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2009 HOFSTRA BASEBALL GAME NOTES – GAME 10 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY PRIDE (0-9, 0-3 CAA) vs ST. JOHN’S RED STORM (7-6, 0-0 BIG EAST) Wednesday, March 18 – 3 p.m. University Field – Hempstead, New York 2009 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY BASEBALL SCHEDULE FEBRUARY HOFSTRA’S TENTATIVE STARTERS 20 Fri. at Florida State L 3-9 Head Coach: Patrick Anderson (Mars Hill College, 1997) 21 Sat. at Florida State (DH) L 7-21, L 2-3 (2009 Stats) 22 Sun. at Florida State L 4-10 27 Fri. at North Carolina State (DH) L 4-11, L 2-15 Lineup # Pos. Name Cl. G-GS AVG HR RBI MARCH 13 RF Mark Stuckless Sr. 9-9 .378 1 4 13 Fri. at UNC Wilmington* (DH) L 6-19, L 6-8 6 2B Tom Legregni Sr. 7-7 .240 0 5 14 Sat. at UNC Wilmington* L 8-11 18 Wed. ST. JOHN’S 3 p.m. 20 3B Matt Prokopowicz Jr. 9-9 .303 0 6 21 Sat. VERMONT (DH) 12 p.m. 5 SS Chris Mentrasti Sr. 9-9 .286 0 5 22 Sun. VERMONT (DH) 12 p.m. 2 DH Dion Pouncil Jr. 6-5 .222 0 2 24 Tue. SIENA 3:30 p.m. 27 C Elliot Hagburg Jr. 9-9 .107 0 3 27 Fri. NORTHEASTERN* 3 p.m. 7 CF Nick Panzarella Sr. 7-7 .200 1 5 28 Sat. NORTHEASTERN* 2 p.m. 9 1B Adam Perlo Sr. 9-9 .313 0 0 29 Sun. NORTHEASTERN* 1 p.m. 31 Tue. MANHATTAN 3 p.m. 3 LF John Kenny Jr. 8-6 .263 0 2 Rotation APRIL # Pos. Name Cl. G/GS ERA W-L IP 1 Wed. at Stony Brook 3:30 p.m. 7 LHP Nick Panzarella Sr. 2/2 11.00 0-2 9.0 3 Fri. at Virginia Commonwealth* 7 p.m. or 4 Sat. at Virginia Commonwealth* 2 p.m. Rob Kumbatovic 5 Sun. at Virginia Commonwealth* 1 p.m. 35 RHP Jr. 3/3 6.23 0-3 17.1 7 Tue. at New York Tech 3:30 p.m. 10 Fri. DELAWARE* 3 p.m. 11 Sat. DELAWARE* 2 p.m. The Match-up: 12 Sun. DELAWARE* 1 p.m. 15 Wed. at St. John’s 3 p.m. Hofstra will be looking to finally get on its home field, 17 Fri. at Old Dominion* 7 p.m. engaging local rival St. John’s in the home opener 18 Sat. at Old Dominion* 4 p.m. 19 Sun. at Old Dominion* 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon at University Field. 21 Tue. STONY BROOK 3:30 p.m. 24 Fri. at George Mason* 3 p.m. 25 Sat. at George Mason* 2 p.m. The Pride is looking to chip into the Red Storm’s 39-11 26 Sun. at George Mason* 1 p.m. lead in the all-time series. Hofstra last beat St. John’s in 29 Wed. at New York Tech 3:30 p.m. 2004 with a 12-4 road victory. MAY 1 Fri. TOWSON* 3 p.m. 2 Sat. TOWSON* 2 p.m. Welcome, Coach: 3 Sun. TOWSON* 1 p.m. 5 Tue. LONG ISLAND 3:30 p.m. Opening Day marked Patrick Anderson’s head 9 Sat. at Norfolk State (DH) 3 p.m. coaching debut. Anderson, who served as Hofstra’s 10 Sun. at Norfolk State 1 p.m. assistant coach from 1998-01, is the 13th head 15 Fri. WILLIAM AND MARY* 3 p.m. 16 Sat. WILLIAM AND MARY* (DH) 12 p.m. coach in the program's 71-year history. *Denotes Colonial Athletic Association game. Home games in bold caps. Anderson spent the last eight seasons as a minor Times local to site. league hitting and catching instructor with the Kansas City Royals. He is assisted by John Russo Contact: Brian Bohl and Marshall Canosa, who are both in their first Office Phone: (516) 463-2907 seasons at Hofstra. Assistant Coach Bobby Cruz is Fax: (516) 463-5033 back for his third season with the Pride. Cell Phone: (516) 287-0149 E-mail: [email protected] Hofstra Athletic Homepage: Hofstra.edu/Athletics Scouting St. John’s: Following a 14-7 slugfest home victory over Albany Sunday, the Red Storm is riding a five- game winning streak. St. John’s pounded out 21 hits against the Great Danes. Greg Hopkins continued his quick start. The right-hand hitting infielder has posted a team-leading .436 average while also leading the Red Storm in home runs (four), RBIs (20), total bases (43) and hits (24). Hopkins also has recorded a .782 slugging percentage while Tim Morris is close behind with a .426 average, three homers, 13 RBIs and a .704 slugging percentage. Unpack Those Bags: BY THE NUMBERS A challenging nine-game road trip marked the HOFSTRA ST. JOHN’S opening three weeks of the Pride’s season. The .247 Batting Avg. .323 Pride commenced the new campaign with a four- 288 At Bats 483 game set against 2008 College World Series 42 Runs 111 qualifier Florida State before heading back down 71 Hits 156 south to engage NCAA Tournament participant 13 Doubles 32 North Carolina State in a three-game set that was 1 Triples 6 shortened to two games because of rain. After 2 Home Runs 10 inclement weather cancelled the Pride’s first six 36 RBI 101 home games, Hofstra opened conference play by 92 Total Bases 230 posting leads in all three games at UNC Wilmington .319 Slugging Percentage .476 before falling in all three. The Pride is now looking .940 Fielding Percentage .960 to get back on track with its home opener against its Queens neighbor by hosting St. John’s in a matinee. 