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Comets finish regular season at North Dakota State Tuesday

5/3/2021 1:29:00 PM

Mayville, N.D. – The Mayville State University baseball team travels to NCAA Division I North Dakota State University on Tuesday for the final game of the regular season. The first pitch is scheduled for 5:00 pm at Newman Field in Fargo.

Quick Hits on the Comets:

The Comets enter the final game of the regular season with a 31-14 overall record and 20-8 in North Star play.
Mayville State will be the #2 seed in the upcoming NSAA Baseball Conference Tournament hosted by Valley City State starting on Friday, May 7th.
The Comets last weekend hosted Dickinson State for the final conference weekend of the season defeating the Blue Hawks in three-of-four games.
MSU on the season has a .267 batting average with 360 hits, 85 doubles, nine triples, 29 home runs, 238 runs batted in, and 64 stolen bases.
In the field, the Comets have a .941 fielding percentage, a 4.09 earned run average, 349 hits, 159 earned runs, 145 walks, 365 strikeouts, and an opponent batting average of .251.
Theo May has a team-leading .313 batting average with 31 hits, seven doubles, two home runs, 18 runs batted in, and an on-base percentage of .443.
Jared McCorrister has a .306 batting average leading the Comets with 53 hits, 18 doubles, two triples, seven home runs, 38 runs batted in, and a .555 slugging percentage.
Kenneth Stewart has a 1.34 earned run average with 40.1 innings pitched, allowing 18 hits, six earned runs, 18 walks, and 59 strikeouts.
Ramsay Taliaferro has a 1.93 earned run average with 18.2 innings pitched, allowing 11 hits, four earned runs, five walks, and 13 strikeouts.

Matching up with the Bison:
The North Dakota State Bison enter the non-conference game with a 28-13 overall record and 14-9 in Summit League play.
The Bison won two-of-three games down in Lawrence, Kansas last weekend defeating the Jayhawks 5-3 in two games and dropping the middle game of the series 10-2.
As a team, the Bison have a .271 batting average, 376 hits, 66 doubles, five triples, 30 home runs, 288 runs batted in, and a .372 on-base percentage.
In the field, NDSU has a .964 fielding percentage, a 4.83 earned run average, allowing 188 earned runs, 150 walks, and 336 strikeouts over 350.1 innings pitched.
Bennett Hostetler is leading the Bison with a .348 batting average with 49 hits, 10 doubles, one triple, seven home runs, 39 runs batted in, and an on-base percentage of .492.
Jake Malec is hitting .345 on the season with 58 hits, five doubles, four triples, seven home runs, 23 runs batted in, and 12 stolen bases.
Cade Feeney has a 4.06 earned run average over 51.0 innings pitched, 53 hits, 23 earned runs, 14 walks, and 45 strikeouts.
Evan Sankey has a 4.12 earned run average over 54.2 innings pitched allowing 62 hits, 25 earned runs, 17 walks, and 59 strikeouts.

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