PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania baseball program will play its final regular season home nonconference game on Wednesday as the Quakers host Seton Hall at 3 p.m. Penn will look to rebound and gain momentum before its final two Ivy League series after being swept by Yale last weekend.
 
GAME 34: PENN vs. SETON HALL
April 24, 2019 | 3:00 p.m. | Meiklejohn Stadium
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THE MATCHUP
Wednesday's game will be the third meeting between Seton Hall and Penn, and the Pirates have won both previous matchups.  The two teams first met in an NCAA Super Regional in 1975, a close game which Seton Hall won, 7-5. The Pirates are 16-20 heading into the midweek affair and have lost their previous three games.
 
NEWS AND NOTES
*The Quakers continue to rank among the best in most offensive categories this season. For the fourth consecutive week, Penn holds the nation's second-best batting average as the Red and Blue are hitting .337 this season.
 
*Penn ranks second in the nation in scoring, averaging 9.4 runs per game. The Quakers have scored 311 runs this season, sixth-most in program history.
 
*Sean Phelan will tie the program record for appearances if he plays on Wednesday. The senior captain has played in 160 games over his Penn career, starting every game since the start of his sophomore year.
 
*Phelan has the third-most career hits by a Penn player after getting his 188th knock against Yale. He is 16 hits shy of Dan William's program record of 204.
 
*Penn has 443 hits this season, tied with the 2000 team for third-most in a single season. The Quakers are 19 hits shy of the program record set in 2010 and currently have the seventh-most hits by a Division I program this season.
 
*Penn ranks first in the nation with 2.79 doubles per game. Penn's 92 doubles this season are the fifth-most by a Division I baseball team this season and third-most by a Penn team in a single season, 16 shy of the program record with eight games left.
 
*Matt O'Neill ranks fourth in the nation with a .534 on-base percentage. The senior captain leads the Ivy League with 36 walks—second-most by a Penn player in a single season—and has a career-high 49 hits this season.
 
NUMBERS OF NOTE
5 • Wins in eight starts by Mitchell Holcomb. The junior holds the best record in the Ivy League at 5-0 on the season.
 
5 • Triples by Eduardo Malinowski and Peter Matt. The pair ranks 11th in the nation in triples, first in the Ivy League, and are each one triple shy of the program record.
 
6 • Penn players with more than 40 hits this season. Phelan and Matt pace the Ivy league with 53 hits each, followed by Craig Larsen with 51, Josh Hood with 50, O'Neill with 49, and Tommy Courtney with 43.
 
8 • Penn players with a batting average above .300 with over 50 at-bats. O'Neill paces the team, hitting .395, followed by Malinowski (.371), Phelan (.366), Chris Adams (.365), Larsen (.357), Hood (.347), Matt (.329), and Jackson Petersen (.309).
 
8 • Seems to be the magic number for the Quakers. Penn is 16-1 when posting eight or more runs.
 
13 • Games where Penn has tallied 10 or more runs.
 
14 • Doubles by Larsen and Phelan. The pair leads the Ivy League in two-baggers.
 
25 • Games where the Quakers have recorded ten or more hits.
 
42 • Runs scored by Matt, most in the Ivy League. The junior ranks 14th in the nation, averaging 1.27 runs per game.
 
42 • RBI by Larsen, most in the Ivy League. It is the ninth-most by a Penn player in a single season and the most by a Penn player in his freshman year.
 
45 • Strikeouts by Christian Scafidi. The junior ace leads Penn in K's as well as innings pitched with 52.2 frames tossed.
 
92 • Doubles for the Quakers this season, third-most in a single season in program history.
 
160 • Career appearances by Phelan, second-most in program history and one shy of Dan Williams' record of 161.
 
280 • RBI by the Quakers this season, fifth-most in a single season in program history.
 
443 • Hits by Penn this season, tied for third-most by a Penn team in program history.