PITTSBURG — The Pittsburg State University baseball team will open MIAA play this weekend with a three-game series against Emporia State University at Emporia, Kan. The Gorillas and Hornets will open the series with a 2 p.m. game Friday (Feb. 24) at Glennen Field, followed by a 1 p.m. game Saturday and a Noon game Sunday.
The Gorillas enter the series with a 6-5 overall record. Pitt State took three of four games from the University of Minnesota Duluth last weekend at Al Ortolani Field in Pittsburg. The Hornets are 7-2 on the season. ESU took two of three games against Missouri University of Science & Technology, falling 7-6 in 11 innings to the Miners in its most recent action.
The Gorillas are batting .333 as a team on the young season and averaging 9.5 runs per game. Pitt State has a 7.07 team ERA to date.
Junior second baseman Dallas Reed leads the squad with a .432 batting average. Reed, who enters the ESU series on a seven-game hitting streak, has scored 18 runs and smacked five doubles and two home runs while driving in 15 runs. He earned MIAA Hitter of the Week honors for his efforts in the Gorillas' three-game series sweep of Sioux Falls on Feb. 14.
Junior shortstop Colton Pogue also is batting .400 with 15 runs scored, five doubles, three home runs and 19 RBIs, while junior catcher Ethan Schlesener is hitting .419 with one homer and eight RBIs.
On the mound, junior righthander Cody Whiting leads the starters with a 2-0 record and a 5.40 ERA in 15.0 innings of work. Junior RHP Cort Lesmeister has made a team-leading eight appearances with a 1.17 ERA and two saves in 7.7 innings of action.
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