WAVERLY, Iowa-- Wartburg (26-10 overall, 17-3 IIAC) hosts Coe (19-14, 11-9) tonight at 7 p.m. in the nine-inning game of the conference series.

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The Series
Wartburg owns the all-time series lead, 56-32. The Knights won the doubleheader in Cedar Rapids on April 25.

Coe
Andrew Brierton leads the team at .392 and Jacob Burns follows at .381. Jack Greene leads the starting pitching staff with a 2.30 ERA, is 2-1 in 47.0 innings pitched with 42 strikeouts.

Wartburg
Junior Blake Mahoney (Des Moines) has a team-best .379 batting average. Seven teammates join him above .300: junior Eric Willis (Waverly) at .376, junior Cody Hyler (Des Moines) at .371, senior Jacob Thumann (DeWitt) at .365, junior David Fitzgerald (Dubuque) at .317, senior Austin Lechtenberg (DeWitt) at .314, junior Clay Henning (Plymouth, Wis.) at .302, and junior Zach Hovick (Roland) at .300.

Thumann leads the team with 38 RBIs, and Mahoney follows with 34.

Senior Max Langheinrich (Minnetonka, Minn.) leads the starting pitchers with a 3.18 ERA and is 4-1 in 62.1 innings pitched with 49 strikeouts.

Career Record Watch
Thumann is now the program's leader in career home runs. He broke the record of 28, which was set by Wartburg Athletics Hall of Fame member Matt Thede in 2001. Senior Taylor Gilson (Oelwein) is No. 7 in strikeouts (200).