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Game Notes - Baseball has Sunday DH against Big 10's Northwestern
3/11/2022 12:25:00 PM | Baseball
It will be the battle of the Purple as Tommie Baseball (2-8 overall) travels to Evanston, Ill., for a Sunday March 13 seven-inning and nine-inning doubleheader against the Big Ten's Northwestern Wildcats (2-10). First pitch is 11 a.m. Friday and Saturday games in the weekend set were called off due to cold weather in the forecast.
These are the NU's home openers after playing its first 12 contests on the road.
The Toms have six one- or two-run losses among their eight defeats. Last weekend, the Purple lost 3-1 and 3-2 at Creighton, the latter game lasting 15 innings.
On the Mound
St. Thomas starting pitchers for this Sunday will likely come from LHP Graham Laubscher (0-2) and either RHPs Walker Retz, Devon Schewe or Kolby Gartner.
The Wildcats are expected to open with either freshman LHP Sean Sullivan; sophomore RHP Kellen Pate; or senior RHPs Mike Doherty or Michael Farinelli.
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The live video for Sunday can be accessed HERE for a fee via BigTen-Plus
Live stats can be accessed HERE
March Through March
St. Thomas has had five games erased so far this month by rain or cold weather. Coach Chris Olean's team is 0-3 in March with nine more games this month.
The Toms have a March 25-27 road series for their Summit League debut against the University of Omaha. Their home opener is March 30 against Viterbo.
Did You Know?
Over nine starts so far, St. Thomas' top four starting pitchers -- Laubscher, Retz, Gartner and Schewe -- have combined to build a 3.50 ERA with 80 strikeouts and just 26 walks over 55.2 innings. Schewe has a 7-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
Northwestern Talk
The Wildcats went 24-27 in 2019, 6-7 in 2020 and 15-21 last season. This season they have three losses by one or two runs. They went 0-4 against Alabama-Birmingham; and 1-3 vs. both Santa Clara and Cincinnati. They average five runs a game but allow eight runs a contest. Ethan O'Donnell and Anthony Calarco share the team lead with 13 hits in 12 games. Sullivan is 1-0 with a 2.57 ERA in three starts.
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