KIAC Baseball Games of the Week: IU Southeast at Rio Grande
KIAC Baseball Games of the Week: IU Southeast at Rio Grande
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RIO GRANDE, Ohio -- Two of the top teams in the conference standings meet for the KIAC Baseball Games of the Week when IU Southeast visits Rio Grande on Friday and Saturday for a four-game series. The teams will play a doubleheader each day at 1 p.m. ET.
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IU Southeast, 13-10 overall, enters the series in first place in the conference standings with a 7-1 KIAC record. Rio Grande enters the weekend 1.0 game back and in third place at 17-11 overall and 6-2 KIAC. WVU Tech (17-6, 9-3 KIAC) is in second place and plays out of conference this weekend.
Rio Grande has been strong at home with a 6-1 record at Bob Evans Field. The RedStorm opened up KIAC play with a split at Asbury and followed that up with a home sweep of Cincinnati Christian two weeks ago.
IU Southeast is coming off a home series win over WVU Tech last weekend. The Grenadiers won the first three games to win the series, 3-1. IU Southeast began KIAC play with a home sweep of Point Park, but they play their first conference road games at Rio Grande.
Rio Grande is second in the KIAC in hitting with a team batting average of .309. Kirk Yates leads the offense ranking third in the KIAC with a .419 average and second with 28 RBIs.
The RedStorm are second in the conference with a team ERA of 4.01. Freshman Zach Harvey comes in with a 1.47 ERA to ranks second in the KIAC.
IU Southeast pitching is second in the conference in opponent batting average at .273. The Grenadiers are also second in team fielding percentage at .961. Greg Laughlin leads the front end of the pitching staff with a 3.12 ERA, fourth in the KIAC.
Trent Simpson is the top hitter for the Grenadiers. He is fourth in the conference with a .413 average and also has three homers and 16 RBIs.
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