WAVERLY, Iowa – Wartburg baseball will be at home for four American Rivers Conference games this week, beginning with Tuesday, Apr. 2 against Buena Vista followed by a weekend series against Nebraska Wesleyan University on Friday and Saturday, Apr. 5-6.
 
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The Series

• Buena Vista
  • The Knights lead the all-time series 79-66
  • The Beavers swept last season's series
  • Wartburg is 5-5 against BVU in its last 10 matchups
• Nebraska Wesleyan
  • The all-time series is 12-8 in favor of Wartburg
  • Wartburg took two out of three games on the road against NWU last season
  • The Knights are 5-5 in their last 10 matchups against the Beavers

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter the week with an overall record of 11-7 overall and 2-4 in A-R-C play
• Zach Walton leads the Knights in batting average (.382), doubles (seven) and tied for the lead in HR's (five)
• Eliot Jurgensen leads the team in triples (five), RBI (23) and tied for lead in HR's (five)
• Keaton Gray leads the Knights in hits (28), runs scored (23) and stolen bases (10)
• Walton has reached base in every game so far this season (18)
• The Knights offense has recorded 10+ hits 10 times this season
  • 8-2 record in those games
• Cael Boehmer leads all pitchers with 29.2 innings pitched through six starts
  • 2-1 record this season
  • Boehmer also leads all pitchers with 34 strikeouts
• 12 different Wartburg pitchers have appeared in at least three games this season
  • Will Armstrong leads all pitchers with eight appearances (1-0 record and one save)
• Wartburg is 31/39 on stolen base attempts this season
  • Opponents are 21/30 against the Knights

 
Record Watch

• Walton is third all-time in career putouts with 1,030
  • Needs 23 more to set the career record
• Jurgensen's 10 career triples ranks tied for seventh all-time at Wartburg
  • His five this season is three shy of tying the season record at Wartburg
• Carter Stubitz is second all-time in runners caught stealing with a mark of 40
  • Trails first by 30
• Walton also ranks top 10 all-time at Wartburg in home runs (22, T-3^rd), fielding percentage (.995, 3^rd) slugging percentage (.639, 6^th), on-base percentage (.492, 3^rd) and doubles (47, 7^th)

Buena Vista

• BVU enters the week with an overall record of 16-5 and 5-1 against A-R-C opponents
• Joel Garcia leads the Beavers in batting average (.407), hits (35), and RBI (23)
• Zack Beekmann and Evan Taylor each have a team-high 10 doubles
• BVU has hit 15 home runs through 21 games this season, Grant Oseka leads the team with four
  • Drew Taylor and Beekmann are second with three a piece
• Five Beavers have 20 or more RBI on the season
• Mason Gehling has a team low ERA at 3.19 through six appearances
• Morgan Smith leads the BVU pitchers with 47 strikeouts through 45.2 innings pitched
  • Ean McDaniel has a team high five wins
• BVU has 36 steals on 41 attempts through their first 21 games
  • Evan Taylor leads the Beavers with 13 steals on 14 attempts

 
Nebraska Wesleyan

• The Prairie Wolves enter the week with an overall record of 7-10 and 0-3 in conference play
• Aaron Chazin leads the team with a .377 batting average and tied for a team-high in hits with 23
• Duncan Ortega leads Nebraska in doubles (six), triples (two), RBI (15) and tied for a team-high in runs with 15
  • Jake Gerardis is tied for team-highs in hits (23) and runs (15)
• Brady Bell leads the Prairie Wolves with nine hits in conference play
• Tyson Romero leads all starting pitchers with 40 strikeouts over 34 innings pitched
• Bryson Knapp has a team low ERA at 2.75 over five appearances
• Robbie Ross leads all pitchers with three wins and eight appearances
• Carter Betts leads the Prairie Wolves in stolen bases with seven steals on seven attempts