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TUESDAY'S GAMES: The Blue Devils (15-9, 10-4 WIAC) will travel to UW-Stevens Point (18-4, 9-3 WIAC), Tuesday, April 19, to make up a pair of games that were postponed from Friday, April 15.
A LOOK AT SATURDAY'S GAMES: Jack Schirpke drove in three runs in a second game win as UW-Stout split a doubleheader with 17th-ranked UW-Stevens Point on a sunny, but cold and windy afternoon at First National Bank of River Falls Field Saturday. The Pointers won the first game 6-3, but the Blue Devils came back to win the second, 8-3. It was not a power game for the Blue Devils, but a nickel-and-dime game as Stout outscored Stevens Point 6-0 in the final four innings. The Pointers took the lead in the first inning, drawing a bases loaded walk, but Stout tied the score in the second when
Parker Hagebock hit a sacrifice fly to left field to score
Colin Hageman after the Blue Devils loaded the bases. Stevens Point grabbed the lead back in the third on an attempted double steal. The Blue Devils caught the Pointers' Bradley Comer at second but Parker Nelson came home on the play. Stevens Point extended the lead to 3-1 in the fourth inning. Stout pulled to within one run on a sacrifice fly by Schripke in the bottom of the fourth. Schripke tied the game in the sixth inning on a ground out to score Hageman. The Blue Devils took the lead for good on a two run single by
Justin Schnell to right field. The Blue Devils would score all of their runs without an extra base hit in the game. Stout scored twice in the seventh inning, on a single by
Riley Boushack and an RBI single by Schirpke. Stout added an insurance run in the eighth inning. Schnell drew a lead off walk, went to second on
Levi Wilson's sacrifice bunt, moved to third on an error, then came home on
Joel Thimsen's sacrifice fly to right field. The Bleu Devils finished the game with three sacrifice flies.
Luke Kallod come on in the relief to pick up his first win of the season, throwing two innings, allowing one hit, striking out two and walking three. Kallod got out of a bases loaded jam in the sixth by forcing a ground out.
Quintin Gonzalez pitched the final three innings to pick up his first save as a Blue Devil, striking out three and scattering four hits over the three innings.
In the opener, the Blue Devils trailed 2-0 after the Pointers scored single runs in the first and the third innings, but knotted the score in the bottom of the third. Schirpke hit a one-out double, then came home on
TJ Carlson's double to left center. Wilson slammed a double to right to tie the score. The Pointers put up a run in the fifth and the seventh and two runs in the ninth.
Charlie Szykowny hit a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth - his 10th home run of the season - for the final 6-3 score. |
Game Story and Statistics
2021 UW-Stout Baseball Schedule
Date / Opponent / Time or Result
Tue, March 8 / vs. Bethel University / L 5-1, L 10-5
Sun, March 13 / vs. Bethel University / W 7-5
Mon, March 14 / vs. Eastern Conn / L 20-3 (7)
Mon, March 14 / vs. Skidmore / L 13-12
Wed, March 16 / vs. St. Michael / W 14-8
Thu, March 17 / vs. Lasell / W 13-6 (7); W 11-0 (7)
Fri, March 18 / vs. Eastern Conn / L 24-9 (7)
Sat, March 19 / vs. US Merchant Marine / W 11-9 (10)
Mon, March 28 / vs. UW-Platteville* at Mauston / W 7-5, W 13-5
Tue, March 29 / vs. UW-Platteville at Mauston / W 7-3, W 16-5 (7)
Sat, Apr 2 / UW-Eau Claire* at River Falls / W 11-6, W 16-3 (7)
Sun, Apr 3 / UW-Eau Claire* at River Falls / W 3-0, W 11-10
Sat, Apr 9 / at UW-Oshkosh* / L 11-2, L 13-4
Sun, Apr 10 / at UW-Oshkosh* / L 5-3, W 12-5
Fri, Apr 15 / UW-Stevens Point* / ppd to April 19
Sat, Apr 16 / UW-Stevens Point* / L 5-3, W 8-3
Tue, Apr 19 / at UW-Stevens Point* / 12 p.m.
Sat, Apr 23 / UW-La Crosse* / 12 p.m.
Sun, Apr 24 / UW-La Crosse* / 12 p.m.
Sat, Apr 30 / at UW-Whitewater* / 12 p.m.
Sun, May 1 / at UW-Whitewater* / 12 p.m.
