Baseball | 3/28/2018 11:10:00 PM
Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State University baseball team will play Northwest Missouri State in a non-conference double header Thursday and Friday afternoon. Due to poor weather conditions on Saturday, that game is moved to Thursday. First pitch is schedule for 3 p.m. on Thursday and a double-header on Friday starting at 12 p.m. against the Bearcats.
The Wolves enter the weekend with a 7-10 overall and a 2-6 NSIC record. Stats before St. Cloud double-header, NSU is hitting .255 with 10 home runs, five triples, and 28 doubles on 111 hits. NSU as a pitching staff has a 5.60 earned run average, giving up 132 hits, 68 earned runs, striking out 92 hitters, while walking 49, and giving up a .295 batting average.
Jack Schmidt leads the team with .396 batting average, second on the team is
Dakota Stilson with a .364, and
Kolin Kubitz has a .308 average on the season. Schmidt also leads the Wolves with 21 hits, second is
Dakota Stilson with 16, and Kubitz has 12 hits on the season. Kubitz and
Lucas Lorenz are tied with a team leading three home runs. Stilson leads the team with six doubles, while Schmidt is second with five.
Zach Hartford and
Luke Chevalier lead the pitching staff with two wins on the season.
Luke Chevalier leads the Wolves with 24.0 innings and 22 strikeouts,
Sam Krapf is second on the team with 17.1 innings pitched.
Thomas Sertic is second on the team with 11 strikeouts in 11.1 innings.
Holt Hunziker has not given up a run in 8.0 innings in relief while striking out 11. Fielding percentage for the Wolves is at .963 with 15 errors as a team in 405 chances.
Wolves are coached by
Dean Berry in his eighth year as head coach.
About the Bearcats:
The Bearcats come into the series with an 16-12 overall and a 12-5 NSIC record.
NMSU as a team is hitting .259, with 240 hits, 37 doubles, four triples, and 11 home runs.
Hudson Bilodeau leads the team with a .353 batting average, second on the team is Landon Figg with a .283 average. Bilodeau and Figg are tied at the top for 30 hits.
As a team the Bearcats have a .958 fielding percentage.
Northwest Missouri as a pitching staff has a 4.26 earned run average, 240.0 innings pitched, 271 hits, 156 runs (114 earned), 92 walks, and 217 strikeouts.
Trevor Dudar leads the staff with two earned runs in 16.0 innings, Joseph Hieptpas in 49.2 innings pitched as giving up 13 earned runs. Brad Roberts has pitched 52.1 innings most for any NMSU pitcher.
The Bearcats are coached by Darin Loe in his 18th year at the helm.
Last Match-Up:
Wolves have faced the Bearcats one other time in program history in 2001, Wolves lost 0-10.
