The Saint Joseph's baseball team will close out the home portion of its schedule this week when the Hawks host first-place Davidson for a three-game series at Smithson Field.  All three games of the series will be streamed on ESPN+.
 
Prior to Saturday's game, the Hawks will honor their graduating seniors in the annual Senior Day ceremony.
 
SAINT JOSEPH'S (25-19 overall, 9-8 Atlantic 10) vs. DAVIDSON (37-9 overall, 15-3 Atlantic 10)
Thursday, May 12: 3:00 p.m. | ESPN+ | Live Stats
Friday, May 13: 3:00 p.m. | ESPN+ | Live Stats
Saturday, May 14: 12:00 p.m. | ESPN+ | Live Stats
 
PROBABLE STARTERS
Thursday: RHP Ian McCole (SJU) vs. RHP Nolan DeVos (DAV)
Friday: RHP Luke Smith (SJU) vs. RHP Blake Hely (DAV)
Saturday: TBA (SJU) vs. LHP Ryan Feczko (DAV)
 
LAST TIME OUT: Saint Joseph's dropped both ends of a doubleheader against Saint Louis on Sunday; the third game of the series was canceled due to the poor weather conditions that enveloped the Philadelphia region all weekend…Last Wednesday, the Hawks stormed back from 8-1 down and scored seven times in the ninth for a 14-9 win at Villanova.
 
The Wildcats have won six in a row, including a three-game sweep of UMass last weekend…The middle game of the series featured a 28-0 drubbing of the Minutemen that gave Davidson its 36^th victory of the season, setting a new program record.
 

LEADERS	Saint Joseph's	Davidson
Batting Average	Brett Callahan, .394	Michael Carico / Ryan Wilson, .427
Hits	Brendan Hueth, 66	Trevor Candelaria, 71
Runs Scored	Andrew Cossetti, 53	Michael Carico, 61
Home Runs	Andrew Cossetti, 15	Michael Carico, 17
RBI	Andrew Cossetti, 56	Ryan Wilson, 53
Slugging	Andrew Cossetti, .698	Michael Carico, .866
On-Base	Brett Callahan, .505	Michael Carico, .580
Stolen Bases	Brett Callahan, 22	Ryan Wilson, 17
Pitching Appearances	Ryan Devine / Alec Rodriguez, 21	Bennett Flynn / Gabe Levy, 19
Wins	Mike Falco, 6	Ryan Feczko, 9
Saves	Ryan Devine, 5	Gabe Levy, 8
Earned Run Average	Nicholas Torres, 1.69	Bennett Flynn, 1.14
Innings Pitched	Ian McCole, 61.0	Blake Hely, 66.0
Strikeouts	Mike Falco, 42	Nolan DeVos, 88
Batting Average Against	Ryan Devine, .209	Bennett Flynn, .147

ALL-TIME SERIES: Davidson leads the all-time series, 8-3…All 11 meetings took place between 2016 and 2018; Davidson won four out of five, including a pair of postseason matchups, in 2016 before taking two out of three in a pair of series the following two seasons…This week is just the Wildcats' second visit to Smithson Field and first in five years.
 
NOTEWORTHY: Andrew Cossetti saw his record-breaking on-base streak come to an end on Sunday at 48 games dating back nearly a year; his streak was the second-longest in Division I and he was one of just five players who had reached base in every game of the 2022 season…The Hawks and Wildcats are the Atlantic 10's two best offenses, inhabiting the top two spots in batting average, runs scored, doubles, triples, home runs, RBI, walks, slugging percentage, and on-base percentage…SJU ranks in the top 30 in the nation in average, double plays turned, doubles per game, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and scoring…Brett Callahan is 25^th in Division I in batting average, 14^th in on-base percentage, 18^th in runs per game, and 20^th in hits per game, while Brendan Hueth is fifth in doubles…Cossetti ranks 22^nd in RBI per game…Hueth leads the conference in doubles while Cossetti is atop the league charts in RBI.