Baseball | March 5, 2021

• Game 1: at Bucknell – 12 p.m. – Colin Scanlon vs. Brendan Tuttle
• Game 2: at Bucknell – 3:30 p.m. – Frank Elissalt vs. Will Greer
• Game 3: at Delaware – 1 p.m. – Gabe Rappa vs. Chris Ludman
• Game 4: at Delaware – 4:30 p.m. – Manny Corporan vs. Dom Velazquez

• The Explorers got five games in over the past week, including two comeback victories over Hofstra and Delaware State at Hank DeVincent Field.
• In Monday's doubleheader split with Hofstra, La Salle rallied from a 5-0 deficit and scored six runs in the seventh inning to snag the 6-5 win.
• Tatem Levins went 2-for-4 with three RBI in the win, Ryan Guckin hit the go-ahead two-run triple and Jordan Morales earned the save after tossing two shutout innings of relief. In the second game of the doubleheader, John DeMucci hit his first career home run.
• On Tuesday, the Explorers came from behind again, turning a 3-0 deficit into a 10-6 victory over Delaware State behind a brilliant performance by Jack Cucinotta at the plate.
• Cucinotta hit a solo home run in the Explorers' very first at-bat of the game and reached base in all five of his plate appearances on the day, going 1-for-1 with four walks, three runs and a stolen base.
• Levins also went 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs in Tuesday's win, while freshman Nick Hammer earned the victory on the mound after scattering three runs on four hits over five innings.

• Freshman right-handed pitcher Frank Elissalt was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week on Monday following a stellar performance in his debut last Friday.
• Elissalt struck out 11 batters in his first career game and allowed just two runs on three hits over 6.0 innings of work in a no decision.
• It was the most strikeouts by a La Salle pitcher since Dan Waters had 12 against Delaware State in 2006.

• Bucknell opened its season up on Thursday, falling 3-2 at Mount St. Mary's in 10 innings.
• Henry Novick hit a two-run homer in the top of the 10th before the Mountaineers scored three in the bottom half. It was the only hit of the game for the Bison.
• During a COVID-shortened 2020 season, Bucknell went 4-12, and as a team the Bison had a .243 batting average and a 7.48 ERA.

• Sunday's doubleheader will be Delaware's first action of the season.
• The Blue Hens were 8-7 overall and riding a four-game win streak a year ago before the season ended early.
• Delaware hit .290 as a team last season and had a team ERA of 5.91.