Oakland Hosts Centenary College this Weekend

April 22, 2010

ROCHESTER, Mich. - The Oakland University baseball team (8-22, 2-6) will host Centenary College (17-15, 7-1) in a Summit League series this Friday-Sunday at the OU Baseball Field. First pitch on Friday will be at 2 p.m.

GAME COVERAGE
Live stats will be provided for all games via Gametracker at OUgrizzlies.com.

PITCHING ROTATION
Oakland: RHP Connor Mielock (1-5, 11.08 ERA), RHP Kyle Teague (3-4, 5.04 ERA), LHP Matt LaMothe (1-4, 6.59 ERA), LHP Aaron Wick (1-3, 10.41 ERA)

Centenary: RHP Boone Whiting (3.00 ERA, 3-1), RHP David Benson (4.02 ERA, 4-2), RHP Justin Kraft (4.86 ERA, 3-3), RHP Seth Lugo (5.09 ERA, 1-1).

SERIES
OU trails the overall series 8-16 with the Gents. CC leads The Summit League with its 7-1 record, while Oakland is tied for ninth heading into this weekend.

NOTES
The Golden Grizzlies are coming off a split with South Dakota State last weekend at home, winning the final two games and carry a three-game winning streak into this weekend's series. OU is 5-3 at home this season and 2-2 in league action.

Tim Ryan leads the way at the plate with a .373 batting average, driving in nine runs and has three triples. Right-handed pitcher Kyle Teague is the reigning Summit League Co-Pitcher of the Week after tossing a complete game against the Jackrabbits, allowing just one run over 7.0 innings, striking out eight and walking just one.

The Gents lead the league with a staff ERA of 5.17. The Golden Grizzlies will try and combat that with the league's eighth-best offense with a .259 team batting average.

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