Today's Doubleheader With Canisius To Start At 1:15 PM

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Wappingers Falls, NY - Manhattan (22-25; 10-8 MAAC) will open its three-game set with Canisius (27-18; 12-6 MAAC) on Saturday, May 12 at 1:15 pm.
 
Schedule:
Game 1 - Saturday, May 12 - 1:15 pm - GS LHP Joe Jacques (1-1; 1.80 ERA; 1 SV; 29 K; 7 BB)
Game 2 - Saturday, May 12- 4:30 pm - GS RHP Matt Simonetti (4-5; 3.58 ERA; 67 K; 19 BB)
Game 3 - Sunday, May 13 - 12:00 pm - Jr. RHP Joe DiNizio (1-4; 3.18 ERA; 38 K; 23 BB)

THANK YOU SENIORS!
* On Sunday, the Jaspers will recognize their 10-person senior class prior to the teams' 12:00 pm match-up.
* Steve Arntsen, Brendan Bisset, Evan Brown, Matt Forlow, Adam Genners, Paul Genners, Jacques, Michael Pfenninger, Simonetti and Brandon Valls will all be honored in a pregame ceremony, starting at 11:35 am.
 
WATCH LIVE
Manhattan's May 13th Senior Day match-up at 12:00 pm against Canisius will be televised by News12 Varsity on Channel 61 (Traffic and Weather) through the Optimum/Altice footprint (formerly Cablevision). 
 
MAGIC NUMBERS
* Manhattan is 18-0 this year when leading after seven innings and 14-1 when scoring at least six runs.
* During MAAC play, the Jaspers are 9-0 when leading after six innings and 8-2 when scoring at least three runs while pitching to a league-leading 2.86 ERA.

SAME PLACE, NEW POSITION
Manhattan Head Coach Mike Cole and Canisius skipper Matt Mazurek are each in their first years at the helm after previously helping guide their respective programs to the NCAA Tournament as assistants. Cole was a member of the 2006 MAAC Championship team while Mazurek served on the Golden Griffins' 2014 and 2015 MAAC Title-winning teams. 

DYK??
Mazurek and Assistant Coach Chris Cody were each lauded as First Team All-MAAC selections in 2005 and 2006.

IF YOU AIN'T FIRST, YOU'RE LAST
Manhattan is 8-0 during MAAC play when scoring first.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
The Jaspers have outscored the opposition 36-18 after the eighth inning this season.

TOUGH SPOT, NO PROBLEM
Manhattan evaded a pair of bases loaded, no-out situations in its 2-1 series-opening victory against Marist . During MAAC play, the opposition is just 1-for-26 (.038) with the bags packed against Jasper pitching.

RECENT SERIES HISTORY
Since the 2013 season, Canisius is 10-2 against Manhattan while outscoring the Jaspers by a 74-37 count during that time.

LAST YEAR
The Golden Griffins took two-of-three in Buffalo despite the fine play of junior Fabian Pena, who hit .455 (5-of-11) with three doubles, four RBI, two runs and a walk. For his career, Pena is batting .350 (7-of-20) against Golden Griffin pitching.

CLOSE CALLS
Five of the last six meetings between the teams have been decided by three runs or less.

BISSET LEADING THE WAY
Senior Brendan Bisset has hit safely in 15 of his last 17 games with six multi-hit performances en route to posting a .338 ledger (23-of-68) during that time with six RBI and four extra-base hits. On the year, he is batting .289, including a team-leading .324 during MAAC play, with a a team-high 52 hits (8th MAAC). 

MIDDLE OF THE ORDER
Graduate student Matt Forlow and junior Fabian Pena have given Manhattan a strong one-two punch all season. Forlow is batting .250 while ranking second in the MAAC with 15 doubles while adding three triples (1st MAAC), two home runs, a team-leading 34 RBI (8th MAAC) and a team-best 10 multi-RBI games. Pena, meanwhile, is hitting .268 with 12 doubles (8th MAAC), five home runs, 31 RBI, 13 multi-hit games and 22 walks.

RUNNING THE DEFENSE
Additionally, Forlow has made just three errors in his first year as the primary shortstop.

PADRE KEEPS PRODUCING
Over the last 27 games, Padre paces Manhattan in batting (.337), hits (31), runs (17) and XBH (9) while reaching base safely 23 times. On the year, he is hitting .282 with five doubles, two triples, three home runs and 22 RBI while reaching base at a team-best .397 clip.
 
BARRELLA BREAKS OUT
After hitting just .250 a year ago, junior Richie Barrella is batting a team-leading .310 while ranking eighth in the MAAC with 52 hits with a squad-best 15 multi-hit games and six stolen bases.

ALSO GETTING OFFENSIVE ...
* Senior Brandon Valls has reached safely in each of his last 13 games.
* Classmate Michael Pfenninger is hitting .333 over his last 13 games with nine runs, six RBI and a .460 OBP.

