NORFOLK, VA—The ODU Monarchs travel to Birmingham, AL for the final regular season C-USA series at UAB which begins Thursday at 7:30 p.m. (ET). Two wins will clinch a spot in next week’s C-USA tournament.
OLD DOMINION BASEBALL 2015 GAMENOTES
ODU (26-25/12-15) VS. UAB (28-23/13-14 )
May 14-16, 2015 in Birmingham, AL.
RADIO: Listen to the three-game series live on STAR1310 AM with ODU Director of Broadcast
Ted Alexander providing the play-by-play.
SERIES: ODU VS UAB
The series is tied 4-4. Last year, UAB beat ODU twice in Norfolk, 4-2 and 8-6 with ODU winning the last game, 4-1. The Blazers also beat ODU twice in the 1991 Sun Belt Tournament, including the finals.
CHRIS FINWOOD
Head Coach: Chris Finwood (VMI ’88)
Record at ODU: 110-108 (4th season)
Career Record: 352-359 (13th year)
PROBABLE ROTATION
Thursday: Sam Sinnen, RHP (6-2/2.11) vs. James Naile, RHP ((8-3/2.23)
Friday: TBA vs. Alex Luna, RHP (3-3/3.79)
Saturday: TBA vs. Johnny Lieske, RHP (3-5/3.82)
UAB LEADERS
Hitting: .297 by Chase Davis
Hits: 62 by Davis
RBI: 38 by Jeff Schalk
Stolen Bases:11 by Gunn and Lau
W-L: 8-3 by James Naile
ERA: 1.52 Adam Lau
SO: 79 by James Naile
Saves: 7 by Adam Lau
ODU LEADERS
Hitting: .352 by PJ Higgins
Runs: 37 by Higgins
Hits: 77 by Higgins
RBI: 34 by Ostrich and Eldridge
SLG: .470 by Higgins
OBPCT: 443 by Ostrich
SB: 20-24 by Connor Myers
W-L: 6-2 by Sam Sinnen
APP: 23 by Busbice and Josephs
SO: 51 by Greg Tomchick
SAVES: 5 by Nick Hartman
ERA: 2.11 by Sinnen
MONARCH NOTES
PJ Higgins – 2nd in C-USA in hitting/ .353 in C-USA Games
Taylor Ostrich has a .454 OBPCT (3rd in C-USA)
Ostrich & Eldridge are tied for team lead with 34 RBI
Connor Myers is 2nd in C-USA with 20 stolen bases
Higgins C-USA Player Of the Week (April 13)
Hartman pitched a 3-hitter vs. Marshall (4-19), retiring 26 of 27 batters after allowing 3 runs in 1st inning.
ODU is 5-4 top 25 teams this year (No. 1 UVA, No. 8 Rice & No. 14 Maryland & FAU)
ODU has beaten Virginia three straight
ODU is 3-1 vs. national top 8 teams this year (beating Rice and UVA)
Finwood won his 100th career game at ODU Sun. vs. Charlotte
ODU is 17-6 when they score first
ODU is 22-2 when leading after seven innings
Higgins has played 3b (29 gms), 2b (17 gms), Catcher (6 gms)
Greg Tomchick was C-USA Co-Pitcher of the Week (3-17)
Josh Eldridge was C-USA Player of the Week (3-17), reached base 13 straight games
Connor Myers made a game saving diving catch in 9th vs. Bryant
ODU turned a school record 68 doubleplays last year(3rd nationally)
Head Coach Chris Finwood was the 2014 ABCA E. Region Coach of the Year
ODU advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 14 years.
ODU defeated Rice twice and in five games three were one-run decisions & two extra innings
Nick Walker – 2014 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American team
Last year, Walker had the team’s longest hitting streak of 20 games