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THIS WEEK'S GAMES: UW-Stout (13-5, 8-0 WIAC) heads to
UW-Oshkosh (7-9, 2-4 WIAC) on April 9 and 10 for two double-header conference matches. The first game is set to start at noon both days.
Stout is off to it's best overall start since 2001 when the program started off 15-2-1 over their first 18 games. The Blue Devils have not started the conference season 8-0 since 1990 when the conference was known as the Wisconsin State University Conference (WSUC). The Blue Devils also started the 1989 conference season off at 8-0.
The Blue Devils are coming off a four-game sweep over UW-Eau Claire on Saturday (11-6, 16-3) and Sunday (3-0, 11-10), while Oshkosh took one of four games from UW-Whitewater in Whitewater earlier this week. The Warhawks took both games, 3-0, 6-3, on the first day, Sunday, April 3. Whitewater won the opening game, 8-6, Monday, April 4, but the Titans stormed back to blank Whitewater, 9-0, in the second contest.
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* / 12 p.m.
Sun, Apr 10 / at UW-Oshkosh* / 12 p.m.
Fri, Apr 15 / UW-Stevens Point* / 12 p.m.
Sat, Apr 16 / 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 1 / 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; 78-96
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: Joel Thimsen,
Jack Schirpke and
Charlie Szykowny have been wielding the hot bats for the Blue Devils this season and Stout leads the WIAC in team batting average at .334. Thimsen is hitting at a .469 clip, going 30-64 with 23 runs scored, seven doubles, a triple, two home runs, and 30 RBI. Schirpke is hitting .385 (25-65) with 19 runs scored, five doubles, two home runs and 22 RBI. Szykowny is hitting .450 (36-80) with 28 runs scored, nine doubles, three triples, seven home runs and a team-best 31 RBI. Schirpke has stolen seven bases and Thimsen four.
TJ Carlson is hitting .400 (6-15),
Colin Hageman.360 (18-50), Jacob Endreas .341 (14-41) and
Paul Weise .333 (8-24). Szykowny and Thimsen each have a 15 game hitting streak, going back to the final game of the 2021 season. Schirpke has hit safely in 10 straight games.
SZYKOWNY'S START: Charlie Szykowny overcame a 1 for 7 start at the plate in the team's doubleheader loss to Bethel University, March 8 and has been on a hot streak ever since. The Blue Devil shortstop is on a 18-game hitting streak and had one streak where he hit a home run in five consecutive games. Szykowny is hitting .450 and has a slugging percentage of .900. Szykowny's 31 RBIs and seven home runs are both WIAC bests. Szykowny has also gone to the mound from his shortstop spot. Szykowny recorded a save against Bethel in the first game of the team's spring break trip to Florida and recorded his first collegiate win, pitching 2.1 innings of scoreless ball, allowing two hits and striking out four in an 11-9 win, 10-inning win over the US Merchant Marines Academy on the last day of the spring break trip. Szykowny was named the WIAC position player of the week and was selected as the NCBWA honorable mention hitter of the hitter of the week.
SCHIRPKE JUST AS HOT: Schirpke overcame a slow start and is now hitting .385 with five doubles, two home runs and 22 RBI. Twice this season Schirpke has collected six RBI in a single game - against St. Michael when he went 3 for 5 with a home run and against the Merchant Marines when he went 4 for 4 with two doubles and a home run. The right fielder had four RBI in the first game against UW-Platteville, going 3 for 5 with two doubles. Schirpke has 22 RBI on the season.
STEADY THIMSEN: Joel Thimsen has been hitting around the .500 mark throughout the season and only once dipped as low as .462 after the first game of the season. Thimsen has hit seven doubles, a triple, two home runs and 30 RBI, second best on the team and the WIAC. Thimsen has driven in at least one run in 12 of 14 games. Thimsen has been particularly effective with runners in scoring position, hitting .577 (15-26) with runners on second or third. With runners on third and less than two outs, Thimsen is hitting .875 (7-8) and has lifted three sacrifice flies. With two outs, Thimsen has driven in 15 runs. Szykowny is right behind Thimsen, driving 14 runs with two outs.
HOW ABOUT JACOBY'S 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.
PICK YOUR POISON: The Blue Devils' first five batters in the line-up -
Colin Hageman,
Charlie Szykowny,
Joel Thimsen,
Jacoby Endreas and Jack Schripke - have a combined batting average of .404, have scored 109 runs and have smacked 32 doubles, six triples and 15 home runs. The quintet has driven in 112 runs. On the base paths, the five have combined for 19 stolen bases in 21 attempts.
HITTING STREAKS: Joel Thimsen currently has a 19-game hitting streak, including the last game of the 2021 season.
Charlie Szykowny has a hitting streak of 17 games,
Jack Schirpke 14 games and
Jacoby Endreas 10 games.
Drew Ries has a seven game hitting streak and
TJ Carlson and
Levi Wilson have hit safely in four consecutive games. Both Thimsen and Szykowny have reached base safely in the last 19 games, including the last game of the 2021 season.
