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The UW-La Crosse at UW-Stout WIAC baseball doubleheader scheduled for Saturday, April 23 has been postponed and will be made up, Monday, April 25 at 10 a.m.. La Crosse and Stout will play a doubleheader Sunday, April 24, but those games have been moved to Wakanda Park in North Menomonie, with first pitch scheduled for noon.
No live stream or live stats will be available for Sunday's games.
THIS WEEK'S GAMES: UW-Stout (15-11, 10-6 WIAC) is hoping to play their first home games of the season this weekend and are scheduled to host UW-La Crosse (12-13, 7-9 WIAC) Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24 with both days scheduled for a noon start. Stout is currently in fourth place in the WIAC standings, while La Crosse is currently sixth. Check here for weather updates related to these games.
A QUICK LOOK AT THIS PAST WEEK: The Blue Devils went 1-3 with No. 17 UW-Stevens Point the last time out.
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. Averaging a bit over 10 hits a game is going to win a lot of baseball games. That wasn't the case Tuesday as UW-Stout spread out 21 hits over a doubleheader, but could not take a win out of Stevens Point, falling to the Pointers twice.
PETS: While service animals are allowed, no pets are allowed at UW-Stout athletic events
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 / at UW-Stevens Point* / L 6-3, W 8-3
Sat, Apr 16 / at UW-Stevens Point* / L 11-5, L 16-6
Sat, Apr 23 / UW-La Crosse* / ppd to 4/25
Sun, Apr 24 / UW-La Crosse* / 12 p.m.
Mon, Apr 25 / UW-La Crosse* / 10 a.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; 80-102
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 four players who have seen action in more than 13 games that are hitting above .300
Joel Thimsen is leading the way with a batting average of .426, third in the WIAC. The senior third baseman has 40 hits in 94 at-bats, scoring 28 runs, on nine doubles, one triple and two home runs. Thimsen has driven in 33 runs and has stole five bases in five attempts. Shortstop
Charlie Szykowny is hitting .395 (45-114) and has a league-best slugging percentage of .825 with 10 doubles, three triples and eleven home runs. Szykowny has a league-best 35 scored runs and Szykowny and Thimsen are first and second in RBIs, with Szykowny recording 38 and Thimsen 33. Szykowny leads the league in hits (45), doubles (10), and home runs (11). First baseman
Jacoby Endreas has seen action in 20 games, hitting .357 (25-70), with five doubles, five home runs and 21 RBI. Right fielder
Jack Schirpke is hitting .348 (31-89) with six doubles, two home runs and 26 RBI. Schirpke is among the conference leaders in stolen bases, collecting eight.
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.
PATIENCE, GENTLEMEN, PATIENCE: Levi Wilson has drawn a team-high 21 walks so far this year.
Joel Thimsen has drawn 19 walks,
Charlie Szykowny 13 and
Colin Hageman 12, and
Jacoby Endreas eight. Szykowny has drawn three intentional walks and Endreas, two, both coming on the same day. Wilson is tied for first in the WIAC in walks, while Thimsen is fourth.
BLUE DEVIL PITCHING: Jace Baumann (5.06 ERA, 37.1 IP, 31K),
Cody Urban (5.45 ERA, 39.2 IP, 20K),
Drew Buss (7.71 ERA, 25.2 IP, 29K), and
Ethan Kjellberg (6.07 ERA, 29.2 IP, 22K) have drawn the majority of the starts on the mound.
Dak Doyle (4.91 ERA, 11.0 IP, 9K),
Charlie Szykowny (6.23 ERA, 4.1 IP, 7K) and
Connor Hemme (4.50 ERA, 8.0 IP, 7K) each have a win and a save.
Luke Kallod notched his first career save against Platteville and picked up his first win of the season against UW-Stevens Point.
WIAC STATS: The Blue Devils have several players in the WIAC top 10 in individual statistical categories.
Charlie Szykowny is fifth in batting average (.395), first in slugging percentage (.825), seventh in on-base percentage (.471), first in OPS (1.29), first in runs scored (35), first in hits (45), first in RBI (38), first in doubles (10), second in triples (3), first in home runs (11).
Joel Thimsen is third in average (.426), eighth in slugging percentage (.606), second in on-base percentage (.525), fifth in OPS (1.131), seventh in runs scored (29), second in hits (40), second in RBI (33), second in doubles (9), ninth in at-bats (94) and fifth in walks (19).
