Baseball Heads to Holy Cross for Final Non-League Matchup on Tuesday

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown baseball team will hit the road for the final time this season on Tuesday for their final non-league game against Holy Cross. First pitch under the lights is set for 6 p.m. on ESPN+.

It will mark the second matchup this season between the two schools, with Holy Cross scoring two runs in the ninth to take the first game 13-11 back on March 19 in Providence.

PROJECTED STARTERS
Christian Keel vs. TBA

SCOUTING BROWN (9-26, 4-14 IVY)

Nathan Brasher leads the team with a .351 batting average in Ivy League games (.323 overall). He has reached base in 19 of his last 20 games.
Reece Rappoli has a five-game hitting streak after going 4-for-10 over the weekend at Yale. He is hitting .295 on the season.
DJ Dillehay has started every game this season at shortstop and is hitting .296 with a team-leading 26 RBIs and is tied for the team lead with four home runs.
On the mound, Paxton Meyers ranks eighth in Ivy play with 33 strikeouts over 34.0 IP.
Brown took the first game of this past weekend's series at Yale 11-9, before falling 7-0 and 6-1 over the final two games.

SCOUTING HOLY CROSS (21-24, 11-10 Patriot)

Holy Cross is coming off winning two out of three this past weekend at Lehigh, outscoring the Mountain Hawks by a 21-8 margin over the final two games.
The Crusaders have played just nine of their 45 games at home this season, the fewest in the Patriot League, but hold a 7-2 record in those games.
Hitting .256 as a team, HC is led by Jimmy King and Chris Baillargeon with King holding a .302 batting average and swiping 20 bags in 21 attempts.
Baillargeon is tied for the team lead with six home runs and is first in RBIs (30), walks (41) and total bases.
Colin Brown is hitting .287 this year and has struck out only 16 times in 108 at bats, the fewest number of K's among qualified position players.

After Tuesday's game, Brown will conclude the 2024 season with a three-game home stand against Cornell with a doubleheader on Saturday and a single game on Sunday.

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