GAMEDAY CENTRAL
IUP Crimson Hawks (6-11, 0-4 PSAC West)
vs. Pitt-Johnstown Mountain Cats (13-9, 1-3 PSAC West)
Friday, March 29, 2019.
Indiana, Pa. | Owen J. Dougherty Field
 
IUP Crimson Hawks (6-11, 0-4 PSAC West)
at Pitt-Johnstown Mountain Cats (13-9, 1-3 PSAC West)
Saturday, March 30, 2019.
Johnstown, Pa. | Point Stadium
 
Live Stats (Friday): StatsBroadcast | Game 1 | Game 2 
Live States (Saturday): SidearmStats | Game 1 | Game 2
Social Media: @IUPBaseball, #TalonsUp
 
LINEUP
vs. Pitt-Johnstown, 1 & 3 p.m.
at Pitt-Johnstown, 1 & 3 p.m.
 
ON DECK
April 1, at Altoona Curve, 1:30 p.m.
April 2, vs. Walsh, 1 & 3 p.m.
 

WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
IUP Baseball (6-11, 0-4 PSAC West) returns to Dougherty Field, Friday, to begin a four-game, two-day series against the Pitt-Johnstown Mountain Cats (13-9, 1-3 PSAC West). The Crimson Hawks fell to a four-game sweep against Cal U last weekend, as the opened conference play. The Mountain Cats went 1-3 in their series against Mercyhurst last week.

NOTES
>> Sophomore Nick Hess went a season-high 4-for-4 in the second game against Cal U, Saturday, extending his hitting streak to six games. He is batting .565 (13-for-23) with nine RBI, a double, three home runs and five runs scored over that time.
>> Hess leads the team and ranks second in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) with a .453 (29-for-64). He ranks in the PSAC, third in slugging percentage (.828), sixth in hits and eighth in homers (5).
>> The Crimson Hawks combined for a .311 (171-for-550) team batting average, topping all teams in the PSAC. Along with Hess, redshirt-senior Matt Swartz ranks fourth in the conference with a .429 (24-for-56) average.
>> IUP went 1-3 against Pitt-Johnstown during the 2018 season, earning their only win in the final game of the four-game series. Chris Eisel finished the series going 5-for-12 (.417) with five runs scored and driving in two runs. Swartz was also an offensive highlight, batting .429 (6-for-14) with three runs scored and an RBI over the four games.
>> The Mountain Cats junior pitcher, Brady Walker, leads the conference in wins (6-0), innings pitched (42.1), strikeouts (60) and complete games (3).