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For Immediate Release 18 April 2003
The Southwest
Baptist baseball team is scheduled to close the 2003 home
schedule this weekend when they host Mid-America Intercollegiate
Athletics Association foe Truman for a three-game series.
The Bearcats will play TSU in one nine-inning game on Friday,
April 18 at 3 p.m. The two teams will then play two games
on Saturday, April 19 at noon.
The Bearcats enter the weekend with an 8-28 overall record.
SBU is 3-15 in MIAA action after splitting with Pittsburg
State in Pittsburg, Kan. on Tuesday (3-12 and 8-7).
The Bearcats are led by Jesse Dziurawiec at the plate with
a .301 batting average. Second in hitting is Tyson Shields
(.296), who leads the team in doubles (12), hits (34) and
is second in RBI (18). Sheilds and teammate Cody Bales (.281)
are tied for the team lead in runs with 22. Leading the team
in RBI is Caleb Stark (.278). The team is batting .249 this
season.
The Bearcats are led on the mound by Tanner Rust (3-5) with
a 7.77 ERA. He has seen 46.1 innings of action and is tied
for strikeouts with Drew Osborne (1-5) at 37. The Bearcats
have a team ERA of 10.54.
Truman enters the week with a 3-28 overall record. The Bulldogs
are 0-17 in the MIAA and have dropped their last five outings.
They are scheduled to play a doubleheader at Missouri Western
on Wednesday, Feb. 16.
The Bulldogs are led by Adam Davis at the plate with an batting
average of .358. He leads the team with seven doubles and
three triples. Patrick Hardin is the only other TSU player
above .300 hitting .347. He leads the team in runs (18), hits
(34) and RBI (26). TSU is batting .259 as a team this season.
On the hill, Rory Geissler leads the team with a 3.68 ERA
in 14.2 innings of action. The three wins belong to Dan Hillen
(7.71), Colin Spillenkothen (9.42) and Jesse Bohlmeyer (13.21).
Brant Kraner (10.80) leads the team with 17 strikeouts this
season. The team has an ERA of 9.89.
This weekend’s doubleheader was scheduled as the last
home dates of the season. However, anticipated makeup dates
are expected for at least one of the home dates that had been
postponed due to inclement weather.
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