NOTES: Baseball Heads To St. Louis For Showdown With Saints

Truman Baseball Notes (April 7-8)
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Series 8: Truman (7-21; 1-7 GLVC) vs. Maryville (13-17; 5-3 GLVC)
When: Saturday, April 7, 2018 || 12:00 p.m. (DH)
Sunday, April 8, 2018 || 12:00 p.m. (DH)
Where: Chesterfield, Mo. || Maryville Baseball Field
Live Stats || Live Stats (Media) || Live Video (GLVCSN) **
** due to weather concerns, live video may not be available on all games.

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Truman returns to action this weekend in the Gateway City with a four-game series at Maryville University. The Bulldogs were swept for only the third time in a conference series since 2014 but second time by Drury University this past weekend.

Truman is 7-21 overall and 1-7 in the GLVC while the Saints enter at 5-3 in the conference and 13-17 overall.

The Bulldogs dropped a pair of one-run games to Drury this past weekend, with one coming in extra innings. The Panthers won the opener 9-2 then game two in extra innings 2-1. On day two, Drury won 3-2 and 19-10.

Maryville split with Quincy on the road. QU won both first games by one-run, 4-3 and 8-7 while the Saints took the second games 5-1 and 10-8.

Format:
Conference series are four games with the first game of the series being a nine-inning game. Games two and three are seven inning games and the fourth game is also a nine-inning affair. The first game of the series serves as a tiebreaker if teams are tied in the conference standings at the end of the season.

Truman In GLVC:
The Bulldogs have played 34 GLVC series since joining the league in 2014. They have swept all four games once (vs. Southern Indiana in 2015), won three games six times, split the series 17 times, won just once seven times and lost all four games three times (last vs. Drury 2018).

Truman's longest GLVC winning streak is five games in 2014 and longest GLVC losing streak has been matched by their current six-game streak. In 2017, Truman lost six straight conference games.

Weather Forecast (as of Wednesday 12:00 a.m. update):
National Weather Service St. Louis Office (@NWSStLouis) – LINK
Saturday – Mostly Sunny, with a high near 41
Sunday- Slight chance of snow/rain before noon, rain likely after noon. Mostly Cloudy with high near 44, Chance of rain 60%
Monday – Partly Sunny with a high near 51

Truman against Maryville:
Last year in Kirksville, the teams alternated victories in their series with three of the games decided by one run. Truman won the opener 2-0 on two-run single by senior Jason Priest and a combine shutout by Bryan Clark, Kent Frantz and Peter Young.

Maryville came back in game two after trailing 4-1 to win 6-5 but the Bulldogs returned the favor with a four-run walk-off win in game three after entering their final at bat 3-0 to win 4-3.

The Saints took the finale 5-0 to split the series.

In the four series they teams have played, Truman has won one and the other three have been split. In all-time games against Maryville, the Bulldogs are 14-7.

Truman individual player stats against Maryville.

Bryan Clark started and won game 1 last year going six innings and allowing just three hits. Maryville hit .143 against Clark with three strikeouts.
In three appearances, Kent Frantz is 0-2 with a 2.93 ERA. Frantz has 15.1 innings pitched against the Saints with 11 strikeouts. Last season, Frantz worked two innings out of the 'pen and combined with Clark on the shutout in game one.
Mason King has started eight games against the Saints and has a .259 batting average. King has four RBIs and four stolen bases.
Charlie Kreh had six hits in 12 at bats last season against the Saints including a solo home run. In five total games, Kreh is hitting .375 against the Saints.
Brendan Trimble is hitting .364 against Maryville in 22 at bats in nine games. He has three doubles and two RBIs.
Peter Young has five relief appearances and three saves against Maryville. He has allowed five hits out of the 24 batters faced.

Scouting the Saints:
Maryville is 13-17 overall and 5-3 in the GLVC. They are 6-10 playing at home and have a trio of common opponents with the Bulldogs thus far. They were swept at home in a four-game series by Saginaw Valley State (5-4, 8-5, 5-2, 7-3) while Truman split a four-game set with the Cardinals. Missouri Southern won all four games against Maryville and both games against Truman and Indianapolis swept all five games played (two vs. Maryville and three vs. Truman) this season.

Drake Lubin and Dalton Schumer have played and started all 30 games for Maryville. Lubin is hitting .350 with a team-high 14 stolen bases while Schumer is tied for the conference lead with 11 home runs. The Saints average 6.4 runs per game and allow 6.4 runs per game. They have 44 stolen bases and have struck out 207 times this year.

On the hill, Alec Harris is 5-3 in eight starts and 10 overall appearances and has been the workhorse by far for the Maryville staff. Harris has tossed nearly 50 innings this season and has a 3.99 ERA. The next closest in innings pitched is 29 by Andrew Peters (2-3; 3.72 ERA) and Arcentae Stone (2-1; 5.59 ERA).

