Manhattan's Weekend Series At Monmouth To Be Streamed On ESPN3

The Jaspers have added a non-conference road game against Rutgers on Tuesday, March 31 at 3 p.m. 

That's A Lot

The Hawks will be playing their first game since February 18 as they have had their last five games cancelled due to inclement weather.

Road Tripping

Manhattan is currently in the midst of a season-opening 23-game road trip. The Jaspers, however, will conclude the regular season with 17 home tilts among their final 32 games.

Last Time Out

The Manhattan nine dropped a 4-2 decision to Hofstra in non-conference action. Freshman LHP Tom Cosgrove was electric on the hill, striking out six while yielding just one unearned run over 6.0 innings of one-hit ball.

The teams split four meetings with the Jaspers taking two-of-three in the regular season before Monmouth eliminated Manhattan in the 2014 MAAC Championships by an 8-7 score in 15 innings. Senior Chris Kalousdian hit a team-best .417 (5-for-12) in three games against the Hawks while sophomore LHP Joe Jacques posted a minuscule 0.90 ERA with five strikeouts over 10.0 inning in three games.

Last Weekend

The Jaspers took two-of-three against Fairfield in claiming the weekend victory thanks to a dominant pitching effort that produced a 2.25 ERA with 15 strikeouts, against just two walks, over 24.0 innings.

Offensively Against The Stags ...

Junior Christian Santisteban hit .444 (4-for-9) with two doubles, two runs, two RBI and four walks while posting a team-best .615 OBP.  Senior Vin Teixeira, meanwhile, hit .400 (4-for-10) with three doubles, three RBI and three runs while slugging a team-best .700.

Leading The Way

After batting just .194 with 20 hits and no doubles a year ago, Teixeira paces Manhattan in batting (.279), hits (17) and doubles (6).

Santisteban Heating Up

Over his last four games, Santisteban is hitting .462 (6-for-13) with three RBI, two runs and two doubles while posting a .588 OBP. On the year, he is second on the team in batting (.258) while pacing the squad with 11 RBI, 13 walks and a .382 OBP.

Catch Me If You Can

Senior Joe McClennan and sophomore Jose Carrera each hit .333 (3-for-9) against Fairfield while combining to go a perfect 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts. Thanks to the duo's proficiency on the bases, the Jaspers went 9-for-10 in stolen base attempts on the weekend.

The Best Around

Carrera has a MAAC-best 13 stolen  bases while ranking 16th nationally.

Who's Down With OBP?

Despite hitting just .190, Carrera is sporting the second-best OBP (.350) on the team thanks to drawing a Manhattan-best matching 13 walks while being plunked three times. The 5-2 Carrera also is tied for the team lead with six extra base hits (4 doubles / 2 triples).

Big Mac

McClennan is hitting .353 (6-for-17) over his last six games with six runs, three doubles and a home run while slugging at a .706 clip. Over his first 11 games, he had just one triple and three runs.

Lean On Me

Sophomore RHP Joey Rocchietti earned his first win of the year in the MAAC opener against Fairfield despite yielding four runs on 10 hits over 6.2 innings thanks to receiving nine runs of support. Over his first four starts, the Jaspers had scored just three runs.

Scarinci's Return Yields Big Returns

Senior RHP Michael Scarinci earned his second win of the year with 5.0 shutout innings in leading Manhattan to a 7-0 win over Fairfield and a doubleheader sweep on Saturday. He earned his first victory of the season with 5.0 innings of scoreless relief at FIU. On the season, he is 2-3 with nine strikeouts and a 3.60 ERA over 20.0 innings after missing last year due to injury.

Also Returning ...

Senior Scott McClennan, like Scarinci, missed last year due to injury and has been outstanding in his fifth season in Riverdale. McClennan is 2-3 with a team-high 21 strikeouts and 2.86 ERA over 28.1 innings of work. 

Streak Snapped

In Jaspers' 2-0 series finale loss to Fairfield, McClennan saw his scoreless streak snapped at 18.2 innings due to a two-out infield single that glanced off the hurler's glove.

Over His Last  Three Games ...

McClennan is limiting opposing hitters to a .203 average (8-for-39) average with runners in scoring position.

