PHILAELPHIA – The La Salle baseball will continue to roll through its Atlantic 10 schedule this weekend when it visits Fordham for a three game series. The Rams enter the weekend sixth in the A-10 with a 9-9 conference mark while the Explorers come in 6-10, good for ninth. In their three meetings last season, La Salle swept away the Rams at Hank DeVincent Field.
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La Salle Explorers (11-28, 6-10 A-10) at Fordham Rams (19-23, 9-9 A-10)
Friday, May 2 | 7:00 PM | Houlihan Park
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La Salle Explorers (11-28, 6-10 A-10) at Fordham Rams (19-23, 9-9 A-10)
Saturday, May 3 | 4:00 PM | Houlihan Park
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La Salle Explorers (11-28, 6-10 A-10) at Fordham Rams (19-23, 9-9 A-10)
Sunday, May 4 | 12:00 PM | Houlihan Park
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Pitching Probables
Fri: RHP Shane Hollman (3-2, 4.24 ERA) vs. Kirk Haynes Jr. (2-3, 3.62 ERA)
Sat: TBA vs. Brett Kennedy (4-6, 3.82 ERA)
Sun: TBA vs. Tim Swatek (4-3, 4.10 ERA)

Explorer Notes

• La Salle ranks seventh in the A-10 in team batting average (.265).
• The Explorers are 9-0 on the year when leading after eight innings.
• Justin Korenblatt leads the club in hitting (.342), good for 10^th in the conference. He ranks second in the A-10 in triples (5) and is tied for fifth in hits (53). His 16 multi-hit games is tops on the Explorers.
• Kevin Baron has reached base safely in 37 of 39 games this season, including his last 16.
• In A-10 play, George Smith Jr leads the team in hitting (.323) and hits (21).
• Mark Williams has hit three homers in conference play, second-most in the A-10.
• Cameron Johnson has been hot of late, going 7-for-16 (.438) over his last four games. He has hit two homers and driven in four runs in the span.
• Nick Tierno has amassed nine walks in A-10 play, most on the club. He has totaled a .306 on base percentage in the span.  
• Shawn O'Neill has amassed the ninth-most innings of A-10 pitchers (65.1) and is tied for seventh in the league in saves (3).
• Shane Hollman, who gave up five earned runs on Friday vs. Saint Joseph's, has given up more than three earned runs just twice this season.
• Tom Fazzini has appeared in 23 games on out of the pen, tied for most in the conference.
• Adam Cherry is tied for third in the A-10 with five saves. In 15 A-10 innings, Cherry has fanned 12 and walked one while allowing no runs and just two hits. Opponents are hitting just .041 against him in those games. 

Ram Notes

• Fordham enters the weekend 11^th in the A-10 hitting (.250), seventh in ERA (4.86), and 11^th in fielding (.953).
• Tim Swatek leads the conference in hitting (.371), ranks fourth in on-base percentage (.461), and ranks fifth in slugging percentage (.521). His 12 stolen bases are tied for fifth in the A-10.
• Joseph Runco is the team's third leading hitter (.289) and leads the club in runs (23).
• Friday's probable starter, Kirk Haynes Jr, has fanned 34 hitters in 37.1 innings and walked 18. Opponents are hitting just .169 against him.
• Saturday's probable starter, Brett Kennedy, has struck out 48 in 61.1 innings while walking 19. Opponents are batting .307 against him.
• Sunday's probable starter, Swatek, has fanned 43 hitters in 59.1 innings against 11 walks. Opponents are batting .302 against him.

Up Next
The Explorers will travel 500 miles west next weekend for a three game conference series at Dayton.