Bulldog Leaders:
Charlie Kreh is the team's top offensive player with a .340 batting average. Kreh has 35 hits, four doubles, two home runs and has driven in 17 runs. Jack Goodwin is batting .281 and his tied with Brendan Trimble with 14 runs batted in.

As a team, Truman averages 4.5 runs per game with a team batting average of .239.

The Starting Rota:
Bryan Clark, Kent Frantz and Rian Markes all have seven starts apiece through the first seven weekends. Clark is 2-4 with a 5.35 ERA and has been the starter in the first game of series' all season long.

Frantz is 2-4 with a 5.40 ERA but has gone at least seven innings in his last three starts with allowing a total of 14 hits in 22 innings and five earned runs (2.04 ERA). He has struck out 17 batters in his last three outings.

???????Rian Markes is 1-3 with a 3.74 ERA. He has allowed only one earned run in three of his seven starts and no fewer than four earned runs in any of his starts. In five of Markes' starts, the Bulldogs have been involved in one-run games, including the last three starts, a 4-3 win over Saginaw Valley, a 4-3 loss to William Jewell and a 3-2 loss to Drury.

Lights Out:
Closer Peter Young has four saves this season and 25 for his Bulldog career. Young was a first-team all-GLVC pitcher in 2017 and is the only Bulldog pitcher with more than 10 career saves.

Matt Wade and Matt Tometz have 12 appearances apiece and serve as the set up men to Young. Wade has a 7.00 ERA with 18 strikeouts and five walks. Tometz is 0-2 with a 3.72 ERA. Opponents are hitting just .229 against Tometz and he has five of the Bulldogs 10 pickoffs this season.

Countdown to 200:
Head Coach Dan Davis needs nine wins to hit the 200-win plateau. He will be only the second Truman Baseball Coach to win 200 games joining all-time leader in wins Sam Nugent (238).

Bulldog Bites:

Truman is averaging 4.6 runs per game this season and 7.5 hits per game. Opponents are averaging 7.0 runs per game and 9.5 hits.
Brendan Trimble is the active leader in multi-hit games with 48, Charlie Kreh is second with 33 and Mason King at 20.
Young's 1.74 career ERA would rank third on the Bulldog career pitching list with those with a minimum of 25 innings pitched. His 24 career saves is first by 15 over Dan Hillen (2003-05) and his 66 appearances is the all time leader among all Truman pitchers.
Frantz is tied for first in career wins with 16 with Alex Hoffmann (2014-17). Frantz is second in starts with 35, seventh in complete games with 12 and third in innings pitched with 238.1. He is eighth in strikeouts with 147 and will vault into the top three with eight more. The record is 174 set by Brant Kraner.
Truman has 36 multi-run innings this season and have scored in the first inning 11 times in 28 games. Opponents have 50 multi-run innings and have scored in the first inning in 15 of 28 games played.

Up Next:
Truman will play a four-game split series with Quincy. The first two games will be played at QU Stadium and the final two games will be played on Sunday at the Truman Baseball Park.

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Players Mentioned

#31 Alex Hoffmann: RHP; 6' 1"; Senior; R/R

#26 Jason Priest: C/3B; 6' 0"; Senior; R/R

#11 Bryan Clark: LHP; 6' 4"; Sophomore; L/L

#3 Kent Frantz: RHP; 5' 11"; Senior; R/R

#19 Jack Goodwin: INF; 5' 9"; Redshirt Freshman; L/R

#33 Mason King: OF; 5' 10"; Junior; L/L

#24 Charlie Kreh: 1B; 6' 2"; Junior; L/R

#16 Rian Markes: LHP; 6' 2"; Sophomore; L/L

#1 Matt Tometz: LHP; 6' 0"; Senior; R/L

#6 Brendan Trimble: 3B/OF; 6' 2"; Senior; L/R

#21 Peter Young: RHP; 6' 2"; Senior; R/R

Players Mentioned

#31 Alex Hoffmann
: 6' 1"; Senior; R/R
: RHP

#26 Jason Priest
: 6' 0"; Senior; R/R
: C/3B

#11 Bryan Clark
: 6' 4"; Sophomore; L/L
: LHP

#3 Kent Frantz
: 5' 11"; Senior; R/R
: RHP

#19 Jack Goodwin
: 5' 9"; Redshirt Freshman; L/R
: INF

#33 Mason King
: 5' 10"; Junior; L/L
: OF

#24 Charlie Kreh
: 6' 2"; Junior; L/R
: 1B

#16 Rian Markes
: 6' 2"; Sophomore; L/L
: LHP

#1 Matt Tometz
: 6' 0"; Senior; R/L
: LHP

#6 Brendan Trimble
: 6' 2"; Senior; L/R
: 3B/OF

#21 Peter Young
: 6' 2"; Senior; R/R
: RHP