Contact: Ashley Steltenpohl, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (c): 414-435-8118 | [email protected] mkepanthers.com Game No. 24: April 2 | vs. LAKELAND Gametime: 3 p.m. Stadium: Henry Aaron Field Location: Milwaukee, Wis. 2019 Schedule/Results mkepanthers.com: Live Stats | Live Audio (13-10, 4-4 ) 13-10 0-12 Milwaukee Probable Starters: Lakeland Date Opponent Time MKE Alex McIntosh vs. LAKE TBA February 15 $ vs. Marshall ...... W, 5-3 PANTHERS MUSKIES February 16 $ vs. Villanova ...... W, 7-4 February 17 $ vs. Pittsburgh ...... W, 9-8 Game No. 25: April 3 | MILWAUKEE vs. NORTHERN ILLINOIS February 22 at Jackson State ...... Cancelled February 23 at Jackson State ...... L, 7-5 February 24 at Jackson State ...... W, 3-1 Gametime: 3 p.m. February 24 at Jackson State ...... W, 2-0 Stadium: Ralph McKinzie Field March 1 at Arizona ...... L, 14-6 Location: DeKalb, Ill. March 2 at Arizona ...... W, 10-4 March 3 at Arizona ...... L, 12-11 13-10 mkepanthers.com: Live Stats | Live Video 7-20 March 7 (W.tv) at BYU ...... L, 11-8 Milwaukee Probable Starters: Northern Illinois March 8 (W.tv) at BYU ...... L, 14-6 (6 inn.) March 8 (W.tv) at BYU ...... Cancelled MKE Jared Reklaitis vs. NIU TBA 2019 March 9 (W.tv) at BYU ...... L, 5-3 PANTHERS HUSKIES March 12 (BTN) at Purdue ...... W, 6-1 March 15 (E3) at Wright State* ...... W, 11-10 Game No. 26-28: April 5-7 | MILWAUKEE vs. OAKLAND March 16 (E3) at Wright State* ...... L, 3-0 March 17 at Wright State* ...... L, 3-2 Gametime: 2 p.m./12 p.m./11 a.m. CST March 20 vs. MSOE ...... W, 12-5 Oakland Baseball Field March 22 at Northern Kentucky* ...... W, 15-12 Stadium: March 23 at Northern Kentucky* ...... W, 5-3 Location: Rochester, Mich. March 24 at Northern Kentucky* ...... W, 6-2 Live Stats March 26 at Illinois State ...... W, 6-3 13-10, 4-4 mkepanthers.com: 4-19, 4-5 March 29 UIC* ...... L, 10-4 Milwaukee Probable Starters: Oakland March 30 UIC* ...... L, 21-6 MKE TBA vs. OU TBA March 31 UIC* ...... Cancelled PANTHERS GRIZZLIES April 2 Lakeland ...... 3 PM April 3 at Northern Illinois ...... 3 PM April 5 at Oakland* ...... 2 PM April 6 at Oakland* ...... 12 PM April 7 at Oakland* ...... 11 AM April 9 Northwestern ...... 4 PM April 10 Valparaiso ...... 3 PM April 12 Youngstown State* ...... 1 PM April 13 Youngstown State* ...... 1 PM April 14 Youngstown State* ...... 12 PM April 16 Edgewood ...... 4 PM Baseball April 18 Wright State* ...... 1 PM April 19 Wright State* ...... 1 PM April 20 Wright State* ...... 12 PM April 23 at Iowa ...... 6:05 PM April 26 Northern Kentucky* ...... 4 PM April 27 Northern Kentucky* ...... 1 PM April 28 Northern Kentucky* ...... 12 PM MKE Baseball Opens April With Five Games In Six Days May 1 at Minnesota ...... 6 PM Panthers home just once, hosting Lakeland Tuesday May 3 at UIC* ...... 6:35 PM May 4 at UIC* ...... 1:05 PM May 5 at UIC* ...... 12:05 PM Around the Horn... May 7 Parkside ...... 6 PM May 10 Oakland* ...... 6 PM • Milwaukee opened its 29th season of NCAA scheduled home opener April 29 against UIC. May 11 # Oakland* ...... 3 PM Division I baseball against Marshall Feb. 15 in May 12 Oakland* ...... 12 PM May 14 Northern Illinois ...... 4 PM Kissimmee, Fla. • Milwaukee was picked to finish third in the May 16 at Youngstown State* ...... 2 PM 2019 Horizon League preseason baseball poll, May 17 at Youngstown State* ...... 10 AM • Head coach earned career victory just two points out of the runner-up spot. The May 18 at Youngstown State* ...... 11 AM No. 300 in 2017 and will be in pursuit of the 2018 regular season and tournament champions Horizon League Tournament (hosted by top seed) school record of 347 next. That standard was Wright State gained the most votes and all six May 22 (E+) First Round ...... TBA May 23 (E+) Second Round ...... TBA set by Jerry Augustine, who went 347-297-1 in first-place votes for the top spot with 36 total May 24 (E+) Semifinals...... TBA his time at Milwaukee from 1995-2006. Doffek points. UIC was tabbed second, followed by May 25 (E+) Championship ...... TBA started the 2019 campaign at 335. Milwaukee, Youngstown State, Oakland and * Horizon League | All times CST | Home Games BOLD Northern Kentucky. $ Games played in Kissimmee, Fla. • The Panthers traveled almost 13,000 miles over # = Game at Miller Park the course of the first six-plus weeks of this • The Panthers return seven field starters from a TV Games Noted season via plane or bus, visiting seven different year ago, including a trio of Second-Team All-Ho- E3: ESPN3 | E+: ESPN+ | W.tv: WCC TV states (Florida, Mississippi, Arizona, Utah, In- rizon League selections in Devin Rybacki (OF), BTN: Big Ten Network Plus | CTV: Conference USA TV diana, Ohio and Kentucky) before playing their Trevor Schwecke (IF) and Tyler Bordner (C).

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General Information Coaching Staff Name of School ...... University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Head Coach ...... Scott Doffek City/Zip ...... Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211 Doffek E-Mail Address ...... [email protected] Founded ...... 1885 Record at School (Yrs) ...... 335-332-1 (12) Enrollment ...... 26,037 Overall Record ...... Same Nickname ...... Panthers Head Assistant Coach ...... Cory Bigler School Colors ...... Black and Gold Bigler E-Mail Address ...... [email protected] Home Field ...... Henry Aaron Field Assistant Coach ...... Shaun Wegner Capacity ...... 500 Volunteer Assistant Coach ...... Drew Pearson Surface ...... Turf-Infield/Grass-Outfield Director of Operations ...... Mike Goetz Dimensions ...... LF - 320, CF - 390, RF - 320 Baseball Office Phone...... (414) 229-5670 (Coming Soon) ...... Routine Field in Franklin, Wis. 2018 In Review Affiliation...... NCAA Division I 2018 Overall Record ...... 26-28 Conference ...... Horizon League Home/Away/Neutral Record ...... 9-4/14-18/3-6 Chancellor ...... Mark Mone 2018 League Record / Finish ...... 13-12/Third Director of Athletics ...... Amanda Braun 2018 League Tournament ...... 2-2 Baseball History Starters Returning/Lost ...... 7/1 First Year of Baseball ...... 1957 (until 1973) Starting Returning/Lost ...... 3/1 ...... 1987 (until pres.) Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...... 26/6 Overall All-Time Record ...... 946-1,071-3 Newcomers ...... 10 First Year in Division I ...... 1991 Sports Information Division I Record (Years) ...... 734-742-2 (28 yrs)

Baseball Assistant Director/Primary Baseball Contact ...... Ashley Steltenpohl All-Time Horizon League Record ...... 323-241-1 (24 yrs) Cell Phone/Press Box Phone: ...... (414) 435-8118 Horizon League Championships ...... 2000, 2001, 2013 Email Address: ...... [email protected] No. Years in CWS/Last ...... Never Assistant AD - Athletic Communications/Secondary ...... Chris Zills Years in NCAA Regional/Last ...... 4/2010 Cell Phone/Press Box Phone: ...... (414) 750-2090 Result: ...... L, 6-2 at #1 Arizona State; L, 22-1 vs. #15 San Diego E-Mail Address: ...... [email protected] Associate Director - Athletic Communications ...... Tim Prahl Office Phone...... (414) 229-2413 Sports Information Fax ...... (414) 229-6759 SID Mailing Address ...... P.O. Box 413 / Milwaukee, Wis. 53201 Athletics Website ...... www.mkepanthers.com 2019 Horizon League Standings

Milwaukee Panthers Horizon League Overall Team W L T Pct. W L T Pct. L-10 Strk UIC 6 2 0 .750 10 11 0 .476 7-3 W-3

