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North Dakota State Takes On Minnesota Tuesday at Newman Outdoor Field
4/10/2017 5:30:00 PM | Baseball
North Dakota State vs. Minnesota
Tuesday, April 11 | 6:30 p.m.
Fargo, N.D. (Newman Outdoor Field)
Radio: Bison 1660 AM, 92.7 FM, Bison1660.com, Bison 1660 app
Live Stats | Live Video | Live Audio
NDSU Game Notes (PDF)
NDSU baseball on Twitter: @NDSUbaseball
SCENE SETTER: The North Dakota State University baseball team is scheduled to host the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at Newman Outdoor Field.
MEDIA COVERAGE: Tuesday's game will air live on Bison 1660 AM, 92.7 FM, Bison1660.com and the Bison 1660 app. Jeff Culhane will call the action with Keith Brake providing color commentary. A pay-per-view video webcast and free live stats will also be available for the contest at GoBison.com.
SERIES RECORD: Tuesday's contest against the Golden Gophers will be the 38th meeting in the all-time series that dates back to 1964, and the third meeting this season. Minnesota leads the overall series, 27-10. NDSU is 1-1 against Minnesota this season. The Bison beat the Golden Gophers at U.S. Bank Stadium Feb. 28, 3-1, before losing, 7-1, at Siebert Field April 4.
BISON NOTES: North Dakota State enters the week at 14-17 overall and 6-6 in Summit League action after winning two of three games against South Dakota State April 7-9 ... The Bison have won their last three Summit League series ... Through 31 contests, junior infielder Mason Pierzchalski is hitting .305 with 36 hits, 19 runs scored, eight doubles, two triples, one home run, 15 RBIs, and nine walks, while junior outfielder Logan Busch is hitting .278 with 27 hits, 16 runs scored, seven doubles, two triples, three homers, 21 RBIs and 22 walks to lead NDSU at the plate ... On the mound, North Dakota State is led by senior RHPs Luke Lind (5.05 ERA, 3-3, 1 CG, 1 SHO, 46.1 IP, 41 H, 27 R, 26 ER, 9 BB, 47 SO) and Reed Pfannenstein (4.53 ERA, 3-4, 43.2 IP, 57 H, 26 R, 22 ER, 8 BB, 32 SO), redshirt junior closer Kevin Folman (2.35 ERA, 2-0, 5 SV, 15.1 IP, 11 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 10 SO), and sophomore RHP Jordan Harms (3.78 ERA, 1-5, 33.1 IP, 28 H, 19 R, 14 ER, 15 BB, 28 SO) ... Lind leads The Summit League with 47 strikeouts while Folman is tied for the league lead with five saves ... NDSU has a .227 team batting average, .970 team fielding percentage and 4.41 team ERA.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT: The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers enter the week at 19-8 overall and 6-0 in Big Ten Conference play ... Minnesota was scheduled to play Rutgers in a three-game series April 7-9 in Minneapolis, but due to travel difficulties for the Scarlet Knights, the series was canceled ... Minnesota's last game was its 7-1 win over the Bison April 4 ... Through 27 games, junior Luke Pettersen is hitting .376 with 35 hits, 11 runs scored, one double and 13 RBIs, and redshirt senior outfielder Jordan Smith is hitting .316 with 30 hits, 17 runs scored, seven doubles, two triples, four home runs, 17 RBIs, 16 walks and three stolen bases, leading Minnesota in the batter's box ... On the mound, the Golden Gophers are paced by junior LHP Lucas Gilbreath (2.78 ERA, 3-0, 35.2 IP, 24 H, 16 R, 11 ER, 19 BB, 42 SO) and senior closer Brian Glowicki (0.52 ERA, 11 SV, 17.1 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 19 SO) ... Minnesota has a .282 team batting average, .981 team fielding percentage and 3.87 team ERA ... The Golden Gophers are under the direction of 36th season head coach John Anderson.
