Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Baseball Hosts Saint Joseph's Wednesday
4/2/2013 8:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 2, 2013
LEWISBURG, Pa. - After opening Patriot League play at Holy Cross this past weekend, the Bucknell baseball team will return home for a non-league game Wednesday against Saint Joseph's. The contest was originally scheduled for March 19, but winter weather forced the postponement. First pitch will be 3:30 p.m. at Depew Field.
Bucknell is 6-20 on the year and 1-3 in Patriot League play. Wednesday's contest will mark the fourth home game of the season for the Bison, who are 1-2 at Depew Field. It is Bucknell's only home outing in a 14-game stretch. The Bison will not return to Depew Field until April 16 vs. Towson.
Bucknell is hitting .227 as a team and owns a 5.06 team ERA.
Saint Joseph's is currently 12-14 overall and 4-2 in Atlantic 10 Conference play. The Hawks will host Patriot League foe Lehigh on Tuesday afternoon. Saint Joseph's is 10-4 in its last 14 games.
The Hawks are hitting .255 and have a 3.92 ERA this season.
Bucknell and Saint Joseph's are facing each other for the second straight season after not playing for nearly 50 years. The two teams split a four-game series last March, marking the first time they met since playing single games in 1963, 1964 and 1965. The Bison have a 4-3 edge in the all-time series.
Bucknell will return to Patriot League play this weekend when it takes on Navy in a four-game series in Annapolis, Md. The Mids are tied for first place in the Patriot League after taking three of four games vs. Army.
Bucknell Notes:
• Corey Furman had two hits in all four games at Holy Cross last weekend. He has hits in five straight games and is 21-for-45 (.467) over his last 12 outings. Furman is second on the team with a .316 batting average. His 16 runs scored and 11 RBIs pace the squad.
• Rob Krentzman hit Bucknell's first home run since March 13 in the first game of the Holy Cross series. It was the first career home run for Krentzman who is in the midst of a five-game hitting streak.
• Sophomore Anthony Gingerelli is leading the Bison with a .349 batting average this season. He is tied for third on the team with four multi-hit games this season.
• Travis Clark is hitting 12-for-27 (.444) when leading off an inning this season. The senior has a team-high six doubles this year. His 28 career doubles place him 15th in program history.
• Veteran starting pitchers Bryson Hough, Dan Weigel and Dan Goldstein have combined to pitch 126.2 of Bucknell's 213.1 innings this year. That trio has an ERA of 4.62.
• Newcomers Austin Zimmerman (8.0 IP) and Jonathan Lucas (4.0 IP) lead the Bison in ERA this year. Both have a 2.25 ERA out of the bullpen.
• Six different Bison have started at least one game on the mound for the Bison: Dan Goldstein (7), Bryson Hough (7), Dan Weigel (6), Andrew Andreychik (3), Xavier Hammond (2), Jack McLinden (1).
