Prince George's Baseball Will Have An Ernie Banks Kind Of Day At Cecil On Thursday With Doubleheader

GAME DAY INFORMATION
Prince George's (6-9, 1-2 MD JUCO)
at Cecil (5-14, 2-4 MD JUCO)
Thursday, March 29, 2018 | 12 p.m.
Brockell Field | North East, Md.

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opening pitch… Prince George's begins a two-team, four-game road trip at Cecil on Thursday with a doubleheader. Game one begins at 12 p.m. This will be the Owls first official road games of the year after

last time out…  Bay To smacked two home runs including the go-ahead three-run homer in the first inning to propel Prince George's Community College past Anne Arundel Community College 15-8 on Tuesday. To went 3-for-4 with four RBIs, three runs scored and a walk. The sophomore smacked an opposite field three-run homer to give the Owls a 4-3 lead in the first, singled off the third baseman's glove in the second and scored and then drilled a solo home run down the left field line in the fourth for his second-round tripper of the afternoon. Naquan Holden posted a 3-for-4 performance with three RBIs and three runs scored. Tommy Petrosino Jr added two hits, three RBIs and a run scored while Austin Adams registered two hits, two runs scored and two RBIs in the winning effort.

next time on the diamond… Prince George's concludes its quick two-team road trip at Montgomery on Saturday for a doubleheader. The Owls return home for four games starting with CCBC Dundalk on Monday.

mother nature always wins… The weather has called the postponement of four road games and two home dates. The Owls have rescheduled five of the six dates with the exception of Southern Maryland. 

wins on the mound... Freshmen Keaton Bradley and Clark Reese have two wins apiece while Anthony Cavalier and Tyrone Miller Jr have each posted a win this season on top of the hill for the Owls.

extra base hits… Sophomore Austin Adams leads the team with six doubles while freshmen Dominic Marquez, Alexander Montero and Vinny Rotundo are tied for second with five two-baggers. Adams also leads the team with a pair of triples.

the long ball… Freshman Josh Pietrandrea smacked two homers in his first collegiate game against SUNY Orange on Feb. 24. Freshman Dylan Irizarry notched his first career homer against Howard University Club on Mar. 3. Sophomore Brandon Crosby and freshmen Abdul Mateen Bradley, Alexander Montero and Tommy Petrosino Jr each clubbed their first round-tripper of the season on the Florida trip. Sophomore Bay To, who registered nine homers last year, smacked two homers against Anne Arundel on Mar. 27 to tie Pietrandrea for the team lead.

punchouts... Freshman Tyrone Miller Jr leads the team with 17 strikeouts while freshmen Clark Reese (16) and Keaton Bradley (15) rank second and third on the team in strikeouts.

preseason nationally ranked… Prince George's Community College baseball team was ranked 10th in the NJCAA Preseason Poll. The defending national champion Tyler Junior College, who defeated Prince George's in the opening game of the 2017 NJCAA Division III World Series, is the preseason favorite after receiving 60 points. Niagara County (52 points), Cumberland County (49 points), Northampton (38 points), Century (35 points), St. Cloud Tech (29 points), Rowan Gloucester (23 points), Brookhaven (16 points), Delta (13 points) and Prince George's (8 points) rounded out the poll. The Owls were ranked in six of the final seven national polls last season.

a year to remember… Prince George's is coming off one its best seasons in program history after winning the NJCAA Division III Region XX Tournament and NJCAA District D Tournament titles to clinch its second trip to the NJCAA World Series in the last four years. Along with head coach Buddy Foster and assistant coach Jimmy Williams, sophomore Austin Adams, Brandon Crosby, Naquan Holden and Bay To are the only returners from last year's championship run.

all-american returner… Sophomore Brandon Crosby returns after being named an NJCAA All-America first team selection last year. Crosby paced the team in hits (81), runs (71), stolen bases (45), batting average (.440) and on-base percentage (.527) while ranking third in RBIs (49), third in doubles (17), third in triples (2) and fourth in slugging percentage (.620). The freshman paced NJCAA Division III in steals and ranked fourth in stolen bases for all NJCAA divisions while also ranking eighth in Division III in runs. He posted a hit in 42 of the 49 games played, including 13 two-hit games and 12 three-hit performances. Crosby scored two or more runs 19 times and registered two or more stolen bases in 13 games. Crosby was also named an All-Maryland JUCO first team, All-NJCAA Division III Region XX first team and to the NJCAA Division III Region XX All-Tournament team.

other honors returning… Along with Brandon Crosby, sophomore Bay To returns after garnering All-NJCAA Division III Region XX first team honors and a spot on the NJCAA Division III All-Tournament team. Head coach Buddy Foster was named the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Diamond National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division III District D Regional Coach Of The Year. 

the roster… Head coach Buddy Foster has added 15 newcomers to his team in 2018 while returning four players from last year's team. Keaton Bradley, Mateen Bradley, Jake Brewer, Anthony Cavalier, Dylan Irizarry, Dominic Marquez, Tyrone Miller Jr, Alexander Montero, Chase Perreault, Tommy Petrosino Jr, Josh Pietrandrea, Clark Reese, Vinny Rotundo, O'Neal Torcheand Sutton Young.

about the coach… Head coach Buddy Foster enters his seventh 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 guided the 2014 and 2017 Owls to the NJCAA Region XX Division III title and advanced to the NJCAA Division III World Series. Foster won his 100th game in the NJCAA District D Championship in 2017 and was named the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Diamond National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division III District D Regional Coach Of The Year in 2014 and 2017.

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