Baseball Finishes Long Road Stand with Rutgers

First Pitch: 

• The Saint Peter's University baseball team is on the road to take on Rutgers on Wednesday.
• Saint Peter's is coming off a series loss at the hands of MAAC foe Siena this past weekend.
• These will be game number 21 of 21 straight games on the road to open the season.

• The Peacocks won their first three games of the series with Coppin State, marking their longest winning streak since the 2014 season.
• Saint Peter's swept the doubleheader with the Eagles, marking their first doubleheader sweep since 2015.
• The team has already won as many non-conference games as they had in the last five years combined.
• Saint Peter's is already one win away from matching last year's total.
• The team has lost 17 straight games since the finale against Coppin State.
• The Peacocks have been outscored 204-42 on the 17 game losing streak.

Team Leaders

• Sophomore outfielder Collin Jensen has been on fire from the plate. He leads the team in batting average (.242), total bases (25), and is tied with graduate infielder Chris Marquart for home runs (2).
• Junior infielder Sam Haney, sophomore catcher Cristian Perez, and sophomore infielder Parker Gray each have one home run on the season.
• Graduate outfielder Tom Buckman leads the team with 12 RBIs and 17 hits.
• Senior outfielder Anthony Abbatine leads the team in runs scored with nine.

Up Next:

• The Peacocks finally kick off their home slate this weekend, when they welcome MAAC rivals Manhattan to Jaroschak Field. Friday's game will start at 3 p.m., while the weekend games will start at noon.

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