Games 10-11: Jacksonville (6-3) vs. Bethune-Cookman (4-6)/USF (6-5)
Daytona Beach, Fla. – Jackie Robinson Ballpark – Game 10: Tuesday 6:00 p.m.

Jacksonville, Fla. – Sessions Stadium  – Game 11: Wednesday 6:00 p.m.

Radio:  www.mixlr.com/JUDolphins Tues- (Nolan Alexander)  

Twitter: @JUBaseball

Series Record vs. Bethune-Cookman: JU leads, 51-13     

Series Record vs. USF: Tied, 52-52                                           

Probables  

G10:  Juan Pizarro (0-0) 13.50 ERA                       Ryan Granda (0-0) 9.64 ERA

G11:  Brad Labozzetta (0-2) 12.71 ERA                Kyle Arjona (0-0) 2.70 ERA

Previously…

Jacksonville split a four-game series with three-time Ivy League champ Columbia, including a pair of extra-inning losses. Most recently, JU fell 5-4 on Sunday in 11 innings.

Chris Gau began his relief appearance in the fourth inning and nearly came away with a win, but allowed the tying run to score with two outs in the ninth on a single to left field by Robb Paller. Parker Perez then replaced Gau from centerfield and closed the ninth with a groundout to first basemen Angel Camacho. Perez pitched 1.2 innings and allowed only one hit, which was leadoff, 11th inning single. John Kinne then singled off Shane Wise down the left field line to give Columbia the lead. Perez took the loss while Gau scattered seven hits over 5.2 innings and gave up just one run. He issued no walks and tallied three strikeouts.

Jacksonville answered the three runs of Columbia's first innings with three runs itself in the home half of the inning. Perez led off with a single through the left side that ran his hitting streak to nine games, and Austin Hays then blasted his fourth home run of the year. Nathan Koslowski doubled, stole third, and was driven in by a JJ Gould single.

Scouting The Opponent      

Bethune-Cookman dropped its weekend series to Florida Gulf Coast with a 15-5 loss Sunday, Mar. 6. Michael Cruz leads the team with a .333 average while Jameel Edney and Danny Rodriguez each have posted 6 RBI. The Wildcats will trot out Juan Pizarro for his third appearance and first start of the season. Pizarro has allowed four runs in 2.2 innings.

The two teams played each other on Mar. 1, when B-CU posted a 10-3 triumph.

USF was won three consecutive series to begin its 2016 season, but fell on Sunday to St. Joseph's, 8-7. The Bulls host FSU on Tuesday, a team that JU beat 7-3 on Mar. 1. USF boasts three hitters above .300, David Villar (.357), Luke Maglich (.333), and Duke Stunkel (.324).

Tweetable #FinFacts

·   Parker Perez continues to pace the A-Sun with a .488 clip, and Austin Hays' 16 RBI and 4 HR lead the conference as well
·   Perez was chosen as the A-Sun Player of the Week after batting .444 and playing key roles in the win at FSU and series split with Columbia
·   Nathan Disch and Greg Shannahan are the only qualified pitchers with a clean ERA (0.00) in the A-Sun
·   Last season, the Dolphins swept B-CU (15-6 at home, 16-0 away), and a midweek tilt with USF was cancelled
·   Tuesday's game can be heard on mixlr.com/judolphins