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2018 HOFSTRA BASEBALL Baseball Contact: Len Skoros GAME NOTES Phone/Email: (516) 765-5584/[email protected] HOFSTRA (21-15) Hofstra Baseball on Twitter: @HofstraBaseball VERSUS Hofstra Baseball on Facebook: Hofstra Baseball FORDHAM (27-14-1) Hofstra Baseball on Instagram: @HofstraBaseball MAY 1, 2018 BRONX, NEW YORK TENTATIVE LINEUP FEBRUARY # Pos. Name Cl. G-GS AVG HR RBI Fri. 23 at Lamar (DH) 1-2 L, 0-3 L 10 CF Steven Foster Sr. 35-35 .237 1 10 Sat. 24 at Lamar (DH) 3-2 W (10), 1-0 W 22 2B Mikey Riesner Sr. 35-35 .293 0 15 March 27 DH Vito Friscia Jr. 35-35 .326 5 27 Sat. 3 at Norfolk State (DH) 4-0 W, 5-1 W 16 RF Teddy Cillis Sr. 27-25 .242 2 12 Sun. 4 at Norfolk State 8-6 W 2 SS Austin Gauthier Fr. 34-34 .237 2 17 25 1B Rob Weissheier So. 35-33 .244 4 29 UMBC Tournament 4 C Matt Siedem Jr. 22-18 .218 1 9 Sat. 10 vs. Mount St. Mary’s 11-0 W 13 3B Daniel Page Jr. 30-27 .188 2 12 at UMBC 9-6 W 7 LF Tyler White So. 26-17 .218 0 4 Sun. 11 at UMBC 4-2 W # Pos. Name Cl. G/GS ERA W-L K IP 28 RHP Seamus Brazill RSo.13/4 4.19 2-2 18 34.1 Tue. 13 at Fairleigh Dickinson PPD Sat. 17 Albany (DH) 9-8 W (10), 1-4 L BY THE NUMBERS Sun. 18 Albany 4-6 L HOFSTRA FORDHAM Fri. 23 at UNCW* 5-3 W .244 Batting Avg. .278 Sat. 24 at UNCW* (DH) 3-5 L, 2-6 L 1186 At Bats 1419 Tue. 27 at Monmouth 14-6 W 184 Runs 251 Fri. 30 at Towson* 11-0 W 289 Hits 394 Sat. 31 at Towson* 3-5 L 65 Doubles 84 April 8 Triples 18 Sun. 1 at Towson* 0-1 L 21 Home Runs 20 Wed. 4 Manhattan 4-12 L 164 RBI 221 Fri. 6 Delaware* 9-0 W 33-47 Stolen Bases 134-169 Sat. 7 Delaware* 11-1 W 3.38 ERA 3.60 Sun. 8 Delaware* 2-5 L (10) 21-15 W-L 27-14-1 Wed. 11 at Fairfield 3-9 L 137 Runs Allowed 174 Fri. 13 at Elon* 1-2 L 117 Earned Runs 151 Sat. 14 at Elon* 3-6 L 5 Complete Games 2 Sun. 15 at Elon* 3-5 L 6 Shutouts 3 Wed. 18 #23 St. John’s 4-12 L 9 Saves 15 Fri. 20 Charleston* 7-1 W 311.2 Innings Pitched 377.0 Sat. 21 Charleston* 2-1 W 249 Hits Allowed 324 Sun. 22 Charleston* 5-4 W 140 Walks 178 Tue. 24 at Manhattan 15-4 W 286 Strikeouts 415 Fri. 27 at William & Mary* 1-0 W .221 Opponents’ Batting Average .229 Sat. 28 at William & Mary* 7-3 W Sun. 29 at William & Mary* 9-6 W Coaching Staff: John Russo, who had served as the Pride’s May assistant coach for three seasons, is in his seventh year as head Tue. 1 at Fordham 7 p.m. coach. A 2000 graduate of West Alabama, Russo led Hofstra to a Fri. 4 Northeastern* 3 p.m. school record 34 wins in 2012. The 14th head coach in program Sat. 5 Northeastern* 1 p.m. history, his record currently stands at 149-191 and the 149 wins Sun. 6 Northeastern* 1 p.m. rank second all-time among Hofstra Baseball coaches. Russo is Tue. 8 Monmouth 3:30 p.m. assisted by former MLB pitcher John Habyan, Matt Wessinger and Fri. 11 James Madison* 3 p.m. Brandon Stein. Sat. 12 James Madison* 1 p.m. Sun. 13 James Madison* 1 p.m. Versus Fordham: Hofstra is 24-30 all-time versus Fordham. The Rams have won three consecutive games in the series. Wed.-Sat. 23-26 CAA Championship (Harrisonburg, VA) New K Leader: John Rooney became Hofstra’s all-time *CAA Game Times local to site. strikeout leader during his 10-K performance against Albany. Rooney now has 246 career strikeouts, surpassing the previous record of 196 held by John Bilello (1984-87). No-No: Seamus Brazill fired the first no-hitter in program Road Warriors: Hofstra is 14-10 in road games and 1-0 in history in a 1-0 win over Lamar on February 25. He went neutral site games. The Pride lead the CAA in road wins. seven innings, walked four, hit a batter and struck out five. It was also the first complete game shutout for a Pride pitcher Zach Attack: Zach Altieri notched his first career win in since March 31, 2001 (Gerald Auth at Hartford). Hofstra’s 8-6 victory over Norfolk State on March 4. He followed that with a win over UMBC on March 10. No-No No. 2: John Rooney and Seamus Brazill combined on a no-hitter in an 11-0 win over Mount St. Mary’s on March Home Cooking: Hofstra is 6-5 at home this season. 