DOVER, Del.  – The La Salle baseball team will remain on the road for one more game before playing nine of its final 15 games at Hank DeVincent Field when the Explorers travel to Delaware State on Wednesday. 

Pitching Matchups

RHP Shane Petrellis (0-3, 6.33)  vs.RHP Bobby Brown (1-1, 4.00)

Scouting the Explorers (17-22)

La Salle will look to take the momentum from an exciting 12-inning, 2-1 victory at Fordham in its last contest to an important week of games against Delaware State and Saint Louis. Senior Adam Kammler launched a solo home run in the top of the 12th on Saturday afternoon and Big 5 Player of the Week Pat Christensen earned the win with 4.2 innings of scoreless relief against the Rams.

The Blue and Gold continues to rely on its pitching staff, which ranks 19th nationally in strikeout-walk ratio. La Salle leads the A-10 in ERA during conference games at 2.78 and boasts three pitchers with sub 3.00 ERAs.

Offensively, freshman Justin Korenblatt batted .353 last week and is riding a seven-game hitting streak. He is now batting .282 on the season.

Senior Jeff Flax leads the team at a .317 clip, while junior Dan Klem and sophomore George Smith, Jr. are both batting .299. 

Senior Brendan Norton is second nationally in walks and walks per game and is second in the A-10 in on-base percentage.

Scouting the Hornets (25-14-1)

Delaware State is having an outstanding season and leads the MEAC North Division with a 14-1 record. The Hornets have won seven straight and 10 of their last 11 games. 

Ryan Haas leads the club with a .375 batting average and 17 doubles. Four other regulars are batting over .300 including Eddie Sorondo at .358. 

DSU also has an impressive team ERA of 3.85. Closer Chad Sturgeon has six saves and a 1.93 ERA. 

Live Coverage

Live statistics will be available through DSUHornets.com. 

Looking Ahead

La Salle will host Saint Louis in a three-game Atlantic 10 series beginning Friday. The opener on Friday will also be the first ever video stream of an Explorer baseball game.