Games 22-24
Saint Peter's (3-18, 0-3 MAAC) vs. Manhattan (10-11, 2-1 MAAC)
Date: Friday Apr. 1-Sunday Apr. 3
Time: Fri: 3:00 PM, Sat & Sun: 12 PM
Location: Joseph J. Jaroschak Field, Jersey City, NJ
Network: Peacocks Digital Network
First Pitch
- The Saint Peter's University baseball team finally opens up the Home campaign as they welcome Manhattan to Jersey City this weekend.
- Saint Peter's is coming off a loss against Rutgers on Wednesday.
Time to Turn Things Around
- 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 18 straight games since the finale against Coppin State.
- The Peacocks have been outscored 222-43 on the 18 game losing streak.
Team Leaders
- Sophomore outfielder Collin Jensen has been on fire from the plate. He leads the team in batting average (.275), hits (19), total bases (29), 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.
- Senior outfielder Anthony Abbatine leads the team in runs scored with nine.
The MAAC Is Back
- The Peacocks won four games in MAAC play last season.
- The team won the season finale against the Jaspers, taking them down 8-7 on the road.
- The Peacocks have three wins already this season, one short of last year's total.
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