The Malone University baseball team meets Tiffin University on Tuesday, March 19th at 1:00 pm at Jackson High School in what will be considered a non-conference contest. The Pioneers and Dragons both went 0-4 in the first weekend of Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) play and will be looking to build momentum as they head into the second week.
 
GameDay
3/19 Malone vs. Tiffin – 1:00 pm
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Twitter: @BaseballMaloneU
 
Series History
Malone is 55-33 all-time against Tiffin, including seven straight wins since 2016. Last year, the Pioneers prevailed 6-0 in a non-conference home game. Earlier this spring in Florida, Malone scored 13 unanswered runs in a 14-4 victory over the Dragons.

Team Comparison 

Malone	Category	Tiffin
10-9	Record	2-17
.266	Avg	.242
.363	OBP	.328
.352	Slugging	.331
5.3	Runs/GM	4.6
6	HR	3
37	SB	8
3.95	ERA	8.09
1.46	WHIP	2.03
8.8	K/9IP	5.8

Malone Notes

• The Pioneers went 0-4 against Trevecca Nazarene this past weekend as they opened G-MAC play. Malone, looking to avoid its fifth straight loss on Tuesday, has not lost five straight in a single season since 2014.
• Sophomore Turner Hill batted .500 (6-of-12) with a team-high four RBI in the weekend series. On the season, he leads Malone with a .301 batting average and is second with 13 RBI.
• Hill, Bryan Yoder, and Matt Noel each collected three hits against Tiffin earlier this season while Noel added five RBI and Tyson Gingerich, Jacob Mottice, and Zach Mottice all scored twice.
• Gingerich, who has reached base in 10 straight games, and Jacob Mottice are tied for the team lead with 16 runs. Zach Mottice leads the team with a .466 on-base percentage.
• Josh Haygood leads the team in slugging (.492) and RBI (15).
• Sophomore relievers Clay Cooper and James Kontur lead Malone in appearances with seven and six respectively. Kontur tied a career-high with six strikeouts in a relief appearance against Trevecca last weekend.
• Junior reliever Chandler Stahl leads the team with a 14.1 strikeouts-per-nine-innings rate. Stahl has 11Ks in seven innings pitched.
• The Malone pitching staff leads the G-MAC in team ERA and ranks second in strikeouts per nine innings.

Tiffin Notes - Roster | Schedule | Stats

• The Dragons have lost 10 straight games entering Tuesday's matchup and are just 1-16 in their last 17 games overall. Opponents have scored at least nine runs 13 times this season.
• Tiffin is led by second baseman Zach Campbell (.408 avg, 11 RBI), centerfielder Cody Orr (.357, 8 RBI) and first baseman/designated hitter John Heckman (.353, 2 HR, 13 RBI).