WAVERLY, Iowa-- Wartburg (11-5 overall, 4-0 IIAC) travels to face Luther (13-3, 2-2) Wednesday in a doubleheader at 1 p.m. The Knights bring a five-game winning streak into the twinbill.
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The Series
Wartburg owns the all-time series lead at 67-43 which includes four of the five meetings last season.
Wartburg
Sophomore Zach Hovick (Roland) leads the Knights with a .500 average and classmate Clay Henning (Plymouth, Wis.) is the second-leading hitter at .444. Three players, seniors Milton Croes (Noord, Aruba), Tyler Willis (Waverly) and Robbie Anstoetter (Farley) round out the leading hitters at .353, .308 and .304, respectively.
Sophomore Tanner Eckhardt (Monticello, Minn.) leads the pitching staff with a 1.20 ERA in 30 innings of work.
Luther
Mitch Knippenberg leads the team with a .520 batting average, 13 doubles, two home runs and 28 RBIs. Bryce Hingst and Jon Opdahl currently average above .400 at .449 and .429, respectively.
Nate Beckman leads the starting pitchers with a 1.16 ERA and is 3-0 in 23.1 innings pitched.