Live Stats vs. UW-PlattevilleTHIS WEEK'S GAMES: The Blue Devils (8-5, 0-2 WIAC) are scheduled to travel to UW-Platteville on Saturday, April 5 and Sunday, April 6 to face the Pioneers (4-9, 1-1 WIAC). First pitch for the Saturday game has been moved to 1 p.m. Sunday's game is scheduled to get underway at noon.
SCHEDULE CHANGE AHEAD: The UW-Superior/UW-Stout game scheduled for Wednesday, April 9 has been moved to Woodside Sports Complex. The snowstorm that rolled through Minnnesota and Wisconsin dumped nearly eight inches on the Menomonie area, making it unlikely Nelson Field would be ready for play next Wednesday.
THE 2014 BLUE DEVILS: UW-Stout opened the season 1-3 before winning seven games in a row on their spring trip. Stout finished up their trip with a 4-4 tie against the Minnesota Twins rookie team. Stout dropped a pair of WIAC games to UW-La Crosse, 16-6, 7-3, Tuesday in the conference openers |
2014 StatisticsPITCHING STAFF: Brent Mueller has led the way on the mound for the Blue Devils so far this season. In his first three starts Mueller did no allow an earned run, but Mueller (3-1) got roughed up a bit against UW-La Crosse, giving up eight earned runs and now has an ERA of 3.54. H The Blue Devils have got a lot of production on the mound from their freshman class.
Andy Peterson leads the team in appearances, coming out of the bullpen five times. Peterson has a 3.68 ERA and opponents are hitting just .214against him.
Zach Carlson,
Brett Steinwagner and
Wyatt Ernstmeyer are other freshman that have earned starts for Stout. Carlson has started four times, collecting a 3.27 ERA, with 10 strikeouts. Newcomers
Patrick Gullickson has pitched three innings and has yet to give up a run and scattered only three hits.
Tyler Kinderman has made four appearances, surrendering only one earned run with an ERA of 1.50. The Blue Devils have a team ERA of 3.99 and teams have a .262 batting average against them.
HITTING THE BALL: Charlie Meyer has led the way offensively for Stout. He leads the team in batting average (.395), hits (17), and slugging percentage (.674).
Brett Vavra is currently hitting .394 for the Blue Devils which is second on the team. Stout has four other starters that are hitting over .300 for the season.
Ryan Freitag is hitting .341 and leads the team in homeruns (3), and RBIs (14).
Jack Schneider .323,
Charlie Pelzer .355, and
Brady Burzynski .341 are the other Blue Devils hitting over .300 for the season. Stout is hitting .310as a team.
UW-PLATTEVILLE: After starting the season 1-8, the Pioneers have won three of their last five games. They are led offensively by Ryan Duva, who is hitting .421 (24-57) for the season. The Pioneers are hitting .253 this season. On the mound Platteville is led by Nathan Fay, who has come out of the bullpen twice and also started two games. Fay has a 3.86 ERA and opponents are batting just .231 against him. Platteville's early struggles have mostly come on the mound as Fay is the other Pioneer that has under a 4.00 ERA so fart this season. After getting crushed, 21-4 in eight innings against UW-Whitewater Tuesday, the Pioneers came back to down the ninth ranked Warhawks, 4-3, in the nightcap at Whitewater. |
Game StoryLAST TIME WHEN THEY MET: Platteville beat Stout three out of four games last season.
| Day 1 story | Day 2 story2014 TEAM CAPTAINS: Team captains for the 2014 season are
Kasey Kruse,
Charlie Meyer and
Ian SchiltzCOACHES: Toby Gardenhire, son of Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, is in his third season with UW-Stout. Gardenhire coached the Blue Devils to a 12-27 record in 2013. 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. #Live Stats vs. UW-La Crosse |
Live VideoTHIS WEEK'S GAMES: The Blue Devils (8-3, 0-0 WIAC) will open WIAC play Tuesday when they play UW-La Crosse (6-6, 0-0 WIAC). The game has been moved to the Woodside Athletic Complex in Mauston, WI due to unplayable field conditions at Stout. Stout will then travel to Platteville on Saturday and Sunday to face the Pioneers (3-8, 0-0 WIAC). Live Stas and Live Video are expected to be available for the La Crosse games, network providing. (Because we will be at a neutral site, we are not sure of the strength on the network on site, so we can promise a live video stream.)
