SLIAC Game of the Week: Westminster at Iowa Wesleyan
At a Glance This week's Game of the Week is a meeting on the baseball diamond between SLIAC West Division teams Iowa Wesleyan University and Westminster College. The two teams will meet for a three-game weekend series beginning on Saturday in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa with the doubleheader being played on Sunday.
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Iowa Wesleyan University 'TIGERS' Iowa Wesleyan begins the week 4-14-1 overall and 2-5 in the SLIAC. They are set to play Cornell in a non-conference mid-week game before their weekend series against Westminster. The Tigers are hitting .236 as a team and average 5.4 runs per game this season. Nick Salas is hitting .382 with 3 home runs and 15 RBI while carrying a .521 on-base percentage. Cullen Papenhagen is second on the team with 10 RBI while Jacob Leonard is hitting .268 with 13 runs scored and 9 RBI. Joe Morrison has thrown a team-high 27 innings this spring, gathering a 1-1 record with his 3.33 earned-run average. He also has a team-best 18 strikeouts. Everett Swinson has made seven starts, striking out 17 while the Tigers can also throw a pair of lefties in Clayton Lathen and Mitchell Wilcox. |
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Westminster College 'BLUE JAYS' Westminster is 5-7 overall this season and coming off a series loss to Webster, dropping their SLIAC mark to 1-2. The Blue Jays are hitting .285 as a team, ranking them 3rd in the SLIAC, and are scoring 5.8 runs per game. Branden Beeler is leading the Blue Jays offensive attack with a .405 average and a team-high 10 runs batted in. He has also drawn six walks and holds a .490 on-base percentage. Ryan Clavin and Ryan Klimkiewicz are both hitting .333 with 8 RBI this spring. On the mound, the Blue Jays will throw Ian Cassidy, who is 2-0 with a 2.52 earned-run average and 21 strikeouts. Mason Kirkweg and Skyler Dickneite have each started three games this year as well. |
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Game Notes
- Westminster leads the all-time series against Iowa Wesleyan 14-1 with the Tigers lone win coming in the 2016 season in extra innings.
- Westminster has played just 12 games this season, the second fewest in the league.
- Chazz Brown set the Tigers program record for stolen bases and currently has 52 in his four-year career.
- The Blue Jays have played wall-ball so far with more home runs (6) than stolen bases (5) this year.
- Iowa Wesleyan leads the SLIAC in triples with 10.