Hilltoppers Welcome Charlotte for Three-Game Series

Friday, April 28

Bowling Green, KY

6:00 PM CT

Western Kentucky University

Charlotte

4/27/2023 1:41:00 PM | Baseball

Game Notes

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Baseball is set to host a three-game series against Conference USA opponent, Charlotte, beginning at 6 p.m. CT on Friday, April 28 at Nick Denes Field.

THE SCHEDULE
• The Hilltoppers will open their series against Charlotte at 6 p.m. CT on Friday, April 28 at Nick Denes Field.
• WKU will then play the 49ers at 6 p.m. CT on Saturday, April 29.
• The Hilltoppers will close out their series against Charlotte on Sunday, April 30 at 1 p.m. CT.

LAST TIME OUT
• The Hilltoppers dropped its final road midweek matchup at Austin Peay, 12-11 on Tuesday night.
• Sophomore INF AJ Fiechter launched first home run of the season in a 3-for-5 outing with three RBI in the losing effort.

DOUBLE TIME
• Through 42 games the Hilltopper defense is top 20 in the nation and leads all of C-USA in double plays (36), while also ranking second in the league in doubles hit (84).
• The top three spots of the C-USA doubles leaders belong to Hilltoppers in INF Drew Reckart (16), INF Tristin Garcia (13) and OF Ty Crittenberger (12).

TOP OF THE CHARTS
• Only 15 C-USA players are hitting .330 or better through the first 10 weeks of the season with INF Tristin Garcia ranking 10th (.340) and INF Drew Reckart ranking 14th (.331).

MOUND MARVELS
• WKU ranks 3rd in the league in saves (11), opponent batting average (.248) and 2nd in home runs allowed (33).
• Freshman RHP Dawson Hall ranks 6th in C-USA with a 2.91 ERA while LHP Lane Diuguid ranks 9th with a 3.30 ERA and LHP Devyn Terbrak is 13th with a 3.79 ERA.

TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK
• WKU's offense currently leads all of C-USA in sacrifice bunts (42), almost doubling the next best team, UAB (23), while ranking as one of the top three teams in the nation in the category.
• Three Hilltoppers are among the top five C-USA leaders in sacrifice bunts in Kirk Liebert (8), AJ Fiechter (6), and Aidan Gilroy (5).

SERIES HISTORY
• WKU and Charlotte have met 18 times in program history, with the 49ers owning a 10-7-1 all-time series edge.
• The teams met for a three-game series in Charlotte, N. C. last season with the 49ers taking two of three against the Hilltoppers.

SCOUTING THE HILLTOPPERS
• WKU is 22-20 on the season after falling to Austin Peay on Tuesday night and sweeping Florida Atlantic last weekend.
• Offensively, six Hilltoppers are hitting .300 or better with INFs Tristin Garcia (.340) Drew Reckart (.331), and Aidan Gilroy (.305) leading the charge.
• On the mound, WKU has compiled a 4.67 team ERA while striking out 346 batters in 369.2 innings of action.

SCOUTING THE 49ERS
• Charlotte is 22-18 on the year after losing to Winthrop on Tuesday night.
• At the plate, the 49ers have one player hitting above .300, Cam Fisher, who currently owns a .350 batting average.
• The Charlotte pitching staff has produced a 4.61 team ERA while recording 397 strikeouts in 349.2 frames.

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