Bryant University Athletics recently issued the following announcement.
The Bryant University baseball team closes the regular season this weekend when it welcomes Wagner College to Conaty Park for a three-game series.
Bryant and Wagner open their series on Thursday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. Friday is set for 3:00 p.m. and the series concludes on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
The Particulars
Opponent: Wagner
Location: Conaty Park (Smithfield, R.I.)
Date and Time: May 19 - 3:00 p.m. | May 20 - 3:00 p.m. | May 21 - 1:00 p.m.
Live Stats: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
Video: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
Game Notes: Bryant
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Probable Starting Pitchers (Based off last week)
Thursday - Collin Lowe (5-4, 2.62) vs. Frankie Wright (6-4, 5.98)
Friday - Brett Wichrowski (2-1, 5.35) vs. Eli Shedd (2-0, 2.88)
Saturday - Logan Frasier (4-3, 4.15) vs. Eric Crouse (2-3, 6.10)
- Lowe enters the weekend with a league-best 2.63 ERA. He has struck out 68 batters in 68.1 innings.
- Wichrowski is coming off the best start of his career as he tossed 6.0 shutout innings against CCSU last weekend.
- Frasier surrendered five runs on nine hits over 3.0 innings last Sunday and looks to bounce back this weekend.
- Bryant owns a 35-15 edge in the all-time series between the two teams. The Bulldogs won two-of-three against Wagner last season, clinching the NEC Regular-Season title in the series finale.
- Bryant is 25-24 overall and 15-9 in NEC play. The Bulldogs are in second place in the NEC standings, one game back of LIU and one game ahead of CCSU.
- In NEC play, Bryant is fourth with a .296 team batting average and third with a 4.27 team ERA. The Bulldogs are second in fielding percentage and have turned 21 double plays.
- Bryant pitching has struck out a 192 batters, second in the NEC.
- Matt Woods is hitting .400 in NEC play with six doubles, two triples and three home runs. He leads Bryant with 23 multi-hit games on the year.
- Alex Lane has six doubles, six home runs and 27 RBI in NEC play. On the year, he's posted 14 doubles, 12 home runs and 47 RBI.
- Jackson Phinney was named NEC Player of the Week after posting three home runs and seven RBI last weekend vs CCSU.