2019 Wright State 6 3 0 .667 18 8 0 .692 7-3 W-1 Milwaukee 4 4 0 .500 13 10 0 .565 6-4 L-2 Northern Kentucky 4 5 0 .444 5 20 0 .200 2-8 L-1 Oakland 4 5 0 .444 4 19 0 .174 4-6 W-1 Youngstown State 2 7 0 .222 4 23 0 .148 3-7 L-1 THIS WEEK IN THE HORIZON LEAGUE CST THIS WEEK IN THE HORIZON LEAGUE CST 4/2/19 Wofford at Wright State ...... 2 PM 4/5/19 Milwaukee at Oakland ...... 2 PM Lakeland at Milwaukee ...... 3 PM Wright State at Northern Kentucky ...... 2 PM UIC at Youngstown State ...... 4 PM 4/3/19 Milwaukee at Northern Illinois ...... 3 PM Wright State at Indiana ...... 3 PM 4/6/19 Wright State at Northern Kentucky ...... 12 PM Kent State at Youngstown State ...... 4 PM Milwaukee at Oakland ...... 12 PM Northern Kentucky at Miami (OH) ...... 4 PM UIC at Youngstown State ...... 4 PM Oakland at Eastern Michigan ...... 5 PM Northwestern at UIC ...... 6:35 PM 4/7/19 Wright State at Northern Kentucky ...... 11 AM Milwaukee at Oakland ...... 11 AM 4/4/19 Miami-Hamilton at Northern Kentucky ...... 2 PM UIC at Youngstown State ...... 11 AM

2 April opens with a busy week for the Milwaukee baseball team, with five Probable Panther Starters games on the schedule. The trek starts off with a home affair Tuesday, followed by a midweek contest at Northern Illinois before spending the weekend on the road for Horizon League play. Pos. No. Name Yr. B/T Avg. HR RBI 1B 39 Joe Vyskocil R-Jr. R/R .333 4 10 Up first is a Tuesday contest against Lakeland, scheduled to get underway 2B 14 Mitchell Buban So. R/R .275 0 17 at Henry Aaron Field at 3 p.m. That game against the Muskies will feature 3B 1 Mike Ferri R-Jr. R/R .231 1 7 live stats and live audio, with Jared Cohen on the call on the Black & Gold Network. Wednesday’s tilt with the Huskies also has live stats, as well as a SS 6 Trevor Schwecke Jr. R/R .338 1 23 live fee-based video feed. It gets underway at 3 p.m. OF 2 Matt Quartel Sr. L/R .279 3 12 OF 17 Colin Kreiter Sr. L/R .253 2 15 Road games on the weekend at Oakland will get underway at 2 p.m. CST OF 31 Devin Rybacki R-Sr. R/R .323 1 13 Friday, followed by a 12 p.m. CST start Saturday and an 11 a.m. CST first pitch Sunday to close out the weekend. C 34 Tyler Bordner Sr. R/R .370 1 20 DH 32 Oakland Scanlon Sr. L/R .250 1 4 The 2019 campaign marks the 55th season of baseball at MKE. It is also or 12 Jack Kraus So. R/R .238 1 5 the 49th season of varsity play (the program was played at the club level from 1982-1986) and the 29th in the Panthers NCAA Division I era. Off the Bench CONGRATS ON THE NEW TOP SPOT Pos. No. Name Yr. B/T Avg. HR RBI With a 6-3 victory over Illinois State March 26, Scott Doffek now sits OF 7 Joey Scaffidi So. L/L - - - 2019 alone atop the Milwaukee baseball career victory list with 348. He passes IF 8 Bryce Cross R-Fr. R/R .167 0 0 Jerry Augustine, who held the record of 347 wins in his time at Milwau- kee from 1995-2006 (347-297-1/.539). Doffek entered the 2019 season OF 9 Nick Moeser R-Fr. L/R .000 0 0 at 335 victories and now holds the top spot by himself. He joined some 3B 11 Nate DeYoung Fr. L/R .200 0 0 Milwaukee Panthers rare company in 2017 when the Panthers topped Youngstown State in late OF 13 Jack Cavanaugh Jr. R/R - - - April, giving Doffek career victory No. 300 as the Milwaukee head coach. OF 15 Conner Goodman So. L/R - - - He was just the second coach in program history - dating all the way back to 1957 - to reach that level. OF 20 Matt DeYoung R-So. L/R - - - OF 24 Zach Nogalski So. R/R .286 1 3 1. Doffek (2007-present): 348 and counting C 26 Jack Thelen So. R/R .368 0 1 2. Augustine (1996-2006): 347 DH 37 JJ Eduardo R-Sr. R/R .111 0 0 3. Jim Burian (1982-1990): 143 4. Bill Ritter (1957-1970): 122 Probable Panther Pitchers SERIES HISTORY Starters The Panthers are 3-0 all-time against Lakeland, last claiming a 10-1 victory over the Muskies a season ago. Prior to that, the two teams had not met L/R No. Name Yr. W-L ERA IP K’s Baseball since a doubleheader in April of 2001. R/R 16 Matt Vanek R-Jr. 3-1 2.25 24.0 22 R/R 19 Jared Reklaitis Sr. 3-4 10.06 36.2 42 The Panthers have had the upper hand of late against Northern Illinois R/R 23 Mike Edwards So. 2-2 2.64 30.2 15 to up its slim lead in the all-time series to 32-27. Milwaukee swept the two R/R 33 Elijah Goodman R-Sr. 0-1 7.24 13.2 11 games played in 2018, winning 13-2 and 3-2 in a May doubleheader. That gives MKE wins in four in a row, as well as seven of eight, and 10 of 12. In the Bullpen Milwaukee is 19-10 against Oakland, with the teams splitting six games a L/R No. Name Yr. W-L ERA IP K’s season ago. Most were slugfests, with the Panthers scoring 10-plus runs in R/L 3 Alex McIntosh R-Sr. 3-0 1.80 10.0 7 three of those contests. L/L 4 Nick Winter R-So. 1-0 3.00 15.0 7 THE WEEK THAT WAS R/R 10 Patrick Tomfohrde So. 0-0 4.50 12.0 14 Milwaukee posted that quality 6-3 win midweek over Illinois State before R/R 13 Jack Cavanaugh Jr. - - - - running into a red-hot UIC team on the weekend. The offense .299 over- R/R 18 George Swedie R-Jr. 0-0 4.05 6.2 7 all, led by Trevor Schwecke, who batted .417 (5-for-12), knocking in a pair R/R 20 Matt DeYoung R-So. 0-0 0.00 2.2 1 of runs. Oakland Scanlan (.400), Colin Kreiter (.375) and Devin Rybacki (.308) also had strong weeks. L/L 21 Jack Mahoney So. 1-0 9.20 14.2 16 R/R 22 Jake Sommers Sr. 0-2 6.97 10.1 15 NOT YOUR AVERAGE JOE R/R 25 Will Wohlt Fr. 0-0 9.64 4.2 5 Joe Vyskocil is quickly making his case for breakout player of the spring, L/L 28 Clayton Uselman R-Sr. 0-0 27.00 0.2 0 highlighted recently when he was named Horizon League Player of the Week March 25 after batting .500 (8-for-16) over the four-game stretch, R/R 30 Matt McCarty R-So. 0-0 9.24 12.2 7 including 7-for-13 (.538) in three league games. He had at least two hits R/R 38 Kevin Lane R-Fr. 0-0 0.00 2.2 4 in each game of the weekend series, driving in a pair in both game one R/R 55 Isaac Dirker Fr. - - - - and game two before adding a fifth RBI on Sunday. Vyskocil has already

