By Joshua J. Darling, Sports Information Direction
LAGRANGE, Ga. – No. 4 LaGrange (6-2, 0-0 CCS) baseball hits their stride as they host four straight games with three against North Carolina Wesleyan (8-1, 0-0 USA South) with a doubleheader on Saturday, March 4 and series finale on Sunday, March 5 before taking on Wittenberg (2-1, 0-0 NCAC) in a single game on Monday, March 6.
All games will be played at Cleaveland Field in Williamson Stadium with the NCSU series first pitch times at 2 p.m., 5 p.m. and 12 p.m. and WU game at 2 p.m.
LC comes in having won five of their last six, defeating Millsaps (7-3 on 2/19), Emory (15-4 on 2/22), Rose-Hulman (20-3 and 14-2 on 2/25) and 12-3 over Adrian (2/28). The lone loss during that stretch came to RHIT, 6-3 in the series.
NCWU comes in with an 8-1 start under their belt, a stretch that included sweeps of Bridgewater (2/11) and Roanoke (2/18). Most recently they have won three in a row, a stretch continued with a 15-5 victory over Averett (2/28). Wittenberg, meanwhile has claimed two of their first three, sweeping Transylvania 4-3 and 17-5 on Sunday, February 26.
SERIES HISTORY
In a tale of two series, LaGrange leads N.C. Wesleyan 30-11 in a series that dates to 2001 while the Panthers and Wittenberg have never met. Against the Battling Bishops they posted a series-best 11 straight wins from 2016 into 2021 and enter this year's meeting having won the last five in the series, dating to 2021.
MEDIA
Fans can follow the games with live stats (NCWU: Game 1, Game 2, Game 3, Wittenberg) and live video and a full recap will be available on www.LaGrangePanthers.com, the official online home of Panthers Athletics, following each day's action.
Scouting The No. 4 LaGrange College Panthers
Record: 6-2, 0-0 CCS
Last Time Out: W, 12-3 vs. Adrian on February 28
Streak: OneWin
Quick Links
Baseball Home Page
Schedule
Roster
Statistics
Individual Batting Leaders
Batting Average: Rhett Mixon – .481
Slugging Percentage: Rhett Mixon – .815
Hits: Joe Ruth – 14
Doubles: Joe Ruth – 5
Triples: Rhett Mixon – 1
Homeruns: Rhett Mixon, Joe Ruth, David Smigelski – 2
RBIs: Joe Ruth – 13
Runs: Rhett Mixon, Joe Ruth – 11
Steals: Jackson McElvy – 5
Individual Pitching Leaders
ERA: Five Players – 0.00
Wins: Eduardo Peralta – 3
Opposing Batting Average: Ethan Fry – .140
Strikeouts: Eduardo Peralta – 23
Innings: Eduardo Peralta – 12.1
Team Batting Statistics
Batting Average: .338
Slugging Percentage: .496
Hits: 94
Doubles: 15
Triples: 1
Homeruns: 9
RBIs: 72
Runs: 81
Steals: 10
Team Pitching Statistics
ERA: 2.55
Opposing Batting Average: .208
Strikeouts: 99
Innings: 67.0
Scouting The North Carolina Wesleyan University Battling Bishops
Record: 8-1, 0-0 USA South
Last Time Out: W, 15-5 vs. Averett on February 28
Streak: Three Wins
Quick Links
Baseball Home Page
Schedule
Roster
Statistics
Individual Batting Leaders
Batting Average: Jackson Hobbs – 514
Slugging Percentage: Jackson Hobbs – .914
Hits: Jackson Hobbs – 18
Doubles: Zach Lyon – 4
Triples: Four Players – 1
Homeruns: Jackson Hobbs – 4
RBIs: Jackson Hobbs – 20
Runs: Tyson Bass, Davie Morgan – 16
Steals: Luke Chung – 4
Individual Pitching Leaders
ERA: Clayton Gilmore – 0.00
Wins: Cord Butler, Cullen Davis – 2
Opposing Batting Average: Hunter Hill – .091
Strikeouts: Payne Stolsworth – 25
Innings: Payne Stolsworth – 18.0
Team Batting Statistics
Batting Average: .339
Slugging Percentage: .522
Hits: 107
Doubles: 20
Triples: 4
Homeruns: 10
RBIs: 82
Runs: 88
Steals: 19 (19-of-21)
Team Pitching Statistics
ERA: 3.69
Opposing Batting Average: .188
Strikeouts: 98
Innings: 78.0
Scouting The Wittenberg University Tigers
Record: 2-1, 0-0 NCAC
Last Time Out: W, 17-5 vs. Transylvania on February 26
Streak: Two Wins
Quick Links
Baseball Home Page
Schedule
Roster
Statistics
Individual Batting Leaders
Batting Average: Chase Whisner – 455
Slugging Percentage: Parker Gryskevich – .889
Hits: Chase Whisner – 5
Doubles: Chase Whisner – 5
Triples: N/A – 0
Homeruns: Michael Bronowski, Parker Gryskevich – 1
RBIs: Michael Bronowski, Parker Gryskevich – 4
Runs: Parker Gryskevich – 4
Steals: Ben Seibert – 2
Individual Pitching Leaders
ERA: Michael Osmond – 1.80
Wins: Austin Luther, Michael Osmond – 1
Opposing Batting Average: Michael Osmond – .067
Strikeouts: Michael Osmond – 10
Innings: Austin Luther – 5.1
Team Batting Statistics
Batting Average: .283
Slugging Percentage: .406
Hits: 30
Doubles: 7
Triples: 0
Homeruns: 2
RBIs: 22
Runs:24
Steals: 4 (4-of-4)
Team Pitching Statistics
ERA: 5.76
Opposing Batting Average: .268
Strikeouts: 29
Innings: 25.0
