Gameday! 2:30PM at Pitt Field against VMI (17-18, 2-4 SoCon). Should be another evenly matched mid-week game. This is a team that steals A TON (NCAA LEADING 115 SBs) of bags, good for almost 3.3 for game. They also have been converting at a decent clip (they attempt 4 per game, good for ~80% success rate).
Their individual steals leader is Ty Swaim, Senior 2B who was on the Second Team All-SoCon last year. He has 20 SBs, and is also hitting an impressive .343 this season, with 2 Home Runs and 25 RBIs. VMI's best hitter though is Justin Starke, the Redshirt Senior 3B who is slashing .402/.525/.713. He can hit for power (9 home runs and 33 RBIs), but has also drawn a team leading 28 walks, and has stolen 11 bases.
Tomorrow we head to James Madison for a 6PM game, which will be a really tough matchup. As I wrote in an earlier post, they play in a really competitive Sun Belt conference, and currently hold a 19-12 record (6-6 Sun Belt). They are coming off of a 3 game sweep of App State, and in mid-March played a competitive 1-2 series against Coastal Carolina. They have a really balanced offense, as six of their hitters have 22 or more RBIs. I'll choose Fenwick Trimble as the player to watch (Yes, he is INDEED the brother of George Mason's South Trimble). In the App State series he hit 6-12 with 6 runs scored, 1 home run, and 3 RBIs. On the season he is batting .350 (leads the Dukes with 43 hits), and has also hit for 4 home runs and driven in 27 runs. He also does not strike out, with only 12 on the season. He was All-Sun Belt Second Team last season, so this is a long string of success for Trimble.
Let's try to take one of two here!
