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GAMEDAY PREVIEW | Huskies and Wildcats Collide in Saturday Showdown
4/7/2018 11:14:00 AM | Baseball
The originally scheduled weekend series has been reduced to a single double-header on Saturday, April 7th.
WAYNE, Neb. – For the 26th consecutive game, the St. Cloud State baseball team (16-9, 9-4 NSIC) will be on the road for their upcoming games against the Wayne State College Wildcats (9-15, 7-7 NSIC).
SUNDAY'S GAMES CANCELLED
In a statement from head coach, Pat Dolan, "Sunday's games have been cancelled due to low feel temperatures and snow showers throughout the day."
SERIES PREVIEW
After winning four of their six games last week against Northern State and the University of Sioux Falls, the Huskies split in their midweek series with conference leading, #3 Augustana. The mid-week series featured two pitching duels between both team's starters. Dominic Austing and Kyle Boser each threw eight scoreless innings in their outings. Pitching coach Brett DeGagne was very satisfied with his starters' performances on Wednesday, stating "Dom and Boser had mirror outings, but with just a little different outcome at the end. Facing a great lineup like Augustana, we had to be in attack mode on the mound and make them uncomfortable." DeGagne also praised Boser and Austing's abilities "to throw all of their pitches for strikes in any count." Speaking on what he expects on Saturday, DeGagne noted, "Dom and Kyle set the tone for the rest of the weekend, which is what we expect out of our top two arms. We look to build on that momentum and expect the same from our two young guys to model our leaders and be aggressive in the zone."
Sophomore, Shannon Ahern is the projected game one starter while freshman, Matthew Osterberg is the expected starter in game two.
Caeden Harris recorded the Huskies' sole RBI between the two games, with SCSU's other run coming off of a throwing error in the first game to give the club a 2-1 victory. In game two, SCSU was shutout for the first time this season, and the first time in over a full calendar year. (April 2, 2017 – Upper Iowa, 0-3)
Offensively, the Huskies are second in the NSIC in team batting average (.322) but lead the conference with 180 RBI's as well as on-base percentage (.414). SCSU has hit the second most homeruns in the NSIC this season with 22, while recording the most triples (10) and second most hits with 275 on the year, thus far.
Caeden Harris still stands among the top of the conference in batting average, (2nd, .442) as well as triples, (1st, 5), hits, (2nd, 42) and RBI's, (4th, 27).
Jackson Goplen has drawn the most walks in the NSIC with 19 while Mitch Mallek has logged the second most doubles with nine. Harris trails Mallek at third with eight, while Ethan Ibarra has also recorded six.
St. Cloud State sits fifth in the overall rankings with a 9-4 conference record. Augustana, Minot State, Minn. St. Mankato and Minn. Duluth are the four programs in front of SCSU for the time being.
Wayne State stands at seventh in the NSIC with a 7-7 record. The Wildcats are coming off of a midweek split against Winona State.
The Wildcats fell in game one of the series against the Warriors, 5-4. In the series opener, Winona State overcame a four run deficit to give the Wildcats their fourth one-run loss in the last five games.
WSC's Aidan Breedlove (1-4, 5.83 ERA) went the distance by logging six innings and only allowing one earned run on eight hits. Breedlove struck out seven and walked two.
The Wildcats used a late-inning rally in the ninth and tenth innings to defeat the Warriors, 8-4. A three-run homerun off of the bat from sophomore infielder, Tanner Simons was the dagger the Wildcats needed to record the series split against Winona State.
Wildcat ace, Aaron Ras (2-1, 3.90 ERA) threw 111 pitches over 7.1 innings and only allowed two earned runs on six hits. Ras walked three and struck out two.
SCOUTING WAYNE STATE
Since the Wildcats threw their top two arms against Winona State on Wednesday, the Huskies may expect to see sophomore right-hander, Hunter Wienhoff and and junior right-hander, Charles Hasty. Wienhoff and Hasty are have each recorded five starts and logged at least 23 innings so far. Wienhoff holds a 2-2 record and an 8.03 ERA. His two wins have come against non-conference opponent, Newman and Minnesota Duluth. Hasty is 1-2 with a 9.51 ERA. His sole win came against non-conference opponent, Newman.
The Wildcats are paced offensively by Tanner Simons who is hitting .337 on the year with five homeruns and a NSIC fourth-best, seven doubles.
Bryce Bisenius, Travis Miller, David Janes and Peyton Barnes are each hitting over .300 as well.
