University of St. Thomas Athletics
South Dakota State
Game Notes - Baseball changes weekend schedule vs. Jackrabbits
3/30/2022 5:07:00 PM | Baseball
Update: Friday, April 1
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Tommie Baseball (4-14 overall, 1-2 Summit League) is set to play its first home games of the Division I era. But wet field conditions have prompted a change of the three-game series against the Jackrabbits of South Dakota State (6-15, 0-3).
Friday's game here was postponed.
Game one is now set for Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Koch Diamond. The last two games of the series back in St. Paul on campus set for Sunday starting at 11 a.m., at Koch Diamond.
There is no admission charge for St. Thomas home baseball games this season.
The Tommies have incurred 10 one- or two-run losses among their 14 defeats -- all road games. That includes a 1-7 record in games decided by one run.
Likewise, the 6-15 Jackrabbits have been more competitive than their won-loss record would suggest. They have been outscored on average just 7-5 per game this season. SDSU has a 7-5 defeat of Minnesota at U.S. Bank Stadium. It also played Summit League favorite Oral Roberts close last weekend in dropping a three-game road series. The Jackrabbits lost 5-4 in 14 innings on Friday and fell just 10-7 on Sunday.
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Record Watch
Fifth-year hurler Graham Laubscher recently tied Dick Washburn atop the program's career strikeout list with 269 career Ks at the D-III and D-I levels.
Tommie Career Strikeout Leaders
269, Dick Washburn (1963-66)
269, Graham Laubscher (2018-current)
246, Chris Olean (1996-1999)
239, Matt Schuld (2007-10)
231, Eric Veglahn (2013-16)
Who's Hot?
Max Moris has hit safely in eight of his last nine and 12 of his last 15 games.
Charlie Bartholomew has struck out just seven times in 72 plate appearances in 2022. In 2021 and '22, he has 66 hits in 57 games (19 multiple-hit games).
Four Tommie freshmen in particular are playing well as they gain more experience at the college level:
- DH Brigs Richartz (current six-game hitting streak, nine hits and five RBI in his last six contests);
- 1B Ben Vujovich (11 hits in last 10 games);
- RHP Walker Retz (1.88 ERA, 33 Ks, nine walks in 24 innings);
- LHP Evan Esch (last six outings pitched 19 innings, 1.91 ERA, 16 Ks, four walks).
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