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Baseball Preview: Wartburg

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Wartburg | Roster | Schedule | Stats
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NOTABLES - WARTBURG
- Wartburg enters the week with a 14-5 overall record and 5-0 in the Iowa Conference
- Zack Hovick leads the Knights with a .333 average, 24 hits and 18 RBIs including two doubles and a home run 
- On the mound, Tanner Eckhart leads Wartburg with a 1.22 ERA in six starts, 37.0 innings and 34 strikeouts
- Both the Knights and the Duhawks have faced Simpson as Wartburg won both games with another game scheduled for April 10 and Loras won its series 2-1

LAST TIME OUT - WARTBURG
- The Knights swept Simpson on Monday outscoring them 41-8 in two games
- These wins extend Wartburg's winning streak to eight
- Hovick finished the double header 7-for-11 with five RBIs

NOTABLES - LORAS
- Danny Weis leads the Duhawks this season, hitting .403 with a .672 slugging percentage ... His 16 RBIs are a team-high tied with Ryan Koester and he leads the team with four triples
- Loras' pitching staff has combined for a 3.40 ERA, nearly three points lower than opponents at 6.30 ... Opponents are hitting .214 against the Duhawks
- Aidan Wojciehowski currently ranks first in Division III in hits allowed per nine innings at 3.0 as well as in earned run average with 0.00, ranks third with a .61 WHIP and ranks ninth in strikeouts per nine innings at 14.50

LAST TIME OUT - LORAS
- Loras defeated Cornell in non-conference action, 7-2
- After allowing two runs in the first inning, the Duhawks rattled off seven runs of their own off of 13 hits
- Thomas Greffly lead Loras with two hits and three RBIs including a double and a triple
- Erik Edminster earns his first win of the season throwing 3.2 innings allowing no hits and striking out one

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