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Longwood Travels To High Point For Midweek Big South Matchup

Longwood Travels To High Point For Midweek Big South Matchup

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Game 15: Longwood (7-7, 1-2 Big South) at High Point (5-7, 3-3 Big South)
Date & Time March 16, 2021 • 4 p.m.
Location High Point, N.C. (Williard Stadium)
Series Notes Longwood (PDF) | High Point | Big South
Statistics Longwood (HTML) | High Point | Big South
Video ESPN+
Live Stats High Point Live Stats
Social Media @LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodBase

Lancer Leadoff
  • Longwood wraps up a stretch of seven games away from Buddy Bolding Stadium with a trip to High Point for a midweek Big South matchup.
  • The Lancers play a modified schedule that features 40 Big South contests, including midweek matchups.
  • Longwood and High Point are scheduled to meet five times in 2021, with a pair of midweek matchups and a weekend series in Farmville.
  • Longwood comes into the matchup third in the Big South in hits with 118 combined base knocks as a team.
  • The Lancers rank third in the Big South in runs, totaling 84 on the season. Sophomore outfielder Cullan Wadsworth leads the way with 14 runs scored after scoring 15 times in only 10 games in 2020.
  • Dillon Champagne was named the Big South Reliever of the Week after going 2/2 on save attempts, striking out 5 of the 7 batters he faced.
  • Longwood's pitching staff is third in the Big South in strikeouts. The staff has finished in the top three of the league four times in head coach Ryan Mau's six prior seasons at the helm.
Last Time Out
  • Longwood's bullpen made early runs stick for the Lancers in the first game of a doubleheader at Norfolk State in an 8-5 win, but the Spartans won a pitcher's duel 2-1 to split the day. Hunter Gilliam had two RBI in the first game along with Andrew Gorham.
By The Numbers
  • Longwood is third in the Big South with 118 base hits and has racked up double digit hits in six of its 14 games this season. The team's season high came against NC Central, when they knocked out 15 hits. In 2020, the team had at least 10 hits eight times in 17 games. In 2019, the team didn't notch 10 hits or more until its 13th game. 
  • The Lancers hold a .253 batting average as a team while combining to drive in 72 RBI, third in the league. The offense also ranks third in the league with 84 runs.
  • Longwood's offense tied for third in the Big South with 150 hits in 2020 while ranking fourth in hits per game with 8.8. The team was also third in RBI with 77.
  • The Lancers are third in the Big South with 84 runs scored thanks to a trio of players who have all scored double digit runs: Jack Schnell, Hunter Gilliam and Cullan Wadsworth.
  • Wadsworth is tied for third in the league with 14 runs while Schnell and Gilliam are part of a tie for seventh with 11 runs scored.
  • The Lancers rank fourth in the Big South with a .369 on-base percentage thanks to 58 walks drawn, ranking second in the league. In addition, batters have been hit by a pitch 30 times, second in the Big South.
  • Michael Peterson has been a huge driver of that, tying for second in the Big South in both walks drawn (11) while tying for third with six hit by pitches.
  • Nate Blakeney is tied for sixth with nine walks.
  • Longwood ranks second in the Big South with 18 stolen bases and are first with seven triples.
  • Michael Peterson has showed off his wheels with five stolen bases, good for second in the Big South. The Lancers are 18-24 on steal attempts.
  • Hunter Gilliam leads the Big South with three triples, and Andrew Gorham is tied for second with two. Drayven Kowalski and Cullan Wadsworth have hit triples in 2021.
Scouting High Point
  • Longwood and High Point will meet for the first of five matchups in 2021, with Longwood hosting the remaining four. The teams have a three-game weekend series set for April 9-10 and a midweek game on May 11.
  • High Point is coming off a three-game sweep at the hands of Radford over the weekend. Radford won 3-1, 9-5 and 4-2 in the series. High Point swept UNC Asheville 8-2, 12-6 and 11-10 in their opening conference series, with the series against UNC Asheville replacing a three-game series with Winthrop that was postponed.
  • High Point has yet to play a midweek game this season.
  • High Point was selected fifth in the preseason poll for the Big South, receiving one first place vote. The Panthers played Bryant and UNC Greensboro in non-conference matchups prior to opening conference play against UNC Asheville.
  • Among batters that have at least 10 plate appearances, Cole Singsank leads the team with a .355 batting average, which ranks in a tie for ninth in the conference. Peyton Car has a team-best three home runs while posting a .342 batting average. He is one of four players with a homer this season. Cameron Irvine (.333) and Joe Johnson (.318) are the other two players with a batting average above .300.
  • Johnson, Sam Zayicek, Brady Pearre and Travis Holt are the four players to have started every game in the field for High Point.
  • In the bullpen, four pitchers have not surrendered a run this season, with Nick Hernandez tossing 4.2 scoreless relief outings over four appearances with three strikeouts. Johnson threw 0.1 innings in his only appearance and earned a save. Carter Sheppard has struck out 16 in 16.1 innings across four relief appearances while holding a 1.10 ERA. Chris Apecechea has earned two relief wins in 8.1 innings during four appearances. He has struck out five while giving up two runs on four hits and four walks with a 2.16 ERA.
  • Among the starting arms, Grey Little has struck out a team-best 32 batters in 24 innings while posting a 2.25 ERA in four starts. Dawson Place has also started four contests.
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