Start Me Up

The starting trio of Rocchietti, Scarinci and McClennan struck out 11, against just two walks, with a 2.95 ERA over 18.1 innings of work against Fairfield.

The Pen

The bullpen also had an outstanding series against the Stags, combining to record 5.2 scoreless innings of relief with four strikeouts while not walking a batter.  

Simonetti Notches First Jasper Save Of The Season

Sophomore RHP Matt Simonetti hurled 2.1 innings of three-hit relief in notching his first save of the year in Manhattan's MAAC-opening 9-5 win over Fairfield.

Duffy In Openers

Head Coach Jim Duffy is 9-3 in MAAC-opening weekends over his four years with the Jaspers after taking two-of-three last weekend against the Stags.

Magic Number Five

Manhattan is 5-2 when scoring at least five runs in a game.

Carrera Notches Career-High

Carrera recorded a career-high four RBI in the Jaspers' MAAC-opening 9-5 win over Fairfield.

Now That's Just Weird

Kalousdian has scored a team-best 12 runs but does not have a RBI in 18 games.

Twice Is Nice

The McClennan brothers are joined on the roster this season by freshmen twins Adam Genners and Paul Genners.

The Long Ball

Manhattan has five homes runs this year in 19 games after notching just nine in 50 a year ago.

50/50

Senior Mikey Miranda has thrown out 50.0 percent (8-of-16) of would-be base stealers.

A Bronx Tale

The Jaspers opened MAAC play against Fairfield at Fordham's Houlihan Park due to winter weather. 

Scott McClennan, Reynolds Garner MAAC Honors

McClennan earned MAAC Pitcher of the Week honors after picking up his first win since 2013 at George Washington, holding the Colonials to just one unearned run on six hits over eight innings of work. Reynolds, meanwhile, earned MAAC Player of the Week accolades after hitting .625, going 5-for-8 with a home run, two doubles, three runs, two RBI and a walk over two games at GW.  The citations were the first for the baseball program this season while the pitching honor was the second of McClennan's career.

Solid Follow-Up

McClennan followed his outstanding performance with an even better outing the following weekend at George Mason, striking out a career-high nine while limiting the Patriots to a .083 average (1-for-12) with runners in scoring position.

Jaspers Lauded By Eric Sorenson

National college baseball columnist Eric Sorenson recognized Manhattan following the Jaspers' first win of the year at FIU:

Manhattan will open its 17-game home schedule on Thursday, April 2 against Marist at Dutchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls, N.Y., the new home of Jasper baseball. Home of the short-season class-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, Dutchess Stadium is used primarily for Hudson Valley Renegades baseball from late June to early September. The stadium's field was converted to AstroTurf in 2014, allowing the surface to be used year-round, ensuring more protection from poor weather. 

2015 MAAC Championship

Manhattan will host the 2015 MAAC Baseball Championship from May 20-24 at Dutchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls, N.Y.

Cosgrove Tabbed Top Freshman By D-1 Baseball

The Staten Island native was tabbed as the top rookie in the MAAC renowned college baseball columnist Eric Sorenson. As a senior at Farrell, Cosgrove notched a 0.76 ERA with 69 strikeouts over 55 innings of work after going 6-0 with a 1.25 ERA the previous season.

Preseason Poll

The Jaspers were slated to finish sixth in the annual MAAC Preseason Coaches Poll, according to the circuit's 11 head coaches. Canisius, which captured last year's MAAC Regular Season Championship, earned 115 points and was tabbed to claim the 2015 MAAC Championship. Fairfield (107) was selected to finish second, Monmouth (89) third and defending MAAC Champion Siena (83) fourth. Rounding out the projected MAAC Championships field is Quinnipiac (73) in fifth and Manhattan (61) in sixth. Rider (55) was picked seventh, Marist (50) eighth, Niagara (38) ninth, Iona (35) 10th and Saint Peter's (20) 11th.

MAAC Success

Manhattan has qualified for 11 of the last 12 MAAC Tournaments and is 17-17 with three MAAC Championships and two runner-up finishes during that time.

Jaspers In the NCAAs

The Riverdale-based institution is 2-7 in four trips to NCAA Regional Play and finished second at the 2006 Lincoln Regional.

Up Next

Manhattan will travel to Rutgers on Tuesday, March 31 for a 3 p.m. match-up.