WAVERLY, Iowa – Wartburg baseball will close regular season play this upcoming week with one non-conference game and four American Rivers Conference games. Wartburg will be at home today against the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and then host Simpson for three games beginning with a doubleheader Friday, May 3 before closing the regular season at Coe on Sunday, May 5.
 
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The Series

• UW-Platteville
  • First matchup between these programs since 1968
  • Wartburg won the first matchup 11-1
• Simpson
  • Wartburg leads the all-time series 99-55
  • Simpson took two out of three games last season
  • Wartburg is 5-5 in its last 10 games against the Storm
• Coe
  • The Knights lead the all-time series 83-47
  • Coe has won the previous two matchups earlier this season
  • Wartburg is 3-7 in its last 10 matchups against Coe

Wartburg

• The Knights enter the week with an overall record of 20-14 and an A-R-C record of 10-10
• Keaton Gray leads the team in batting average (.395), hits (58), and is tied for lead in runs scored (41)
  • Second in doubles (10)
• Zach Walton leads the team in home runs (eight), doubles (11) and RBI (40)
• Eliot Jurgensen is tied for the lead in runs scored (41) and leads the team in triples (eight)
  • Second on the team in hits (49) and home runs (six)
• Cael Boehmer leads all pitchers with 61 strikeouts over 48.2 innings pitched and a 2.59 ERA
  • Boehmer has recorded a team four wins in nine starts this season
• 10 pitchers have appeared in seven or more games for the Knights
• Will Armstrong leads the Knights in appearances this season with 13
  • Armstrong has a team high five saves this season (Tied for seventh for most in a single season)
• Wartburg is second in the A-R-C in home runs with 28 and tied for first in triples with 16

 
Record Watch

• Jurgensen is tied for the school record for triples in a season with eight
• Carter Stubitz is second all-time at Wartburg in runners caught stealing with 42
• Walton is 11 walks away from tying his own Wartburg season record for walks drawn
• Will Armstrong is tied for seventh for saves in a season at Wartburg with five

 
A-R-C Standings (as of 4/29/24)

SCHOOL	A-R-C	A-R-C PCT.	ALL	ALL PCT.	HOME	AWAY	NEUTRAL	STREAK
Coe	16-4	.800	24-12	.667	10-2	10-6	4-4	W4
Buena Vista	15-6	.714	26-10	.722	8-1	7-6	11-3	W1
Luther	13-7	.650	24-12	.667	9-6	10-6	5-0	W4
Loras	11-9	.550	22-14	.611	7-2	7-10	8-2	L1
Wartburg	10-10	.500	20-14	.588	7-5	5-7	8-2	L1
Dubuque	10-10	.500	21-15	.583	9-7	8-5	4-3	L1
Simpson	8-13	.381	15-21	.417	9-5	1-9	5-7	L4
Central	8-13	.381	14-22	.389	5-9	7-7	2-6	W1
Nebraska Wesleyan	2-21	.087	9-28	.243	4-14	5-14	0-0	L6

 
UW-Platteville

• The Pioneers enter the week with an overall record of 11-19 and are 8-11 when playing on the road this season
• Justin Fago leads the team in batting average (.356), hits (42), triples (two) and RBI (22)
• Caleb Parker is second on the team in hits (35) and leads the team in doubles (10)
• The Pioneers have hit 23 home runs over 30 games this season
  • Chris Tsouras leads the team with five and Mitchell Pomeroy is second with four
• Mitchell Pomeroy has a team best 4-1 record through 36 innings pitched
• Jordan Stanton leads the Pioneers with 27 strikeouts over seven appearances
  • Jake Schneider has a team best two saves and is second on the team with 23 strikeouts

 
Simpson

• The Storm enter the week with an overall record of 15-21 and an A-R-C record of 8-13
  • Simpson is 1-6 when playing on the road this season
• Ian Baldwin has a team high 35 hits and leads the team with six triples
• Nate Cagley is second on the team in hits (34) and leads the team in doubles (nine), HR (four) and RBI (22)
• Joel Sampson leads the Storm in runs scored (23) and is tied for a team high in walks with 17
• Trey Castile leads all pitchers with 77 strikeouts through 61.1 innings pitched
  • Castile has a team best 6-2 record in nine starts and two complete games
• Eli Feekin has 55 strikeouts over 12 appearances and 45.2 innings pitched this season
  • Dylan Schlee leads the team with to saves and an opponent batting average of .154

 
Coe

• Coe enters the week with an overall record of 21-12 and an A-R-C record of 13-4
  • Scheduled to play two games against Simpson and three games against Luther before matching up with Wartburg
• The Kohawks have six starters batting .300 or above
• Reid Rausch and Jake Brosius lead the team in RBI with 39 and 38 respectivrly
  • Brosius leads the team in hits (60), triples (five) and home runs (five)
  • Rausch is tied for the team lead in doubles (14) and leads Coe in on-base percentage (.463)
• Coe is 75/90 on stolen base attempts this season
• Ethan O' Donnell has seen the most time on the mound this season for Coe with 54.2 innings pitched
  • 5-1 record, 37 strikeouts, 3.29 ERA and allows an opponent batting average of .274
• Caden Richards is 4-1 on the mound and Jack Walsh is 4-0