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Minnesota State to Play Next Nine Contests on the Road

4/5/2011 4:41:30 PM

On Tap: Minnesota State, 12-6 overall, 5-3 in the NSIC, will hit the road for a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference twinbill at Concordia University Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., then travel to Duluth, Minn. for a pair of doubleheaders Saturday and Sunday with Minnesota Duluth, both of which are slated to start at 12:00 p.m.

This Week's Schedule:       
Date      Opponent                                  Location                               Time
4/6/11    Concordia (DH)*                          St. Paul, Minn.                      1:30 p.m.
4/9/11    Minnesota Duluth (DH)*               Duluth, Minn.                         12:00 p.m.
4/10/11  Minnesota Duluth (DH)*               Duluth, Minn.                         12:00 p.m.
 *: NSIC Contest, Bold: Home Game

A Look at the Golden Bears: The Concordia University Golden Bears currently own a 6-3 overall mark, with this week's twinbill being CU's first conference action...In Concordia's last action, the Golden Bears swept Hamline University in a nonconference doubleheader...Junior Bryan Lippincott leads the Golden Bears with a team-best .488 batting average and a team-high 20 hits...Senior Jon Stockton sits second on the team with a .452 batting average, and has hit a team-high seven doubles, while both Stockton and Lippincott have racked up 14 RBI, which is tied for a team-best...On the mound, sophomore pitcher Andy Fagely leads the Golden Bears, with a 2-1 record, 2.37 ERA, three games started and a team-high 17 strikeouts.

A Look at the Bulldogs: The Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs currently own a 6-10 overall mark, and are 2-2 in the NSIC...In UMD'S last action, the Bulldogs split a four game series with Upper Iowa...Junior Marcus Riewer leads the Bulldogs with a .364 batting average and team-high 20 hits...Junior Anders Engberg has also produced impressive numbers with a .326 batting average, 15 hits, a team-high 11 runs scored and team-best 12 RBI...On the mound, senior pitcher Josh Foreman leads the Bulldogs with a 2-1 record, 2.50 ERA, three games started and 11 strikeouts.

 Last Week: The Mavericks played host to the eight-rated St. Cloud State Huskies Friday and Saturday, splitting with SCSU in the opening doublheader (W, 7-6 & L, 11-4), then getting swept on Saturday (L, 3-0 & L, 12-2)...The Last time the Minnesota State baseball team lost three of four games in a conference home series prior to this weekend was in 2008 when Nebraska Omaha accomplished the feat...Before that was in 2003 when Nebraska Omaha won all four games vs. MSU in Mankato...Junior  infielder Pat Dockendorf led the team with a .571 batting average, going 8-for-14 at the plate, including two double and his fourth homer of the season...Dockendorf also scored a team-high four runs and had two RBI...Another successful Maverick at the plate was junior infielder Matt Kuchenbecker who went 6-for-11 with a team-high six RBI and one run scored...Kuchenbecker also walked twice, and hit two sacrifice flies...Senior pitcher Danny Miller was the only MSU pitcher to earn a win on the weekend, improving his record to 4-1, while junior Blake Schwartz, junior Ben Kincaid and senior Luke Putz all suffering losses...Sophomore closer Mahlon Zimmerman picked up save number four on the year in Saturday's first contest.

Leading the Way: Senior infielder Zach Rowles leads the Mavericks in hits this season with 23, while junior infielder Pat Dockendorf owns 21, which ranks second on the team...Senior outfielder/pitcher Danny Miller and Rowles are the only two Mavericks to have played in and started all 20 games this season...Junior infielder Matt Kuchenbecker leads the Mavericks in batting average (.375)...Kuchenbecker and junior outfielder/pitcher Ben Kincaid have each hit a team-best five doubles, Miller leads the team in triples, having tagged three on the year, a team-high...Dockendorf has hit a team-best four home runs on the year...Junior right-handed pitcher Blake Schwartz leads MSU on the mound with a 4-1 mark, a team-best 1.98 ERA and 22 (ranks second on the team) while Miller (4-1) holds a team-high 35 strikeouts.

In the NSIC: As a team, the Mavericks rank in the top-five in 38 categories: 5th in Runs Scored (117), 5th in Runs Batted In (104), 2nd in Triples (8), 3rd in Home Runs (9), 5th in Total Bases (245), 5th in Total Plate Appearances, 4th in At Bats (614), 5th in Walks (72), 4th in Hit by Pitch (20), 4th (tie) in Sacrifice Bunts (12), 1st in Sacrifice Flies (14), 3rd in Triples per Game (0.40), 4th in Homeruns per Game (0.45), 4th in Strikeouts per Game (5.55), 3rd in Earned Run Average (2.70), 3rd in Opposing Batting Average (.231), 4th in Innings Pitched (160.0), 5th in Batters Struck Out (119), 4th in Wins (12), 1st (tie) in Saves (5), 4th in Hits Allowed (139), 4th in Runs Allowed (75), 4th Earned Runs Allowed (48), 5th in Walks Allowed (51), 4th in Triples Allowed (3), 3rd (tie) in Wild Pitches (17), 5th in Innings per Game (8.00), 2nd in Walks Allowed per Game (2.87), 4th in Triples Allowed per Game (0.17), 4th in Fly Outs per Game (9.96), 3rd in Hits Allowed per Game (7.82), 3rd in Runs Allowed per Game (4.22), 3rd in Earned Runs per Game (2.70), 3rd in Fielding Percentage (.958), 4th in Chances (687), 4th in Putouts (480), 4th in Assists (178), 5th in Fielding Double Plays (12)...Individually, 3rd in Slugging Percentage – Patrick Dockendorf (.667), 1st (tie) in Triples – Danny Miller (3), 1st (tie) in Home Runs – Patrick Dockendorf, 2nd (tie) in Walks – Danny Miller (15), 3rd (tie) in Hit by Pitch – Steven Helget (5), 1st (tie) in Sacrifice Bunts – Matt Kuchenbecker (4), 2nd (tie) in Sacrifice Flies (3), 1st in Triples per Game – Danny Miller (0.15), 3rd in Home runs per Game – Patrick Dockendorf (0.21), 2nd in Innings Pitched – Blake Schwartz (36.0), 2nd (tie) in Wins – Blake Schwartz and Danny Miller (4), 1st in Saves – Mahlon Zimmerman (4), 1st in Appearances – Mahlon Zimmerman (8), 3rd (tie) in Games Started – Danny Miller and Blake Schwartz (5), 1st in Games Finished – Mahlon Zimmerman (7), 1st in Games in Relief – Mahlon Zimmerman (8), 5th (tie) in Hits Allowed – Luke Putz (16), 1st in Innings per Game – Blake Schwartz (7.20), 5th (tie) in Strikeouts per Game – Danny Miller (10.38), 5th in Hits Allowed per Game – Luke Putz (6.26), 5th in Putouts – Matt Odegaard (104), 3rd in Assists – Zach Rowles (46), 5th (tie) in Stolen Bases Against – Steven Helget (14).
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