Northwestern University Athletics
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San Jose State
Wildcats to Welcome San José State for Three Games
3/28/2019 12:03:00 PM | Baseball
| NORTHWESTERN BASEBALL: GAME-DAY INFO | ||||||
| DATE | OPPONENT | TIME | LOCATION | ONLINE STREAM | RADIO STREAM | LIVE STATS |
| Friday, March 29 | San José State | 12:30 p.m. | Miller Park | BTN Plus on BTN2Go | WNUR | NUsports |
| Saturday, March 30 | San José State | 2 p.m. | Miller Park | BTN Plus on BTN2Go | WNUR | NUsports |
| Sunday, March 31 | San José State | 12 p.m. | Miller Park | BTN Plus on BTN2Go | WNUR | NUsports |
| Social: Twitter (@NUCatsBaseball) | Instagram (nucatsbaseball) | Facebook Game Notes: Northwestern | San José State |
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EVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern is set to host its first non-conference series of the season as the Wildcats welcome San José State for a three-game set on March 29-31.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to weather concerns, Friday's contest has been moved up to 12:30 p.m. CT.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Friday, March 29
San José State: LHP Andrew Mitchel (1-3, 4.36 ERA)
Northwestern: LHP Quinn Lavelle (1-3, 4.75 ERA)
Saturday, March 30
San José State: TBD
Northwestern: RHP Hank Christie (1-2, 6.11 ERA)
Sunday, March 31
San José State: TBD
Northwestern: TBD
News and notes...
THERE'S A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING: Northwestern is set to play their first-ever series against San José State this weekend ... The Wildcats are 2-2 at home this season.
DOING SOME RECON: San José State is tops in the Mountain West with their 8-4 conference record ... The Spartans have twice scored 20 runs in a game this season, at Santa Clara and at New Mexico ... Kellen Strahm has been one of the most effective batters in the Mountain West, with a Conference-best .426 batting average, in addition to 19 RBI ... The .426 batting average is in the top-15 in the nation ... He has also stolen 12 bags, second-most in the conference ... As a team, SJSU has a 4.84 earned run average.
THE BROTHERS ARE GETTING IT DUNN: Redshirt first-year David Dunn and senior Jack Dunn are fourth and fifth in the Big Ten in batting average, respectively ... David is hitting .367, while Jack is hitting .351 ... NU and Michigan are the only teams to have multiple players in the top-five in batting average.
SUCCESS ON THE BUMP: Sophomore southpaw Quinn Lavelle has made six starts, four of which have been quality starts ... Eight of his 16 total earned runs allowed this season came in one start at Kent State ... Not counting that effort, he would have a 2.37 ERA ... In four out of his six starts, he has allowed one or fewer runs ... He has allowed only one home run in 30.1 innings pitched and has induced a team-best four double plays.
NOT DUNN YET: Senior infielder Jack Dunn has started every game since coming to Evanston, a 180-game streak ... He has reached base in 42 of his last 43 games ... He has a six-game hitting streak ... He has a hit in 17 of 20 games this season ... His .473 on-base percentage is second-best in the Big Ten.
MR. 305: In the career of junior infielder Alex Erro, he has only struck out 52 times in 511 at-bats (10.2 percent) ... He has a career on-base percentage of .344.
HANK THE TANK: Junior starter Hank Christie has been the most effective Wildcat this season at putting the ball in the zone ... Of the 468 pitches he has thrown this season, 307 have been called for strikes (65.6 percent).
ROAD WARRIORS: NU played 15 of their first 16 games on the road.
SPEED DEMONS: NU has swiped 33 bags, the most in the Big Ten ... Four Wildcats have stolen five or more bases ... Jack Dunn and Ben Dickey are both tied for the team lead with seven stolen bases.
THIS AND THAT: The Wildcats have hit six triples, tied for the second-most in the Big Ten ... Northwestern's .973 fielding percentage (20 E/730 TC) is second-best in the Conference.
LATE AND CLOSE: Redshirt first-year David Dunn has five plate appearances in clutch settings this season (seventh inning or later, within one run), and has reached base four times in those scenarios, including three-straight times reaching base.
WHAT A REVELATION: Junior righty Nick Paciorek, after converting from a catcher, has been a tremendous contributor for the Wildcats ... He has three saves in nine appearances, totaling 10.1 IP ... He has a 34.7 percent strikeout rate, the best mark on the squad ... He has been hot as of late, as 17 of his last 31 outs have been recorded via the punchout ... Opposing batters are hitting .171 against Paciorek.
WHEN IT MATTERS MOST: Senior infielder Jack Dunn is hitting a team-best .545 (12-for-22) with runners in scoring position ... His .450 clip (9-for-20) with two outs is the best mark for the Wildcats this season ... His brother David's .448 (13-for-29) mark is the second-best. ... Jack's eight two-out RBI are tied for the most on the squad.
POP TIME: Rookie backstop Michael Trautwein has been effective behind the plate, as he has a 46.7 caught stealing percentage this season ... Trautwein retired all four would-be base stealers in the Purdue series ... Five of NU's seven wins have come with Trautwein behind the plate.
THIS ONLY INTERESTS ME: In 74 at-bats (third-most on the team), Jack Dunn has only struck out looking once.
PATIENT AT THE PLATE: Seven Wildcats — Jack Anderson, Willie Bourbon, Anthony Calarco, Jack Dunn, Alex Erro, Jack Kelly, and Charlie Maxwell — average seeing 4.0-plus pitchers per plate appearance ... Calarco's average of 4.7 pitches per plate appearance led all 'Cats.
