St. John's University Athletics
St. John's Baseball Hosts Hofstra In Non-Conference Action
4/15/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 15, 2008
QUEENS, N..Y. - After winning its fourth-straight BIG EAST series, the St. John's baseball team will host Hofstra in a non-conference game at 3 p.m. on April 16.
St. John's has met Hofstra 61 times since the series began in 1956. The Red Storm holds a 52-9 advantage in the all-time series, including a 24-3 mark in home games. St. John's has won the past three meetings and 13 of the past 14 since 1996. The Pride's 12-4 win in 2004 snapped a 10-game winning streak for St. John's in the series.
Stat Of The Week
3.30: The Red Storm's 3.30 ERA leads the BIG EAST Conference and ranks seventh in the country.
STORMTRACKER
- After a 1-0 win over UConn, the Red Storm has now recorded four shutouts this season.
- St. John's leads the BIG EAST with a 3.30 ERA and is also tops with a .224 opponent batting average. The Red Storm's 279 strikeouts and 14 saves are also tops in the league.
- St. John's is 20-0 when out-hitting the opposition and is also 20-2 when scoring first in a game.
- Brian Kemp leads the team with 14 multi-hit games, while Paul Karmas is second with 13.
- The Red Storm has 13 triples this season to already surpass the team's total of 12 from the 2007 season. The school record for triples in a season is 33 set in 2005.
- St. John's has allowed just 13 stolen bases in 30 attempts.
- At 7-0, George Brown leads the BIG EAST and is also tied for third in the country in victories. The senior lefty also ranks fifth with a 2.45 ERA.
- Matt Tosoni, expected to start against Hofstra, leads the conference and is ranked eighth in the country with a 1.35 ERA.
Scouting The Hofstra Pride
- Hofstra enters the game with a 12-22 record overall, and a 1-14 record in the CAA.
- St. John's and Hofstra have had four common opponents. Hofstra split two-game sets against Albany and NYIT and also won single games against LIU and Seton Hall.
- Hofstra has used 10 different starting pitchers this year.
- The offense is paced by Anthony Sarno who leads the team with a .323 average. Sarno also leads the team with five home runs, a .525 slugging percentage and a .434 on-base percentage.
- Matt Prokopowicz bats .276 and leads the team with 22 RBI, while Tom Legregni leads the team with 11 stolen bases.
- Ryan Radke leads the pitching staff with a 3-0 record and has a 5.61 ERA. Bobby Neelon, meanwhile, is 2-2 with a 6.49 ERA and 38 strikeouts in 34.2 innings.
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