3 2019 Player Breakdown Pitchers (16) Numerical No. Name Yr. Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School 1 Mike Ferri, R-Jr., IF 3 Alex McIntosh R-Sr. LHP R/L 5-8 170 Greenville, Wis./Hortonville 2 Matt Quartel, Sr., C 4 Nick Winter R-So. LHP L/L 5-10 175 Milwaukee, Wis./Milwaukee Lutheran 3 Alex McIntosh, R-Sr., LHP 10 Patrick Tomfohrde So. RHP R/R 6-1 195 Pewaukee, Wis./Pewaukee 4 Nick Winter, R-So., LHP 13 Jack Cavanaugh Jr. P/OF R/R 6-1 205 Brookfield, Wis./Joliet CC 6 Trevor Schwecke, Jr., IF 16 Matt Vanek R-Jr. RHP R/R 6-2 185 Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North 7 Joey Scaffidi, So., OF 18 George Swedie R-Jr. RHP R/R 6-2 190 Lisle, Ill./Plainfield North 8 Bryce Cross, R-Fr., IF 19 Jared Reklaitis Sr. RHP R/R 6-3 215 Sheboygan, Wis./Sheboygan South 9 Nick Moeser, R-Fr., OF 21 Jack Mahoney So. LHP L/L 6-8 213 Appleton, Wis./Appleton West 10 Patrick Tomfohrde, So., RHP 22 Jake Sommers Sr. RHP R/R 6-2 190 Hortonville, Wis./Hortonville 11 Nate DeYoung, Fr., 3B 23 Mike Edwards So. RHP R/R 6-2 200 Oak Forest, Ill./Oak Forest 12 Jack Kraus, So., C/1B 25 Will Wohlt Fr. RHP R/R 6-4 225 New London, Wis./New London 13 Jack Cavanaugh, Jr., RHP/OF 28 Clayton Uselman R-Sr. LHP L/L 6-2 240 Johnson Creek, Wis./Madison College 14 Mitchell Buban, So., IF 30 Matt McCarty R-So. RHP R/R 6-3 220 Oak Creek, Wis./Louisville 15 Conner Goodman, So., OF 33 Elijah Goodman R-Sr. RHP R/R 6-5 225 Brookfield, Wis./Brookfield Central 16 Matt Vanek, R-Jr., RHP 38 Kevin Lane R-Fr. RHP R/R 6-4 250 Orland Park, Ill./Sandburg 17 Colin Kreiter, Sr., OF 55 Isaac Dirker Fr. RHP R/R 6-6 210 Howards Grove, Wis./Howards Grove 18 George Swedie, R-Jr., RHP Catchers (4) 19 Jared Reklaitis, Sr., RHP No. Name Yr. Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School 20 Matt DeYoung, R-So., OF 2 Matt Quartel Sr. C L/R 6-0 205 Sturgeon County, Alberta/Edmonton Christian 21 Jack Mahoney, So., LHP 12 Jack Kraus So. C/1B R/R 6-1 225 Neenah, Wis./Neenah 22 Jake Sommers, Sr., RHP 26 Jack Thelen So. C R/R 6-4 205 West Bend, Wis./West Bend West 23 Mike Edwards, So., RHP 34 Tyler Bordner Sr. C/OF R/R 6-5 210 Morris, Ill./Kirkwood CC 24 Zach Nogalski, So., OF 25 Will Wohlt, Fr., RHP Infielders (8) 26 Jack Thelen, So., C No. Name Yr. Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School 28 Clayton Uselman, R-Sr., LHP 1 Mike Ferri R-Jr. IF R/R 5-7 175 Norridge, Ill./Notre Dame 30 Matt McCarty, R-So., RHP 6 Trevor Schwecke Jr. IF R/R 6-1 185 Marshfield, Wis./Marshfield 31 Devin Rybacki, R-Sr., OF 8 Bryce Cross R-Fr. IF R/R 6-0 185 Greenville, Wis./Hortonville 32 Oakland Scanlan, Sr., 1B 11 Nate DeYoung Fr. 3B L/R 6-5 210 Sherwood, Wis./Appleton Xavier Baseball 12 Jack Kraus So. C/1B R/R 6-1 225 Neenah, Wis./Neenah 33 Elijah Goodman, R-Sr., RHP 14 Mitchell Buban So. IF R/R 6-2 185 Kenosha, Wis./Tremper 34 Tyler Bordner, Sr., C/OF 32 Oakland Scanlon Sr. 1B L/R 6-3 220 Ewa Beach, Hawaii/Feather River 37 JJ Eduardo, R-Sr., OF 39 Joe Vyskocil R-Jr. IF R/R 6-3 225 Pontiac, Mich./Notre Dame Prep 38 Kevin Lane, R-Fr., RHP 39 Joe Vyskocil , R-Jr., IF Outfielders (9) 55 Isaac Dirker, Fr., RHP No. Name Yr. Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School 7 Joey Scaffidi So. OF L/L 5-9 185 New Berlin, Wis./Eisenhower Alphabetical 9 Nick Moeser R-Fr. OF L/R 5-10 165 Bellevue, Neb./Bellevue East 34 Tyler Bordner, Sr., C/OF 13 Jack Cavanaugh Jr. P/OF R/R 6-1 205 Brookfield, Wis./Joliet CC 14 Mitchell Buban, So., IF 15 Conner Goodman So. OF L/R 5-11 190 Pewaukee, Wis./Pewaukee 13 Jack Cavanaugh, Jr., RHP/OF 17 Colin Kreiter Sr. OF L/R 5-11 200 Davenport, Iowa/Kirkwood CC 8 Bryce Cross, R-Fr., IF 20 Matt DeYoung R-So. OF L/R 6-6 225 Appleton, Wis./Appelton Xavier 20 Matt DeYoung, R-So., OF 24 Zach Nogalski So. OF R/R 6-2 195 Milwaukee, Wis./Marquette 11 Nate DeYoung, Fr., 3B 31 Devin Rybacki R-Sr. OF R/R 6-2 185 Hanover Park, Ill./Oakton CC 55 Isaac Dirker, Fr., RHP 34 Tyler Bordner Sr. C/OF R/R 6-5 210 Morris, Ill./Kirkwood CC 37 JJ Eduardo, R-Sr., OF 37 JJ Eduardo R-Sr. OF R/R 6-0 195 Rockledge, Fla./FIU 23 Mike Edwards, So., RHP Milwaukee Panthers Head Coach: #5 Scott Doffek (13th year) 1 Mike Ferri, R-Jr., IF Head Assistant Coach: #47 Cory Bigler (16th year) 15 Conner Goodman, So., OF Assistant Coach: #37 Shaun Wegner (Second year) 33 Elijah Goodman, R-Sr., RHP Volunteer Assistant Coach: #57 Drew Pearson (Second year) 12 Jack Kraus, So., C/1B 2019 Director of Baseball Operations: Mike Goetz (10th year) 17 Colin Kreiter, Sr., OF Pronunciation Guide 38 Kevin Lane, R-Fr., RHP By Class: 21 Jack Mahoney, So., LHP *Seniors (11): Bordner, Eduardo, E. Goodman, Kreiter, McIntosh, Quartel, Reklaitis, Name Pronunciation 30 Matt McCarty, R-So., RHP Rybacki, Scanlon, Sommers, Uselman Mitchell Buban ...... BOO-bin 3 Alex McIntosh, R-Sr., LHP *Juniors (6): Cavanaugh, Ferri, Schwecke, Swedie, Vanek, Vyskocil JJ Eduardo ...... Ed-wahr-doh 9 Nick Moeser, R-Fr., OF *Sophomores (12): Buban, M. DeYoung, Edwards, C. Goodman, Kraus, Mahoney, 24 Zach Nogalski, So., OF McCarty, Nogalski, Scaffidi, Thelen, Tomfohrde, Winter Mike Ferri ...... FAIR-ee 2 Matt Quartel, Sr., C *Freshmen (6): Cross, Dirker, N. DeYoung, Lane, Moeser, Wohlt Colin Kreiter ...... KRY-ter 19 Jared Reklaitis, Sr., RHP Nick Moeser ...... MOE-zer 31 Devin Rybacki, R-Sr., OF By State: 7 Joey Scaffidi, So., OF *Wisconsin (21): Buban, Cross, M. DeYoung, N. DeYoung, Dirker, C. Goodman, Zach Nogalski ...... nah-GALL-ski Matt Quartel ...... core-TELL 32 Oakland Scanlan, Sr., 1B E. Goodman, Kraus, Mahoney, McCarty, McIntosh, Nogalski, Reklaitis, Scaffidi, 6 Trevor Schwecke, Jr., IF Schwecke, Sommers, Thelen, Tomfohrde, Uselman, Winter, Wohlt Jared Raklaitis ...... REK-lai-tis 22 Jake Sommers, Sr., RHP *Florida (1): Eduardo Devin Rybacki ...... RY-back-ee 18 George Swedie, R-Jr., RHP *Hawaii (1): Scanlon Joey Scaffidi...... ska-FEE-dee 26 Jack Thelen, So., C *Illinois (8): Bordner, Cavanaugh, Edwards, Ferri, Lane, Rybacki, Swedie, Vanek Trevor Schweke ...... SHWEK-key 10 Patrick Tomfohrde, So., RHP *Iowa (1): Kreiter George Swedie ...... SWEE-dee 28 Clayton Uselman, R-Sr., LHP *Michigan (1): Vyskocil 16 Matt Vanek, R-Jr., RHP *Nebraska (1): Moeser Jack Thelen ...... THEE-len 39 Joe Vyskocil , R-Jr., IF International: Patrick Tomfohrde ... tom-FOR-tee 4 Nick Winter, R-So., LHP *Canada (1): Quartel Joe Vyskocil ...... vy-SKO-sil 25 Will Wohlt, Fr., RHP

