University of Delaware Athletics
Blue Hens Host Longtime Foe La Salle for Weekday Encounter Tuesday
3/22/2016 10:08:00 AM | Baseball
Delaware (15-5) vs. La Salle (6-13)
DATE: Tuesday, March 21
TIME: 3 p.m.
LOCATION: Bob Hannah Stadium, Newark, Del.
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STORY LINE
Delaware continues its lengthy homestand this afternoon as the Blue Hens welcome longtime non-league foe La Salle University to Bob Hannah Stadium. The Blue Hens (15-5), who are playing their 13th home game in the last 18 days, are coming off a three-game weekend sweep over Fairfield as they outscored the Stags 37-15, including a doubleheader sweep by scores of 4-3 and 11-6 on Saturday. The Hens have won 10 of their last 11 games overall and are 11-2 at home this season. La Salle (6-13), a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, has won four of its last five games, rallying from a tough 1-11 start. The Explorers earned a doubleheader split with St. Peter's Saturday, winning the nightcap 1-0 on a two-hitter by Jordan Meyer.
LAST TIME OUT
The University of Delaware posted two more comeback wins Saturday afternoon as the Blue Hens used some timely hitting and pitching to finish off a weekend sweep over Fairfield by taking both ends of a baseball doubleheader under rainy and raw conditions at Bob Hannah Stadium. Delaware (15-5), winners in 10 of its last 11 games, won the first game 4-3 as the Hens scored three runs in the third and then scored the game-winner in the sixth on a fielder's choice groundout. In the nightcap, the Hens overcame a 6-0 deficit by erupting for six runs in the sixth, two in the seventh, and three more in the eighth to post an 11-6 triumph. Combined with the 22-6 win over Fairfield (4-11) on Friday, the Hens swept a series for the second straight weekend.
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
Delaware: #21 RHP Zach Flowers (So., 0-0, 10.80 ERA, 5 IP, 5 K) vs. LaSalle: To be determined
HEN SCRATCHINGS
• Delaware's 15-5 record is its best 20-game start since the 1998 NCAA Tournament team started out 16-4 on the way to a 43-11 record.
• The Hens' .750 winning percentage is tops among all Colonial Athletic Association teams and ranks 24th in NCAA Division I.
• Hens ranks in the NCAA I Top 50 in batting average (48th/.303), runs scored (42nd/7.4), home runs (39th/0.95), and slugging pct. (38th/.456).
• Delaware CF Kevin Mohollen ranks fourth in the nation with four triples.
• Delaware ranks No. 2 in the CAA in team batting average and runs (7.4) and No. 4 in team pitching (4.83 ERA) but ranks last in fielding (.946).
• RF Kyle Baker ranks No. 9 in the CAA in batting (.377), tops among all freshmen, and ranks No. 14 among all NCAA freshmen.
• Freshman 1B Nick Patten was named this week's CAA Rookie of the Week as he batted .471 (8-17) with four doubles, a homer, eight runs scored, and six RBI in a 4-1 week. Patten has now reached base in 16 straight games and is working on a team-best six-game hitting streak.
• Hens have now had a different rookie when the league Rookie of the Week award four straight weeks.
• Delaware ace RHP Ron Marinaccio is one of only seven pitchers in NCAA I with a 5-0 record to start the season.
• Today will be a reunion for Delaware's Nick Tierno, who played at La Salle in 2014. Tierno hit a three-run homer vs. Delaware in an 18-6 victory and went 3 for 5 with two RBI and a home run in 14-13 loss to Delaware that season.
SERIES INFORMATION
Delaware and La Salle meet for the 53rd time since 1948 today. Delaware leads the series by a 39-13 margin but La Salle has won two straight. The Explorers won by scores of 9-1 (Liberty Bell Classic at Newark, Del.) and 11-5 (Philadelphia) in 2015. UD's last win was 14-13 in Newark in 2014 and the Hens have won 7 of the last 11 meetings.
• La Salle: Mike Lake (La Salle '82) is 173-260-2 in his ninth season at LaSalle.
LA SALLE NOTES
• La Salle went 3-1 last week with wins over Villanova, Canisius, and St. Peter's and had a 1.42 ERA for the week.
• La Salle senior Joey Ravert has been named a candidate for the 2016 Senior CLASS Award. He is one of 30 baseball student-athletes nationwide named to the award list for their notable achievements in community, classroom, character and competition.
• The Explorers have struggled at the plate, batting .205 and averaging just 3.3 runs per game. Only nine teams nationally are hitting lower as a team and only 16 are averaging fewer runs per game.
• La Salle is led offensively by Chase Arnold, who is batting .324 (11-34) with nine RBI and two home runs
