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BIG EAST Baseball Doubleheader St. John’s Red Storm (17-10, 6-2) vs. #4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (25-4, 7-1) Monday, April 12, 2004 ... Eck Stadium (Notre Dame, Indiana) Jess Stewart Grant Johnson Matt Bransfield Craig Cooper Mike THE TALE OF THE TAPE ST. JOHN’S NOTRE DAME Rozema 2003 Records 29-27, 12-14 (7th) 45-18, 16-7 BE (3rd) Lettermen Ret./Lost 14/14 21/7 CURRENT STATS (BIG EAST rank in parentheses) Batting Average (11) .318 (3) .314 Runs Per 9 Innings 6.8 9.2 Home Runs (10) 15 (1) 31 Probable Starters Slugging Percentage (11) .435 (2) .474 Game 1 Batters BB/K Margin -38 (91/129) -31 (140/171) SJ – Anthony Varvaro (So., RHP) On-Base Percentage (10) .388 (1) .417 (4.50, 4-0, 40 IP, 35 K/23 BB, .215) • • • Stolen Bases (11) 44-64 (10) 31-41 ND – Grant Johnson (Jr., RHP) Stolen Base Percentage .688 .756 (0.82, 1-0, 11 IP, 8 K/8 BB, .238) Team ERA (3) 4.24 (1) 3.66 Pitchers’ K-to-BB Ratio 1.43 (197/138) 2.42 (189/78) Game 2 (TBA) Pitchers’ Ks Per 9 Inn. (Ks) 7.7 6.6 SJ – candidates include senior Opponent Batting Average (2) .246 (3) .247 RHP Geno Orsogna and fresh- Fielding Pct./Errors (8) .962/39 (2) .968/37 man RHP Anthony Sullivan • • • Double Plays Turned (4) 28 (4) 24 ND – candidates include sr. LHP Record In One-Run Games 3-4 3-0 Anthony Joe Thaman and fr. RHPs Jess Extra-Inning Record 0-2 3-0 Varvaro Stewart and Jeff Samardzija Updated BIG EAST Conference Baseball Standings BIG EAST LEADERS Batting Average 1. Notre Dame 7-1 (.875) 25-4 Thursday’s BIG EAST Scores 1. PJ Hiser, Pittsburgh ........... .423 2. Rutgers 8-2 (.800) 16-13 BC swept at Vill. (8-5, 3-0/6) ... SJU split at UConn (7-6, 2-6) 3. Matt Macri, ND ................... .388 3. St. John’s 6-2 (.750) 17-10 SHU split at WVU (3-4, 9-8) ... VT split at GU (3-4, 16-3) 4. Blake Hershelman, SJU ..... .376 4. Pittsburgh 7-3 (.700) 19-8 Rutgers swept at home vs. Pittsburgh (4-0, 8-5) 5. Jim Martin, SJU ................. .373 5. Boston College 4-3 (.571) 12-17 Home Runs Saturday’s Other BIG EAST Doubleheaders 6. Connecticut 5-5 (.500) 16-12 1. PJ Hiser, Pitt ......................... 10 2. Matt Bransfield, ND ................. 6 7. Seton Hall 4-6 (.400) 8-20-1 Rutgers swept G’town (2-0, 11-1) ... UConn swept SHU (5-4, 4-2) VT swept at Vill. (2-1/9, 18-1) ... Pitt swept at WVU (2-0, 7-2) 6. Edwards/Macri, ND ................. 5 8. Georgetown 5-8 (.385) 19-20 Blake Hershelman, SJU .......... 5 9. Villanova 3-7 (.300) 18-12-1 Last Week’s Other Series 9. Cooper/Andres, ND ................ 4 10. Virginia Tech 3-7 (.130) 16-14 GU lost 2-of-3 at UConn (2-5, 3-11, 5-0) ... RU swept WVU (6-4, 8-4, 6-4) RBI 11.West Virginia 1-9 (.100) 9-20 BC lost 2-of-3 at Pitt (4-9, 4-2, 6-7) ... SJU swept VT (3-2, 9-5, 2-0) 1. Matt Macri, ND ...................... 32 2. Matt Edwards, ND ................. 31 SERIES NOTES – ND leads the series with SJU 17-6 (just 6-4 at Eck Stadium), with the Irish winning 8 of the last 3. Blake Hershelman, SJU ........ 26 8. Eddie Schultz, SJU ............... 23 9 ... ND has taken 4 of the 6 previous series from SJU (one game in '96, dnp in '97) ... the series has featured 7 9. Lopez/Bransfield, ND ............ 22 one-run wins (4 for ND) ... SJU's 3-0 win at ND on May 9, 1998, remains one of only two shutout losses for the Irish Slugging Percentage at Eck Stadium during the Paul Mainieri era (since ’95, a span of 271 games) ... ND has lost just seven three-game 1. PJ Hiser, PITT .................... .972 BIG EAST series, with SJU owning two of them ('98, '99) ... Aaron Heilman's 2-1 loss to SJU in '98 was one of just 2. Matt Macri, ND ................... .660 seven losses in his 43-7 career ... ND won the first two games of the SJU series (7-3, 4-0, in ’96) but the teams 3. Blake Hershelman, SJU ..... .624 alternated victories in the next 10 games ... the ND-SJU series featured just one regular-season game in 1996 and 4. Matt Bransfield, ND ............ .603 5. Steve Andres, ND .............. .594 '97 due to weather (ND also beat SJU in the '96 BIG EAST Tournament, 4-0) ... the teams then split four games in 8. Craig Cooper, ND .............. .589 1998 (SJU won a series at ND but the Irish won a BIG EAST Tournament meeting later in that '98 season) ... ND’s On-Base Percentage Javi Sanchez – a .211 career hitter vs, SJU (4-for-19) played alongside SJU shortstop Mike Rozema last summer 1. Graig Badger, RU .............. .533 with the Madison Mallards (ND’s Joe Thaman and Tyler Jones also were members of that team). 2. Steve Andres, ND .............. .526 5. Matt Macri, ND ................... .480 RECAPPING THE ’03 ND-SJU GAMES – The Irish rolled to a doubleheader sweep at SJU in 2003 (11-3, 18-3), 10. Blake Hershelman, SJU ..... .447 Stolen Bases in possibly the ND program’s most dominant day ever in BIG EAST play (the second game is the largest margin of 1. Kris Molloy, VU/Chris Stanton, VT . 13 victory for the Irish in a BE game) ... ND had 27 hits in the doubleheader and allowed just 3 earned runs ... Chris 7. Mike Rozema, SJU .......... 10-11 Niesel (7 IP, 3 R/2 ER, 9 H, 2 BB, 4 Ks, 10 GOs) and Ryan Kalita (7 IP, 3 R/1 ER. 6 H, 0 BB, 4 Ks, 14 GOs) picked 9. P.J. Antoniato, SJU .............. 7-9 up the wins ... Matt Edwards (6-for-9, 5 RBI, 5 R, 2 HR, 3B) and Steve Sollmann (7 RBI, 2 opp.-field HR) paced the Triples – 1. Matt Macri, ND ............ 3 offense, with both of Edwards’ blasts going to dead-center field (a feat accomplished just twice previously in the Doubles SJU Ballpark's three-year history) ... ND’s 7-9 hitters – Coy Rizzo, Craig Cooper and junior Joe Thaman – com- 1. Brian Newbold, VILL ............. 10 . Hershelman/ Schultz, SJU .... 10 bined to bat 6-for-11 in the nightcap (2 BB, 7 RBI, 7 R) ... ND stranded just 5 runners in both games. Parker Brooks, GU ................ 10 5. Greg Lopez, ND ...................... 9 IRISH TEAM NOTES – Notre Dame saw its 11-game winning streak end Saturday vs. BC (4-7, 6-4) but the Irish Walks still are tied for the fewest losses among 287 Division I programs (along with 35-4 Texas and 18-4 Albany) ... ND 1. Steve Andres, ND ................. 25 already is assured of the proram’s best record ever at the 30-game point (the 2001 team was 24-5-1 and later 5. Macri/Edwards, ND ............... 17 earned the #1 national ranking) ... ND has compiled a 64-9 record during the past four seasons ... ND has posted Runs Scored 1. Matt Macri, ND ...................... 35 12 error-free games, 4 with 1 E ... ND’s 31 HRs already have matched the ‘03 team’s entire total ... the Irish have 4. Greg Lopez, ND .................... 26 hit 3 HRs four times in ‘04 ... ND has dominated 2nd-inning scoring (25-3) and owns a 65-19 combined edge in the 9. P.J. Antoniato, SJU ............... 24 7th (34-10) and 8th (31-9) .... the 7-0 league start ranks among ND’s best in nine BIG EAST seasons (the ‘99 team 10. Steve Sollmann, ND ............. 23 started 12-1 in BIG EAST play, the ‘98 team was 10-0 and then 13-1, and the ‘03 owned an 8-1 BIG EAST start) ... Hershelman/Martin, SJU ....... 23 the Irish have posted 3-0 sweeps of nine different BIG EAST teams but have notched the tough 3-0 road sweep Hits just six times in BIG EAST play ... ND is 52-8 in its last 60 at Eck Stadium (since mid-’02) ... the Irish have scored 1. Michael Lombardi, GU .......... 42 2. Matt Macri, ND ...................... 40 in 113 straight games and have been shut out just once in the last 343 ... ND has scored in 99.32% of the games 3. Hershelman/Martin, SJU ....... 38 during the 10-year Mainieri era (585 of 589) ... Mainieri’s 22-year career record is 755-443-2 (424-164-1/.723 at 5. Mike Rozema, SJU ............... 37 ND) ... the Irish own a 144-49 (.746) record in 8-plus seasons of BIG EAST play, with Mainieri owning the best BIG 8. Greg Lopez, ND .................... 34 EAST winning pct. in the league's history ... ND's 76 all-time BIG EAST series include 57 series wins, 10 even 10. P.J. Antoniato, SJU ............... 33 series and just 9 series wins by the opponent ... since starting 0-4 in ’02 BIG EAST play, ND is 40-12 in its last 52 Total Bases 1. PJ Hiser, PITT ....................... 69 BIG EAST games ... the Irish have lost just 3 of 40 all-time BIG EAST home series (32 series wins, 4 even) while 2. Matt Macri, ND ...................... 68 the last 25 BE series at Eck have seen ND win 22 (split 3) ... the last 6 games have featured 4 “big innings” (6-plus 3.