4 eclipsed his season-high for home runs with four, has already established a ca- Scott Doffek, the 2013 Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association College Coach of the Year and two-time Horizon League Coach of the Year, enters his 13th year as the head coach of the Milwaukee reer-best for runs scored (12/was 10) and is just two hits away (24/22) from his Panthers in 2019. A mainstay in the MKE baseball program, Doffek enters his 25th season with the season total from a year ago. He starts the week ranked sixth in the Horizon Milwaukee coaching staff after spending the first 12 of those years as the assistant head coach. League with a .333 batting average. Doffek became just the second coach in program history to top 300 career wins in 2017, recording the milestone in late April. He closed that season at QUICK ADJUSTMENT 309, with only Jerry Augustine (347) ahead of him on the all-time list. Doffek Trevor Schwecke has certainly found his rhythm at the plate. After recording starts the 2019 campaign with 335 victories as he continues his march to the top of the chart. three hits and a .130 average over the first two weekends of 2019, Schwecke appears locked in. Since then, he has batted .421 (24-for-57), driving in an im- He added 26 to that total in 2018, with his team coming up one victory short of a spot in the Horizon League Tournament title game. Seven players earned pressive 19 runs in just 14 games. His three RBI at Purdue March 12 helped the postseason league honors and Austin Schulfer was selected in the MLB Draft - Panthers snap the Boilermakers 13-game home winning streak in a 6-1 victory. the seventh selection in the past four years for the program and 21st in school He starts the week with hits in seven straight games as well as 16 of his last 17. history. In fact, Doffek has now coached a list of 44 players that have been either drafted by or signed by professional teams. NO SOPHOMORE SLUMP Four players earned All-Horizon League honors and two more players - Daulton Varsho and Adam Sophomore Mitchell Buban is off to a solid start in 2019, with a 10-game - Reuss - were selected in the MLB Draft in 2017. At pick No. 68, Varsho became the highest-drafted player in program history, as well as the second-highest Horizon League player ever selected when the ting streak already to his credit while also driving in 17 runs to rank ninth in Arizona Diamondbacks tabbed the All-American junior. the Horizon League in the category. More impressively, he already eclipsed his He led the team to 32 victories in 2016, the first back-to-back seasons of 30-plus wins since 2001- season-RBI total from 2018 (of 11) less than 10 games into the new campaign. 02. Picked fourth in the preseason poll, the Panthers finished second behind the efforts of Horizon A year ago, Buban recorded multi-RBI performances three times in 46 games. League Player of the Year Daulton Varsho and Horizon League of the Year Brian Keller. This season he knocked in two or more in a game (with a career-high of three Keller went on to be drafted by the New York Yankees. The squad also reset program records for coming against both Pittsburgh Feb. 17 and Arizona March 2) on five separate stolen bases and by the pitching staff for the second year in a row. occasions through the first nine contests of the spring. The program enjoyed a record-breaking season in 2015, tying the school record along the way with 2019 an impressive total of 39 victories. The team broke records for strikeouts by the pitching staff as well as offensive records that stood the test of time when they reset standards for stolen bases (last GETTING OFFENSIVE established in 2001) and triples (1997). The pitching staff recorded the second-best ERA in program history and the Panthers tied a school mark with 17 wins at home. And it all came in a campiagn that

Milwaukee is currently second in the Horizon League with its .287 batting aver- Milwaukee Panthers ended just one win shy of a trip to the NCAA Tournanent, falling in the Horizon League Tournament age as a team (WSU is first at .290). One look at the individual leaders shows a Championship. big chunk of Panthers on the Top 10 list as well. Tyler Border enjoyed his first 4-hit day as a Panther at BYU March 7 and started the week third with his .370 Doffek saw three of his players get selected in the 2015 MLB Draft for the second time in program history when Justin Langley (Miami Marlins/16th round), Sam Koenig (Los Angeles Angels/27th average and also fourth with 30 hits. Trevor Schwecke (.338) is fifth and batting round) and Mitch Ghelfi (/28th round) were all chosen. The trio gives the Panthers .438 in league play. Joe Vyskocil (.333) is sixth and has a team-best four home 18 selections all-time in the MLB Draft, including eight since 2011. In addition to the three players runs, while Devin Rybacki is seventh (.323) with a 31 hits and team-best 24 runs drafted, the team also had two more sign professional contracts. In fact, Doffek has now coached a list of 39 players that have been either drafted by Major League Baseball or signed by professional teams. scored, and recently enjoyed a 14-game hitting streak. Milwaukee got off to a school-record 10-4 start in 2015, pulled off its first weekend sweep of an SEC opponent, knocked off a nationally-ranked team for the first time since 2009, threw its first- LEAGUE PREMIERES ever no-hitter and had a conference-high nine players get recognized by the Horizon League with Milwaukee is now 15-11 all-time in affiliated conference openers since becom- postseason honors. ing an NCAA Division I team. Head coach Scott Doffek has posted an 8-5 The Panthers claimed the Horizon League regular-season title in 2013, riding a strong offense that led ledger in his 12 openers, including an 11-10 win at Wright State this season and the league in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, runs, hits and RBI while also a 12-4 victory over Youngstown State in 2018. recording the second-best ERA in the conference and the lowest opponent batting average. They went undefeated at home for the first-time in program history and ended the season with the longest active winning streak at home (16 games) at the NCAA Division I level. Baseball AN OPENING STATEMENT The Panthers made the trip to the D9 Sunshine State Classic an impressive The team had the Horizon League Player, Pitcher and Newcomer of the Year on its roster and ended the season with the league’s leading hitter as well as five of the top 10 batters in the conference. Doffek one, topping Marshall, Big East foe Villanova and ACC opponent Pittsburgh. It ended up as the 2013 Horizon League Coach of the Year for his efforts. marked just the second 3-0 start in program history since becoming an NCAA Division I program in the 1990 season. The other came against Maine (all three Then, in the MLB Draft in June, Josh Uhen was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the fifth round - making him the highest-ever draft choice in program history as well as the fifth player to be selected games) to open the 2015 campaign, so the Panthers hope it’s a good sign - by a Major League team in the past three seasons. the team won a school-record 39 times that year. The only other time MKE even began 2-0 was in 1995 when the Panthers topped Youngstown State (16-6) Following the 2012 season, Doffek saw three of his players chosen in the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft - the first time in program history that more than one Panther was selected - with Jordan Guth and Bowling Green (6-5). Despite dropping the series at Arizona, the 6-3 start (; ninth round), Eric Semmelhack (Milwaukee Brewers; 12th round) and Paul Hoe- through nine games was the best since the same mark in 1995, a year in which necke (Los Angeles Dodgers; 24th round) all hearing their names called on draft day. the team posted a 7-3 ledger through 10 games (for best start through 10). The 2010 season was a memorable one, as the team won the Horizon League Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time, winning 25-plus games for the 13th time As a northern team that cannot practice outdoors before the start of the sea- in the past 14 years. son, it is no surprise that Milwaukee does not have a great record in openers. It The squad had a memorable run to the crown, going 4-1 while riding strong pitching to the champion- is now 6-23 in such contests at the Division I level. The 2019 version marked ship. The team recorded a 2.66 ERA in the five games, limiting opponents to just a .247 batting aver- Scott Doffek’s 13th opener as head coach. age. Eight players earned all-league honors, with Chad Pierce earning the Horizon League Newcomer of the Year award and Cameron Amsrud the Horizon League of the Year honor. The team led the league in average and was second in batting, while also setting a school record HERE I COME TO THE DAY! with 21 wins in a row at home. Senior Jake Sommers recorded two saves in the series against Jackson State, Doffek was named the seventh head coach in the history of the Milwaukee baseball program on but the unique part of it was that they both came on the same day, pitching Sept. 25, 2006. a final shutdown inning in both the 3-1 and 2-0 victories Feb. 24. That marks Before joining the coaching staff, Doffek spent five seasons (1989-93) in the Los Angeles Dodgers a first for an MKE reliever since Craig Meier achieved the feat April 28, 2009 minor league system, making it to the Triple-A level with the Albuquerque Dukes. Collegiately, Doffek against Northern Illinois. It’s also just the second time in the past 15 years it’s played baseball at Waukesha County Community College, where he won the NJCAA batting title after been done, with Rob Brockel also picking up saves against Youngstown State hitting .539 as a sophomore. He was honored as an all-region and all-conference selection. Doffek at- tended Hartland Arrowhead High School, where he was selected to all-state and all-conference teams. and UIC in back-to-back games of the Horizon League Tournament back in Doffek lives in Menomonee Falls with wife, Kara, & two children, daughter Kori and son Ty.

