WAVERLY, Iowa – Baseball continues American Rivers Conference play this week with a home doubleheader against Loras on Tuesday, Apr. 23 and then a weekend series on the road against Central beginning on Friday, Apr. 26.
 
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The Series

• Loras
  • Wartburg leads the all-time series 85-61
  • Loras won three out of four matchups a season ago
  • The Knights are 2-8 in last 10 games against Loras
• Central
  • Wartburg leads the all-time series 87-57
  • The Knights took two games out of three in last season's regular season series
  • Wartburg is 8-2 in its last 10 matchups against Central

 
Wartburg

• Entering the week, Wartburg is 16-13 overall and 6-9 in A-R-C play
• Wartburg is averaging 9.28 hits per game and 7.52 runs per game through 29 games
• Zach Walton leads the Knights in batting average (.373) and home runs (eight), RBI (38), walks drawn (25) and doubles (nine)
• Keaton Gray leads the team in hits (45) and stolen bases (18)
• The Knights are second in the A-R-C in team home runs with 27
  • Wartburg has played least amount of total games in A-R-C so far with 29
• Eliot Jurgensen has recorded an A-R-C leading seven triples this season
• Cael Boehmer has been the top starting pitcher for Wartburg so far this season
  • Leads team in innings pitched (41.2), strikeouts (51), and is tied for the lead in wins (three)
• Opponents have recorded 10+ hits in six out of the Knights' last seven games
• Wartburg's team fielding percentage of .968 is currently second in the A-R-C
• The Knights are 54-66 on stolen base attempts this season while allowing opponents to be 41-54 on attempts

 
Record Watch

• Eliot Jurgensen is one triple shy from tying the Wartburg single season record for triples
  • Tied for third in all-time triples at Wartburg with 12
• Walton is third all-time in home runs in a career at Wartburg (25)
  • Three shy of tying second place and eight shy of tying first
• Walton is also currently third all-time in career on-base percentage (.497), fourth all-time in career RBI (147) and fifth all-time in career slugging percentage (.644)
• With five saves, Will Armstrong is tied for seventh most in a season at Wartburg
  • Trails tying third by one save and tying second by two saves

 
A-R-C Standings (as of 4/22)

SCHOOL	A-R-C	A-R-C PCT.	ALL	ALL PCT.	HOME	AWAY	NEUTRAL	STREAK
Coe	13-4	.765	20-12	.625	6-2	10-6	4-4	L2
Buena Vista	11-5	.688	22-9	.710	6-0	5-6	11-3	L3
Loras	10-5	.667	21-10	.677	7-2	6-6	8-2	W2
Luther	9-6	.600	20-11	.645	9-6	6-5	5-0	W3
Dubuque	10-10	.500	21-14	.600	9-6	8-5	4-3	W1
Simpson	8-10	.444	15-18	.455	9-5	1-6	5-7	L1
Wartburg	6-9	.400	16-13	.552	5-5	3-6	8-2	L1
Central	6-10	.375	12-19	.387	3-6	7-7	2-6	W1
Nebraska Wesleyan	2-16	.111	9-23	.281	4-9	5-14	0-0	L1

 
Loras

• Loras enters Tuesday's doubleheader with an overall record of 21-10 and an A-R-C mark of 10-5
  • Defeated Coe two out of three games this past weekend
• The Duhawks are 7-3 in their last 10 games
• Loras has three batters with 30+ RBI this season
  • Daniel Rogers (32), Nick DiBenedetto (31) and Cody Sunny (37)
• Rogers leads Loras in batting average (.441), hits (49), triples (three) and home runs (five)
  • Has reached base in 17 straight games
• The Duhawks are 43/55 in stolen base attempts this season while allowing opponents to go 32/40
• Loras has a trio of pitchers with 35+ innings pitched this season
  • TJ Boyd (37.2), Andrew Krause (39.2) and Austin Sheldon (43.0)
• Krause has been the top starter with a record of 3-2, 37 strikeouts and batting average allowed (.268)

 
Central

• The Dutch enter the weekend with an overall record of 12-19 and an American Rivers Conference record of 6-10
  • Central will play Luther in a conference double header on Tuesday, April 23
• Colton DeRocher has been the top offensive threat for the Dutch all season
  • DeRocher leads the team in batting average (.318), hits (41), doubles (11), home runs (seven) and RBI (29)
• Logan McCoy is second on the team with a .311 batting average and leads the team in runs scored (25)
• Dom DeLaPaz is tied for second on the team in hits with McCoy, (32) and is second in home runs (five)
• Central is getting outscored 218-164 over 31 games this season
• Max Steinlage leads all pitchers with 46 strikeouts over 36.2 innings pitched
• Bryce Haessig has a team low 3.30 ERA over 11 appearances and a team-high two saves
• Central is eighth in the A-R-C this season going 32/43 in stolen bases
  • Max Steinlage leads the Dutch with seven steals on ten attempts