GAMEDAY CENTRAL
NAIA #11 Embry-Riddle (6-2, 2-1) at NCAA II Palm Beach Atlantic (0-5)
DATES: Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015
FIRST PITCH: 6 p.m.
CITY: West Palm Beach, Fla.
SITE: Rubin Park
LIVE STATS: Embry-Riddle Gameday Network
LIVE VIDEO: PBA Sailfish Network
CURRENT EMBRY-RIDDLE STREAK: L1
CURRENT PALM BEACH ATLANTIC STREAK: L5
SERIES: ERAU leads, 35-9-1
SERIES STREAK: ERAU has won 18 straight
LAST SERIES: ERAU won, 11-2 (Feb. 4, 2005) • ERAU won, 6-1 (Feb. 5, 2005) • ERAU won, 8-4 (Feb. 5, 2005)

EMBRY-RIDDLE
Embry-Riddle travels to West Palm Beach in a bit of a preview of future series between the Eagles and Sailfish. Both programs are set to join the Sunshine State Conference beginning in the fall of 2015 and will be conference members once again after PBA and ERAU competed in the Florida Sun Conference  for many years in the 90s and early 2000s.

The Eagles won two out of three last weekend at Webber International, getting strong pitching outings from Stetson Nelson and Kenny Burkhead in the wins, despite the offense struggling in Saturday's DH. As a team, the Eagles are hitting .282 with 39 RBIs on 70 hits, drawing 24 with 19 stolen bases in 24 attempts.

Enderson Velasquez leads the team with a .400 average on 10 hits, posting an on-base percentage of .484. Liam Goodall has a team-high 11 hits with seven RBIs and six runs scored while Tobias Moreni is 8-for-10 on the bases.

As a pitching staff, the Eagles have a 1.91 ERA in 66.0 innings of work, striking out 67 batters and allowing opponents to hit just .205 against them.

PALM BEACH ATLANTIC
The Sailfish are in search of their first win of the 2015 season, dropping decisions to Lynn and Barry sandwiched around a three-game sweep by West Alabama. PBA is hitting .200 with 33 hits and 39 strikeouts while the pitchers have a 6.86 ERA in 42.0 innings.

Pat Kane leads the Sailfish with a .385 average with five hits, two doubles and four runs scored. 11 PBA pitchers have seen action in 2015 as opponents are hitting .292 against them.

STATISTICAL TID BITS
• The Eagles have 35 wins over the Sailfish, but have not played PBA since the 2005 season
• 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 last Sunday and added another last Tuesday afternoon

EAGLE BASEBALL BY THE NUMBERS
1,023 - Wins in program history
394 - Career wins by Head Coach Randy Stegall
374 - Conference wins in program history
240.1 - Innings pitched by Stetson Nelson in his two seasons with the Eagles
135 - Career hits by Liam Goodall
20 - Conference Championships in program history
3:1 - Embry-Riddle's current strikeout to watch ratio (67-20)
1.91 - ERAU's team ERA

27 SEASONS OF EAGLE BASEBALL
The 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).