SERIES HISTORY
Last season, the Huskies won three out of four against the Wildcats, on the road in Wayne, Neb. SCSU won by at least five runs in each of those three games.
Over the last five seasons, SCSU is 9-1 against WSC.
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SUNDAY'S GAMES CANCELLED
In a statement from head coach, Pat Dolan, "Sunday's games have been cancelled due to low feel temperatures and snow showers throughout the day."
SERIES PREVIEW
After winning four of their six games last week against Northern State and the University of Sioux Falls, the Huskies split in their midweek series with conference leading, #3 Augustana. The mid-week series featured two pitching duels between both team's starters. Dominic Austing and Kyle Boser each threw eight scoreless innings in their outings. Pitching coach Brett DeGagne was very satisfied with his starters' performances on Wednesday, stating "Dom and Boser had mirror outings, but with just a little different outcome at the end. Facing a great lineup like Augustana, we had to be in attack mode on the mound and make them uncomfortable." DeGagne also praised Boser and Austing's abilities "to throw all of their pitches for strikes in any count." Speaking on what he expects on Saturday, DeGagne noted, "Dom and Kyle set the tone for the rest of the weekend, which is what we expect out of our top two arms. We look to build on that momentum and expect the same from our two young guys to model our leaders and be aggressive in the zone."
Sophomore, Shannon Ahern is the projected game one starter while freshman, Matthew Osterberg is the expected starter in game two.
Caeden Harris recorded the Huskies' sole RBI between the two games, with SCSU's other run coming off of a throwing error in the first game to give the club a 2-1 victory. In game two, SCSU was shutout for the first time this season, and the first time in over a full calendar year. (April 2, 2017 – Upper Iowa, 0-3)
Offensively, the Huskies are second in the NSIC in team batting average (.322) but lead the conference with 180 RBI's as well as on-base percentage (.414). SCSU has hit the second most homeruns in the NSIC this season with 22, while recording the most triples (10) and second most hits with 275 on the year, thus far.
Caeden Harris still stands among the top of the conference in batting average, (2nd, .442) as well as triples, (1st, 5), hits, (2nd, 42) and RBI's, (4th, 27).
Jackson Goplen has drawn the most walks in the NSIC with 19 while Mitch Mallek has logged the second most doubles with nine. Harris trails Mallek at third with eight, while Ethan Ibarra has also recorded six.
St. Cloud State sits fifth in the overall rankings with a 9-4 conference record. Augustana, Minot State, Minn. St. Mankato and Minn. Duluth are the four programs in front of SCSU for the time being.
Wayne State stands at seventh in the NSIC with a 7-7 record. The Wildcats are coming off of a midweek split against Winona State.
The Wildcats fell in game one of the series against the Warriors, 5-4. In the series opener, Winona State overcame a four run deficit to give the Wildcats their fourth one-run loss in the last five games.
WSC's Aidan Breedlove (1-4, 5.83 ERA) went the distance by logging six innings and only allowing one earned run on eight hits. Breedlove struck out seven and walked two.
The Wildcats used a late-inning rally in the ninth and tenth innings to defeat the Warriors, 8-4. A three-run homerun off of the bat from sophomore infielder, Tanner Simons was the dagger the Wildcats needed to record the series split against Winona State.
Wildcat ace, Aaron Ras (2-1, 3.90 ERA) threw 111 pitches over 7.1 innings and only allowed two earned runs on six hits. Ras walked three and struck out two.
SCOUTING WAYNE STATE
Since the Wildcats threw their top two arms against Winona State on Wednesday, the Huskies may expect to see sophomore right-hander, Hunter Wienhoff and and junior right-hander, Charles Hasty. Wienhoff and Hasty are have each recorded five starts and logged at least 23 innings so far. Wienhoff holds a 2-2 record and an 8.03 ERA. His two wins have come against non-conference opponent, Newman and Minnesota Duluth. Hasty is 1-2 with a 9.51 ERA. His sole win came against non-conference opponent, Newman.
The Wildcats are paced offensively by Tanner Simons who is hitting .337 on the year with five homeruns and a NSIC fourth-best, seven doubles.
Bryce Bisenius, Travis Miller, David Janes and Peyton Barnes are each hitting over .300 as well.
SERIES HISTORY
Last season, the Huskies won three out of four against the Wildcats, on the road in Wayne, Neb. SCSU won by at least five runs in each of those three games.
Over the last five seasons, SCSU is 9-1 against WSC.
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