2016 HOFSTRA BASEBALL NOTES Baseball Contact: Len Skoros HOFSTRA (14-32) Phone/Email: (516) 765-5584/[email protected] VS
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2016 HOFSTRA BASEBALL NOTES Baseball Contact: Len Skoros HOFSTRA (14-32) Phone/Email: (516) 765-5584/[email protected] VS. Hofstra Baseball on Twitter: @HofstraBaseball BUFFALO (16-29) Hofstra Baseball on Facebook: Hofstra Baseball MAY 14, 2016 Hofstra Baseball on Instagram: @HofstraBaseball WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY DUTCHESS STADIUM FEBRUARY TENTATIVE LINEUP 19 Fri. at Texas A&M 2-5 L # Pos. Name Cl. G-GS AVG HR RBI 20 Sat. at Texas A&M 4-15 L 10 CF Steven Foster So. 46-46 .278 0 13 21 Sun. at Texas A&M 0-5 L 25 LF Mat Annunziata So. 42-42 .280 9 39 26 Fri. vs. Missouri (at Fort Myers, FL) 2-12 L 3 SS Brad Witkowski Jr. 44-43 .297 4 29 27 Sat. vs. Missouri (DH) (at Fort Myers, FL) 0-8 L, 4-11 L 27 C Vito Friscia Fr. 45-41 .269 2 13 28 Sun. vs. Missouri (at Fort Myers, FL) 2-3 L (10) 24 3B David Leiderman RJr. 45-45 .275 6 28 MARCH 15 1B Ryan Karl Gr. 44-41 .241 5 21 5 Sat. at Coppin State (DH) 17-4 W, 17-0 W 20 DH Max Dolente RFr. 28-9 .229 3 11 6 Sun. at Coppin State 15-0 W 8 RF Kevin O’Connor Fr. 39-28 .264 0 10 9 Wed. at Army West Point 14-8 W 1 2B Tom Archer Fr. 43-30 .136 0 7 12 Sat. at Longwood (DH) 0-2 L, 3-4 L (12) # Pos. Name Cl. G/GS ERA W-L K IP 13 Sun. at Longwood 5-6 L 16 LHP Teddy Cillis RSo. 13/5 3.95 3-0 30 27.1 15 Tue. at Fairleigh Dickinson 4-1 W 45 LHP John Rooney Fr. 15/7 5.16 2-7 67 61.0 16 Wed. FORDHAM 6-7 L 18 Fri. at Ohio State 1-12 L 19 Sat. at Ohio State 2-4 L Coaching Staff: John Russo, who had served as the Pride’s 20 Sun. at Ohio State 1-2 L assistant coach for three seasons, is in his fifth year as head coach. 22 Tue. at Manhattan 1-5 L A 2000 graduate of West Alabama, Russo led Hofstra to a school 23 Wed. MONMOUTH 4-5 L record 34 wins in 2012. His record currently stands at 113-134. 25 Fri. at William & Mary* 6-14 L Russo is assisted by John Habyan, a former MLB pitcher, Tyler 26 Sat. at William & Mary* 10-15 L Kavanaugh and Ron McKay. All three are in their first year at 27 Sun. at William & Mary* Canceled (Rain) Hofstra. 29 Tue. at NYIT 3-1 W (11) 30 Wed. at Fairfield 4-5 L BY THE NUMBERS APRIL HOFSTRA BUFFALO 1 Fri. at Towson* 4-15 L .258 Batting Avg. .244 2 Sat. at Towson* 7-3 W 1563 At Bats 1536 3 Sun. at Towson* 2-4 L 241 Runs 196 6 Wed. at Saint Peter’s 11-4 W 404 Hits 375 8 Fri. DELAWARE* (DH) 4-8 L, 3-13 L 79 Doubles 60 10 Sun. DELAWARE* 4-8 L 5 Triples 7 12 Tue. NYIT Canceled (Rain) 44 Home Runs 14 13 Wed. MANHATTAN 14-4 W 218 RBI 165 15 Fri. CHARLESTON* 4-3 W (11) 30 Stolen Bases 20 16 Sat. CHARLESTON* 3-1 W 6.20 ERA 4.97 17 Sun. CHARLESTON* 8-7 W 20 Wed. at LIU Brooklyn 12-6 W 14-32 W-L 16-29 23 Sat. at Elon* (DH) 8-14 L, 2-7 L 318 Runs Allowed 246 24 Sun. at Elon* 5-10 L 273 Earned Runs 217 26 Tue. ST. JOHN’S Canceled (Rain) 1 Complete Games 3 29 Fri. at UNCW* 5-6 L 2 Shutouts 2 30 Sat. at UNCW* 5-10 L 4 Saves 9 MAY 396.1 Innings Pitched 393.0 1 Sun. at UNCW* 4-18 L 486 Hits Allowed 395 7 Sat. NORTHEASTERN* (DH) 5-1 W, 3-18 L 169 Walks 177 8 Sun. NORTHEASTERN* 1-4 L 356 Strikeouts 324 14 Sat. vs. Buffalo (DH) (at Dutchess Stadium) 12 p.m. .301 Opponents’ Batting Average .263 17 Tue. at Monmouth 3:30 p.m. 19 Thu. JAMES MADISON* 3 p.m. Versus Buffalo: Hofstra is 0-1 all-time versus Buffalo, dropping a 20 Fri. JAMES MADISON* 3 p.m. 7-5 decision in 1984. 21 Sat. JAMES MADISON* 1 p.m. 25-28 Wed.