Game 23
Saint Peter's (1-21, 1-5) vs. Rider (9-18, 1-5)
Date: Saturday, April 6
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Jaroschak Field, Jersey City, NJ
Live Stats
Game 24
Saint Peter's (1-21, 1-5) vs. Rider (9-18, 1-5)
Date: Saturday, April 6
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Jaroschak Field, Jersey City, NJ
Live Stats
Game 25
Saint Peter's (1-21, 1-5) vs. Rider (9-18, 1-5)
Date: Sunday, April 7
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Jaroschak Field, Jersey City, NJ
Live Stats
First Pitch
- The Peacocks resume MAAC play this weekend with a home series against hOURglass Rival, Rider.
- The New Jersey rivals will meet in a double-header on Saturday starting at noon and will conclude the series on Sunday at 1 p.m.
- Saint Peter's brings a 1-5 conference record into the weekend after scoring the team's first win of the season, a 3-0 shutout over Monmouth, on Monday.
- On Tuesday, the Peacocks fell to St. John's 7-5 in non-conference action after a near comeback in the ninth inning.
- On the season, Peter Ferony leads the team in total hits and RBI, while Nicholas Sciubba is the team leader in runs scored.
- John Gavura has the team's highest batting average.
- Sciubba, Trent Koerner, Jared Quintero and Jared Paladino have each hit one homer on the season.
hOURglass Rivalry vs. Rider
- Saint Peter's and Rider have played 61 times since Rider joined the MAAC in 1998.
- The Peacocks trail the Broncs 9-52 all-time.
- The series between the two New Jersey schools has produced sweeps in 3 out of the last 4 series, with Rider earning two and Saint Peter's earning one.
- The Peacocks have dropped six straight to the Broncs.
- Saint Peter's last victory over Rider came in the season finale of the 2016 season when the Peacocks earned an 8-7 win.
- The Peacocks last won a series over Rider in 2014, sweeping the Broncs in Jersey City.
Scouting the Broncs
- The Rider Broncs enter the weekend series 9-18 overall and 1-5 in the MAAC.
- After defeating Niagara in the first MAAC game, the Broncs have since dropped four straight conference games.
- On the road, Rider is 3-11.
- Last time out, Rider knocked off NJIT 16-10 on Wednesday afternoon.
On Deck
- The Peacocks host NJIT on Tuesday at 3 p.m.
- MAAC play continues for the Peacocks next weekend with a home MAAC series against Fairfield.
Peacocks Blank Monmouth
- The Peacocks shutout rival Monmouth 3-0 on April 1.
- The 3-0 shutout was the program's first shutout win since March 12, 2016 when the Peacocks knocked off Fordham 2-0.
- The home win for Saint Peter's was the first for the program since defeating Monmouth 8-7 on April 10, 2016.
- The Peacocks' defense completed five double plays, the most this season for the team, with the next highest total being two.
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.
