The Matchup: Towson (10-17, 3-1 CAA) vs. Navy (7-3, 3-3 Patriot)
The Game: April 7, 3 p.m.
Place: John B. Schuerholz Park – Towson, Md.
Broadcast: Towson Sports Network
Live Stats: towsontigers.com
 
TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University baseball team completes its six-game homestand on Wednesday, hosting Navy at Schuerholz Park on Wednesday, April 7 at 3 p.m.
 
The game will be broadcast online via the Towson Sports Network.  Live stats will be available via towsontigers.com.
 
This will be Towson's first mid-week home game since March 10, with earlier scheduled contests vs. George Washington and Coppin State being postponed.
 
Towson is coming off its second straight weekend series victory, taking three of four from Delaware to stand at 10-17 overall and 3-1 in the Colonial Athletic Association.  Navy fell in two of three vs. Lehigh at home this past weekend to enter at 7-3 overall and 3-3 in the Patriot League.
 
Towson and Navy meet for the first time since April 11, 2017, an 11-6 victory for Navy, and the first time in Towson since March 17, 2016, with the Mids getting the win 7-6.  Navy leads the all-time series 22-7-1, with Towson's last win being on March 19, 2014.
 
Projected Starting Pitcher - Towson:
Game 1 - Nolan Bolt, RHP (2-3, 7.30 ERA, 12.1 IP, 15/13 K-BB)
 
Projected Starting Pitcher - Navy:
Game 1 - Jared Leins, RHP (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.1 IP, 2/0 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 WINS 3 OF 4 VS DELAWARE
Rallying after a 12-0 Friday defeat, Towson won the next three vs. Delaware 10-2, 7-6 and 8-3 to win its first CAA-opening series since 2016.
Key stat:
--Towson bullpen in three wins: 13 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 16 K
Top Towson batter:
--#4 Javon Fields: .364, HR, 2B, 5 RBI, 3 BB
Top Towson pitcher:
--#20 Kody Reeser: W (1-2), 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 8 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 44 bases in 55 attempts.  Javon Fields is 8-for-10 on stolen bases while Danny Becerra is 10-for-13.  As of March 29th, Towson is 12th 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 .272 with 23 free passes and seven steals.  Illinois State transfer Nolan Young is the second baseman, hitting .250 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:
Navy resumed playing baseball on Mar. 27 after a department-wide pause.  The team is hitting .279, led by junior first baseman Zach Stevens, who hits .333 with a home run and seven RBI.  A former freshman All-American, senior Jared Leins will start for the first time this year, having made a scoreless 1.1 inning appearance vs. Bucknell on March 27.