Wed, May 4 / Ripon College / 1 p.m.
Fri, May 6 / Finlandia University* / 12 p.m.
Sat, May 7 / Finlandia University* / 12 p.m.
at Wakanda Park
May 12-14 / WIAC Championship / TBA
*all conference dates 9-inning doubleheaders
UW-STOUT AT A GLIMPSE
Head Coach: Ben Kincaid; 6th season; 80-100
Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 24/11
Starting Position Players Returning/Lost: 6/3
Pitchers with Starting Experience Returning/Lost: 5/1
Pitchers with Saves Returning/Lost: 3/1
Returning All-WIAC: Charlie Szykowny, Sr., SS (2021-First)
Notable Returning Position Players: Riley Boushack, So., OF;
Joel Thimsen, Sr., 3B;
Levi Wilson, Jr., 2B
Notable Returning Pitchers: Jace Baumann, Sr., RHP;
Brock Burg, Jr., RHP;
Cody Urban, Jr., RHP
UW-STOUT: The Blue Devils have five players who have seen action in more than 13 games that are hitting above .300 - and two that are hitting .400 or above.
Joel Thimsen is leading the way with a batting average of .419. The senior third baseman has 36 hits in 86 at-bats, scoring 26 runs, on eight doubles, one triple and two home runs. Thimsen has driven in 32 runs and has stole five bases in five attempts. Shortstop
Charlie Szykowny is hitting .400 (42-105) and has a league-best slugging percentage of .829 with nine doubles, three triples and 10 home runs. Szykowny has 36 scored runs and Szykowny and Thimsen are first and second in RBI, with Szykowny recording 36 and Thimsen 32. Right fielder
Jack Schirpke is hitting .354 (29-82) with six doubles, two home runs and 25 RBI. Schirpke is among the conference leaders in stolen bases, collecting eight.
PATIENCE, GENTLEMEN, PATIENCE: Levi Wilson has drawn a team-high 19 walks so far this year.
Joel Thimsen has drawn 17 walks,
Charlie Szykowny 12 and
Colin Hageman 12, and
Jacoby Endreas eight. Szykowny has drawn three intentional walks and Endreas, two, both coming on the same day. Wilson leads the WIAC in walks, while Thimsen is second.
JACOBY'S BIG DAY: Jacoby Endreas had a day baseball players dream of. On the first day of the UW-Eau Claire series, April 2, the Blue Devil transfer from Ellsworth Community College smashed out four home runs, of which two were grand slams, and finished the day with 12 RBI. In the first game alone, Endreas hit three home runs (one of them a grand slam) and had an eight RBI game, driving in single runs on two home runs, four with the grand slam and had a two-run single midway through the game. For the season, Endreas is hitting .375 (21-56) with five doubles, the four home runs and 18 RBI. Endreas has been steady at first base. He had a perfect fielding percentage last week in the eight combined games with UW-Platteville and Eau Claire. For the year, Endreas has a .982 fielding percentage, committing only two errors in 111 chances.
BLUE DEVIL PITCHING: Jace Baumann (5.06 ERA, 37.1 IP, 31K),
Cody Urban (4.93 ERA, 34.2 IP, 18K),
Drew Buss (7.71 ERA, 25.2 IP, 29K),
Ethan Kjellberg (5.47 ERA, 24.2 IP, 19K) and
Cooper Beving (2.35 ERA, 7.2 IP, 2K) have drawn the majority of the starts on the mound.
Dak Doyle (4.35 ERA, 10.1 IP, 6K),
Charlie Szykowny (6.23 ERA, 4.1 IP, 7K) and
Connor Hemme (0.00 ERA, 7.0 IP, 7K) each have a win and a save.
Luke Kallod notched his first career save against Platteville and picked up a win against the Pointers Saturday.
