April 28, 2011

Coach's Preview

Oakland Stats | South Dakota State Stats

ROCHESTER, Mich. - Oakland University (10-21, 4-8) travels to league-leading South Dakota State University (24-11, 10-2) for a Summit League baseball series this Friday-Sunday, April 29-May 1, at Erv Huether Field. The two teams will play four games over three days beginning Friday at 4 p.m. ET

GAME DATE/TIME
Game 1: Friday, Apr. 29, 4 p.m.
Game 2: Saturday, Apr. 30, 1 p.m.
Game 3: Saturday, Apr. 30, 4 p.m.
Game 4: Sunday, May. 1, 2 p.m.

* All Times Eastern

GAME COVERAGE
Radio: Jackrabbit Extra Radio, Requires subscription
Live Stats: Live Stats, will appear gojacks.com as a sticky-note when game is about to begin

STARTING ROTATION
Oakland: Mark Leichtman (RHP, 1-3, 3.38 ERA), Russell Luxton (RHP, 2-2, 3.15 ERA), Greg Welke (RHP, 2-6, 6.38 ERA), Aaron Wick (LHP, 3-5, 5.40 ERA)

South Dakota State: Stephen Bougher (RHP, 4-2, 4.29 ERA), Blake Treinen (RHP, 4-2, 2.57 ERA), Alex Oberle(RHP, 3-4, 6.34 ERA), Kolton Emery (RHP, 4-1, 4.96 ERA)

DIAMOND CUTS

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies picked up their first series win of the season by winning three out of four from Western Illinois
â-ª OU ranks seventh in the nation in stolen bases per game
â-ª Oakland's 70 stolen bases tops The Summit League
â-ª Todd Dunham is a perfect 10-for-10 in stolen bases
â-ª Oakland split the regular season series with SDSU last season
â-ª Tim Ryan is second in The Summit League with 13 stolen bases
â-ª Aaron Wick leads Oakland with a .333 batting average this season and is batting .389 in league games
â-ª Aaron Wick's three wins and 31 strikeouts are the most on the Oakland team, Greg Welke has 30 strikeouts
â-ª D.J. Jarrad has driven in a team-high 20 runs this season
â-ª The Golden Grizzlies trail fourth place IPFW by just two games in the win column of The Summit League standings

-OAKLAND-