Baseball | 5/3/2017 2:21:00 PM

THE DETAILS
Bloomsburg (21-23-1, 8-15-1 PSAC East) vs Kutztown (15-29, 4-20 PSAC East)
Thursday, May 4 - 1:00 PM (DH) at Kutztown, Pa. (North Campus Field)
Sunday, May 7 - 1:00 PM (DH) at Bloomsburg, Pa. (Danny Litwhiler Field)

GAME COVERAGE
Live Stats (Thursday) - http://www.sidearmstats.com/kutztown/baseball/
Live Stats (Sunday) - http://www.sidearmstats.com/bloomu/baseball/

RELATED LINKS
Bloomsburg - Roster | Schedule | Statistics
Kutztown - Roster | Schedule | Statistics

STORYLINE
Bloomsburg and Kutztown wrap up the 2017 regular season with a four-game series beginning on Thursday afternoon in Kutztown. The teams will reconvene in Bloomsburg on Sunday afternoon and the home doubleheader will serve as Senior Day for the Huskies. Bloomsburg will honor its three seniors - Cy Treaster (Lewistown, Pa./Mifflin County), Damin Muth (Breinigsville, Pa./Parkland), and Ryuta Amaike (Whitehall, Pa./Whitehall) on the final day of the regular season.

ALL-TIME SERIES
Kutztown leads the all-time series against Bloomsburg, 110-103-1. The teams split a pair of games at the Builder Invitational, hosted by the Newport News Apprentice School, back on February 25 and February 26. The Huskies won the first game, 17-11, before dropping game two, 16-15, in a pair of slugfests. Last season, Bloomsburg won five of the six meetings between the two schools.

SCOUTING BLOOMSBURG
After getting swept in a four-game series against Millersville last weekend, Bloomsburg has been mathematically eliminated from the PSAC tournament as it enters with a 21-23-1 overall record and an 8-15-1 mark in the Eastern Division. The Huskies are 11th in the PSAC with a .296 team batting average on the season. Junior Tyler Benson (Montville, N.J./Montville Township) is having a tremendous season at the dish as he leads the team in a number of offensive categories. He sports a team-high .383 average (59-of-154) and leads the squad in runs scored (50), hits (59), doubles (17), home runs (8), runs batted in (41), total bases (102), slugging percentage (.662), walks (30), on-base percentage (.508), and stolen bases (15). He entered the season with five career home runs over the course of his first two seasons. Benson is sixth on the school's all-time list in runs scored with 125. Sophomore Ryan Shiffer (Toms River, N.J./Toms River South) is second on the team with a .333 batting average (50-of-150) and is tied for second on the team with seven home runs. He has driven in 35 runs - third on the team. Redshirt junior Austin Edgette (Exton, Pa./Downingtown East) is third on the team with a .315 batting average (53-of-168). He has two home runs and 30 runs batted in while ranking second on the team with 11 stolen bases. Redshirt senior Ryuta Amaike (Whitehall, Pa./Whitehall) is also up over .300 on the year as he comes in with a .314 average on the season (44-of-140). Amaike has hit five home runs and driven in 29 in his first season as an everyday player. Freshman Cole Swiger (Maple Glen, Pa./Upper Dublin) is hitting .302 with seven home runs and 33 runs batted in while senior Damin Muth (Breinigsville, Pa./Parkland) is hitting .283 with six home runs and 38 RBI. Muth ranks in the top ten on the school's all-time list in runs scored (7th, 123), hits (T-7th, 185), home runs (3rd, 23), and runs batted in (5th, 142).

On the mound, the Huskies are 11th in the PSAC with a team ERA of 6.25. Amaike leads the staff with a 3.38 ERA in eight appearances (seven starts). He is 4-2 on the year and has limited opponents to a .240 batting average. In 45.1 innings, he has struck out 48 batters. Sophomore Ashton Raines (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven) leads the team with 52 strikeouts in 60.2 innings of work. He is 3-4 with a 6.08 ERA on the season. Junior Mike Warren (Garnerville, N.Y./St. Joseph Regional) is 4-3 with a 5.70 ERA and has struck out 48 in 53.2 innings. Freshman Chad Cooperman (Allentown, Pa./Salisbury) has stepped into the weekend rotation and has struck out 27 batters in 26.2 innings. Out of the bullpen, freshman Brett Alaimo (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township) continues to have the best numbers. He comes in with an 0-1 record, a team-high four saves, and a 5.66 ERA with 22 strikeouts in 20.2 innings. He has limited opponents to a .213 batting average. Keep an eye on freshman JJ Spehrley (Pottsville, Pa./Pottsville Area) as he has not allowed a run in four appearances this season (3.2 innings).

SCOUTING KUTZTOWN
Like the Huskies, Kutztown has been eliminated from the postseason as it enters with a 15-29 overall record and a 4-20 mark in the PSAC Eastern Division. The Golden Bears are last in the PSAC in batting as they come in with a .255 average on the season. Only two regulars have a batting average above .300 on the season - Bo Rottet (.331) and Collin Bishop (.303). Rottet leads the team in average (.331), runs scored (30), hits (50), doubles (7), triples (4), slugging percentage (.450), on-base percentage (.415), and stolen bases (8). Joe Santospago leads the Golden Bears in home runs (4) and runs batted in (28) while sporting a .261 average on the year. As a team, Kutztown has only managed to hit 11 home runs - second-to-last in the conference - and its team slugging percentage of .329 is also second-to-last in the league.

On the mound, however, Kutztown is tied for seventh in the PSAC with a 5.19 team ERA and the staff ranks fourth in the PSAC with 313 strikeouts. Of the team's starters, Anthony Atticks leads the team in ERA at 3.73 but is just 1-2 on the season in six starts (nine appearances). He has limited opponents to a .224 batting average. Mike Kammerer ranks second with a 3.89 ERA but is only 1-5 on the year. Out of the bullpen, Gavilan Fogerty-Harnish is 2-0 with a 1.89 ERA in 15 appearances. Ryan Clow has pitched in a team-high 16 games and is 2-5 with a 2.88 ERA.