TicketsUniversity of Cincinnati baseball begins its home season with four games at Marge Schott Stadium this weekend. UC host Oakland Friday at 2 p.m., Saturday at 1 p.m. and a Sunday doubleheader starting at noon. Both of Sunday's games will be seven innings.
// PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
// PROMOTIONS
• Friday will be the first $3 beer promotion of the season and will continue at every Friday home game
• Saturday will be a mini baseball giveaway and all youth 12 years of age and under will get in free
• A hot chocolate special will be offered the concession stand
• Select players will be available after the game on the concourse on Saturday to sign autographs
• Sunday will be the first Family Four Pack game of the year. Fans can purchase four tickets, four hot dogs and four sodas for $20
• Also on Sunday, and every following Sunday, kids can run the bases postgame
// OPPONENT OVERVIEW
• The Bearcats are 6-1 all-time against the Golden Grizzlies
• The lone loss came in the last meeting, a 6-5 game to end a four-game series in 2012
• UC took the prior two games of the series by identical scores of 5-4 and the opener 4-2
• The Bearcats swept a three-game series in 2006 by scores of 20-12, 6-2 and 23-10
• Oakland sits at 2-4 this season after winning two road games at Akron then losing at No. 8 Auburn and dropping three games at Alabama State
• The Golden Grizzlies were selected to finish sixth in the preseason Horizon League poll after losing ten seniors from the 2019 squad
// EARLY RUNS
• UC has scored in the first or second inning in every game so far this season
• The Bearcats started out scoring a single tally in the first four games of the year
• In the most recent contests, UC scored two runs in the second inning on Saturday at Florida State and one run in the second inning
• With that, Cincinnati has therefore held the lead in every game except for Sunday's finale at FSU
// EXTRA BASES
• Nearly 40 percent of the Bearcats hits this season have been for extra bases, with 11 doubles, two triples and five homeruns through the first six games
• Team hits leader Joey Bellini has three doubles and ten hits total
• Jace Mercer leads the way in the extra-base category with two doubles, a triple and a homerun
• Jeremy Johnson has two double and the other triple
• Griffin Merritt has hit a homerun in his last two games, becoming the team leader
// LOOKING AHEAD
• After a midweek contest at Kentucky next Tuesday, the Bearcats come back home to host another weekend series
• Marge Schott Stadium will welcome Eastern Michigan on Friday, March 6 at 4 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.
// GET YOUR TICKETS NOW
• Season tickets for the 2020 season are available by calling 1-877-CATS-TIX, by logging on to GoBearcats.com or by visiting the ticket office
• Prices remain at $50 for adults and $30 for youth, senior, military and faculty for home games
• Single game tickets and flex packs are also available
• Single tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for youth and seniors and groups can receive a discounted rate of $2
• Flex packs include ten undated vouchers for just $30
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
Stay connected with Bearcats Baseball on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
// PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
| Friday, February 28 | Saturday, February 29 | Sunday, March 1 • Game 1 | Sunday, March 1 • Game 2 |
| LHP Evan Shawver | RHP Nathan Kroger | LHP Garrett Schoenle | LHP Drake Batcho |
// PROMOTIONS
• Friday will be the first $3 beer promotion of the season and will continue at every Friday home game
• Saturday will be a mini baseball giveaway and all youth 12 years of age and under will get in free
• A hot chocolate special will be offered the concession stand
• Select players will be available after the game on the concourse on Saturday to sign autographs
• Sunday will be the first Family Four Pack game of the year. Fans can purchase four tickets, four hot dogs and four sodas for $20
• Also on Sunday, and every following Sunday, kids can run the bases postgame
// OPPONENT OVERVIEW
• The Bearcats are 6-1 all-time against the Golden Grizzlies
• The lone loss came in the last meeting, a 6-5 game to end a four-game series in 2012
• UC took the prior two games of the series by identical scores of 5-4 and the opener 4-2
• The Bearcats swept a three-game series in 2006 by scores of 20-12, 6-2 and 23-10
• Oakland sits at 2-4 this season after winning two road games at Akron then losing at No. 8 Auburn and dropping three games at Alabama State
• The Golden Grizzlies were selected to finish sixth in the preseason Horizon League poll after losing ten seniors from the 2019 squad
// EARLY RUNS
• UC has scored in the first or second inning in every game so far this season
• The Bearcats started out scoring a single tally in the first four games of the year
• In the most recent contests, UC scored two runs in the second inning on Saturday at Florida State and one run in the second inning
• With that, Cincinnati has therefore held the lead in every game except for Sunday's finale at FSU
// EXTRA BASES
• Nearly 40 percent of the Bearcats hits this season have been for extra bases, with 11 doubles, two triples and five homeruns through the first six games
• Team hits leader Joey Bellini has three doubles and ten hits total
• Jace Mercer leads the way in the extra-base category with two doubles, a triple and a homerun
• Jeremy Johnson has two double and the other triple
• Griffin Merritt has hit a homerun in his last two games, becoming the team leader
// LOOKING AHEAD
• After a midweek contest at Kentucky next Tuesday, the Bearcats come back home to host another weekend series
• Marge Schott Stadium will welcome Eastern Michigan on Friday, March 6 at 4 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.
// GET YOUR TICKETS NOW
• Season tickets for the 2020 season are available by calling 1-877-CATS-TIX, by logging on to GoBearcats.com or by visiting the ticket office
• Prices remain at $50 for adults and $30 for youth, senior, military and faculty for home games
• Single game tickets and flex packs are also available
• Single tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for youth and seniors and groups can receive a discounted rate of $2
• Flex packs include ten undated vouchers for just $30
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
Stay connected with Bearcats Baseball on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.