MIAMI SHORES, Fla.—The Barry Buccaneers take on cross-town rival the St. Thomas Bobcats this weekend. In a unique twist to the weekend series, the Bucs visit Paul Demie Mainieri Field on Friday, February 9th at 6:00 pm, then host the Bobcats at Feinbloom Field in a doubleheader on Saturday, Feb. 10 starting at noon.
Inside the Matchup:
Series record: St. Thomas leads the all-time series 41-32-1. At Mainieri Field, they lead 19-16-1. At Feinbloom, they lead 22-16.
Season records: Barry 1-2; St. Thomas 4-0
Streaks: Barry W1; STU W4
Tale of the Tape
| Stat |
Barry |
St. Thomas |
| Batting Average |
.157 |
.336 |
| Runs per game |
1.67 |
10.75 |
| On-Base Percentage |
.286 |
.509 |
| Slugging Percentage |
.193 |
.462 |
| ERA |
6.12 |
1.16 |
| Fielding Percentage |
.971 |
.963 |
NOTES:
- BARRY TEAM LEADERS: Freshman Arrison Perez leads the Bucs at the plate, batting .429 (3-for-7) with two doubles and an RBI. Junior Reuben Pino has two RBI and a .571 on-base percentage. Freshman righty Mike Miles is 1-0 with a 3.38 ERA in 5.1 innings. Senior closer Daniel Broeseker has a save in one perfect inning with a strikeout. Senior lefty Jonathan Hernandez has six strikeouts in 3.0 innings.
- ST. THOMAS TEAM LEADERS: Senior Nelson Mompierre leads the Bobcats batting .500 (5-for-10) with two doubles and eight RBI. Junior Sergio Lopez is also batting .500 (4-for-8) and has five runs. Junior Elih Marerro has seven runs. Senior lefty Ernie Valdes has a save in 2.0 scoreless innings. Junior left-hander Ian Exposito (1-0) also carries a 0.00 ERA with six strikeouts in 5.0 innings.
- RANKING THE BOBCATS: St. Thomas is ranked 21st in the NAIA Pre-season Coaches Poll.
- ET CETERA, ET CETERA: The Bobcats dominated the early series, but from 2004 to 2014, Barry won 21 of 25 games. The Bobcats have won the last four in a row.
