2019 Hofstra Baseball
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2021 HOFSTRA BASEBALL BY THE NUMBERS GAME NOTES HOFSTRA DELAWARE HOFSTRA (9-9, 0-3 CAA) .268 Batting Avg. .242 VS. 570 At Bats 476 DELAWARE (5-9, 1-3 CAA) 107 Runs 74 APRIL 16-18, 2021 153 Hits 115 NEWARK, DE – BOB HANNAH STADIUM 32 Doubles 20 February 5 Triples 3 Sun. 21 at Seton Hall (DH) 2-3 L, 3-2 W 8 Home Runs 8 Fri. 26 at La Salle (DH) 7-0 W, 4-2 W 90 RBI 62 Sun. 28 at La Salle (DH) 5-6 L, 14-5 W 31-44 Stolen Bases 10-17 March 4.36 ERA 4.80 Sun. 7 at Villanova (DH) 0-5 L, 1-3 L 9-9 W-L 5-9 Fri. 12 Sacred Heart 8-5 W 83 Runs Allowed 85 Sat. 13 Sacred Heart (DH) 3-4 L, 27-7 W 73 Earned Runs 64 Sun. 14 Sacred Heart 5-0 W 2 Complete Games 2 April 2 Shutouts 3 Fri. 2 at Rhode Island 11-12 L 3 Saves 0 Sat. 3 Rhode Island (DH) 3-1 (8) W, 5-4 W 150.2 Innings Pitched 120.0 Fri. 9 Northeastern* 2-8 L 136 Hits Allowed 111 Sat. 10 Northeastern* (DH) 2-3 L, 5-13 L 63 Walks 70 Sun. 11 Northeastern* Rained Out 141 Strikeouts 132 Fri. 16 at Delaware* 7 p.m. .242 Opponents’ Batting Average .244 Sat. 17 at Delaware* (DH) 1 p.m. Sun. 18 at Delaware* 1 p.m. Coaching Staff: John Russo, who had served as the Pride’s Fri. 23 Towson* 3 p.m. assistant coach for three seasons, is in his 10th year as head Sat. 24 Towson* (DH) 11 a.m. coach. A 2000 graduate of West Alabama, Russo led Hofstra to a Sun. 25 Towson* 1 p.m. school-record 34 wins in 2012. The 14th head coach in program Fri. 30 Delaware* 3 p.m. history, his record currently stands at 182-249-1 and the 182 wins May rank first all-time amongst Hofstra baseball coaches. Russo is Sat. 1 Delaware* (DH) 11 a.m. assisted by Matt Wessinger, Blake Nation and Tyler White. Sun. 2 Delaware* 1 p.m. Fri. 7 at Northeastern* 3 p.m. Series History: Hofstra is 28-74 all-time against Delaware. Sat. 8 at Northeastern* (DH) 1 p.m. Here is a look at the last nine meetings. Hofstra has won four Sun. 9 at Northeastern* 12 p.m. of the last six contests. Fri. 14 at Towson* 3 p.m. Sat. 15 at Towson* (DH) 11 a.m. DATE H/A/N WINNER SCORE Sun. 16 at Towson* 1 p.m. 4/14/17 A Delaware 8-4 Wed.-Sun. 26-30 at CAA Championship^ 4/15/17 A Delaware 17-7 *CAA Game ^at UNCW 4/15/17 A Delaware 11-4 4/6/18 H Hofstra 9-0 Baseball Contact: Len Skoros 4/7/18 H Hofstra 11-1 Phone/Email: (516) 765-5584/[email protected] 4/8/18 H Delaware 5-2 Hofstra Baseball on Twitter: @HofstraBaseball 5/10/19 A Hofstra 5-4 Hofstra Baseball on Facebook: /Hofstra Baseball 5/11/19 A Hofstra 7-4 Hofstra Baseball on Instagram: hofstrabaseball 5/11/19 A Delaware 8-6 TENTATIVE LINEUP That’s A Lot Of Runs!: Hofstra erupted for a school-record # Pos. Name Cl. G-GS AVG HR RBI tying 27 runs in game two of the doubleheader against Sacred 2 SS Austin Gauthier Sr. 18-18 .339 2 6 Heart on March 13 in a 27-7 victory. The 27 runs tied the 1987 24 2B Santino Rosso So. 10-10 .226 1 3 team that scored 27 against Mercy College. 7 CF Anthony D’Onofrio Jr. 18-17 .227 0 9 25 1B Rob Weissheier Gr. 18-18 .323 2 12 That’s A Lot Of Hits!: Hofstra had 24 hits in the 27-7 victory 27 LF Brian Goulard Gr. 18-18 .242 1 19 over Sacred Heart, the most since a 21-hit performance 1 3B Ryan Morash Jr. 18-17 .385 0 10 against Towson on April 12, 2015. 23 DH Alex Sica Sr. 11-10 .207 0 3 16 RF Will Kennedy So. 10-7 .345 1 6 Close Calls: Hofstra is 4-5 in games decided by two runs or 22 C Kevin Bruggeman So. 12-12 .222 0 3 less in 2021. The Pride was 1-6 in game decided by two runs # Pos. Name Cl. G/GS ERA W-L K IP or less in 2020 and 7-10 in 2019. 3 RHP Jimmy Joyce Sr. 6/6 2.88 1-2 40 40.2 14 RHP Mark Faello Jr. 3/0 3.14 2-0 13 14.1 Preseason Honors: Austin Gauthier was named the 45 RHP Jack Jett Gr. 4/4 1.03 1-2 32 26.1 preseason CAA Player of the Year by D1Baseball…Gauthier TBA – Game 4 and Anthony D’Onofrio were named to the Preseason All-CAA team, and Rob Weissheier was an Honorable Mention Preseason All-CAA pick…Rob Weissheier was named to the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award Watch List. CAA In-Season Awards: Jack Jett CAA Pitcher of the Week (3/2/21) to reach 100 in his career…Jack Jett needs 17 strikeouts for 100 in Austin Powers: Austin Gauthier is batting .339 with six his career. doubles, one triple, two home runs, six RBIs and 16 runs scored. He has walked 22 times in 18 games and has a .512 2021 Home Runs: on-base percentage. He also owns a .565 slugging Rob Weissheier percentage. 