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Leathernecks take on St. Thomas

| By: WIU Athletic Communications
Jack Carberry

Western Illinois visits Tommies this weekend

Who | Western Illinois (4-33, 2-13) at St. Thomas (10-22, 4-8)
When | Friday, 3 p.m.; Saturday 1 p.m., Sunday 1 p.m.
Where | Koch Diamond, St. Paul, Minnesota
Watch | https://tommiesports.com/watch/?Live=229&type=Live
Live stats | https://tommiesports.com/sidearmstats/baseball/summary
Social media | https://twitter.com/WIUBaseball; https://www.facebook.com/WIUBaseball
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The Leathernecks continue their recent road stretch, heading north to the Twin Cities to take on St. Thomas this weekend in a three-game set, starting Friday.
The Tommies are 10-22 overall, 4-8 in the Summit League and most recently took two of three against Northern Colorado last weekend in St. Paul.
 
Headlines
The Leathernecks are coming off a loss at Iowa on Tuesday night… Nick Mitchell is fourth in the Summit League in batting average, hitting .331 while Kory Olsen is sixth in the league with a .313 average… Olsen and Mitchell are tied for fifth in the league with 42 hits apiece… Olsen and Dillon Sears are tied for third in the league, getting hit by eight pitches… Toby Allred is sixth in OBP, getting on base 43.2 percent of the time… Chandler Fochs is one of two Summit pitchers to toss a nine-ining complete game this season… Jace Warkentien is 10th in innings pitched, tossing 48.2 innings this spring… Warkentien is tied for ninth in strikeouts with 44.
 
About the Tommies
Charlie Bartholmew leads UST with a .305 batting average, 12th in the Summit… Bartholomew is tied for ninth in hits with 40… Kyle Halverson is tied for the league lead in home runs, belting 10… Halverson is sixth in slugging percentage, slugging .537… Evan Esch is eighth in the league with a 3.76 ERA… Graham Laubscher is fourth in innings pitched with 53.1.
 
Probable starters | WIU: Jace Warkentien, Chandler Fochs, Brian Raymond; St. Thomas: Graham Laubscher, Duke Coborn, Chris Chiriboga, Evan Esch or Kolby Gartner.
 
On Deck | The Leathernecks have a make-up game on Tuesday, heading to Peoria to take on Bradley at 6 p.m.
 
 
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