Baseball in Action Against Fordham, Home Opener Saturday

WEST POINT, N.Y. & BRONX, N.Y. – After three weekends down south and out west to open the 2025 season, Army West Point Baseball plays at home and close to home for the first time this year, with a three-game series against the Fordham Rams March 7-9.

The weekend series opens Friday at Fordham's Houlihan Park in The Bronx. First pitch is slated for 3:00 p.m.

Army will play its home opener Saturday, with a 2:00 p.m. first pitch at Doubleday Field, before the teams conclude the series back at Fordham with a 12:00 p.m. Sunday weekend finale.

Friday and Sunday's games can be streamed on ESPN+. Army will stream its Saturday home game on YouTube Live.

Notes and Storylines

» Army has won each of its past three home openers, as well as five of its past seven dating back to 2017.

» SS Thomas Schreck was named Patriot League Player of the Week March 3 after Army's three-game series at Air Force February 28-March 2. Schreck had two doubles in both Saturday and Sunday's matchup. The Needville, Texas native was 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs Saturday, before a 3-for-4 afternoon Sunday with four RBIs. Additionally, Schreck also went 1-for-3 in Friday's game with a walk and a triple.

» Freshman John McKillop was named Patriot League Rookie of the Week March 3. McKillop—who made his first career starts Saturday and Sunday—was 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a triple Saturday, and 3-for-5 Sunday with four RBIs. The native of Charlotte, N.C. was placed in the DH slot both games.

» The Black Knight bats were vibrant in the team's three-game series at Air Force February 28-March 2. Army scored eight, seven and 16 runs respectively across the three-game series. Schreck and McKillop each hit .600 across the series. In Sunday's 16-5 run-rule win, Army hit .471 overall, .500 with runners on base and in scoring position, and .571 to lead off innings.

» The series opener February 28 went 11 innings, for just the second extra innings game since the end of 2023. It also represented Army's first scheduled nine-inning game to go to extras since April 11, 2023 vs. Stony Brook. The game was the longest played by a Black Knight team in terms of innings played since going 16 innings vs. Siena March 22, 2023. The Black Knights played more extra innings February 28 than they did in all of 2024.

» The following returning Black Knight starters from a season ago have each made their first career starts at a new position at some point in 2025.

- Justin Lehman at RF, 3/2 at Air Force
- Coleson Titus at 3B, 3/1 at Air Force
- Chris Barr at LF, 2/22 at Wofford
- Addision Ainsworth at CF, 2/14 at North Alabama

Next Up

Army opens midweek play Wednesday with a 3:30 p.m. first pitch vs. UAlbany at Doubleday Field.

Next weekend, the Black Knights travel to Navy for three games April 15-16, for a renewal of the Star Series presented by USAA.

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Baseball in Action Against Fordham, Home Opener Saturday

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Players Mentioned

Chris Barr

Justin Lehman

John McKillop

Thomas Schreck

Coleson Titus

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