DAVENPORT, Fla. — St. John’s senior third baseman Joe Becker broke former teammate Ethan Roe’s program record for home runs with the 26th of his career in the Johnnies’ 11-0 shutout of Rutgers-Camden on Thursday, March 20.
The victory was the 899th of SJU head coach Jerry Haugen’s storied career. The game was a nine-inning contest, but ended after the seventh inning due to the 10-run rule.
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all-time leader in RBI (153) and total bases (335), Becker is also second in doubles (43), hits (194), runs scored (142) and triples (10); fourth in games played (154); and sixth in walks (62).
St. John’s senior southpaw Will Fazio allowed only one hit — a leadoff double in the Scarlet Raptors’ (11-4) first at-bat of the game — and struck out a career-high 10 (with nine walks) in 6.2 innings.
Rutgers-Camden, which was ranked high as No. 19 in Monday’s D3baseball.com Top 25 poll, went 0-for-10 with runners on base, including 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position.
Fazio is now 2-0 with a 1.83 ERA, .169 opponent batting average and 25 strikeouts in 19.2 innings so far this season for the Johnnies (8-4).
Owen Best went 3-for-4 at the plate for the Johnnies, who take on Johns Hopkins (Maryland) and Denison (Ohio) in Florida today (March 21).
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