General | 3/27/2023 9:47:00 AM
New York, New York - Going into a four-game set against 2022 CUNYAC CC Championship runner-up Bronx Community College and sporting their first winning streak since 2018, three members of the BMCC Baseball team have etched their name into the NJCAA Division III statistical rankings. After going 7-for-9 (.778 batting average) with seven hits (three doubles), six steals, and five RBIs last week in his two games against Queensborough, sophomore Frank Reyes (Brooklyn, New York) is currently ranked third in the country with a .625 batting average and fourth in the nation in on-base percentage at .684.
Freshmen Peter Rodriguez Reyes (Bronx, New York) and Nicholas Mattera (Moorpark, California) are tied for 15th in the nation in batting average, with both hitting .500.
Reyes went off offensively during the Panther's first two victories of the season, being part of an offensive explosion during the Panther's first win, 17-5 over the Tigers, in which the team posted a season-high 19 hits and 17 runs that surpassed the single-season best of 16 from the 2018 squad. Reyes was one of the five BMCC players to register a multi-hit game on Tuesday, putting up four hits and two doubles while driving in a career-high four RBIs. He also stole three bases in the victory.
The Brooklyn, New York native led Panther's offensive attack with his team-best third straight multi-hit game with a game-high three hits (two singles and a double) and tied for another with two runs scored. His lone RBI was one of the Panther's three seventh-inning runs to help tie the game at five during their come-from-behind victory on Friday 6-5.
Rodriguez-Reyes was also one of the five BMCC players to register a multi-hit game last Tuesday, going a perfect 4-for-4 with four hits and four runs scored, both tying a game-best to go along with three RBIs and two doubles.
The Central Park East High School product was a big part of the Panther's three-run seventh inning to tie the game at five during a 6-5 come-from-behind victory over Queensborough Community College on Friday, registering a lead-off single and scoring the first of three panther runs in the inning while recording a steal.
Mattera scored a game-best four runs and also registered a multi-hit game with three hits during the Panther's 17-5 victory against the Tigers on Tuesday.
Reyes leads the Panthers with a .625 batting average which is also tied for fourth in the country, a .875 slugging percentage, a .684 on-base percentage, 10 hits, seven RBIs and steals, and four doubles which match his total from last year.
Rodriguez-Reyes and Mattera are both tied for second on the Panthers with a .500 batting average and six hits, with Mattera leading the team with eight runs scored and being tied second with Rodriguez-Reyes in slugging percentage (.750). Rodriguez-Reyes is second with three doubles and tied for third with four RBIs, while Mattera has recorded the only Panther homer of the year.
The Panthers look to extend their winning streak to three on the road tomorrow, Tuesday, March 28, against CUNYAC CC Championship runner-up Bronx Community College at 3:30 p.m. at Ohio Field in Bronx, New York. For more information, please visit the BMCC Baseball Schedule Page.
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