DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Bethune-Cookman Baseball will play host to Fairfield in a midweek series, as the two teams will meet for single games on Tuesday, March 14, and Wednesday, March 15, inside Radiology Associates Field at Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach, Florida. First pitch for both games is set for 6 p.m.
 
Bethune-Cookman enters the week having dropped just its second series of the year, but the first all-important Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) series of the season against rival Florida A&M. The Wildcats dropped the series opener to the Rattlers in a game televised live on ESPNU on Friday, March 10, while then splitting a doubleheader the following day, as the Cats took the series finale.
 
AT A GLANCE
Records: Bethune-Cookman 9-6 (1-2 MEAC) | Fairfield 3-7 (0-0 MAAC)
Rankings: Bethune-Cookman is unranked. Fairfield is unranked.
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PROMOTIONS
Tuesday
- There are no promotions from Bethune-Cookman for the game against Fairfield.
 
Wednesday
- There are no promotions from Bethune-Cookman for the game against Fairfield.
 
BETHUNE-COOKMAN VS. FAIRFIELD PROBABLE STARTERS
TUESDAY, MARCH 14 (6 p.m.)
Bethune-Cookman
RHP Tyler Krull (0-1, 7.11)
Fairfield
LHP Tristan Amone (1-0, 0.00)
 
BETHUNE-COOKMAN VS. FAIRFIELD PROBABLE STARTERS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 (6 p.m.)
Bethune-Cookman
RHP TJ Densmore (1-0, 8.31)
Fairfield
RHP Austin Pope (0-0, 9.00)
 
Bethune-Cookman-Fairfield Series History
• This will be the first meeting between Bethune-Cookman and Fairfield.
• The last team Bethune-Cookman faced from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) was Quinnipiac in 2016 at Jackie Robinson Ballpark.
 
Last Time Out
Bethune-Cookman opened its Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference slate against Florida A&M over weekend at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. In a Saturday afternoon doubleheader, FAMU took the opener, 4-3 in 11 innings. But it was BCU taking the nightcap by a 5-1 decision as the Wildcats earned a split of the doubleheader, but dropped the series with Friday's loss.
 
Noting the Wildcats
• Bethune-Cookman dropped a weekend series against MEAC opponent Florida A&M, taking the series finale to avoid the sweep.
• The midweek series against Fairfield marks the 10th and 11th games of a 16-game homestand for the Wildcats.
• Adonis Lao, a junior transfer outfielder/pitcher, leads the Wildcats in batting average, sporting a .394 mark on the year.
• Senior designated hitter Austin Garcia is second on the team in batting with a .364 clip and has produced three doubles and a home run on the campaign.
• Junior right-hander Tyler Norris picked up a complete-game win over the weekend as he helped BCU to a 5-1 win over Florida A&M in the second leg of a doubleheader. On the year, Norris is 2-0 with a 3.09 ERA.
• Danny Rodriguez was selected as the MEAC Preseason Player of the Year.
• Tyler Norris was selected as the MEAC Preseason Pitcher of the Year.
• The Wildcats were predicted to finish second in the MEAC Southern Division.
• Bethune-Cookman placed five players on the preseason All-MEAC Team.
 
Notes from the Stags
• Fairfield enters the midweek affair having dropped bookends of a series against Penn in Port St. Lucie, Florida over the weekend.
• Jack Gethings leads the team at the plate with a .441 average, collecting 15 hits and plating five runs.
• Kevin Radziewicz is batting at a .333 clip, adding a pair of doubles and four RBIs.
• The pitching staff is led by Gavin Wallace with a 2-1 record and an earned run average of 3.13 in three appearances.
 
Up Next for B-CU
Bethune-Cookman will host MEAC foe North Carolina Central for a weekend series at Radiology Associates Field at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. The series will start with a doubleheader on Saturday, March 18, at 1 p.m. It will conclude with a single game the following day at 1 p.m.
 
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