UNCG Baseball Continues Road Trip with Series Against Samford
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team continues its nine-game road stint with a three-game Southern Conference (SoCon) series taking on Samford, starting Thursday, April 6th.
SPARTAN ESSENTIALS
Who: Samford
Where: Joe Lee Griffin | Birmingham, Ala.
When: Thursday, April 6 | 2 p.m. (note time change)
Who: Samford
Where: Joe Lee Griffin | Birmingham, Ala.
When: Friday, April 7 | 4 p.m.
Who: Samford
Where: Joe Lee Griffin | Birmingham, Ala.
When: Saturday, April 8 | 1 p.m.
Last Time Out
UNCG dominated High Point in a non-conference game, winning 13-4.
Dosi Jonas hit a solo home run in the top of the seventh for his eighth of the season.
Kennedy Jones hit a two-run home run in the same inning for his fifth homer of the season.
Seven Spartans had a multi-hit game including, Luke Jenkins swinging 3-for-4 and Dallas Callahan batting 2-for-3.
Scouting the Spartans
The Spartans are 15-14 overall and 3-3 in SoCon play.
UNCG is second in the conference in double plays (27), sacrifice flies (16), base on balls (151), doubles (27), and double plays per game (0.93).
Nationally, the Spartans are 12th in double plays, 23rd in double plays per game, 32nd in sacrifice flies, 40th in hit by pitch (48), 45th in stolen bases (48), 48th in base on balls, 50th in hits (292), 54th in stolen bases per game (1.66), and 79th in sacrifice bunts (12).
GC Jarman is nationally ranked 23rd and leading the conference in sacrifice flies (4).
Budzik is batting .362 (38-for-105) in 27 games played with 23 RBIs, eight doubles, and one triple.
Jonas leads the conference in runs batted in per game (1.45), second in home runs per game (0.36), and third in the conference in slugging percentage (0.750).
Nationally he is 22nd in runs batted in per game, 52nd in slugging percentage, and 62nd in home runs per game.
In 42.2 innings pitched, Jake Wolf has a 3.59 ERA with 21 strikeouts and just 24 runs allowed. He is 1-2 on the mount with one save.
Jonas leads the Spartans with eight home runs, while Jones has hit five. Caleb Cozart has hit four. Rowan Watt, Mitchell Smith, and Callahan each have hit three home runs, while Zack Budzik has two home runs and Daniel Cerda and Bradley Bott each have one.
Eight Spartans have double-figure RBI, with Jonas leading the team with 32 of the 184 RBIs.
Scouting Samford
Samford is leading the conference with a 5-1 SoCon record, and is 16-13 overall this season.
The Bulldogs are coming off a recent loss to North Alabama 11-10 and a series sweep of The Citadel.
Samford is leading the conference in strikeouts per nine innings (9.2), and second in fielding percentage (0.978), home runs (36), and shutouts (2).
The Bulldogs are nationally 26th in double plays (25), 37th in fielding percentage, 43rd in shutouts, 47th in doubles per game (0.86), 50th in hit by pitch (45), and 55th in sacrifice bunts (14).
Jacob Cravey is leading the conference in complete games (2), strikeouts (55), and strikeouts per nine innings (12.38).
Cravey is nationally second in complete games, 20th in strikeouts, 22nd in games started (7), and 46th in strikeouts per nine innings.
Cravey has an ERA of 4.05 to lead Samford in the 40 innings he’s pitched, allowing 22 runs, and 32 hits.
Lucas Steele is leading the conference in sacrifice flies (4), and is 23rd in the nation.
Ben Petschke is ninth nationally and leading the conference in saves (6).
Stephen Klien is leading the Bulldogs with a .381 batting average, seven doubles, two triples, and five home runs.
Series History
The Bulldogs lead the Spartans 28-16 in the series history.
Last season UNCG took two of the three games in the series, winning 10-5 and 11-1 in seven innings, while Samford won the first game 5-3.
Courtesy of Kelly Couse
Strategic Communications Coordinator
UNC Greensboro