Live StatsTeaneck, NJ – The Wagner baseball team will travel to Fairleigh Dickinson University this weekend for a Northeast Conference (NEC) baseball series at the Naimoli Family Baseball Complex.
The Seahawks (9-11-1, 2-2 NEC) and Knights (7-12, 1-3 NEC) will commence the four-game series with a single nine-inning contest on Friday at 3:00 pm, two seven-inning games on Saturday before concluding with a single nine-inning game on Sunday. Saturday's doubleheader and Sunday's contest are both 1:00 pm starts.
Wagner enters the four-game set having won six of its last eight meetings against the Knights.
DINI'S CONSECUTIVE GAME STREAK REACHES 185- Senior catcher Nick Dini (Monroe Township, NJ/Monroe Township) has appeared in 185 straight games, the third-longest streak among seniors in the NCAA.
SEAHAWKS SCORE 10 IN ONE INNING TO UPEND RUTGERS- Trailing 4-1, the Wagner baseball team erupted for 10 runs on eight hits in the eighth inning to post an 11-4 come-from-behind victory at Big 10 Conference member Rutgers on Tuesday afternoon.
- The victory marked the second straight season that the Seahawks have knocked off the Scarlet Knights and head coach Joe Litterio, who previously served as Wagner's head coach from 2000-2012.
LONG TO TAKE THE HILL IN GAME 1- Sophomore right-hander Nolan Long (Waterford, CT/Waterford [South Kent Prep] is scheduled to make his fourth start of the season in the series opener at Fairleigh Dickinson. The 6'10"Long, who doubles as a power forward on the Seahawk basketball team, is 0-1 on the year with a 2.53 ERA and 11 strikeouts in 10.2 innings pitched. For his career, Long owns a 2.89 ERA.
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