STUART THE STOPPER
Sophomore RHP T.J. Stuart set the school record for saves in a season with his ninth stop in the Jaspers' series-opening win over Marist, striking out one over 3.0 innings of one-hit ball. On the year, he is 5-1 while leading the MAAC and ranking among the national leaders with nine saves (35th NCAA), a 2.15 ERA (41st NCAA) and 4.47 hits allowed per nine innings (2nd NCAA). Additionally, he is second in the league and 37th nationally with a 0.97 WHIP as Manhattan has gone 16-5 in games that he has made an appearance. 

STUART THE REP
Stuart has been selected to be the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) representative on the NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). Stuart is a pitcher on the Jaspers' baseball team and a member of Manhattan College SAAC. He will begin his term with the NCAA on June 1, 2018, and will serve through May 31, 2020.
 
SIMONETTI BREAKS OUT
Graduate Student Matt Simonetti has established himself as one of the top starters in the MAAC and is 4-5 while ranking among the MAAC leaders in complete games (4-3rd), strikeouts (67-6th), ERA (3.58-8th) and innings (65.1-10th).

THAT'S SOME STREAK
Earlier in the year, Simonetti registered a 28.0-inning scoreless streak over four starts, going 3-1 during that time with 30 strikeouts, against just five walks, a 0.00 ERA and a 0.96 WHIP while holding opposing hitters to a .190 average.
 
EIGHT IS GREAT
Graduate student LHP Joe Jacques became the eighth player in school history to record 200 strikeouts with his fourth and final K in the Jaspers' series-opening win over Marist. In Manhattan's series-clinching victory over Rider, Jacques earned his first save since the 2015 season with a scoreless frame and is 1-1 with a 1.80 ERA and 29 strikeouts, against seven walks, over 25.0 innings on the year.

GREAT TIME TO DENT THE WIN COLUMN
Junior RHP Logan Muratalla picked a great time to earn his first win as a Jasper, striking out three over 3.0 scoreless innings of two-hit ball in the aforementioned victory over Marist. On the year, he has struck out seven while yielding just two hits and no runs over 6.1 innings.

THE 'NIZ'
Junior RHP Joe DiNizio fired 6.0 frames of two-run ball against Marist after spinning 5.0 scoreless innings in the series finale against Monmouth and 3.0 scoreless innings in the series-clinching win over Rider. Over his last five outings, DiNizio has scattered three runs with 17 strikeouts, against seven walks, spanning 21.0 innings while posting a 1.00 ERA. 

ON THE YEAR ...
DiNizio ranks fifth in the MAAC with a 3.18 ERA and has struck out 38 over 51.0 innings.

STRONG STAFF ...
Stuart (1st), DiNizio (5th) and Simonetti (8th) are among the top-10 in the MAAC in ERA.

HOME SWEET HOME
After playing 32 games on the road to start the season, Manhattan will play 14 of its final 21 games at Dutchess Stadium.

TROCH OUT FOR THE YEAR
Freshman Will Trochiano had been arguably the top rookie in the MAAC before a fluke injury ended his rookie campaign. He was hitting .333 (31-of-93) with seven doubles, a home run and 12 RBI while reaching base safely in 21-straight games to start his career.

TROCH FEATURED IN THE ASBURY PARK PRESS
Trochiano was recently featured in an article entitled "Trochiano Brothers Beat The Odds With Manhattan, Monmouth." Click HERE for the full article.
 
COSGROVE EARNS HIS FIRST WIN
Tom Cosgrove, who was a 12th Round selection of the San Diego Padres recently earned his first win of the year for Fort Wayne of the Midwest League, striking out six over 6.0 scoreless innings. Click HERE for his player page.

SCOUTING CANISIUS
The Golden Griffins are arguably the top team in the MAAC and lead the circuit in hitting (.280) and pitching (4.45 ERA). Senior Liam Wilson paces the offense and is one of the top hitters in the league, batting .366 with a MAAC-leading 22 doubles, three triples, eight home runs and 42 RBI while classmate Ryan Stekl is hitting .297 with 11 doubles, nine home runs and 49 RBI.On the mound, J.P. Stevenson has been the top starter in the MAAC, going 8-1 with 72 strikeouts and a 2.32 ERA over 73.2 innings.

BARRELLA, TROCHIANO REPEAT
Barrella garnered MAAC Player of the Week accolades for the second-straight week while Trochiano also repeated in claiming his third weekly rookie citation in helping Manhattan open league play with a three-game sweep of Saint Peter's.
- Trochiano continued his torrid start to the season, hitting .444 (8-of-18) in helping the Jaspers to a perfect week.
- Barrella hit .562 (9-of-16) with four runs, a triple, nine RBI, two stolen bases and a walk while reaching base safely at least twice in all four games.

