Davenport University Baseball Game Note #8 - May 2, 2018

ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS GAME 44-47 BB Contact: Ryan Thompson Kevin Tidey Office: 616-554-5045 Davenport Head Coach: Email: [email protected] 26-17, 16-8 GLIAC at Davenport: 276-112 Secondary Contact: Devin Steiner Office: 616-871-6180 Email: [email protected] Purdue Northwest Head Coach: Dave Griffin 18-21, 8-15 GLIAC at PNW: 48-39 2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS February 17 vs Missouri Baptist L, 3-2 / W, 7-4 PURDUE NORTHWEST SERIES: DU is 3-0 against Purdue-North Central which merged 25 vs Gannon ^ L, 8-2 / W, 11-3 with Purdue-Calumet to create Purdue Northwest. 26 at Embry-Riddle W, 10-9 27 at Eckerd W, 15-5 DU AT A GLANCE: The Panthers had a banner series against Ashland in a battle for second 28 vs Judson ^ W, 16-6 (8) place in the GLIAC. DU swept all four games against the Eagles at home, completing their first four-game sweep as a member of the GLIAC. In the process, DU is now in sole March possession of second place with a two-game lead over Grand Valley State. The team also 1 vs #7 Minnesota State ^ L, 7-5 (10) qualified for the upcoming GLIAC Tournament which will begin May 10 in Detroit. This 2 vs #7 Minnesota State ^ W, 10-8 week will determine seeding for the tournament as the Panthers travel to fellow GLIAC 2 vs Malone ^ L, 9-8 (13) newcomer Purdue Northwest. The Panthers are currently just one game back of first place 3 vs W. Virginia Wesleyan ^ W, 9-7 Northwood. The Timberwolves will tangle with Saginaw Valley State in four games to end 4 vs Walsh ^ L, 6-5 the regular season. 16 at Drury L, 9-5 After the stellar series against Ashland, senior Austin Petravicius and junior Grant Wolfram 17 at Drury (DH) L, 15-5 / W, 14-3 18 at Drury L, 8-1 were named Player and Pitcher of the Week in the conference. It was the second time DU 23 Wayne State * L, 12-4 has received both awards in a week this season. Petravicius started the series with eight 24 Wayne State* W, 10-4 straight hits including four singles, a double, a triple and two home runs. He drove in five 25 Wayne State (DH) * W, 6-0 / W, 7-6 runs and scored eight times against the Eagles while going 9-for-15 with two stolen bases. 27 Hillsdale W, 23-12 Wolfram tossed his first career no-hitter on Friday in game one. It was the first no-hitter at 29 at Saginaw Valley * L, 5-2 DU in six years and Wolfram also struck out a team record 13 batters. He allowed just two 30 at Saginaw Valley (DH) * L, 6-2 / W, 7-2 base runners and retired the final 13 hitters to seal the no-no. 31 at Saginaw Valley * W, 21-7 OPPONENT AT A GLANCE: Purdue Northwest will try and play spoiler against the April Panthers while also attempting to qualify for the GLIAC Tournament. The Pride is one 2 vs Cleary (Lansing) W, 14-6 game behind Tiffin for sixth place and the top six teams will play in the tournament. Tiffin will 7 Grand Valley * W, 14-12 travel to Ashland for their final four games of the regular season. The Pride have struggled 8 Grand Valley (DH) * W, 6-3 / L, 2-1 offensively this season ranking eighth in the GLIAC in runs scored (179) and seventh in 9 Grand Valley * L, 20-12 hits (318). The pitching staff has been the team's strength as they rank third in the league 12 at Northwood (DH) * L, 2-1 / W, 11-5 in earned-run average (4.87) and have given up the fewest walks in the GLIAC (140). The 13 at Northwood (DH) * % W, 6-1 / L, 3-2 20 at Tiffin * W, 14-4 Pride is also a solid fielding team ranking tied for second in the GLIAC in fielding percentage 21 at Tiffin (DH) * W, 4-2 / L, 5-1 (.960). Evan Finke leads the team hitting .333 (26-78). Freshman Kevin McCune is the 22 at Tiffin * W, 4-0 team's top run producer with 23 RBI. 24 Cornerstone L, 11-2 26 Ashland * W, 13-4 PROBABLE STARTERS 27 Ashland (DH) * W, 6-0 / W, 7-2 No. Pos. Player Yr. B/T BA/ERA Notes 28 Ashland * W, 11-9 2 SS Anthony DiPonio SR R/R .336 Hit .588 (10-17) in Ashland series 4 2B Nolan Bryant SO L/R .281 Batting .333 (17-51) in 6th inn and later May 7 CF Zac Wilson SR L/R .380 Ranks 3rd in GLIAC in RBI (44) 4 at Purdue Northwest * 4 p.m. 25 RF Brian Sobieski SR R/R .285 Leads GLIAC with 11 HR's 5 at Purdue Northwest (DH) * 1 p.m. 3 1B Jacob Buchberger SO R/R .333 Hit .333 (5-15) in Ashland series 6 at Purdue Northwest * 1 p.m. 10 GLIAC Tournament (Detroit) TBA 29 LF Austin Petravicius SR R/L .337 Leads GLIAC with 5 triples 19 C Austin Lansky SR R/R .425 Leads team with .548 OBP All Times Eastern and Subject to Change 24 DH Oscar Heredia SR L/R .268 Batting .323 (10-31) in 6th inn and later * GLIAC Contest 9 3B Alex Huard JR R/R .340 Batted .385 (5-13) in Ashland series ^ RussMatt Invitational (Florida) % Played in Ypsilanti (EMU) 15 LHP Justin Palmbos SR L/L 3.75 Struck out 9 in win over Ashland Home games in RED BOLD 36 LHP Grant Wolfram JR L/L 4.47 Threw no-hitter with 13 K's vs AU 22 RHP Andrew Click SR R/R 3.14 Ranks 2nd in GLIAC in ERA 35 RHP Krystien Johnson-Battilana SR R/R 4.50 2-2 with 2.70 ERA in GLIAC games DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY BASEBALL

