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THIS WEEK'S GAMES: The Blue Devils (8-6, 5-3 WIAC) will take on UW-Oshkosh in a pair of home-and-home conference doubleheaders this week, traveling to UW-Oshkosh, Wednesday, April 14, then hosting the Titans, Saturday, April 17. First pitch is scheduled for noon on both days. All four games are conference games.
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LAST TIME THEY MET: It's been almost two years since the last time Stout and Oshkosh met. What a difference a day makes - and a change in location. A day after getting swept by UW-Oshkosh, UW-Stout turned the tables by sweeping the Titans, 10-3, 6-1, April 20, 2019, at Tiedemann Field in Oshkosh. A day earlier, the teams met at the Woodside Sports Complex in Mauston and Oshkosh took a 5-4 come-from-behind win in the first game and a seven inning 12-2 win. The Blue Devils didn't let anything close to that happen today, pounding Oshkosh pitchers for a combined 31 hits, clubbing 16 in the opener and keeping up the offensive out with 15 in the second. Stout has not swept a single day doubleheader over the Titans since April 17, 2014, with 10-0, 6-2 wins. The Blue Devils have not swept the Titans in Oshkosh since May 5, 2006, winning 15-9, 16-5. |
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2021 WIAC SCHEDULE: The schedule for each of the teams in the WIAC in 2021 includes 28 conference games, as well as a "non-conference schedule" consisting of contests against only WIAC schools. The league has been separated into divisions, with Stout, UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse and UW-Platteville in the West Division and UW-Whitewater, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Stevens Point and Finlandia in the East Division. The teams will play the schools in the same division in four doubleheaders, with two of the doubleheaders serving as non-conference contests. Two doubleheaders will serve as conference contests. The conference tournament has been expanded to six teams with the No. 3 thru No. 6 seeds participating in "play-in" games at the site of the higher seed on May 19. The winners of the single-elimination contests will join the No. 1 seed and No. 2 seed at the double-elimination finals in Whitewater May 21-22.
2021 UW-Stout Baseball Schedule
Date / Opponent / Time or Result
Sat, Mar. 20 / at UW-Platteville / W 16-2 (7), L 11-6
Thurs, Mar. 25 / at UW-La Crosse / L 11-5, L 6-1
Sat, Mar. 27 / UW-Eau Claire (at River Falls) / W 3-1, W 13-3 (7)
Thur, Apr. 1 / at UW-Stevens Point* / L 12-2 (7), L 5-1
Fri, Apr. 2 / UW-Stevens Point* / L 9-4, W 9-7
Tues, Apr. 6 / at UW-Eau Claire* / W 11-3
Fri, Apr. 9 / UW-Eau Claire* / W 22-3 (7), W 10-3
Sat, Apr. 10 / at UW-Eau Claire* / W 5-4 (10)
Wed, Apr. 14 / at UW-Oshkosh* / 12 p.m.
Sat, Apr. 17 / UW-Oshkosh* / 12 p.m.
Tues, Apr. 20 / UW-La Crosse* / 1 p.m.
Fri, Apr. 23 / at UW-La Crosse* / 1 p.m.
Sat, Apr. 24 / UW-La Crosse / 1 p.m.
Wed, Apr. 28 / at UW-Whitewater* / 1 p.m.
Sat, May 1 / UW-Whitewater* / 1 p.m.
Tues, May 4 / UW-Platteville* / 1 p.m.
Fri, May 7 / at UW-Platteville* / 1 p.m.
Sat, May 8 / UW-Platteville / 1 p.m.
Fri, May 14 / Finlandia University* / 1 p.m.
Sat, May 15 / Finlandia University* / 1 p.m.
PARKING: There is no free parking for weekday baseball & softball games. Regular parking restrictions are strictly enforced. Parking for baseball and softball spectators during weekday games is restricted to on-street parking and in Lot 29. Spectators that park in Lot 29 (located just north of the outdoor track) must pay parking fees and register their license plate at the pay station near the main East entrance of the Sports & Fitness Center. Lot 29 parking restrictions end at 4 pm on Monday through Friday.
DO NOT PARK in Lot 4 during the week. Lot 4 is the parking lot located to the west of the Sports & Fitness Center and north of Don & Nona Williams Stadium (the football stadium).
Lot 4 is only open to the general public from 1 p.m. on Fridays until 9 p.m. on Sundays. There is no general parking in Lot 4 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdays and not until 1 pm on Fridays. Team buses may park on the east side (outdoor track side - not the metered side) of 3rd Street East. Parking is permitted in all university lots on weekends.
BLUE DEVIL OFFENSE: Charlie Szykowny leads the Blue Devils at the plate as the junior shortstop is hitting .400 (24-60) with 11 RBI and has scored 25 runs. Szykowny has five doubles, two triple, three home runs and eight stolen bases. Senior first baseman
Kasey Bass is hitting .347 (17-49) with a team-best 15 RBI and has scored 13 runs. Freshman
Riley Boushack is hitting .304 (17-56) with two doubles and two home runs, to go with 12 runs scored and 12 RBI.
Hunter Merrill is matching Bass with 15 RBI.
Ryan Herbst had what would prove to be the game-winning run last week when he blasted a solo home run in the 10th inning for a 5-4 win over UW-Eau Claire, his first collegiate home run. |
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BLUE DEVIL PITCHING: James Palmer had his shortest outing of the season, but recorded a career-best 11 strikeouts, going five innings in a 22-3 win over UW-Eau Claire, April 9. But then his next time out Wednesday at Oshkosh, Palmer threw his first collegiate complete game and picked up his first career shutout. On the season, Palmer has recorded 41 strikeouts, second in the WIAC, and is posting an ERA of 1.85 over 34.0 innings pitched. Palmer has started five games and has a record of 4-1.
