THIS WEEK IN THE HORIZON LEAGUE
Tuesday, April 28
Bradley at Valparaiso, 4 p.m.
Northern Illinois at Milwaukee, 4 p.m.
Ohio at Cleveland State, 6 p.m.
UIC at Notre Dame, 6:05 p.m.
Urbana at Wright State, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 29
Marshall at Youngstown State, 3 p.m.
Milwaukee at Northwestern, 4 p.m.
Valparaiso at Northern Illinois, 4 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Cleveland State, 6 p.m.
Friday, May 1
$ Youngstown State at Valparaiso, 4 p.m.
$ Milwaukee at Cleveland State, 6 p.m.
$ Wright State at UIC, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday, May 2
$ Milwaukee at Cleveland State (DH), 12 p.m.
$ Youngstown State at Valparaiso (DH), 1 p.m.
$ Wright State at UIC (DH), 1:05 p.m.
$ = Horizon League game
All times Eastern (ET)
LAST WEEK IN THE HORIZON LEAGUE
Monday, April 20
Slippery Rock at Youngstown State (cancelled)
Tuesday, April 21
Chicago State at Milwaukee (DH - cancelled)
Northern Illinois at UIC (cancelled)
& Purdue at Valparaiso (cancelled)
Toledo at Cleveland State (cancelled)
Wednesday, April 22
Eastern Michigan 16, Cleveland State 5
#25 Kent State 12-6, Youngstown St. 0-3 (7 inn. / 7 inn.)
Purdue 18, Butler 4
St. Norbert at Milwaukee (cancelled)
Thursday, April 23
Cleveland State 7, Niagara 3
Milwaukee 7, Cardinal Stritch 3
Friday, April 24
$ Wright State 7-13, UIC 3-12
Saturday, April 25
$ Cleveland State 10-6, Butler 5-12
$ UIC 14, Valparaiso 12 (G2 - postponed)
$ Youngstown State at Milwaukee (DH - postponed)
Sunday, April 26
$ Butler 4-5, Youngstown State 1-6 (G2 - 10 inn.)
$ Wright State 16-1, Valparaiso 1-2
$ Cleveland State at Milwaukee (DH - postponed)
$ = Horizon League game
& = at U.S. Steel Yard in Gary, Ind.
HORIZON LEAGUE TEAM NOTES
BUTLER BULLDOGS (9-32 overall, 5-14 HL)
Sophomore Michael Letzter paced Butler with a .529 batting average and .706 slugging percentage last week.Sophomore Grant Fillipitch belted his team-leading fifth homer of the year on Sunday against Youngstown State, helping the Bulldogs to a 4-1 win over the Penguins.Freshman Mike Hernandez has recorded a team-high 44 strikeouts while allowing just 10 walks in 50.1 innings. His 4.4-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio is tops on the team.The Butler offense has drawn a Horizon League-best 156 walks, while the pitching staff owns a League-best 257 strikeouts.
CLEVELAND STATE VIKINGS (14-22 overall, 6-8 HL)
Junior Ryan Franks hit .476 (10-for-21) with a double, homer, five runs and five RBI in four games last week. He has hit safely in a career-best five straight games, and leads the team with a .441 batting average.Freshman Alex Johnson has hit five triples this season, tying him for second on the school's single-season chart.CSU's Sunday twinbill at Milwaukee was rained out. The Vikings are scheduled to host the Panthers for three games this weekend at The Pipe Yard.
MILWAUKEE PANTHERS (16-19 overall, 8-4 HL)
Milwaukee lost seven of its eight games last week to weather.The Panthers improved to 9-1 at home with a 7-3 win over NAIA foe Cardinal Stritch on Thursday.Junior Tim Patzman whacked his League-leading eighth homer against Cardinal Stritch.
UIC FLAMES (17-19 overall, 11-4 HL)
UIC has collected 26 runs on 35 hits in its last two games after registering just 15 runs on 33 base knocks during its previous four contests.Senior Jake Carr hit .500 (7-for-14) with one double and four RBI in three games last week.Junior Chris Rutta is hitting .326 (14-for-43) in 16 games after coming back from leg injuries. The outfielder has also recorded three homers, 18 RBI and a team-leading .605 slugging percentage. His five-RBI performance on Friday against Wright State was his second game with at least five runs driven in this season.
VALPARAISO CRUSADERS (19-19 overall, 7-8 HL)
Freshman Steven Scoby enters the week with a nine-game hitting streak.Senior Matt Lenski leads the Horizon League in hitting by 59 points (.427) after going 5-for-12 last week.Sophomore Jarad Miller moved into second place on Valparaiso's single-season saves chart (10) last week.
WRIGHT STATE RAIDERS (21-22 overall, 9-7 HL)
Freshman Michael Schum picked up his ninth and 10th saves of the season on Friday against UIC. Schum now ranks sixth on Wright State's single-season list and is tied for sixth on the career saves chart. The right-hander has saved six of WSU's nine League wins this season.Senior Jeff Mercer moved into Wright State's career top 10 for doubles and, in the process, became the fourth WSU player to post back-to-back seasons with 20+ doubles. With at least 13 games left in 2009, Mercer needs only seven more doubles to take the top spot for a single season.
YOUNGSTOWN STATE PENGUINS (11-27 overall, 8-9 HL)
Youngstown State split Sunday's doubleheader at Butler and took four of five games from the Bulldogs this season. The Penguins out-hit the Bulldogs .331 to .213 in the five games and outscored them 33-16.For the first time in two years, junior Aaron Swenson suffered a loss against a Horizon League foe other than UIC. Swenson suffered a 4-1 setback to Butler on Sunday in a complete-game effort. He is 3-2 with a 3.86 ERA and 44 strikeouts in 46.2 Horizon League innings this year.Sophomore Phil Klein did not figure in the decision on Sunday in YSU's 6-5 win at Butler, but the Penguins have won the past four games that he's started.Sophomore John Koehnlein had four hits last week to bring his career total to 220. That moved him into sixth place on YSU's all-time hit list. He needs 14 more to surpass Josh Page (2005-08) and move into fifth.
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