Charleston Hosts Hofstra for Middle of Five Game Homestand

Friday, April 7

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Charleston Hosts Hofstra for Middle of Five Game Homestand

4/6/2023 12:45:00 PM | Baseball

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CHARLESTON, S.C. – Hofstra and Charleston meet at Patriots Point for the first time since the 2019 season in a pivotal CAA series with two games separating the two sides in the conference standings. In their last meeting from the Holy City, Charleston swept the Pride outscoring them 32-4 with two shutout wins to open and close the weekend.

Both teams enter the weekend off a midweek loss with Hofstra suffering a 5-0 shutout defeat at Rutgers and Charleston falling late 10-5 to Wofford at home. The Cougars are 2-0 in home CAA series with a sweep of Towson while Hofstra is 0-2 in road CAA series dropping sets to Delaware and newcomer North Carolina A&T.

Charleston returns home for the middle of a five-game home swing after opening April on the road and a five-game road stretch scheduled starting next weekend in New Jersey. This weekend's series is the last of a stretch that sees 20 of Hofstra's first 30 games on the road with a six-game homestand starting next week.

Since their lone postseason meeting in 2018 – a Charleston win – the Cougars have scored six or more runs in six of the seven meetings with three shutout victories over that span.

Scouting the Pride

Hofstra enters the weekend off a midweek loss at Rutgers but took the weekend series over Stony Brook at home despite dropping the Friday game. The series win over the Seawolves were just the eighth, ninth and tenth home contests for the Pride after opening with 17 of the first 27 on the road.
At the dish, four hitters are batting above .300 led by Dylan Palmer's even .400 clip with a .533 slug and .464 on base percentage. Palmer also carries an 11-game hit streak into the weekend and hit .545 from the leadoff spot last weekend.
As a team the Pride are hitting .284 – fifth in the CAA – but have hit the fewest home runs in the league with just 12 through 27 games.
On the mound four pitchers have worked at least 20 innings led by Sunday starter Brad Camarda – who was just named CAA Pitcher of the Week following a complete game shutout of Stony Brook to clinch the series. The graduate right hander carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning and finished the day with five strikeouts for his second career complete game shutout.

Pitching Matchup
Friday Game 1: RHP Ty Good (2-2, 4.71) vs. RHP Cade Henry (1-4, 7.18)
Friday Gam 2: RHP Trey Pooser (3-1, 3.86) vs. RHP Tristan Nemjo (1-0, 4.74)
Sunday: RHP Cole Mathis (2-0, 2.62) vs. RHP Brad Camarda (2-1, 6.82)

Series History

Home teams have held the edge in the brief history between Charleston and Hofstra as the Cougars lead the all-time series 16-10 entering the weekend.
Charleston has won all three series from Patriots Point since joining the CAA with two sweeps and an 8-1 record. Hofstra has gotten the better of Charleston in Hempstead owning a 9-3 mark.
The Cougars and Pride met four times between 2002 and 2006 with Charleston taking all four meetings in the Holy City.
Charleston won the first five meetings and nine of the first 10 and owns the longest win streak from either side at five.
Hofstra took the first and rubber matches last season in Hempstead with Charleston's single win coming via a 4-0 shutout.

Clear Bag Policy
A reminder that the clear bag policy is in place for anyone attending games at Patriots Point this spring. The College of Charleston clear bag policy can be found following THIS LINK.

Tickets
Single game and season tickets for Charleston baseball are still on sale. Single game prices for the weekend are $10 for adults and $5 for youth and can be purchased by following THIS LINK.

Promotions
Gold Rush Friday: Friday night is a Gold Rush at the ballpark as the first 100 fans will receive a free Gold College of Charleston baseball t-shirt. Fans also have a chance to win prizes as 500 golden tickets will be handed out with a drawing for specific prizes throughout the game.

Egg Hunt & Hawaiian Shirt Sundays: Fans are encouraged to wear Hawaiian shirts and gear to every Sunday game this season. CLICK HERE for Hawaiian themed Charleston Baseball t-shirts and hoodies. As part of Hawaiian Shirt Sundays, the concession stand will have mimosas available for each Sunday game. There will also be a pregame Egg Hunt for kids on the concourse and in fan areas – participants will not be allowed on the field.

Bark at the Park: This Sunday and all remaining Sunday games, you can bring your dog to the game with you! A waiver and proof of vaccinations is required. CLICK HERE (Bark at the Bark Waiver 2023 (PDF) - College of Charleston Athletics (cofcsports.com) ) for the waiver.