University of Richmond Athletics
Baseball Battles North Carolina Wednesday Night In Chapel Hill
03/31/2010 | Baseball
March 31, 2010
GAME 23 • at North Carolina • Wednesday, March 31
First Pitch: 6 p.m. ET
Richmond Starter: Ian Marshall, RHP (1-0)
North Carolina Starter: TBA
Audio: None
Video: None
Live Stats: GAMETRACKER
QUICK HITTERS
• Richmond is on the road for a midweek non-conference game Wednesday night at Boshamer Stadium in Chapel Hill to battle North Carolina at 6 p.m.
• The Tar Heels are one of seven teams on the Spiders' 2010 slate that reached the NCAA Regionals -- and one of two (Virginia) that advanced to the College World Series.
• The Spiders had won four-consecutive games to match its longest winning streak of the season before dropping the final two games of the Fordham series -- it marked the first time Richmond hadn't won a three-game series since last May.
• Richmond enters the week as the A-10's fourth-best offense (.299 team average), and third-best pitching staff (5.61 team ERA). The Spiders lead the A-10 with 45 stolen bases, are second with 28 homers and have drawn the league's most walks (122).
• Junior Billy Barber, who went four-for-five Sunday with a pair of solo home runs, brings a team-best 11-game hitting streak into Wednesday's game. Barber leads the club with his .410 average, seven homers and 27 RBI, along with his team-best 2.06 ERA and three saves.
• In the team's meeting at Boshamer Stadium last season, Richmond staged a late rally with eight unanswered run but fell to then-No. 2 UNC, 12-8. The Spiders scored six runs in the sixth, left the bases loaded in the eighth and struck twice more in the ninth but left two more stranded.
• Following Wednesday's game at North Carolina, the Spiders are back home to host the reigning A-10 Tournament Champion Xavier at Pitt Field next weekend.
