St. John's University Athletics
St. John's Hosts Cincinnati To Open BIG EAST Play
3/22/2011 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 22, 2011
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QUEENS, N.Y. - The defending BIG EAST Tournament champions, St. John's (9-8) takes a four-game winning streak into the start of conference play as it hosts a three-game set against Cincinnati (10-8) at Jack Kaiser Stadium this weekend. The series opens with a 3 p.m. game on March 25 before a 1 p.m. contest on March 26. The series concludes on March 27 with first pitch scheduled for noon.
Notables
- A season after posting a 22-3 record at The Jack, the Red Storm is 2-0 at home thus far this season.
- The Red Storm has posted a 107-50 (.682) record in BIG EAST play in the past six seasons, a stretch in which the squad also won three regular season crowns (2005, 2007, 2008).
- As of the March 21 BIG EAST rankings, St. John's ranks fifth in batting average (.282), fifth in slugging percentage (.389), fourth in runs scored (119), fourth in RBI (107) and first in fielding percentage (.979).
- St. John's is 8-3 on the year when scoring at least six runs, including a 5-1 mark when scoring at least 10 runs. St. John's is also 8-3 when the opponent scores five runs or less.
- Paul Karmas continues to climb in the all-time St. John's record books in both doubles and RBI. With six doubles and 13 RBI already this season, Karmas now ranks second all-time in doubles (53) and fifth all-time in RBI (145).
Inside The Series With Cincinnati
- St. John's and Cincinnati have met 13 times in an all-time series that began in 2006.
- St. John's leads the series, 7-6, including a 3-3 mark at Jack Kaiser Stadium.
- The Red Storm took 2-of-3 games in a 2010 series played in Cincinnati, while the Bearcats took 2-of-3 in a 2009 series played in Queens.
Scouting The Bearcats
- Cincinnati is 10-8 on the year, but has lost two-straight midweek games after taking 3-of-4 against Western Michigan this past weekend.
- Jake Proctor paces the offense, leading the team in batting average (.361), home runs (3), slugging percentage (.607) and stolen bases (8-for-8), and ranking second with 16 RBI.
- Justin Riddell leads the team with 19 RBI and Chris Peters has a team-high 17 runs scored.
- The pitching staff has a 3.76 ERA and entered the week with the fifth-best ERA in the BIG EAST (3.71). The staff has 111 strikeouts in 153.0 innings of work.
Wessinger Earns Spot On BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll
- After helping lead St. John's to a perfect 4-0 week, junior Matt Wessinger was named to the BIG EAST weekly honor roll for the second time in his career.
- Wessinger batted a team-best .474 (9-for-19) with four doubles, one home run, three runs scored and three RBI. The second baseman also had four multi-hit games, posted a team-best .842 slugging percentage and added a .474 on-base percentage.
Lobban Matches Career-High With 8K Effort In Win At Holy Cross
- Junior Brendan Lobban tied a career-high with eight strikeouts in 6.0 innings of work in an 8-2 win at Holy Cross (March 20).
- Lobban had at least one strikeout in five of his six innings of work, including two each in the second, third and sixth frames.
- The lefty first recorded eight strikeouts in just 3.2 innings of work in his collegiate-debut, a start against Iowa on Feb. 21, 2009.
Red Storm Swipes Seven Bags In Win Against Albany
- St. John's had a season-high seven steals, going a perfect 7-for-7, in a 10-3 win against Albany (March 19).
- Jeremy Baltz and Pat Talbut were each 2-for-2, while Joe Panik, Paul Karmas and Kyle Richardson added one apiece.
- Five of the base runners who stole a bag in the game eventually came around to score.
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