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Red Storm Readies for Four-Game Set with UConn - St. John's University Athletics
The St. John's baseball team will return to action on Friday when it begins a four-game set against Connecticut in Queens. Friday's first pitch is set for 6 ...
Game Notes
St. John (14-15, 5-10 in Conference). Current RPI = 194
Jack Kaiser Stadium
Seating Capacity: 3500
Surface: Field Turf
LF: 325ft
CF: 390ft
RF: 325ft
-> UConn returns to Jack Kaiser Stadium for the first time since 2018, when the Red Storm and the Huskies played a three-game set in mid-March. St. John's took the Friday opener in dominant fashion, 14-4, against Collegiate National Team member and eventual second round draft pick Tim Cate before dropping tight affairs on Saturday and Sunday by scores of 1-0 and 3-1, respectively. Both St. John's and UConn went on to earn berths in the NCAA Tournament that season. That 2018 series was the only time the two teams met during the Huskies' seven-year tenure in the American Athletic Conference.
St. John's is 59-57 against Connecticut dating back to 1956 with a vast majority of those games coming during UConn's first BIG EAST stint from 1985-2013. Included in that mark is a 5-1 record in BIG EAST Tournament games, including championship clinching wins for the Johnnies in 1993 and 2010.
From SJU Game Notes (UConn rotation confirmed):
Friday Night:
LHP Nick Mondak (3-3, 1.72 ERA)
RHP Austin Peterson (5-1, 2.86 ERA)
Saturday Gm1:
RHP Matt Semon (0-0, 6.62 ERA)
RHP Ben Casparius (5-3, 3.13 ERA)
Saturday Gm2:
RHP Brian Hendry (2-2, 4.91 ERA)
RHP Pat Gallagher (2-1, 5.54 ERA)
Sunday Game:
RHP Tyler Roche (0-2, 4.98 ERA)
RHP Joe Simeone (1-3, 6.11 ERA)
