MIAA Baseball Week #10 Wrap-Up

MIAA Baseball Week #10 Wrap-Up

May 6 - MIAA Players of the Week



Last Week's Results

 
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Date Home Score Away Score Notes Status Links
Apr. 30 Olivet 1 Alma * 2 Final
  Olivet 3 Alma * 12 Final
May. 01 Adrian 3 Trine * 0 Rescheduled from April 28 and site switched to Adrian (7 inn. game) Final
May. 02 Alma 4 Olivet * 8 Rescheduled from 5/1 Final
  Alma 15 Olivet * 11 Rescheduled from 5/1 Final
May. 03 Adrian 5 Hope * 2 Final
  Calvin 2 Alma * 3 Final - 8 innings
  Albion 4 Trine * 3 Final - 7 innings
  Calvin 2 Alma * 1 Final - 11 innings
  Adrian 10 Hope * 6 Final
  Albion 6 Trine * 8 Final - 10 innings
May. 04 Hope 4 Adrian * 3 Final - 10 innings
  Alma 1 Calvin * 4 Final
  Olivet 0 Kalamazoo * 3 Final
  Hope 9 Adrian * 13 Final - 7 innings
  Alma 11 Calvin * 8 Final
  Olivet 4 Kalamazoo * 13 Final
May. 05 Kalamazoo 4 Olivet * 6 Final - 8 innings
  Trine 1 Albion * 3 Final
  Kalamazoo 11 Olivet * 4 Final
  Trine 4 Albion * 8 Final
* Conference

Next Week's Games

 
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Date Home Score Away Score Notes Status Links
May. 06 Ohio Northern 3 Albion 2 Final
May. 08 Adrian 7 Alma % 5 2019 MIAA Tournament--Game 1; Start time moved from 4 p.m. Final
  Hope 7 Albion % 5 MIAA Tournament, First Round; Site and start time has changed Final
May. 09 Adrian 5 Hope % 3 2019 MIAA Tournament--Game 3; Start time pushed back from Noon Final
  Albion 7 Alma % 8 2019 MIAA Tournament--Game 4; Start time pushed back from 3p Final
May. 10 Alma 0 Hope % 6 MIAA Tournament--Game 5 Final
  Adrian 2 Hope % 0 MIAA Tournament Championship--Game 6 Final
% Post season

Around the MIAA 

#10 Adrian (32-7, 24-4)

Adrian captured its 11th-straight MIAA baseball championship, extending a conference record, with a 5-2 win over visiting Hope as part of a twinbill sweep of the Flying Dutchmen…the Bulldogs will host the conference tournament for the seventh time in the event’s eight-year history…Adrian is nationally-ranked No. 10 by D3baseball.com/National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and No. 14 by American Baseball Coaches Association/Collegiate Baseball Newspaper…senior third baseman Dugan Darnell, the reigning mIAA Player of the Week, also makes his debut on the current D3baseball.com National Team of the Week…the Bulldogs, who enter the postseason 32-7, have tied a school record for regular-season victories…Adrian sweeps the major individual awards (Junior Gunner Rainey, Position Player and Max Denny, Pitcher) for the fourth time in a row and ninth overall since 2006…Rainey leads the MIAA with a career-best .442 batting average and is second with 46 runs batted in…Denny is 9-0 with a conference-best 1.44 earned-run average, becoming the second AC freshman in history to win his first nine decisions…Thomas Miller, a first-team All-MIAA shortstop in his first season at Adrian, tops the conference with 47 RBI and is batting .406 for second place....17-2 home record in 2019.


Albion (22-18, 17-11)

Albion swept the Sunday doubleheader at Trine for its 21st and 22nd victories of the season, the most for the team since 2007…Albion’s third place finish in the MIAA is also the best since 2007…CF Riley Stesiak hit .500 (7-for-14) with five runs scored in the four-game series against Trine. All seven hits went for extra bases (five doubles, a triple and homerun) for a 1.214 slugging percentage. He also drew three walks for a .588 on base percentage…C Justin Charron hit .429 (6-for-14) with four doubles, three RBI, and two runs scored in the series…2B Kellan Huang produced two RBI in the series, giving him 40 for the season (tying him for third-most in a season at Albion)…RHP Mitch Shedlowsky improved to 6-1 against MIAA rivals on the mound when he notched the game one victory last Friday.


