WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University baseball team will open the 2020 season this weekend when they travel to Thomasville, North Carolina for a three-game, neutral-site series against Navy.
ABOUT THE WEEKEND
- The Hoyas and Midshipmen will play at 1 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and the games will be held at Finch Field.
- Live stats will be available at GUHoyas.com and in-game updates can be found on the team's official Twitter account - @GtownBaseball.
ABOUT THE HOYAS
- Georgetown is coming off of a 2019 season that saw it finish with a record of 22-34, while the Hoyas went 7-11 in BIG EAST play, finishing in fifth place, one game out from a postseason berth.
- A GU-record five Hoyas were selected to All-BIG EAST teams, while the program also set a record with four players taken in the 2019 MLB Draft in June.
- The Blue & Gray bring back 26 members of last year's squad and welcome nine newcomers.
- The Hoyas return nearly 80 percent of its offense from a season ago, including 377 hits, 29 home runs and 177 RBIs.
- On the mound, Georgetown brings back 11 wins, 208.1 innings pitched and 184 strikeouts.
- Junior Eddie McCabe was named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team.
SCOUTING NAVY
- Navy went 39-17 in 2019, the second most wins in program history. The Midshipmen with 18-7 in Patriot League play, winning their fifth-straight regular season championship.
- After being selected as First Team All-Patriot Leaguers in 2019, Zach Biggers and Trey Braithwaite were placed on the 11-man preseason team. Jared Leins rounded out Navy's preseason honorees.
- Navy batted .272 as a team last year, while the pitching staff owned a 3.82 team ERA.
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Friday
GU:
Carter Bosch (2019: 2-3, 9.00 ERA, 38.0 IP, 45 K)
Navy: Jared Leins (2019: 3-1, 3.27 ERA, 71.2 IP, 73 K)
Saturday
GU:
Anthony Redfern (2019: 1-2, 5.23 ERA, 31.0 IP, 21 K)
Navy: Charlie Connolly (2019: 4-3, 3.69 ERA, 61.0 IP, 70 K)
Sunday
GU:
Owen Lamon (2019: 2-4, 6.89 ERA, 31.1 IP, 26 K)
Navy: Tommy Goodridge (2019: 4-0, 3.78 ERA, 33.1 IP, 32 K)
COMING UP NEXT
The Hoyas will play a midweek matchup at George Washington on Tuesday afternoon. First pitch in Arlington, Virginia is set for 2:30 p.m. Georgetown will return to North Carolina for a three-game series at Davidson next weekend.
