Baseball | May 13, 2015
PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle baseball team enters the final weekend of the regular season as they visit Rhode Island for a three-game series beginning on Thursday.
La Salle Explorers (22-26-1, 10-11 A-10) at Rhode Island Rams (22-21-1, 14-7 A-10)
Thursday, May 14 | 3 PM | Bill Beck Field
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La Salle Explorers (22-26-1, 10-11 A-10) at Rhode Island Rams (22-21-1, 14-7 A-10)
Friday, May 15 | 1 PM | Bill Beck Field
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La Salle Explorers (22-26-1, 10-11 A-10) at Rhode Island Rams (22-21-1, 14-7 A-10)
Saturday, May 16 | 11 AM | Bill Beck Field
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Scouting the Explorers-The Explorers are looking to rebound from an 11-5 loss to Rider on Tuesday
-La Salle is 11-16 on the road this season
-The Explorers lead the A-10 in doubles (120), runs (334) and runs batted in (314) this season
-La Salle has four everyday players hitting over .300:
Joey Ravert (.338),
Ryan Welling (.328),
Cameron Johnson (.317), and
Mark Williams (.310)
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Joey Ravert is second in the A-10 in slugging percentage (.672), third in home runs (11) and sixth in RBI's (44)
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Josh Savakinus leads the league in doubles (21), and needs just two to the tie the La Salle single-season record. The senior is also fourth in the league in RBI's with 47
Scouting the Rams-The Rams fell to Connecticut on Tuesday, but enter the weekend after six consecutive Atlantic 10 series wins. The Rams took two of three at UMass over the weekend.
-URI is second in the A-10 with 83 stolen bases
- Chris Hess is hitting .313 on the season, and leads Rhody in hits (47) and runs scored (28). The redshirt freshman is third in the league with five triples
-Lefty starter Tyler Wilson leads the league in opponent batting average, limiting hitters to a .163 clip in 11 starts this season. The freshman is 8
th in the league in innings pitched (76.1) and tied for 7
th in strikeouts (64)
- Junior Brad Applin, sophomore Taso Stathopoulos and redshirt senior Brendan Doonan each have recorded two saves on the season out of URI's bullpen.
