2015 MWSU Baseball Notes | MWSU Baseball Roster | MWSU Baseball Schedule
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - Missouri Western will travel to Searcy, Arkansas this weekend. They will play two games on Saturday afternoon and play one more on Sunday afternoon against Harding University. The Bison went 28-24 last season.
GRIFFON OFFENSIVE POWERThe Griffons produced 25 total runs this past weekend against #17 Arkansas Tech in their four-game series. MWSU went 2-2 over the weekend.
Missouri Western was led by
Trevor LaHonta, collecting eight hits and batting .471.
Cosimo Cannella also had a solid weekend, giving the Griffons five RBI's on five hits and hitting .417. Newcomer
David Glaude hit .385 while scoring seven runs and
picking up three RBI's with one home run.
Mitch Thorman and
Cody Childs each hit over .300 against #17 Arkansas Tech
The Griffons will have room to improve offensively as both
Ryan Degner and
Dylon Koch hit below their average over the past weekend. Each player was named to an All-MIAA team last year and look to improve their numbers heading into the 2015 season.
MWSU PITCHINGMissouri Western used 14 different pitchers in their first weekend series against #17 Arkansas Tech.
The Griffons winning pitchers were
Richard Peoples and
Banks Born. Born went five innings, allowing three hits and striking out five in the game three win. Peoples picked up his first win in relief in game two.
AJ Martinez was effective in relief, as he pitched 3.2 innings and struck out five batters. He only allowed two hits and didn't allow any runs in his work.
The Griffons return key pitchers
Grant Woods, Josh Langsangan, and
Tyler Tuepker each appearing in at least 15 games and starting a combined 21 games.
HARDING UNIVERSITY PREVIEWHarding University played their first games of the season against Augustana (SD) last weekend. HU picked up two wins by the score of 1-0 and 22-0.
John Chapman led the team with a .500 batting average including three RBI's and three runs scored. Four other players hit over .300 for the Bison, all collecting two or more hits over the weekend.
The Bison used six different pitchers during the weekend with Andrew Fiddler and Collin Campbell getting the two starts. Campbell and Jacob Stripling were able to pick up one win each for Harding.
Harding was picked to finish fifth in the Great American Conference on the Preseason Coaches poll by receiving 60 points.
CENTENNIAL MOMENTIn 1975, the baseball team played in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) World Series at Phil Welch Stadium in St. Joseph, Mo.
VERDUZCO EYES 300Now in his 16th year as the Griffons head coach, Buzz Verduzco is just two MIAA wins away from 300 for his career. He enters the season 298-215 in MIAA play and 434-327 overall. Verduzco will have his first chance at number 300 during the Griffons home opening series against No. 6 Emporia State, Feb. 20-22.
