Friday, March 28, 2014

Opposition Research - Washburn Ichabods

Opposition Research - Washburn Ichabods

Your Northwest Missouri State Bearcats baseball team will travel to Topeka, Kansas, to play the Washburn Ichabods in a 4-game series this weekend.  The two squads will play a single 9-inning game on Friday, March 28, with the first pitch set for 4pm.  On Saturday, March 29th, the 'Cats and 'Bods will play two 7-inning games with first pitch set for 1pm.  On Sunday, March 30, the two teams will play a single 9-inning game with the first pitch set for 1pm.




2014 outlook for Washburn -

The Ichabods were picked 12th in the MIAA preseason coaches poll released Thursday.

Washburn went 11-33 overall last year and finished 14th among the 15 league schools with a 9-32 MIAA record. There are 14 MIAA schools this year.

Northwest Missouri was picked just ahead of Washburn at 11th while Southwest Baptist was picked 13th and Lincoln was picked 14th.

Washburn will return four players who were previously all-MIAA selections. Senior pitcher Brett Ash sat out last year with an injury but was a second team selection in 2012 after going 7-4 with a 2.81 ERA. He led the NCAA with 10 complete games and he'll enter this year sixth with 17 career wins and eighth with 148 strikeouts.

Parker Gibson, Taylor Gentry and Taylor Herrington all earned honorable mention all-MIAA last year. Gibson started every game in center field as a freshman and batted .308 while leading the team with 19 stolen bases. Gentry led the pitching staff with three wins and a 4.20 ERA and Herrington hit .345 and led the nation with eight triples while playing second base.





2014 Washburn statistics -

Washburn is 10-12, 10-10 MIAA so far in the 2014 NCAA season.  Washburn has only played four games at home this season and is 2-2 on the year.  Washburn is 8-10 on the road this season. 

Player  avg gp-gs ab 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po fld% 
Gauntt,David  .338 22-22 71 20 24 12 37 .521 11 19 .442 1-1 135 25 .982 
Gragg,Corey  .321 18-7 28 .321 .441 1-1 17 19 .973 
Jones,Wes  .319 21-19 69 22 26 .377 .365 3-5 39 .976 
Carnahan,Kyle  .302 22-22 63 17 19 12 21 .333 11 12 .439 5-7 16 39 .887 
Jackson,Matt  .269 22-21 78 10 21 11 32 .410 14 .326 1-1 161 .983 
Herrington,Taylor  .250 21-18 56 10 14 22 .393 11 12 .373 3-3 20 28 .941 
Soicher,Payton  .250 11-9 32 11 .344 .306 0-0 .857 
Gibson,Parker  .241 22-22 79 13 19 10 28 .354 10 11 .322 11-13 35 1.000 
Price,Riley  .229 14-10 35 .229 .270 1-1 .000 
Johnson,Tanner  .194 11-11 31 14 .452 15 .324 0-0 16 20 10 .783 
Crimmins,Connor  .170 19-15 47 11 13 .277 11 .259 3-3 25 1.000 
Gardner,Cole  .167 13-11 30 .200 .306 1-1 14 28 .857 
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Kell,Dakota  .313 8-4 16 10 .625 .333 1-1 .000 
Valencia,Aric  .250 3-2 .250 .250 0-0 .909 
Bailey,Tyler  .200 7-0 .200 .333 0-0 1.000 
Turpin,Dylan  .167 4-2 .167 .286 0-0 1.000 
Stoothoff,John  .000 5-3 .000 .111 0-0 1.000 
Sorrentino,Pete  .000 1-0 .000 .000 0-0 .000 
Krane,Riley  .000 2-0 .000 .500 0-0 1.000 
Schmid,Eric  .000 5-5 .000 .000 0-0 .857 
Jones,Samuel  .000 7-0 .000 .000 0-0 1.000 
Biesma,Mark  .000 5-5 .000 .000 0-0 1.000 
Brady,Connor  .000 3-2 .000 .000 0-0 1.000 
Mason,Greg  .000 8-0 .000 .000 0-0 1.000 
Ridley,Drew  .000 5-0 .000 .000 0-0 1.000 
Dowling,Ryne  .000 2-0 .000 .000 0-0 1.000 
Hearnen,Sam  .000 1-0 .000 .000 0-0 1.000 
McKee,Kenny  .000 1-0 .000 .000 0-0 .000 
Otterstatter,Maustin .000 5-2 .000 .000 0-0 1.000 
Gentry,Taylor  .000 5-5 .000 .000 0-0 .833 
Ash,Brett  .000 3-3 .000 .000 0-0 1.000 
Laughlin,Alex  .000 3-0 .000 .000 0-0 1.000 
Green,AJ  .000 4-0 .000 .000 0-0 1.000 
Totals  .259 22-22 664 109 172 28 10 101 241 .363 79 19 139 11 .351 13 31-37 509 213 40 .948 
Opponents  .263 22-22 662 128 174 29 14 104 255 .385 79 35 135 .369 23 25-39 525 255 30 .963 


