GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team (10-10) heads across town to visit Greensboro rival NC A&T (10-10) on Wednesday, March 22 with a first pitch at 4 p.m.
Spartan Essentials
Who: NC A&T
Where: World War Memorial Stadium
When: Wednesday, March 22 | 4 p.m.
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Live Stats
Last Time Out
- West Virginia swept UNCG in a three-game series.
- Caleb Cozart had his third home run of the season during game two on Saturday.
- Ryan Rouse had his second appearance this season on the mound, striking out career-best five batters.
- Matt Kemp matched his career-best with four strikeouts in the 4.0 innings of work allowing just three hits and one run during game three on Sunday.
Scouting the Spartans
- UNCG is leading the conference in double plays (20), sacrifice flies (13), and double plays per game (1.00).
- Nationally, the Spartans are sixth in double plays, 16th in sacrifice flies, and 12th in double plays per game.
- Dosi Jonas is nationally ranked 29th and leading the conference in sacrifice files (3).
- Kennedy Jones is batting .325 (26-for-80) with 17 runs scored, 13 RBI, and two home runs.
- Zack Budzik is batting .353 (24-for-68) in 18 games played with 16 RBIs, four doubles and one triple
- In 30.2 innings pitched, Jake Wolf has a 3.00 ERA with 16 strikeouts and just 22 hits allowed.
- Rowan Watt and Cozart are two Spartans who have three home runs, and four Spartans have two home runs each, including Dallas Callahan, Mitchell Smith, Kennedy Jones, and Dosi Jonas..
- Six Spartans have double figure RBI, with Smith leading the team with 19 of the 122 RBIs.
Scouting the Aggies
- This will be the first year the Aggies are in the CAA after being in the Big South for a year.
- The Aggies are 10-10 overall and 3-3 in the CAA conference play.
- NC A&T is coming off a 6-4 loss to North Carolina.
- NC A&T has 20 total double plays this season.
- The Aggies lead the conference in double plays (20) and are second in the CAA in doubles per game (1.05).
- Nationally NC A&T is sixth in double plays and 10th in double plays per game.
- Canyon Brown has a batting average of .329 with two of the 10 home runs, and is leading with 137 putouts for the Aggies.
- Jaheim Brown has an ERA of 4.94, pitching 23.2 innings.
- Xavier Meachem is nationally ranked fifth in saves (5) and also leads the conference.
Series History
- The Spartans have a 46-11 advantage in the all-time series over the Aggies.
- The two teams split the two-game series last year.
- UNCG won 13-1 at home (April 19) and lost 7-5 at NC A&T's field (March 1).
- The Aggies took the first game this season with a 9-4 win, on March 14th, at the UNCG Baseball Stadium.