QUICK FACTS MEDIA General Information Media Coverage | The DU Athletics Communication Office Name Davenport University assists members of the media with their coverage of all Location Grand Rapids, Mich. Panther sports by providing player and coach interviews, Founded 1866 feature ideas, pregame notes and updated statistics. Enrollment 3,126 (Lettinga Campus) Nickname Panthers Interviews | All interviews with coaches and student- athletes must be arranged at least 24 hours in advance School Colors Black and Red through baseball contact Ryan Thompson. Telephone Home Field Farmers Insurance Athletic Complex interviews are available to the media on a "call-back" basis Dimensions 330-375-400-375-330 at a time that is convenient for the coach or student-athlete. Affiliation NCAA Division II (Provisional) Post-game interviews with coaches and student-athletes Conference Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic will be conducted on the field following a 10-minute cooling President Dr. Richard J. Pappas off period. Director of Athletics Paul Lowden Internet Broadcasts | All of DU's home games for the Coaching Staff 2018 season are slated to be broadcast live (video) on Head Coach Kevin Tidey (Aquinas, 1994) dupanthers.com/thedan this season. Dave Van Noord will Record at DU 250-95 (6 seasons) provide play-by-play of the action. Assistant Coach (Hitting) Doug Wabeke Live Stats | All of DU's home games for the 2018 season will Assistant Coach (Pitching) Josh Rebandt have live stats powered by Sidearm Sports at the following Assistant Coach Ryan McCosky web address: www.sidearmstats.com/davenport/baseball. Volunteer Coach Bob Youngs LAST TIME OUT Team Information Showers powers DU to win on Senior Day CALEDONIA, Mich. - The drama is usually high on Senior Day, but 2017 overall record 43-17 it was intensified on Saturday as the Davenport baseball team was 2017 conference record 26-6 (2nd WHAC) trailing by a run going into the bottom of the eighth. The Panthers Final ranking 26th (NAIA) (26-17, 16-8 GLIAC) saw an 8-3 lead evaporate as Ashland scored six straight runs to take a 9-8 lead. DU was looking at two outs Letter winners R/L 18/11 and the bases loaded when catcher Brent Showers delivered Starters R/L 6/3 his biggest hit of the season. He singled up the middle on a 1-1 Newcomers 13 count and Austin Lansky and Austin Petravicius scored to give DU a 10-9 lead. The Panthers got an insurance run as Anthony DiPonio doubled down the left field line scoring Alex Huard from Baseball History (Start of 2018 Season) third. Showers was gunned out at the plate trying to score from First year 2009 first to end the inning. All-time record 331-164 (.669) The game was wrapped up in the top of the ninth by Evan Maize, All-time WHAC record 161-63 (.719) who recorded the final out of the eighth inning. The Eagles (26-17, NAIA Tournament appearances 4 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) 13-11 GLIAC) made things interesting as Alex Niecikowski was hit by a pitch with one out and Sam Hawley followed with a single to Last Tournament appearance 2017 (2-2 Opening Round) right. Austin Eifrid struck out for the second out and Maize fanned WHAC Championships 2015 (Tournament) Matt Littrell on a 3-2 pitch to end the game. Maize improved to 3-0 2014 (Regular Season and Tournament) with the win and struck out three of the six batters he faced out of the bullpen. Athletics Communications Lansky and Showers each had big days for the Panthers. Showers Assistant A.D. for Communications Ryan Thompson drove in a career-high four runs and scored once. Lansky went 4-for-4 with a walk and also recorded two runs and two RBI. Email address [email protected] DiPonio collected two doubles going 3-for-5 with three RBI. Office phone (616) 554-5045 Krystien Johnson-Battilana got the start for Davenport and saw the Cell phone (517) 438-0995 Eagles jump out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the second. Davenport would score the next four runs off Ashland starter Josh Stover who Athletic Communications Coordinator Devin Steiner would exit after three innings. Email address [email protected] Office phone (616) 871-6180 Johnson-Battilana ran into trouble in the sixth inning and was taken out. He finished with 5.2 innings and gave up four earned runs with four walks and three strikeouts. Pete Zeimis could not hold the Facebook facebook.com/davenport.panthers lead out of the bullpen. He gave up the go-ahead runs in the top of Twitter twitter.com/DUAthletics the eighth and finished with two innings while allowing four earned runs. All nine starters in the lineup had a hit for the Panthers. Instagram instagram.com/duathletics Hashtags #DUBB18, #DUit, #GLIACBB Series Notes: Lansky reached base 10 times in the series (.769) going 6-for-9 with four walks...he also sported a 1.000 fielding percentage in 25 chances at catcher...Petravicius batted .600 going 9-for-15 including eight hits in the first eight at-bats to start the series...he drove in five runs and hit a pair of homers...DU batted .398 as a team and outscored the Eagles, 37-15, to move into sole possession of second place in the GLIAC standings.