Baseball | April 25, 2019

PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle University baseball team will begin an eight-game homestand when it hosts Massachusetts for a three-game Atlantic 10 Conference series this weekend.
 
SERIES INFO – La Salle (21-21, 2-10 A-10) vs. UMass (14-19, 5-7 A-10)

• Game 1: Saturday – 11 a.m. – Hank DeVincent Field
• Game 2: Saturday – 2:30 p.m. – Hank DeVincent Field
• Game 3: Sunday – 12 p.m. – Hank DeVincent Field (ESPN+)

EXPLORERS SPLIT MIDWEEK MATCHUPS

• The Explorers racked up season highs in runs (24) and hits (23) in Tuesday's 24-7 win over Saint Peter's.
• It was the most runs scored in a single game by the Explorers since the 1999 season.
• Junior Ryan Guckin hit two home runs and drove in six runs, while senior Peyton Sorrels also went yard. Seven Explorers had multi-hit games, including four hits apiece by Sorrels, senior Ben Faso and freshman Tatem Levins.
• La Salle looked to be on its way to back-to-back wins, holding leads of 5-1 and 7-4 at Bucknell on Wednesday. But the Bison scored five unearned runs in the seventh inning to steal the win.
• Sorrels posted his second straight four-hit game in the defeat, while senior Kevin McGowan tallied three RBIs.

HINCHLIFFE LANDS ON ANOTHER WATCH LIST

• Senior right-hander Connor Hinchliffe was named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Stopper of the Year Award midseason watch list on Wednesday.
• It's the second watch list he's been featured on as he also was named to the Golden Spikes Award midseason watch list on April 11.
• The only Atlantic 10 player on either list, Hinchliffe leads the A-10 in saves (10) and appearances (21).
• The closer is already fourth on the program's single season saves list and is only three away from the school record of 13 set by Pat Christensen.

NOTES AND MILESTONES

• After posting eight hits during the midweek, Peyton Sorrels is now batting .380 for the season. That puts him fourth in the A-10 and 61st nationally. He's also 17th in the nation in hits per game (1.62), 19th in hits (63), 28th in triples (4) and 53rd in runs (43).
• Ben Faso is 30th in the country and first in the A-10 with 47 RBIs.
• Tatem Levins is second in the A-10 in homers (8) and fourth in RBI (41).
• Ben Faso is now tied for seventh in program history with 41 career doubles. He's also tied for 10th in both career RBIs (117) and single season RBIs (47).
• Peyton Sorrels is tied for 10th in team history with eight career triples. 

SCOUTING UMASS

• The Minutemen enter the series at 14-19 overall and 5-7 in the Atlantic 10.
• UMass is 7-14 on the road, but has won three straight games, taking 2-of-3 from Maine and downing Quinnipiac, 16-9, on Wednesday.
• Anthony Videtto leads the team with a .328 batting average, 24 RBIs and a .454 slugging percentage. Collin Shapiro is hitting .303 with a team-high 27 runs, while Nolan Kessinger is batting .288.
• On the mound, UMass has an ERA of 5.87. Sean Harney (2-3, 3.04 ERA) and Justin Lasko (2-4, 3.75 ERA) anchor the Minutemen rotation.