WAVERLY, Iowa-- No. 20 Wartburg (25-5 overall, 12-2 IIAC) will host Iowa Conference opponent, Luther (10-14, 6-10) , in a doubleheader Tuesday, April 23 at 3:30 p.m.
These are the postponed games from April 9.
The teams will play a seven-inning game followed by a nine-inning game.
A Look at the Teams:
Luther:
Eric Pittman is the team’s leading hitter (.371 average) and has a team-best eight doubles.
Two fellow Norse join him above .300 as Aldon Severson is at .361 and Mitch Knippenberg is at .333.
Knippenberg has a team-high 14 RBIs.
Alex Byom leads the starting pitchers with a 1.47 ERA and is 5-0 in 30.2 innings pitched.
Wartburg:
Wartburg has won the last four straight conference series and enter Tuesday’s game on an 11-game winning streak.
This winning string ties the second-longest in program history which previously occurred in 2002.
Junior Ryan Powers (Wheatland) leads the team with his .427 average and 25 RBIs.
Senior Drew Yoder (Wellman) and sophomore Blake Wilson (Bettendorf) join him above .300 at .398 and .311, respectively and both have 25 RBIs as well.
Senior Ryan Doty (Dubuque) leads the starting pitching staff with a 1.71 ERA and has 48 strikeouts in 42.0 innings of work. He is 6-0 on the mound.