BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State closes the regular season with a homestand featuring four games in five days.
After facing Radford (22-28) at 5 p.m. on Tuesday in Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium, App State (17-33) will play Sun Belt champion Coastal Carolina on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
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Appalachian State has a 13-6 record against the Highlanders in a series that began in 1985.
The Mountaineers claimed a 5-1 win at Radford on April 3 after sweeping the Highlanders last season. Earlier this year,
Kendall McGowan gave App State a first-inning boost with a two-run homer, and pitcher
Brandon Boone struck out six batters while allowing one run on four hits in a career-best seven innings.
PUTTING BOONE ON THE MAP
Brandon Boone, a junior right-hander, is set to make his 11th start of the season and his fourth start in Boone. He has a 3.33 ERA in a starting role, as he's allowed 18 earned runs through 48.2 innings.
A month after picking up the win at Radford, Boone struck out six batters and allowed two hits in six shutout innings against North Carolina A&T during his most recent start on May 2. The Mountaineers won that game 2-0 and didn't have a midweek game last week.
Boone is the first Appalachian pitcher to start two team shutouts in the same season since Taylor Thurber did so in 2015. Boone also had six scoreless innings in a 6-0 win at N.C. Central on March 13.
He went 7-0 with a 2.48 ERA and 75 strikeouts (10.33 per game) at Brunswick Community College in 2017.
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
Appalachian State
RHP
Brandon Boone (Jr.)
Height, Weight: 6-1, 184 pounds
Hometown: Wilmington, N.C.
2018 stats: 3-4, 4.07 ERA, 11 GM
Others: 10 starts, 48 Ks, 48.2 IP
Radford
RHP Ryan Bywaters (Fr.)
Height, Weight: 6-4, 170 pounds
Hometown: Smithsburg, Md.
2018 stats: 0-1, 6.84 ERA, 15 GM
Others: 2 starts 23 K, 25.0 IP
HITTING SOME KEY NOTES
* Senior closer
Luke Watts' nine saves in 2018 are good for fifth place in App State's single-season records. He leads the Sun Belt with 26 games finished this year and hasn't allowed an earned run in 23 of 28 games.
* Appalachian State has 14 homers in its last 16 games after totaling 12 homers through 34 games.
* During his current 17-game hitting streak,
CJ Brown is 20-for-61 (.328) with three HRs and 12 RBIs.
* As the DH in the last eight games, freshman
Kendall McGowan is 11-for-33 (.333) with four multi-hit games.
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Conner Leonard, who has made 171 career starts and posted 17 career homers, is hitting .304 (14-for-46) with runners in scoring position this year and .667 (6-for-9) with a runner on third and less than two outs.
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Bailey Welch, a freshman, leads the team by hitting .308 (12-for-39) with runners in scoring position.
