WAVERLY, Iowa – Baseball is set for five American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) games this week with a doubleheader on the road against Luther College on Tuesday, Apr. 8 beginning at 3 p.m. followed by a three-game weekend series at home against the University of Dubuque scheduled to begin on Friday, Apr. 11 at 6 p.m.
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The Series
- Luther
- Wartburg defeated Luther last week 9-6
- These teams met five times a season ago
- Luther won three out of the five matchups (1-1 in A-R-C Tournament play)
- The Knights are 2-2 on the road against Luther since 2020
- Dubuque
- The Knights took two out of three games against Dubuque last season
- This weekend will mark Wartburg's first time hosting Dubuque since the 2022 season
- Wartburg is 6-4 in its last 10 home games against the Spartans
Wartburg
- The Knights enter the week third overall in the A-R-C standings with an overall record of 13-9 and a conference record of 7-4
- Has won three straight three-game series against A-R-C teams this season
- 7-3 in last 10 games played
- Carter Stubitz and Zach Walton lead the Knights in RBI with 24 and 20 respectively
- Walton has tied the career record at Wartburg for both home runs (33) and doubles hit (54)
- Four Knights have hit two or more home runs this season
- Wartburg is averaging 6.86 runs per game this season and allowing an average of 5.72 runs per game
- Both Emerson Alberhasky (48) and Joey Ciero (39) lead Wartburg's pitching staff in strikeouts
- Alberhasky ranks third in the A-R-C in strikeouts entering the week
- Ciero ranks fourth in the conference in innings pitched (41)
- Alberhasky, Ciero, Nicholas Nin and Conner Funk all have two wins on the mound this season
- Funk and Ciero lead the team in wins with three each
- Wartburg leads the A-R-C in walks drawn with 110
- Stubitz and Walton both lead the team with 25 and 21 respectively (first and second in the A-R-C individually)
Luther
- The Norse are currently ninth in the A-R-C standings with an overall record of 6-17 and an A-R-C mark of 2-8
- Luther averages 5.47 runs scored per game while allowing an average of 6.47 runs per game
- Mark Prince and Josh Matanich lead the Norse at the plate this season:
- Prince: .272 average, 25 hits, seven doubles, six home runs, 21 RBI
- Matanich: .400 average, 36 hits, six doubles, four home runs, 19 RBI
- Luther has a trio of pitchers with 27+ strikeouts this season in Kaleb Thiesse (37), Nolan Klocke (29) and Charles Running (27)
- Five batters have 10 or more RBI for the Norse this season
- Mark Prince (21), Matanich (19), Ike Swanson (15), Garren Heinert (14) and Gavin Scurr (11)
- Luther is currently second overall in team fielding percentage this season at 96.5%
- Just 28 errors through 23 games
Dubuque
- Dubuque enters the week tied for sixth overall in the conference with an A-R-C record of 3-5 and an overall record of 11-11
- UD will host a doubleheader against Loras on Tuesday before the weekend series in Waverly
- The Spartans are 6-4 in their last 10 games played and are 2-5 on the road this season
- Aidan Elfering is the Spartans' top hitter and pitcher so far this season
- Batting: 29 hits (.330 average), eight doubles, six home runs, 21 RBI (all team highs)
- Pitching: 5.59 ERA, 2-4 record, 47 strikeouts, 37 innings pitched
- UD averages five runs scored per game and allows an average of 4.81 runs per game
- Has not been shutout this season and also have not shut any teams out
- Shae Buskohl has a record of 3-1 on the mound with an ERA of 2.67 (both team bests)
- Dubuque currently leads the A-R-C in stolen bases this season with 45
- Tyson Dent (11) and Micah O'Neal (10) are the only other Spartans with 10 or more RBI this season