NDSU PITCHING COMING OFF BANNER WEEKEND: The North Dakota State pitching staff posted an impressive 1.00 ERA in its three-game series against South Dakota State April 7-9. NDSU pitchers Parker Harm, Reed Pfannenstein, Luke Lind, Jordan Harms, Chris Choles and Kevin Folman only allowed a combined three earned runs on 12 hits with 22 strikeouts and seven walks, and held opposing batters to a .138 batting average.
PITCHING SUPERLATIVES: North Dakota State right-handed starting pitchers Luke Lind and Reed Pfannenstein both matched their career-highs with eight strikeouts against South Dakota State April 7-8. Lind tossed seven innings and allowed just one earned run on one hit with two walks and eight strikeouts in NDSU's 4-1 win over the Jackrabbits April 7 before Pfannenstein went 7 2/3 innings and gave up one earned run on five hits with eight strikeouts and no walks in NDSU's 4-1 victory against the Jacks April 8.
HARMS SHUTTING DOWN OPPONENTS: In his last three starts, RHP Jordan Harms have allowed just two earned runs on nine hits with 14 strikeouts and seven walks in 18 innings of work. At Western Illinois March 26, he tossed six scoreless innings before allowing only one run in seven innings at Omaha April 2 and an earned run in five innings against South Dakota State April 9.
WALK THIS WAY: In the latest Summit League statistics, the Bison have three players ranked in the top 10 in walks. Logan Busch is third in the league with 22 free passes, while Ben Petersen and Drew Fearing are tied for ninth with 16 walks. As a team, North Dakota State leads The Summit League with 129 walks.
TAKE YOUR BASE: Three Bison rank in the top 10 in The Summit League in hit batters. Drew Fearing has been hit a league-high 10 times, while Danny Palmiscno has been hit seven times, tying him for fourth, and JT Core has been hit five times, tying him for 10th. Fearing ranks 27th in hit by pitch in the most recent NCAA Division I national statistics. The Bison have been hit a league-high 38 times through 31 games.
TURNING TWO: North Dakota State is tied with Fort Wayne for second in The Summit League in double plays turned with 25 through 31 games. Western Illinois leads the league with 27.
NORTH DAKOTA STATE WELCOMES 14 NEWCOMERS IN 2017: Fourteen newcomers, including eight position players and six pitchers, join the Bison for the 2017 season. Position players include infielders Bennett Hostetler (Bozeman, Mont.), Charley Hesse (Mendota Heights, Minn.) and Tucker Rohde (Scottsdale, Ariz.); outfielder Carter Thompson (Fargo, N.D.); catchers Nick Emanuel (Esko, Minn.), Jake Malec (Proctor, Minn.) and Calvin Kalthoff (Cold Spring, Minn.); and infielder/outfielder Axel Twenge (Minnetonka, Minn.). ... Pitchers include left-hander Mitch O'Connor (Bloomington, Minn.), and right-handers Ryan Olson (Halstad, Minn.), Riley Johnson (Apple Valley, Minn.), Devin Foster (Broomfield, Colo.), Austin Truso (Prior Lake, Minn.) and Kyle Ferderer (Savage, Minn.).
DITCH AND KEEFER JOIN NDSU COACHING STAFF: In addition to 14 new student-athletes, the Bison also have two new coaches for 2017. Jeff Ditch, who has coached college baseball for over 24 years, is the new hitting coach for North Dakota State, while former Bison left-handed pitcher Trent Keefer is a volunteer assistant coach. Ditch joined the Bison after serving as head coach for 11 seasons at Indiana University-Pennsylvania, where he was the all-time winningest coach in program history, recording 253 wins. He also spent time at West Virginia, Cincinnati and Penn State as an assistant.
SUMMIT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Mason Pierzchalski (Feb. 19), Ben Petersen (March 6) and Luke Lind (March 13) have received Summit League Player of the Week honors this season.
