WAVERLY, Iowa – Baseball is set to close the regular season this week with a three-game series on the road against Nebraska Wesleyan University beginning with a doubleheader on Thursday, May. 4 at 1 p.m. in Lincoln, Nebraska. The series will close with a single game on Friday, May 5 at 1 p.m.
 
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The Series

• Wartburg leads the all-time series 10-7
• The Knights and Prairie Wolves met four times last season
  • Each team won two of those matchups

 
American Rivers Conference Tournament Outlook

• Buena Vista University clinched the regular season title
  • First overall seed in A-R-C Tournament
• Top six seeds make the tournament
  • Tournament held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
• Wartburg is currently in seventh place trailing Central by one game
  • 6. Central: 8-13 A-R-C (14-20) 7. Wartburg 7-14 A-R-C (12-18)
    • Remaining schedules: Central is on the road against Luther for three games and Wartburg is on the road against NWU for three games
    • Wartburg owns head-to-head tiebreaker over Central

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter this weekend's series with an overall record of 12-18 and an American Rivers Conference mark of 7-14
  • Wartburg won its final home series two games to one against Central last weekend
• Wartburg has recorded 10+ hits in nine of its last 13 games
• The Knights have the best team fielding percentage in the A-R-C with a mark of .973
• Keaton Gray leads the Knights offense at the plate in:
  • Batting average (.433, Third in A-R-C), Hits (55, Fourth in A-R-C) and OPS (.989, 10^th in A-R-C)
  • Also has current hitting streak of 16 games and a reached base streak of 20 games
• Other Batting Stat Leaders:
  • HR – 4, Zach Wesolowski
  • RBI – 26, Zach Walton
  • Doubles – 11, Walton
  • Triples – 2, Caleb Andrews and Cole Wessling
  • Walks – 21, Walton (Tied for seventh in A-R-C)
• Cael Boehmer has been the Knights top pitcher so far this season
  • 3-1 record in eight appearances
  • 48.1 innings pitched
  • 47 strikeouts
  • 3.91 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

 
Nebraska Wesleyan

• NWU is currently 13-24 overall this season and 4-17 in A-R-C plat entering this week's matchup
  • Currently on a four-game losing streak
• The Prairie Wolves are in the bottom two of the conference as a team in hitting, pitching and fielding
• NWU has the second most doubles (79) and walks drawn (171) in the A-R-C
• Five different batters have at least 15 RBI
• Kaleb Knox leads the team in home runs (five) RBI (26) and doubles (12)
• Noah Unger leads the Priaire Wolves in batting average and OPS
  • .359 average and .952 OPS
• On the mound, Tyson Romero has an A-R-C leading ERA of 1.70 through 58.1 innings
  • 61 strikeouts
  • Opponent batting average of .251
  • 4-3 record
  • One complete game
• Noah Unger and Alejandro Espinoza are second on the team in wins with three wins each on the mound
• Noah Wing has three saves in nine appearances this season