Baseball Faces Little Three Rival St. Bonaventure Tuesday

Niagara (12-26) takes on Little Three rival St. Bonaventure (2-31) in a single game on Tuesday, May 3 at 2:00 p.m.

Last Time Out

The Purple Eagles swept a three-game series with Saint Peter's over the weekend, extending their win streak to six games.
NU won game one, 10-5, and shutout the Peacocks, 11-0, in the second game. The Purple Eagles wrapped up the series with their highest-scoring game of the season, downing the Peacocks, 19-14. NU also recorded a season-high 20 hits in the game three victory.

Niagara Notes

Cole O'Connor is batting a team-best .300 for the Purple Eagles. He has a team-high 45 hits and 24 RBIs and is a perfect 6-for-6 in stolen bases.
Cole Tucker is batting .283 and has 39 hits, including a team-high 11 doubles.
Josh Marchese leads the Purple Eagles in homeruns, with nine on the season so far.
Dawson Bailey leads NU in runs scored with 28. He is batting .259 with 38 hits, including nine doubles and six homeruns.
Matt Ward (34), Benny Serrano (22), Marchese (28), Max Giordano (30), Brady Desjardins (26), Eli Selby (15) and Vincent Mauro (11) have all recorded double-digit hits.
Tucker (16), Matt Ward (11), Serrano (11) Bailey (18), Marchese (16) and Giordano have all batted in 10 or more runs.
Evan Wilde (2-7) leads the NU pitching staff with 52 strikeouts in 57.2 innings pitched.
Marcus Cashman (1-3) has fanned 47 in 47.0 innings pitched. He is holding opponents to a .180 batting average and has an ERA of 4.02.
Marty Cole leads the pitching staff in appearances with 27. He has struck out 22 in 27.1 innings pitched and has an ERA of 3.62.

Up Next

The Purple Eagles play a three-game Battle of the Bridge series against crosstown rival Canisius May 6-8.

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