Weekly Game Notes | Live Stats (Saturday only)

Bolivar, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University baseball team will host Northwest Missouri this weekend in a big MIAA match-up. The Bearcats come into the weekend 16-17-1 (11-13 MIAA) and are sitting 2.0 games out of 6th in the conference, and 2.5 games out of 5th.

SBU Rankings in the MIAA
As a team, SBU ranks 5th in batting average (.319), 5th in on base percentage (.389), and 5th in hits (327). The Bearcats lead the MIAA in triples (16) and number of times being hit by a pitch (49) and are 2nd in the MIAA in stolen bases (50).

Tyler Christophel and Drew Miller are ranked in the top 10 in several offense categories for the Bearcats. Christophel leads the MIAA in batting average (.426), runs scored (47) and stolen bases (32), and ranks 2nd in hits (52), 2nd in triples (3), 5th in on base percentage (.493), 7th in total bases (71), and 10th in slugging percentage (.582).

Miller currently ranks 3rd in batting average (.416), 2nd in runs batted in (38), 6th in hits (47), and 7th in on base percentage (.481).
Cody Crutcher leads the MIAA in triples (4) while Landon Young is tied for 2nd in the same category (3).

From the mound Cody Holzer ranks 8th in the MIAA in earned run avearage (2.54) and leads the MIAA in lowest opposing batting average (.222), 2nd in hits allowed (32), and 4th in runs allowed (14). Mike Nielebeck also ranks 6th in the MIAA in strikeouts (41).

In the field, Christophel and Jeremiah Bryan are tied for the 1st in the MIAA in fielding percentage (1.000), Ross Wolfe ranks 3rd in assists (85), and Drew Miller leads the MIAA in runners caught stealing (16).

SBU Rankings in the Nation
The Bearcats currently rank 31st in the nation in team batting average (.319), 5th in the nation in triples (16), and 33rd in the nation in number times being hit by a pitch (49).

Tyler Christophel currently ranks 5th in the nation in stolen bases (26), 10th in runs scored (47), and 25th in batting average (.426). Drew Miller ranks 39th in the nation in batting average (.416) and Cody Crutcher ranks 20th in the nation in triples (4).

Landon Young is the 25th hardest player to strike out in the NCAA, striking out once every 19.6 at bats.

Games This Week

Friday, April 13 - vs Northwest Missouri (11-23, 10-14 MIAA) - 12:00 PM (DH)
Saturday, April 14 - vs Northwest Missouri (11-23, 10-14 MIAA) - 12:00 PM (DH)