Manhattan Opens Three-Game Set Against Fairfield On Friday

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Wappingers Falls, NY - Manhattan (13-25; 4-8 MAAC) returns to action against first-place Fairfield (21-18; 10-2 MAAC) this weekend at Dutchess Stadium.

The Schedule
Friday, April 29 - 2:00 pm single game (9)
Saturday, April 30 - 1:00 pm doubleheader (7/9)

Probables
Game 1
Sophomore LHP Tom Cosgrove vs. Freshman RHP John Signore
Game 2
Senior RHP Michael Scarinci vs. Sophomore RHP Gavin Wallace
Game 3
Junior RHP Joey Rocchietti vs. Junior RHP Kyle Dube

200-Hit Club
With three hits this weekend, senior Christian Santisteban will become the 15th member of the Manhattan 200-hit club and the third coached by Jim Duffy. 

Game-Winning Reynolds
For the second time in as many Tuesdays, senior Chris Reynolds delivered a game-winning hit. The Garden State native crushed what would prove to be the game-winning two-run single in the Jaspers' 7-5 win over Fordham.

Stat Of The Week
After only notching double-figures in runs twice in the first 35 games, Manhattan has done it twice in the last four games.

Streaking
* Junior Jose Carrera has reached base in each of the last 20 games while batting .350 with 23 runs, nine doubles and two triples during that time.
* Classmate Jason Patnick is a riding a team-best 11-game hitting streak, during which time he is batting .405.
* Sophomore Michael Pfenninger has hit safely in six-straight games, batting .417 (10-of-24) during that time with four of his five doubles, five runs and five RBI.
* Classmate Ryan Gronlier is hitting .400 (6-of-15) over his four-game hitting streak with four runs and three RBI.

All He Does Is Win, Win, Win
Junior Shawn Kanwisher has earned each of the last three Manhattan victories out of the bullpen and has a MAAC-best six wins. The hard-throwing righty also has two saves and 35 strikeouts, against just nine walks, in 29.1 innings.

Scarinci Steps Up
Scarinici may be the happiest player on both teams that this weekend's series was moved up a day, as all three games will be played in the month of April. This month, the last remaining player from Manhattan's 2012 MAAC Championship squad has a team-low 2.18 ERA with 18 strikeouts over 20.2 innings while limiting hitters to a .213 average. Last week, he pitched in all four games and struck out 11, against just one walk, in 7.1 frames.

Pena Has Another Big Weekend
4x MAAC Rookie of the Week Freshman Fabian Pena hit a team-best .538 (7-of-13) with six runs, three doubles, one home run and five RBI last weekend at Quinnipiac. The Miami native went 5-for-5 with four runs and four RBI in Saturday's game-two win before crushing his team-leading sixth home run in the finale. On the year, Pena is hitting .353 (5th MAAC), including .413 during league play, with a team-leading 16 doubles (1st MAAC), six home runs (3rd MAAC), 39 RBI (1st MAAC), 12 multi-RBI games and a .590 slugging percentage (1st MAAC).

Santisteban Keeps Smashing
Santisteban, the MAAC Preseason Player of the Year, continues to lead the squad in hitting (.366-3rd MAAC), hits (53), walks (20) and OBP (.447-5th MAAC) while registering a team-best 18 multi-hit games.

Doubles Machine
Pena (16), Carrera (14) and Santisteban (13) all rank among the top-five in the MAAC in doubles.

Last Year Against Fairfield
The Jaspers took two-of-three against the Stags despite hitting just .195 with Santisteban (.444, 2 doubles) and Carrera (.333, 4 RBI) leading the way. Rocchietti and Scarinci also earned wins on the bump. 

Series Win
Manhattan will be looking for its second-straight series victory against Fairfield and its first of the year.

Duffy Against The Stags
Duffy owns a record of 6-5 against Fairfield with nine of the 11 match-ups being decided by three runs or less (4-5), including six by two runs or less (3-3).

Up Next
Manhattan hosts Albany on Tuesday, May 3 with first pitch slated for 6:30 pm.