PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Rutgers baseball team wraps up its six-game homestand with an in-state showdown with Monmouth on Tuesday afternoon at Bainton Field at 2:00 p.m.
At 21-6, Rutgers has its best record in program history through 27 games.
Rutgers currently ranks first among Big Ten teams in walks (125), batting average (.326), doubles (73), doubles/game (2.70), ERA (3.13), fielding percentage (.979), hits (332), OBP (.422), runs (245), runs/game (9.1), shutouts (4), SLG% (.502), OPS (.924), K/BB (2.57), WHIP (1.21) and BB/9 (3.65). RU's marks of batting average (3rd), doubles (5th), doubles/game (6th), hits (5th) and shutouts (8th) are all top-10 in the nation.
Admission and parking are free at Bainton Field, but all vehicles are required to be
registered to comply with Rutgers University policy. Only one registration per vehicle is needed for the season.
Big Ten+ will stream the game with Dominick Savino and Nick Kosko on the call. WRSU 88.7-FM has the radio broadcast, with live stats available at ScarletKnights.com.
- Rutgers picked up a three-game sweep over Minnesota at Bainton Field last weekend.
- A strong start from Jared Kollar and home run from Josh Kuroda-Grauer helped lead RU to a 6-4 win on Friday.
- Nathan Florence (6.0 IP) and Garrett French (3.0 IP) each gave up just 1 run, while the Scarlet Knights hung 11 of their own for an 11-2 victory in game one of the Saturday doubleheader
- A strong effort from Ben Gorski (4.0 IP, 0 R, 5 K) out of the bullpen and clutch two-out hitting led RU to a 9-2 victory in game two of the doubleheader to lock up the sweep.
- The Scarlet Knights continue to be an offensive machine under hitting coach Kyle Pettoruto.
- Rutgers' team batting average of .326 is 33 points higher than the next-best Big Ten team (Maryland .293).
- Rutgers is one of just two Big Ten teams with an OBP over .400 and SLG% over .500
- Seven different qualified (2 PA/G) Scarlet Knights are batting over .300. All 10 qualified RU hitters have at least 10 RBI on the season.
- Nick Cimillo leads the Big Ten with a .524 OBP and 1.274 OPS.
- Nick Cimillo and Ryan Lasko are first and third in the Big Ten in hits (Cimillo 42, Lasko 29)
- Cimillo and Lasko are also tied for second in the Big Ten in runs (32), while Danny DiGeorgio (29) is fourth,
- Cimillo (1.274, 1st), Tony Santa Maria (1.117, 11th) and Danny DiGeorgio (1.080, 11th) are all in the top-11 in the Big Ten in OPS.
- Cimillo (C, 16th), DiGeorgio (SS, 27th) and Santa Maria (3B, 29th) were all ranked in the top 30 at their respective positions by D1 Baseball this past week.
- Under pitching coach Brendan Monaghan, Rutgers has made its mark as one of the top control teams in the country.
- RU is first in the Big Ten with a 3.13 ERA, with the next-best team at 3.43
- Friday starter Jared Kollar has emerged as one of the top pitchers in the country. He is tops in the Big Ten with a 9.8 K/BB ratio, 0.84 WHIP and 1.11 BB/9.
- The team has 11 games with at least 10 strikeouts this season with a high of 16 against Omaha on March 20.
- Dale Stanavich, a member of the NCBWA Stopper of the Year watch list, leads the Big Ten with six saves and has 26 strikeouts to just one walk in 15.1 IP.
- The three-headed bullpen monster of Stanavich (0.59/15.1 IP), Ben Gorski (1.45/18.2 IP) and Sam Bello (1.77/20.1 IP) has a combined ERA of 1.33 in 54.1 innings pitched.
- Sam Bello has not allowed an earned run in his last 13.2 innings pitched.
- Rutgers is 32-9 all-time against Monmouth and has won the last five contests.
Rutgers will hit the road for Lincoln to take on Nebraska in a three-game series starting on Friday.
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