Missouri Western 2013 Baseball 1-ncaa tournaments - 2006 MIAA Tournament Apperances • 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011 & 2012 2013 Missouri Western Baseball Game 13 - March 13 • St. Joseph, Mo. vs. William Jewell (9) - 4 PM Overall: 9-3 MIAA: 5-0 Games 14-15 • March 14 • Topeka, Kan. vs. Washburn University (7,9) - 2/4 PM 2/10/2013 Arkansas Tech University (DH) Russellville, Ark. L, 6-5, W, 5-4 Falley Field Games 16-18 - March 16-17 • St. Joseph, Mo. vs. Northeastern State - (7/9/9) - 1/3 PM & 12 PM 2/11/2013 Arkansas Tech University (DH) Russellville, Ark. L, 6-5, L, 9-7 Griffon Baseball Field @ Spring Sports Complex 2/16/2013 Emporia State University (DH)* Emporia, Kan. W, 8-5, W, 7-6 2/17/2013 Emporia State University (9)* Emporia, Kan. W, 12-2 2/23/2013 Southwest Baptist University (DH)* Bolivar, Mo. Cancelled 2/24/2013 Southwest Baptist University (9)* Joplin, Mo. Cancelled 2/26/2013 Fort Hays State University (DH)* St. Joseph, Mo. Cancelled 3/2/2013 Truman State University (DH)* Kirksville, Mo. Cancelled vs. Missouri Western 3/3/2013 Truman State University (9)* Kirksville, Mo. Cancelled Griffons 3/4/2013 Drury University (9) Springfield, Mo. W, 10-5 (3-3, 0-0 GLVC) 3/4/2013 Southwest Baptist University (9) Springfield, Mo. W, 10-3 3/5/2013 Southwest Baptist University (9) Springfield, Mo. W, 16-6 (7) @ 3/6/2013 University of Nebraska at Kearney (DH)* Springfield, Mo. W, 7-4, W, 11-1 (7) Missouri Western Washburn 3/13/2013 William Jewell (9) St. Joseph, Mo. 4:00 pm Griffons Ichabods 3/14/2013 Washburn University (DH)* Topeka, Kan. 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm 3/16/2013 Northeastern State University (DH)* St. Joseph, Mo. 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm (9-3, 5-0 MIAA) (3-7, 3-7 MIAA) vs. Northeastern State 3/17/2013 Northeastern State University (9)* St. Joseph, Mo. 12:00 pm RiverHawks 3/20/2013 Northwest Missouri State University (DH)* Maryville, Mo. 1:00 pm, 1:00 pm (9-7, 9-7 MIAA) 3/23/2013 University of Central Oklahoma (DH)* St. Joseph, Mo. 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm 3/24/2013 University of Central Oklahoma (9)* St. Joseph, Mo. 12:00 pm FIRST PITCH FIRST PITCH 3/26/2013 Northwest Missouri State (DH)* St. Joseph, Mo. 4:00 pm, 6:00 pm Date: March 13, 14, 16 & 17, 2013 Radio: http://socialstreamingplayer.crystalmedianetworks.com/radio/ 3/27/2013 Truman State University (DH) Kirksville, Mo. 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm Time: 4:00 pm (13th), 2:00/4:00 pm (14th), 1:00/3:00 pm (16th) & kfeq (On the 16th Only!) 3/30/2013 Lincoln University (DH)* Jefferson City, Mo. 12:00 pm, 2:00 pm 12:00 pm (17th) Live Stats: WU Series: http://www.sidearmstats.com/washburn/base- Location: St. Joseph, Mo. (13th, 16th, 17th) & Topeka, Kan. (14th) ball/scoreboard.aspx 3/31/2013 Lincoln University (9)* Jefferson City, Mo. 12:00 pm Field: Griffon Baseball Field (13th, 16th & 17th) & Falley Field (12th) MWSU vs. WJC and NSU: http://www.sidearmstats.com/missouri/ 4/2/2013 Southwest Baptist University (9) St. Joseph, Mo. 4:00 pm Series since 2001: MWSU lead 27-12 vs. WU; First meeting against baseball/scoreboard.aspx 4/6/2013 Pittsburg State University (DH)* Pittsburg, Kan. 3:00 pm, 5:00 pm WJC; First meeting with Northeastern State Twitter Updates: twitter.com/gogriffons 4/7/2013 Pittsburg State University (9)* Pittsburg, Kan. 1:00 pm 4/9/2013 University of Nebraska at Kearney (DH)* Kearney, Neb. 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm WARM UPS... The 2013 Missouri Western Griffons are off to a great start as they are currently on an eight game winning streak. During the 4/13/2013 Lindenwood University (DH)* St. Joseph, Mo. 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm winning streak the Griffons are hitting .394 with Bubba Dotson leading the way with a .577 batting average. The Griffons have 4/14/2013 Lindenwood University (9)* St. Joseph, Mo. 12:00 pm 110 hits, 81 runs scored, 25 doubles, three triples and 76 RBI in the eight games. Overall the Griffons are 9-3 overall and 5-0 4/17/2013 Fort Hays State University (DH)* Hays, Kan. 