5 May of 2005. Panthers Record When ... WHO NEEDS SPRING WHEN WINTER LOOKS LIKE THIS? Nick Winter made quite the 2019 debut against Jackson State Feb. 24. The Pan- At Home ...... 0-2 thers were resuming a ballgame from the prior day, leading 3-1 in the third inning. On the Road ...... 9-8 Winter took to the mound and responded with six straight outs - needing just 28 pitches to get through the appearance. He put up an impressive four K’s - includ- At a Neutral Site ...... 4-0 ing the side in the fourth - getting two looking and two swinging. In Day Games ...... 11-8 In Night Games ...... 2-2 RING ‘EM UP In Extra Innings ...... 0-0 Jared Reklaitis struck out 9 batters in the season opener against Marshall, picking up the win with 7.0 innings of work. The nine K’s is the most-ever for a starter vs. LH Starter ...... 3-2 in a season opener since MKE began NCAA DI play. vs. RH Starter ...... 10-8 Scoring First ...... 8-4 Reklaitis just missed the earliest date for a 10-K outing as well. If he would have Opponents Scores First ...... 5-6 rung up one more, he would have set the record by a wide margin - the current earliest date for 10-or-more K’s is March 5, when Brian Keller had 10 against Scoring in the First Inning ...... 5-2 Arkansas State in 2016. Opponent Score in the First Inning ...... 6-3 Ahead After 6 Innings ...... 12-1 HOW MANY?!? Trailing After 6 Innings ...... 0-7 Milwaukee played 34 games in a row on the road to open the 2018 season (prior Tied After 6 Innings ...... 1-1 to its home opener April 26), becoming the final NCAA Division I team to ac- complish the “feat” (North Dakota State was also in the running for the title, but Ahead After 8 Innings ...... 13-2 did play April 25). Needless to say, it was a rough spring and all bets were off, as Trailing After 8 Innings ...... 0-7 the 2018 campaign officially went down as the “toughest” in regards to both the Tied After 8 Innings ...... 0-0 total amount of road games played prior and the latest date for a home opener In One-Run Games ...... 2-2

Baseball in program history. In Two-Run Games ...... 4-2 2018: 34 regular-season games on road prior to first home game In Five+Run Games ...... 3-4 2016: 31 Scoring 0-2 Runs ...... 1-2 2008: 30 Scoring 3-5 Runs ...... 3-3 2017: 29 Scoring 6-9 Runs ...... 5-4 2013: 29 2001: 26 Scoring 10+ Runs ...... 4-1 Out-Hitting Opponent ...... 10-2 2018: April 26 marked latest home opener Being Out-Hit ...... 2-8 2013: April 24 Tied in Hits ...... 1-0 2016: April 20 2008: April 15 On Weekdays ...... 6-3 2017: April 13 On Weekends ...... 7-7

Milwaukee Panthers On Mondays ...... 0-0 The trek in 2019 is scheduled for “just” 22 games (it ended officially at 21). The On Tuesdays ...... 2-0 Panthers did, however, still travel almost 13,000 miles over the course of the first six-plus weeks of this season via plane or bus, visiting seven different states On Wednesdays ...... 1-0 2019 (Florida, Mississippi, Arizona, Utah, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky) before they On Thursdays ...... 0-1 played their scheduled home opener April 29 against UIC. On Fridays ...... 3-3 On Saturdays ...... 3-4 The following is the list of teams with more road games to start the 2019 season On Sundays ...... 4-2 than the Panthers’ 21: Western Michigan (31), North Dakota State (26), Eastern Michigan (23), Central Michigan (22), Lafayette (22) and Toledo (22). In Four-Game Series ...... 0-0 In Three-Game Series ...... 7-8 PRESEASON NATIONAL RECOGNITION In Two-Game Series ...... 0-2 Various publications and websites came out with their annual college baseball pre- In Single-Games ...... 6-0 views and players from the Milwaukee roster have earned a handful of mentions. Baseball America picks the Panthers for third place and lists Trevor Schwecke as In February ...... 5-1 the No. 4 entry on BA’s “Top Prospect List” in the conference. In March ...... 8-9 In April ...... 0-0 The Perfect Game website also lists Milwaukee No. 3, and it’s Schwecke again as In May ...... 0-0 a member of their Preseason All-Conference Team, where he is described by the In June ...... 0-0 site as a “good overall athlete with speed”. He is joined on the squad by Tyler Bordner (“offensive-minded catcher with pop”) and Jared Reklaitis (“FB/SL 1-2 vs. Horizon ...... 4-4 punch leads to K’s”). vs. Horizon in postseason play ...... 0-0

6 PRESEASON POLL Horizon League Leaders Horizon League Leaders Milwaukee was picked to finish third in the 2019 Horizon League preseason base- ball poll, just two points out of the runner-up spot. Batting Average Wins HAMPE, Ryan (UIC)...... 429 Zane Collins (WSU)...... 5 Peyton Burdick (WSU)...... 421 KEY, Jacob (UIC)...... 4 The 2018 regular season and tournament champions Wright State gained the BORDNER, Tyler (MKE)...... 370 FREDRICKSON, Joey (UIC)...... 3 most votes and all six first-place votes for the top spot with 36 total points. 2017’s OTA, Scott (UIC)...... 342 REKLAITIS, Jared (MKE)...... 3 tournament and regular season champion UIC was tabbed second, followed by SCHWECKE, Trevor (MKE)...... 338 McINTOSH, Alex (MKE)...... 3 Milwaukee, Youngstown State, Oakland and Northern Kentucky. VYSKOCIL, Joe (MKE)...... 333 VANEK, Matt (MKE)...... 3 RYBACKI, Devin (MKE)...... 323 Bear Bellomy (WSU)...... 3 2019 Horizon League Baseball Preseason Poll Seth Gray (WSU)...... 322 Sam Wirsing (WSU)...... 3 Zach Weatherford (WSU)...... 313 Bradley Brehmer (WSU)...... 3 1. Wright State (6 first-place votes) 36 BOTTCHER, Matt (UIC)...... 310 MARTIN, Joe (NKU)...... 2 2. UIC 28 3. Milwaukee 26 4. Youngstown State 15 Home Runs Strikeouts 5. Oakland 12 OTA, Scott (UIC)...... 6 Beau Keathley (OAKLAND)...... 54 6. Northern Kentucky 9 Peyton Burdick (WSU)...... 5 REKLAITIS, Jared (MKE)...... 42 DOERSCHING, Griffin (NKU)...... 4 KEY, Jacob (UIC)...... 41 WEHLER, Jeff (YSU)...... 4 WILLIAMS, Sam (NKU)...... 34 ROCKET RYBACKI WIERSMA, Trevor (YSU)...... 4 Bear Bellomy (WSU)...... 34 Devin Rybacki enjoyed a breakthrough season a year ago after returning from VYSKOCIL, Joe (MKE)...... 4 Nick Parr (OAKLAND)...... 30 injury in mid-March, ending the campaign with a team-best .336 average to earn Zach Weatherford (WSU)...... 4 Zane Collins (WSU)...... 28 Horizon League Second-Team All-League honors. He hit safely in 26 of the final HAUETER, Will (NKU)...... 3 CLARK, Colin (YSU)...... 27 31 games of the season, raising his average over 200 points while batting .373 2019 BACON, Andrew (NKU)...... 3 MEEKS, Kaleb (NKU)...... 26 (44-for-118) in the stretch. He ended the year fifth in conference in batting aver- Myles Zilinsky (OAKLAND)...... 3 RICHARDSON, Noah (NKU)...... 23 age, while also hitting at a .384 clip in Horizon League play. He also added his first

MKE home run against Northern Kentucky May 4. Milwaukee Panthers Runs Batted In Peyton Burdick (WSU)...... 30 WILLIAMS, Aaron (YSU)...... 0.00 IT’S SPELLED REKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKLAITIS Zach Weatherford (WSU)...... 25 LANE, Kevin (MKE)...... 0.00 Jared Reklaitis made his first start of the 2018 season a memorable one, allow- Chase Slone (WSU)...... 25 Jake Schrand (WSU)...... 0.00 ing just one hit and no runs in 5.0 innings against Sacramento State March 4. Seth Gray (WSU)...... 24 McCABE, Mark (UIC)...... 1.13 Although he had to work around six walks, he also recorded a then career-high SCHWECKE, Trevor (MKE)...... 23 O’REILLY, Ryan (UIC)...... 1.29 Drew Demumbrum (OAKLAND)...... 20 Von Hollen (WSU)...... 1.76 eight strikeouts, including the fourth inning where he struck out the side follow- BORDNER, Tyler (MKE)...... 20 McINTOSH, Alex (MKE)...... 1.80 ing a leadoff triple. He was just getting started. DOERSCHING, Griffin (NKU)...... 18 KEY, Jacob (UIC)...... 1.93 BUBAN, Mitchell (MKE)...... 17 PADILLA, Alex (UIC)...... 2.00 Just after earning a spot in the weekend rotation, Reklaitis picked up victories OTA, Scott (UIC)...... 15 VANEK, Matt (MKE)...... 2.25 in back-to-back starts against YSU March 18 (8 K’s) and Wright State March 25 (season-high 7.0 IP) before tallying a career-best 10 strikeouts against Oakland March 31. It marked the first 10+ K game for a Panther last season and just the Runs Peyton Burdick (WSU)...... 36 KEY, Jacob (UIC)...... 51.1 33rd in program history. He claimed his third win of the season at Northern

