GAMEDAY CENTRAL
#11 Embry-Riddle (4-1, 0-0) at Webber International (4-1, 0-0)
DATES: Friday-Saturday, Feb. 13-14, 2015
FIRST PITCH FRIDAY: 6 p.m.
FIRST PITCH SATURDAY: 12 p.m. (Doubleheader)
CITY: Babson Park, Fla.
SITE: Heart of Florida Medical Regional Center Field
LIVE STATS: Embry-Riddle Gameday NetworkCURRENT EMBRY-RIDDLE STREAK: W4
CURRENT WEBBER INTERNATIONAL STREAK: L1
SERIES: ERAU leads, 63-13
LAST SERIES: ERAU won, 9-5 • WIU won 15-3 •
ERAU won, 8-3 (April 18-19, 2014)EMBRY-RIDDLEThe 11th-ranked Eagles travel to Babson Park, Fla. to take on Webber International for the final regular season series between the conference foes. ERAU (4-1) has won four straight after a sweep of No. 21 Brewton-Parker on Tuesday, 6-5 and 13-1. The Eagles are hitting .322 with 48 hits, 30 RBIs and 34 runs scored in their first five games of 2015.
Matt Jacobs continued to swing a hot bat agaisnt BPC, driving in the game-winning run in the first game of the DH before going 3-for-3 with two more RBIs in the finale. The junior is hitting .700 with seven RBIs to pace the Eagles.
Jake Cavender is averaging .467 with seven hits along with
Enderson Velasquez (.438) and
Joshua Garcia (.389).
Liam Goodall is second on the team with six RBIs.
On the mound, the Eagles have posted a 1.85 ERA in the early going, striking out 40 batters and issuing just 10 walks and allowing only 34 hits. Friday's starter
Stetson Nelson was the victim of four unearned runs in his first start of the year, but tossed eight innings, fanning seven against Reinhardt last week.
Kenny Burkhead (1-0, 1.29 ERA) and
Corey Tufts (1-0, 3.18 ERA) are expected to start Saturday's contests.
WEBBER INTERNATIONALWIU is 4-1 on the year with two wins over Warner (non-conference) and wins over Eckerd and Bluefield to its credit. The Warriors are hitting .288 with 21 RBIs and 29 runs scored thus far while the pitching staff has a 3.16 ERA and .250 opponent batting average.
Jesus Villalobos is hitting .444 with eight hits and four RBIs for WIU, followed by Connor Clayton had .375 with four RBIs as well. Sean Stanislawski is 2-0 despite a 5.19 ERA in 8.2 innings of work.
STATISTICAL TID BITS• The Eagles have 63 wins over Webber International, tied for the second-most wins over any one team in program history (Warner is No. 1 with 64)
• ERAU currently had four triples and four home runs...and just one double
• The Eagles have never turned a triple play in program history
• The Eagles won their 400th game at Sliwa Stadium last Saturday with a 5-1 win over Reinhardt
• In 2014, Embry-Riddle didn't hit a home run at Sliwa Stadium until March 11, they had three on Sunday and added another on Tuesday afternoon.
EAGLE BASEBALL BY THE NUMBERS1,021 - Wins in program history
392 - Career wins by Head Coach
Randy Stegall372 - Conference wins in program history
232.1 - Innings pitched by
Stetson Nelson in his two seasons with the Eagles
130 - Career hits by
Liam Goodall20 - Conference Championships in program history
4:1 - Embry-Riddle's current strikeout to watch ratio (40-10)
1.85 - ERAU's team ERA
27 SEASONS OF EAGLE BASEBALLThe 2015 season marks the 27th edition of Eagle baseball and Embry-Riddle athletics overall. Embry-Riddle is 1,021-436-1 in 26 seasons, capturing 15 conference regular season titles, five conference tournament titles, seven regional crowns, claiming 31 NAIA All-America honors, 37 Honorable Mention All-American honors and advancing to the NAIA World Series 12 times (T3rd most in NAIA history).
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