Mayville, N.D. – The Mayville State Baseball team open the NSAA Conference Tournament in Valley City with the #5 seeded Dickinson State Blue Hawks on Friday starting at 2:00 pm.
Quick Hits on the Comets:
The Comets enter the conference tournament as the #2 with a 31-15 overall record and 20-8 in conference play.
Mayville State finished the regular season on Tuesday at North Dakota State and dropped a close game to the NCAA Division I opponent.
The Comets as a team have a .264 batting average with 369 hits, 85 doubles, nine triples, 29 home runs, 243 runs batted in, a .383 on-base percentage, and 70 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 .301 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 .298 batting average leading the Comets with 53 hits, 18 doubles, two triples, seven home runs, 38 runs batted in, and a .555 slugging percentage.
Marcus Wohl has a .275 batting average on the season with 42 hits, nine doubles, three home runs, 29 runs batted in, and a .428 on-base percentage.
Kenneth Stewart has a 0.88 earned run average with 41.0 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 Blue Hawks:
The Blue Hawks enter the conference tournament with a 13-23 overall record and 11-12 in conference play finishing in fifth place in the conference.
Dickinson State has a team batting average of .293 on the season with 318 hits, 52 doubles, seven triples, 39 home runs, 190 runs batted in, and a .380 on-base percentage.
In the field, the Blue Hawks have a .948 fielding percentage, 10.11 earned run average, allowing 384 hits, 300 earned runs, 153 walks, 273 strikeouts, and a .329 opponent batting average.
Derrick Calvillo has a team-leading .379 batting average with 36 hits, six doubles, one triple, seven home runs, 20 runs batted in, and a .684 slugging percentage.
Mathias Dufner is second on the team with a .366 batting average with 26 hits, four doubles, six home runs, 20 runs batted in, and a .676 slugging percentage.
Tyler Gray has a 4.76 earned run average over 17.0 innings pitched allowing 19 hits, nine earned runs, six walks, and a6 strikeouts.
Joel Torres has an 8.50 earned run average this season allowing 71 hits, 45 earned runs, 16 walks, and 51 strikeouts over 47.2 innings pitched.