OXFORD, Ohio – Taking two of three from the Youngstown State Penguins in Niles to begin Horizon League play on March 16 and 17, the Oakland Golden Grizzlies will return to action on Tuesday, March 21 against the Mid-American Conference's (MAC) Miami (Ohio) RedHawks at 3 p.m. at Hayden Park.

With a weekend series against the Wright State Raiders in Fairborn looming from Friday-Sunday, March 24-26, Tuesday's contest represents the midway point of a stretch of seven consecutive games for the Golden Grizzlies in America's 17^th State.

GAME SETUP

• Who – Miami (OH) (4-16, 2-4 MAC) vs. Oakland (7-10, 2-1 Horizon League)
• When – Tuesday, March 21 (3 p.m.)
• Where – Oxford, Ohio (McKie Field at Hayden Park)
• Watch – Tuesday's game will not be broadcast on television
• Live Stats – miamiredhawks.com
• Social Media - @OaklandBSB & @MiamiOHBaseball

SERIES HISTORY

• Overall Record – Miami (OH) leads 3-0 (2019)
• Record in Oxford – RedHawks lead 3-0 (2019)

STARTING PITCHERS

• Oakland – Redshirt senior RHP Sean Fekete: 3 games (1 start), 0-1, 12.91 ERA, 2.22 WHIP, .314 BAA, 7.2 IP, 11 H, 11 ER, 6 BB, 3 SO
• Miami (OH) – Junior RHP Tyler Chadwick: 4 starts, 0-4, 8.49 ERA, 2.57 WHIP, .283 BAA, 11.2 IP, 13 H, 11 ER, 17 BB, 4 SO

OAKLAND OVERVIEW

• Sweeping a doubleheader with Youngstown State on March 17, the Golden Grizzlies will enter Tuesday having won consecutive games for the third time this season
• This will be Oakland's first game against a MAC opponent in 2023, as previously scheduled tilts with the Eastern Michigan Eagles and Bowling Green Falcons were postponed by weather
• Collecting at least one hit in all three games with the Penguins, graduate student first baseman Gabe Lux leads the Golden Grizzlies in hitting at .321 (18-56) with eight doubles, seven RBI and three stolen bases
• While his five-game hit streak came to end in the March 17 nightcap, redshirt senior shortstop Thomas Green is hitting .313 (21-67) with three home runs and 14 RBI, both of which are good for the team lead
• Fekete's last appearance came on March 4, throwing 1.1 innings in relief against the American Athletic Conference's (AAC) Wichita State Shockers
• Right-handed junior reliever Brandon Decker has pitched in a club-high nine games, tallying a 3-1 record, seven walks and 20 strikeouts over 20.2 innings

MIAMI (OH) OVERVIEW

• With their playing field bearing his grandfather's name, the RedHawks are coached by Danny Hayden, who is in his 10^th season, and were picked fifth in the 2023 MAC Baseball Preseason Poll, receiving one first-place vote
• Swept by the Toledo Rockets in their first MAC series of the season from March 10-12, Miami (OH) took two of three from the Northern Illinois Huskies in their second league set on March 17 and 19
• In his four starts thus far, Chadwick's longest outing is 4.2 innings and he has issued at least three walks in each
• Junior righties Hudson Leach and Martin Sosna and freshman left-hander Nick Vardavas have been top bullpen options for Hayden, combining to make 22 relief appearances
• One of three RedHawks above the .300 mark, Fort Myers, Florida junior shortstop Cooper Weiss paces the Miami (OH) offensive attack at .322 (19-59), followed by redshirt sophomore left fielder Ryland Zaborowski at .317 (20-63) and center fielder Zach MacDonald, another sophomore, at .316 (24-76)
• Zaborowski is tied for the MAC lead with eight home runs in his 16 games and boasts a jump-off-the-page on-base plus slugging (OPS) of 1.207