IPFW Welcomes Butler For Non-League Home Game Wednesday

Wednesday, April 13

Fort Wayne, Ind.

3 P.M.

Purdue Fort Wayne

Butler

Photo by: Lucas Carter

IPFW Welcomes Butler For Non-League Home Game Wednesday

4/12/2016 5:04:00 PM | Baseball

FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- IPFW will host Butler University of the BIG EAST Conference in a non-league home baseball game Wednesday, April 13, at 3 p.m. at Mastodon Field in Fort Wayne. The Mastodons of eighth-year head coach Bobby Pierce have a record of 13-19 overall, while the Bulldogs have a record of 9-22 overall. Butler did defeat IPFW by a score of 4-1 last month (March 16) in Indianapolis.

GAME INFORMATION
Wednesday, April 13, 3 p.m. / Live Stats

PITCHING
Projected Starter: Kyle Orwig (Sr., RHP)

IPFW is expected to go with Orwig on the mound ... the right-hander is 1-2 with a 7.17 ERA and 11 strikeouts through eight appearances/four starts and 21.1 innings pitched.

Bullpen: Jordan Martin (Jr., RHP), Brandon Phelps (R-So., RHP), Tanner McAninch (Jr., RHP), Jake Weber (R-Jr., RHP), Damian Helm (So., LHP), Mitchell Ley (Jr., LHP)

The Mastodons have used Martin (14 appearances, 1-0, 2.28 ERA, 2 Saves, 18K, 23.2 IP), Phelps (14 appearances, 1-0, 11.57 ERA, 13K, 14.0 IP), McAninch (12 appearances, 0-1, 2.92 ERA, 7K, 12.1 IP), Weber (11 appearances/1 start, 2-3, 4.42 ERA, 4 saves, 14K, 18.1 IP), Helm (11 appearances/3 starts, 2-2, 7.76 ERA, 23K, 31.1 IP) and Ley ( 10 appearances/6 starts, 1-2, 6.55 ERA, 20K, 34.1 IP) most frequently this season. Weber leads the staff in saves, while Martin leads in earned run average.

HITTING
Projected Lineup: CF: Brandon Soat (Sr.), LF: Evan VanSumeren (Sr.), SS: Greg Kaiser (R-Sr.), RF: Shane Trevino (R-Sr.), 1B: Kendall Whitman (Sr.), DH: Brock Logan (R-So.), C: Jonathan Valenzuela-Reece (Sr.), 3B: Shannon Baker (R-So.), 2B: Jackson Boyce (Jr.)

IPFW is expected to open the series with a probable lineup that features Soat in center field, VanSumeren in left field, Kaiser at shortstop, Trevino in right field, Whitman at first base, Logan as the designated hitter, Valenzuela-Reece at catcher, Baker at third base and Boyce at second base. Whitman is hitting .316 with one home run, one triple, six doubles, 14 runs and 15 RBIs, followed by VanSumeren (.305, 2 HRs, 8 2Bs, 20 Runs, 18 RBIs), Soat (.280, 2 HRs, 3 3Bs, 7 2Bs, 28 Runs, 17 RBIs), Trevino (.276, 8 HRs, 5 2Bs, 23 Runs, 25 RBIs), Boyce (.264, 2 HRs, 2 3Bs, 5 2Bs, 17 Runs, 7 RBIs), Logan (.253, 3 HRs, 4 2Bs, 6 Runs, 12 RBIs), Valenzuela-Reece (.235, 2 HRs, 2 2Bs, 6 Runs, 14 RBIs), Kaiser (.221, 4 HRs, 1 3B, 8 2Bs, 14 Runs, 13 RBIs) and Baker (.209, 3 2Bs, 13 Runs, 11 RBIs). Whitman leads the squad in batting average and on base percentage (.436), Trevino leads in home runs, RBIs, total bases (61) and slugging percentage (.526), VanSumeren leads in hits (40), Soat leads in runs, at bats (132) and total plate appearances (154), while Boyce and Kaiser lead in stolen bases (7).

Depth: Sean Herberger (Sr., C), Grant Wilson (Sr., DH), Isaiah White (R-So., OF), Zak Kellogg (So. C), Alec Reuille (R-Fr., C), Brandon Yoho (Fr., IF)

Kellogg (40), Yoho (28), Herberger (19) and Wilson (16) have seen the most at-bats among the reserves for the Mastodons this season.