PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania baseball team continues its season with a Big 5 matchup against La Salle on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in North Philly. The Quakers moved to 19-10 and 8-4 in Ivy League play after winning two of three against Princeton this past weekend. Penn is tied with Harvard for second in the Ivy League standings, one game behind first-place Columbia.
 
GAME 30: PENN (19-10, 8-4 Ivy) vs. LA SALLE (18-18, 1-8 A-10)
April 16, 2019 | Philadelphia, Pa. | Live Stats
 
THE MATCHUP
Tuesday's game will be the 61st meeting between the Big 5 programs. La Salle holds the series edge with a 32-28 record against Penn, but the Quakers have won four of the last five matchups.
 
The Explorers saw a bright start to their season, jumping out to 7-3 through their first ten games. La Salle has struggled since, as a 1-8 A-10 record has left them at .500 after the midway point of the season.
 
NEWS AND NOTES: PENN
*The Quakers rank second in the nation in batting average (.342), on-base percentage (.437), and scoring (10.1 runs per game).
 
*Penn ranks first in the nation in doubles per game (2.93) and has the fifth-most doubles among Division I programs with 85.
 
*Despite starting their season two weeks after most other Division I programs, Penn ranks fifth in hits with 404 on the season. The Quakers have equaled their hits tally from the entire 2018 season with 12 games still to be played.
 
*Ten Penn players with 40 or more at-bats have a batting average above .300 this season. Matt O'Neill leads the Quakers (.396) followed by Andrew Hernandez (.395), Craig Larsen (.380), Chris Adams (.379), Sean Phelan (.370), Josh Hood (.357), Eduardo Malinowski (.349), Peter Matt (.333), Jackson Petersen (.315), and Tommy Courtney (.305).
 
*Six Quakers have over 20 RBI on the season. Larsen leads Penn and the Ivy League with 41 RBI, followed by Hood (32), O'Neill, (30), Matt (29), Phelan (28), and Courtney (22).
 
*Six Quakers have 40 or more hits through 29 games this season. Matt leads Penn and the Ivy League with 50 knocks, followed by Larsen (49), Phelan (47), Hood (46), O'Neill (44), and Courtney (40).
 
PENN BY THE NUMBERS
2.88 • ERA for freshman Kevin Eaise, lowest on the team.
 
6 • Players with at least 40 hits and 20 RBI this season.
 
55 • Strikeouts for Penn's five freshman pitchers this year. Joe Miller leads the class with 35.
 
85 • Doubles by the Quakers this season, fifth most in the nation.
 
156 • Career appearances for Phelan, four shy of tying the program record.
 
262 • RBI for the Quakers this season, sixth most in a single season in program history.
 
404 • Hits for Penn this season, fifth-most in the nation and tied for seventh-most in program history.