HIGH POINT, N.C. - High Point University baseball will look for the season sweep of NC Central this Tuesday, as the Panthers visit Durham for the second leg of this year's home-and-home series with the Eagles. HPU comes into the midweek contest riding a series victory over in-conference opponent USC Upstate, while the Eagles try to put an end to a five-game losing streak.

The Panthers are 3-0 against MEAC opponents this season, defeating NC A&T in back-to-back contests, and emerging victorious in a 6-4 decision against the Eagles in February. If High Point can deliver a win this Tuesday at Durham Athletic Park it will be the first time they have beaten the Eagles twice in the same year since 2013.

SERIES HISTORY (D1 Era): 
High Point leads NC Central: 6-3

WHAT TO KNOW
Who: NC Central
When: 6 PM, Tuesday
Probables: High Point: TBD (0-0, 0.00) | NC Central: TBD (0-0, 0.00)
Where: Durham Athletic Park | Durham, N.C.
Live Stats

AT THE PLATE
• Junior transfer Ryan Russell has gotten on base in each of his last 10 appearances, he's averaging an OBP of .537 during that span
• JJ Woodard slugged .813 against Upstate last weekend, recording a pair of doubles and a home run. His two doubles in game two of the series was the senior's second performance of 2019 with multiple extra base knocks
• Joe Johnson tied a career-high with three hits on Sunday, going just a triple short of the cycle. He also had the game-winning RBI on Saturday
• Travis Holt has hit in the Panthers' last nine games, the longest streak the sophomore has held in his career
 
ON THE HILL
• Junior Harrison Smith tossed the Panthers' first complete game since 2017 this Saturday, holding Upstate to a single run in HPU's 3-1 victory
• With seven strikeouts and 103 pitches, Grey Lyttle set career-highs in both categories this Friday, earning a win in the second start of his career
• Sophomore Jacob Winger collected the first save of his career in Friday's win, holding the Spartans to a single run over 3.1 IP
• Facing just two batters during his time on the hill, freshman Jack Nathan made his seventh straight shutout relief appearance, he's yet to surrender a run in his Panther career

SCOUTING THE EAGLES
• With 143 walks on the year, NC Central currently ranks 10th in all of Division I baseball and holds an OBP of .388 on the year
• The Eagles were swept on the road at Savannah State this past weekend, after dropping decisions to App State and Bethune Cookman by a combined run differential of -23. They are currently on a five-game losing streak
• NCCU Corey Joyce is making a case for the 2019 MEAC Player of the Year, slashing .416/.531/.649, with 11 RBI and nine extra-base hits in 2019

COMING UP NEXT
The Panthers will host their second Big South series of 2019 this Friday through Sunday, as Charleston Southern comes to Williard for a three-game weekend series. HPU is on a 10-game winning streak against the Buccaneers, they haven't lost to CSU since 2012. 

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