The University of South Carolina Beaufort baseball team returns home Tuesday to face NCAA Division II Benedict College in a doubleheader at 1 p.m. at Richard Gray Sports Complex. It's the first meeting between the in-state foes, who are scheduled to square off for another doubleheader April 8 in Columbia. The Sand Sharks are looking to continue their strong play at home, where they are 4-1 in 2014, and snap a three-game skid after dropping three competitive games at No. 3 Embry-Riddle over the weekend. It's the first of three home doubleheaders this week for USCB, which hosts St. Andrews (N.C.) at 1 p.m. Saturday and Fisher (Mass.) at 11 a.m. Sunday.

LEADING OFF

DATE: Tuesday, Feb. 18

TIME: 1 p.m. (DH)

LOCATION: Richard Gray Sports Complex — Hardeeville

CURRENT BENEDICT STREAK: L4

CURRENT USCB STREAK: L3

BENEDICT ON THE ROAD IN 2014: 0-0

USCB AT HOME IN 2014: 4-1

LIVE COVERAGE

TV: None

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SCOUTING BENEDICT

The Tigers boast two players who were named to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Preseason All-Conference Team in junior 2B Kevin Davis and sophomore RHP Yaniel Delgado. Davis is a speedster who hit .394 last season and led NCAA Division II with 58 stolen bases. Delgado went 9-3 with a 3.16 ERA a year ago. Benedict is off to a slow start, as it was swept in a four-game series against Bluefield (Va.) to open the season. The Tigers were outscored 45-13 in the four-game set. 

HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME: First meeting

NOTES

• USCB is 106-45 all-time at Richard Gray Sports Complex and 117-45 all-time in the state of South Carolina.

• USCB is 56-35 all-time in the months of January (3-1) and February (53-34). 

• Senior 1B Erik Armstrong (9) needs one home run to break a tie with Brandon Collins for USCB's career lead and needs one RBI to become the fourth USCB player to reach 100 career RBIs.

• USCB's pitching staff ranks 29th in the nation in earned run average (2.63) and 37th in opponents' batting average (.225).

• Junior RHP Junior Delatorre has led the pitching staff, boasting a 1-0 record and having allowed only two unearned runs in 19 innings with 15 strikeouts.

• USCB's outfielders have not made an error in 61 chances this season. Overall, the Sand Sharks boast a .957 fielding percentage with just 12 errors in eight games. 

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