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Wright State University CORE Scholar Athletics Publications Athletics 3-1-1987 Wright State Baseball Media Guide 1987 Wright State University Athletics Follow this and additional works at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/athletics_publications Part of the Public Relations and Advertising Commons Repository Citation Wright State University Athletics (1987). Wright State Baseball Media Guide 1987. : Wright State University. This Media Guide is brought to you for free and open access by the Athletics at CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Athletics Publications by an authorized administrator of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1987 Wright State University Baseball Well-Armed with a Feared One-Two Punch WRIGHT Wright State University SD\IE Dayton, Ohio 45435 1987 Schedule 1987 Outlook March 14 Saturday Bowling Green (2) noon 21 Saturday Salem State (2)* 9 am 22 Sunday Fitchburg State* 9:30 am Hillsdale* 3 pm 23 Monday Amherst* 7 pm 24 Tuesday Pittsburgh Pirates (exhibition)* 10 am 25 Wednesday Brandeis* 10 am Amherst* 7 pm 26 Thursday Milligan (2)* 1 pm 28 Saturday Milligan* 9:30 am Toledo* 1 pm 29 Sunday Amherst* 1 pm Last year the Wright State baseball team was touted as an offensive powerhouse with 30 Monday at Ashland (2) 1 pm six players that had hit over .300 the previous season. It was no surprise that the Raiders 31 Tuesday at Ohio (2) 1 pm posted a .303 team batting average en route to a berth in the NCAA Regional Tournament where they placed third. It was the seventh postseason appearance for Wright State and April the first in three years. 1 Wednesday Dayton 2pm But a funny thing happened along the way. The pitching developed into a strength that 2 Thursday at Eastern Kentucky 3 pm could again propel Wright State, ranked number 25 in the Collegiate Baseball preseason 4 Saturday at Kentucky State (2) noon poll, into the postseason picture during its final season of Division II competition. Next year 7 Tuesday at Kentucky 4 pm Wright State will compete at the Division I level. 8 Wednesday Miami (2) 1 pm Junior Don Bosway, the team's most valuable player, and senior Joe Schivone 9 Thursday Central State (2) 2pm combined for 17 wins and 15 complete games in the starting rotation and look to provide 11 Saturday at Ohio State (2) 1 pm that same one-two punch this season to help overcome the loss of three .300 hitters and 12 Sunday Ohio State (2) 1 pm two starting pitchers who combined for an 11-6 record. 14 Tuesday Anderson (2) 2pm Leading the derby to fill out the starting rotation are a pair of juniors. Hard-throwing 15 Wednesday at Dayton (2) 2 pm Greg Karklins, who had ten appearances last year, improved so much over the summer 17 Friday at Tri-State Classic (Evansville, IN) TBA that he received a professional offer. Greg King, a transfer from Sinclair Community (Kentucky Wesleyan, Quincy, Southern Indiana) College, also looks to begin the season as a starter. Both are right-handers. Freshmen 18 Saturday at Tri-State Classic TBA Tim Gibson and Mike McCall are also slated for action as starters on the hill. 21 Tuesday at Indiana 3 pm Five of the eight everyday starters return for Coach Ron Nischwitz, who begins his 23 Thursday at Wilmington (2) 1:30 pm thirteenth season. Two of those are outfielders, including Brian Bailey, the top returning 24 Friday Cincinnati (2) 2pm hitter (.342) among the regulars. He also set a school record with 59 runs scored. The 26 Sunday at Wayne State (2) 1 pm other returnee in the outfield is Fred Felton Ill, a fleet-footed center fielder. Newcomer 30 Thursday at Bowling Green 3:30 pm Scott Carpenter, a transfer from Santa Fe Junior College, looks to be the front-runner for the other outfield slot. May In the infield, two-year starters Denny Bleh and Rick Albers anchor second and third base, respectively. Bleh hit .326 last season and led the team with 22 stolen bases. He Friday Wright State Invitational TBA also pitched in 11 games-ten in relief-and should be the top man out of the bullpen and 2 Saturday Wright State Invitational TBA a spot starter. Albers hit .262 and tied Bleh for third on the team with 11 doubles. First 3 Sunday Wright State Invitational TBA base is wide open as the Raiders look to overcome the loss of all-time home run leader 4 Monday Pittsburgh-Johnstown 3pm Alfredo Batista. Sophomores Bruce Kreinbrink and Mike Barhorst will battle freshman 5 Tuesday at Cincinnati (2) 1 pm Brent Fruhwirth for the top job. Senior Ted Blakeley, a .373 hitter last year, will start the 6 Wednesday Dayton 3pm year at shortstop. 