PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle baseball team will entertain Delaware State on Wednesday afternoon in a non-conference game at Hank DeVincent Field. The Explorers are coming off an Atlantic 10 series victory over Saint Joseph's over the weekend.
Delaware State Hornets (24-10, 13-2 MEAC) at La Salle Explorers (14-19, 8-4 A-10)
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 | 3 PM | Hank DeVincent Field
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Live Statistics
Explorer Notes
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After starting 2-11, La Salle has won 12 of its last 18.
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The Explorers currently sit in a four-way tie for third place in the A-10 standings at 8-4.
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The Blue and Gold rank tenth in the conference in batting average (.259), 14th in ERA (6.04), and fifth in fielding percentage (.969).
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Freshman Joey Ravert was named A-10 Co-Rookie of the Week and Big 5 Player of the Week for games played April 8-14. The freshman hit .600 (12-20) during the span with a .636 on-base percentage and .800 slugging percentage. He raised his batting average from .242 to .329 during the streak which included two four-hit games and one three-RBI showing.
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Sophomore Mark Williams comes in as the conference's tenth-leading hitter (.361) while ranking ninth in on-base percentage (.432), and fourth in slugging percentage (.518). Williams is batting .415 in conference play this season and has reached base safely in all but one A-10 game.
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Senior Dan Klem is batting .340 in A-10 play and has hit safely in his last five conference games. In that span, the third baseman is 12 for his last 22 (.545) with six runs scored.
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Sophomore Kevin Conroy drove home two runs vs. Saint Joseph's on Sunday, good for his fifth multi-RBI game on the season, the most on the club.
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Sophomore Kevin Baron leads the squad in multi-hit games (13) and went 7-for-12 (.583) with a walk and HBP in the three game set vs. the Hawks over the weekend. Baron is the Explorers second-leading hitter in conference play at .386.
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Sophomore Justin Korenblatt has recorded 12 multi-hit games on the season and has hit safely in three of his last four games.
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Freshman Collin McGowan is hitting .256 in A-10 play as opposed to his .162 clip in non-conference games.
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Senior Pat Christensen has recorded a win or save in 10 of La Salle's 14 victories this season. The senior has registered a 2-0 record with 1.15 ERA in A-10 play this season while picking up five saves. He has struck out 19 batters and walked only three in conference play as well.
Hornet Notes
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Delaware State has won four in a row, the last three coming in a MEAC series sweep of Coppin State over the weekend.
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As a team, the Hornets rank first nationally in on-base percentage (.429) and hit by pitches (91).
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They rank second nationally in sacrifice bunts (53), third in stolen bases/game (2.68), and fifth in batting average (.322).
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Junior Mike Alexander leads the squad in batting average (.388) and stolen bases (26, seventh nationally).
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Senior JP Frey leads the club in runs (38) and hits (54) and ranks 22nd nationally in stolen bases/game (.59).
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Senior Ryan Haas leads the Hornets in RBI (31) and on-base percentage (.500).
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Delaware State's pitching staff has a cumulative 4.08 team ERA with 194 strikeouts in 277.2 innings pitched.
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The Hornets team fielding percentage is .958.
Up Next
The Blue and Gold will host Massachusetts for a three-game A-10 series beginning on Fridat at 3 p.m.
