Mount St. Mary's Baseball Closes Out Home Schedule Against Towson on Monday Morning

MOUNT ST. MARY'S (11-27) vs. TOWSON (15-33-2)
May 11, 2015, 11:00 a.m.
E.T. Straw Family Stadium, Emmitsburg, Md.

MOUNT UPDATE: Mount St. Mary's split its four-game home series with Wagner on May 1-3 to improve to 11-27 overall and 9-11 in the Northeast Conference. Andrew Clow hit a walk-off home run while Jordan Lawson picked up a pair of wins as the Mount swept the Saturday doubleheader with Wagner. Clow and Kory Britton are tied for the team lead with a .371 average while Ryan Owens is hitting .309 on the season. On the mound, Chris Campbell is 3-1 with a 2.35 ERA (11 app, 6 starts) while Lawson is 5-3 with four saves and a 3.98 ERA.

ABOUT THE TIGERS: Towson lost to UMBC (16-5) and Maryland (9-2) last week to fall to 15-33-2 on the season. Chris Henze leads the Tigers with a .336 average while adding five home runs and 41 RBIs. Peter Bowles is hitting .318 with a team-high 15 doubles, five home runs and 41 RBIs. Towson has five players hitting .300 or better this season. On the mound, Kevin Ross has been the top starter, going 2-6 with a 5.37 ERA in 11 starts.

THE ALL-TIME SERIES: Towson holds a 19-2 lead in the all-time series since the Mount's move to NCAA Division I in 1989. The Tigers have won the past six matchups, including a 6-3 win last year. The Mountaineers are 1-7 all-time at home against Towson with the win coming in 2004 (11-1).

THIS AND THAT: The Mount is outscoring the opposition 31-21 in the first inning this season…Ryan Owens has reached base in each of the past nine games…Owens is hitting .484 (15-of-31) over that span with a .579 on-base percentage…Jordan Lawson is 3-1 with two saves and a 1.98 ERA over his past six appearances…Kory Britton has seven games with three or more hits this season…The rest of the team has combined for six…Andrew Clow is hitting .408 with 18 runs scored in 20 NEC games…Lawson is 5-2 with a 3.91 ERA and three saves in NEC play…Clow has 169 career hits, good for ninth all-time at the Mount…He is four hits away from moving into seventh place.

UP NEXT: The Mountaineers close out the 2015 regular season with a crucial four-game series at Fairleigh Dickinson.

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