PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. – Coming off a cross country trip to visit #19/20 San Diego, the La Salle baseball team will make a much shorter trip for its next contest on Wednesday at Villanova. First pitch is set for 3:15 PM.  

Pitching Matchup

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Scouting the Explorers (16-19)

The Explorers dropped all three games in San Diego, despite receiving an outstanding effort from their pitching staff. La Salle held the Toreros to a .226 batting average during the series but were unable to top USD in three close defeats.

Senior Jeff Flax had a good week, batting .444 and extending his hitting streak to six games. He is batting a team-high .326. Flax is also 13 at-bats from moving into second place on La Salle's all-time list.

Sophomore George Smith, Jr. comes in at .300 with eight doubles and two home runs.

Junior Dan Klem currently leads the team in RBI at 22, followed by senior Marc Schoch with 19.

In the latest national rankings, senior Brendan Norton regained his lead nationally in walks. Senior Adam Kammler is the 15^th hardest player to strikeout, and is also 16^th nationally in hit by pitches.

The Explorers remain fifth in the A-10 in ERA (4.14). La Salle leads the league in strikeouts (269) and is third in least amount of walks allowed.

Scouting the Wildcats (19-18)

Villanova dropped two out of three games this weekend to Big East rival Georgetown. The first two games of the series were one-run contests before the Hoyas got the best of VU in an 8-2 win on Sunday.

Wednesday's game is the final contest on a four-game homstand before the Wildcats hit the road for seven straight, including Big East weekends at South Florida and Seton Hall.

Nova has three of the top hitters in the Big 5, in Tyler Sciacca, Kevin Wager and Matt Fleishman. Sciacca is leading the way batting .392 with 12 doubles and 30 RBI. He has also stolen 12 bases.

Kevin Wager is batting .355 with a team-best 33 RBI, while Fleishman leads the team in doubles (14) and home runs (four). He is batting .353.

As a team, Villanova is batting an even .300 and average nearly 6.4 runs per game.

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