PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania baseball team will close out its nonconference schedule as the Quakers make their final road trip of the season for a matchup with George Washington on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in the nation's capital.
 
GAME 38: PENN (21-16, 9-9 Ivy) vs. GEORGE WASHINGTON (24-20, 7-11 A-10)
April 30, 2019 | 3:30 p.m. | Washington, D.C.
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THE MATCHUP
Tuesday's game will be the sixth meeting between the Quakers and the Colonials. The two teams first met in 1907, then did not meet again until a four-game series in 2013. Penn holds a 4-1 record against George Washington, winning the first game in 1907 and taking three of four in 2013.
 
NEWS AND NOTES: PENN
*Penn enters the weekend with the second-highest batting average in Division I baseball (.335). This is the fifth consecutive week the Quakers have ranked second in batting average.
 
*Against Cornell, Penn broke the program record for hits in a season. The Quakers now have 487 hits this year, shattering the previous record of 462 set in 2010 with four games still to play. Penn ranks fifth in the nation and leads the Ivy League in hits.
 
*The Quakers average more doubles per game than any other Division I program (2.76). Despite starting their season two weeks after most programs, the Quakers rank fifth in the nation with 102 doubles this season. The mark is third-most in a single season in Penn's 144-year history and six shy of the program record of 108.
 
*Penn ranks third in the nation in scoring, averaging nine runs per game. The Quakers have scored 332 runs this season, fourth most in program history.
 
*The Quakers rank second in the nation with a .426 on-base percentage. Along with Penn's 487 hits, the Red and Blue have reached base on balls 192 times. Matt O'Neill ranks second in the nation with a .541 on-base percentage and has a team high batting average (.410) as well as a program record number of walks (39) this season.
 
PENN BY THE NUMBERS
5-1 • Record by starters Mitchell Holcomb and Christian Scafidi this season.
 
5 • Players with 30 or more RBI through 30 games. Craig Larsen leads Penn with 43, followed by Josh Hood (42), Peter Matt (34), O'Neill (34), and Phelan (33).
 
5 • Players with over 50 hits through 37 games played. Matt leads Penn with 60, followed by Phelan (59), O'Neill (57), Hood (57), and Craig Larsen (52).
 
6 • Triples by Peter Matt, tied for the most in a single season in program history.
 
8 • Seems to be the magic number for Penn this season. The Quakers are 16-1 when scoring eight or more runs.
 
9 • Penn players with an average greater than .300 after 50 at-bats. O'Neill leads the team batting .410, followed by Phelan (.366), Eduardo Malinowski (.363), Hood (.352), Chris Adams (.348), Matt (.335), Larsen (.327), Jackson Petersen (.309), and Tommy Courtney (.306).
 
46 • Career doubles for Phelan, third-most in program history.
 
53 • Strikeouts for Scafidi, most by a Penn pitcher this season.
 
61 • Strikeouts for Penn's five freshman pitchers this year. Joe Miller leads the class with 35.
 
102 • Doubles by the Quakers this season, fifth-most in the nation and third-most in a single season in program history.
 
164 • Career appearances for Phelan, the most in program history.
 
194 • Career hits for Phelan, tied for second-most in program history.
 
299 • RBI for the Quakers this season, second most in a single season in program history.
 
487 • Hits for Penn this season, fifth-most in the nation and most in a single season in program history.