GAMEDAY CENTRAL
No. 18 Embry-Riddle (22-12, 9-5) at Thomas (14-15-1, 6-8)
DATES: Friday-Saturday, March 27-28, 2015
FIRST PITCH FRIDAY: 3 p.m. EST
FIRST PITCH SATURDAY: 12 p.m. EST (DH)
CITY: Thomasville, Ga.
SITE: Varnedoe Stadium
LIVE STATS: Embry-Riddle Gameday Network
LIVE VIDEO: Thomas Gameday Network - Friday Only
Series: ERAU leads 23-6
Current Streak: ERAU - W7

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EMBRY-RIDDLE
The Eagles enter this weekend's road series against the Thomas Night Hawks on a six-game winning streak, including a Sun Conference sweep of USCB last weekend in South Carolina. Embry-Riddle jumped back into the NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Poll on Tuesday at No. 18 and are currently third in The Sun Conference standings, trailing Northwood (16-2) and St. Thomas (12-5), but can catch the Bobcats with a sweep this weekend.

ERAU's bats have come alive over the last few games, averaging 13 runs over the last three contests, all on the road. Liam Goodall leads the Eagle offensive attack, hitting .425 with 51 hits, including six doubles, three triples and a home run. Goodall's 30 RBIs and 28 runs both pace the Blue and Gold, while his 15 stolen bases are second behind Tobias Moreno's 16 swipes. Joshua Garcia is hitting .336 for ERAU on 43 hits with 29 RBIs

On the mound, the Eagles sport a 3.50 team ERA in 283.0 innings with 252 strikeouts. Opponents are hitting .245 against ERAU with a .330 on-base percentage. Stetson Nelson is 3-2 with a 2.31 ERA in a team-leading 58.1 innings of work. Tyler Cyr has 51 strikeouts to lead the squad while closer Zac Grotz is 6-1 with a 0.95 ERA in 20 appearances for the Blue and Gold.

THOMAS
The Night Hawks are at the end of a nine game home stand in conference play, having gone 3-3 with a sweep of Webber International and being swept by USCB. TU is hitting .286 with 275 hits and 101 walks while striking out 220 times as a team. Jalbert Melo leads the team with a .383 average on 36 hits, including eight doubles, a triple and a home run fofr 17 RBIs and 23 runs scored. Josh Bruijn has recorded five homers while Jake Desuyo leads the team with 27 runs scored.

The Night Hawk pitching staff has a 5.22 ERA in 241.1 innings, giving up 268 hits while walking 160 and fanning 220 batters. Justin Hicks is 2-1 with a 3.57 ERA in 11 appearances (three starts) while Monte Reese is 3-3 in eight starts with a 3.63 ERA in 44.2 innings of work. Reese has struck out 46 batters while Tate Lambert is close behind with 41 strikeouts in 37.2 innings.

EAGLES IN THE TOP 25
Team stats:
4th - Assists (395)
6th - Batters Struck Out (252)
8th - Triples (15)
9th - Innings Pitched (284.0)
16th - Stolen Bases (66)
18th - Hits (314)

Individual stats:
3rd - Liam Goodall, Hits (51)
5th - Matt Jacobs, Doubles (14)
8th - Zac Grotz, Saves (6)
8th - Zac Grotz, Wins (6)
8th - Stetson Nelson, Innings Pitched (58.1)
17th - Tyer Cyr, Strikeouts (51)

EAGLE BASEBALL BY THE NUMBERS
1,039 - Wins in program history
410 - Career wins by Head Coach Randy Stegall
381 - Conference wins in program history
282.2 - Innings pitched by Stetson Nelson in his two seasons with the Eagles (4th all-time)
222 - Nelson's career strikeouts (4th all-time)
175 - Career hits by Liam Goodall (9th all-time)
20 - Conference Championships in program history
2.3:1 - Embry-Riddle's current strikeout to walk ratio (252:109)

27 SEASONS OF EAGLE BASEBALL
The 2015 season marks the 27th edition of Eagle baseball and Embry-Riddle athletics overall. Embry-Riddle is 1,039-447-1 in 27 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 (T-3rd most in NAIA history).