BISON 1660 TO BROADCAST MINIMUM OF 24 NDSU BASEBALL GAMES IN 2017: A minimum of 24 North Dakota State University baseball games will air live on Bison 1660 AM during the 2017 season, NDSU athletics and Radio FM Media announced Monday, Feb. 20. Bison 1660 will broadcast 24 regular season contests and all postseason games over the air, online at Bison1660.com, and on the Bison 1660 app. The "Voice of the Bison" Jeff Culhane will call the action, with Bison 1660 on-air personality Keith Brake providing color commentary. All broadcasts will feature a 30-minute pregame show. For a complete broadcast schedule, please visit www.GoBison.com.
SEVEN CONSECUTIVE 20-WIN SEASONS: North Dakota State has reached the 20-win mark seven straight seasons. The Bison have qualified for five Summit League tournaments, winning the tournament championship in 2014 and reaching the championship game in three of the last five seasons. This is NDSU's 10th season in The Summit League after three seasons as a Division I independent.
PRESEASON PICKS: The North Dakota State University baseball team was picked to finish third in The Summit League Baseball Preseason Coaches' Poll released on Thursday, Feb. 9, by the league office. The Bison tallied 17 points in the poll, which was voted on by the league's six head coaches. Defending Summit League regular season and tournament champion Oral Roberts was picked first and tallied 25 points with five first-place votes, while South Dakota State was second with 18 points and received the final first-place vote. NDSU was third, followed by Omaha (13 points), Western Illinois (nine points) and Fort Wayne (eight points).
THE COACH: Tod Brown (Arizona, 1994) enters his 10th season as the head coach for the Bison and has a 229-266 record at NDSU. Brown previously was the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for eight seasons at Bowling Green, where he was part of two division titles and a regular-season title in the Mid-American Conference. Brown began his collegiate coaching career in 1999 as a volunteer assistant at Arizona. He was a left-handed pitcher for the Wildcats under Hall of Fame coach Jerry Kindall and a member of the 1992 Pac-10 champs.
THE TOD BROWN FILE:
Tuesday, April 11 | 6:30 p.m.
Fargo, N.D. (Newman Outdoor Field)
Radio: Bison 1660 AM, 92.7 FM, Bison1660.com, Bison 1660 app
Live Stats | Live Video | Live Audio
NDSU Game Notes (PDF)
NDSU baseball on Twitter: @NDSUbaseball
SCENE SETTER: The North Dakota State University baseball team is scheduled to host the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at Newman Outdoor Field.
MEDIA COVERAGE: Tuesday's game will air live on Bison 1660 AM, 92.7 FM, Bison1660.com and the Bison 1660 app. Jeff Culhane will call the action with Keith Brake providing color commentary. A pay-per-view video webcast and free live stats will also be available for the contest at GoBison.com.
SERIES RECORD: Tuesday's contest against the Golden Gophers will be the 38th meeting in the all-time series that dates back to 1964, and the third meeting this season. Minnesota leads the overall series, 27-10. NDSU is 1-1 against Minnesota this season. The Bison beat the Golden Gophers at U.S. Bank Stadium Feb. 28, 3-1, before losing, 7-1, at Siebert Field April 4.
