Friday, April 4
Fort Wayne, Ind.
10 AM
Purdue Fort Wayne
vs
Milwaukee
Sam Garland
Schedule Adjusted for 'Dons-Panthers #HLBASE Series
4/3/2025 1:01:00 PM | Baseball
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Purdue Fort Wayne and Milwaukee will meet in baseball action this weekend in Fort Wayne. The schedule for the weekend has been adjusted due to predicted weather. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Friday (April 4) at 10 a.m. at Mastodon Field. The two clubs enter the weekend tied for second in the Horizon League.
Game Day Information
Who: Milwaukee (7-20, 5-4 Horizon League) at Purdue Fort Wayne (6-21, 5-4 Horizon League)
When: Friday, April 4 | 10 a.m. | Doubleheader
Game 3: TBD
Where: Mastodon Field
Live Stats: Link
Series History: Milwaukee leads 17-13. The Panthers defeated Purdue Fort Wayne 5-4 in the Horizon League postseason last season.
Know Your Foe: Milwaukee lost 8-6 at Valpo on Tuesday after taking 2-of-3 from Northern Kentucky last weekend. The Panthers handed Wright State their only loss in league play this year. Tyler Bickers is 6th in the league in hitting at .337. His .438 on-base percentage is 8th. Gavin Theis owns a 4.79 ERA, third in the league. He has four wins, tied for first in the league.
POTW: Purdue Fort Wayne earned both Horizon League weekly honors on April 1. Justin Osterhouse was the Batter of the Week. He had two home runs and got on base 10 times. Zane Danielson had nine strikeouts and allowed one unearned run in 6.0 innings vs. Oakland to get the Pitcher of the Week honor.
'Dons & Ends:
- Brooks Sailors (22) and Justin Osterhouse (15) own current double-digit on-base streaks.
- Justin Osterhouse has a team-best nine multi-hit games.
- Justin Osterhouse has a hit in 13 of his last 14 games, this includes seven multi-hit games this span.
- Jackson Micheels and Justin Osterhouse are the only two Mastodons to start every game this season.
- Brooks Sailors is third in the league in walks (23).
- Zane Danielson's 3.92 ERA is first in the league, he is second in opposing batting average (.227). He is first in innings pitched (39.0).
- Dillon Fischer is fourth in the league in innings pitched (35.2).
- In seven starts this season, Zane Danielson has allowed more than four earned runs only once, which was five at LSU.
- Freshman Aidan Pearson has allowed only two total earned runs in his last five outings (7.0 innings), while recording six strikeouts and two walks. Pearson picked up two wins in the sweep of Oakland (March 28-29) and also has a win against Youngstown State this year.
- Trent Murphy has allowed one or zero earned runs in 7-of-10 appearances this year.
On That 20-16 Win: The Mastodons defeated Youngstown State 20-16 on March 23 in game two of a doubleheader. The 20 runs tied for 6th in Division I era program history for runs in a game. The 'Dons tied for 1st in the Division I era program history for walks in a game with 13. The 12 walks in game one of the doubleheader to start the day tied for second for most walks in a game.
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, Ron, when Schreiber was an assistant at Ball State.
Up Next: The Mastodons travel to Toledo on April 9.
Game Day Information
Who: Milwaukee (7-20, 5-4 Horizon League) at Purdue Fort Wayne (6-21, 5-4 Horizon League)
When: Friday, April 4 | 10 a.m. | Doubleheader
Game 3: TBD
Where: Mastodon Field
Live Stats: Link
Series History: Milwaukee leads 17-13. The Panthers defeated Purdue Fort Wayne 5-4 in the Horizon League postseason last season.
Know Your Foe: Milwaukee lost 8-6 at Valpo on Tuesday after taking 2-of-3 from Northern Kentucky last weekend. The Panthers handed Wright State their only loss in league play this year. Tyler Bickers is 6th in the league in hitting at .337. His .438 on-base percentage is 8th. Gavin Theis owns a 4.79 ERA, third in the league. He has four wins, tied for first in the league.
POTW: Purdue Fort Wayne earned both Horizon League weekly honors on April 1. Justin Osterhouse was the Batter of the Week. He had two home runs and got on base 10 times. Zane Danielson had nine strikeouts and allowed one unearned run in 6.0 innings vs. Oakland to get the Pitcher of the Week honor.
'Dons & Ends:
- Brooks Sailors (22) and Justin Osterhouse (15) own current double-digit on-base streaks.
- Justin Osterhouse has a team-best nine multi-hit games.
- Justin Osterhouse has a hit in 13 of his last 14 games, this includes seven multi-hit games this span.
- Jackson Micheels and Justin Osterhouse are the only two Mastodons to start every game this season.
- Brooks Sailors is third in the league in walks (23).
- Zane Danielson's 3.92 ERA is first in the league, he is second in opposing batting average (.227). He is first in innings pitched (39.0).
- Dillon Fischer is fourth in the league in innings pitched (35.2).
- In seven starts this season, Zane Danielson has allowed more than four earned runs only once, which was five at LSU.
- Freshman Aidan Pearson has allowed only two total earned runs in his last five outings (7.0 innings), while recording six strikeouts and two walks. Pearson picked up two wins in the sweep of Oakland (March 28-29) and also has a win against Youngstown State this year.
- Trent Murphy has allowed one or zero earned runs in 7-of-10 appearances this year.
On That 20-16 Win: The Mastodons defeated Youngstown State 20-16 on March 23 in game two of a doubleheader. The 20 runs tied for 6th in Division I era program history for runs in a game. The 'Dons tied for 1st in the Division I era program history for walks in a game with 13. The 12 walks in game one of the doubleheader to start the day tied for second for most walks in a game.
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, Ron, when Schreiber was an assistant at Ball State.
Up Next: The Mastodons travel to Toledo on April 9.
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