which leads the Bulldogs.
--Towns King leads the team with 39 hits.
--Ross has a 3.41 ERA and 36 strikeouts.
--Cravey leads the team with 39 strikeouts and has a 4.57 ERA.
--Long has struck out 33 batters and has posted a 5.45 ERA.
 
SERIES HISTORY
-- The Bulldogs hold a 27-14 series lead over the Spartans.
--Samford took the last matchup on May 15 with a final score of 8-5.
--Dallas Callahan, Hardison, and Windish got a hit.
--Callahan's was a home run in the fifth inning to open the scoring.