ELON, N.C. -- The final road trip of the regular season for the Elon baseball team will take the Phoenix to Boone, N.C., where the maroon and gold will face off with the Appalachian State Mountaineers in a three-game Southern Conference series.  The set gets underway at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.

2013 Baseball Viewbook
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Quick Hits
• Of Elon’s 275 RBI, 84 (30.5 percent) have come with two outs.  The Phoenix has 130 two-out hits on the season.
• All three of Elon’s primary weekend starters are throwing more than 65 percent of their pitches for strikes.  Dylan Clark’s strike percentage is 65.1, while Spencer Medick is throwing 66.5 percent of his pitches for strikes and Kyle Webb is throwing 66.2 percent of his pitches for strikes this season.
• Elon is 16-1 on the season when out-hitting its opponent.

Elon Phoenix Live Radio Show
The second of three editions of the Elon Phoenix Live baseball radio show will air Thursday, May 9 from 7-8 p.m. on WPCM 920 AM.  The show is broadcast live from Town Table restaurant in Elon and Phoenix fans are encouraged to come out and catch the show.

Probable Starting Pitchers
Friday
EU: LH Spencer Medick (5-4, 4.45 ERA) vs. ASU: RH Jamie Nunn (8-3, 3.30 ERA)
Saturday
EU: RH Kyle Webb (5-2, 3.04 ERA) vs. ASU: RH Sam Agnew-Wieland (5-4, 5.10 ERA)
Sunday
EU: TBA vs. ASU: LH Chad Farmer (2-0, 4.41 ERA)

Elon-Appalachian State Series History
Elon has dominated the all-time series against Appalachian State on the diamond as the maroon and gold owns a 61-14 ledger against the Mountaineers.  The two teams first met in 1940 with Elon claiming a 9-3 victory.  The programs have met every year since 2003, one season before the Phoenix joined the Southern Conference.  In SoCon play, Elon has won 24 of the 28 games.  The Phoenix won two of the three games at Latham Park in 2012 and swept the three-game set in Boone in 2011.

Tough Competition
Elon always plays a tough schedule and 2013 is no different.  Through its first 39 games, the Phoenix played eight games against teams ranked in the top 25 at the time of the game.  Of those, seven have been against teams rated in the top eight.  No other SoCon team has played more than four games against top-25 opponents.  The maroon and gold’s schedule is currently ranked as the 40th-toughest in the nation.  College of Charleston’s strength of schedule is second-best in the SoCon at 43.

Among the Nation’s Best
In the most recent release issued by the NCAA, four Elon players rank among the Division I active leaders in various categories.  Senior Alex Swim currently is Division I’s active leader with 907 at bats, is third with 274 hits, fifth with 223 games played, fifth with 18 sacrifice flies, 15th with 154 RBI and 34th with 145 runs scored.  Senior Niko Fraser rates 33rd with 11 triples, while senior Nate Young’s 18 saves are currently 26th nationally.  Junior Ryan Kinsella’s 141 RBI are 32nd and his 30 homers are ninth among current players. 

Another Webb Gem
Senior righty Kyle Webb had an impressive outing in a 9-1 victory over Georgia Southern.  Webb tossed the second complete game of his career, needing just 111 pitches to finish off the Eagles.  Webb did not walk a batter and allowed just one hit, an infield single, after the fifth inning.  He also posted a personal-best 11 strikeouts in the win, running his total to a team-high 68 K’s on the season.