University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Baseball Set For Conference USA Road Series At Memphis
3/31/2005 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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Memphis Series Notes
Baseball Set For Conference USA Road Series At Memphis Hattiesburg, Miss. - The University of Southern Mississippi (19-5, 4-2 Conference USA) baseball team will travel to Memphis, Tenn., to face the University of Memphis (8-14, 2-4 C-USA) in a three-game Conference USA weekend series at Nat Buring Stadium (2,000). Friday?s game will begin at
All three games will be broadcast on WMXI-98.1 FM, with Lance Pittman and John Cox providing the play-by-play. The broadcast also will be available online by going to SouthernMiss.com, clicking on the Audio/Video link, and going to the baseball schedule from there. LiveStats will be available by clicking the LiveStats icon on the baseball homepage. The series will mark the 77th meeting between the two teams, with Southern Miss leading the all-time series 43-33. Last season, the Golden Eagles took 2-of-3 from
The Golden Eagles are currently riding a seven-game win streak, highlighted by a weekend conference series sweep of
Memphis is coming off a week that saw it drop 2-of-3 at USF in Conference USA weekend play, pick up an 11-8 victory over Murray State in a Tuesday road game, and fall to Austin Peay, 9-6, in a Wednesday home contest. The Tigers are 2-4 in conference play and tied with
The Golden Eagles are hitting .315 as a team, with 51 doubles, three triples, 26 home runs and 189 RBIs. The pitching staff has an ERA of 4.72, with 186 strikeouts and 72 walks.
Marc Maddox continues to lead the offense for Southern Miss. Maddox, a junior, is batting .381 with seven doubles, a team-high nine home runs and 30 RBIs. He also leads the team in walks with 18 and has an on-base average of .492. Redshirt junior catcher Kevin Coker is hitting .375 with 18 hits, three doubles, two home runs and 17 RBIs, while senior third baseman Beau Griffin is .373 from the plate with a team-high 38 hits, six doubles, one triple, one home run and 23 RBIs.
The Tigers are led offensively by senior outfielder Chad House. He is hitting .390 with a team-high 32 hits, three doubles, one triple and nine RBIs. Senior outfielder Ryan Martin is batting .348 with 31 hits and leads the team in doubles (7), home runs (4) and RBIs (30). Junior infielder Patrick Hope is hitting .321 with 27 hits, two doubles, one triple and nine RBIs, while junior Jordan Tolliver is .320 from the plate with 31 hits, five doubles, one home run and 13 RBIs. Friday?s contest will pit sophomore righthander Cashion against
Cashion is 3-1 with a 3.95 ERA. He has pitched 41 innings in six starts, allowing 18 earned runs on 33 hits, has struck out 42 and walked 13. Opponents are batting .223 against him. In his last appearance, this past Friday against
Schenk is 0-2 with an 8.49 ERA. He has pitched 23.1 innings in five starts, allowing 27 runs (22 earned) on 33 hits, struck out 16 and walked 11. Opponents are hitting .330 against him. In his last appearance, against USF on Friday, Schenk pitched six innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on seven hits, struck out four and walked two. On Saturday, Southern Miss junior lefthander Matt Caire will take the mound against redshirt senior righthander Nick Bradshaw. Saturday will mark the second start of the season for Caire (3-1, 3.38). In his first start last Saturday against
Bradshaw is 1-0 with a 6.30 ERA, allowing nine runs (seven earned) on 13 hits in 10 innings and two starts. He has struck out nine, walked three, and opponents are hitting .295 against him. In his last appearance, against
Sunday?s series finale will feature sophomore righthander Patrick Ezell against junior righthander Stephen Gostkowski. Ezell is 3-1 with a 7.07 ERA, allowing 32 runs (28 earned) on 57 hits in 35.2 innings and seven appearances. He has struck out 25, walked seven, and opponents are batting .352 against him. In his last appearance, against
Gostkowski (1-4, 7.34) has pitched 30.2 innings in five starts for the Tigers. He has allowed 26 runs (25 earned) on 35 hits, struck out 25, walked 12, and opponents are hitting .285 against him. In his last appearance, against USF on Saturday, he pitched 5.1 innings, allowing eight earned runs on nine hits, struck out one and walked four. Following the weekend series, Southern Miss returns home to host intrastate rival and national power Ole Miss on Tuesday night at Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field. First pitch is set for