BISON NOTES: North Dakota State enters the week at 14-17 overall and 6-6 in Summit League action after winning two of three games against South Dakota State April 7-9 ... The Bison have won their last three Summit League series ... Through 31 contests, junior infielder Mason Pierzchalski is hitting .305 with 36 hits, 19 runs scored, eight doubles, two triples, one home run, 15 RBIs, and nine walks, while junior outfielder Logan Busch is hitting .278 with 27 hits, 16 runs scored, seven doubles, two triples, three homers, 21 RBIs and 22 walks to lead NDSU at the plate ... On the mound, North Dakota State is led by senior RHPs Luke Lind (5.05 ERA, 3-3, 1 CG, 1 SHO, 46.1 IP, 41 H, 27 R, 26 ER, 9 BB, 47 SO) and Reed Pfannenstein (4.53 ERA, 3-4, 43.2 IP, 57 H, 26 R, 22 ER, 8 BB, 32 SO), redshirt junior closer Kevin Folman (2.35 ERA, 2-0, 5 SV, 15.1 IP, 11 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 10 SO), and sophomore RHP Jordan Harms (3.78 ERA, 1-5, 33.1 IP, 28 H, 19 R, 14 ER, 15 BB, 28 SO) ... Lind leads The Summit League with 47 strikeouts while Folman is tied for the league lead with five saves ... NDSU has a .227 team batting average, .970 team fielding percentage and 4.41 team ERA.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT: The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers enter the week at 19-8 overall and 6-0 in Big Ten Conference play ... Minnesota was scheduled to play Rutgers in a three-game series April 7-9 in Minneapolis, but due to travel difficulties for the Scarlet Knights, the series was canceled ... Minnesota's last game was its 7-1 win over the Bison April 4 ... Through 27 games, junior Luke Pettersen is hitting .376 with 35 hits, 11 runs scored, one double and 13 RBIs, and redshirt senior outfielder Jordan Smith is hitting .316 with 30 hits, 17 runs scored, seven doubles, two triples, four home runs, 17 RBIs, 16 walks and three stolen bases, leading Minnesota in the batter's box ... On the mound, the Golden Gophers are paced by junior LHP Lucas Gilbreath (2.78 ERA, 3-0, 35.2 IP, 24 H, 16 R, 11 ER, 19 BB, 42 SO) and senior closer Brian Glowicki (0.52 ERA, 11 SV, 17.1 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 19 SO) ... Minnesota has a .282 team batting average, .981 team fielding percentage and 3.87 team ERA ... The Golden Gophers are under the direction of 36th season head coach John Anderson.
NDSU PITCHING COMING OFF BANNER WEEKEND: The North Dakota State pitching staff posted an impressive 1.00 ERA in its three-game series against South Dakota State April 7-9. NDSU pitchers Parker Harm, Reed Pfannenstein, Luke Lind, Jordan Harms, Chris Choles and Kevin Folman only allowed a combined three earned runs on 12 hits with 22 strikeouts and seven walks, and held opposing batters to a .138 batting average.
PITCHING SUPERLATIVES: North Dakota State right-handed starting pitchers Luke Lind and Reed Pfannenstein both matched their career-highs with eight strikeouts against South Dakota State April 7-8. Lind tossed seven innings and allowed just one earned run on one hit with two walks and eight strikeouts in NDSU's 4-1 win over the Jackrabbits April 7 before Pfannenstein went 7 2/3 innings and gave up one earned run on five hits with eight strikeouts and no walks in NDSU's 4-1 victory against the Jacks April 8.
HARMS SHUTTING DOWN OPPONENTS: In his last three starts, RHP Jordan Harms have allowed just two earned runs on nine hits with 14 strikeouts and seven walks in 18 innings of work. At Western Illinois March 26, he tossed six scoreless innings before allowing only one run in seven innings at Omaha April 2 and an earned run in five innings against South Dakota State April 9.
WALK THIS WAY: In the latest Summit League statistics, the Bison have three players ranked in the top 10 in walks. Logan Busch is third in the league with 22 free passes, while Ben Petersen and Drew Fearing are tied for ninth with 16 walks. As a team, North Dakota State leads The Summit League with 129 walks.
TAKE YOUR BASE: Three Bison rank in the top 10 in The Summit League in hit batters. Drew Fearing has been hit a league-high 10 times, while Danny Palmiscno has been hit seven times, tying him for fourth, and JT Core has been hit five times, tying him for 10th. Fearing ranks 27th in hit by pitch in the most recent NCAA Division I national statistics. The Bison have been hit a league-high 38 times through 31 games.
TURNING TWO: North Dakota State is tied with Fort Wayne for second in The Summit League in double plays turned with 25 through 31 games. Western Illinois leads the league with 27.
