Mayville, N.D. – The Mayville State University Baseball team host Morningside College at
Scott Berry Field on Saturday and Sunday. The first pitch is scheduled for 1:00 pm on Saturday and 12:00 pm on Sunday.
Quick Hits on the Comets:
The Mayville State University baseball team enters this non-conference weekend with the Raiders with a 6-3 overall record.
The Comets went 2-1 over the weekend against Hastings College, defeating the Broncos 6-3 and 5-0 on Saturday and dropping Sunday's game by a final score of 5-6.
MSU is averaging a .253 batting average as a team with 74 hits, 16 doubles, two triples, six home runs, 40 runs batted in, and a .356 on base percentage.
In the field for the Comets, they have a .948 fielding percentage, a 3.39 earned run average, 69 hits allowed, 29 earned runs, 42 walks, 79 strikeouts, a .240 batting average against.
Gunner Garpestad is leading the Comets with a .571 batting average with one double, one triple, and two runs batted in.
Payton DeLuca is leading the team with 12 hits, a .522 batting average, two doubles, one triple, and two runs batted in.
Joshua Rodriguez pitched five innings last weekend and did not allow a run, five hits, and six strikeouts.
Kenneth Stewart has a 1.42 earned run average in 12.2 innings this season, allowing four hits, two earned runs, six walks, and 19 strikeouts.
Matching up with the Morningside:
The Mustangs enter the four-game series with the Comets with a 6-12 overall record defeating Baker Kansas on Monday and Tuesday by a final of 14-3 and 6-3.
Morningside College is hitting .267 as a team this year with 137 hits, 79 runs scored, 30 doubles, four triples, and five home runs.
In the field, the Mustangs have a .952 fielding percentage, a 6.17 earned run average, 132 hits allowed, 87 earned runs, 75 walks, and 119 strikeouts.
Hunter Hope is leading the team with 26 hits, five doubles, one triple, two home runs, 14 runs batted in, and a .451 on base percentage.
Jordan Pierce is second on the team with a .359 batting average, 14 hits, four doubles, one triple, and nine runs batted in.
Max Nickerson is allowing a 1.23 earned run average pitching 7.1 innings allowing four hits, one earned run, four walks, and seven strikeouts.
