Games 38-41 Wagner College Seahawks (11-26; 6-14 NEC) vs. Fairleigh Dickinson University Knights (19-21; 9-10 NEC)
Game Details	April 29, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Staten Island, NY | Richmond County Bank Ballpark April 29, 2016 | approx. 30 minutes after Game 1  April 30, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Staten Island, NY | Richmond County Bank Ballpark April 30, 2016 | approx. 30 minutes after Game 1
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Probable Pitching Matchups:

Game	Team	Probable Pitcher	2016 Record
April 29, 2016 (DH 1)	Wagner	RHP Austin Goeke	3-3; 2.44 ERA
	Fairleigh Dickinson	RHP Timothy Quinn	3-1; 3.35 ERA
April 29, 2016 (DH 2)	Wagner	RHP Mike Adams *	1-5; 6.30 ERA
	Fairleigh Dickinson	RHP Chris Kachmar	5-1; 2.63 ERA
April 30, 2016 (DH 1)	Wagner	RHP Nick Pavia *	0-4; 5.46 ERA
	Fairleigh Dickinson	RHP Corey Zeller	3-3; 5.48 ERA
April 30, 2016 (DH 2)	Wagner	LHP Matt Morris *	2-4; 3.82 ERA
	Fairleigh Dickinson	RHP Logan Frati	5-1; 2.06 ERA

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Staten Island, NY - After picking up a walk-off win in the series finale against Mount St. Mary's on Sunday afternoon, the Wagner baseball team embarks on its second straight four-game Northeast Conference (NEC) home series as the Seahawks welcome the Fairleigh Dickinson University Knights.

Due to inclement weather in the forecast, these teams will now play two doubleheaders, beginning with a twinbill on Friday afternoon and concluding with another on Saturday, April 30. 


QUICK RECAP...

• The Wagner baseball team banged out 18 hits and went on to defeat Mount St. Mary's in dramatic fashion when sophomore 2B Kyle Brey (Middletown, NJ/Middletown South) darted home with the game-winning run in the 10th inning on a wild pitch, after starting the rally with a one-out single, lifting the Seahawks to a 9-8 victory on Sunday afternoon at Richmond County Bank Ballpark.
• Freshman LHP Neil Abbatiello (North Salem, NY/Dobbs Ferry) picked up the win in relief (2-3), pitching a scoreless top half of the 10th while striking out a batter.  
• Senior starter Matt Morris (Matawan, NJ/St. John Vianney) took the hill for the 43rd time in his career, which ties him for second on Wagner's all-time games started list with former Seahawk Matt Watson ('10).  
• The veteran left-hander tossed five innings, allowed six hits, five runs (one earned) while striking out four.

SERIES HISTORY...

• Wagner and Fairleigh Dickinson resume a rivalry that first began during the 1952 season.
• Fairleigh Dickinson leads the head-to-head series, 75-61.
• In their last ten meetings, however, Wagner is 7-3, having outscored the Knights by a combined 68-37.
• Last season, the Seahawks took three of four from Fairleigh Dickinson as the Green & White scored 25 runs while allowing just 11 runs. 

SCOUTING THE KNIGHTS... 

• Fairleigh Dickinson is 1-4 in its last five games after falling to NJIT (4/19/16), 14-3, before dropping three of four to defending NEC champion Sacred Heart. 
• The Knights were able to salvage the series finale, 7-5, on a walk-off two-run home run in the bottom of the tenth.
• In NEC play this season, FDU is hitting at a .303 clip, led by three Knights who own batting averages above .300. John Giakas leads the way as he boasts a robust .350 batting average (49-for-140). 
• Giakas is also the team's leader with nine home runs and 35 RBIs while slugging a club-best .607.  
• Matt McCann leads the Knights with 25 stolen bases on the season (25-34).
• The pitching staff is led by two-time NEC Pitcher of the Week, Logan Frati, who is one of two FDU hurlers with five wins (Chris Kachmar is the other).
• Frati boasts a 2.06 ERA in nine games this season, tossing a total of 56.2 innings, striking out a team-high 67 batters with just 22 walks while holding opponents to a .209 batting average. 
• Kachmar sports a 2.63 ERA in 12 appearances this season for FDU. In 51.1 innings, he has struck out 52 batters and issued just 27 bases on ball.

TREY-MAZING...

• Senior CF Trey Nicosia (State College, PA/State College Area) has been on a tear over his last five games and joined the 100 career hit club against Rutgers last Wednesday,
• During this five-game stretch, the veteran Seahawk outfielder is batting .524 (11-for-21) with five runs scored, two doubles and three RBIs.
• Additionally, Nicosia has a total OPS (On-Base + Slugging Pct.) of 1.184 during the five games.
• Currently sporting a five-game hitting streak, Nicosia had himself quiet the afternoon in Wagner's 9-8 walkoff win in the series finale against Mount St. Mary's.
• At the dish, he went 4-for-5, with three runs scored, two doubles, and drove in two RBIs.

SEAHAWK TRIO CLIMBING CAREER HITS LIST...

