Live Stats vs. UW-Platteville
THIS WEEK'S GAMES: UW-Stout (8-19, 2-10 WIAC) was scheduled to host UW-Platteville (7-22, 2-12 WIAC), Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28, but field conditions of Nelson Field could not be guaranteed and the weekend series has been moved to Platteville. Saturday's games will begin at 1 p.m., with Sunday's games to get underway at noon.
THE 2013 BLUE DEVILS: UW-Stout snapped a nine-game skid in a big way when they pounded UW-Stevens Point, 14-4, in seven innings in the second half of a double header Wednesday at UW-Stevens Point. The Blue Devils have been road warriors throughout the season. The Platteville game is the first game where Stout has a glimmer of hope of playing on their home field. Stout has had to move weekend doubleheaders to UW-Oshkosh and to UW-Whitewater over the past two weeks. Stout opened the series at Stevens Point Wednesday with a 12-2 seven inning loss, but bounced back when
Matt Guida broke out of a slump and smacked two three-run home runs to punctuate Stout's attack. As a team, Stout is hitting .297, while their opponents are hitting .312. |
2013 Statistics
PITCHING STAFF: Brad Kohn,
Dan Britts,
Carter Vogt and
Andrew Driessen - all four seniors - have carried the bulk of the starts through the season overall and in particular, the conference season. Kohn has gotten the most nods with seven starts with 32.2 inning tossed. Kohn leads the team in strikeouts with 22. Britts has made five starts and has tossed a team-high 36.2 innings, traiilng Kohn in strikeouts with 20. Driessen has made nine appearances and has four starts, including the opener against the Pointers. Driessen has recorded 29.0 innings pitched with 16 strikeouts. Vogt thas made three starts in six appearances. Vogt has 23 innings pitched and has recorded 10 strikeouts.
Adam Widder has made nine appearances, eight out of the bullpent and as an ERA of 3.21 with 14 innings pitched and nine striketouts. Freshman
Nick Lamers has made seven appearances, all out of the bullpen. Lamers has 11.1 innings pitched and has the teams' best strikeout to innings mark, striking out 13 in 11.1 innings pitched.
HITTING THE BALL: While Stout is 8-19 overall, hitting the ball doesn't appear to be a huge problem for the Blue Devils, but scoring runs tends to be. As a squad, Stout has pushed out 254 hits to 263 for their opponents, but Stout's foes have scored 193 runs to Stout's 140.
Brady Burzynski, who has now started eight games, has the team's best average at .452 (14-31) and has collected seven RBI.
Charlie Meyer, while alternating at catcher and designated hitter, continues to do well in average with a .406 (26-64). Meyer is second on the team in RBI with 16.
Santiago Morales leads the team in RBI with 23, and is hitting .311 (32-103). Morales leads the team in all three categories of extra base hits with nine doubles, four triples and three home runs. Shortstop
Mitch LaVelle is hitting .381 (37-97) with seven RBI.
UW-PLATTEVILLE: The Pioneers (7-22, 2-12 WIAC) have 15 newcomers this year, and the leading returnees are seniors Bill Oppriecht and Adam Thies. Oppriecht had a team-high 68.0 innings pitched in 13 appearances and finished 10th in the conference with a 3.97 ERA. Thies placed fifth in the WIAC with a 3.48 ERA and tossed 67.1 innings. Head Coach Eric Frese is the winningest coach in program archives and earlier in the season recorded his 100th career win. The Pioneers lost 7-6 at Loras College in 10 innings, April 24. The Pioneers' two conference wins come against UW-La Crosse, 7-3, April 20, and UW-Superior, 8-0, April 13. Zach Demmon is hitting .363 (29-80), is one of two Pioneers to have four doubles and one of four players to have at least one home run. Mike Boushley, Adam Theis, Shane Murphy and Bill Oppriecht have each started at least five games this year, with Theis and Oppriecht each making seven starts. Boushley leads the team in strikeouts with 41 and Murphy has 35 punchouts. |
2013 Platteville Statistics
LAST YEAR WHEN THEY MET: Stout took three of four games last season in Platteville, winning 13-5, 9-1, 13-10, and losing, 8-7, in early April.
AWARDS AND HONORS: Santiago Morales was named the UW-Stout Athlete of the Week, April 16...
Charlie Meyer was named UW-Stout Athlete of the week, March 19, after starting the first six games of the season with a .600 batting average...
Brad Kohn was named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) pitcher of the week, March 12 after allowing just seven hits and no earned runs through his first 11 innings pitched this season.
COACHES: Toby Gardenhire, son of Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, is in his second season with UW-Stout. Gardenhire coached the Blue Devils to a 17-22 record last year, an improvement from their 12- and 11-win seasons the previous two years. In the fall, 2013, Gardenhire played for Germany in the World Baseball Classic.
Gardenhire received his bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois in community health in 2005.
ON DECK: The Blue Devils are scheduled to travel to UW-La Crosse, Wednesday, May 1, then return home to host UW-Superior, Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5, before wrapping up the regular season by again heading to UW-La Crosse, Wednesday, May 8.
