THREE MORAVIAN BASEBALL PLAYERS RANKED IN LATEST NCAA STATISTICS RELEASE

INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- The Moravian College baseball team has three players ranked in the second 2007 NCAA Division III baseball statistical ranking released Wednesday.

Sophomore outfielder Joseph Durso (Middletown, NJ/Christian Brother Academy HS) is tied for 35th in the nation in doubles per game with an average of 0.48. Durso, pictued at right, has 12 doubles in 25 games this season, and he is hitting .326 for the year.

Senior shortstop Pete Moore (Bogota, NJ/Bogota HS), pictured at left, is listed 40th in the nation in slugging percentage with a .723 slugging percentage this spring, and he is tied for 42nd in triples per game with an average of 0.16. Moore, who is hitting .404 with 38 hits in 94 at-bats, has seven doubles, four triples and five home runs for 68 total bases in 25 games this season.

Junior outfielder Josh Baltz (Easton, PA/Easton HS), pictured at bottom right, is tied for 49th in the nation in hit by pitch at an average of 0.38. Baltz, who has a .319 batting average, has been hit by a pitch eight times in 21 games this spring.

Moravian is 7-18 on the season and 4-11 in Commonwealth Conference action. The Greyhounds are scheduled to return to action on Wednesday, April 18th in a non-conference game versus Delaware Valley College in a game moved to Gillespie Field in Bethlehem due to field conditions in Doylestown.