8 Friday Lewis (2) 1 pm Behind the plate, junior Wayne LaPan returns as the starter after hitting .282 last 9 Saturday at Indianapolis (2) 1 pm season. Newcomers Jerry Rank and Ken Schneider will serve as the backups. 10 Sunday at Central State (2) · 1 pm In all it looks as though six of Wright State's eight starters at the beginning of the season 11 Monday Wittenberg 2:30 pm will be juniors. The Raiders will again play in the North Central Region which includes *Spring trip to Tampa, Bradenton, and Lakeland, Florida Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Home games are in bold type. On the fn?nf cover: The Wright State baseball team will rely heavily on Minnesota. the arm~ of returning pitchers Don Bosway (left) and Joe Schivone. Coaching Staff Ron Nischwitz Mark "Bo" Bilinski Head Coach Thirteenth Year (312-261) Assistant Coach Thirteenth Year Coming off his best season in six years, head coach Former Wright State baseball standout Bo Bilinski begins his Ron Nischwitz will guide the Raiders through their final season in thirteenth season as a member of the coaching staff. Primary Division II. During his twelve-year tenure, Nischwitz has led Wright duties for the part-time coach include working with the outfielders, State to seven appearances in the NCAA regional tournaments and coaching third base, and assisting with recruiting. nine of his players inked contracts with major league teams or Bilinski was a Raider from 1972-74, recording his best season as played in the minor leagues. a senior when he led the team in hitting with a .302 average. He The upbeat, former major league pitcher returns his top two also set a school record with six home runs and 33 RBI. In four starting pitchers-left-hander Don Bosway and right-hander pitching appearances he posted a 1.46 earned run average. Joe Schivone-from last season in quest of his first regional The Stebbins High School product also played a year of championship and a trip to the Division II World Series. basketball at Wright State, suiting up on the first Raider team in Nischwitz holds two prominent positions among Division II 1969-70. coaches. He is a member of the NCAA rules committee as chair of After earning a Bachelor of Science degree, Bilinski joined the the Division II subcommittee and is the chair of the North Central Dayton Police Department. He has served the last ten of his twelve Region. He previously served two years as chair of the Central years on the force as a detective. He continues to participate in Region. baseball in the summer, playing in Dayton's class AA league. In The former major leaguer spent four seasons from 1961-1966 as 1985, he hit 36 home runs to help lead H. H. Morgan to the pitcher with Detroit, Cleveland, and the New York Mets. As a relief American Baseball Congress National Championship. pitcher, his best season was in 1962 with Detroit when he posted a Bo and his wife Julie have a four-year-old daughter, Sally. 3.90 earned run average. After arm problems forced his retirement from professional play, he spent one season as a pitching coach in the Mets' farm system, where one of his players was Tom Seaver. Bob Delong A native of Dayton and a graduate of Fairview High School, Assistant Coach First Year Nischwitz pitched for two years at The Ohio State University where his record was 11-1 as a junior and he earned All-America honors. Bob Delong, another former Raider, returns to Wright State for Nischwitz earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering his first season as an assistant coach with the baseball program. degree from The Ohio State University in 1961 and earned a Delong was a defensive standout as catcher for the Raiders from Master of Business Administration degree from the University of 1983-86 and had a 1.000 fielding percentage three of his four Dayton in 1969. While in pro ball, he worked as a computer seasons. Wright State teams advanced to the NCAA regionals designer at NCR during the off season. After several years with twice in his four years as a Raider. NCR, he joined ACB American, the professional collection agency Delong, who will earn his undergraduate degree in education he -purchased three years later. He still owns and manages the this June, is a native of Northwood, Ohio. He was named Raider agency in addition to performing his part-time coaching duties. Award winner for hustle and desire in 1983 and 1986. He has also Ron and his wife Sandy have three children, Jeff, Brad, and Lisa. played in the Dayton Class AA summer league for three years and previously coached on the American Legion level.

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