HOME-AND-HOME SERIES: Rensselaer hosts Bard College in the first two games of a home-and-home Liberty League series on Saturday (1pm) ... The Engineers then play a twin bill at the Raptors' home ballpark on Sunday (1pm).
ENGINEERS TAKE THREE OF FOUR: RPI won three out of four Liberty League games last weekend against Vassar ... The Engineers won 8-2 and 18-0 in a home doubleheader on Friday, as senior
Jared Jensen (1-2) and junior
Greg Echeverria (3-1) picked up wins on the hill ... Jensen also had solid day at the plate, going a combined 4 for 7, with a double, two home runs, four runs scored and six runs batted in ... The Brewers were able to earn a split in Sunday's twin bill, which was played at Columbia University in New York City ... Vassar won game one, 4-3, before RPI rebounded for an 8-1 victory ... Senior
Sean Conroy (2-1) went the distance in the nightcap, allowing just one run on seven hits in 7.0 innings ... He struck out seven and walked two.
FOLLOW THE ACTION: Live statistics all Rensselaer home games can be followed at www.sidearmstats.com/rpi/baseball.
ON THE AIR: Select home games can be heard live on 91.5 FM, WRPI or online at www.wrpi.org/listen.
RENSSELAER BATTING LEADERS: Senior
Tim LeSuer is hitting a team-high .415 (27 for 65), with five doubles, a triple, 23 runs and 13 runs batted in ... He has a .523 slugging percentage and a .531 on-base percentage and is one of the eight players in the nation that has yet to strike out ... Junior
Nick Annunziata is second at .404 (22 for 57), with two doubles, a triple, 12 runs and 12 RBI, while sophomore
Sam Lawrence rounds out the top three batters at .400 (10 for 25), with a triple, a home run, four runs scored and six RBI.
PITCHING LEADERS: Senior
Sean Conroy is 2-1 with a 1.74 earned run average in six starts ... He has 27 strikeouts in 31.0 innings, including two complete game ... Junior
Greg Echeverria is 3-1 with a 2.12 ERA in five appearances (4 starts) ... He has 33 Ks and just four walks in 34.0 innings ... Senior
Jared Jensen is 1-2 in four apperances (3 starts), compiling a 4.15 ERA in 17.1 innings.
PACING THE RAPTORS: Freshman Lee Perry is batting a team-high .378 (14 for 37), with a double, six runs scored and seven runs batted in ... Classmate David Schlosser is second at .377 (23 for 61), with three doubles, 12 runs and four RBI ... Sophomore Adam Carafotes rounds out the top three hitters at .357 (25 for 70), with eight doubles, two triples, a home run, 16 runs and 17 RBI ... From the hill, junior Alec Montecalvo is 1-3 with a 2.59 earned run average in four starts ... With one complete game, he has struck out a team-high 13 in 24.1 innings.
2013 VS. BARD: RPI swept a four-game series with the Raptors last season, winning by scores of 12-1, 14-2, 4-2 and 8-3.
WEEKLY HONORS: The Liberty League has announced its weekly award winners from baseball and
Greg Echeverria and
Jared Jensen were named to the Honor Roll ... Echeverria threw a 9.0-inning complete game shutout in his only start last week, surrendering five hits ... He struck out eight without a walk in beating Vassar 18-0 on Friday ... Jensen hit .429 (6 for 14), with team-highs in doubles (2), home runs (2), runs scored (8) and runs batted in (7) ... He compiled a 1.000 slugging percentage and a .500 on-base percentage, while also going 1-0 with a 2.57 earned run average in one start on the mound ... He allowed two runs on six hits in tossing a 7.0-inning complete game against Vassar on Friday. Striking out eight, he walked just one.
