Thursday, May 15
Fort Wayne, Ind.
3 PM
Purdue Fort Wayne
vs
Wright State
Brooks Sailors
Mastodons Play Host to Raiders This Week
5/14/2025 3:51:00 PM | Baseball
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Purdue Fort Wayne will close out the regular season this week with a visit to Mastodon Field by Wright State. Saturday will be Senior Day for the Mastodons. Wright State enters the week having already wrapped up the regular season title. They will host the Horizon League Championship next week at Nischwitz Stadium in Fairborn, Ohio.
Who: Purdue Fort Wayne (10-38, 8-18 Horizon League) vs. Wright State (32-17, 23-4 Horizon League)
When: Thursday, May 15 | 3 p.m. ET
Friday, May 16 | 3 p.m. ET
Saturday, May 17 |1 p.m. ET
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Mastodon Field
Live Stats: Link
Series History: Wright State leads 21-7. Wright State took all three games in Ohio earlier this season, 4-3, 9-7 and 5-0.
About The Raiders: Wright State surrendered a 8-4 eighth-inning lead to Kent State on. Tuesday, with the Golden Flashes scoring twice in the ninth to walk-off the Raiders 9-4. The Raiders haven't lost a Horizon League series all season. Boston Smith owns a .673 slugging percentage, third in the Horizon League. Four Raiders make up the top eight in the league in slugging. Warren Hartzell has six wins and two saves for the Raiders on the mound. The team owns a league-best 6.16 team ERA. They also lead the league in hitting at .291. They also own a league-best .972 fielding percentage.
Smart 'Dons:
- on Wednesday (May 14), Justin Osterhouse and Brooks Sailors were named to the 2025 Valeo Horizon League Baseball All-Academic Team. Dylan Chargo was selected as honorable mention. The team honors student-athletes for their work on the field and in the classroom.
'Dons & Ends:
- In league play only: Kevin Hall is slashing .356/.410/.540. Camden Karczewski is slashing .326/.393/.463
- Jackson Micheels has a team-best 14 multi-hit games.
- Brooks Sailors has 42 walks on the season. He ranks second in the Horizon league and the total is second for a single-season in program history. The record for single-season walks is held by Malcolm White who had 54 walks in 2012.
- Dillon Fischer is 1st in the league in innings pitched (79.0).
- Freshman Aidan Pearson has allowed one or zero earned runs in 14 of his appearances this season.
- Freshman Trent Murphy has allowed one or zero earned runs in 14 of his appearances this season. He tossed 3.2 innings of one-hit, shutout ball at Wright State on April 13. He has gone 3.0 innings or longer six times.
- Cole Newell hasn't allowed more than two earned runs in an appearance this season. He tossed three innings of one-run ball to get the win at Michigan State (April 22). He had four shutout innings with a win at Oakland (May 3).
- Justin Osterhouse's 11 home runs is tied for 5th in NCAA Division I program history for home runs in a season. Shaun VanDriessche (2010) owns the single-season record at 18.
- Freshman Tyson Greenwood has walked only 12 batters in 36.0 innings pitched. He hasn't walked more than two batters in any of his 15 appearances this season.
The Road Ends at 39: Brooks Sailors saw his on-base streak halted at 39 games on May 4 when he failed to reach base at Oakland. His 39-game streak set a new school record, snapping the 37 games Cade Nelis (2023) and Jackson Boyce (2017) recorded.
A few notes on the streak:
- The streak started on Feb. 23, the opening game at Austin Peay.
- Sailors recorded multiple walks in eight of the 39 games. This includes three consecutive games with three walks at Youngstown State (March 21 and March 23).
- He had multiple hits in seven games in the streak, including four hits vs. Youngstown State (April 27).
- He was hit by pitch only twice in the streak, but neither were the only reason his streak continued.
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.
POTW Again: On May 5, Cole Newell was named the Horizon League Pitcher of the Week after getting the win with 4.0 shutout innings in relief at Oakland.
Ya Gotta Give The Player Back: On May 4 at Oakland, Justin Osterhouse made a catch to remember. With two outs he roamed from his position at third base to chase a pop foul seemingly heading out of play. Approaching a four-foot chain link fence he extended his left arm over the wall to catch the foul ball and end the inning. In doing so he flipped head-over-heels over the fence, falling on the rocks on the other side of the fence. No worries for Osterhouse though, he popped up off the ground to leadoff the next inning with a double.
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.
