MILLERSVILLE, Pa. – It should be yet another busy weekend at Cooper Park on the campus of Millersville University, as the Marauders host Le Moyne College for a final warm-up series before PSAC play begins on March 13. This weekend's format (a seven-inning game and nine-inning game on Saturday followed by a single nine-inning game on Sunday) mimics that of the conference in 2020. The Millersville starting pitching staff should be tested, including NCBWA Atlantic Region and PSAC East Pitcher of the Week
Alex Mykut. Mykut and fellow starter
Jeff Taylor have posted ERAs of 0.66 and 1.89, respectively, and are tied for the team lead in strikeouts with 26 each.
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ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
•The team has won 10 out of its last 11 games and maintained the No. 1 spot in this week's NCBWA Division II Atlantic Region Poll (receiving 11 out of 12 first-place votes.) Millersville also rose two spots to No. 8 in the NCBWA Division II National Poll and improved three spots to No. 13 nationally in the Collegiate Baseball Division II Coaches' Poll.
• Millersville trails only East Stroudsburg among PSAC teams in multiple offensive categories. The team is second in runs scored (117), hits (140), and RBIs (99) but leads the conference in triples with eight.
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Cole Friese leads the PSAC in walks with 15. His triple last Tuesday in game two against Felician University was the 10
th of his career, putting him just one away from tying the program's all-time record of 11, held by both Chas McCormick and Dan Neff (2014-2017).
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Luke Trainer,
Cole Friese,
Jimmy Cain,
Jimmy Losh, and
Eric Callahan have started all fifteen of Millersville's games in 2020. Freshman
Darin Miller has played in all fifteen (starting thirteen of them) while
Manning Brookens has played and started in fourteen contests.
• Losh is batting a team-high .490, a mark that leads the PSAC among players with more than 21 at-bats. The Marauders are batting a collective .314 as a team.
SERIES HISTORY
All-time series vs. Le Moyne: 8-6
Series Streak: Millersville, two wins
First meeting: 1982 (Millersville win, 2-1)
Last Meetings: 2019 (Two Millersville victories, 8-4 and 7-2)
Jon Shehan vs. Le Moyne: 7-3
SCOUTING LE MOYNE
• The Le Moyne Dolphins are 7-4 in 2020, including two losses to PSAC-leading East Stroudsburg (by scores of 2-1 and 5-2.) The team also took two of three games in a series with Shippensburg.
• The Lightning are led offensively by Justin Tuey and Jeff Wilson. Tuey (.351, nine runs scored, 13 hits) is the engine at the top of the lineup. Wilson (.500 in 20 at-bats, three home runs, 12 RBIs) is a power and run-producing source for the Dolphins.
• No Le Moyne starting pitcher has an ERA under 3.50.
• Le Moyne finished the 2019 season with a 24-25 overall record and a 13-11 conference record in the Northeast-10.
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