The Hobart baseball team will open Liberty League play this weekend with a three-game series against division rival RIT. The teams are scheduled to play a single game in Henrietta, New York, on Friday at 3 p.m. followed by a doubleheader at McDonough Park in Geneva starting at noon on Saturday.
GAME COVERAGE
FOR THE RECORD
- Hobart went 3-1 during its spring break trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, improving 7-3 overall.
- RIT is riding a 10-game winning streak and brings an 11-2 record into conference play.
TO ARMS
- The Statesmen pitching staff has a Liberty League low 3.22 ERA.
- After three starts, sophomore Trevor Kimball sports a 2-0 record with a team-leading 1.50 ERA.
- Junior Teck Nash has thrown a team-high 19 1/3 innings, striking out a team-high 18.
ON THE RUN
- Hobart leads the Liberty League in stolen bases with 46 thefts through 10 games, 12 more than any other team.
- Individually, senior Nate Johnson is tied for the league lead with 12 steals.
- The Statesmen have also used their wheels to post a league-high eight triples.
ROARING
- RIT has the Liberty League’s most wins and longest winning streak this season.
- The Tigers swept a pair of games from St. John Fisher last weekend, outscoring the Cardinals 23-9.
- RIT has a league-leading 28 doubles and sits second in the conference with 109 runs.
- Senior Randy Dodig is batting a team-high .373 with 10 RBI and 14 runs.
- The Tigers’ pitching staff has a 4.39 ERA and an eye-popping 136 strikeouts.
- Graduate student John Arnold is 2-1 with a 3.27 ERA and a league-high 30 strikeouts.
SERIES SNAPSHOT
- Hobart and RIT will meet for the 55th time on Friday.
- The Tigers have won all six meetings since the Statesmen reinstated its varsity team in 2023 and hold a 28-26 overall lead in the series.
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