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Box Score 2 GAME 33, 34 & 35: Saint Peter's (13-19) at Rider (11-19)
WHEN: Saturday & Sunday, April 20th & 21st, 2013
WHERE: Sonny Pittaro Field | Lawrenceville, N.J.
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Opening Pitch - The Saint Peter's University baseball team will resume Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play this weekend, as it travels down South Jersey to face in-state league rival Rider University...the Peacocks played two non-conference contests this week against Northeast Conference member institutions Wagner and Fairleigh Dickinson after taking on Niagara at Jaroschak Field this past weekend...
Peacocks vs. Broncs - Tomorrow afternoon marks the 47th ever meeting between the Peacocks and Broncs...Saint Peter's is 4-42 all time against Rider, since the teams' first meeting in 1998...last year, the Peacocks dropped the three-game series, 1-2...the teams split the doubleheader (L, 4-3 | W, 8-0) and Rider won the single game 8-4...
Last Time Out - Saint Peter's enters this week after splitting a pair of non-conference games against NEC opponents Wagner and Fairleigh Dickinson...the Peacocks defeated the Seahawks at home 12-8 on Tuesday and fell, 5-1, to FDU on Wednesday...
About Rider – The Broncs come in at 21-14 overall and 7-2 in MAAC play…Rider has won three out of its last five games, including a 2-1 series win over Manhattan last weekend...most recently the Broncs also split a pair of non-conference contests against Monmouth (L, 3-1) and LIU-Brooklyn (W, 9-4)...
Leading The Way In MAAC Play – Junior James Smith leads the Peacocks in league action this season, batting a torrid .444 and driving in eight runs while scoring eight in nine games...
Peacocks On The National Stage - Sophomore Nicholas Henriquez is presently 8th in all of Division I in hit by pitches per game (0.47) and 13th in total hit by pitches (14)...Matt Speckmann is 20th and 31st, respectively in the same categories...as a team, the Peacocks are 24th in the nation in hit by pitches...
Mancini On A Tear - Senior outfielder Matt Mancini enters this weekend's series having recorded multi-hit games in his five of his last seven contests...the fourth-year player is batting .382 in the month of April and has increased his batting average almost thirty points since the Peacocks' last game in March...he now leads the squad in batting average on the year (.316) and is second on the team in runs scored with 19...
It Feels So Good To Be Back - After playing their first 22 games of the year on the road, the Peacocks held their first home game of the season on April 3rd against Long Island-Brooklyn...Saint Peter's will play 15 of their last 21 contests at Jaroschak Field...
Better Than The 8-Ball - The Peacocks scored nine runs in the top of ninth against Fairfield University on April 7th, resulting in a come-from-behind 11-7 victory, to win the three-game MAAC series, 2-1...the last time Saint Peter's scored nine runs in a single inning was during the 2008 season, when they scored nine in the bottom of the third against Hofstra to come away with a 14-3 win on March 12th...
Peacocks Pluck Blackbirds - On Wednesday, April 3rd, the Peacocks defeated LIU-Brooklyn in their home opener, 18-8...Saint Peter's 18 runs are the most the squad has scored since the 2008 season; when they scored 20 in a five-run win over Fairleigh Dickinson on April 16th...the Peacocks scored at least one run in every inning with the exception of two...
It Runs In The Family - Freshman John Leiter, nephew of former MLB All-Star and World Series Champion Al Leiter and of former MLB right-handed pitcher Mark Leiter, has impressed in his first season in the Peacocks' uniform…against UMES (3/02) he picked up his first career win and against NJIT (3/16) he notched his first career save…
Saint Peter's vs. the NEC – The Peacocks were scheduled to face off against an NEC member institution a total of seven times this season- marking the most games the squad has played against non-MAAC schools…Saint Peter's was originally scheduled to play seven total contests against Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) schools, but due to inclement weather two (vs. Coppin State) were cancelled…overall, the Peacocks are 60-113 (.342) against current NEC member institutions…Saint Peter's has a losing record against every NEC school…they have the most wins vs. FDU, who they are 17-31 against, but have the best winning percentage against LIU-Brooklyn (13-15) who they defeated 18-8 on April 3rd…
Not NEC For Long - This season marks the last year Monmouth University will partcipate in the Northeast Conference...the South Jersey school has accepted an invitation to join the MAAC and will begin its membership next season..
Coming To Bat – The Peacocks will continue their four-game road trip next Wednesday, April 24th to face the Wildcats of Villanova University...
