When: Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Time: 5:00 pm
Where: Childress Field, Cullowhee, NC
TV/video: ESPN+
Live Stats: WCU Live Stats
Nickname: Bulldogs
Colors: Scarlet and black
Students: 3,124 (Fall 2023)
Conference: Big South
Mascot: Mac and Lulu
Location: Boiling Springs
Head Coach: Jim Chester is entering his fifth year as the head coach of the Gardner-Webb baseball team after taking over the program in June 2019. In his time at GWU, Chester has amassed a 92-92 record, 16 All-Conference award winners, one Big South Pitcher of the Year, and one All-American selection
The Series: The Cats own an 19-12 overall record vs. the Runnin' Bulldogs, in a series that started in 1970. The Cats are 9-6-1 in games played in Cullowhee, amd 5-5 in the last ten games played. The Cats broke a 3 game skid to the Dogs winning in Boiling Springs in early April.
Current record: 19-27, 14-14 home, 5-13 away, 0-0 neutral, 7-11 Big South
Gardner-Webb was voted second in the Big South's baseball preseason poll, additionally, Alec Burns was named to the first Big South preseason all-conference baseball team. The Runnin' Bulldogs are currently 8th in the Big South (BS) in hitting with a team average of .252; and 7th in team pitching with an 7. 25 ERA.
Gardner-Webb split their series ending doubleheader on Sunday afternoon against Wofford College taking game one in extra innings 6-5, and dropping game two 8-4 in a previously scheduled seven inning game. The Dogs are 6-4 in their last 10 games.
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