Mount St. Mary's (6-20, 4-4 NEC) at BRYANT (10-16, 2-2 NEC)
April 17-19, 2015
Conaty Park, Smithfield, R.I.
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MOUNT UPDATE: The Mountaineers split its four-game Northeast Conference series at LIU Brooklyn over the weekend. After dropping the opening two games of the series, the Mount rebounded with a 2-1 win in the second game of Saturday's twinbill, and a 12-2 victory on Sunday. Andrew Clow had a tremendous series for the Mount, going 8-for-15 (.533) with five doubles and five runs scored. Kory Britton went 6-for-13 (.462) with five RBI in the series, including a 4-for-5 day with two doubles and four RBI on Sunday.
ABOUT THE BULLDOGS: Bryant dropped a midweek home game to Connecticut, 18-5, yesterday to fall to 10-16 overall. The Bulldogs are 2-2 in NEC play, splitting a four-game series with Central Connecticut last weekend. Matt Albanese is hitting .348 with five home runs and 20 RBIs while Cole Fabio is hitting .348 with 14 RBIs. On the mound, Kyle Wilcox is the top starter with a 3-1 record and a 2.41 ERA in eight starts. Trevor Lacosse (1-2, 3.18 ERA), James Karinchak (3-4, 3.49 ERA) and Jack Patterson (0-2, 21.00 ERA) are also expected to start against the Mount.
THE ALL-TIME SERIES: Mount St. Mary's is 2-18 all-time against Bryant with the Bulldogs having won the past 18 games in the series. The two teams split a four-game NEC series in 2010 with the Mount winning the first two contests. Bryant has earned four-game sweeps against the Mount in each of the past four years.
CLOW'S DEFENSE: Mount St. Mary's catcher Andrew Clow has thrown out 16-of-34 (.471) base stealers this season. Clow has been even better of late, throwing out nine of the past 11 (.818) basestealers, and 11-of-16 (.688) dating back to March 21.
LAWSON'S K-RATE: Junior left-hander Jordan Lawson has provided the Mount pitching staff a big boost out of the bullpen. Lawson is 2-2 with a 3.76 ERA and a pair of saves in 12 appearances this year. He has struck out 33 batters in 26.1 innings and is currently 25th in the nation with 11.28 strikeouts per nine innings.
DIEHL NAMED CO-PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Mount St. Mary's junior left-hander was been named the Northeast Conference baseball Co-Pitcher of the Week on Monday. Diehl tossed seven scoreless innings in the Mount's 12-2 win over LIU Brooklyn on Sunday. Diehl allowed just three hits and two walks while striking out four in his seven scoreless innings of work. He improves to 2-3 on the season with a 2.83 ERA in 28.2 innings of work. Diehl is the second Mount pitcher to earn NEC weekly honors, joining Jordan Lawson (Camp Hill, Pa.), who won the award last week. This is the first time the Mount has had two different NEC Pitchers of the Week in the same season since Kent Worthington and Mike Matta in 2010.
CAREER CHARTS: Senior shortstop Kory Britton is hitting .363 this season while starting all 26 games. Britton is fourth all-time at the Mount with a career .342 average (80-for-234)…Fellow senior Andrew Clow leads the Mount with a .392 average, and he is currently 11th all-time at the Mount with a career .326 average (155-for-475)…Clow's 155 career hits are 11th all-time at the Mount, and he needs five to move past Dennis Jenks (1995-98, 159) into 10th place…Jay Knight has seven steals this year and now has a school-record 47 in his career…On the mound, Chris Campbell is third all-time with a 3.97 career ERA (88.1 IP) and fourth all-time in opponent batting average (.271).
THIS AND THAT: Andrew Clow is hitting .536 (15-for-28) with seven doubles and eight runs scored in NEC games this year…Kory Britton is hitting .357 (10-for-28) with five doubles and nine RBI in league play… Since allowing two runs in his first appearance this year, Chris Campbell has a 1.29 ERA over his past 21 innings of work…Clow has 14 multiple-hit games this season…
UP NEXT: The Mountaineers hosts Sacred Heart for a four-game Northeast Conference series April 24-26 at E.T. Straw Family Stadium on campus.
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