Jersey City, NJ - After having Tuesday's non-conference home tilt with Villanova cancelled due to inclement weather, the Wagner baseball team will make the short trip to Jersey City to wrap up its season series with Saint Peter's. First-pitch from Jaroschak Field. First-pitch is slated for 3:00 p.m.
Last Time Out...
- The Seahawks dropped the series finale on Sunday to FDU, 6-1, at Trenton Thunder Ballpark.
- The Green & White were limited to just two hits on the day with Maimu Kobayashi and Dante Faicchio recording the lone hits.
- Kobayashi drove in Wagner's only score of the contest.
- Nick LePre worked a scoreless ninth inning.
- For the Staten Island native, it marked a career milestone as it was his 60th career appearance, now tying him for tenth on the all-time Wagner career appearances list with former hurlers Paul Mammino and Neil Abbatiello.
All-Time Against Saint Peter's..
- Wagner is 27-11 all-time against the Peacocks after posting a 17-6 home win back on April 5 at Trenton Thunder Ballpark.
- The Seahawks scored nine times in the seventh inning after trailing at three separate points of the contest.
- The Green & White extended its win streak to seven straight over SPU, after posting identical 17-6 scores in their last two meetings.
- Wagner has scored double-digit runs in six of the seven wins during the streak.
Seahawk Tidbits...
- Dante Faicchio has reached base safely in 25 straight games while teammate Lukas Torres extended his streak to 20 consecutive.
- Faicchio leads the squad with a .304 batting average, a .951 OPS, .558 slugging and is the team's leader in hits (42), doubles (11), home runs (8) and RBI (34).
- Kobayashi paces the Seahawks with a .421 on-base percentage while he and Faicchio are tied for the team lead with six steals.
- Wagner will see a familiar face on the third base dugout, as Eddie Brown will be returning to face his former team.
- Brown is in his sixth season at Villanova and fifth as the Wildcats' recruiting coordinator and hitting coach, donned the Green & White in 2011 & 2012, appearing in 97 games for the Seahawks while posting a career batting average of .297 to go along with seven career home runs, 59 RBIs and 29 steals in 36 chances.
About Saint Peter's...
- The Peacocks dropped all three games of their weekend series against Fairfield.
- Saint Peter's dropped Saturday's tilt, 18-17, the most runs the team has put up in a game this season.
- Collin Jensen leads the team in batting average (.292), hits (37), runs scored (17), and total bases (50).
- Chris Marquart has a team best three home runs wwhile Sam Haney paces the club with 21 RBIs.
On Deck For Wagner...
- The Seahawks resume Northeast Conference (NEC) play this weekend with a three-game set at ShoreTown Ballpark in Lakewood, NJ, as Wagner welcomes Merrimack to the Jersey Shore.
- Friday's first-pitch is slated for 3:00 p.m. and will be streamed live on NEC Front Row as Joey Jarzykna will have the call.
