Baseball Hosts St. Joe's In Round 1 Of The Liberty Bell Classic Tuesday At 3 PM

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AMBLER - After four straight road games and beginning Atlantic 10 Conference play, Temple returns to Ambler today to host the Saint Joseph's Hawks at Skip Wilson Field in a mid-week non-conference game for the first round of the 20th annual Liberty Bell Classic. First pitch will be thrown at 3:00 p.m. Live stats and twitter updates will be provided as the game goes on.

The Owls are coming off a weekend sweep to the now-No. 30 Saint Louis Billikens in their conference season debut. If you haven't heard by now, on Saturday freshman lefthanded pitcher Patrick Peterson came within three outs of claiming Temple's first no-run, no-hit ballgame in over 30 years. Peterson was named the A-10's Rookie of the Week for his effort in which he went 8.0 innings in which he allowed just one run on one hit, allowing one walk and striking out a career-high 10 batters in the process.

Today, his twin brother, Eric Peterson will make his first collegiate start when the Owls take on the Big 5 rival St. Joe's Hawks. Peterson, a righthander is having an impressive rookie season as well. In seven appearances, Peterson has thrown 19.2 innings of relief, where he mowed down 18 batters. In a long relief appearance against La Salle at home on March 13, Peterson went 6.0 innings and had a superb outing, allowing just one run on three hits, while striking out five. Againt Longwood, he struck out a career-high six batters in just 2.2 innings of work.

Redshirt junior Matt Elko comes into the game having a hit in nine of the last 10 games. Temple looks to break a three-game losing streak and improve to 6-3 at Skip Wilson Field.

St. Joe's is on a roll after winning the final two games of its weekend series at its new home field against the Bucknell Bison. With a two-game winning streak on their hands, the Hawks now look to extend it and win their first road game of the season when they take on the Owls.

Sophomore Kevin Kratchowill is guiding the offense for St. Joe's with his.342 batting average and 27 hits. Freshman Stefan Kancylarz, who was last week's A-10 Rookie of the Week, has a team-most 87 at bats and is batting .287 with 25 hits leading to a team-high nine runs batted in.

Sophomore Daniel Thorpe makes his second start of the season. The SJU righty has made sevn total appearances, where he has gathered a 1-1 record. Thorpe owns an ERA of 3.09 in 11.2 innings, where he has allowed four runs on 12 hits.

Temple leads the all-time series by a long shot with a record of 107-49-2.

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Baseball Hosts St. Joe's In Round 1 Of The Liberty Bell Classic Tuesday At 3 PM

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