Baseball Begins BIG EAST Slate

March 24, 2011

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CINCINNATI at ST. JOHN'S
Game 1 | Friday, March 25 | Jack Kaiser Stadium | 3 p.m. ET | Live Audio/Video/Stats: RedStormSports.com
Game 2 | Saturday, March 26 | Jack Kaiser Stadium | 1 p.m. ET | Live Audio/Video/Stats: RedStormSports.com
Game 3 | Sunday, March 27 | Jack Kaiser Stadium | Noon ET | Live Audio/Video/Stats: RedStormSports.com

The University of Cincinnati baseball team opens BIG EAST Conference play on Friday when it opens a three-game series against St. John's University at Jack Kaiser Stadium in Queens, N.Y. Game 1 of the series starts at 3 p.m. ET. First Pitch for the second game is scheduled at 1 p.m. ET Saturday. The final game of the series will start at noon ET on Sunday. Live statistics of the series will be available at GoBEARCATS. com. Live audio and video (subscription is required for video) of all three games will be available at RedStormSports.com.

SERIES INFORMATION
-The University of Cincinnati and St. John's Univeristy have played 13 games alltime.
-The Bearcats have won six of those 13 games. ff The first matchup occured during the 2006 season when UC joined the BIG EAST.
-Last season, St. John's won 2-of-3 games against UC at Marge Schott Stadium.

SCOUTING ST. JOHN'S
-The defending BIG EAST Tournament champions, St. John's (9-8) takes a four-game winning streak into Friday's matchup with the Bearcats.
-As of the March 21 BIG EAST rankings, St. John's ranks fifth in batting average (.282), fifth in slugging percentage (.389), fourth in runs scored (119), fourth in RBI (107) and first in fielding percentage (.979).
- St. John's is 8-3 on the year when scoring at least six runs, including a 5-1 mark when scoring at least 10 runs. St. John's is also 8-3 when the opponent scores five runs or less.

PETERS STREAKING
-Senior shortstop Chris Peters is hitting at a .350 clip (14-for-40) in the last 12 games.
-He's also added seven RBI and seven stolen bases and one home run during that stretch.
-Peters hit his first home of the season in the seventh innings against Toledo on Wednesday.
-It was his first homer since May 15, 2009 vs. Seton Hall.