WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University baseball team will play its home opener on Tuesday afternoon when the Hoyas welcome Coppin State to Shirley Povich Field. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. The Hoyas come into the matchup with a 3-8 overall record.
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
- Links to live stats and a video stream will be available at GUHoyas.com.
- In-game updates can be found on the team's official Twitter account - @GtownBaseball.
ABOUT THE HOYAS
- Georgetown enters Tuesday after a 1-2 weekend and the Hoyas are 2-2 over their past four games.
- Yareb Martinez has played in seven games and has a .316 (6-19) batting average with a pair of doubles. John Simourian is hitting .313 (10-32).
- AJ Lotsis has a team-high three home runs, while Ryan M. Davis has hit a pair. Davis and Freddy Achecar III both lead the Hoyas with 10 RBIs apiece.
- Jack Weeks leads the pitching staff with a 0.00 ERA through 13.0 innings pitched. Carter Bosch and Angelo Tonas both have a team-high 16 strikeouts.
SCOUTING COPPIN STATE
- The Eagles are 1-5 on the season after falling to GW 7-4 on Feb. 26
- Coppin State is batting .220 as a team. Matt Day (.357) and Marcos Castillo (.350) lead the squad, while Castillo has a home run and a team-high five RBIs..
- The pitching staff owns a 6.24 ERA and has a 43-30 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
Tuesday
GU:
Jack Weeks (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 6.0 IP, 2 K)
CSU: Tim Ruffino (1-1, 6.43 ERA, 7.0 IP, 5 K)
COMING UP NEXT
The Hoyas will depart on March 6 for their 10-day, eight-game Spring Break trip to the Snowbird Baseball Classic in Florida, where they will play against UIC (March 6 & 8), Iowa (March 7), FGCU (March 10), Army West Point ( March 11) and Lafayette (March 13-15).
