PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS:
 

Date	Team	Pitcher	W-L	ERA	G-GS	IP	BB	SO
May 18, 2017	WAGNER	RHP Austin Goeke	5-2	2.62	12-12	72.0	37	71
	MOUNT ST. MARY'S	RHP Seth Schubert	0-9	10.35	12-4	40.0	20	21
May 19, 2017 | Game One	WAGNER	RHP Danny Marsh	6-2	1.50	11-11	66.0	31	57
	MOUNT ST. MARY'S	RHP Michael Collins	1-7	6.93	11-11	50.2	29	39
May 19, 2017 | Game Two	WAGNER	RHP Chris Mormile	1-4	5.26	13-9	49.2	41	47
	MOUNT ST. MARY'S	RHP Zach Call	4-4	6.70	16-7	49.2	20	30
May 20, 2017	WAGNER	LHP Neil Abbatiello	0-4	8.10	14-3	33.1	30	36
	MOUNT ST. MARY'S	LHP Jordan Lawson	1-8	5.80	18-7	71.1	25	34

NEC STANDINGS (Through Games Played 5/16/17)

Emmitsburg, MD -   The Wagner College baseball team is set to close out the 2017 regular season as the Seahawks travel to Emmitsburg, MD to tangle with the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers in a four-game set beginning on Thursday, May 18.

Series History: Wagner and Mount St. Mary's have met 92 times with the Seahawks owning a 52-40 record in the head-to-head series. In the last ten years, which consists of 44 games, both teams have won 22 games. The Seahawks swept last season matchup on Staten Island, outscoring the Mountaineers 53-14 over the four-game series.

Seahawks Playoff Push: Entering play at 18-25 overall and 10-11 in Northeast Conference (NEC) action, the Seahawks are currently on the outside looking in as they vie for one of the final two playoff spots. The Seahawks are right now in fifth-place. Bryant has secured the regular season and the No. 1 spot with a 20-6 record. Central Connecticut, who the Seahawks split their most recent series with, is in second at 17-7. LIU Brooklyn is third with an 11-11 conference mark while Sacred Heart is fourth at 11-12. Both the Blackbirds and Pioneers are facing each other this weekend, which will affect the Seahawks' playoff chances. 

Over The Last Ten Games:  The Green & White are 5-5 in their last ten games, hitting a collective .314 (107-for-341) with 69 runs, 18 doubles, three triples, 14 home runs and 67 RBIs. In their last ten contests, the Seahawks are slugging .507 and are 20-of-27 in stolen base attempts.

Scouting Mount St. Mary's: The Mount enter the final weekend of the regular season with an overall record of 7-36 and are just 4-20 in league play. Will Enrico is the team's top hitter, batting .321. Zach Hostetter has connected on a team-high four home runs while Tyler Post has driven in a team-leading 24 RBIs. Collectively, the Mountaineers are batting just .239 and are 22-38 in stolen base opportunities. On the hill, Zach Call is the team's leader with four wins. Jordan Lawson his thrown the most innings (71.1) while Michael Collins has a team-best 39 strikeouts.

Top Of The Mountain: Several Seahawks have been successful in their careers against the Mountaineers. On the mound, sophomore LHP Neil Abbatiello (North Salem, NY/Dobbs Ferry) is 2-0 lifetime against Mount St. Mary's with a 2.25 ERA, striking out eight batters and issuing just three walks. Goeke is 1-1 all-time against Mount, with a 1.98 ERA in 13.2 innings as the reigning NEC Pitcher of the Week has 14 strikeouts to just three walks in three games. At the plate, junior INF Sean Mazzio (West Chester, PA/Salesianum School [DE] is hitting at a .370 clip all-time against Mount, with six RBIs. Fellow classmates, OF Kyle Cala (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) is a career .313 hitter (5-for-16) with seven runs scored, a home run and five RBIs while Anthony Godino (Thornwood, NY/Pleasantville) is batting .295 against the Mountaineers, with four doubles and is 3-for-4 on stolen base chances. Capra sports a .310 batting average (9-for-29) with five runs scored, two doubles, two home runs and 11 RBIs.

Freddy Kruger: Freshman Freddy Sabido (Staten Island, NY/Susan E. Wagner [Saint Louis Univ]) has given opposing pitchers nightmares over his last nine games, as the first-year designated hitter has batted .410 (16-for-39) with ten runs scored, four home runs and eight RBIs while posting a total OPS (on-base + slugging) of 1.196.

Capra Diem: Sophomore C/INF Phil Capra (North Salem, NY/North Salem) is hitting .400 over his last ten games, recording a hit in nine of those ten contest swhile slugging a robust .700. Capra drove in the game-winner in the series finale to propel the Seahawks to a 5-4 win in eleven innings on Sunday afternoon.

Goeke's Hat Trick: For the third time this season, senior RHP Austin Goeke (Bordentown, NJ/The Hun School) was named NEC Pitcher of the Week. The 6-5 right-hander claimed the weekly award back on April 17 and on March 6. Goeke fired his second complete-game of the season and the fourth of his career against the second-place Central Connecticut Blue Devils last Friday. With the win, the Bordentown, NJ native recorded career victory No. 13, tying him for tenth on the all-time Wagner wins list with former teammate Matt Morris ('16), Ryan Casey ('14) and Mark Nugent ('98).

Pocket Aces Top A Pair: Goeke along with senior co-captain, RHP Danny Marsh (Monroe Township, NJ/Monroe Township) are among the league leaders in several pitching categories. Marsh is the league-leader in ERA at 1.50, which is also good for eighth in the entire NCAA as of May 15. Goeke is second at 2.62. The next closest is Central Connecticut's Mike Appeal, who sports a 3.73. Goeke is tops in the NEC in opposing batting average at .190 while Marsh is second at .203.

Strikeout Trio: Wagner's predominant starters, Marsh, Goeke and freshman RHP Chris Mormile (Wildwood, NJ/Wildwood) have accounted for 175 of the team's 291 punchouts this season. Goeke is one strikeout behind NEC-leader, Bryant's James Karinchak, as Goeke has 71 K's on the season. March is third with 57 while Mormile has 47 strikeouts to his credit. As a team, the 291 total K's are second in the circuit this season, trailing only Bryant (360). 
 

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