St. John's University Athletics
St. John's Continues Homestand Against Princeton
4/18/2011 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 18, 2011
QUEENS, N.Y.- After a three-game sweep of Louisville at The Jack, St. John's (19-13) continues its season-long eight game homestand with a 7 p.m. midweek game against Princeton on April 19.
Notables
- St. John's is 9-0 at home this season, including a 6-0 mark in BIG EAST play.
- As of the April 18 BIG EAST rankings, St. John's is third in on-base percentage (.377), fourth in runs (207) and home runs (17), and fifth in RBI (176) and slugging percentage (.379). The Red Storm also leads the league in fielding percentage (.974).
- St. John's is 53-for-69 (76.8 percent) on the base paths this year, while the opposition is just 25-for-43 (58.1 percent) in stolen bases.
- Joe Panik, who currently leads the BIG EAST with a .513 on-base percentage, has reached base safely in 29-of-32 games this season.
- Paul Karmas continues to climb in the all-time St. John's record books in both doubles and RBI. With nine doubles and 19 RBI already this season, Karmas now ranks second all-time in doubles (57) and second all-time in RBI (151). The current records are 61 doubles (Mike Dzurilla) and 181 RBI (Robert Lambraia).
Inside The Series With Princeton
- St. John's and Princeton have met 36 times in an all-time series that dates back to 1967.
- The Red Storm leads the series 21-15, including an 8-4 mark at home.
- St. John's has won six-straight in the series, including a 12-5 win on April 20, 2010.
Scouting The Tigers
- Princeton is 15-16 on the year and won three of four games in a series against Penn this past weekend.
- Sam Mulroy paces the offense, leading the team in triples (3), home runs (6), RBI (29) and slugging percentage (.552).
- Mike Ford is batting a team-best .321 and also has 21 RBI, while John Mishu and Nate Baird have 19 RBI apiece. Ford is also 2-3 with a 4.89 ERA and three complete games in seven starts.
- The pitching staff has a 5.17 ERA and allows a .276 opponent batting average.
Panik Earns Second-Career BIG EAST Player Of The Week Honor
- Following the Red Storm's series sweep of Louisville, Joe Panik has been named the BIG EAST Player of the Week for the second time in his career.
- The shortstop now has three conference honors this season, including a pair of weekly honor roll selections.
- Panik batted .429 (6-for-14) with a double, a home run, six RBI, a .467 on-base percentage and a .714 slugging percentage.
- The shortstop had a pair of multi-hit games and had an RBI in all three contests, including four in the series finale.
Red Storm Grabs Walk-Off Win No. 3 As Baltz Records Second Walk-Off Hit Of 2010
- Jeremy Baltz capped a three-run ninth inning with a walk-off single in a 6-5 win against Louisville (April 17) as the Red Storm recorded its third walk-off win of the season.
- Baltz now has two walk-off hits this season, also adding a single in the 10th inning of a 2-1 win against Fairfield (March 15) in the home-opener.
- St. John's also won in walk-off fashion against Cincinnati (March 27) after a Frankie Schwindel walk-off single in the 10th completed a three-game sweep of the Bearcats.
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