NORTH DAKOTA STATE WELCOMES 14 NEWCOMERS IN 2017: Fourteen newcomers, including eight position players and six pitchers, join the Bison for the 2017 season. Position players include infielders Bennett Hostetler (Bozeman, Mont.), Charley Hesse (Mendota Heights, Minn.) and Tucker Rohde (Scottsdale, Ariz.); outfielder Carter Thompson (Fargo, N.D.); catchers Nick Emanuel (Esko, Minn.), Jake Malec (Proctor, Minn.) and Calvin Kalthoff (Cold Spring, Minn.); and infielder/outfielder Axel Twenge (Minnetonka, Minn.). ... Pitchers include left-hander Mitch O'Connor (Bloomington, Minn.), and right-handers Ryan Olson (Halstad, Minn.), Riley Johnson (Apple Valley, Minn.), Devin Foster (Broomfield, Colo.), Austin Truso (Prior Lake, Minn.) and Kyle Ferderer (Savage, Minn.).
DITCH AND KEEFER JOIN NDSU COACHING STAFF: In addition to 14 new student-athletes, the Bison also have two new coaches for 2017. Jeff Ditch, who has coached college baseball for over 24 years, is the new hitting coach for North Dakota State, while former Bison left-handed pitcher Trent Keefer is a volunteer assistant coach. Ditch joined the Bison after serving as head coach for 11 seasons at Indiana University-Pennsylvania, where he was the all-time winningest coach in program history, recording 253 wins. He also spent time at West Virginia, Cincinnati and Penn State as an assistant.
SUMMIT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Mason Pierzchalski (Feb. 19), Ben Petersen (March 6) and Luke Lind (March 13) have received Summit League Player of the Week honors this season.
BISON 1660 TO BROADCAST MINIMUM OF 24 NDSU BASEBALL GAMES IN 2017: A minimum of 24 North Dakota State University baseball games will air live on Bison 1660 AM during the 2017 season, NDSU athletics and Radio FM Media announced Monday, Feb. 20. Bison 1660 will broadcast 24 regular season contests and all postseason games over the air, online at Bison1660.com, and on the Bison 1660 app. The "Voice of the Bison" Jeff Culhane will call the action, with Bison 1660 on-air personality Keith Brake providing color commentary. All broadcasts will feature a 30-minute pregame show. For a complete broadcast schedule, please visit www.GoBison.com.
SEVEN CONSECUTIVE 20-WIN SEASONS: North Dakota State has reached the 20-win mark seven straight seasons. The Bison have qualified for five Summit League tournaments, winning the tournament championship in 2014 and reaching the championship game in three of the last five seasons. This is NDSU's 10th season in The Summit League after three seasons as a Division I independent.
PRESEASON PICKS: The North Dakota State University baseball team was picked to finish third in The Summit League Baseball Preseason Coaches' Poll released on Thursday, Feb. 9, by the league office. The Bison tallied 17 points in the poll, which was voted on by the league's six head coaches. Defending Summit League regular season and tournament champion Oral Roberts was picked first and tallied 25 points with five first-place votes, while South Dakota State was second with 18 points and received the final first-place vote. NDSU was third, followed by Omaha (13 points), Western Illinois (nine points) and Fort Wayne (eight points).
THE COACH: Tod Brown (Arizona, 1994) enters his 10th season as the head coach for the Bison and has a 229-266 record at NDSU. Brown previously was the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for eight seasons at Bowling Green, where he was part of two division titles and a regular-season title in the Mid-American Conference. Brown began his collegiate coaching career in 1999 as a volunteer assistant at Arizona. He was a left-handed pitcher for the Wildcats under Hall of Fame coach Jerry Kindall and a member of the 1992 Pac-10 champs.
THE TOD BROWN FILE:
- 2014 Summit League tournament champions
- 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament Corvallis Regional qualifiers
- Won school-record 40 games in 2012
- Three Summit League championship game appearances in the past five seasons
- Five Summit League tournament appearances in the last six years
- Winning percentage of .520 the past five seasons
- 20 All-Summit League honorees, including seven first team selections
- 19 players who signed professional contracts
- Coached three NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients: Wes Satzinger (2014), John Straka (2013) and Kole Zimmerman (2008)
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