Matt Backlund Award MAC Commonwealth Baseball Pitcher of the Week Week Of 4/27/2015 Sport Baseball School Alvernia Year Junior Position Pitcher Hometown Yardville, N.J. High School Steinert Matt Backlund (Alvernia / Jr., P / Yardville, N.J.) had a solid outing for the Crusaders in a 7-1 win against Arcadia. Backlund went six innings and gave up just one run on five hits. He struck out four batters in the win.