The Matchup: Towson (10-21, 3-1 CAA) @ Georgetown (0-3, 0-2 Big East)
The Game: April 13, 6 p.m.
Place: Shirley Povich Field – Bethesda, Md.
Broadcast : HoyaVision
Live Stats: guhoyas.com
 
BETHESDA, Md. – Playing a day earlier than scheduled, the Towson University baseball team will head to Bethesda for a mid-week game against Georgetown on Tuesday, April 13 at 6 p.m.
 
The game will be broadcast on HoyaVision at Shirley Povich Field by Georgetown University.  Live stats will be available on guhoyas.com.
 
This game was originally scheduled for Wednesday, April 14 at the same time, but was moved up due to expected inclement weather in the area.
 
Towson is looking to snap a four-game losing streak, falling in three games to Richmond over the weekend, to stand at 10-21 overall and 3-1 in the Colonial Athletic Association.  Georgetown, out of the Big East has only been playing since April 7th and enters Tuesday at 0-3.
 
Towson leads the all-time series vs. Georgetown 9-6-1.  The two played four times in 2014, the lone games since 1990.  Towson won the last meeting 8-4 at home on March 23, 2014.
 
Projected Starting Pitcher - Towson:
Game 1 - Nick Ramanjulu, RHP (0-4, 7.66 ERA, 24.2 IP, 23/10 K-BB)
 
Projected Starting Pitcher - Georgetown:
Game 1 - Everett Garrett, LHP (0-0, 9.00 ERA, 1.0 IP, 1/0 K-BB)
 
FIELDS NAMED PRESEASON HM ALL-CAA
Javon Fields was selected as 2021 Preseason Honorable Mention All-CAA in the preseason coaches poll.  Fields was previously 2020 Preseason All-CAA and 2019 CAA All-Rookie Team.
 
He has started nearly every game in his Towson career as the team's centerfielder, hitting .293 last season.
 
LAST TIME: TOWSON SWEPT IN RICHMOND WEEKEND
Towson nearly grabbed game one against its Atlantic-10 foe but got swept in the three games against Richmond in the final non-league weekend.
Key stat:
--Towson led 9-6 in game one before falling 10-9
Top Towson batter:
--#3 Danny Becerra: .367 (5-for-14), 2 R, 2 RBI
Top Towson pitcher:
--#28 Nick Ramanjulu: 2.1 IP, 0 R, 2 K
 
SEILS, CAMPER NAMED TOP-10 CAA DRAFT CLASS PROSPECTS
Two Tigers, Josh Seils and Burke Camper, were ranked in the top-10 among CAA players in their respective Major League Baseball classes by Perfect Game USA.  Among CAA players, Seils is ninth in the 2021 draft class while Camper is ninth in the 2022 draft class.
 
Seils was eligible for the MLB Draft last year but returned to Towson.  The junior pitcher is Towson's Friday starter, has 123 career strikeouts and threw 6.1 innings with two runs against #7 Miami last year.
 
Camper was one of the CAA's top freshmen last year, hitting .314 with three doubles and 11 RBI in 15 games, split between catcher and designated hitter.
 
GO!
Towson has had a strong start on the basepaths, stealing 46 bases in 57 attempts.  Javon Fields is 10-for-12 on stolen bases while Danny Becerra is 10-for-13.  As of March 29th, Towson is 11th in DI in total stolen bases.
 
REPPING THE HOME STATE
14 who suit up for the Black & Gold hail from the Old Line State of Maryland.  This includes several players from the Baltimore metropolitan area: Nick Brown, Alex Parker, Trent Gast-Woodard, Bryce Frederick and Ryan Schechner.
 
BRING BACK THE STAFF...
Towson returns 12 pitchers who accounted for 127.2 of the 128 innings thrown during the 2020 season.  They combined for a 4.29 team ERA under pitching coach Miles Miller, 1.3 points better than in 2019.  Two Tigers, Austin Weber and Nick Ramanjulu, ranked top-10 in the CAA in ERA at 2.94 and 3.22 respectively.
 
NEWCOMERS ADD TO THE LINEUP
Several newcomers have been key parts to the Towson lineup in 2021.  Danny Becerra, transfer from San Diego Mesa, is the team's starting shortstop and leads the team in batting average (.274).  Billy Godrick, grad transfer from Fordham, locks down right field and hits .252 with 26 free passes and seven steals. 
Illinois State transfer Nolan Young is the second baseman, hitting .238 with a team-best 16 RBI.
 
TIGERS IN THE PROS
Towson has two players in the minor leagues.  Richie Palacios, a third round pick by Cleveland in 2018, is the #31 rated-prospect in the system, missing 2019 due to shoulder surgery.  Brady Policelli, a 13th round draft pick by the Detroit Tigers in 2016, was a spring training invite in 2019 and 2020 after earning FSL All-Star honors in 2019. Gavin Weyman pitched in the independent United Shore Professional Baseball League in 2020 for the second straight year.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT:
Georgetown has played just three games including two defeats in Big East play.  Graduate student A.J. Lotsis, who is hitting .333 early on, is a member of the Preseason All-Big East Team.  The Hoyas plan to start left-handed freshman Everett Catlett, who pitched an inning with a run and a strikeout in Georgetown's game vs. VCU on April 7th.