2/21 at Seton Hall (David Festa) 2-Run 4/10 vs. Northeastern (Kyle Murphy) Solo Run Producer: Bryan Goulard leads the Pride with 19 RBIs. Austin Gauthier Stop, Thief: Hofstra has stolen 31 bases over its first 18 2/26 at La Salle (Mike Jenkins) Solo games. Anthony D’Onofrio and Ryan Morash lead the way with 3/1 at La Salle (Gabe Rappa) Solo seven each. Santino Rosso NCAA Rankings: As of the April 15 NCAA rankings: 3/12 vs. Sacred Heart (Tyler Briggs) 2-Run Category Player Rank (Value) ERA Jack Jett 11 (1.03) Brian Goulard WHIP Jack Jett 15 (0.80) 4/3 vs. Rhode Island (Nate Seprosky) 2-Run Batting Avg. Ryan Morash 67 (.385) RBI/Game Brian Goulard 101 (1.06) Steve Harrington Stolen Bases/Game Ryan Morash 94 (0.39) 4/3 vs. Rhode Island (Domenic Picone) Two-run Stolen Bases/Game Anthony D’Onofrio 94 (0.39) On-Base % Austin Gauthier 21 (.512) Will Kennedy On-Base % Rob Weissheier 106 (.469) 4/9 vs. Northeastern (Cam Schlittler) Solo Walks/Game Austin Gauthier 3 (1.22) Sac Flies Brian Goulard 76 (3) The Pen Is Mighty: The Hofstra bullpen has compiled a 4.50 TEAM RANKS ERA, 53 strikeouts and a .230 batting average against through Stolen Bases/Game Hofstra 20 (1.72) 18 games (56 innings). Mark Faello (2), Ryan Rue (1), Andrew On-Base % Hofstra 36 (.391) Mundy (1), and Aljo Sujak (1) each have wins out of the pen. ERA Hofstra 86 (4.36) John Mikolaicyk has two saves and seven strikeouts without WHIP Hofstra 60 (1.32) allowing an earned run in four innings. Chris Mott has six Fielding % Hofstra 33 (.977) appearances and has one save. Steven Boscia has seven strikeouts in five innings, while Michael O’Hanlon made his Weissheier: Rob Weissheier is batting .323 with eight debut against Northeastern and allowed two hits over three doubles, two home runs and 12 RBIs. His 19 career home runs scoreless innings. lead all current members of the Pride. On-Base: Ryan Morash has reached base in all 18 games this Jett Stream: Jack Jett’s 1-2 record is deceiving, as he has season and 25 total dating back to last season. compiled a 1.03 ERA and 32 strikeouts in 26 1/3 innings. In his last two starts, he had 10 and 13 strikeouts, respectively. Streaking: Ryan Morash has hit in 10 consecutive games…Rob Weissheier has reached base in 11 consecutive Jimmy Joyce: The senior right-hander has made a team-best games…Santino Rosso has reached base in eight consecutive six starts and is 1-2 with a 2.88 ERA in 40 2/3 innings. He has games. 40 strikeouts and opponents are batting .224 against him. In his last start, he struck out a career-best 13 batters against Luke: Red-shirt freshman Luke Napolitano had a big game in Northeastern. the Pride’s 14-5 victory over La Salle, going 4-5 with a triple and seven RBIs. The seven RBIs were two shy of the Hofstra Going The Distance: Jimmy Joyce threw his second career single game record of nine held by Ethan Paquette. complete game in the 3-1 loss at Villanova. Joyce had a complete game win at Nevada last season. Patience: The Pride drew 11 walks in the two games at Seton Hall, 34 in the four games at La Salle, 30 in four games versus Rue-lief: Ryan Rue made his first career relief appearance in Sacred Heart, and 11 in three games against Rhode Island. the second game at Seton Hall and picked up the win. The lefty went four scoreless innings, allowing one hit with three 2021 CAA Baseball Standings: strikeouts. Rue was back as a starter in the four-game series SCHOOL CAA Pct. Overall Pct. Streak against La Salle and picked up his second win with a five- NORTH Northeastern 3-0 1.000 14-6 0.700 W4 inning outing.