Monarchs Open Three-Game C-USA Series At Middle Tennessee
ODU Monarchs (25-16/12-9) at. Middle Tennessee State (20-21/9-9)
April 25 at 7, April 26 at 5 and April 27 at 1 p.m ET -- Reese Smith Jr. Field
Murfreesboro, TN.
Radio: Live broadcasts on STAR1310 AM with Ted Alexander
PROBABLES:
Friday: Andy Roberts LHP(3-1/2.80) vs. Zac Curtis LHP (5-2/2.33)
Saturday: Ryan Yarbrough LHP (5-4/2.69) vs. Paul Mittura RHP (3-2/3.08)
Sunday: Victor Diaz RHP (2-2/2.95) vs. Johnathan Frebis LHP (3-4/4.68)
SERIES: MTSU leads 1-0: The only meeting between the two was in the 2000 NCAA Baseball Regional in Clemson, SC.(May 27) 6-5 in an elimination game. ODU head coach Finwood is 12-8 from his days at Western Kentucky from 2006-11.
ABOUT MTSU
The Blue Raiders are led by Trent Miller with a .350 batting average along with 17 doubles, four homers and 31 RBI. Miller ranks third in C-USA in hitting. He leads the league in doubles and is tied with ODU's Taylor Ostrich in triples with 3. Jared Allen has a team best seven homers with 25 RBI. As a team, MTSU is hitting .265 and has a 4.59 team ERA.
ODU LEADERS
Southern Miss 13-5 25-17
UTSA 11-7 26- 15
ECU 11-7 25-17
ODU 12-9 25-16
UAB 10-8 24-16
FIU 11-10 27-12
Midd. Tenn. 9-9 20-21
Marshall 8-9 18-21
FAU 9-12 21-19
Tulane 6-13 15-23
Charlotte 4-13 12-25-1
LA Tech 4-17 10-27
ECU at Florida Atlantic
ODU at Middle Tennessee
Rice at Southern Miss
Marshall at UAB