PATIENCE, GENTLEMEN, PATIENCE: Levi Wilson has drawn a team-high 16 walks so far this year.
Joel Thimsen has drawn 13 walks,
Charlie Szykowny and
Colin Hageman nine, and
Jacoby Endreas eight. Szykowny has drawn three intentional walks and Endreas, two, both coming on the same day.
BLUE DEVIL PITCHING: Jace Baumann (4.26 ERA, 25.1 IP, 18K),
Cody Urban (5.34 ERA, 28.2 IP, 15K),
Drew Buss (7.02 ERA, 16.2 IP, 15K),
Ethan Kjellberg (4.87 ERA, 20.1 IP, 14K) and
Cooper Beving (3.00 ERA, 6.0 IP, 2K) have drawn the majority of the starts on the mound.
Dak Doyle (0.00 ERA, 6.1 IP, 5K) and Szykowny (0.00 ERA, 3.1 IP, 5K) each have a win and a save.
Luke Kallod notched his first career save Monday against Platteville.
WIAC STATS: The Blue Devils have several players in the WIAC top 10 in individual statistical categories.
Charlie Szykowny is fourth in batting average (.469), first in slugging percentage (.900), fourth in on-base percentage (.516), first in OPS (1.416), first in runs scored (28), first in hits (36), first in RBI (31), first in doubles (9), first in triples (3), tied for first in home runs (7).
Joel Thimsen is second in average (.469), sixth in slugging percentage (.565), second in OPS (1.268), second in runs scored (23), second in hits (30), second in RBI (30), third in doubles (7), 10th in home runs (2), 10th in at-bats (64) and second in walks (13).
Jacoby Endreas is seventh in slugging percentage (.679), eighth in on-base percentage (.493), seventh in OPS (.1.172), 10th in hits (21), sixth in RBI (18) and third in home runs (4).
Cody Urban is fourth in innings pitched (28.2). |
WIAC Stats
UW-STOUT LAST TIME OUT: The Blue Devils swept UW-Platteville, winning 7-5, 13-5 on the first day, March 28 and 7-3, 16-5, on the second day. |
Day One Game Story and Stats |
Day Two Game Story and Stats |
Eau Claire Day One Game Story and Stats |
Eau Claire 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-OSHKOSH: At the plate, Zach Taylor leads the Titans with 20 hits in his 66 at-bats. Taylor has connected on six doubles and a team-best three homeruns. Right behind him is Matt Scherrman, an All-WIAC conference player last year. Scherrman has 17 hits on 62 at-bats and has connected on four doubles, one triple, and two home runs. Eric Modaff and Jackson Broom both have hit a single home run for the Titans. On the mound, Connor Brinkman (0.97 ERA, 37.0 IP, 43K) and Harry Orth (3.12 ERA, 34.2 IP, 48K) have gotten the majority of starts. Cameron Mulvihill (2.39 ERA, 26.1 IP, 25K) has earned two saves for Oshkosh with Brinkman and LJ Waco (4.22 ERA, 10.2 IP, 20K) earning one each. |
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UW-Oshkosh
Head Coach: Kevin Tomasiewicz, 9th season at UWO; (165-140-1)
Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 21/10
Starting Position Players Returning/Lost: 6/3
Pitchers with Starting Experience Returning/Lost: 4/3
Pitchers with Saves Returning/Lost: 1/1
Returning All-WIAC: Matt Scherrman, Jr., SS/RHP (2021-Honorable)
Notable Returning Position Players: Eric Modaff, Sr., OF; Ethan Schreier, Jr., OF; Jake Surane, So., INF
Notable Returning Pitchers: Will Michalski, Sr., RHP; Harry Orth, So., RHP; Grant Yakimisky, Sr., RHP
LAST TIME OUT: Oshkosh took one of four games from UW-Whitewater in Whitewater earlier this week. The Warhawks took both games, 3-0, 6-3, on the first day, Sunday, April 3. Whitewater won the opening game, 8-6, Monday, April 4, but the Titans stormed back to blank Whitewater, 9-0, in the second contest. |
April 3 Games and Statistics |
April 4 Games and Statistics
LAST TIME THEY MET: James Palmer and
Jace Baumann combined for a shutout, UW-Stout's defense turned two double plays and threw out three batters attempting to steal while
Dan Deis and Drew Reis drove in a run apiece as the Blue Devils defeated UW-Oshkosh, 2-0, in the first round of the WIAC Baseball Championship, May 19, 2021, at Nelson Field. Stout advanced to the next round of the WIAC tournament at Whitewater. Palmer struck out eight - breaking the school single-season strikeout record in the process - but consistently had to work his way out of jams, and his defense did the job time-and-time-again.
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TEAM CAPTAINS: Charlie Szykowny,
Joel Thimsen and
Cooper Beving serve as 2022 team captains.
2022 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: 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 (78-96) 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: The Blue Devils will continue conference play taking on UW-Stevens Point at home on Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16.
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