Baseball | 5/8/2019 10:12:00 AM

Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State University baseball team will play the #2 seed Minnesota State Mankato in the opening round of the NSIC Tournament Thursday. The game will start at 6 p.m. from Faber Field against the Mavericks. For the information on the tournament click here.
 
About the Wolves:

• The Wolves enter the conference tournament with a 25-23 overall and 20-16 in the NSIC finishing in seventh place.
• Northern State as a team is hitting .260 with 73 doubles, four triples, 35 home runs, and 214 runs batted in.
• NSU has a .387 slugging percentage, .345 on base percentage, and 45 stolen bases on the season.
• Junior Hayden Houts is hitting .342 leading the team with 10 doubles, two triples, 36 runs batted in, slugging .541, and a .405 on base percentage.
• Freshman Spencer Sarringar has a .319 batting average with four doubles, five home runs, 19 runs batted in, a .527 slugging percentage, and .398 on base percentage.
• Senior Mikey Adams hit .286 in the regular season with eight doubles, one triple, three home runs, 20 runs batted in, and a .333 on base percentage.
• Chad Hinkle leads the Wolves with six home runs on the season slugging .461 on the season.
• The Northern State pitching staff is allowing 5.26 earned runs per game with six complete games, eight saves, allowing a .279 batting average, 309 strikeouts and 175 walks.
• Luke Chevalier is leading NSU in innings pitched, wins, earned run average, 68 strikeouts, and a .210 batting average against.
• Mike Stubbs leads the bullpen with a 3.12 ERA, 26.0 innings pitched, nine earned runs allowing 12 walks, and 10 strikeouts.
• Cody Curfman has a 4-4 record on the season with a 3.72 ERA allowing 23 earned runs, 19 walks, and 53 strikeouts.

 
About the Mavericks:

• (RV) Minnesota State enters the conference tournament with a 38-11 overall and 28-8 in conference play, finishing in second place.
• The Mavericks were receiving votes in the latest national poll and is fourth in the latest Central Region Ranking.
• The Mavericks finished the regular season hitting .334 with 107 doubles, 15 triples, and 42 home runs.
• MSU is slugging .494, on base percentage of .412, and has stolen 49 bases on the season.
• Jordan Hart is hitting .393 on the season with 11 doubles, four triples, 18 home runs, and 70 runs batted in.
• Cam Kline and Nick Altermatt are hitting .392 with six and two home runs respectively.
• Ty Buck is second on the team with eight home runs and 50 runs batted in.
• The Mavericks pitching staff is allowing 3.07 earned runs per game with 136 earned runs, 439 strikeouts and a .238 batting average against.
• John Ludwig has a 0.25 earned run average pitching 36.0 innings, 1 earned run, six walks, and 46 strikeouts.
• Cam Kline has a 2.08 earned run average with a 9-1 record, five complete games, 69.1 innings pitched, 16 earned runs, 14 walks, and 100 strikeouts.
• Minnesota State is led by Matt Magers in his 11th season at the helm.

 
Last Time Out:

• Wolves and Mavericks matched-up earlier this season in Mankato as the Wolves dropped both games by a final score of 1-7 and 1-14.
• Mikey Adams tallied two hits in game two, Houts and Barreneche tallied hits in game two.
• The Wolves are 5-22 all-time against the Mavericks.