Game 5
Monday, March 2, 2020
F&M at Messiah | Grantham, Pa. | 3:00 PM
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Series Record: F&M leads 13-8
Streak: MC +1
Last F&M Victory: 10-8, April 9, 2018
Last MC Victory: 11-9, April 3, 2019
Games 6/7
Saturday, March 7, 2020
F&M vs. Elmira | Lancaster, Pa. | 12/3:00 PM
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Series Record: First Meeting
Streak: N/A
Last F&M Victory: N/A
Last ELM Victory: N/A
Series History
Franklin & Marshall is set to take on Messiah for the 22nd time in program history, continuing a non-conference tradition that dates back to the 1969 season. Five out of the last seven matchups have gone the Diplomats way, but the Falcons prevailed last season in Lancaster by a narrow 11-9 margin in early April.
Saturday marks the 2020 home opener for F&M as the Diplomats are slated to take on Elmira – a member of the Empire Eight conference and hailing from New York - for the first time in program history.
Last Week
Strong pitching performances keyed a 1-1 split against William Paterson on Saturday. Jonathan Cole provided seven shutout innings in game one and Don DiLoreto (2-0) tossed two scoreless frames for a 3-2 win in the opener. Dan Baroff provided the go-ahead run with ninth-inning ground-rule double RBI knock.
Matt Devlin took the mound for game two and struck out nine batters in seven shutout frames but the Diplomats fell by a tough 1-0 tally. Recap.
Milestones to Watch
J.J. Freeman has totaled seven home runs in his career, a mark which places tied for 10th on the program's all-time list. Scott Haft '05 leads with 14.
Jonathan Cole's 14 wins are tied for 10th. Ted Serro '06 tops the list with 20. Cole is climbing the strikeout list as well and currently has 174 in his career, which is good for sixth. Todd Marshall '92 tops the list with 220.
100 Hit Club
J.J. Freeman enters the week just one hit shy of reaching 100, while junior classmate Kelsey Launi is close behind with 90 throughout his career. Justin Cavegn is closing in on the milestone as well, with 78 career hits.
Among the Leaders (CC)
The starting pitching tandem of Jonathan Cole and Matt Devlin has overwhelmed batters to start 2020 as the duo is fourth and fifth among all Centennial throwers with 15 and 14 strikeouts, respectively.
Cole Named Preseason All-American
Senior right-hander, Jonathan Cole was named to the D3baseball.com 2020 Preseason All-America First Team. To read more, click here.
Centennial Preseason Poll
F&M was one of just three Centennial programs to garner votes in the D3baseball.com/NCBWA Preseason Poll, joining No. 14 Johns Hopkins and Swarthmore. Defending-champion Johns Hopkins was picked to finish first with six, first-place votes while Swarthmore was slated to finish second with four, first-place votes.
