BUFFALO – The D'Youville University baseball team will host Gannon University for a doubleheader at Bobo Field on Tuesday starting at 1:00 p.m.
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Gannon vs. D'Youville
Tuesday, April 9
th – 1:00 p.m. (DH)
Niagara Falls, N.Y.
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Last Time Out
The Saints won three out of four games against ECC rival Queens College this past weekend. They shutout the Knights for the first 22 innings of the series. In game one,
Chris Auclair (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) threw six scoreless innings while only allowing three hits and striking out six.
Jeremy Glinski (Sloan, N.Y.) and
Hunter Nowak (Hamburg, N.Y.) each picked up two hits and two RBI in the 7-0 win. In their 2-0 win in game two,
Mihir Manerikar (Mississauga, Ontario) pitched five no-hit innings while striking out five batters and the Saints bullpen took the no-hitter into the eighth inning before finally surrendering a hit. In game four, DYU scored six runs in the bottom of the eighth to come back from a 6-3 deficit and win 9-6.
Jake Hollins (Orchard Park, N.Y.) and Glinski each had two hits and drove in two runs.
Alec Boucher (Essex, Ontario) went 7-for-11 over four games with a double, triple, and two RBI. Sam Worthen
(Guelph, Ontario) threw five scoreless innings and notched three saves in three relief appearances.
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Saints Stats
- DYU enters the game with a 14-15 (5-3 ECC) record
- The Saints swept a doubleheader against Gannon in Cary, NC earlier this season
- The Saints' offense is third in the ECC in doubles (46) and fourth in batting average (.272), hits (244), and slugging percentage (.400)
- The Saints' pitching staff is third in the ECC in ERA (5.29) and fourth in strikeouts (194)
- Jeremy Glinski is second in the ECC in slugging percentage (.688), on-base percentage (.500), and doubles (10); fourth in home runs (6) and batting average (.366); fifth in hits (34); and eighth in RBI (24)
- Jon Simpson leads the ECC in RBI (33), is second in home runs (9), and fifth in slugging percentage (.596)
- Billy Morris is third in the ECC in doubles (8)
- Chris Auclair is fourth in the ECC in ERA (3.00) and sixth in strikeouts (36)
- Morris is fourth in the ECC in strikeouts (33) and seventh in ERA (4.25)
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About Gannon
- The Golden Knights enter the game with a 5-20 record and are coming off two wins against California (Pa.) this past weekend
- Carson Wible leads the team in batting average (.325), RBI (18), and OPS (.868)
- Alex Bemis leads the team in doubles (11) and walks (16)
- Kieran Versaw-Barnes leads the pitching staff in ERA (2.90) and strikeouts (35)