BEAUMONT, Texas – The University of Pennsylvania baseball team begins an eight-game, nine-day trip through Texas and Louisiana with a three-game series against Lamar, beginning Friday. The Quakers return to Texas for the first time since taking two of three from SEC member Texas A&M to open the 2022 season.
 
Penn (0-3, 0-0 Ivy) at Lamar (9-0, 0-0 Southland)
Game 1 | Friday, March 3 | 7 PM ET / 6 PM CT        (WATCH)    (LIVE STATS)
Game 2 | Saturday, March 4 | 3 PM ET / 2 PM CT    (WATCH)    (LIVE STATS)
Game 3 | Sunday, March 5 | 2 PM ET / 1 PM CT        (WATCH)    (LIVE STATS)

The Series: Penn vs. Lamar
This weekend's series marks the first ever games between the two teams.
 
Projected Starters
Game 1: Owen Coady (0-1, 10.38 ERA, 4.1 IP) vs. Brooks Caple (0-0, 3.37 ERA, 10.2 IP)
Game 2: Cole Zaffiro (0-1, 1.93 ERA, 4.2 IP) vs. Jacob Ellis (1-0, 1.58 ERA, 11.1 IP)
Game 3: Ryan Dromboski (0-0, 6.00 ERA, 3.0 IP) vs. Jeremy Rivera (1-0, 2.70 ERA, 6.2 IP)

Penn Last Time Out
Penn gave #23 South Carolina three straight battles last weekend, limiting a Gamecocks offense that came in averaging 16 runs per game to just 14 runs total over the three-game series, while dropping two games by a single run. After a 7-4 loss on Friday, Zaffiro and David Shoemaker combined to strike out 12 Carolina batters on Saturday, yielding just three hits in eight innings of work in a 1-0 loss. On Sunday, strong showings at the plate from Cole McGonigal, Nate Polo, Jarrett Pokrovsky, and Davis Baker helped give Penn a lead in the sixth, then again in the eighth, before the host Gamecocks rallied for the 6-5 win.

Scouting Lamar
The Cardinals young season has been full of drama, picking up six one-run wins. Three players are batting over .300, led by Ben MacNaughton at .370, who also leads the team with six stolen bases (on six attempts). Ryan Snell's four home runs lead the team in that department.
 
On the mound, Jacob Ellis has pitched to a 1.59 ERA and held opponents to a .162 batting average against in two starts. In four relief appearances each, totaling 6.1 and 5.1 innings, respectively, Foster Kreuzer and Kole Tauzin have both failed to allow a run. As a staff, the team has not allowed more than five runs in a game this season, and allowed three or fewer in each of the team's last five games.
 
QUAKER NOTEMEAL
.984 and .990 • Ben Miller and Jackson Appel enter the weekend with career fielding percentages of .984 and .990. Miller has committed just seven errors in 427 total chances  at first base and Appel has committed just four errors in 408 total chances behind the plate and in the outfield
 
2-for-2 (x3) • McGonigal, Cole Palis, and Ryan Taylor all went 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts last weekend. Last season, Penn did not record six steals as a team until its 10th game of the year.
 
4 • Number of Quakers returning home this weekend. Jackson Appel, Davis Baker, Carson Ozmer, and Seth Werchan all call the Lone Star State home.
 
5, 7 and 10 • With a scoreless inning of relief last Sunday, Eli Trop has not allowed a run in his last five appearances dating back to last season, totaling seven innings, during which time he's struck out 10 hitters.
 
20 • Following 3.1 scoreless innings of relief on Saturday against the Gamecocks, Shoemaker now has 20 career scoreless appearances as a Quaker, more than 71 percent of his outings at Penn. 13 of those appearances have been at least one innings, five of them have been at least two innings.
 
323 • Sunday's game will be the 323rd at Penn for W. Joseph Blood Head Coach John Yurkow, which move him into sole possession of third place for most games as head coach in program history, trailing only Bob Seddon (1,233 games) and Walter Cariss (537).