Baseball Hosts Mavericks in Weekend Series

The Purdue Fort Wayne baseball team is back to league play for a weekend series against Omaha starting Friday at 3 p.m. on Mastodon Field.

Who: Omaha Mavericks
When: Friday, April 19 - 3 PM | Saturday, April 20 – 2 PM | Sunday, April 21 – 1 PM
Where: Mastodon Field | Fort Wayne, Ind.
Live Stats: Link
Watch: Link

Probable Starters:
Purdue Fort Wayne: RHP Cameron Boyd, TBD, TBD
Omaha: RHP Joey Machado, RHP Payton Kinney, LHP Spencer Koelewyn

Scouting the Mastodons (5-29, 0-15 Summit League): Alec Brunson is leading the squad with a .294 batting average. Garrett Mohler has recorded six games with two or more RBI. He leads the team with 32 hits, along with six doubles, two triples and four home runs. Pitching for the 'Dons, Trevor Armstrong has thrown three consecutive scoreless innings out of the pen.

Scouting the Mavericks (21-10-1, 13-2 Summit League): Parker Smejkal is leading the Summit League with a .387 batting average. Keil Krumweiede has 26 runs, 22 RBI and eight doubles. On the mound, Payton Kinney is leading the league with seven wins and a 1.20 ERA. He is also second in strikeouts with 65. Omaha is in first place in the Summit League.

Series History: Omaha leads the series 24-19. The 'Dons lead the home series 11-8. The 'Dons swept a three-game series from Omaha at Mastodon Field last season.

Looking Ahead: The Mastodons travel to West Lafayette to compete against Purdue on Wednesday (April 24) at 6 p.m.

~ Feel the Rumble ~

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Players Mentioned

Trevor Armstrong

Cameron Boyd

Alec Brunson

Garrett Mohler

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