THE 2014 BLUE DEVILS: UW-Stout opened the season 1-3 before winning seven games in a row on their spring trip. Stout finished up their trip with a 4-4 tie against the Minnesota Twins rookie team. |
2014 StatisticsPITCHING STAFF: Brent Mueller has led the way on the mound for the Blue Devils so far this season. In his three starts he has yet to allow an earned run. Mueller's 0.00 ERA currently leads the conference. He has collected three wins for Stout. The Blue Devils have got a lot of production on the mound from their Freshman class.
Andy Peterson leads the team in appearances, coming out of the bullpen four times. Peterson has a 1.35 ERA and opponents are hitting just .160 against him.
Zach Carlson,
Brett Steinwagner and
Wyatt Ernstmeyer are other Freshman that have earned starts for Stout. Carlson has started three times, collecting a 3.60 ERA. Opponents are hitting .246 against him and he is second on the team in strikeouts with 8. Newcomers
Patrick Gullickson and
Tyler Kinderman have both appeared three times out of the bullpen without giving up a run. The Blue Devil's 2.96 team ERA ranks them third amongst conference teams. Stout's .219 batting average against has them currently tied for second with Stevens Point and behind Oshkosh.
HITTING THE BALL: Charlie Meyer has led the way offensively for Stout. He leads the team in batting average (.429), hits (15), and slugging percentage (.771).
Brett Vavra is currently hitting .407 for the Blue Devils which is second on the team. Stout has five other starters that are hitting over .300 for the season.
Ryan Freitag is hitting .364 and leads the team in homeruns (3), and RBI's (14).
Jack Schneider .360,
Charlie Pelzer .360,
Brady Burzynski .353 and
Nick Nalbach .333 are the other Blue Devils hitting over .300 for the season. Stout is hitting .324 as a team. The Blue Devils have hit 26 doubles which is currently second among WIAC teams.
UW-LA CROSSE: La Crosse has opened the season 6-6. They currently lead all WIAC teams in hits (160), Runs scored (132), and doubles 31. The Eagles have four players, led by Taylor Kohlwey (.490), batting over .400 for the season. Kohlwey leads the team with six doubles, two home runs and a .816 slugging percentage. The Eagles are hitting .345 as a team to start the season. Jameson Lavery leads the Eagles in ERA (1.50). He has pitched both out of the bullpen and started a game and opponents are hitting just .179 against him. |
2014 Eagle StatisticsLAST TIME WHEN THEY MET: The Eagles took three out of four games from Stout last year. On day one La Crosse won game one 11-4, with Stout earning a game two win by the score of 7-5. On day two the Eagles swept Stout by the scores of 9-3, 5-4.
| Day 1 story | Day 2 storyUW-PLATTEVILLE: After starting the season 1-8, the Pioneers have won two of their last three games. They are led offensively by Ryan Duva, who is hitting .400 for the season. The Pioneers are hitting .285 this season. On the mound Platteville is led by Nathan Fay, who has come out of the bullpen twice and also started two games. Fay has a 3.86 ERA and opponents are batting just .231 against him. Plattevilles early struggles have mostly come on the mound as Fay is the other Pioneer that has under a 4.00 ERA so fart this season.
LAST TIME WHEN THEY MET: Platteville beat Stout three out of four games last season.
| Day 1 story | Day 2 story2014 TEAM CAPTAINS: Team captains for the 2014 season are
Kasey Kruse,
Charlie Meyer and
Ian SchiltzCOACHES: Toby Gardenhire, son of Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, is in his third season with UW-Stout. Gardenhire coached the Blue Devils to a 12-27 record in 2013. 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.Â
