PHILADELPHIA – Fresh off an Ivy League series sweep of Cornell, the University of Pennsylvania baseball team hosts Saint Joseph's in a Philly showdown at Meiklejohn Stadium Tuesday afternoon.
 
Penn (22-9) vs. Saint Joseph's (20-13)
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The Series: Saint Joseph's
The teams are squaring off for just the seventh time in the last 12 seasons. The teams have split each of the last six meetings, but the Quakers are 7-3 in the last 10 at Meiklejohn Stadium.
 
News and Notes: Penn
* Jackson Appel has a 13-game hitting streak, the longest by a Quaker this season, and has hit safely in 19 of his last 20 games.

* Cole Palis snapped a 12-game homer-less streak and five game RBI-less streak in Sunday's win over Cornell. Seth Werchan also snapped five game homer-less and RBI-less streaks in Sunday's win.

* Ben Miller hit two doubles in the Cornell series, his first two in the last 11 games after hitting 11 in the first 20 games.

* Tommy Courtney has scored a run in eight straight games after scoring in just 12 of the first 23 games.
 
Penn By The Numbers
13 • Penn has scored 10 runs or more in a game 13 times this season, just one off the mark set by the 2019 team (in 41 games).

20 • The Quakers have now won 20 or more games five times under head coach John Yurkow.

50 • With his seven-strikeout performance in Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader against Cornell, Joe Miller surpassed 50 strikeouts in a season for the first time as a Quaker. Miller is the team's active leader in the category with 121.

100 • With his eight-strikeout performance in Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader against Cornell, Kevin Eaise surpassed 100 strikeouts for his Quaker career.
 
Scouting Saint Joseph's
The Hawks are winners of five straight and eight of their last nine.

Four everyday players are all hitting over .333 with on-base percentages over .440 and slugging percentages over .600, including Andrew Cossetti, who ranks among the Division One leaders in home runs (14) and RBI (50); 28 of his 44 hits have gone for extra bases.

On the mound, Matt McShane has not allowed an earned run in his last seven appearances totaling 17 innings. Ryan Devine has allowed just two earned runs in his last six appearances totaling 10 innings.