Baseball Preview Notes: Pioneers Take on Notre Dame College in Non-Conference Doubleheader

Brenden Wells raised his average to .317 after a 5-for-9 day at the plate on Saturday.

The Malone University baseball team will play its first home games at Massillon Jackson High School on Wednesday, March 30th when they welcome Notre Dame College (OH) for a non-conference doubleheader starting at 11:30 am. All Pioneer home games will be played at the Jackson High School baseball field for the remainder of the season.

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Rosters: Malone | Notre Dame
Records: Malone (9-9) | Notre Dame (11-11)
Statistics: Malone | Notre Dame
All Time Record: Malone is 27-10 all time against Notre Dame. The two schools were former members of the NAIA American Mideast Conference.

Malone Notes:

The Pioneers come into Wednesday's matchups winners of three of their last four including a doubleheader sweep of Lake Erie on Saturday in which they totaled 28 runs and 32 hits in the two games
Reigning GLIAC South Player of the Week Keanan Locke (.461, 2HR, 15 RBI, 8 SB) leads a Malone lineup that ranks 10th in the nation in team batting average (.341)
Shortstop Richie Mast is hitting .397 in the number two spot in the order while Jon Crank (.323) ranks third in the GLIAC with 6 homeruns and 22 RBI
Catcher Matt Davis (2 HR, 13 RBI) ranks 7th in the league with a .426 average
Brenden Wells is the fifth Malone regular batting over .300 on the year...a 5-for-9 day at the plate last Saturday raised his average to .317
Second baseman Austin Pachan is hitting .500 (11-22) over his last seven games

Notre Dame Notes:

The Falcons lineup features four players hitting .300 or better
Rightfielder Ross Barker leads the squad with a .364 average while third baseman is hitting .338...catcher Julio Rosales is batting .333 and has a team-high 16 RBI
First baseman Keifer Quick (.302) has a team-high two homeruns...leadoff man Danny Beaver is 9-of-10 in stolen base attempts
The Notre Dame pitching staff features a number of quality arms including Josh Armbruster (3-2, 3.69 ERA), Austin Tanfield (2-1, 2.39 ERA), and Matt Seekins who boasts a 1.13 ERA in 16 relief innings pitched
The Falcons are led by Head Coach Len Barker...Barker tossed the 10th perfect game in Major League Baseball history and was a American League All-Star pitcher for the Cleveland Indians in 1981

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Players Mentioned

#20 Jon Crank: 3B; 5' 11"; Senior; S-R

#13 Matt Davis: C; 6' 4"; Senior; R-R

#27 Keanan Locke: OF; 5' 11"; Junior; R-R

#11 Richie Mast: SS; 5' 7"; Senior; R-R

#5 Austin Pachan: 2B/OF; 5' 10"; Senior; R-R

#22 Brenden Wells: OF; 5' 8"; Junior; R-R

Players Mentioned

#20 Jon Crank
: 5' 11"; Senior; S-R
: 3B

#13 Matt Davis
: 6' 4"; Senior; R-R
: C

#27 Keanan Locke
: 5' 11"; Junior; R-R
: OF

#11 Richie Mast
: 5' 7"; Senior; R-R
: SS

#5 Austin Pachan
: 5' 10"; Senior; R-R
: 2B/OF

#22 Brenden Wells
: 5' 8"; Junior; R-R
: OF