NEWBERRY - The Newberry Wolves took a non-conference series sweep of the Erskine Flying Fleet this past Monday and Tuesday for the first time since 2013 with scores of 18-6 and 3-1, respectively. The Wolves will look to continue their streak this weekend as they play host to the Coker College Cobras for the final South Atlantic Conference series of the season.
WHERE: Newberry, S.C. - Smith Road Complex
WHEN: Friday, April 17, at 6 p.m. and Saturday, April 18, at 1 p.m. DH - Senior Day
RECORDS: Newberry 30-16, 18-8 SAC and Coker 15-26, 9-16 SAC
LIVE AUDIO: AM 1240 WKDK in Newberry County
LIVE VIDEO: http://www.NewberryWolves.tv
LIVE STATS: http://www.NewberryStats.com
WEATHER: Friday - 60 degrees with a 100% chance of showers, Saturday - 77 degrees and overcast with 40% chance of rain
The Wolves took a 3-1 victory in the final matchup with the Fleet on Tuesday after a Jeff Sneed (Cumming, Ga.) solo home run got the Wolves going. Sneed, Albert Baur (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Jacob Bass (North Augusta, S.C.) all had two hits each in the contest.
Senior Matt Chapman (Summerville, S.C.) made his first career start and went four complete innings, allowing only one hit in the fourth inning that spoiled the perfect game effort. He struck out six en rout to earning his third win of the season.
Newberry will look to close out the year strong as the Coker squad has been tough in their last few outings. They took two-of-three from Tusculum in Hartsville two weeks ago to start as four game winning streak, their longest of the season. However, they dropped three straight to Lincoln Memorial last weekend and come into the final weekend with a four game losing streak.
The Cobras are batting .309 as a team with 14 home runs and a .396 on-base percentage. Sammy Song is the leading hitter with a .376 average with 50 hits, including 13 doubles, and 30 runs scored. Miguel Frias leads Coker with three home runs while Jack Leech has 30 RBIs.
The young Coker pitching staff has been the weak spot as the Cobras only have one senior and four juniors while the rest of the staff is made up of freshman and sophomores. As a team Coker has a 7.91 ERA, giving up 355 runs in 337 innings while only striking out 209 batters.
