PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle baseball team will conclude its regular season with a three-game Atlantic 10 series beginning on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. Senior day festivities will be celebrated before Saturday's game with a pregame ceremony at 11:45 a.m.
*NOTE: Thursday's game beginning at 1:00 p.m. will be streamed on GoExplorers.tv (link provided below).
SLU Billikens (31-18, 17-6 A-10) at La Salle Explorers (13-33, 8-14 A-10)
Thursday, May 15 | 1:00 PM | Hank DeVincent Field
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SLU Billikens (31-18, 17-6 A-10) at La Salle Explorers (13-33, 8-14 A-10)
Thursday, May 15 | 4:00 PM | Hank DeVincent Field
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SLU Billikens (31-18, 17-6 A-10) at La Salle Explorers (13-33, 8-14 A-10)
Saturday, May 17 | 12:00 PM | Hank DeVincent Field
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Last Time OutThe Explorers' late comeback fell short in a 6-5 loss to Rider on Tuesday afternoon in non-conference play.
Cameron Johnson was the lone Explorer to register a multi-hit effort, going 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI.
Explorer Notes- La Salle ranks seventh in the A-10 in team batting average (.262).
- The Explorers are 9-1 when leading after seven innings.
- La Salle is 10-3 this year when limiting opponents to five runs or less.
- Justin Korenblatt enters the weekend as the conference's fifth-leading hitter (.366) and is riding a five-game hitting streak. He is batting .550 (11-20) in that span. Korenblatt ranks second in the A-10 in total bases (96), third in hits (65), and is tied for the conference lead in triples (6). He leads the Explorers in multi-hit games (19) and multi-RBI games (8).
- Kevin Baron is one of two Explorers (Korenblatt is the other) to start all 46 games.
- Cameron Johnson is second on the club in multi-RBI games (7) and is batting .381 (16-42) over his last 10 games.
- George Smith Jr is second on the team in batting average with RISP (.362).
- Joey Ravert leads the team in sacrifice bunts (7).
- Dan Callahan has notched hits in back-to-back games for the first time in his career.
- In 5.2 innings in A-10 play, Freddy Andujar leads the team in ERA (1.59) and has fanned 8 batters. Conference opponents are batting .200 against him.
- Adam Cherry and Tom Fazzini are tied for second in the A-10 in appearances (25). Mike McLeod ranks third (24).
- Cherry and Shawn O'Neill have each logged five saves, tied for fourth in the A-10.
Billiken Notes- SLU swept Fordham last weekend and comes in riding a five-game winning streak.
- The Billikens lead the A-10 in fielding percentage (.975) and rank third in both batting average (.271) and ERA (3.56).
- Alec Sole leads the club in batting (.361) and ranks sixth in the conference.
- Mike Vigliarolo leads the A-10 in total bases (103) and doubles (17). He ranks second in the league in homers (7).
- Starting pitcher James Norwood rank fifth in the A-10 in ERA (2.26). He has struck out 61 and walked 23 in 83.2 innings.