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm in MIAA play. The Griffons are off to their best start since the 2004 season when they also opened 9-3. Brandon Simmons tied the school record for most wins in a career with 27. He tied Nick Finn who won 27 games in 1972-75. The Griffons will open 4/20/2013 University of Central Missouri (DH)* St. Joseph, Mo. 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm up the week with a single nine inning game on Wednesday, March 13 at home against William Jewell College. On Thursday, 4/21/2013 University of Central Missouri (9)* St. Joseph, Mo. 12:00 pm March 14 they will take on the Washburn Ichabods in an MIAA doubleheader in Topeka, Kan. First pitch is scheduled for 2:00 4/24/2013 Washburn University (DH)* St. Joseph, Mo. 4:00 pm, 6:00 pm pm. This weekend they will take on MIAA newcomer Northeastern State in a three game MIAA series in St. Joseph. The two 4/27/2013 Missouri Southern State University (DH)* Joplin, Mo. 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday, March 16 with first pitch scheduled for 1:00 pm and will close out the series with one nine inning game on Sunday, March 17. Game time is set for 12:00 pm. 4/28/2013 Missouri Southern State University (9)* Joplin, Mo. 1:00 pm MIAA Tournament (1st Round at Campus Site) KNOW THE OPPONENTS... 5/4-5/2013 MIAA Tournament TBD TBD • The Griffons and the Cardinals have not met on the baseball field since coach Buzz Verduzco has been at the helm of the Griffons. MIAA Tournament (Final Four - Community America Ball Park) • The two teams will play a single nine inning game on Wednesday, March 13 with game time set for 4:00 pm from the Griffon 5/9-12/2013 MIAA Tournament - Final Four Kansas City, Mo. TBD Baseball Field at the Spring Sports Complex. NCAA Central Regionalwi • Last season was the Cardinals first year at the Division II level. They were 19-28 overall and 10-22 in the GLVC West Divi- 5/15-19/2013 NCAA Central Regional TBD TBD sion. • This seaosn the Cardinals are 3-3 overall spliting a pair of games with Cameron University falling 7-6 and winning 10-5 in NCAA National Championship Lawton, Okla. The Cardinals split a four game set with the University of Sioux Falls also played in Lawton, Okla. WJC won 6-1 5/25-6/1/2013 NCAA National Championship Cary, N.C. TBD and 9-8 and lost 5-0 and 5-4. • Overall the Cardinals are hitting .347 as a team with two guys hitting over .400. J.D. Weyer leads the team with a .471 average with eight hits in 17 at bats. He has scored four runs with three doubles and five RBI. The Cardinals have hit two home runs *=MIAA Game on the season both from Morman. BOLD = Home Games • On the mound they have a 4.61 ERA with five pitchers under a 3.00 ERA. D. Mitrisin has a 2.7 ERA in 10 innings of work. He has allowed 10 hits, three earned runs while fanning 13. He has started two games with one complete. MWSU Athletic Media Relations PROBABLE STARTERS...-2013 SEASON STATS STARTING LINEUP # Name Yr. Pos. Avg. GP-GS R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SB-SBA TREVOR BERNEKING Director of Athletic Media Relations 19 Michael Schulze Jr. SS .458 12-12 15 22 5 1 1 15 32 1-2 5 Bubba Dotson Sr. RF .500 12-12 13 20 4 0 1 11 27 4-5 816-271-4257 • 218-370-1906 • [email protected] 15 Kyle Simpson Sr. LF .449 12-11 13 22 4 1 2 16 34 0-0 11 Nate Ramler Sr. DH .327 12-12 10 16 3 0 2 12 25 0-0 8 Spencer Shockley Sr. 1B .222 8-8 8 6 1 0 0 2 7 1-1 1 Jimmy Smelcer Sr. 2B .385 11-10 6 15 5 0 1 7 23 0-0 BRETT ESELY Assistant AD/External Relations 42 Jake Schrader Jr. C .194 10-10 9 6 1 0 1 2 10 0-0 33 Grant Fink Sr. 3B .375 12-12 10 18 2 1 4 16 34 0-1 816-271-5904 • 816-271-7480 • [email protected] 16 Shawn Egge Sr. CF .351 12-12 10 13 3 0 1 8 19 3-6 # Name Yr. Pos. ERA W-L Ap.GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO Opp. Ba. 4 Brandon Simmons Sr. RHP 2.51 3-0 3-3 0 0 0 14.1 14 5 4 4 11 .259 22 Ethan Ward Sr. LHP 2.65 1-0 3-3 0 0 0 17.0 20 6 5 7 14 .286 RYAN MENLEY Director of Athletic Communica- 14 Jake Jones Jr. RHP 9.26 1-0 3-3 0 0 0 11.2 19 13 12 5 10 .352 tions RESERVE BATTERS --2012 SEASON STATS # Name Yr. Pos. Avg. GP-GS R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SB-SBA 816-344-8799 • [email protected] 24 David Chew Jr.