Live Stats

The Fairleigh Dickinson baseball team will play its final home series of the season this weekend when they host Mount St. Mary's in a four-game NEC series.  The series will begin on Friday with the first contest moving up from 3:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Naimoli Family Baseball Complex in Teaneck, NJ.  Saturday will feature a pair of seven-inning games, while the finale is set for 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, which will feature a Senior Day ceremony before the game honoring seniors Mike Eliasen (Swedesboro, NJ/Gloucester Catholic), Matt Holsman (Coral Springs, FL/Stoneman Douglas), Ryan Kresky (Freehold, NJ/Freehold) and JT Sherba (Binghamton, NY/Binghamton). 

Last Time Out: The Knights (21-21-1, 15-9 NEC) traveled to first-place Bryant last weekend and earned a series split with the Bulldogs, winning the middle games of the series, despite hitting a measly .185 (20-for-108) and scoring 10 runs over the four contests.  Holsman hit .308 (4-for-13) with a run scored to lead FDU.  Freshman Pat McClure (Fayetteville, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius ) collected a team-high three RBIs, while fellow classmate Shane Siebler (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area) scored a team-best three runs.

Freshman RHP Joe Borelli (Wallingford, Conn./Mark T. Sheehan ) and Eliasen each picked up wins on the mound for FDU in the series.  Borelli mixed up his pitches well in the DH opener as he allowed one earned run on six hits in 6.0 innings of work to improve to 3-1 on the season.  Eliasen did not allow a hit until the fourth and was looking for a complete-game shutout heading into the seventh inning but ran out of gas as the Bulldogs tagged him for three earned runs on three hits in their final at bat.  Freshman Eric Snyder (Slatington, Pa./Northern Lehigh) had a productive day as he picked up both saves in the doubleheader, while establishing a new record in the process. The tall right-hander tied Spencer Kelly (Rockville, MD/The Bullis School) (Class of 2011) for most saves in a single-season with nine in the game one win and broke Kelly's record with his 10th save in the nightcap to become the all-time single-season saves leader at FDU.

Notes:
• FDU's 21 wins are the most since 1999 when they won 22 games.
• FDU's 15 NEC wins are the most since the 1994 season when they went 15-6 in conference play.
• With the series split against Bryant, FDU saw its NEC series win streak snapped at four but still has not lost a conference series since losing three of four at Monmouth to start the year. The Knights have won 15 of their last 21 NEC contests.
• FDU is currently in third place in the NEC but holds the second playoff spot, three games behind projected no. 1 seed Monmouth.

Scouting Mount St. Mary's: The Mount (12-34, 5-19 NEC), who was picked to finish eighth in the nine-team NEC, is currently in last place.  They have lost their last seven contests and 11 of 12 after taking the final two games of the LIU Brooklyn series.  The Mount has not played a game since Wednesday, April 25 when they lost at UMBC, 15-10.  The Mountaineers have played their last 12 contests on the road and will conclude their 16-game road trip with four this weekend.
 
Junior catcher Mark Quaranta is second in the NEC in both hits (58) and batting average (.354) this season.  He leads the Mount with 29 runs scored, while adding four home runs and 30 RBIs in 164 at bats.   Senior first baseman Josh Winter is hitting .310 (54-for-174) with a team-best six home runs and 40 RBIs

As a team, the Mount is hitting .270 (397-for-1472) and has scored 218 runs (4.7 runs per game).  The Mountaineers have struck out 299 times, drawn 120 walks and committed an alarming 67 errors (.958 fielding percentage) on defense.  Opponents are hitting a healthy .317 (477-for-1505) off Mount St. Mary's pitching and have scored 312 runs (6.8 runs per game), drawn 220 walks and struck out 245 times as the pitching staff has recorded a solid team ERA of 6.20.
 
All-Time Series: The Mount holds a 40-27 lead in the all-time series over the Knights, which dates back to the 1989 season. FDU is 14-15 at home against Mount St. Mary's all-time, including winning three of four two seasons ago. 

Next Up: The Knights will conclude their regular season next weekend when they make the short trip to Brooklyn, NY to take on the Blackbirds of LIU Brooklyn in the final NEC series of the year.  First pitch for game one is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.