Baseball | February 20, 2015

PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle baseball team will head south this weekend for a matchup with the No. 1 Virginia Cavaliers and a three-game series with Charleston Southern, all to be played at CSU Ballpark.
 
La Salle Explorers (2-1) at Charleston Southern Buccaneers (3-0)
Friday, February 20 | 4 PM | CSU Ballpark
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La Salle Explorers (2-1) vs Virginia Cavaliers (3-0)
Saturday, February 21 | 11 AM | CSU Ballpark
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La Salle Explorers (2-1) at Charleston Southern Buccaneers (3-0)
Saturday, February 21 | 4 PM | CSU Ballpark
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La Salle Explorers (2-1) at Charleston Southern Buccaneers (3-0)
Sunday, February 22 | 1 PM | CSU Ballpark
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Pitching Matchups
Game 1 - Friday, 4 p.m. – Jared Mattera, RHP (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 3 IP) vs.  Andrew Tomasovich, LHP (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
Game 2 – Joey Ravert, RHP (1-0, 1.80 ERA, 5 IP) vs. Dylan Lee, RHP (0-0, 8.31 ERA, 4.1 IP)
Game 3- Freddy Andujar, LHP (0-1, 5.40 ERA, 5 IP) vs. Connor Jones, RHP (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 6 IP)
Game 4 - Jordan Meyer, RHP (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.1 IP) vs. Denis Buckley, RHP (0-0, 9.00 ERA, 4 IP)
 
Last Time Out
The Explorers took two of three from the Stetson Hatters at Melching Field last weekend. La Salle edged the Hatters 3-0 on Friday before exploding for an 11-2 win on Saturday evening. 

Scouting the Explorers
La Salle's Josh Savakinus and Joey Ravert swept the first set of Big 5 weekly honors for their roles in helping the Explorers take two of three from Stetson on the road last weekend.
 
Savakinus collected his first career Big 5 Player of the Week award after collecting six hits (three doubles) and four RBI's in the series win over Stetson last weekend.
 
Ravert picked up his second Big 5 Pitcher of the Week award after limiting the Hatters to one earned run over five innings to earn the win on Saturday. The junior allowed just two hits while striking out three. Ravert also has a Big 5 Player of the Week under his belt (4/15/13).
 
Savakinus wasn't the only Explorer to have a strong weekend at the plate. Justin Korenblatt also had six hits to go with three RBI's while Cameron Johnson was 4-for-11 with four runs driven in.
 
As a team, the Explorers hit .292 (33-for-119) with 10 doubles, a triple and two homers for .451 slugging percentage.
 
La Salle reliever Billy Worswick earned the win in Friday's game by throwing just one pitch to record the final out of the 7^th inning. Worswick also tossed two scoreless innings in Saturday's win.
 
Righty Adam Cherry earned the save in Friday's win, marking the ninth of his career. The redshirt senior is now just two shy of tying Chris Seiler and Jeff La Porta for fourth place on the all-time list.   
 
Scouting the Buccaneers
CSU swept Chicago State last weekend, jumpstarting the series with an 8-1 win on Friday night. The Bucs rallied from deficits of 6-0 and 5-0 to complete the sweep of the Cougars in a doubleheader on Saturday.
 
Sophomore Nate Blanchard had six hits over the weekend, including a three-run home run to fuel one of the rallies on Saturday. CSU hit .363 as a team in the Chicago State series, thanks in part to five hits apiece from newcomers Cole Murphy and Chase Hannafin.
 
Scouting Cavaliers
The Cavaliers opened the season last weekend with a three-game sweep of the East Carolina Pirates at Virginia's Davenport Field. The Cavaliers outscored ECU 16-5 over three games.
 
Virginia's pitching staff allowed just four earned runs during the series, limiting Pirate hitters to a .181 batting average. Five freshmen played in the field in the ECU series, combining to go 14-for-54 (.259) in the three wins.