Baseball hosts St. Norbert in nine inning game Thursday
MEQUON, Wis.
- Following a doubleheader sweep to open Kapco Park
earlier this week, Concordia University Wisconsin's baseball team
returns to the diamond on Thursday evening for a nine-inning
non-conference contests against St. Norbert College. First pitch is
scheduled for 4 p.m.
CUW will host SNC in a single nine-inning contest on Thursday. It
scheduled as a doubleheader, but chilly temperatures and blustery
winds off Lake Michigan has changed the schedule.
Fans unable to attend the game can listen to Matt
Menzl's audio play-by-play broadcast or follow live
statistics.
CUW christened its new ballpark on Sunday with a pair
of dominating victory over Wisconsin Lutheran College. The Falcons
pounded 27 hits and received strong performances from their
starting pitchers. They have now won five of their last six
games.
Senior Adam Martz (West Bend, Wis.) continues to lead
CUW at the plate with a .449 batting average, 22 hits, 12 runs, and
11 RBI. During the sweep on Sunday, Junior Daniel Mueller (West
Bend, Wis.) came alive with a 6-for-8 performance, to go along with
seven total bases.
On the mound the Falcons have received quality
pitching lately up and down its rotation. Senior Matt Parrent
(Kewaskum, Wis.) and sophomores Austin Baglow (Walled Lake, Mich.),
Andrew Mueller (Horicon, Wis.) and Mathew Scasny (Pewaukee, Wis.)
are holding down the starting rotation by going deep into each
game.
CUW has lowered its team ERA to 4.75 over the past six
games.
SNC (6-6) enters on a three-game losing streak. The
Green Knights fell by a combined score of 36-21 at Washington
University (Mo.). Prior to the three-game road series, they
finished 6-3 during their spring break trip to Auburndale, Fla.
SNC has eight players batting over .300, with Nick
Pierre leading the team at .379 (11-of-29). Jordan Powers has
scored 16 runs and walked 12 times, while Garrick Fisher has driven
in 14 runs.
Travis Mason leads all Green Knight hurlers with a
0.64 ERA in 14.0 innings. Josh Honzik leads the team with 12
strikeouts.