JD Orr (WSU)...... 34 Beau Keathley (OAKLAND)...... 42.0 Kentucky April 8. Baseball RYBACKI, Devin (MKE)...... 24 FREDRICKSON, Joey (UIC)...... 40.0 Zach Weatherford (WSU)...... 24 Bear Bellomy (WSU)...... 40.0 He closed the season with the biggest gem of them all, earning a spot on the Ho- OTA, Scott (UIC)...... 21 Zane Collins (WSU)...... 37.0 rizon League All-Tournament Team and a spot on Collegiate Baseball’s National Seth Gray (WSU)...... 21 Nick Parr (OAKLAND)...... 36.2 Players of the Week for his performance against Youngstown State during the QUARTEL, Matt (MKE)...... 19 CLARK, Colin (YSU)...... 36.1 Horizon League Tournament May 24. Reklaitis tied the school record and set a SCHWECKE, Trevor (MKE)...... 18 REKLAITIS, Jared (MKE)...... 36.2 HAUETER, Will (NKU)...... 16 SERVICE, Kyle (NKU)...... 35.1 tournament record when he struck out 15 batters in a complete-game effort with WEHLER, Jeff (YSU)...... 16 WILLIAMS, Sam (NKU)...... 34.0 his team facing elimination, allowing one unearned run

FOR KREI-YING OUT LOUD Hits Saves Newcomer Colin Kreiter put together an impressive MKE debut season a year Peyton Burdick (WSU)...... 40 SOMMERS, Jake (MKE)...... 4 ago, finishing second on the team in batting (.320) while knocking in 31 runs. RYBACKI, Devin (MKE)...... 31 TOMFOHRDE, Patrick (MKE)...... 3 He put together the longest hitting streak of any Panther last season (11 games Zach Weatherford (WSU)...... 31 Evan Moores (WSU)...... 3 BORDNER, Tyler (MKE)...... 30 PADILLA, Alex (UIC)...... 2 from March 4-23 where he raised his average from .263 to .313). He also had a JD Orr (WSU)...... 30 MARTIN, Joe (NKU)...... 1 10-game hitting streak come to an end May 17 that saw him bat a sizzling .441 HAUETER, Will (NKU)...... 29 ROSS, Cameron (NKU)...... 1 (15-for-34) that took him up to seventh in the Horizon League in batting. He Seth Gray (WSU)...... 28 DeFALCO, Marco (YSU)...... 1 also ranked second in HBP, fifth in triples, seventh in hits and 10th in doubles in OTA, Scott (UIC)...... 27 SOUDER, Brett (YSU)...... 1 the conference. BOTTCHER, Matt (UIC)...... 27 MAHONEY, Jack (MKE)...... 1 SCHWECKE, Trevor (MKE)...... 27 McINTOSH, Alex (MKE)...... 1 BACK-TO-BACK JACKS Colin Kreiter had quite the day against Oakland May 18 last season. More specifi- -Stats through March 25, 2019 cally, he had quite the inning. In finishing 4-for-5 with 5 RBI and 3 runs scored, Kreiter accomplished something NEVER done before in school history. In the 11-run seventh inning, Kreiter became the first player to hit two home runs in the SAME inning in school history, recording the 60th multi-home run game all-

7 time in the process. His 5 RBI in one inning were just one off the school ment victory over Wright State May 22, 2008. The school record for those record as well. Jesse Hart had 6 RBI in that 9th-inning outburst against wondering? That would be the 14 runs in the fifth against WSU on April Wright State in 2008, driving in two with a double before piling it on with 15, 2000 (a 17-2 win). a grand slam. IF THEY BUILD IT ... JUNIOR JAM After more than two decades calling Henry Aaron Field home, the Milwau- A pair of infielders put together solid sophomore seasons a year ago and kee baseball program is planning to move to a new stadium at some point look to make another jump this season. Trevor Schwecke repeated as a during the 2019 season (final date is TBA at this time due to construction Second-Team All-Horizon League honoree after a spectacular campaign in being finished). Milwaukee baseball head coach Scott Doffek and Milwau- which he reset career highs in every category. Schwecke batted .318 on the kee Athletic Director Amanda Braun were part of the press conference year as one of just two Panthers to start all 54 games, leading the team with unveiling the “Ballpark Commons” project at City Hall in Franklin last year, 39 runs batted in (8th in Horizon League), 217 at bats (4th), 69 hits (4th), highlighted by the 4,000-seat stadium. 43 runs scored (6th) and 19 stolen bases (4th). His batting average was eighth-best in the Horizon League and included a .343 clip with runners in Doffek and Braun were present to announce the department’s partnership scoring position. with ROC Ventures, one in which the Milwaukee baseball team will play all of its home games at the new stadium. Ground has been broken and Classmate Mike Ferri played his way into being a regular starter in 2018 and the new facility is scheduled to be ready during the 2019 campaign. The also topped most marks from his freshman season. At the end of the day, Panthers have spent the past 25 seasons with Henry Aaron Field as their he set collegiate-bests in hits with 50 (was 20), doubles with 11 (3), runs with home park, putting together an impressive 275-116 (.703) winning percent- 19 (10), home runs with 3 (0), RBI with 15 (10) and stolen bases with 8 (4). age in home games in that span. The ballpark in Franklin will also host a His .299 average finished fourth on the team, which included a .319 clip in new professional baseball team, one set to join the American Association of Horizon League play. Independent Professional Baseball.

FAB FROSH IT’S MILLER TIME The Panthers got contributions from numerous freshman a season ago, Through a marketing agreement with the Milwaukee Brewers, the Panthers with Zach Nogalski and Patrick Tomfohrde topping the list with Horizon have played at Miller Park every season since 2002. The team has now post-

Baseball League All-Freshman Team accolades. Nogalski earned his spot after bat- ed a record of 17-11 in games at the major league park, following a 4-3, ting .333 in 29 games (15 starts), hitting .352 off RHP. He recorded 21 hits 10-inning defeat by Wright State in 2018. Milwaukee welcomes Oakland for and drove in 11 runs, while scoring 16 more and added a .400 OBP. the event this season, set for May 11.

Tomfohrde posted a 3.13 ERA in a team-high 21 appearances out of the ON TAP bullpen, going 2-2 overall, striking out 29 batters in 31.2 innings of work. Another week, another five games for the Milwaukee baseball team. How- He tied for 11th in conference with game total, posted a 2.70 ERA in Hori- ever, this time all five are at home. That starts with Northwestern Tuesday, zon League action and put his name in the freshmen record book: his ERA slated for a first pitch of 4 p.m. the fifth-best and appearance total third.

Mitchell Buban also quickly worked his way into the starting lineup as a freshman, finishing with 43 starts among his 46 games played. He batted .262 overall, recording 39 hits, scoring 26 runs and adding 11 RBI.

Milwaukee Panthers SOME WOULD CALL IT EPIC The Panthers accomplished two impressive feats in their come-from-be- hind, 15-9 victory over Oakland May 18. First off, let’s talk comeback. The team fell behind 5-0 before they even had the chance to bat and the deficit 2019 moved to 6-0 in the top of the second inning. Winning the contest gave Scott Doffek’s team it’s second-largest comeback under his watch.

TOP COMEBACKS IN SCOTT DOFFEK ERA IT’S “MILWAUKEE” 1. Trailed Chicago State, 10-1, fourth inning. Won 15-11 (4/15/15) 2. Trailed Oakland, 6-0, second inning, Won 15-9 (5/19/18) • A lot has been made of the correct way to talk about the University 2. Trailed Cleveland State, 6-0, third inning. Won 7-6 (4/11/08) of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, especially in the area of collegiate athletics. It 3. Trailed Youngstown State, 5-0, second inning. Won 6-5 (3/14/15) would be appreciated if you would refer to the athletics teams as “Milwau- 4. Trailed Butler, 5-0, second inning. Won 13-5 (5/13/12) kee”. Your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated.

