GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team starts its nine-game road stretch tomorrow, with a trip to in-state rival NC State on Tuesday, March 28^th with a first pitch slated for 6:00 p.m. at Doak Field at Dail Park. 

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Who: NC State
Where: Doak Field at Dail Park
When: Tuesday, March 28 | 6 p.m. 
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Last Time Out

• UNCG won the series against Western Carolina with a 2-1 record.
• Mitchell Smith was hit-by-pitch on Saturday for a 5-4 eight inning walk off.
• Dosi Jonas and Smith hit their third home runs of the season, and Kennedy Jones hit his fourth this weekend.
• Zack Budzik had six stolen bases this weekend.

Scouting the Spartans

• The Spartans are 13-11 in regular season play and 2-1 in Southern Conference (SoCon) play.
• UNCG is second in the conference in double plays (22), sacrifice flies (15), and double plays per game (0.92).
• Nationally, the Spartans are 15^th in double plays, 18^th in sacrifice flies, 27^th in double plays per game, 32nd in hit by pitch (42), 35th in stolen bases (42), 44th in stolen bases per game (1.75), and 65th in hits (237).
• GC Jarman is nationally ranked 11^th and leading the conference in sacrifice files (4). Jonas is second in the conference and 47^th nationally with three sacrifice files.
• Jones is nationally ranked 79^th in hits (35) and is batting .354 (35-for-99) with 22 runs scored, 20 RBIs, and four home runs.
• Budzik is batting .357 (30-for-84) in 22 games played with 18 RBIs, six doubles, and one triple.
• In 35.0 innings pitched, Jake Wolf has a 3.60 ERA with 18 strikeouts and just 16 runs allowed. He is 1-1 on the mount with one save.
• Caleb Cozart and Jones are the only Spartans with four home runs. Rowan Watt, Smith, and Jonas have three home runs, and Dallas Callahan has two home runs.
• Six Spartans have double-figure RBI, with Smith leading the team with 23 of the 144 RBIs.

Scouting NC State

• NC State is 17-7 overall this season and is 3-6 in the ACC.
• The Wolfpack is coming off a 1-2 series against Boston College.
• The Wolfpack is nationally ranked fourth in doubles (63), fifth in doubles per game (2.62), 11^th in both walks allowed per nine innings (3.11) and shutouts (3), 14^th in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.03), 15^th in both WHIP (1.24) and slugging percentage (0.554), 18^th in home runs (45), and 20^th in home runs per game (1.88).
• Jacob Cozart is nationally 51st in doubles per game (0.45), 61^st in doubles (9), 64^th in batting average with .403, and 74th in on-base percentage (0.500).
• Cozart is 27-for-67 at the plate to lead the Wolfpack in the 20 games played, with 18 runs and four home runs.
• Dominic Fritton is seventh nationally and leading the ACC in earned run average with 1.20 in the 30 innings he has pitched, allowing five runs, and 19 hits.
• Payton Green has eight home runs for the season to lead the team, batting .320 in the 24 games played, with a team-high 30 RBIs.
• Nine Wolfpack players have two or more home runs, including Carter Trice with six, Parker Nolan and Cannon Peebles with five.  

 
Series History

NC State holds a 31-9 record against the Spartans, winning four of the past five meetings in the series.
The Wolfpack won earlier in the season 15-13, on March 7^th at UNCG.