Player  era w-l app-gs cg sho sv ip er bb so 2b 3b hr ab b/avg wp hbp bk sfa sha 
Ash,Brett  1.08 1-1 3-3 0/0 16.2 19 59 .136 
Gentry,Taylor  2.51 2-1 5-5 0/1 28.2 22 11 28 104 .212 
Dowling,Ryne  3.00 0-0 2-0 0/0 3.0 10 .200 
Schmid,Eric  3.33 1-1 5-5 0/0 27.0 26 21 10 11 23 103 .252 
Otterstatter,Maustin 3.74 2-2 5-2 0/1 21.2 29 14 11 95 .305 
Biesma,Mark  4.55 1-3 5-5 0/0 31.2 30 20 16 29 116 .259 
Mason,Greg  5.59 1-0 8-0 0/0 9.2 13 10 44 .295 
Ridley,Drew  5.62 0-0 5-0 0/0 8.0 11 35 .314 
Jones,Samuel  6.14 2-0 7-0 0/0 7.1 14 11 36 .389 
Brady,Connor  11.37 0-0 3-2 0/0 6.1 19 .211 
Green,AJ  15.43 0-0 4-0 0/0 4.2 20 .350 
McKee,Kenny  18.00 0-1 1-0 0/0 2.0 .333 
Hearnen,Sam  18.00 0-1 1-0 0/0 1.0 .500 
Laughlin,Alex  27.00 0-2 3-0 0/0 2.0 10 .400 
Totals  4.77 10-12 22-22 1/1 169.2 174 128 90 79 135 29 14 662 .263 28 35 23 
Opponents  4.47 12-10 22-22 1/0 175.0 172 109 87 79 139 28 10 664 .259 15 19 13 


Washburn preview -

The Ichabods will return to Falley Field Friday to host just their second series this season when they begin a four-game tilt with Northwest Missouri. They will then return to the road to make up a game at Rockhurst, Wednesday, April 2 at 5 p.m.

The Ichabods dropped to 10-12 overall and 10-10 in the MIAA after losing three of four at Pittsburg State last weekend. They then had a game at Rockhurst postponed due to cold weather.

Ash returns from injury and climbs record charts after another strong start
Senior Brett Ash made his first start since the second week of the season Saturday at Pittsburg State and got a 4-1 win. He struck out nine in the complete game.

Ash moved to a tie for first with his 21st career complete game. Craig Hefner (1982-85) also threw 21 complete games at Washburn. Ash is now sixth with 18 career wins and his next win will move him into a four-way tie for third. His 167 strikeouts is tied for fourth in Washburn history. He will move to third with two more and to a tie for second with 21 more.

Ash is second in Washburn history in career innings pitched and career starts.

Carnahan reaches safely in first 20 games and 21 of all 22

Kyle Carnahan has had a turn on the base paths in all but one of Washburn 22 games this year. In fact, he reached safely in the first 20 games with at least a hit in 14 games and a walk or hit by pitch in the other six.

He's batting .302 with a .439 on-base percentage. He leads the team with six hit by pitches and he's tied for the lead with 11 walks.

Ichabods tough in the middle
Washburn is 5-0 in the second game of four-game MIAA series this year. The Ichabods are 3-2 in the third games to make them 8-2 in the middle two games of the series. They are 1-4 in openers and 1-4 in finales. Washburn has won two series, lost two and split one this year.