Now let’s talk offense. Milwaukee sent 15 batters to the plate in a fun-filled • Milwaukee Athletics is continuing to make the effort to brand it- 11-run seventh inning, recording five hits while walking three times and self as “Milwaukee” instead of other references. Please avoid getting hit by a pitch four times. In fact, the team put up five consecutive UW-Milwaukee, UW-M, Wisc.-Mil, UW-MIL, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, etc. runs at one point with the bases loaded without swinging the bat when they went walk/HBP/HBP/HBP/walk. Trevor Schwecke had a pair of doubles • “MKE” is preferred for athletics. “University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee” in the frame with the highlight being the power display from Colin Kreiter. can be used as a first reference of the school and “UWM” is also accept- able. The 11 runs marked the first inning of 10-or-more since plating 10 against Edgewood in a 23-2 win April 28, 2015. The last time MKE got to 11? That We appreciate your assistance with this effort in advance. was the ninth inning against Wright State in a 20-3 Horizon League Tourna-

8 2019 Milwaukee Baseball Overall Statistics for Milwaukee (as of Apr 01, 2019) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 13-10 Home: 0-2 Away: 9-8 Neutral: 4-0 Horizon: 4-4

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 34 BORDNER, Tyler . 3 7 0 23-23 81 9 30 10 0 1 20 43 . 5 3 1 12 1 17 0 . 4 4 8 2 0 0-2 113 16 1 . 9 9 2 6 SCHWECKE, Trevor . 3 3 8 19-19 80 18 27 10 1 1 23 42 . 5 2 5 5 1 12 0 . 3 7 5 2 0 1-2 37 44 5 . 9 4 2 39 VYSKOCIL, Joe . 3 3 3 19-18 66 12 22 1 1 4 10 37 . 5 6 1 9 0 9 2 . 4 0 8 1 0 1-2 117 9 1 . 9 9 2 31 RYBACKI, Devin . 3 2 3 23-23 96 24 31 6 0 1 13 40 . 4 1 7 13 2 12 2 . 4 1 4 0 0 1-4 44 0 0 1.000 2 QUARTEL, Matt . 2 7 9 23-20 68 19 19 1 0 3 12 29 . 4 2 6 12 1 14 0 . 3 9 0 1 2 1-2 30 3 1 . 9 7 1 14 BUBAN, Mitchell . 2 7 5 23-23 91 12 25 7 2 0 17 36 . 3 9 6 7 7 15 1 . 3 6 4 2 0 1-1 30 61 5 . 9 4 8 17 KREITER, Colin . 2 5 3 23-23 87 12 22 2 0 2 15 30 . 3 4 5 10 1 14 2 . 3 3 7 0 0 5-5 38 1 1 . 9 7 5 32 SCANLAN, Oakland . 2 5 0 18-15 48 11 12 4 0 1 4 19 . 3 9 6 9 2 13 1 . 3 9 0 0 0 1-2 55 6 2 . 9 6 8 1 FERRI, Mike . 2 3 1 21-21 78 11 18 3 0 1 7 24 . 3 0 8 5 1 15 2 . 2 8 6 0 1 2-3 21 30 4 . 9 2 7 ------26 THELEN, Jack . 3 6 8 8-4 19 1 7 2 0 0 1 9 . 4 7 4 2 1 5 0 . 4 5 5 0 0 0-1 29 1 0 1.000 24 NOGALSKI, Zach . 2 8 6 11-5 21 4 6 1 0 1 3 10 . 4 7 6 4 0 4 1 . 4 0 0 0 0 0-0 11 0 0 1.000 12 KRAUS, Jack . 2 3 8 13-4 21 7 5 1 0 1 5 9 . 4 2 9 5 2 4 1 . 4 2 9 0 0 0-0 45 1 1 . 9 7 9 11 DeYOUNG, Nate . 2 0 0 10-5 25 4 5 2 0 0 0 7 . 2 8 0 1 0 9 0 . 2 3 1 0 0 1-1 4 9 2 . 8 6 7

8 CROSS, Bryce . 1 6 7 3-0 60100001 . 1 6 70020 . 1 6 7000-0 3101.000 2019 37 EDUARDO, JJ . 1 1 1 6-4 18 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 . 1 1 1 2 0 11 0 . 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 9 MOESER, Nick . 0 0 0 7-0 31000000 . 0 0 00010 . 0 0 0002-3 3001.000 4 WINTER, Nick . 0 0 0 2-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 2-2 3 1 0 1.000

Totals . 2 8 7 23 808 148 232 50 4 16 130 338 . 4 1 8 96 19 157 12 . 3 7 3 8 3 18-30 590 213 25 . 9 7 0 Milwaukee Panthers Opponents . 2 9 5 23 787 156 232 46 11 16 135 348 . 4 4 2 94 26 173 14 . 3 8 4 10 9 22-29 603 225 32 . 9 6 3

LOB - Team (183), Opp (179). DPs turned - Team (23), Opp (17). IBB - Team (3), KREITER 2, RYBACKI 1, Opp (2). Picked off - RYBACKI 2, VYSKOCIL 1, BUBAN 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 3 McINTOSH, Alex 1 . 8 0 3-0 6 1 0 0/0 1 10.0 13 2 2 4 7 2 0 0 . 3 1 7 3 0 0 1 1 16 VANEK, Matt 2 . 2 5 3-1 7 2 0 0/0 0 24.0 21 9 6 11 22 3 0 3 . 2 4 4 1 3 0 1 2 23 EDWARDS, Mike 2 . 6 4 2-2 6 5 0 0/1 0 30.2 34 18 9 10 15 7 2 3 . 2 9 3 3 2 2 3 0 4 WINTER, Nick 3 . 0 0 1-0 4 3 0 0/0 0 15.0 11 5 5 9 7 4 0 0 . 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 22 SOMMERS, Jake 6 . 9 7 0-2 10 0 0 0/1 4 10.1 14 10 8 7 15 3 0 0 . 3 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 33 GOODMAN, Elijah 7 . 2 4 0-1 5 4 0 0/0 0 13.2 21 13 11 6 11 5 2 2 . 3 4 4 2 2 5 0 1 21 MAHONEY, Jack 9 . 2 0 1-0 7 1 0 0/0 1 14.2 14 19 15 11 16 1 0 0 . 2 4 6 0 5 1 0 1 19 REKLAITIS, Jared 10.06 3-4 7 7 0 0/0 0 36.2 60 44 41 14 42 10 5 6 . 3 7 0 9 6 0 3 2 Baseball ------38 LANE, Kevin 0 . 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 2.2 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 DeYOUNG, Matt 0 . 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 2.2 4 4 0 3 1 4 0 0 . 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 18 SWEDIE, George 4 . 0 5 0-0 6 0 0 0/0 0 6.2 8 6 3 3 7 0 0 0 . 2 9 6 3 1 0 1 0 10 TOMFOHRDE, Patrick 4 . 5 0 0-0 8 0 0 0/1 3 12.0 9 6 6 4 14 4 1 1 . 2 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 30 McCARTY, Matt 9 . 2 4 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 12.2 17 13 13 4 7 3 1 1 . 3 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 25 WOHLT, Will 9 . 6 4 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 4.2 1 5 5 6 5 0 0 0 . 0 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 28 USELMAN, Clayton 27.00 0-0 5 0 0 0/0 0 0.2 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 . 7 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 5 . 7 6 13-10 23 23 0 1/1 9 197.0 232 156 126 94 173 46 11 16 . 2 9 5 28 26 10 10 9 Opponents 5 . 0 6 10-13 23 23 0 1/1 3 201.0 232 148 113 96 157 50 4 16 . 2 8 7 20 19 3 8 3

PB - Team (8), BORDNER 4, THELEN 2, KRAUS 2, Opp (11). Pickoffs - Team (1), VANEK 1, Opp (4). SBA/ATT - BORDNER (15-21), VANEK (6-7), THELEN (5-6), REKLAITIS (5-5), McCARTY (4-4), McINTOSH (1-3), EDWARDS (2-3), MAHONEY (2-3), TOMFOHRDE (0-2), KRAUS (2-2), SWEDIE (1-1), WINTER (1-1).

9 2019 Milwaukee Baseball Conference statistics for Milwaukee (as of Apr 01, 2019) (Horizon games only Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 4-4 Home: 0-2 Away: 4-2 Horizon: 4-4

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 6 SCHWECKE, Trevor . 4 3 8 8-8 32 7 14 6 0 1 8 23 . 7 1 9 4 1 2 0 . 5 1 4 0 0 1-2 14 15 1 . 9 6 7 2 QUARTEL, Matt . 3 6 0 8-6 25 8 9 0 0 3 6 18 . 7 2 0 3 0 4 0 . 4 2 9 0 1 0-0 6 1 1 . 8 7 5 34 BORDNER, Tyler . 3 5 5 8-8 31 3 11 2 0 1 6 16 . 5 1 6 2 0 5 0 . 3 9 4 0 0 0-0 34 5 0 1.000 39 VYSKOCIL, Joe . 3 3 3 8-8 30 6 10 0 0 3 6 19 . 6 3 3 5 0 2 2 . 4 2 9 0 0 1-1 66 3 0 1.000 32 SCANLAN, Oakland . 2 8 6 6-6 21 5 6 2 0 1 1 11 . 5 2 4 2 0 5 1 . 3 4 8 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 31 RYBACKI, Devin . 2 6 5 8-8 34 4 9 1 0 1 5 13 . 3 8 2 6 0 8 0 . 3 7 5 0 0 0-0 19 0 0 1.000 17 KREITER, Colin . 2 4 2 8-8 33 4 8 0 0 1 5 11 . 3 3 3 2 0 7 0 . 2 8 6 0 0 1-1 17 0 1 . 9 4 4 14 BUBAN, Mitchell . 1 6 7 8-8 30 3 5 1 1 0 3 8 . 2 6 7 3 4 5 0 . 3 2 4 0 0 1-1 12 24 3 . 9 2 3 1 FERRI, Mike . 1 4 8 7-7 27 3 4 1 0 0 2 5 . 1 8 5 1 1 4 2 . 2 0 7 0 0 1-1 7 12 2 . 9 0 5 ------26 THELEN, Jack . 6 6 7 2-1 60410005 . 8 3 30110 . 7 1 4000-1 12 1 0 1.000 24 NOGALSKI, Zach . 5 0 0 3-2 6 2 3 1 0 1 1 7 1.167 2 0 1 0 . 6 2 5 0 0 0-0 5 0 0 1.000 8 CROSS, Bryce . 5 0 0 1-0 20100001 . 5 0 00000 . 5 0 0000-0 1001.000 12 KRAUS, Jack . 2 8 6 5-1 7 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 . 2 8 6 2 2 0 0 . 5 4 5 0 0 0-0 12 0 0 1.000 11 DeYOUNG, Nate . 1 6 7 2-1 61100001 . 1 6 70030 . 1 6 7000-0 2 1 2 . 6 0 0 37 EDUARDO, JJ . 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 9 MOESER, Nick . 0 0 0 3-0 10000000 . 0 0 00010 . 0 0 0001-1 1001.000 Baseball Totals . 2 9 7 8 293 49 87 15 1 12 45 140 . 4 7 8 32 9 50 5 . 3 8 3 0 1 7-9 211 72 12 . 9 5 9 Opponents . 2 7 4 8 281 64 77 18 3 9 54 128 . 4 5 6 35 12 54 7 . 3 7 7 1 3 8-11 216 80 9 . 9 7 0