12.04 ERA 4.55 Well Rested: 0-9 W-L 7-6 Friday’s game at UNC Wilmington’s Brooks Field 1 Complete Games 0 marked the Pride’s first game action in 14 days. 0 Saves 2 Hofstra was unable to play any of its six scheduled 68.0 Innings Pitched 112.2 games on what was supposed to be a nearly week- 123 Hits Allowed 117 long homestand. 91 Earned Runs 57 49 Walks 68 Rain also washed out the last two games against 32 Strikeouts 97 N.C. State, with the Pride last taking the field Feb. 27 when they played a doubleheader against the Wolf Pack. Quick Facts – St. John’s Location: Queens, N.Y. Conference Call: Founded: 1870 Hofstra began Colonial Athletic Association play Enrollment: 20,109 against a Seahawks pitching staff that ranked Nickname: Red Storm second in the conference with a 3.54 collective Colors: Red and White ERA. Hofstra hitters did its best to combat the UNC Conference: Big East Wilmington pitchers. Home Field: Jack Kaiser Stadium Athletic Director: Chris Monasch In the three-game set, Hofstra’s bats combined for Baseball Head Coach: Ed Blankmeyer 20 runs on 24 hits. The team produced nine extra- Overall Record: 447-269-3 (13th Season) base hits after collecting just seven in the first six games. The Pride also doubled its RBI output from taking leads in six of its nine games. Hofstra surged 18 to 36. to a quick start in the previous series, jumping ahead in all three games against UNC Wilmington. Stuck On You: Senior rightfielder Mark Stuckless continues to KUMBA-YA: Rob Kumbatovic nearly propelled ignite Hofstra’s lineup from the leadoff spot. The the Pride to its first win of the season, limiting Kanata, Ontario native’s .378 batting average is .45 sixth-ranked Florida State to just nine hits and three points higher than the next closest teammate. runs in a complete-game effort to mark his 2009 Stuckless also jump-started Hofstra’s power game, debut. The Pride nearly parlayed the right-hander’s doing his best Rickey Henderson impression by effort into a win, getting the tying run to second leading off Game 2 of Friday’s doubleheader with a base with one out in the ninth before dropping a home run for the Pride’s first long-ball of the nail-biter, 3-2, in the second game of a season. doubleheader. In 37 at-bats, Stuckless has three doubles, one Kumbatovic came close to earning the win in his triple, a homer, four RBIs and his 22 total bases second start against NC State before the Wolfpack comprise nearly a quarter of the team’s 92 total came back for the win. Kumbatovic still leads the bases. He also is 2-3 on stolen bases attempts with staff with 17 1/3 innings pitched, accounting for two outfield assists, all while leading the team in nearly a quarter of the staff’s innings. slugging percentage (.595). Finding Some Relief: Get ‘Em On, Bring ‘Em In: Sophomore pitcher Jeff Guthridge is becoming a Seniors Tom Legregni and Adam Perlo each has stellar first option out of the bullpen, holding thrived with runners on base in the early going. opponents to a .238 batting average with a staff-best Legregni is 5-15 for a .333 average with men on 3.00 ERA. Gutridge has pitched six innings base while Perlo’s .417 average (5-12) in the same spanning four appearances. situation leads the team. Somebody’s Watching Me: Coming On Strong: Hofstra won’t have to worry about the pressures of Legregni nearly raised his batting average .30 points playing in front of large crowds. In four games at with a strong showing against UNC Wilmington. Dick Howser Stadium, 15,781 people packed the Legregni entered the series with two RBIs but ballpark for an average of almost 4,000 people per eclipsed that with a 2-3, three RBI showing in the game.