Game 49
Saint Peter's (4-44, 2-19) vs. Iona (12-37, 6-15)
Date: Thursday, May 16
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Jaroschak Field, Jersey City, NJ
Live Stats
Game 50
Saint Peter's (4-44, 2-19) vs. Iona (12-37, 6-15)
Date: Thursday, May 16
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Jaroschak Field, Jersey City, NJ
Live Stats
Game 51
Saint Peter's (4-44, 2-19) vs. Iona (12-37, 6-15)
Date: Friday, May 17
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Jaroschak Field, Jersey City, NJ
Live Stats
First Pitch
- Saint Peter's baseball will conclude its season with a home MAAC series against Iona on Thursday and Friday.
- The teams will meet in a doubleheader on Thursday, May 16 at 12 and 3 p.m. and a single game on Friday, May 17 at 1 p.m.
- Friday's game will be the Senior Day ceremony to honor the three seniors, Steve Epstein, Peter Ferony, and Jared Quintero.
- Last time out, Saint Peter's dropped its final road MAAC series to Manhattan, dropping all three contests in the series.
- The Peacocks doubled their win total this year from a season ago with its four wins.
- The Peacocks' victories this season have come in MAAC play against hOURglass rivals, Monmouth and Rider and in non-conference play to Fairleigh Dickinson and Lehigh.
- On the season, Hunter Mason and Ferony have been the best players offensively.
- Mason leads the squad in doubles, runs scored, total bases, RBIs, and home runs; Ferony leads the unit in batting average, total hits, and triples.
- On the mound, Epstein leads the team in strikeouts and is the only pitcher on the staff with a win, save, and complete game this season.
Series History
- Saint Peter's and Iona will do battle in the 113 all-time meeting dating back to 1969.
- The Peacocks trail the Gaels 37-75 all-time.
- Iona won last season's series 2-1, but the win for the Peacocks in game two of the series ended the nation's longest losing streak and gave Saint Peter's its first win in over two years.
- Saint Peter's last series win over Iona came in 2015, with the Peacocks taking 2 out of 3 games.
Scouting the Gaels
- The Iona Gaels enter the series 6-15 in the MAAC and 12-37 overall.
- Iona sits in 10th place in the conference standings heading into the final series and have been mathematically eliminated from postseason play.
- The Gaels have lost five straight, and 10 out of 11 games.
- Last time out, Iona was swept by Monmouth, falling in the three games 6-2 (13 innings), 6-1, and 9-4.
Offensive Explosion
- Saint Peter's set three season-high marks in an offensive battle against NJIT (May 7).
- The Peacocks erupted for season-bests 11 runs, 11 RBIs, and 10 drawn walks.
- The 11 runs were the most runs for Saint Peter's since a 13-11 loss to Rider on May 20, 2016.
2-for-1
- In Saint Peter's 8-6 win over Lehigh (May 1), junior Hunter Mason picked up a 2-for-1 win in the contest.
- Mason earned the pitching decision after throwing 2.0 innings in relief in the eighth and ninth innings, while also hitting the winning walk-off home run in the game.
Walking Off
- Hunter Mason's two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning against Lehigh (May 1) was the first of his career and the first for Saint Peter's in a little over six years.
- The last Peacock walk-off came on April 28, 2013 against Manhattan in a 3-2 win in which Jon Kristoffersen hit a walk-off base hit to end the game.
Hitting Spree
- In a 5-1 win over FDU (April 28), the Peacocks connected on a season-best 15 hits.
- The 15 hits were the most in a single game by Saint Peter's since April 6, 2014.
- 8 out of 9 Peacocks recorded at least one hit with 6 out of the 8 posting a multi-hit game.
Ending Rivalry Droughts
- For the first time since the 2016 campaign, the Peacocks earned wins against both hOURglass Rivals, Monmouth and Rider in the same season.
- Saint Peter's defeated Monmouth 3-0 (April 1) and Rider 7-6 (April 7) ending five and six game losing streaks respectively to its two New Jersey foes.
Peacocks Blank Monmouth
- The Peacocks shutout rival Monmouth 3-0 on April 1.
- The 3-0 shutout was the program's first shutout win since March 12, 2016 when the Peacocks knocked off Fordham 2-0.
- The home win for Saint Peter's was the first for the program since defeating Monmouth 8-7 on April 10, 2016.
- The Peacocks' defense completed five double plays, the most this season for the team, with the next highest total being two.
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.
