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The Minnesota Morris baseball team resumes conference play this weekend, taking on St. Scholastica in three-game series in Duluth, Minn. Due to a slight schedule change, the Cougars and Saint will play a doubleheader tonight (Apr. 6) starting at 5:00 p.m., and will wrap up the weekend with one nine-inning game Apr. 7 at 12:00 p.m.
Storyline: The match-up includes the two teams at the top of the UMAC standings in the early season. The Saints and Cougars were the only teams to go 3-0 in the first weekend, and heading into the weekend, St. Scholastica is first in the UMAC with Morris second.
For The Record: The Cougars enter the weekend with a 3-11 record on the season, including a 3-1 mark in UMAC play. The Saints sit at 12-8 overall, and lead the UMAC with a 4-0 conference record.
Last Time Out: Earlier this week, Morris dropped a tough 10-0 decision to Presentation, suffering their first loss in UMAC play. St. Scholastica continued their winning ways on Tuesday (Apr. 3), taking a 12-3 decision from Northland.
Last Season: The Saints took the series with the Cougars last sesaon,
7-2 and 14-0 on the first day, and
16-1 in the finale.
Follow Live: Fans who can't make the trip to Duluth, Minn., can follow along with
Live Stats, courtesy of
CSSSaints.com.
About the Cougars: Tied for second in the UMAC (Northwestern) with a 3-1 conference record … swept Crown in UMAC opener after starting the season 0-10 …
Jake Johnson is the reigning UMAC Pitcher of the Week after a 12-strikeout performance in a complete game shutout of Crown … went 8-11 in the UMAC in 2011, just missing the conference tournament … pitching staff threw three complete games in the series sweep of Crown … led at the plate by
Nick Perrotte and
Eric Terres each with a .333 average … Perrotte also leads the team with 15 hits … Terres is a UMAC best 13-of-14 stealing bases in the season and also leads the team with seven walks …
Chris Thompson also bats above .300 at .320 …
Scott Peterson leads the team with seven RBI … Johnson leads the team with a 2.45 ERA, 22.0 innings pitched and 21 strikeouts, ranking fourth in the UMAC in ERA … Johnson has also pitched three complete games, going the distance in each of his starts …
Logan Orazem and
Ted Gray each also have won games and have pitched 14.1 and 12.2 innings respectively … seven different pitchers have started games for the Cougars.
About the Saints: Defending UMAC Champions, going 20-1 in the conference in 2011 … 2011 UMAC Tournament Champions, advancing to the NCAA Tournament where they fell in the regional final to UW-Whitewater … unanimous UMAC favorite in 2012 … Kyle Flagstad is the Reigning UMAC Player of the Week after batting .500 in the UMAC opening series with six runs scored and six RBI … Falgstad is second in the UMAC in slugging percentage at .600 …winners of six straight, including four straight in UMAC play … led at the plate by Flagstad with a .400 average, while five others are batting above .300 … four players have over 20 hits, including a team-high 24 from David Vogelgesang, which also ranks third in the UMAC … five players have double-digit RBI, lead by a UMAC best 18 from Kyle Moody … Moody's 18 runs scored are second in the UMAC … pitching staff is led by Michael Swanson with a 2.50 ERA (5th in the UMAC) in three starts and 18.0 innings pitched, while the bullpen is led by Roger Thomas with a UMAC best 0.79 ERA in five appearances, including two saves … Thomas also leads the UMAC in opponent batting average at .147 … Jake Nystrom leads the team with six appearances (four starts) and 27.1 innings pitched, allowing just nine earned runs for a 2.96 ERA.