Cody Urban has started four games and is 1-1 over 21.0 innings pitched witth 13 strikeout.
Ethan Kjellberg has made three starts and is looking for his first win of the season.
Jace Baumann has made three starts and
Brock Burg one. Burg is 1-1 and Baumann 0-1.
Alex Mahaz and
Trevor Miller each are 1-0 and each have a save. Neither has allowed an earned run. Mahaz has made four appearances and Miller three.
UW-STOUT LAST TIME OUT:
Ryan Herbst hit his first collegiate home run when he belted a one-out solo shot in the top of the 10th inning to give Stout a 5-4 win over the pesky Blugolds. Earlier in the day, the teams completed a halted game from April 6, with Stout taking the win 11-3. Stout led 7-1 going into the bottom of the sixth inning, where the game resumed. |
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SCOUTING UW-OSHKOSH: Hunter Staniske, the Titans' only returning all-conference selection, leads the team at the plate with a .463 (25-54) average and has a 19 game hitting streak. The junior infielder has five doubles, two triples, three home runs, 17 RBI and 18 runs scored. Jarrett Scheelk and Matt Scherrman each are hitting .340 with an identical 17-50. Scheelk has four doubles and four home runs with 16 RBI, while Schermann has three doubles, three home runs and a team-best 23 RBI. Eric Modaff is hitting .308 (16-52) with three doubles and four home runs. The Titans lead the league in round-trippers with 20. Scheelk also works the mound for the Titans and has started three games, posting a 2-1 overall record with an ERA of 3.60 and a team best 20.0 innings pitched and 24 strikeouts. Grant Yaminski has three starts, but has not figured into a decision yet and has an ERA of 4.85. Scherrman had three startes with an 0-1 record and an ERA of 7.20. Will Michalski has made four starts and has a 1-2 record with an ERA of 9.33 with 19 strikeouts. Trevor Niedzwiecki has made a team-best seven apppearances over 11.1 innints sith 17 strikeouts. |
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LAST TIME OUT: The Titans swept UW-Eau Claire, March 31 and April 2, but then were swept by UW-Whitewater last week, 6-5, 9-5, 15-0, 8-5. Oshkosh's four home runs in the nightcap were not enough as nationally ranked UW-Whitewater came back to win the second game of the day and sweep a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference baseball doubleheader Friday (April 9) in Whitewater. UW-Whitewater , ranked 16th in the NCAA Division III by D3baseball.com, scored six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to win the second game, 8-5, after defeating the Titans by a 15-0 score in seven innings during the first contest. UW-Oshkosh, the league leader with 20 home runs on the year, were limited to seven total hits Friday. Five of the Titans' hits went for extra bases as Hunter Staniske, who extended his hitting streak to 17 games, doubled in the opener and homered during the nightcap. Jackson Broom, Griffith Lukes and Jarrett Scheelk also hit home runs for UW-Oshkosh in the second game. |
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TEAM CAPTAINS: Kasey Bass,
Hunter Merrill,
Dan Deis and
Jace Baumann will serve as 2021 team captains.
AWARDS AND HONORS: 2021: James Palmer earned WIAC player of the week honors after recording nine strikeouts in a season-opening 16-2 win over UW-Platteville...
2020: Charlie Szykowny earned WIAC player of the week honors after the Blue Devils went 2-1 in their only games of the 2020 season...
2019: Brad Rindfleisch was selected the UW-Stout/Toppers Athlete of the Week, May 6, after posting a win over UW-Stevens Point and one relief inning of scoreless ball with St. Thomas...Casey Ryan was selected the UW-Stout/Toppers Athlete of the Week April 22 after pitching consecutive wins over UW-La Crosse and UW-Oshkosh...
Kasey Bass was selected as the UW-Stout/Toppers Athlete of the Week after hitting .615 over four games against Finlandia University...Jordan Wilson was selected as the WIAC athlete of the week after driving in six runs in a sweep over Principia College...
2018: Jordan Wilson was a first team all-WIAC selection. Brad Rindfleisch,
Kasey Bass, Jon Krueger, and
Ben Vanhove were honorab
le mention selections...Jordan Wilson was the WIAC athlete of the week after his performance against UW-Platteville to close out the season..
.Brad Rindfleisch was selected the UW-Stout/Toppers Pizza Athlete of the Week, April 17, after throwing eight innings and allowing only one run in an eventual 14-inning loss to UW-Stevens Point, April 11.
COACHES: Ben Kincaid (50-78) is in his fifth year as the Blue Devils' head coach with the 2021 season, following two years as a Blue Devil assistant coach where he worked primarily with the pitchers. Kincaid played collegiately at at Minnesota State University-Mankato, where he was a four year letter winner, playing in 149 games. He finished with a .339 batting average, 38 doubles (5th on MSU's career list), six home runs and 140 runs batted in (6th on MSU's career list). As a right-handed pitcher he sported a 14-8 record with a 3.45 earned run average and had 148 strikeouts in 172 innings pitched. Kincaid was named to the All-Central Region team three times in his career. An Eau Claire native, Kincaid played for the local Eau Claire Express.
2019 BLUE DEVILS: Stout finished the 2019 season at 20-17 overall, 12-12 in the WIAC. | 2019 Statistics
DOWN THE ROAD: The Blue Devils are scheduled to are scheduled to host UW-La Crosse, Tuesday, April 20, then be at La Crosse, Friday, April 23 for four conference games. The teams are scheduled to meet in Menomonie again, Saturday, April 24 for two non-conference games.
