Saturday, March 9
Kissimmee, Fla.
10 a.m.
Bucknell University
vs
Toledo
Photo by: Marc Hagemeier
Baseball Set For Five Games in Florida Over Spring Break
3/7/2019 1:08:00 PM | Baseball
LEWISBURG, Pa.—The Bucknell University baseball team will head to Florida for five games over spring break spanning from Saturday until Tuesday, Feb. 12.
The Bison will play Toledo for three games with a doubleheader on Saturday and a single game on Sunday in Kissimmee, Fla., before traveling even further south to Port Charlotte, Fla. for a single game each against Saint Joseph's and Seton Hall on Tuesday.
SETTING THE SCENE
What: Bucknell (3-6) vs. Toledo (5-5), Saint Joseph's (2-6), and Seton Hall (1-6)
When: Saturday-Tuesday March 9-12
Schedule:
Saturday, March 9 Bucknell vs. Toledo, 10 a.m. (Osceola Heritage Park, Kissimmee, Fla.)
Saturday, March 9 Bucknell vs. Toledo, 12:30 p.m. (Osceola Heritage Park, Kissimmee, Fla.)
Sunday, March 10, Bucknell vs. Toledo, 10:30 a.m. (Osceola Heritage Park, Kissimmee, Fla.)
Tuesday, March 12, Bucknell vs. Saint Joseph's, 10 a.m. (Regional Park, Port Charlotte, Fla.)
Tuesday, March 12, Bucknell vs. Seton Hall, 1:30 p.m. (Regional Park No. 9, Port Charlotte, Fla.)
Live Stats (Toledo)
About the Bison
About Saint Joseph's/Series History
Up Next
The Bison will play Toledo for three games with a doubleheader on Saturday and a single game on Sunday in Kissimmee, Fla., before traveling even further south to Port Charlotte, Fla. for a single game each against Saint Joseph's and Seton Hall on Tuesday.
SETTING THE SCENE
What: Bucknell (3-6) vs. Toledo (5-5), Saint Joseph's (2-6), and Seton Hall (1-6)
When: Saturday-Tuesday March 9-12
Schedule:
Saturday, March 9 Bucknell vs. Toledo, 10 a.m. (Osceola Heritage Park, Kissimmee, Fla.)
Saturday, March 9 Bucknell vs. Toledo, 12:30 p.m. (Osceola Heritage Park, Kissimmee, Fla.)
Sunday, March 10, Bucknell vs. Toledo, 10:30 a.m. (Osceola Heritage Park, Kissimmee, Fla.)
Tuesday, March 12, Bucknell vs. Saint Joseph's, 10 a.m. (Regional Park, Port Charlotte, Fla.)
Tuesday, March 12, Bucknell vs. Seton Hall, 1:30 p.m. (Regional Park No. 9, Port Charlotte, Fla.)
Live Stats (Toledo)
About the Bison
- After having its midweek contest against Saint Joseph's postponed due to snowy conditions in Lewisburg, Bucknell will head to sunny Florida for three games in Kissimmee before traveling even further south to Port Charlotte, Fla.
- Bucknell went 1-4 last season in Florida for spring break after splitting with Villanova before dropping three consecutive one-run contests to UMass.
- In Bucknell's 11-1 win over Villanova last season in Kissimmee, Jeff Gottesman struck out five while allowing just one earned to pick up the win.
- Miles Moore broke the game open in the first inning with a three-run home run.
- JohnPaul Bell, the reigning Bison Athlete and Patriot League Player of the Week, had a big game in the first matchup against UMass.
- Bell collected the game-tying RBI double in the ninth against the Minutemen that capped off a five-run inning to tie the game. However, the Minutemen would walk it off in the bottom of the frame to take the win.
- Tyler Wincig got the ball rolling as part of the five-run rally after he hit a leadoff homer.
- Bell leads the league in average at .419, and collected seven RBIs in a 3-0 weekend sweep for the Bison against Niagara. He also leads the league in hits and is second in RBIs
- Caleb Broughton ranks fourth in the Patriot League with a .364 average.
- The 14 and 13 runs scored in two games against Niagara were the third and fourth highest scoring output by a team in the Patriot League this season.
- Bucknell boasts three of the top six in runs scored, with Dominic Toso (10), Wincig (8), and Bell (8) all making the list.
- Freshman Chris Cannizzaro is tied for second in the Patriot League with four doubles.
- Bucknell and Toledo have played twice, splitting the two meetings.
- The Rockets are 5-5 this season, and will travel to Florida after a pair of games at UNC Wilmington on Wednesday and Thursday.
- The Bison last met Toledo in the 2009 season, a 14-8 win.
- Bucknell's Bob Donato hit for the cycle in that game to become just the third Bucknell player to accomplish the feat as the Bison rapped out 14 hits in total.
About Saint Joseph's/Series History
- Saint Joseph's is 2-6 to start the season with wins over UNC Wilmington and Army.
- Bucknell is 4-5 all-time against the Hawks, with the two teams last meeting in the 2016 season in Philadelphia.
- Evan Klugerman finished with a hit in that game while PJ Strahm pitched an inning of relief as Bucknell utilized eight different pitchers.
- Seton Hall is 1-6 to start the season.
- This will be Bucknell's first meeting against the Pirates since the 1929 season.
- Bucknell is 5-6 all-time against Seton Hall.
Up Next
- The Bison will commence Patriot League play with a four-game series at Navy from March 16-17.
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