Game Notes

The Franklin & Marshall baseball team (19-10, 11-7 CC) prepares to make a run in the Centennial Conference (CC) Tournament after clinching the No. 4 seed on Saturday with a win over No. 8 Johns Hopkins. The Diplomats begin the tournament hosting No. 5 seed Haverford on Tuesday (21-14, 11-7 CC) at 1:30 p.m. at Caplan Field.

Last Week

F&M picked up some keys victories over Dickinson and No. 8 Johns Hopkins last week to close out the regular season. The Diplomats swept the Red Devils in their home-and-home series with a 9-3 win in game one and 8-5 victory in game two. In F&M's game two win at Clipper Magazine Stadium, the Diplomats used a four-run sixth inning that began with a pinch-hit home run by Nolan McCloskey that gave F&M the lead. Dickinson cut the deficit to three, but Thomas McLaughlin denied the Red Devils' comeback efforts to earn his conference-leading sixth save of the year. Spencer Berson led the contest with three hits, while Drew Butera and Bobby Falese registered two each. Read the full recap here. 

The Diplomats then went on to split its doubleheader with No. 8 Johns Hopkins on Saturday. The Blue Jays outlasted F&M, 17-16, in game one before the Diplomats earned a 6-3 game two victory to lock up the No. 4 seed in the CC Tournament. In a high scoring game one, Falese broke the program's single-game home run record with three, while also tying the single-game RBI record of seven, which he set earlier in the season. Even with the loss, a Swarthmore loss at Dickinson allowed F&M to clinch a playoff spot. In game two, the Diplomats score two runs in both the second and fourth innings to jump ahead on the scoreboard. Meanwhile, the F&M bullpen limited JHU to just three hits to secure a home playoff game for the Diplomats on Tuesday. Read the full recap here.

F&M Team Stats

Overall Record: 19-19

Conference Record: 11-7

Streak: Won 1

Home Record: 7-6

Away Record: 8-7

Neutral Site Record: 4-6

Hitting:

Batting Average: .290

Slugging: .439

On-Base Percentage: .393

Doubles: 79

Triples: 10

Home Runs: 32

RBI: 262

Runs Scored: 291

Walks: 162

Stolen Bases: 75

Pitching:

ERA: 5.46

Strikeouts: 292

Saves: 11

Complete Games: 0

Fielding:

Fielding Percentage: .941

Putouts: 947

Assists: 311

Errors: 79

Team Leaders

Hitting:

Batting Average (Min. 2 PA/G and 75% of games played): Jakob Hoffman (.359)

Slugging: Jakob Hoffman (.620)

On-Base Percentage: Jakob Hoffman (.462)

Doubles: Drew Butera (14)

Triples: Spencer Berson / Drew Butera / Bobby Falese / Jakob Hoffman (2)

Home Runs: Bobby Falese (8)

RBI: Jakob Hoffman (45)

Runs Scored: Bobby Falese / Jakob Hoffman (43)

Walks: Spencer Berson (23)

Stolen Bases: Michael von Zuben (19)

Pitching:

ERA (1 IP/G): Peter Mullen (2.77)

Strikeouts: Peter Mullen (53)

Innings Pitched: Dan Galef (48.2)

Wins: Dan Galef (6)

Saves: Thomas McLaughlin (6)

Complete Games: N/A