10. Rooney threw six innings and struck out eight, while Brazill went the final three innings for the save. Win Streak: The Pride’s nine-game winning streak, which ended in game two of their doubleheader against Albany, was Starring Staff: Hofstra pitching ranks 25th in the nation in their longest since a nine-game win streak in 2013. ERA at 3.38, sixth in hits allowed per nine innings (7.19), seventh in shutouts (6) and 23rd in WHIP (1.25) as of May 1. Shutouts: Hofstra has a school record six shutouts through 36 Hofstra starting pitching has compiled a 2.37 ERA and a 14-9 games after not recording one in 51 games in 2017. The record, while the bullpen has a 7-6 record, nine saves and a Pride’s 9-0 win over Delaware on April 6 set the new record, 5.24 ERA. eclipsing the four pitched by the 2012 Pride. Rooney: John Rooney ranks first in the CAA and third in the 100 For Teddy: Teddy Cillis recorded the 100th hit of his nation with a 0.85 ERA. He leads the nation in hits allowed Pride career with a double to left field against Manhattan on per nine innings at 4.26, is fourth in WHIP (0.72) and 39th in April 4. He now has 111 hits at Hofstra and 21 more at strikeouts (83). Rooney has not allowed an earned run in his UNCW for 132 in total. last 44 innings and has allowed just one run total in that span. Approaching Milestones: Chris Weiss is one win shy of 10 Weiss: Chris Weiss ranks third in the nation in strikeouts per in his career...Hofstra’s next victory will mark the 150th of nine innings at 14.24. Coach John Russo’s career. Vito Power: Vito Friscia has a team-high five home runs and Big Win: Hofstra’s 11-run margin of victory at Towson (11-0) has 15 in his career. He also leads the team with a .326 was the Pride’s largest in a CAA game since a 16-1 win over average and is second with 27 RBIs. Delaware on April 27, 2012. Mikey Likes It: Mikey Riesner has returned from a season- Big Inning: Hofstra’s seven-run fifth inning at Towson on ending injury in 2017 and is batting .293 with a team-high 11 March 30 was its highest scoring inning of the season. doubles, one triple, 15 RBIs and five stolen bases. Band of Brothers: Matt and Rob Weissheier have contributed K-Corner: John Rooney fanned a career-best 13 batters over greatly to the Pride’s success in 2018. Matt has a 4-4 record on eight shutout innings at Norfolk State on March 3 and has 78 the mound with a 2.95 ERA and has taken a trio of hard-luck strikeouts in 65 innings this season...Chris Weiss struck out losses. Rob has a .244 average with eight doubles, four home eight batters in a three-inning relief stint against Norfolk State runs and a team-high 29 RBIs. He hit a game winning home on March 4 and has 52 in 33 2/3 innings this season. run versus Charleston on April 22 and ranks second on the team in doubles and home runs. Cillis Breaks Through: After dropping 15 consecutive decisions, Teddy Cillis has picked up wins in each of his last Isn’t It Grand: Rob Weissheier’s grand slam at William & two appearances. Prior to his win in Hofstra’s 5-4 victory over Mary was the Pride’s first since Teddy Cillis hit one at LIU Charleston on April 22, Cillis’ last win had come on May 7, Brooklyn on April 20, 2016. 2016. CAA Standings: Tough Luck: Teddy Cillis threw a complete game-three hitter Northeastern 12-3 .800 26-13 .667 against Towson on April 1 and came up on the short end of a Charleston 12-6 .667 30-15 .667 1-0 loss. He then allowed just two runs on six hits over seven Elon 9-6 .600 27-17 .614 innings, but took a no-decision against Delaware on April 8. Hofstra 10-8 .556 21-15 .583 Cillis then took the loss at Elon after allowing four runs (two UNCW 8-7 .533 26-17 .605 earned) and four hits in six innings in a 5-3 defeat.