Trenton, NJ - The Wagner baseball team continues its homestand this weekend with a trio of Northeast Conference (NEC) games as the Seahawks welcome conference leaders, FDU, to Trenton Thunder Ballpark.
Friday and Saturday's first pitch is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. with the series finale on Sunday slated for 1:00 p.m.
Friday and Sunday's contest will be streamed live on NEC Front Row as Joey Jarzynka will have the call. All three games can be viewed via Live Stats as well.
2022 NEC Baseball Standings (As of 4/20/2022)
| SCHOOL |
NEC |
PCT |
OVERALL |
PCT |
STREAK |
| FDU |
10-2 |
.833 |
18-18 |
.500 |
L1 |
| LIU |
8-4 |
.667 |
23-12 |
.657 |
L1 |
| Central Connecticut |
7-5 |
.583 |
15-11 |
.577 |
W4 |
| WAGNER |
6-6 |
.500 |
9-25 |
.265 |
L1 |
| Bryant |
5-7 |
.417 |
15-19 |
.441 |
W1 |
| Merrimack |
5-7 |
.417 |
10-21-1 |
.328 |
L3 |
| Mount St. Mary's |
4-8 |
.333 |
9-22 |
.290 |
L5 |
| Sacred Heart |
3-9 |
.250 |
4-31 |
.114 |
L9 |
Last Time Out...
- The Seahawks dropped the opening game of its five-game homestand to Big East members, Seton Hall, 6-0, on Wednesday afternoon.
- Wagner was limited to just four hits on the afternoon as Dante Faicchio, Griffin Selby, Lukas Torres, and Cody Bey each picked up hits for the Green & White.
- Michael Cunningham threw 2.1 innings scoreless innings out of the pen in relief of Zach Gorman.
- Nick LePre worked a scoreless ninth as the Staten Island made his 59th career appearance, moving into a tie with Mike D'Agnelis for 12th on the all-time career appearance list.
All-Time Against FDU...
- Wagner and FDU have met 160 times in program history with the Knights holding an 82-78 advantage in the head-to-head series.
- These two teams met seven times last season, with Wagner taking the season series, 4-3.
- The Seahawks dropped the last meeting to the Knights, 6-5, in Teaneck, as Wagner, was the home team.
Seahawk Tidbits...
- Maimu Kobayashi leads the team with a .319 batting average.
- The first-year Seahawk has scored a team-high 31 runs while posting an on-base percentage of .448 to go along with a team-high six steals.
- Kobayashi and Dante Faicchio have reached base safely in 22 straight games while Lukas Torres is next, having reached safely in 17 consecutive games.
- Faicchio is Wagner's leader in slugging percentage (.563), tied for the team lead in hits with Kobayashi (37), has driven in 33 RBI, and connected on eight home runs.
- Faicchio is currently tied for 12th on the single-season Wagner home run list with eight with Peter Delleani, who pelted eight in 2007.
- The next home run by Faicchio would tie him with former Seahawk slugger, Freddy Sabido, who connected on nine home runs back in 2017.
About FDU...
- After finishing 9-28 and 8-22 in conference play a season ago, the Knights are currently in first place in the league, sporting an 18-18 overall record and a league-best 10-2 conference record.
- Through April 20, FDU leads the circuit in batting average, hitting a collective .291 while leading the conference in hits (348), home runs (37), on-base percentage (.397), runs scored (254), slugging percentage (.456), and stolen bases (74).
- Four FDU players are batting over .300, led by George Rosales, who is hitting a team-best .371.
- Hunter D'Amato leads the team with 48 hits, 11 doubles, and 32 RBIs.
- Tom Ruscitti and Tommy Verga have a team-high six home runs.
- On the mound, Joey Kosowsky has a team-best four wins while Jake Simon is next with three.
- Brendan Medoro has recorded five saves thus far.
- Ethan Rembish has posted a team-low 1.62 ERA while opponents are hitting just .161 off him.
- Kosowsky has recorded 49 strikeouts this season over 45.2 innings.
On Deck For Wagner...
- Wagner closes out the homestand on Tuesday, April 26 at ShoreTown Ballpark in Lakewood, NJ as the Seahawks will welcome Big East members, Villanova.
- First-pitch is slated for 3:30 p.m.
