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St. John's Opens Five-Game Homestand Against Albany, Princeton
4/15/2013 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 15, 2013
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QUEENS, N.Y. - After taking two-of-three games in a BIG EAST road series against Georgetown, St. John's (15-21) returns to Queens and opens up a five-game homestand with midweek games against Albany (13-15-1) and Princeton (11-21) that both air on ESPN3. The Red Storm takes on the Great Danes in a 3 p.m. contest on April 16 before hosting the Tigers for a 6 p.m. game on April 17, the first night game at Kaiser Stadium this season.
- After posting just a .204 batting average through the first 11 games (1-10) of the season, St. John's batted .319 in its next 18 games (12-6). The offense, however, has batted just .218 in the past seven games (2-5).
- The St. John's pitching staff is comprised of 10 freshmen, an amount that is tied for the third-most among the 298 Division I baseball programs. Those freshman arms have made 18-of-36 starts this season and have combined to toss 186.2-of-309.1 innings (60.3 percent).
- St. John's leads the BIG EAST with 82 doubles and ranks tied for seventh nationally as of the April 15 rankings. Zach Lauricella, who ranks tied for ninth in the country, ranks tied for first in the league with 15 doubles, while Frank Schwindel is fourth (14) and Sean O'Hare ranks fifth (13). Danny Bethea and Martin Kelly both have 11 doubles and rank tied for seventh in the league.
Inside The Series With Albany
- St. John's and Albany have met 14 times in an all-time series that dates back to just 2004.
- The Red Storm leads the series 12-2, including a 10-1 mark at home.
- St. John's has a won seven-straight games, including a pair of wins at home last season.
Scouting The Great Danes
- Albany is 13-15-1 on the season, including an 8-7 conference mark, and is 6-2-1 in its past nine games.
- Josh Nethaway paces the offense with a .324 average and a team-high 10 doubles to go with 20 RBI.
- Nolan Gaige is batting .278 and leads the team in both home runs (2) and RBI (21), while Greg Muller bats .250 with five doubles and 19 RBI.
- The pitching staff has a 4.89 ERA and to go with 197 strikeouts in 233.2 innings of work, while allowing just a .247 opponent average.
Inside The Series With Princeton
- St. John's and Princeton have met 37 times in an all-time series that dates back to 1967.
- The Red Storm leads the series 22-15, including a 9-4 mark in home games.
- St. John's has won seven-straight games in the series and is 7-2 since 2002 when the teams renewed a rivalry that had been on hiatus since a pair of games in the 1987 season.
Scouting The Tigers
- Princeton is 11-21 on the year, including an 8-4 Ivy League mark, after taking three-of-four games in a series against Penn.
- Alec Keller leads the offense in batting average (.374), runs (25) and slugging percentage (.561), and adds four home runs and 16 RBI.
- Mike Ford bats .318 and leads the team in both home runs (5) and RBI (32), while Danny Hoy is batting .339 with 11 doubles and 16 RBI to go with a team-high nine stolen bases in 10 attempts.
- The pitching staff has a 5.44 ERA to go with 189 strikeouts in 264.2 innings of work, while allowing a .275 opponent average.
St. John's Offense Reaches 20-Run Mark For First Time Since 2011 Season
- The St. John's offense scored in seven different innings and totaled 17 hits, including three doubles and a pair of home runs, as part of a 20-1 win against Georgetown (April 14).
- The offensive output marked the most runs scored by the Red Storm since a 25-7 win against the Hoyas on May 14, 2011.
Schwindel Totals Career-High Six RBI As Part Of Second-Career Five Hit Game
- Frank Schwindel set a new career-high with six RBI as part of his second-career five-hit day to pace St. John's in a 20-1 win against Georgetown (April 14).
- The junior finished 5-for-6 with a double and a home run to record his first five-hit game since going a perfect 5-for-5 against North Carolina (June 3, 2012) in the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional Final.
- Schwindel, who has two five-RBI games in his career, recorded the first six-RBI game for a St. John's player since Joe Panik also had six RBI against Georgetown on May 14, 2011.
Hagan Becomes Seventh Member Of St. John's 200-K Club
- Senior Sean Hagan collected the 200th strikeout of his career in a 4-3 win against Georgetown (April 13) to become just the seventh member of the St. John's 200-K club.
- The lefty recorded strikeout No. 200 with a backwards K to end the second inning against the Hoyas.
- Hagan had a career-high 68 strikeouts as a junior last season and 56 Ks as a sophomore. The lefty had 53 strikeouts as a freshman in 2010.
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