Wednesday, April 9
Toledo, Ohio
1 PM
Purdue Fort Wayne
at
Toledo
Mastodons Say Hi to Ohio This Week
4/8/2025 11:26:00 AM | Baseball
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Purdue Fort Wayne (6-23, 5-6 Horizon League) plays a non-league game at Toledo on Wednesday before heading back to the Buckeye State this weekend to play first place Wright State.
Week's Schedule
Who: Toledo (10-20)
When: Wednesday, April 9 | 1 p.m.
Where: Scott Park | Toledo, Ohio
Live Stats: Link
Watch: None
Series History: Toledo leads 13-6. The Rockets won 12-5 on March 25 this season at Mastodon Field.
About The Rockets: Caden Konczak lead the Rockets with a .279 average. He has a team-best six home runs. As a team, they are hitting .212 with a 5.63 team ERA. Luke Leto leads the team with 21 walks and 38 strikeouts.
Who: Wright State (16-13, 10-2 Horizon League)
When: April 11-13 | 3 p.m. | 2 p.m. | 1 p.m.
Where: Nischwitz Stadium | Dayton, Ohio
Live Stats: Link
Watch: ESPN+ (Saturday) | ESPN+ (Sunday)
Series History: Wright State leads 18-7. Wright State took 5-of-6 games from the Mastodons last year.
About The Raiders: Wright State has only two losses in league play this season, a 10-8 setback to Milwaukee and a 7-4 decision at Northern Kentucky. The Raiders are 9-1 at home this season with their only loss coming to Air Force.
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 (24) and Justin Osterhouse (17) own current double-digit on-base streaks.
- Justin Osterhouse has a team-best nine multi-hit games.
- Justin Osterhouse has a hit in 14 of his last 16 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 (24).
- Zane Danielson's 4.30 ERA is 2nd in the league, he is third in opposing batting average (.250). He is 2nd in innings pitched (44.0). He is 8th in strikeouts (31)
- Dillon Fischer is 5th in the league in innings pitched (35.2). He is 7th in strikeouts (32).
- In eight starts this season, Zane Danielson has allowed more than four earned runs only once, which was five at LSU.
- Freshman Aidan Pearson has allowed one or zero earned runs in eight appearances this season.
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 host Bowling Green on Tuesday (April 15) at 3 p.m. at Mastodon Field.
Week's Schedule
Who: Toledo (10-20)
When: Wednesday, April 9 | 1 p.m.
Where: Scott Park | Toledo, Ohio
Live Stats: Link
Watch: None
Series History: Toledo leads 13-6. The Rockets won 12-5 on March 25 this season at Mastodon Field.
About The Rockets: Caden Konczak lead the Rockets with a .279 average. He has a team-best six home runs. As a team, they are hitting .212 with a 5.63 team ERA. Luke Leto leads the team with 21 walks and 38 strikeouts.
Who: Wright State (16-13, 10-2 Horizon League)
When: April 11-13 | 3 p.m. | 2 p.m. | 1 p.m.
Where: Nischwitz Stadium | Dayton, Ohio
Live Stats: Link
Watch: ESPN+ (Saturday) | ESPN+ (Sunday)
Series History: Wright State leads 18-7. Wright State took 5-of-6 games from the Mastodons last year.
About The Raiders: Wright State has only two losses in league play this season, a 10-8 setback to Milwaukee and a 7-4 decision at Northern Kentucky. The Raiders are 9-1 at home this season with their only loss coming to Air Force.
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 (24) and Justin Osterhouse (17) own current double-digit on-base streaks.
- Justin Osterhouse has a team-best nine multi-hit games.
- Justin Osterhouse has a hit in 14 of his last 16 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 (24).
- Zane Danielson's 4.30 ERA is 2nd in the league, he is third in opposing batting average (.250). He is 2nd in innings pitched (44.0). He is 8th in strikeouts (31)
- Dillon Fischer is 5th in the league in innings pitched (35.2). He is 7th in strikeouts (32).
- In eight starts this season, Zane Danielson has allowed more than four earned runs only once, which was five at LSU.
- Freshman Aidan Pearson has allowed one or zero earned runs in eight appearances this season.
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 host Bowling Green on Tuesday (April 15) at 3 p.m. at Mastodon Field.
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