WEEK 8 STATS: .429 BA (6-for-14), 2 2B, 4 BB, 7 RBI, 3 runs, .556 OBP
Sanfillippo raised his batting average by 48 points last week, collecting at least one hit and one RBI in each of Wagner’s four games. The Garden State product reached base safely at least twice in every contest, beginning with an 11-10 mid-week setback at Big Ten member Rutgers. For the week, the starting first baseman batted .429 (6-for-14) with two doubles, four walks and a league-high seven RBI. Sanfillippo spearheaded the Seahawks’ offensive efforts in a NEC series victory over Sacred Heart, reaching base a total of eight times and scoring at least one run in all three games. The right-handed hitter produced a RBI single to give the Seahawks a 3-1 lead in the fourth inning of the series opener and he also played a part in the team’s ninth-inning, game-winning rally. With Wagner facing a 4-3 deficit and down to its final three outs, Sanfillippo worked out a walk and eventually came around to score the go-ahead run on a bases-clearing double by Anthony Pecora. Sanfillippo delivered a two-run double of his own in the ninth inning of Game 2, cutting SHU’s lead down to 11-8. The 5-foot-10 slugger opened the scoring in the fourth frame of the series finale. Stepping to the plate with one out and the bags juiced, Sanfillippo belted a double to left field to send the Pioneers on their way to a 5-4 win.