Game 15
Saint Peter's (0-14) vs. Quinnipiac (5-11)
Date: Saturday, March 23
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Yale Field, West Haven, CT
Probable Starter: RHP
Blake Gonzalez
Live Stats
Game 16
Saint Peter's (0-14) vs. Quinnipiac (5-11)
Date: Sunday, March 24
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: QU Baseball Field, Hamden, CT
Probable Starter: RHP
Ryan Wappaus
Live Stats
Game 17
Saint Peter's (0-14) vs. Quinnipiac (5-11)
Date: Sunday, March 24
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: QU Baseball Field, Hamden, CT
Probable Starter: RHP
Joe Albunia
Live Stats
First Pitch
- MAAC play begins for Saint Peter's and the rest of the conference this weekend.
- The Peacocks will start league action on the road at Quinnipiac for a conference series.
- The teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday, March 23 at 12 and 3 p.m. and a single game on Sunday, March 24 at 12 p.m.
- Saint Peter's enters conference play with an 0-14 overall record.
- The Peacocks played in two early week non-conference games, falling in both to Albany at home (9-7) and to Wagner on the road (13-3).
- On the season, John Gavura is the Peacocks' hitting leader, Peter Ferony leads the team in total hits and RBI, and Nicholas Sciubba is the team leader in runs scored.
- Trent Koerner has the teams only home run of the season, which he hit against Central Connecticut State.
Series History against Quinnipiac
- Saint Peter's and Quinnipiac will be meeting for the 15th time ever since 2002 and 13th time as MAAC members since 2014.
- The Peacocks are 1-13 all-time against Quinnipiac and 1-11 with each as conference members.
- Quinnipiac swept the season series the past two seasons.
- The Peacocks last defeated the Bobcats during the 2015 season, winning the first game of that season series, 5-4 in Jersey City.
Scouting the Bobcats
- The Quinnipiac Bobcats start league play with a 5-11 overall record.
- The Bobcats have a win over nationally ranked Wake Forest and a series sweep over Norfolk Sate to highlight their non-conference wins.
- Last time out, Quinnipiac fell to Yale 11-2.
On Deck
- The Peacocks have a non-conference game on Wednesday at Lehigh, beginning at 3 p.m.
- The Peacocks return to MAAC play next weekend with a home series against Monmouth on Saturday and Sunday.
Welcome Back
- The Peacocks return 14 members from last season's squad that closed out the final two season series with two wins.
- Returning to the flock this season are Joe Albunia, Jean Candelaria, Aditya Chandel, Steve Epstein, Peter Ferony, Blake Gonzalez, Chris Marquart, Hunter Mason, Jesse Matos, Chris Pimentel, Jared Quintero, Anthony Ramos, Alex Slawinski, and Brian Turton.
New to the Crew
- Saint Peter's welcomes 15 new players to this year's squad.
- The additions include nine transfers and six freshmen.
- Joining the Peacocks are transfers Stephen Carbonara, Andrew Connor, Edwin Feliciano, John Gavura, Nicholas Gennarelli, Trent Koerner, Dawy Lebron, Ledwin Nunez, and Nicholas Sciubba, while the incoming freshman class features Julian Diaz, Luis Garcia, Bryan Guzman, David Mullen, Jared Paladino, and Ryan Wappaus.
MAAC Preseason Polls
- Canisius and Monmouth were named the preseason favorites in the coaches' poll, followed by Marist, Quinnipiac, Manhattan, Fairfield, Siena, Niagara, Rider, Iona, and the Peacocks.
About the Coach
- Danny Ramirez enters his third season as the baseball head coach at Saint Peter's in 2018-19.
- In year number two, Ramirez led the Peacocks to a win over MAAC playoff qualifier Siena and a 7-1 blowout win over Iona for the program's largest margin of victory in over three years and largest MAAC margin of victory in four years.
- His ace, Willie Krajnik, became the first player under Ramirez to earn all-league honors, being selected to the All-MAAC Second team.
- Over his two seasons as the skipper, Ramirez has guided 15 student-athletes to MAAC All-Academic honors.
