Spring Forward With Prince George's Baseball Home Doubleheader Against Garrett On Sunday

GAME DAY INFORMATION
Garrett (4-0, 0-0 MD JUCO)
at Prince George's (10-2-1, 0-1-1 MD JUCO)
Sunday, March 12, 2017, 12 p.m.
Prince George's Community College Baseball Field | Largo, Md.

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GARRETT: ROSTER | SCHEDULE | STATISTICS
PRINCE GEORGE'S: ROSTER | SCHEDULE | STATISTICS

spring forward… Even though the weather outside makes you think of winter, this weekend clocks spring forward so please remember to move the clocks one hour ahead on Saturday night.

opening pitch… Prince George's hosts its third-straight Maryland Junior College Athletic Conference opponent with a doubleheader against Garrett College on Sunday. The Owls swept the twinbill last year in McHenry, Md., while the Lakers took the two-game set when the two teams played in Largo in 2015.

the word on lakers… Garrett comes into the contest 4-0 after winning four games in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The Lakers were scheduled to open Maryland JUCO play on Tuesday at Allegany College of Maryland, but that contest was postponed. Cody Hammond leads the team with a .400 batting average, four hits and three runs scored while Aaron Shinn and Zarek Simkovich are both hitting .375 with three hits and an RBI. Simkovich also has for runs scored on the year.

last time out… Siri-Jacob Ramirez smoked an RBI double in the bottom of the eighth inning to tie the game at 10 for Prince George's Community College against CCBC Catonsville on Thursday. The game ended with the two teams tied at 10 after nine innings and could not go into extra innings due to darkness. After the Cardinals took a 10-9 lead in the top of the eighth inning, Dwayne Coleman reached on a single to left field and moved to second on a wild pitch before Ramirez drove the ball to the right-center gap to bring home Coleman with the tying run with no outs. A fly out moved Ramirez to third, but a pair of strikeouts ended the threat. Ramirez finished the afternoon 5-for-5 with three RBIs and a run scored for the Owls while Dakota McFadden drilled a two-run homer and completed his afternoon with three RBIs and two runs scored. Thomas Thorgersen registered two hits and an RBI, and Brandon Crosby was an on-base machine with three walks, a hit, an RBI and two runs scored.

next on tap… Prince George's concludes the 10-game homestand against Harford Community College on Tuesday. After the game against Harford, the Owls will play their next four games on the road.

by the stats… Brandon Crosby leads the Maryland Junior College Athletic Conference in RBIs (23) while ranking second in batting average (.543) and third in stolen bases (12). The freshman leads NJCAA Division III in stolen bases and ranks third in the nation in RBIs. Harold Marte is tied for the conference lead in homers with four while also ranking sixth in the category in the nation. Dakota McFadden is fourth in RBIs (17), fourth in doubles (6), fifth in batting average (.451), seventh in wins (2) and 10th in strikeouts (20). Jonathan Mahoney is fourth in the conference in strikeouts (24) and is tied with McFadden and Kevin Kornieck for seventh in Maryland JUCO with two wins and tied for ninth in Division III. Kilian Bloat ranks seventh in batting average (.452) and ninth in stolen bases (6) while Dwayne Coleman and Ryan Faircloth are tied for ninth in the conference in homers (2). NOTE: Maryland JUCO are all teams that are from the Old Line state, but can come from Division I, II or III while the nation's NJCAA statistics only contain Division III Junior College programs.

the roster… Head coach Buddy Foster has added 11 freshman to his team in 2017 while returning 10 players from last year's team.

a loss to the owls family... Legendary Prince George's baseball coach William "Bumps" Vaughan passed away at the age of 90 on Feb. 25. In his long career as a head coach includes 21 years at the helm of the Owls from 1986-2005. The Owls will be wearing a special patch on their uniforms in honor of Vaughan and the athletic department will pay tribute to the legendary coach at an upcoming game.

about the coach… Head coach Buddy Foster enters his sixth season as the head coach of the baseball team. Foster has been at Prince George's since the 2009 campaign after serving as the squad's pitching coach for three seasons before being elevated to the head coach position. He

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