ELON, N.C. -- Having won seven of its last eight games, the Elon baseball team will be back in action with two mid-week tilts.  The Phoenix will visit High Point on Tuesday before hosting East Carolina on Wednesday.  Both games will begin at 6 p.m. and Tuesday's game will be broadcast live on WPCM 920 AM.

2013 Baseball Viewbook
Game Notes | Live Stats (Both Games) | Live Audio (Wednesday) | Live Video (Tuesday) | Live Video (Wednesday)

Quick Hits
• The Phoenix has won 14 games this year, but has only gotten on the scoreboard first seven times in 2013.
• Of Elon’s 140 RBI on the season, 50 (35.7 percent) have come with two outs.  The Phoenix has 71 two-out hits on the season.
• Elon has played High Point more than any other opponent.  The two have met 201 times with the maroon and gold claiming 121 victories.

Probable Starting Pitchers
Tuesday
EU: RH David Whitehead (1-3, 6.95 ERA) vs. HPU: RH Ryan Retz (2-1, 1.69 ERA)
Wednesday
EU: RH Jacob Baker (0-0, 3.86 ERA) vs. ECU: RH Jeff Hoffman (2-3, 4.54 ERA)

Elon-High Point Series History
Elon has met High Point more than any other opponent in its history.  The maroon and gold is 121-80 in the previous 201 meetings between the two programs.  The series dates back to 1926 when Elon won games by 10-5 and 9-3 margins.  The two teams have met every year since 1994.  Last season, Elon claimed a 6-3 victory in 11 innings in High Point before picking up a 12-3 victory at Latham Park later in the year.

Elon-East Carolina Series History
Elon and East Carolina have faced each other 69 times prior to Wednesday’s tilt.  Elon is 30-38-1 in those games.  The two teams first met in 1940 with Elon winning 7-1.  The Phoenix and ECU have met every year since 2007.  Last year, ECU won both meetings (3-2 in 10 innings in Elon and 4-1 in Greenville).

Watch This
Senior Alex Swim was one of 48 catchers named to the watch list for the 2013 Johnny Bench Award presented by BaseballSavings.com on March 11.  He was one of two SoCon backstops on the list (Adam Martin of Western Carolina was the other).  This is the second year in a row that Swim has been named to the watch list for this prestigious award.

The Johnny Bench Award is presented annually to the top catcher at the NCAA Division I ranks and will be updated until May 6.  Semifinalists will be announced on May 16 before three finalists are announced on June 4.

Winning Late
Elon has won five games in its final at bat of the 2013 campaign.  Below is a list of those victories:

Feb. 24 vs. Kansas State – Trailed 3-2 and scored two runs in the bottom of the 8th for a 4-3 win
March 2 vs. Furman – Tied 4-4 and scored one run in the bottom of the 12th for a 5-4 win
March 8 vs. College of Charleston – Tied 2-2 and scored one run in the bottom of the 10th for a 3-2 win
March 20 vs. Princeton – Tied 11- and scored one run in the bottom of the 9th for a 12-11 win
March 24 at Western Carolina – Tied 1-1 and scored one run in the top of the 9th for a 2-1 win

Tough to K
Last season, catcher Alex Swim was one of the toughest hitters in the nation to strike out.  Swim fanned just 13 times in 241 at bats during his junior campaign.  He ranked 12th nationally with one K in every 18.5 at bats.  This year, Swim has struck out eight times in 102 at bats (once every 12.75 at bats).

Another Elon player has been tough to fan this year – Sebastian Gomez.  Gomez has struck out just five times in 83 at bats (once every 16.60 at bats).

The State of North Carolina Baseball
Below are the records of North Carolina’s Division I baseball programs since 2000 (Elon’s first NCAA Division I season):

1. North Carolina 615-245-1
2. East Carolina 537-292-3
3. North Carolina State 494-322
4. ELON 477-314-2
5. UNC Wilmington 455-284-1
6. Charlotte 426-316-2
7. Western Carolina 426-345-2
8. Wake Forest 410-354-2
9. UNCG 400-349
10. Campbell 341-395-1
11. Appalachian State 334-401-3
12. Duke 325-424-1
13. High Point 303-448-1
14. Gardner-Webb* 297-292-2
15. North Carolina A&T 292-437
16. UNC Asheville 274-471
17. Davidson 259-416
18. North Carolina Central^ 34-42

* Moved to DI in 2003
^ Moved to DI in 2012