Game Time...The Red Raider baseball team is set to play in its GPAC and home opener this weekend against Hastings. Friday's doubleheader is scheduled for a 3/5pm start. 

Northwestern has a 10-8 record coming into the weekend; Hastings is 4-11.

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All-Time...Northwestern is 20-22 all-time against the Broncos, 5-5 in their last 10. The Red Raiders have won four straight in the rivalry. 

    Last Five vs Hastings:
    2019: 18- 4 win
    2019: 6-2 win
    2018: 7-1 win
    2018: 3-1 win
    2018: 7-1 loss

Scouting Reports...

    Hastings Broncos: 0-0, 4-11                    Head Coach: Steve Spongberg (7th year)

Hastings has dropped two straight and brings a 4-11 record into Friday's doubleheader against Northwestern. They went 2-2 in four-game set against Mayville State last weekend, losing the final two games, 3-2 and 5-2. The Broncos have also played Ottawa, Friends, Science and Arts and Kansas Wesleyan.

Spongberg is in his seventh season as the Broncos head coach after a long stint as both a high school and Legion Coach. He returns seven starters, six pitchers and 15 players from a 2019 team that finished 10th in the GPAC with a 6-21 record, 12-29 overall. They were picked 10th in the preseason poll.  

    By the Numbers: (GPAC rank)
    Runs / Game: 3.4 (11th)               Opp. Runs / Game: 5.4 (3rd)
    Hits / Game: 6.5 (11th)                 Opp. Hits / Game: 7.4 (3rd)
    Batting Ave: .227 (11th)                Opp. Batting Ave: .264 (4th)
    Home Runs: 4 9 (10th)                 Opp. Home Runs: 7
    Stolen Bases: 21/26 (7th)             Opp. Stolen Bases: 16/19
    Pitching:                                        Pitching:
    Team ERA: 5.69 (7th)                   Opp. Team ERA: 5.91
    K's: 85 (10th)                                 Opp. K's: 78
    BB: 63 (4th)                                   Opp. BB: 32

    Individual Leaders:
    Kasey Ohnoutka  - .300 BA, 3 runs, 
    Tino Zach - .295 BA, 4 runs, 7 RBI
    Grant Thomas - .269 BA, 7 runs, HR, 4 RBI
    Devin Wagoner - 0-2, 2.75 (8th), 19.2 IP, 8 hits, 22 K's
    Grant Svec (2x All-Conf) - 1-1, 4.67 ERA, 17.1 IP, 10 K's
    Race Traynor - 0-1, 4.76 ERA, 17 IP, 18 K's

Northwestern Notes: 0-0, 10-8 record                    Head Coach: Brian Wede (14th year)

The Red Raiders have won a season-best five straight heading into Friday's doubleheader. Wins over Bethesda, Presentation (2) and Bethany Lutheran (2) have put Coach Wede's club two games above .500 at 10-8.  

Northwestern was picked fourth in the GPAC preseason coaches' poll, behind Concordia, Jamestown and Midland. Head Coach Brian Wede returns 16 letterwinners from a 2019 team that finished sixth in the GPAC regular season with a 15-13 record, 23-25 overall. Wede is the all-time winningest coach in program history, guiding his Red Raider teams to 369 wins and seven GPAC championships.

    By the Numbers (2020):
    Runs / Game: 8.9 (1st)                Opp. Runs / Game: 9.3 (11th)
    Hits / Game: 10.5 (2nd)               Opp. Hits / Game: 10.4 (11th)
    Batting Ave: .336 (2nd)                Opp. Batting Ave: .322
    Home Runs: 22 (1st)                    Opp. Home Runs: 21
    Stolen Bases: 30/35 (3rd)            Opp. Stolen Bases: 36/38
    Pitching:                                        Pitching:
    Team ERA: 8.24                        Opp. Team ERA: 9.42
    K's: 128                                     Opp. K's: 144
    BB: 71                                       Opp. BB: 73

    Individual Leaders:
    Colton Harold (All-Conf) - .464 BA (4th), 23 runs, 3 HR (10th), 17 RBI (6th)
    Noa Vogel - .444 BA (5th), 16 runs, 4 HR (5th), 25 RBIs (2nd)
    Drew Schutt (All-Conf) - .443 BA (6th), 24 runs, 4 HR, 33 RBIs (1st) 
    Kip Cullinan - .438 BA (7th), 22 runs, 3 HR  
    Ryan Reynolds - 2-2, 0.00 ERA, 2 Saves, 8.1 IP, 6 BB, 13 K's
    Shane Geurink - 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 4.2 IP, 1 K
    Brett Shelton - 2-0, 6.46 ERA, 15.1 IP, 19 K's, 4 BB