WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – William & Mary baseball returns to action this weekend with a three-game series with Richmond. The Tribe will welcome the Spiders to Plumeri Park for game one of the matchup Friday at 6:00 p.m. before the two finish the series with a Sunday doubleheader in Richmond.
The Tribe will be looking to bounce back from a three-game sweep at the hands of VCU last weekend while Richmond enters the series winners of five straight ball games. The Spiders defeated VMI and Longwood last week and knocked off Norfolk State 17-5 Tuesday afternoon.
History sides with the Tribe as the Green and Gold hold a 16-9 advantage in the 25 all-time meetings between the two programs. William & Mary has had even more success in the series at home winning 10 of the 12 games between the teams in Williamsburg including the last three at Plumeri Park.
A pair of Tribe hitters enter the weekend with Richmond on fire as
Jack Cone and
Ben Williamson have been tough outs for opposing pitching of late. After going 9-16 this past weekend with five RBIs, a home run, and a pair of runs, Cone upped his batting average to .397 on the season. The center fielder had a pair of four-hit games last weekend and has hit .500 in his last six games. Williamson had seven hits over the weekend with VCU last weekend hitting safely in all three games to extend his hitting streak to a team-high 11 games.
On the hill,
Wade Strain has been solid for the Tribe tossing 30.0 IP good for fourth most in the CAA. Strain has recorded a pair of wins on the season and struck out 22 men while walking just five batters. Zack Tsakounis has struck out 18 batters in 19.0 innings and is in the top-ten in the league holding opponents to a .250 BAA.
Michael Zubovich has starred out of the pen for the Tribe allowing just three earned runs in 10.1 innings pitched over four outings.
Matt Howat leads the Tribe with seven appearances and has struck out 13 in 10.1 innings pitched while freshman
Garrett Newsome has punched out 10 batters in 10.2 innings.