Northwest Missouri State University -

Your Bearcats are 15-10 this season with a conference record of 10-7.  The 'Cats are 4-3 in Maryville, 8-4 on the road, and 3-3 at neutral site games this season.

Player  avg gp-gs ab 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po fld% 
Pablo,Nikko  1.000 1-0 2.000 1.000 0-0 1.000 
Pomatto,Jon  .383 25-25 81 32 31 20 45 .556 18 10 .495 4-5 65 .972 
Johnson,Paul  .379 23-23 87 23 33 49 .563 .460 3-7 28 41 .908 
Ferreira,Zack  .375 25-25 88 16 33 15 40 .455 .439 0-2 33 .952 
Meyer,Derek  .333 8-8 21 10 .476 .423 1-1 34 1.000 
McGlauflin,Eric  .329 21-21 76 15 25 22 35 .461 10 11 .413 3-3 11 1.000 
Abernathy,Ryan  .326 25-25 95 26 31 21 42 .442 10 .411 5-7 55 .935 
Garber,Steven  .319 23-22 69 16 22 16 28 .406 14 15 .453 0-0 171 14 .995 
Huske,Brandon  .305 23-23 95 18 29 21 36 .379 11 .391 1-1 33 61 .949 
Hardegree,Blake  .286 19-17 49 10 14 14 20 .408 13 .379 1-1 95 .981 
Singleton,Alex  .286 7-2 .286 .375 0-0 1.000 
Wulff,Austin  .282 24-23 85 26 24 20 44 .518 16 .380 1-2 27 1.000 
Wilkinson,Luke  .250 7-1 1.000 .400 0-0 1.000 
Holler,James  .222 5-3 .222 .417 0-1 13 .875 
Fort,Garrett  .185 12-7 27 .259 .303 0-0 10 11 .913 
Douglas,Zachary  .000 4-0 .000 .000 0-0 1.000 
Totals  .326 25-25 800 198 261 55 14 175 370 .463 107 31 109 .420 11 24 19-30 577 228 29 .965 
Opponents  .296 25-25 764 140 226 42 13 125 313 .410 90 26 137 .385 22 24-27 584 266 40 .955 


Player  era w-l app-gs cg sho sv ip er bb so 2b 3b hr ab b/avg wp hbp bk sfa sha 
Bruch,Taylor  0.00 0-0 2-0 0/0 1.0 .000 
Brady,Patrick  0.00 0-0 1-0 0/0 1.0 .000 
Schmiedt,Brian  2.08 2-1 8-0 0/0 8.2 10 33 .303 
Smith,Tanner  3.12 0-0 7-0 0/0 8.2 30 .200 
Warren,Austin  3.96 1-2 5-5 0/0 25.0 30 17 11 14 101 .297 
Reutter,Blane  4.08 2-0 9-0 0/0 17.2 22 10 13 73 .301 
Fox, Ryker  4.83 4-2 8-7 0/0 41.0 40 24 22 22 32 156 .256 
Pearcy,Hondo  4.91 3-1 7-5 0/0 33.0 37 19 18 18 127 .291 
Trout,Andrew  5.14 1-0 6-1 0/0 7.0 25 .200 
Pomatto,Jon  6.75 0-1 3-0 0/0 2.2 .250 
Perry,Daulton  7.11 0-0 8-0 0/0 6.1 25 .280 
Singleton,Alex  9.00 0-0 1-0 0/0 1.0 .400 
Klocko,Kole  10.00 1-1 7-5 0/0 18.0 22 20 20 12 13 73 .301 
Henrichs,Rob  10.29 0-2 7-2 0/0 14.0 28 22 16 12 69 .406 
Pablo,Nikko  11.05 1-0 6-0 0/0 7.1 15 35 .429 
Totals  5.66 15-10 25-25 0/0 192.1 226 140 121 90 137 42 13 764 .296 15 26 22 
Opponents  7.49 10-15 25-25 1/1 194.2 261 198 162 107 109 55 14 800 .326 25 31 11 24 


Team by Team comparison -

                                             NWMSU      WU
Batting Average                    .326              .259
On-base %                           .420              .351
Slugging %                            .463              .363
Fielding %                             .965              .948
ERA                                      5.66              4.77

Go Cats!!
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