CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Wartburg baseball (9-3) opens American Rivers Conference play on the road against Coe College this weekend, March 22-23. Game one will be on Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. with a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 1 p.m.
 

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The Series

• The Knights lead the series 82-48 all-time against Coe
• Wartburg went 2-1 in the regular season last year
  • Coe beat the Knights 4-3 in 11 innings in the Conference Tournament a season ago

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter the weekend with an overall record of 9-3
• Eliot Jurgensen leads the Knights in runs (18), RBI (18), triples (three) and home runs (four)
  • Keaton Gray and Jurgensen are tied for most hits with 18 each to lead the team
• Zach Walton leads the Knights in batting average (.378), and is second in triples (two) and home runs (three)
  • Gray and Walton share a team high in doubles each with four this season
• Cael Boehmer leads all pitchers with 18.2 innings pitched through four starts
• Joey Ciero leads all pitchers with 24 strikeouts over 16 innings pitched through three starts
• Nine Wartburg pitchers have appeared in at least three games this season
  • Will Armstrong leads all pitchers with five appearances, and one save
• Jurgensen and Gray each lead the team with five steals through 12 games

 
Coe

• The Kohawks enter the weekend with an overall record of 6-8
  • Coe went 4-4 at the RussMat Invitational last week in Orlando, Florida
• Jake Brosius leads the Kohawks in hits (19), triples (two), home runs (four) and RBI (12)
  • Creighton Kreshel leads the team with nine runs and is second with 11 RBI
• Reid Rausch leads the team in batting average (.419) and doubles (seven)
• Ethan O'Donnell leads Coe on the mound with 21.2 innings pitched over four starts
• CJ Johnson and Michael Bonner each have notched a save for the Kohawks
• Brosius is sixth in the A-R-C in stolen bases this season with six on eight attempts