KINGSTON, R.I. – Rhode Island's baseball team will travel to Charlotte for a three-game series following a schedule shakeup. The Rams and 49ers will play a doubleheader Saturday and a single game on Sunday afternoon.
URI initially was scheduled to travel to Hofstra for a weekend series. That series was called off due to a COVID-19 situation within the Hofstra program. Similarly, Charlotte was originally had a three-game series with Charleston on the schedule, but Charleston had to cancel.
The first two games of the Rhode Island-Charlotte series will be played at Truist Field, the home of the Triple A Charlotte Knights of the International League. The Knights are the Triple A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox and have played in Uptown Charlotte since Truist Field opened in 2014.
Weekend Schedule
Saturday, March 20 – 1:30 p.m. at Truist Field
Saturday, March 20 – 4:30 p.m. at Truist Field
Sunday, March 21 – 12 p.m. at Hayes Stadium
Scouting Charlotte
- The 49ers enter the game with a record of 8-7, including a win over No. 14 Tennessee on March 9.
- Charlotte is looking to end a four-game skid.
- The losing streak includes a three-game sweep at the hands of ECU. Rhode Island dropped its season with three losses at the Pirates.
- Aaron McKeithan leads the 49ers with a .438 on-base percentage. He is batting .321 with six walks and has been hit by a pitch five times through 15 games.
- Charlotte ranks third in the nation with 29 home runs as a team. David McCabe leads the 49ers with eight homers, which is third among all players.
- As a team, Charlotte has a 3.32 earned run average, which ranks 29th in the nation.
Rhode Island Notes
- Rhode Island enters the weekend on a six-game winning streak, the team's longest since an 11-game run in 2018.
- Xavier Vargas has five multi-hit games and leads Rhode Island with a .348 batting average.
- Max Mircovich has six runs batted in over his last four games.
- Rhode Island has 12 different non-pitchers players who have started at least seven games.
- The Rams are 18-of-22 on stolen base attempts. Austin White and Josh Brodeur both lead the team with four swipes in as many attempts.
- Rhode Island's pitchers have better than a 2:1 strikeout-walk ration. The staff has a combined 98 strikeouts with just 46 walks allowed in 112.1 innings of work