LOB - Team (70), Opp (57). DPs turned - Team (8), Opp (8). IBB - Team (1), RYBACKI 1, Opp (2). Picked off - RYBACKI 1.

(Horizon games only Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 22 SOMMERS, Jake 0 . 0 0 0-1 2 0 0 0/0 0 1.1 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 . 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 23 EDWARDS, Mike 1 . 5 0 0-1 2 2 0 0/0 0 12.0 13 10 2 5 5 3 0 2 . 2 7 7 3 2 0 0 0 16 VANEK, Matt 2 . 7 0 1-1 2 2 0 0/0 0 13.1 8 4 4 6 11 1 0 3 . 1 7 8 0 1 0 0 1 4 WINTER, Nick 3 . 6 0 1-0 1 1 0 0/0 0 5.0 7 2 2 3 1 3 0 0 . 3 1 8 0 1 0 0 0 19 REKLAITIS, Jared 10.47 2-1 3 3 0 0/0 0 16.1 27 22 19 7 18 6 2 2 . 3 6 5 4 3 0 1 1 Milwaukee Panthers ------38 LANE, Kevin 0 . 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 DeYOUNG, Matt 0 . 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 3 4 0 3 1 3 0 0 . 4 2 9 0 0 0 0 0

2019 33 GOODMAN, Elijah 0 . 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 McINTOSH, Alex 0 . 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 MAHONEY, Jack 6 . 7 5 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 1 8.0 7 9 6 3 6 1 0 0 . 2 2 6 0 3 0 0 0 30 McCARTY, Matt 8 . 3 1 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 4.1 3 4 4 1 2 1 0 1 . 1 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 10 TOMFOHRDE, Patrick 9 . 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 2 5.0 3 5 5 3 5 0 1 1 . 1 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 18 SWEDIE, George 10.80 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.2 4 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 . 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 5 . 6 3 4-4 8 8 0 0/0 3 70.1 77 64 44 35 54 18 3 9 . 2 7 4 11 12 1 1 3 Opponents 5 . 3 8 4-4 8 8 0 1/1 1 72.0 87 49 43 32 50 15 1 12 . 2 9 7 4 9 0 0 1

PB - Team (3), THELEN 1, BORDNER 1, KRAUS 1, Opp (2). Pickoffs - Team (1), VANEK 1, Opp (1). SBA/ATT - BORDNER (5-7), THELEN (3-4), VANEK (3-4), REKLAITIS (2-2), EDWARDS (0-1), McCARTY (1-1), WINTER (1-1), MAHONEY (1-1), TOMFOHRDE (0-1).

10 2019 Results (13-10 overall, 4-4 Horizon League, 0-2 home, 9-8 away, 4-0 neutral)

Game date Opposing team Score r-h-e r-h-e Inns Rec. League Pitcher of record Attend Time Feb. 15 + v. Marshall W, 5-3 5-5-1 3-6-1 9 1-0 -- Reklaitis (W, 1-0) 85 2:51 Feb. 16 + v. Villanova W, 7-4 7-12-3 4-9-0 9 2-0 -- Vanek (W, 1-0) 137 2:57 Feb. 17 + v. Pittsburgh W, 9-8 9-13-0 8-12-2 9 3-0 -- Edwards (W, 1-0) 311 3:09 Feb. 22 at Jackson State Cancelled Feb. 23 at Jackson State L, 5-7 5-8-0 7-12-1 9 3-1 -- Reklaitis (L, 1-1) 120 2:45 Feb. 24 at Jackson State W, 3-1 3-7-0 1-6-1 9 4-1 -- Vanek (W, 2-0) -- 3:00 Feb. 24 at Jackson State W, 2-0 2-5-1 0-6-2 9 5-1 -- Edwards (W, 2-0) 120 2:30

March 1 at Arizona L, 6-14 6-10-1 14-13-0 9 5-2 -- Reklaitis (L, 1-2) 2270 3:34 March 2 at Arizona W, 10-4 10-15-1 4-14-4 9 6-2 -- McIntosh (W, 1-0) 2361 3:28 March 3 at Arizona L, 11-12 11-14-3 12-12-4 9 6-3 -- Sommers (L, 0-1) 2241 3:44 March 7 at BYU L, 8-11 8-11-0 11-15-1 9 6-4 -- Reklaitis (L, 1-3) 985 2:57 March 8 at BYU L, 6-14 6-8-2 14-13-1 (6/weather) 6-5 -- Goodman (L, 0-1) 643 2:10 March 8 at BYU Cancelled March 9 at BYU L, 3-5 3-5-0 5-12-1 9 6-6 -- Edwards (L, 2-1) 989 2:29 March 12 at Purdue W, 6-1 6-8-1 1-6-3 9 7-6 -- McIntosh (W, 2-0) 883 2:48 March 15 at Wright State* W, 11-10 11-15-2 10-8-1 9 8-6 1-0 Reklaitis (W, 2-3) 112 2:58 March 16 at Wright State* L, 0-3 0-9-1 3-4-1 9 8-7 1-1 Vanek (L, 2-1) 102 2:25 March 17 at Wright State* L, 2-3 2-3-3 3-7-2 9 8-8 1-2 Sommers (L, 0-2) 134 2:45 March 20 vs. MSOE W, 12-5 12-14-0 5-8-1 9 9-8 -- Mahoney (W, 1-0) 41 2:34 March 22 at Northern Kentucky* W, 15-12 15-20-1 12-15-1 9 10-8 2-2 Reklaitis (W, 3-3) 45 3:35

March 23 at Northern Kentucky* W, 5-3 5-8-0 3-5-1 9 11-8 3-2 Vanek (W, 3-1) 127 2:10 2019 March 24 at Northern Kentucky* W, 6-2 6-10-1 2-7-0 9 12-8 4-2 Winter (W, 1-0) 115 2:39 March 26 at Illinois State W, 6-3 6-10-2 3-10-1 9 13-8 -- McIntosh (W, 3-0) 346 3:00 March 29 UIC* L, 4-10 4-8-1 10-10-2 9 13-9 4-3 Edwards (L, 2-2) 205 2:32 March 30 UIC* L, 6-21 6-14-3 21-21-1 9 13-10 4-4 Reklaitis (L, 3-4) 189 3:05 Milwaukee Panthers March 31 UIC* Cancelled

April 2 Lakeland April 3 at Northern Illinois April 5 at Oakland* April 6 at Oakland* April 7 at Oakland* April 9 Northwestern April 10 Valparaiso April 12 Youngstown State* April 13 Youngstown State* April 14 Youngstown State* April 16 Edgewood April 18 Wright State* April 19 Wright State* April 20 Wright State*

April 23 at Iowa Baseball April 26 Northern Kentucky* April 27 Northern Kentucky* April 28 Northern Kentucky*

May 1 at Minnesota May 3 at UIC* May 4 at UIC* May 5 at UIC* May 7 Parkside May 10 Oakland* May 11 % Oakland* May 12 Oakland* May 14 Northern Illinois May 16 at Youngstown State* May 17 at Youngstown State* May 18 at Youngstown State*

Horizon League Tournament: Hosted by Top Seed May 22 TBD May 23 TBD May 24 TBD May 25 TBD

* denotes Horizon League contest + denotes D9 Sunshine State Classic (Kissimmee, Fla.) ^ denotes Horizon League Tournament contest % denotes contest at Miller Park () denotes extra inning contest

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