WAVERLY, Iowa – Baseball continues American Rivers Conference play this week with five scheduled games beginning with a road doubleheader against Buena Vista University on Tuesday, Apr. 9. The Knights will close the week with a three-game series at home against Luther.
 
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The Series

• Buena Vista
  • Wartburg leads the all-time series 80-66
  • The Knights defeated the Beavers 8-5 earlier this season
  • Wartburg is 6-4 against BVU in its last 10 matchups
• Luther
  • The Knights lead the all-time series 86-72
  • Luther swept last season's regular season series
  • Wartburg is 2-8 in its last 10 games vs Luther

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter the week with an overall record of 14-8 overall and 5-5 in A-R-C play
• Cael Boehmer leads all pitchers with 36.2 innings pitched through six starts
  • 3-1 record this season
  • Boehmer also leads all pitchers with 44 strikeouts
• 12 different Wartburg pitchers have appeared in at least three games this season
  • Will Armstrong leads all pitchers with 10 appearances (1-0 record and five saves)
• Zach Walton leads the Knights in batting average (.366) and tied for the lead in HR's (Six)
  • Walton has reached base in every game so far this season (22)
• Eliot Jurgensen leads the team in triples (five), tied for lead in runs scored (27) and tied for lead in HR's (Six)
• Keaton Gray leads the Knights in hits (32), doubles (Eight) and stolen bases (12)
• Wartburg is 40/50 on stolen base attempts this season
  • Opponents are 21/30 against the Knights
• The Knights offense has recorded 10+ hits 11 times this season
  • 8-3 record in those games

 
Record Watch

• In last Saturday's doubleheader against Nebraska Wesleyan, Walton surpassed the career record for putouts at Wartburg with 1,066
• 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 (23, 3^rd), fielding percentage (.995, 3^rd) slugging percentage (.636, 6^th), on-base percentage (.489, 3^rd) and doubles (47, 7^th)

 
Buena Vista

• BVU enters the week with an overall record of 19-6 and 8-2 against A-R-C opponents
  • First in A-R-C standings
• Mason Gehling has a team low ERA at 3.25 through seven appearances
• Morgan Smith leads the BVU pitchers with 55 strikeouts through 53.1 innings pitched
  • Ranks fourth among A-R-C pitchers
• Ean McDaniel leads the Beavers in wins with a 6-0 record in decisions
• Joel Garcia leads the Beavers in batting average (.422) and hits (43)
• Zack Beekmann leads the team in RBI (30) and is tied for the team lead in HR's (Four)
• BVU has hit 18 home runs through 25 games this season
  • Five players have two or more HR's this season
• The Beavers have six players with 20+ RBI this season
• BVU has 36 steals on 41 attempts through their first 21 games
  • Evan Taylor and Tegan Bock leads the Beavers in steals with 13 and nine respectively

 
Luther

• Luther comes into this week with an overall record of 15-8 and an A-R-C record of 4-4
  • Will face No. 8 ranked UW-La Crosse on Tuesday before series with Wartburg
• Harry Blum leads all pitchers with 41 strikeouts over 43.1 innings pitched
  • Blum leads the team with five wins and one complete game
• Ryan Manternach has a team low 2.80 ERA over seven starts and 35.1 innings pitched
• Blake Jondle leads the Norse with 12 appearances and four saves over 20.1 innings
• Joshua Matanich leads Luther in batting average (.452), hits (38) and doubles (eight)
  • Leads the team with 11 hits and eight runs scored in conference play
• Cullen Stamp leads the team in runs (29) and is second in hits (27) and HR's (three)
• Mark Prince leads the Norse with six HR's and 29 RBI through 23 games
• Gavin Scurr leads Luther with 11 RBI through their first eight conference games
• Luther is 48/52 on stolen base attempts to start the season
  • Cullen Stamp leads the team with 18 on 18 attempts