#HLBASE Around the Horn – March 9
INDIANAPOLIS – All six #HLBase teams earned at least one win last week as the teams head into the final weekend of non-conference play before the League season begins on March 17.
RESULTS
| TEAM |
RECORD |
RESULT |
| Milwaukee |
2-2 |
1-0 at Minnesota; 1-2 at SEMO |
| Northern Kentucky |
2-2 |
1-2 at Murray State; 1-0 vs. Bellarmine |
| Oakland |
2-2 |
1-2 at Wichita State; 1-0 at Michigan |
| Purdue Fort Wayne |
1-4 |
0-1 at No. 5 Wake Forest; 1-0 vs. Cornell; 0-2 vs. Ball State; 0-1 at Indiana |
| Wright State |
1-3 |
0-3 at No. 8 Arkansas; 1-0 vs. Miami (OH) |
| Youngstown State |
2-3 |
2-2 at Baylor; 0-1 at Kent State |
HIGHLIGHTS
- Nationally, Northern Kentucky is 20th in team batting average at .324, 56 points then the next HL team, as Colton Kucera is seventh in the country batting .516, followed by John Odom who is top-50 at .455.
- Milwaukee leads the Horizon League with a 4.17 ERA and has already posted two shutouts, including against Big Ten foe Minnesota last week on the road, to rank top-10 in the country in shutouts. Nate DeYoung has already registered four saves on the season for the Panthers, ranking him fourth in Division I.
- Youngstown State’s Steven D’Eusanio is ninth in the country with seven doubles, just two behind the national leaders.
- For the second-straight season, Oakland defeated Michigan on the road. Bryce Konitzer tossed 5.0 shutout innings with six strikeouts and Drew Collins went 2-for-3 with two RBIs including a RBI-triple in the second inning to put the Golden Grizzlies up for the remainder of the contest.
- The Penguins took two out of four games on the road at Baylor over the weekend. In the series opener, YSU scored five runs in the top of the ninth to overcome a three-run deficit followed by another late rally in the nightcap of Saturday’s doubleheader with a run in the ninth to force extra innings and two runs in the 10th to earn the series split.
- MKE picked up a victory over a Big Ten school for the second consecutive season with a 3-0 at Minnesota. Nick Gilhaus toss 6.2 scoreless innings in relief, while Marcus Cline drove in a pair on an RBI groundout and a sacrifice fly, while Mark Connelly opened the game with an RBI groundout in the first.
- Purdue Fort Wayne picked up a win against Cornell in Winston Salem, N.C. as Mastodon pitchers JD Deany and Brody Fine combined to strikeout 15 Cornell batter, the most for the ‘Dons since 2019, and Braedon Blackford hit a pair of solo home runs.
- Wright State opened up its home schedule on Tuesday with a 23-7 victory over Miami (OH). The Raiders accounted for 12 hits and a season-high 19 walks in the victory. Six Raiders recorded two or more walks, while four players had multi-hit performances. WSU scored in five innings, highlighted by an 11-spot in the bottom of the fourth.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Thursday, March 9 – Wednesday, March 15
Milwaukee at Murray State (three-game series) in Murray Ky., at UIC in Chicago, Ill.
Northern Kentucky at No. 15 Texas A&M (three-game series) in College Station, Texas, vs. Miami (OH) in Highland Heights, Ky.
Oakland at Southern Indiana (three-game series) in Evansiville, Ind., vs. Bowling Green (home-and-home series)
Purdue Fort Wayne at Austin Peay (four-game series) in Evansville, Ind., at Ball State in Muncie, Ind.
Wright State vs. Army(three-game series) in Dayton, Ohio, vs. Toledo in Dayton, OH
Youngstown State at Kansas State (three-game series) in Manhattan, Kan., at Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pa.
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