Baseball | April 9, 2015
PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle baseball team is on the road this weekend as they visit the Saint Louis Billikens for a three-game series beginning Friday night.
La Salle Explorers (14-16-1, 3-3 A-10) at Saint Louis Billikens (21-11, 4-2 A-10)
Friday, April 10 | 7 PM | Billiken Sports Center
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La Salle Explorers (14-16-1, 3-3 A-10) at Saint Louis Billikens (21-11, 4-2 A-10)
Saturday, April 11 | 3 PM | Billiken Sports Center
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La Salle Explorers (14-16-1, 3-3 A-10) at Saint Louis Billikens (21-11, 4-2 A-10)
Sunday, April 12 | 1 PM |Billiken Sports Center
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Last Time OutLa Salle is coming off a 4-4 tie (called after six innings due to weather) with the Coppin State Eagles on Wednesday afternoon at Hank DeVincent Field.
Scouting the Explorers-The Explorers lead the Atlantic 10 in runs (218), doubles (78) and RBI's (204)
-La Salle is second in the league in batting average (.298), on-base percentage (.375), slugging percentage (.452) and home runs (26)
-La Salle has five everyday players hitting over .300:
Justin Korenblatt (.383),
Cameron Johnson (.351),
Ryan Welling (.341),
Mark Williams (.320) and
Joey Ravert (.300)
-Korenblatt has reached base safely in his last 39 games dating back to last season and needs just seven hits to become the ninth player in La Salle history to record 200 hits
-La Salle owns three of the top four spots in the Atlantic 10 RBI standings:
Josh Savakinus (32), Korenblatt (31) and Johnson (30)
-Savakinus and Welling share the league lead in doubles with 13 each
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Jordan Meyer faced the minimum in four no-hit innings against Rider on Tuesday, picking off RU's only base runner (walk) in the 3rd.
Scouting the Billikens-Saint Louis went 4-0 last week, picking up a midweek win at Bradley and a three-game sweep of visiting East Tennessee State
-As a team, the Billikens lead the Atlantic 10 in hitting (.304)
-Jake Henson was named the A-10 Player of the Week after going 9-for-14 against ETSU, with two doubles, two home runs, three runs scored and 12 RBI's
-Luke Sommerfeld was named the conference Rookie of the Week, allowing one hit and four walks while striking out six in seven scoreless innings
