Friday, March 21
Youngstown, Ohio
4 PM
Purdue Fort Wayne
at
Youngstown State
‘Dons & ‘Guins Battle This Weekend
3/19/2025 2:37:00 PM | Baseball
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Mastodon baseball team heads east to Youngstown, Ohio to face the Penguins of Youngstown State this weekend.
Game Day Information
Who: Purdue Fort Wayne (1-18, 0-3 Horizon League) at Youngstown State (3-16, 1-2 Horizon League)
When:
Friday, March 21 | 4 PM (moved up one hour)
Saturday, March 22 | 1 PM (moved up two hours)
Sunday, March 23 | 1 PM
Where: Youngstown, Ohio
Live Stats: Link
Listen: Listen (YSU radio)
Weather:
Friday: 51, sunny
Saturday: 44, chance of rain
Sunday: 50, chance of rain
Series History: Youngstown State leads 21-10
Pitching Probables:
Purdue Fort Wayne: RHP Dillon Fischer, LHP Zane Danielson, TBD
Youngstown State: TBD
Know Your Foe: Youngstown State's Kyle Fossum is hitting .449 with seven home runs and a .855 slugging percentage. The Penguins went 1-2 against Milwaukee last week. YSU earned a 15-5 win over Mercyhurst this week in midweek play.
O Yeah: Justin Osterhouse hit three home runs on March 18 at Bowling Green. He is one of 14 players this season to hit three or more home runs in a game this season. Osterhouse was also intentionally walked three times in the game. It is the fifth time in the Division I era a Mastodon his hit three home runs in a game. The other times:
Cade Fitzpatrick at Northern Kentucky 5/10/2024
Ben Higgins at Youngstown State 3/31/2023
Greg Kaiser at Western Illinois 4/15/2016
Tyler Fowler vs Toledo 4/6/2004
O Boy: Justin Osterhouse is seventh in all-time program history in career slugging percentage at .569. His .335 career batting average is 10th.
On the BGSU Game: The Mastodons scored a season-high 18 runs at Bowling Green (March 18), it is the third most runs scored by a Horizon League team this season. It is the ninth most runs in a game in the Division I era for the Mastodons.
'Dons & Ends
- Dillon Fischer (9) and Cole Newell (3) combined to strikeout a season-high 12 batters on March 14 vs. NKU.
- Brooks Sailors owns a current 14-game on-base streak.
- Justin Osterhouse has a team-best six multi-hit games.
- Jackson Micheels and Justin Osterhouse are the only two Mastodons to start in all 19 games this season.
- Justin Osterhouse has 21 hits on the year, 9th in the Horizon League.
- In the Horizon League, Zane Danielson ranks first in innings pitched (28.0), second in opposing batting average (.245) and third in ERA (4.50).
- Dillon Fischer is third in the league in innings pitched (26.1).
- Brooks Sailors is tied for the league lead in caught stealing (5).
Fischer Honor: Dillon Fischer was picked as a top 100 pitcher from the fourth weekend of the season by DI Baseball. Fischer allowed no runs in 6.1 innings at Tennessee Tech.
Nice to Meet You: This season isn't the first time Kevin Hall and Nick Hockemeyer are teammates. They spent the summer of 2024 playing for the Elizabethton River Riders of the Appalachian League. Hall had a .453 OBP in 26 games for the River Riders. Hockemeyer hit .296 in 18 games.
Blood Lines: Mastodon head coach Doug Schreiber coached Trent Murphy's father, Rob, when Schreiber was an assistant at Ball State.
Up Next: The Mastodons have their 2025 home opener on Tuesday, March 25 against Toledo. It will be a 3 PM start at Mastodon Field.
Game Day Information
Who: Purdue Fort Wayne (1-18, 0-3 Horizon League) at Youngstown State (3-16, 1-2 Horizon League)
When:
Friday, March 21 | 4 PM (moved up one hour)
Saturday, March 22 | 1 PM (moved up two hours)
Sunday, March 23 | 1 PM
Where: Youngstown, Ohio
Live Stats: Link
Listen: Listen (YSU radio)
Weather:
Friday: 51, sunny
Saturday: 44, chance of rain
Sunday: 50, chance of rain
Series History: Youngstown State leads 21-10
Pitching Probables:
Purdue Fort Wayne: RHP Dillon Fischer, LHP Zane Danielson, TBD
Youngstown State: TBD
Know Your Foe: Youngstown State's Kyle Fossum is hitting .449 with seven home runs and a .855 slugging percentage. The Penguins went 1-2 against Milwaukee last week. YSU earned a 15-5 win over Mercyhurst this week in midweek play.
O Yeah: Justin Osterhouse hit three home runs on March 18 at Bowling Green. He is one of 14 players this season to hit three or more home runs in a game this season. Osterhouse was also intentionally walked three times in the game. It is the fifth time in the Division I era a Mastodon his hit three home runs in a game. The other times:
Cade Fitzpatrick at Northern Kentucky 5/10/2024
Ben Higgins at Youngstown State 3/31/2023
Greg Kaiser at Western Illinois 4/15/2016
Tyler Fowler vs Toledo 4/6/2004
O Boy: Justin Osterhouse is seventh in all-time program history in career slugging percentage at .569. His .335 career batting average is 10th.
On the BGSU Game: The Mastodons scored a season-high 18 runs at Bowling Green (March 18), it is the third most runs scored by a Horizon League team this season. It is the ninth most runs in a game in the Division I era for the Mastodons.
'Dons & Ends
- Dillon Fischer (9) and Cole Newell (3) combined to strikeout a season-high 12 batters on March 14 vs. NKU.
- Brooks Sailors owns a current 14-game on-base streak.
- Justin Osterhouse has a team-best six multi-hit games.
- Jackson Micheels and Justin Osterhouse are the only two Mastodons to start in all 19 games this season.
- Justin Osterhouse has 21 hits on the year, 9th in the Horizon League.
- In the Horizon League, Zane Danielson ranks first in innings pitched (28.0), second in opposing batting average (.245) and third in ERA (4.50).
- Dillon Fischer is third in the league in innings pitched (26.1).
- Brooks Sailors is tied for the league lead in caught stealing (5).
Fischer Honor: Dillon Fischer was picked as a top 100 pitcher from the fourth weekend of the season by DI Baseball. Fischer allowed no runs in 6.1 innings at Tennessee Tech.
Nice to Meet You: This season isn't the first time Kevin Hall and Nick Hockemeyer are teammates. They spent the summer of 2024 playing for the Elizabethton River Riders of the Appalachian League. Hall had a .453 OBP in 26 games for the River Riders. Hockemeyer hit .296 in 18 games.
Blood Lines: Mastodon head coach Doug Schreiber coached Trent Murphy's father, Rob, when Schreiber was an assistant at Ball State.
Up Next: The Mastodons have their 2025 home opener on Tuesday, March 25 against Toledo. It will be a 3 PM start at Mastodon Field.
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