Manhattan Returns To Action At Marist

Live Stats: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3

Poughkeepsie, NY - After playing its first two MAAC weekeneds at home, Manhattan (9-20; 2-4 MAAC) hits the road for three games at Marist (14-14; 6-3 MAAC).

The Schedule
Saturday, April 16 - 12:00 pm doubleheader (9/7)
Sunday, April 17 - 12:00 pm single game (9)

Duffy Wins 100th
Head coach Jim Duffy became the fourth baseball coach in school history to record 100 wins in the Jaspers' season-ending 4-3 walk-off victory against Canisius.

Walk-Off Fun
Both of Manhattan's MAAC wins have come via walk-off hits.

Pitching Steps Up Against Canisius
Last weekend against Canisius, the starting trio of sophomore LHP Tom Cosgrove, junior LHP Joe Jacques and junior Joey Rocchietti posted a 1.93 ERA with 23 strikeouts over 23.1 innings while yielding just five earned runs on 18 hits and four walks. Cosgrove and Jacques each struck out a career-high 10 while Rocchietti registered his first career 9.0-inning complete game.

Santisteban Keeps Smashing
MAAC Preseason Player of the Year senior Christian Santisteban's game-winning RBI single in Manhattan's 4-3 win over Canisius capped a season-high four-hit performance. The Sunshine State native batted a team-best .455 and continues to lead the squad in hitting (.364), runs (21), hits (40), walks (16) and OBP (.450) while adding a team-best 12 multi-hit games and 10 doubles, one home run and 15 RBI.

Impressive
Santisteban has reached base safely in 15-straight games and 28-of-29 this season. 

Pena Comes Up Clutch
3x MAAC Rookie of the Week freshman Fabian Pena delivered arguably his biggest hit of the year in the Jaspers' 4-3 come-from-behind win over Canisius. His three-run homer tied the game up in the sixth while putting Manhattan in position for its aforementioned win.

Pena At The Plate
Pena is batting .318 (34-of-107) while pacing the squad with a MAAC-best 11 doubles, three home runs, 22 RBI and a .505 slugging percentage. 

Pena Behind The Plate
Pena has gunned out 62.5 percent (20-of-32) of runners trying to steal this year.

Carrera's At-Bat Set The Tone
With two outs in the bottom of the ninth in the Jaspers' 4-3 win over Cansius, junior Jose Carrera worked a 12-pitch walk while fouling off five-straight and six-of-seven in the process. He then stole second before eventually scoring the winning run on Santisteban's aforementioned RBI single.

Carrera Heating Up
Carrera is hitting .390 (16-for-41) with 10 runs, four doubles, two triples and seven walks over the last 11 games while reaching base safely each time out.  

100-Hit Club
With three more hits, Carrera will be the 46th member of the Manhattan 100-hit club.

Barrella Streaking
Over his last 14 games, freshman Richie Barrella is hitting .375 (18-for-48) with five runs, two doubles, seven RBI and five walks while reaching safely in all but two games. He is hitting .308, including .474 during MAAC play, on the year.

Stat Of The Week
In 27 games, sophomore Michael Pfenninger leads the MAAC with four triples but has yet to record a double. He is aksi a perfect 6-for-6 on the bases with nine RBI and seven runs.

Patnick Picking It Up
Junior Jason Patnick is hitting .294 (5-of-17) with three RBI over his last five games after batting just .121 (4-for-33) with one RBI in his first 11 games.

Last Year Against Marist
The Red Foxes took two of three while outscoring the Jaspers by a 21-6 count.

Duffy Against Marist
Duffy is 4-8, all-time, against the Red Foxes and just 1-5 when playing in Poughkeepsie.

Scarinci, Kanwisher Take Down Army West Point
Senior RHP Michael Scarinci earned his first victory of the year with 5.1 innings of two-run ball at Army West Point while junior RHP Shawn Kanwisher picked up his second save of the year with a scoreless ninth. Kanwisher capped the victory with a game-ending strikeout while stranding the tying run at third base.

Leading The Pen
On the year, Kanwisher is 3-3 with two saves, 27 strikeouts, against just six walks, and a 2.82 ERA while limiting opposing hitters to a .241 average.

Up Next
Manhattan hosts NYIT on Tuesday, April 19 at MCU Park in Brooklyn with first pitch slated for 6:30 pm.