BASEBALL PREVIEW
Game: North Carolina
A&T (13-24, 7-8 MEAC) vs. Longwood Lancers (19-17)
When: Saturday, April 21, 1 p.m. (Doubleheader)
Where: Charles Buddy
Bolding Stadium, Farmville, Va.
When: Sunday, April 22, 1 p.m. (Doubleheader)
Where: War Memorial
Stadium
Probable Starters
(A&T vs Lancers):
LHP Estarlin Paulino
(5-3, 3.90) vs. RHP Matt Gwaltney (0-4, 4.82)
RHP Tyler Boone (3-5,
4.14) vs. RHP Kyler Morgan (4-4, 3.44)
LHP Brent Moore (3-4,
3.91) vs. LHP Brandon Vick (5-1, 4.81)
TBD vs. RHP Zach Jordan (3-2, 5.59)
Must See: A&T getting back
to their winning ways. The Aggies look
to snap their three-game skid this weekend as they enter into their final four
games of the week. The Aggies will be playing a home-and-home doubleheader
against Longwood. The Aggies will take on the Lancers 1 p.m., Saturday in
Farmville, Va., for a twinbill, and will then host the Lancers for a
doubleheader starting at 1 p.m., on Sunday at War Memorial Stadium. This is
nothing for these two teams. They played four consecutive games last year, and
the Aggies went 2-2. Overall, the
Lancers are 26-9 against the Aggies in program history.
Longwood Scouting
Report: The
21-man return 13 letterwinners from last year's 28-18 club, including six
position starters and six pitchers.
Longwood will be joining the Big South Conference on July 1, 2012. The Lancers have competed as a Division I independent
since 2007. Justin Lacy is leading the
team with a .411 average (53-for-129).
Robby Newman leads the team with 14 doubles, 10 home runs and 39
RBI. The Lancers are hitting .295 as a
team with 112 extra-base hits and 217 runs scored. Their pitching staff holds a team ERA of 4.75 with
104 walks, 375 hits and 208 strikeouts on the year.
Longwood Probable
Starters:
On Saturday,
the Lancers will be starting senior RHP Matt Gwaltney and junior RHP Kyler
Morgan. On Sunday, the Lancers will be
starting freshman LHP Brandon Vick and freshman RHP Zach Jordan. Gwaltney as six walks and 34 strikeouts on
the year, and has allowed 66 hits.
Morgan has struck out 35 batters this season. Vick has allowed 56 hits and 14 walks. Jordan has made nine appearances, has walked
seven and allowed 43 hits. Opponents are
hitting .305 off Longwood pitching this season.
Swinging a Hot Bat: Third baseman Luke Tendler is on a 10-game
hitting streak entering into Saturday's twinbill, tying Dairio Little for the
longest hitting streak by an A&T player this season. Tendler is hitting .390 (16-for-41) with two
doubles, two triples , four home runs
and 16 RBI in that span. First baseman
Kelvin Freeman is also on a roll, taking a nine-game hitting streak into Saturday
afternoon. Freeman is batting .452 (19-for-42)
with two doubles, five RBI and six runs in his streak.