WIAC PRESEASON POLL: UW-Stout is picked to finish fifth in the 2022 WIAC preseason poll conducted by conference coaches and sports information directors. UW-Whitewater is first, UW-Stevens Point second, UW-La Crosse third, UW-Oshkosh fourth, UW-Platteville sixth, UW-Eau Claire seventh, and Finlandia eighth
SCOUTING UW-STEVENS POINT: The Pointers were ranked 17th in last week's D3baseball.com/NCBWA poll. The Pointers have seen some big hitting from their top three batters: Lucas Luedtke, Aaron Simmons, and Payton Nelson. Luedtke has recorded 26 (eight doubles, four home runs) hits at 76 at bats. Simmons, a two-time All-WIAC first team selection, leads the Pointers with eight home runs. Nelson has hit three home runs and has rounded the bases 29 times. The Pointers have used a lot of pitchers this season, with six pitchers over 15.0 innings pitched. Caleb Krommenakker and Casey Pickering lead the way with 34.1 and 36.0 innings pitched, respectively. Krommenakker (2.36 ERA, 20K, 10 runs) is 4-1 in his five starts. Pickering (4.00 ERA, 22K, 18 runs) is 4-0 in his four starts. Both Krommenakker and Pickering worked in Saturday's games. Sidney Fortier and JD Schultz lead the Pointers with 22 strike outs. |
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UW-Stevens Point
Head Coach: Nat Richter; 2nd season at UWSP; (50-15)
Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 25/11
Starting Position Players Returning/Lost: 8/1
Pitchers with Starting Experience Returning/Lost: 11/3
Pitchers with Saves Returning/Lost: 2/0
Returning All-WIAC: Nick Carpenter, So., LHP (2021-Honorable); Bradley Comer, Jr., INF (2021-First); Sidney Ferry, So., RHP (2021-First); Payton Nelson, Sr., OF (2018-Honorable, 2019-Honorable, 2021-First); Casey Pickering, So., RHP (2021-Honorable); JD Schultz, So., RHP (2021-Honorable); Aaron Simmons, Sr., OF (2019-First, 2021-First)
Notable Returning Position Players: Kyle Finger, Jr., C; Quin Henwood, So., INF; Lucas Luedtke, Sr., INF
Notable Returning Pitchers: Austin Syvertson, Jr., RHP; Caleb Krommenakker, So., RHP
WHEN THEY MET LAST YEAR: The teams met six times during the 2021 season, four times in the regular season and twice in two days in the conference tournament. Stout opened the WIAC Tournament with a 15-0, 7 inning win over the Pointers in the first game of the tournament, May 21, 2021. The Pointers ended the Blue Devils' season with an 8-3 decision the next day. During the 2021 regular season, the Pointers took both games in Stevens Point, 12-2, 5-1, April 1, but the teams split in Menomonie, April 2, with Stevens Point winning the opener, 9-4, and Stout taking a 9-7 second game win. Since the 2000 season, the Pointers hold a 62-21 lead in the series. |
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History
TEAM CAPTAINS: Charlie Szykowny,
Joel Thimsen and
Cooper Beving will serve as 2022 team captains.
2022 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Week Five: Pitcher of the week: Quintin Gonzalez, Fr, Apple Valley, Minn. (Rosemount)...
Week Four: Position player of the week: Levi Wilson, Jr, Minneapolis, Minn. (Southwest);
Pitcher of the week: Connor Hemme, Jr, Eden Praire, Minn.
Week Three: Position player of the week: Joel Thimsen, Sr, Minnetonka, Minn;
Pitcher of the week: Cody Urban, Jr, Deerbrook, Wis. (Antigo)
Week Two: Position player of the week: Charlie Szykowny, Sr, Palos Heights, Ill. (Alan B. Shepard);
Pitcher of the week: Cooper Beving, Sr, Norwalk, Iowa;
Week One: Position player of the week: Joel Thimsen, Sr, Minnetonka, Minn;
Pitcher of the week: Jace Baumann, Sr, Mosinee, Wis.
AWARDS AND HONORS: 2022: Joel Thimsen was named the WIAC/Kwik Trip position player of the week April 5 after hitting 13 RBI over eight games as the Blue Devils swept UW-Platteville and UW-Eau Claire to open the conference season...
Charlie Szykowny was named the WIAC/Kwik Trip position player of the week and the NCBWA honorable mention hitter of the week after driving in 18 runs and hitting five home runs during Stout's Florida.
COACHES: Ben Kincaid (80-100) is in his sixth year as the Blue Devils' head coach with the 2022 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.
2021 BLUE DEVILS: Stout finished the 2021 season at 23-19 overall, 16-12 in the WIAC, and advanced to the WIAC tournament, where they played four games, heading into the final day of the tournament. |
2021 Statistics
DOWN THE ROAD: Stout is scheduled to host UW-La Crosse, Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24. Both days are scheduled to begin at noon.
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