Karczewski Honor: Camden Karczewski was named a top 100 performer by DI Baseball for his four hits (home run, two doubles and a single) against Northern Kentucky.
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 head to Wright State University to play in the 2025 Horizon League. Championship. The event will start Wednesday (May 21).
~ Feel The Rumble ~
Who: Purdue Fort Wayne (10-38, 8-18 Horizon League) vs. Wright State (32-17, 23-4 Horizon League)
When: Thursday, May 15 | 3 p.m. ET
Friday, May 16 | 3 p.m. ET
Saturday, May 17 |1 p.m. ET
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Mastodon Field
Live Stats: Link
Series History: Wright State leads 21-7. Wright State took all three games in Ohio earlier this season, 4-3, 9-7 and 5-0.
About The Raiders: Wright State surrendered a 8-4 eighth-inning lead to Kent State on. Tuesday, with the Golden Flashes scoring twice in the ninth to walk-off the Raiders 9-4. The Raiders haven't lost a Horizon League series all season. Boston Smith owns a .673 slugging percentage, third in the Horizon League. Four Raiders make up the top eight in the league in slugging. Warren Hartzell has six wins and two saves for the Raiders on the mound. The team owns a league-best 6.16 team ERA. They also lead the league in hitting at .291. They also own a league-best .972 fielding percentage.
Smart 'Dons:
- on Wednesday (May 14), Justin Osterhouse and Brooks Sailors were named to the 2025 Valeo Horizon League Baseball All-Academic Team. Dylan Chargo was selected as honorable mention. The team honors student-athletes for their work on the field and in the classroom.
'Dons & Ends:
- In league play only: Kevin Hall is slashing .356/.410/.540. Camden Karczewski is slashing .326/.393/.463
- Jackson Micheels has a team-best 14 multi-hit games.
- Brooks Sailors has 42 walks on the season. He ranks second in the Horizon league and the total is second for a single-season in program history. The record for single-season walks is held by Malcolm White who had 54 walks in 2012.
- Dillon Fischer is 1st in the league in innings pitched (79.0).
- Freshman Aidan Pearson has allowed one or zero earned runs in 14 of his appearances this season.
- Freshman Trent Murphy has allowed one or zero earned runs in 14 of his appearances this season. He tossed 3.2 innings of one-hit, shutout ball at Wright State on April 13. He has gone 3.0 innings or longer six times.
- Cole Newell hasn't allowed more than two earned runs in an appearance this season. He tossed three innings of one-run ball to get the win at Michigan State (April 22). He had four shutout innings with a win at Oakland (May 3).
- Justin Osterhouse's 11 home runs is tied for 5th in NCAA Division I program history for home runs in a season. Shaun VanDriessche (2010) owns the single-season record at 18.
- Freshman Tyson Greenwood has walked only 12 batters in 36.0 innings pitched. He hasn't walked more than two batters in any of his 15 appearances this season.
The Road Ends at 39: Brooks Sailors saw his on-base streak halted at 39 games on May 4 when he failed to reach base at Oakland. His 39-game streak set a new school record, snapping the 37 games Cade Nelis (2023) and Jackson Boyce (2017) recorded.
A few notes on the streak:
- The streak started on Feb. 23, the opening game at Austin Peay.
- Sailors recorded multiple walks in eight of the 39 games. This includes three consecutive games with three walks at Youngstown State (March 21 and March 23).
- He had multiple hits in seven games in the streak, including four hits vs. Youngstown State (April 27).
- He was hit by pitch only twice in the streak, but neither were the only reason his streak continued.
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.
POTW Again: On May 5, Cole Newell was named the Horizon League Pitcher of the Week after getting the win with 4.0 shutout innings in relief at Oakland.
Ya Gotta Give The Player Back: On May 4 at Oakland, Justin Osterhouse made a catch to remember. With two outs he roamed from his position at third base to chase a pop foul seemingly heading out of play. Approaching a four-foot chain link fence he extended his left arm over the wall to catch the foul ball and end the inning. In doing so he flipped head-over-heels over the fence, falling on the rocks on the other side of the fence. No worries for Osterhouse though, he popped up off the ground to leadoff the next inning with a double.
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.
Karczewski Honor: Camden Karczewski was named a top 100 performer by DI Baseball for his four hits (home run, two doubles and a single) against Northern Kentucky.
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 head to Wright State University to play in the 2025 Horizon League. Championship. The event will start Wednesday (May 21).
~ Feel The Rumble ~
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