IPFW Travels To Western Illinois For Three-Game Weekend Series

Friday, April 15

Macomb, Ill.

4 P.M.

Purdue Fort Wayne

Western Illinois

Photo by: Lucas Carter

IPFW Travels To Western Illinois For Three-Game Weekend Series

4/14/2016 2:55:00 PM | Baseball

MACOMB, Ill. -- IPFW will play a three-game Summit League baseball series on the road at Western Illinois University this weekend, April 15-17, at Alfred D. Boyer Stadium in Macomb, Illinois. The Mastodons of eighth-year head coach Bobby Pierce enter the league series with a record of 14-19 overall, 1-11 in the Summit League, while the host Fighting Leathernecks are 10-20 overall, 7-5 in the Summit League.

IPFW-WIU SERIES INFORMATION
Alfred D. Boyer Stadium, Macomb, Illinois
Friday, April 15, 4 p.m. / Live Stats / Live Video
Saturday, April 16, 2 p.m. / Live Stats / Live Video
Sunday, April 17, 2 p.m. / Live Stats / Live Video

PITCHING
Projected Rotation: Evan Miller (So., RHP), Trevor Storie (Sr., RHP), Brandon Pease (R-Sr., LHP)

IPFW is expected to go with a starting pitching rotation of Miller in game one, Storie in game two and Pease in game three. Miller is 3-3 with a 6.75 ERA and 42 strikeouts through eight appearances/starts and 41.1 innings pitched. Storie is 2-5 with a 5.82 ERA and 31 strikeouts through eight appearances/starts and 43.1 innings. Pease is 0-1 with a 5.56 ERA and 10 strikeouts through eight appearances/two starts and 11.1 innings.

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 (15 appearances, 1-0, 2.19 ERA, 2 Saves, 19K, 24.2 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 (12 appearances/1 start, 3-3, 4.19 ERA, 4 saves, 14K, 19.1 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.

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. VanSumeren is hitting .306 with two home runs, eight doubles, 20 runs and 18 RBIs, followed by Whitman (.305, 1 HR, 1 3B, 6 2Bs, 14 Runs, 15 RBIs), Soat (.281, 2 HRs, 3 3Bs, 7 2Bs, 28 Runs, 18 RBIs), Trevino (.277, 8 HRs, 5 2Bs, 23 Runs, 25 RBIs), Logan (.258, 3 HRs, 4 2Bs, 6 Runs, 12 RBIs), Boyce (.257, 2 HRs, 2 3Bs, 5 2Bs, 17 Runs, 7 RBIs), Valenzuela-Reece (.235, 2 HRs, 2 2Bs, 6 Runs, 14 RBIs), Kaiser (.230, 4 HRs, 1 3B, 8 2Bs, 14 Runs, 13 RBIs) and Baker (.202, 3 2Bs, 13 Runs, 11 RBIs).

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 (43), Yoho (28), Herberger (21) and Wilson (16) have seen the most at-bats among the reserves for the Mastodons this season.