BREAK OUT THE BROOMS
Manhattan swept the weekly MAAC awards with Barrella (Player), Stuart (Pitcher) and Trochiano (Rookie) taking home top honors on March 20 after the Jaspers won three-of-four, including a pair of games at La Salle and Villanova.
- Barrella batted .571 (8-of-14) with a double, four runs, four walks, a HBP and two stolen bases while hitting safely in all four games en route to posting a .643 slugging percentage and a .684 OBP.
- Stuart notched saves in all three Manhattan wins last week, striking out four while yielding just one hit and one walk over 5.0 scoreless frames while limiting opposing hitters to a .063 average.
- Trochiano earned his second MAAC Rookie of the Week honor after hitting safely in all four games en route to batting .316 (6-of-19) with five runs, two doubles, two RBI and one stolen base.

PENA NAMED MAAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
- Pena hit a blistering .438 (7-for-16) with two doubles, two home runs, seven runs, eight RBI and two walks over four games last week while slugging at a .938 clip en route to being named MAAC Player of the Week on March 13.
- After singling against Stony Brook, Pena went 3-for-4 in the opener at UNC Asheville with two home runs, five runs and five RBI while reaching base safely five times.
- Pena capped the doubleheader sweep with two more hits, three RBI and a run in the nightcap.
- The Miami native put the finishing touches on his big performance with a double and a run in the finale.

TROCHIANO CLAIMS FIRST MAAC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK HONOR
The Garden State native hit .385 (5-of-13) at CSUN with a home run, two runs and three RBI while reaching base a .429 clip.

PENA NAMED TO JOHNNY BENCH WATCH LIST
Pena has been named to the official watch list for the 2018 Johnny Bench Award presented by BaseballSavings.com as announced by the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission. 

THE RETURNERS
The Jaspers return 25 letterwinners, including seven starting position players, for the second-straight season. Click HERE for the entire prospectus.

PENA GARNERS PRESEASON HONORS
Pena was tabbed as the top MAAC pro prospect by both Baseball America (BA) and D1Baseball.Com.

PENA PACES THE OFFENSE
One of the top players in the Northeast since he set foot on campus as a freshman, Pena has hit .320 (187-of-585) with 58 doubles, 17 home runs and 117 RBI while starting all 155 Manhattan games during his time in Riverdale.

PENA PROFILED BY THE RIVERDALE PRESS
Pena was highlighted in the local paper in an article entitled 'Pena Looking To Be MLB's Next Big Hit ... Click HERE for the entire article.

JACQUES LAUDED
Jacques was tabbed as the No. 10 prospect in the MAAC by BA and No. 11 by D1.Baseball.Com.

TOP TWO IN 2019 ...
Stuart was lauded as the No. 5 pro prospect from the MAAC in 2019 while sophomore RHP Nick Massa was tabbed as No. 9. Both players made an immediate impact as rookies a year ago and will figure prominently this season.

FROM THE BRONX TO THE PROS
Cosgrove decided to forgo his final year of eligibility after being drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 12th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft while Jose Carrera inked a professional deal with the New York Yankees. Additionally, signee Tai Tiedemann was selected by the Texas Rangers in the eighth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

DUTCHESS STADIUM
Manhattan will call Duchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls, NY home for the fourth-straight season, playing 14 games at the home of the Short-A Hudson Valley Renegades (Tampa Bay Rays).
 
MAAC PRESEASON POLL
The Jaspers were tabbed to finish 10th out of 11 teams.

THE STAFF
Former Manhattan great and 2017 Athletic Hall of Famer Chris Cody and Vincent Redmond complete Cole's first staff.

MAAC MAGIC
The Jaspers will be attempting to qualify for their third-straight MAAC Tournament and the fourth in five years after earning the sixth spot on the final day of the 2017 season.

SEE YOU IN STATEN ISLAND
The 2018 MAAC Baseball Championship will be held at Richmond County Bank Ballpark in Staten Island, NY from May 23-26. The 2019 and 2020 championships will also be held at the home of the Single-A Staten Island Yankees.

WHAT'S A JASPER?
The unique nickname of Manhattan College's athletic teams, the Jaspers, comes from one of the College's most memorable figures, Brother Jasper of Mary, F.S.C., who served as the College's athletic director in the late 19th century. One of the greatest achievements of Brother Jasper was that he brought the then little-known sport of baseball to Manhattan College and became the team's first coach. Since Brother Jasper was also the Prefect of Discipline, he supervised the student fans at Manhattan baseball games while also directing the team itself. During one particularly warm and humid day when the college was playing a semi-pro baseball team called the Metropolitans, Brother Jasper noticed the Manhattan students were becoming restless and edgy with the team coming to bat in the seventh inning of a close game. To relieve the tension, Brother Jasper called timeout and told the students to stand up and stretch for a few minutes until the game resumed. Since the College annually played the New York Giants in the late 1880's and into the 1890's at the old Polo Grounds, the Manhattan College practice of the "seventh inning stretch" spread into the major leagues, where it has now become a time-honored custom practiced by millions of fans annually.

UP NEXT
Manhattan will conclude the MAAC Regular Season with three games at Niagara, beginning on Thursday, May 17 at 12:00 pm.