SE Welcomes SNU in Battle of Storms

Baseball | 3/26/2015 5:38:00 PM

DURANT, Okla.  – Southeastern will return to Great American Conference play looking to jump back into the race for a postseason berth when it hosts Southern Nazarene for a three-game series March 27-28 with a single game set for 2 p.m. on Friday and a double-header slated for 1 p.m. on Saturday.
 
The Savage Storm come into the weekend with a 10-14 overall record and a 6-7 record in GAC play which puts them in eighth, just one game out of fifth with the top six qualifying for the postseason tournament.
 
SNU comes to Durant with a 5-16 record on the season and a 4-11 mark in league play.
 
The Storm offense is led on the year by Chance Burcham's .400 average as he also adds four homers and 10 RBI, while three others are hitting better than .300.
 
Cody Coats also has four homers on the year and a team-best 16 RBI, while a total of eight players have 10 or more RBI.
 
The pitching staff is led by Dylan Linke who has a team-low ERA of 4.59 for a starter with a 1-0 record in six starts and 26 strikeouts.
 
Brady Colbert boats a 4-2 record with three saves along with a team-high 32 strikeouts.
 
The Crimson Storm have three players hitting over .300, led by Anthony Wiggins who is hitting .338 with 11 RBI.
 
The pitching staff is led by Zach Friesen with a team-low ERA of 5.31, while Wiggins has a team-best two wins and Jacob Spruill has struck out 22.