GAMEDAY CENTRAL
NAIA No. 16 Embry-Riddle (31-15) at NCAA II No. 10 Tampa (30-11)
DATE: Tuesday, April 21, 2015
FIRST PITCH: 5 p.m. (ET)
CITY: Tampa, Fla.
SITE: University of Tampa Baseball Field
LIVE STATS: StatBroadcast
LIVE VIDEO: TampaSpartans.TV
SERIES: Tampa leads 5-4
CURRENT STREAK: Tampa - W2

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EMBRY-RIDDLE
Embry-Riddle wraps up its 2015 non-conference schedule on Tuesday with a trip to the west side of Florida to take on NCAA II No. 10 Tampa. The Eagles are coming off a three-game weekend against Southeastern where they dropped two of three games to the Fire.

ERAU is hitting .308 as a team with 473 hits, 123 of which have gone for extra-bases, including 82 doubles, 25 triples and 15 home runs. The Eagles have a .383 on-base percentage and are 85-for-103 in stolen base attempts. Enderson Velasquez continues to lead the Eagle offensive effort with a .400 average, collecting 64 hits, 34 runs and 27 RBIs. Liam Goodall leads the team with 51 RBIs and is second with 41 runs scored while Tobias Moreno has improved his average to .368 with 43 runs scored.

The pitching staff for Embry-Riddle has posted a 3.31 ERA in 381 innings of work, striking out 357 batters and allowing just a .239 opponent batting average. Zac Grotz has been fantastic out of the bullpen for ERAU, boasting a 0.69 ERA in 26 appearances and 52.1 innings. Grotz has struck out 62 batters and has allowed just four earned runs with a 6-1 record and seven saves.

TAMPA
Tampa, the 2013 NCAA II National Champions and 2014 National semifinalists, enter Tuesday's game with a 30-11 overall record, including a 17-4 mark at home. The Spartans have won five straight overall and two straight in their series with the Eagles.

Tampa's offense is potent, hitting .331 with a .512 slugging percentage and 50 home runs. Nick Flair is hitting .349 with 50 RBIs on 59 hits, including nine homers while Stephen Dezzi's 11 home runs lead the squad. The Spartans are also a good defensive team with a .963 fielding percentage.

UT's pitching staff has a 4.14 ERA in 360.2 innings of work, allowing a .271 average against with 286 strikeouts and 119 walks.

EAGLES IN THE TOP 25
Team stats:
4th - Assists per Game (11.4)
5th - Triples (25)
7th - Batters Struck Out (357)
9th - Assists (525)
19th - Hits (473)
22nd - ERA (3.31)
19th - Opponent Batting Average (.239)

Individual stats:
3rd - Zac Grotz, Earned Runs Allowed (4)
3rd - Zac Grotz, Total Runs Allowed (6)
4th - Zac Grotz, ERA (0.69)
7th - Zac Grotz, Opponent Batting Average (.160)
7th - Stetson Nelson, Innings Pitched (85.1)
13th - Liam Goodall, Triples (6)
19th - Zac Grotz, Saves (7)
23rd - Liam Goodall, Hits (66)
23rd - Tyler Cyr, Strikeouts (76)

EAGLE BASEBALL BY THE NUMBERS
1,048 - Wins in program history
419 - Career wins by Head Coach Randy Stegall
389 - Conference wins in program history
309.2 - Innings pitched by Stetson Nelson in his two seasons with the Eagles (4th all-time)
242 - Nelson's career strikeouts (4th all-time)
190 - Career hits by Liam Goodall (8th all-time)
20 - Conference Championships in program history

27 SEASONS OF EAGLE BASEBALL
The 2015 season marks the 27th edition of Eagle baseball and Embry-Riddle athletics overall. Embry-Riddle is 1,048-448-1 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).