-Sat.at CAA Championship (Charleston, SC) CAA Honors: David Leiderman was the CAA Co-Player of *CAA Game Times local to site. the Week on April 18 after batting .643 with two doubles, one triple, two home runs and 12 RBIs during the Pride’s 4-0 week…John Rooney was the CAA Rookie of the Week on April 18 following his complete game four-hitter against Charleston. Streaking: Vito Friscia has reached base in 16 straight 100 Hits Part III: Steven Foster reached the 100-hit plateau games…Brad Witkowski has an 11 game hitting streak. in Hofstra’s 5-1 win over Northeastern on May 7. The sophomore singled through the left side in the eighth inning CAA Standings: for his milestone hit. Foster now has 101 hits on the season. UNCW 13-3 .813 34-11 .756 William & Mary 13-7 .650 24-23 .511 10 Wins For Jesch: Dave Jesch recorded his 10th career win Elon 13-10 .565 25-25 .500 with two scoreless innings at LIU Brooklyn. He is 10-6 with a Northeastern 9-8 .529 26-22 .542 5.20 ERA during his tenure with the Pride. Charleston 8-10 .444 25-22-1 .531 James Madison 8-10 .444 18-27 .400 He’s Going The Distance: While John Rooney has the Towson 8-10 .444 18-30 .375 Pride’s lone complete game this season, Chris Weiss went Delaware 7-11 .389 29-19 .604 nine innings in Hofstra’s 11-inning win over Charleston to Hofstra 5-15 .250 14-32 .304 open the series. Good Eye: Freshman catcher Vito Friscia has drawn 41 walks So Close: Hofstra is 4-11 in games decided by one or two in 45 games this season. As of the May 11 NCAA rankings, he runs. The Pride is 2-8 in 1-run games and 2-3 in two-run is ranks 19th in the nation in walks and 20th in walks per contests. game at 0.91. Clutch: Mat Annunziata has 16 two-out RBIs and Teddy Good Eye, Part II: Steven Foster has drawn 38 walks in 46 Cillis has 10 (out of 20 total RBIs)…13 of Brad Witkowski’s games and is 32nd in the nation in walks and 35th in walks per 29 RBIs have come with two outs…As a team Hofstra has 80 game (0.83) as of the May 5 NCAA Statistics Report. two-out RBIs. Power On Display: Hofstra’s 44 home runs this season are Extra, Extra: After going without an extra base hit for the the most since the 2005 squad hit 45 home runs in 56 games. first 19 games of his career, freshman Vito Friscia collected his first home run and double in the 5-4 loss to Monmouth. Isn’t It Grand: David Leiderman hit his first career grand Friscia had a two-run homer to left field and an RBI double as slam and drove in a career-high six runs in the win over well. Friscia now has two home runs and five doubles on the Manhattan…Teddy Cillis hit his first grand slam in Hofstra’s season. 12-6 win over LIU Brooklyn. Mad Max: Max Dolente went 2-3 with a two-run double and A Good Mundy: Freshman Andrew Mundy picked up a win a solo home run in the Pride’s win over Manhattan. The red- and a save in the series against Charleston. They were both the shirt sophomore has three doubles, three home runs and 11 first of his career. RBIs on the season. In Control: Andrew Mundy has four walks in 35 CAA Sweep: Hofstra’s sweep of Charleston was the first for innings…Bowie Matteson has walked 14 batters in 63 1/3 the Pride in conference since sweeping George Mason in innings. 2013. Double Duty: Teddy Cillis has started 42 games for the Pride Double Shot: The two-home run game by Brad Witkowski as a position player or designated hitter, but has also made 13 against Saint Peter’s was the first by a Hofstra player since appearances on the mound including starts against Monmouth, Kevin Brantley hit two home runs against Rutgers on April 20, Fairfield, Saint Peter’s, UNCW and Northeastern. He picked 2013…Mat Annunziata hit two home runs in game one of the up his first career win at Saint Peter’s and had his first career Elon doubleheader and then added a second two home run save against Fairleigh Dickinson. Cillis is 3-0 with a 3.95 game in the win over Northeastern. ERA. Bonus Baseball: Hofstra is 2-2 in extra-inning games this First For Bonk: Chris Bonk picked up his first career save in season. the win over NYIT, pitching a scoreless 11th inning. Double-Digit Hits: Hofstra is 9-9 when having 10 or more 100 Hits: David Leiderman recorded his 100th career hit in hits in a game this season Hofstra’s extra-inning loss at Longwood on March 12.