Manhattan To Host Marist

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Wappingers Falls, NY - Manhattan (21-23; 9-6 MAAC) hosts defending MAAC Champion Marist (22-16; 10-5 MAAC) in a crucial three-game series at Dutchess Stadium.
 
Schedule:
Game 1 - Saturday, May 5 - 12:00 pm
Game 2 - Saturday, May 5- 3:00 pm
Game 3 - Sunday, May 6 - 12:00 pm | LIVE VIDEO

MIDWEEK FUN
The Jaspers defeated UAlbany 4-3 thanks to a pair of seventh-inning RBI doubles from freshman Matt Padre and junior Fabian Pena. Senior LHP Steve Arntsen earned the win while sophomore RHP T.J. Stuart notched the save.

CLOSING IT OUT
Manhattan is 17-0 this year when leading after seven innings, including 16-1 when owning a lead after four innings of play.

THE LAST TIME ...
The teams met was at the 2016 with Marist winning two-of-three.

RECENT HISTORY
Marist has won seven of the last nine meetings between the teams.

PENA VS. MARIST
Pena hit .545 (6-of-11) with two home runs, a double and eight RBI over three games against the Red Foxes in 2016

THE LEADERBOARD
Pena is hitting .269 while ranking among the MAAC leaders with 12 doubles (6th) and five home runs (10th) to go along with 30 RBI. 

FORLOW CATCHING FIRE
Over his last four games, graduate student Matt Forlow is hitting .357 (5-of-14) with three doubles, three runs and a RBI. On the year, he is hitting .255 has 15 doubles, three triples, two home runs and 34 RBI (8th MAAC).

EXTRA-BASE FUN
Twenty of Forlow's 41 hits have been of the extra-base variety en route to registering a team-leading 10 multi-RBI games.

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

PADRE KEEPS PRODUCING
Over the last 24 games, Padre paces Manhattan in batting (.366), hits (30), runs (17) and XBH (9) while reaching base safely 22 times. On the year, he is hitting .295, including a team-leading .347 during league play, with five doubles, two triples, three home runs and 21 RBI while reaching base at a .417 clip.

PERFECT 10
Senior Brendan Bisset has hit safely in 13 of his last 14 games en route to posting a .339 (20-of-59) average during that time. On the year, he is hitting .287 including .323 during MAAC play, with 49 hits (7th MAAC), 10 doubles, a triple, 19 RBI and 11 multi-hit games.
 
NOT YOUR AVERAGE CLEAN-UP HITTER
Junior Richie Barrella is batting .314 while ranking sixth in the MAAC with 50 hits with a team-leading 15 multi-hit games and six stolen bases, but has just three extra-base hits.

ON THE YEAR ...
Graduate Student Matt Simonetti's three complete games and 61 strikeouts are fifth in the MAAC while his 3.55 ERA is ninth to go along with a 4-4 record over 58.1 innings.

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.
 
DO EVERYTHING T.J.
Sophomore RHP T.J. Stuart has established himself as arguably the finest pitcher in the MAAC, ranking among the league leaders in ERA (1.99-1st), saves (8-1st), hits per nine innings allowed (4.37-1st), WHIP (1.01-2nd) and wins (5-4th). 

THE 'NIZ'
Junior RHP Joe DiNizio fired 5.0 scoreless frames in the series finale against Monmouth after hurling 3.0 scoreless innings in the series-clinching win over Rider. Over his last four outings, DiNizio has yielded just one run with 15 strikeouts, against three walks, spanning 15.0 innings. 

HIGH FIVE
DiNizio ranks fifth in the MAAC with a 3.20 ERA and has struck out 36 over 45.0 innings.

FIRST TIME, LONG TIME
Graduate student LHP Joe Jacques earned his first save since the 2015 season with a scoreless frame in Manhattan's series-clinching victory over Rider. On the year, he is 1-1 with a 1.64 ERA and 25 strikeouts over 22.0 innings.

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 MARIST
Marist is a balanced team with six regulars batting above .290 as the staff has pitched to an impressive 4.93 ERA.

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 .321 (185-of-577) with 58 doubles, 17 home runs and 116 RBI while starting all 152 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 host Canisius on Saturday, May 12 at 12:00 pm.