• Senior outfielders Ben Ruta (West Windsor, NJ/West-Windsor Plainsboro South) and Nicosia, along with junior SS Nick Mascelli (Clifton, NJ/Seton Hall Prep) are rapidly ascending on Wagner's all-time hits list.  
• Through 4/24/16, Mascelli is up to168 career base hits, which is good for 14th all time, passing former Seahawk, Chris Dreschel. 
• Ruta enters the FDU series with 149 career hits, having recentky taken sole possession of 22nd place.
• Nicosia moved up six spots as he enters play with 111 career knocks, which is four behind Kevin Rugg ('00), for 45th all-time. 

Wagner Baseball All-Time Career Hits List (updated through game 4/24/16)

Place	Player	Years Competed	Total Hits
10	Gil Barkman	1997-00	188
11	Tommy Higgins	2009-12	175
12	Joseph DiGeronimo	2005-07	173
13	Ian Miller	2011-13	171
14	Nick Mascelli	2014-present	168
15	Chris Drechsel	2006-09	166
	Joe Francisco	1997-99	166
17	Brian Martutartus	2008-10	161
18	Jon Lucas	2008-11	158
19	Pete DiStefano	1994-97	157
20	Kan Furst	2002-05	152
	Bryan DiStefano	2000-03	152
22	Ben Ruta	2013-present	149
23	Ed Sudol	2004-07	148
	Ken Arnold	1988-91	148
25	John Von Ahnen	1982-85	144
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43	Jack Scholz	1989-93	116
44	Keith Bolognese	1991-94	115
45	Kevin Rugg	1997-00	114
46	Trey Nicosia	2012-present	111
47	Tom Hennin	1985-88	107
48	Joe Murphy	1983-85	106
49	Shaun Flynn	2013-14	104
50	Tommy Mazzola	1996-97	102
51	Mike Lepre	1992-95	101
52	Gordon Rugg	1996-98	100

 

2016 Wagner Baseball Team Leaders

Category
Batting Average	Nick Mascelli .368	Ben Ruta .310	Phil Capra .310	Sean Mazzio .277	Anthony Godino .254
Slugging Pct.	Mascelli .463	Capra .442	Ruta .407	Anthony Harrold .364	Godino .342
On-Base Pct.	Mascelli .409	Godino .379	Ruta .366	Capra .364	Kyle Brey .342
Runs	Mascelli 24	Mazzio 21	Trey Nicosia 19	Ruta 19	Godino 19
Hits	Mascelli 50	Ruta 45	Capra 40	Mazzio 36	Nicosia 31
RBIs	Capra 28	Ruta 26	Mascelli 16	Harrold 15	Godino 13
Doubles	Ruta 11	Nicosia 8	Harrold 7	Capra 6	Two tied at 5
Triples	Godino 1	Mascelli 1	Capra 1
Home Runs	Capra 3	Kyle Cala 3	Mascelli 3	Harrold 2	Three tied at 1
Walks	Godino 18	Brey 13	Ruta 12	Cala 11	Mascelli 11
Stolen Bases	Ruta 7	Godino 6	Five tied at 2
ERA	Austin Goeke 2.44
Wins	Goeke 3	Neil Abbatiello 2	Matt Morris 2
Innings Pitched	Goeke 51.2	Mike Adams 50.0	Morris 37.2
Strikeouts	Goeke 48	Adams 33	Morris 27	Abbatiello 24	Nick Pavia 22

SEAHAWKS IN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL...
Andrew Bailey

• After pitching in four games for Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies), Bailey was recalled by the Philadelphia Phillies (MLB) on April 20. 
• Bailey appeared in the April 23 contest in Milwaukee, pitching two scoreless innings, allowing a hit and a walk and struck out two batters (Alex Presley & Domingo Santana). 

Nick Dini

• Finished his first season of professional baseball as a member of the Idaho Falls Chukars (Rookie | Pioneer League| Kansas City Royals organization). 
• The 2015 NEC Player of the Year batted .316 with four home runs, 29 RBIs to go along with 11 doubles, 16 walks and a OPS (On-base + Slugging Percentage) of .847. 
• The Chukars open their season on June 15.

Nolan Long

• The towering 6-10 righty has appeared in four games while starting in three contest for the Great Lakes Loons (Class A, Midwest League | Affiliate: Los Angeles Dodgers)
• On April 26, Long started against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Class A, Midwest League | Affiliate: Milwaukee Brewers), tossing 4.2 innings, allowing two hits and two unearned runs while walking one and striking out four batters for the second straight time.
• On the season, Long is 1-1 and lowered his ERA to 2.84 (down from 4.50) while pitching in 12.2 innings, allowing just six hits, four earned runs, walking six and striking out 14 batters. 

Ian Miller

• Miller has recorded a hit in 12 of his first 14 games for the Jackson Generals (Double-A, Southern League | Affiliate: Seattle Mariners).
• On the season, Miller is batting .275 with a OPS of .641 while going 6-for-6 in stolen base chances and scoring nine runs on the season.

ON DECK FOR WAGNER...

• The Seahawks will play their only night game of the season on Wednesday, May 4, as they welcome the Manhattan College Jaspers to Richmond County Bank Ballpark.
• First-pitch is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.

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