WAVERLY, Iowa – Baseball is at home this weekend for a three-game series against Central College beginning on Friday, Apr. 28 at 6 p.m. The series will close on Saturday, Apr. 29 with a doubleheader scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
 
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Live streams: Game One (Fri.) | Game Two (Sat.-DH1) | Game Three (Sat.-DH2)
 
Live stats (All games)
 
The Series

• The Knights lead the all-time series 85-56
• Wartburg has won the last five matchups
  • Knights scored 10+ runs in four out of those five games
• The first matchups in this series date back to the 1958 season

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter this weekend's series with an overall record of 10-17 and an American Rivers Conference mark of 5-13
  • Wartburg took one game in a three-game series against UD last weekend
• Wartburg has recorded 10+ hits in seven of its last 10 games
  • 2-8 record in those 10 games
• The Knights have the best team fielding percentage in the A-R-C with a mark of .972
• Keaton Gray leads the Knights offense at the plate in batting average, hits and OPS
  • Batting average (.439, Fourth in A-R-C), Hits (50, Tied for fourth in A-R-C) and OPS (1.013, 10^th in A-R-C)
  • Also has current hitting streak of 13 games and a reached base streak of 17 games
• Other Batting Stat Leaders:
  • HR – 4, Zach Wesolowski
  • RBI – 24, Caleb Andrews
  • Doubles – 8, Zach Walton
  • Triples – 2, Andrews
  • Walks – 21, Walton (Sixth in A-R-C)
• Cael Boehmer has been the Knights top pitcher so far this season
  • 2-1 record in seven appearances
  • 41.1 innings pitched
  • 41 strikeouts
  • 4.57 ERA
  • One complete game
• Will Armstrong and Aaron Eybers both have recorded two wins on the mound as well
• Dreyton LaVeine leads the Knights pitching staff in saves with two

 
A-R-C Standings

SCHOOL	A-R-C	A-R-C PCT.	ALL	STREAK
Buena VistaRV(5)/RV	18-2	.900	27-6	W1
Luther	13-5	.722	20-13	L1
Loras/RV	12-6	.667	21-12	L2
Dubuque	11-9	.550	21-10	W2
Coe	9-9	.500	17-14	W4
Central	7-11	.389	13-18	W2
Wartburg	5-13	.278	10-17	L2
Simpson	4-14	.222	14-20	L3
Nebraska Wesleyan	4-14	.222	12-20	L5

Top six teams will qualify for the A-R-C Tournament, which is played Thursday, May 11 through Saturday, May 13 at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
 
Central

• Central enters the week with an A-R-C record of 7-11 and an overall mark of 13-18
  • Won two out of three games against Loras in its last series played
• Central is tied for second in the A-R-C in total home runs with 24
  • Four Central batters with 3+ HR's
  • Also have allowed most HR's with 19
• The Dutch have the fewest stolen bases in the A-R-C this season with 26 on just 32 attempts
• Central's pitching staff has the highest ERA and batting average allowed in the conference
  • 7.68 ERA and .316 average
• Central's offense is led by Colton DeRocher, Logan McCoy and Chase Martin
  • All three batters have averages above .365
• DeRocher is batting .392 with 32 RBI and seven home runs
  • Second in A-R-C in both RBI and HRs
• Three different pitchers have recorded three wins on the mound this season for Central
• Declan O'Hare has 37.1 innings pitched and leads the team with 36 strikeouts