Games 1-3
Saint Peter's (0-0) vs. George Washington (0-3)
Date: Friday, February 22
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: Tucker Field at Barcroft Park, Arlington, VA
Probable Starter: RHP
Dawy Lebron
Live Stats
Saint Peter's (0-0) vs. George Washington (0-3)
Date: Friday, February 22
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Location: Tucker Field at Barcroft Park, Arlington, VA
Probable Starter: RHP
Blake Gonzalez
Live Stats
Saint Peter's (0-0) vs. George Washington (0-3)
Date: Sunday, February 24
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Tucker Field at Barcroft Park, Arlington, VA
Probable Starter: LHP
Edwin Feliciano
Live Stats
ESPN+
First Pitch
- The Saint Peter's baseball team opens up the 2019 campaign on the road at A-10 member George Washington.
- The Peacocks and Colonials will play in a three-game series from Friday, February 22 to Sunday, February 24 at Tucker Field at Barcroft Park in Arlington, VA.
Seeking First All-Time Victory
- Saint Peter's and George Washington will be meeting for the 8th time in the all-time series history dating back to 1997.
- The Peacocks have never defeated the Colonials, trailing the series 0-7.
- The teams last met in 2014 at George Washington, with the Peacocks falling 11-4.
- In that season's lone game, the Peacocks held a 4-2 lead before a GW rally led to nine unanswered runs and the win.
Scout on the Colonials
- The George Washington Colonials are 0-3 on the season.
- The Colonials opened the year at Tulane last weekend, falling in all three games of the road series.
- GW dropped the games by the scores of 3-2, 7-6 (13 innings), and 16-6.
On Deck
- Saint Peter's will travel south to Kissimmee, FL for the Russmatt Central Florida Invitational from March 1 through 6.
- In the invitational, the Peacocks will battle with Butler, Pittsburgh, Hofstra, and Central Michigan over the course of six days.
Welcome Back
- The Peacocks return 14 members from last season's squad that closed out the final two season series with two wins.
- Returning to the flock this season are Joe Albunia, Jean Candelaria, Aditya Chandel, Steve Epstein, Peter Ferony, Blake Gonzalez, Chris Marquart, Hunter Mason, Jesse Matos, Chris Pimentel, Jared Quintero, Anthony Ramos, Alex Slawinski, and Brian Turton.
New to the Crew
- Saint Peter's welcomes 15 new players to this year's squad.
- The additions include nine transfers and six freshmen.
- Joining the Peacocks are transfers Stephen Carbonara, Andrew Connor, Edwin Feliciano, John Gavura, Nicholas Gennarelli, Trent Koerner, Dawy Lebron, Ledwin Nunez, and Nicholas Sciubba, while the incoming freshman class features Julian Diaz, Luis Garcia, Bryan Guzman, David Mullen, Jared Paladino, and Ryan Wappaus.
MAAC Preseason Polls
- Canisius and Monmouth were named the preseason favorites in the coaches' poll, followed by Marist, Quinnipiac, Manhattan, Fairfield, Siena, Niagara, Rider, Iona, and the Peacocks.
About the Coach
- Danny Ramirez enters his third season as the baseball head coach at Saint Peter's in 2018-19.
- In year number two, Ramirez led the Peacocks to a win over MAAC playoff qualifier Siena and a 7-1 blowout win over Iona for the program's largest margin of victory in over three years and largest MAAC margin of victory in four years.
- His ace, Willie Krajnik, became the first player under Ramirez to earn all-league honors, being selected to the All-MAAC Second team.
- Over his two seasons as the skipper, Ramirez has guided 15 student-athletes to MAAC All-Academic honors.