Jacoby Endreas is sixth in slugging percentage (.643), eighth in on-base percentage (.465), seventh in OPS (1.108), tenth in RBI (21) and sixth in home runs (5).
Cody Urban is fourth in innings pitched (39.2). |
WIAC Stat
UW-STOUT LAST TIME OUT:
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. Averaging a bit over 10 hits a game is going to win a lot of baseball games. That wasn't the case Tuesday as UW-Stout spread out 21 hits over a doubleheader, but could not take a win out of Stevens Point, falling to the Pointers twice. |
Day One Game Story and Stats |
Day Two Game Story and Stats |
WIAC PRESEASON POLL: UW-Stout is picked to finish fifth in the 2022 preseason poll. 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-La Crosse: La Crosse has been calling on Jack Olver and Zach Carney at the plate. Olver is batting .444 with 10 doubles and three home runs while batting in 28 runners. Carney gets on base well, with 34 hits, two doubles, and two home runs. Carnery then uses his speed to get steal some bases, leading the team with 14 steals. Mac Born, last year's Newcomer of the Year, leads the Eagles in RBIs (36) and HRs (6). Born is batting at .350 in 100 at bats. Anthony Vivian has also hit 5 home runs for the Eagles. From the mound, Jacob Bryant and Brady Schmitt have picked up the most starts. Bryant (3.74 ERA, 33.2 IP, 27K) has picked up two wins and two losses in his seven appearances. Schmitt (4.94 ERA, 27.1 IP, 33K) is 1-2. Schmidt is tied with Caleb Matl for most strike outs for the team with 33. Matl has picked up two saves this season. Alex Mach has picked up three wins on his 1.40 ERA and has recorded 31 stirke outs in his 25.2 innings pitched.
UW-La Crosse
Head Coach: Chris Schwarz; 18th season at UWL; (415-296-2)
Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 33/7
Starting Position Players Returning/Lost: 6/3
Pitchers with Starting Experience Returning/Lost: 5/1
Pitchers with Saves Returning/Lost: 3/0
Returning All-WIAC: Mac Born, Fr., UTIL (2021-Honorable/Newcomer of the Year); Zach Carney, Sr., OF (2018-Honorable, 2021-First); Alex Mach, So., LHP (2021-Honorable); Brady Schmitt, So., LHP (2021-Honorable)
Notable Returning Position Players: Jack Olver, Fr., INF; Connor Roesler, Sr., INF; Jonathan Wizner, So., INF
Notable Returning Pitchers: Charlie Dardis, So., LHP; Jack Mizgalski, Sr., RHP; Chris Seveska, So., RHP
LAST TIME OUT: The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse baseball team dropped a doubleheader to nationally-ranked UW-Whitewater Friday afternoon at Copeland Park. The Eagles dropped game one, 9-5 and game two, 7-3. The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse baseball team dropped its Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) doubleheader to UW-Whitewater Saturday at Copeland Park. The Warhawks, ranked 11th on D3baseball.com, took the opener, 12-5, and the nightcap, 9-6. UWL falls to 12-13 overall and 7-9 in the WIAC while UW-Whitewater improves to 19-6 overall and 11-3 in the conference. |
First Day Whitewater Game Story and Statistics |
Second Day Whitewater Game Story and Statistics
LAST TIME THEY MET: The teams met six times consecutively during the 2021 season, the Blue Devils did not get off on the right foot with the Eagles, dropping both ends of the conference doubleheader, 6-0, 14-6, on a cold, breezy Tuesday in Menomonie. After suffering a heartbreaking bottom-of-the-ninth inning 6-5 loss in game one, UW-Stout bounced back with some fireworks of their own in the last three innings of the second game to take a 12-6 win and earn a split with UW-La Crosse Friday at Copeland Park. UW-Stout tallied 25 total hits and worked their way through eight different UW-La Crosse pitchers, but had to settle for a split in the non-conference doubleheader with the Eagles Saturday at Nelson Field. |
First Meeting Story and Statistics |
Second Meeting Story and Statistics |
Third Meeting Story and Statistics |
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 (80-102) 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. (
Ben Kincaid was 65-91 to start 2022 season)
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 travel to UW-Whitewater, Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1.
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