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
