Baseball | April 23, 2015
PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle baseball team will host the Richmond Spiders for a three-game series at Hank DeVincent Field this weekend.
Richmond Spiders (20-15, 9-3 A-10) at La Salle Explorers (18-19-1, 6-6 A-10)
*Friday, April 24 | 3 PM | Hank DeVincent Field
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Richmond Spiders (20-15, 9-3 A-10) at La Salle Explorers (18-19-1, 6-6 A-10)
Saturday, April 25 | 1 PM | Hank DeVincent Field
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Richmond Spiders (20-15, 9-3 A-10) at La Salle Explorers (18-19-1, 6-6 A-10)
Sunday, April 26 | 1:30 PM | Hank DeVincent Field
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Scouting the Explorers-The Explorers have won three straight games, taking the final two games from St. Bonnies over the weekend and routing Delaware State 13-4 on Tuesday
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Ryan Welling was named Co-Big 5 Player of the Weekend for driving in seven runs in the series against SBU
-La Salle is 8-6-1 at home this season
-The Explorers lead the A-10 in doubles (93) and runs batted in (255) this season
-La Salle has four everyday players hitting over .300:
Justin Korenblatt (.387),
Ryan Welling (.358),
Cameron Johnson (.325),
Mark Williams (.313), and
Joey Ravert (.309)
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Ryan Welling is second in the league in RBI's (38)
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Josh Savakinus leads the league in doubles (17) while
Ryan Welling is tied for third (14)
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Joey Ravert is tied for fourth in the A-10 in home runs (7)
Scouting the Spiders-Richmond is tied with Saint Louis for the top record (9-3) in the Atlantic 10
-The Spiders dropped two out of three to Rhode Island last weekend after winning six straight league games (sweeps of Fordham and St. Bonaventure)
-Richmond is 4-4 in true road games this year
-UR leads the league in home runs (38) and is tied for the league lead in walks (157)
-Richmond's Matt Dacey leads the league in homers (10), and is third in the league in runs scored (34)
-Outfielder Michael Morman is tied for third in the A-10 with 14 doubles
-Righty Ray Harron is 8
th in the league in ERA, sporting a 1.10 ERA with four saves in 16 appearances
*La Salle students are invited to a tailgate beginning at 2:30 p.m prior to Friday's game. There will be food, games and prizes!
