Cougars Open Season With Radford Friday
2/19/2010 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
RADFORD (0-0) at COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (0-0)
PATRIOTS POINT FIELD - MT. PLEASANT, S.C.
GAME 1: Friday - 5:00 p.m.
RHP Josh Salay (10-1, 3.82 ERA at Spartanburg JC) vs. RHP Aerik Taylor (5-4, 4.90 ERA in 2009)
GAME 2: Saturday - 1:00 p.m.
RHP David Peterson (7-3, 5.73 ERA) vs. LHP Paul DeVito (6-3, 6.95 ERA in 2009)
GAME 3: Sunday - 1:00 p.m.
RHP Christian Powell (first collegiate start) vs. RHP Shane Pysh (3-4, 5.94 ERA in 2009)
The College of Charleston opens its 2010 out-of-conference ledger with a weekend series against the visiting Highlanders from the Big South Conference. The Cougars, who welcome 17 newcomers this season, return 19 players, including senior Joey Bergman, the reigning Southern Conference Player of the Year. Bergman had a .452 batting average, while drilling 15 home runs last season and has been selected as the 2010 SoCon Preseason Player of the Year.
2009 in Review
The Cougars went 35-22 overall and 17-13 in the Southern Conference last year, which put them fifth in the league standings. The comforts of home staked the Cougars a 22-5 record at Patriots Point Field in 2009. Last season, the Cougars were fourth in the country in home runs (110) and scoring (9.7 runs/game), and ninth in team batting average (.345).
Scouting the Highlanders
Radford is coming off the fifth winning season in school history in 2009 and returns five regulars to the lineup, led by sophomore shortstop Jeff Kemp. The 2009 Big South Freshman of the Year and a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America, Kemp was second on the team with a .337 average, five homers, 36 RBI and 13 stolen bases.
All-Time vs. Radford
Charleston leads the all-time series 1-0-1. In 1991, the first season of Cougar baseball, Charleston scored a 13-3 win and played to a 6-6 draw with the Highlanders.
