Prince George's Baseball Renews Rivalry With Montgomery On Saturday

GAME DAY INFORMATION
Prince George's (8-9, 2-2 MD JUCO)
at Montgomery (10-5, 3-2 MD JUCO)
Saturday, March 31, 2018 | 12 p.m.
Baseball Field | Rockville, Md.

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opening pitch… Riding a three-game winning streak, Prince George's heads to Montgomery College for an NJCAA Region XX Division III doubleheader on Saturday.

last time out…  Bay To smacked the go-ahead two-run homer in the opener and then pitched a complete-game victory in the nightcap to propel Prince George's Community College to a sweep against Cecil College on Thursday. The Owls took the opener 5-4 and then won the nightcap, 12-5.

To, who hit the go-ahead homer against Anne Arundel Community College on Tuesday, reclaimed the lead for Prince George's with a two-run shot in the fifth of the opener. The sophomore then took the mound in the second game and allowed five runs (four earned) on seven hits with four strikeouts in a complete-game effort. To also went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI in the nightcap while finishing the afternoon 4-for-8 with three RBIs and four runs scored. Steven Fondeur registered two hits, four RBIs and two runs scored while Dylan Irizarry added two hits, three RBIs and a run scored in the two games.

next time on the diamond… Prince George's returns home for four games starting with CCBC Dundalk on Monday. Harford (Tuesday), CCBC Catonsville (Thursday) and CCBC Essex (Apr. 10) will also come to town in this stretch. 

mother nature always wins… The weather has called for 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 Abdul Mateen Bradley, Anthony Cavalier, Tyrone Miller Jr and Bay To have each posted a win this season on top of the hill for the Owls.

extra base hits… Freshmen Dominic Marquez and Vinny Rotundo lead the team with five doubles while sophomore Austin Adams, and freshmen Tommy Petrosino Jr and Josh Pietrandrea rank second with four two-baggers. Adams lead the team with two triples.

the long ball… Sophomore Bay To leads the team with three homers while freshman Josh Pietrandrea has a pair of rround-trippers Sophomore Brandon Crosby and freshmen Abdul Mateen Bradley, Dylan Irizarry and Alexander Montero each have one homer this season.

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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