Alma (18-22, 14-14)

The baseball team earned the four seed in the MIAA postseason with a win in game two of a doubleheader against Calvin College on Saturday (May 4). The Scots finished the regular season with the best winning percentage at home of the last decade. Juniors Pete Carravallah (Canton, Mich. / Plymouth) and Max Trucks (Mt. Pleasant, Mich. / Mt. Pleasant) each had four hits on the day with Trucks going 4-for-5 with two runs and two RBI in game two. Sophomore Carson Kempa (North Branch, Mich. / North Branch) earned his third win of the season on the mound for Alma. Alma will face the top-seeded Adrian Bulldogs in the first round of the playoffs.


Calvin (17-22, 12-16)

Calvin closed out its season last weekend by splitting a four-game conference series with Alma. The Knights dropped a 3-2 decision in the series opener on Friday and then came back to win game two 2-1 on a base-hit by Nick Vogel in the bottom of the 11th inning. On Saturday, Calvin took the opener 4-1 behind a strong starting pitching performance from Clay Fancisco and stellar defense from senior centerfielder Beau Redfield. The Knights fell in the series finale 11-8. Freshman Ryan Petersen led Calvin at the plate in the series, going 9-17 with four doubles.


RV Hope (29-9, 19-9)

The Hope College baseball team will be the No. 2 seed in the MIAA Baseball Tournament.


Kalamazoo (15-22, 13-15)

The Hornets wrapped up their season by winning three of four games against Olivet over the weekend. Kalamazoo finished the season with four batters hitting over the .300 mark. Chase Coselman led the team with a .362 average and had a team-high two home runs. Seniors Alex Fultz and Jordan Wiley were both over .300 and hit at the top of the line up all season. Wiley led Kalamazoo in stolen bases for the fourth straight season. Freshman Noah Hecht was the fourth and final player and led the team in doubles with eight. Freshman Jack Brockhaus led Kalamazoo on the mound with a 3-2 record and team best 2.59 ERA which was third lowest in the MIAA.


Olivet (7-33, 5-23)

The Olivet College baseball team ended its season with a 1-3 record against Kalamazoo College. The Comets' lone win in the series was a 6-4 eight-inning victory in game three. After blowing the save in the seventh inning, junior Matt Rehfeldt recorded the three outs in the eighth to earn the win. A wild pitch scored Matt Hewitt with what proved to be the game-winning run.


Trine (15-25, 8-20)

Finished the week 1-3 in final four-game series of the season...Jacob Heller led the team in hits with five (five-of-16 overall), including two doubles and Joe Fiorucci led the team in batting average at .444 (four-of-nine)...Kyle Robinson pitched a team-high six innings and posted a 3.00 ERA with three strikeouts...Caleb Deiter got the lone win on the mound after pitching 2.2 innings with two "K's" and a 3.38 ERA.


 

2019 MIAA Baseball Standings


  Conference Overall
GP Record Win % RF RA GP Record Win % RF RA Last 10 Streak
Adrian 28 24-4 0.857 250 91   46 37-9 0.804 391 179 7-3 Lost 1
Hope 28 19-9 0.679 232 176   42 31-11 0.738 334 220 4-6 Lost 1
Albion 28 17-11 0.607 180 136   42 22-20 0.524 268 206 4-6 Lost 3
Alma 28 14-14 0.500 173 170   43 19-24 0.442 253 244 5-5 Lost 1
Kalamazoo 28 13-15 0.464 145 156   37 15-22 0.405 189 227 7-3 Won 1
Calvin 28 12-16 0.429 136 192   39 17-22 0.436 199 257 6-4 Lost 1
Trine 28 8-20 0.286 114 173   40 15-25 0.375 197 257 2-8 Lost 2
Olivet 28 5-23 0.179 93 229   40 7-33 0.175 168 322 3-7 Lost 1