?The Kentucky Wesleyan baseball team will host Ohio Valley this Friday and Saturday at Panther Park to open up Great Midwest Athletic Conference play. Friday's doubleheader will begin at noon, along with Saturday's doubleheader.
Kentucky Wesleyan enters this weekend on a three game losing streak, after dropping all three contests at the Midwest Regional Crossover. The Panthers are now 9-9 on the season, but are 5-2 in home games this season.
This weekend's games will be the first conference games for both teams.
The Panthers' offense has been consistently led by Jacob Snodgrass, who is still hitting a team-high batting average of .365. Snodgrass has also produced 23 hits this season, another team-high. Troy Paris has brought in 25 RBI's for KWC too. Jeremy Cline leads Kentucky Wesleyan with four homeruns.
Freshman pitcher Zach Burton has thrown over 26 innings on the mound this season, and has an ERA of 2.39. Burton has also fanned 24 batters this year.
Ohio Valley is 4-16 this season. The Fighting Scots are also 0-7 on the road this season in true road games.
Jake Carr is the only player hitting over .300 for Ohio Valley this season. He leads OVU with 22 hits as well.
The Fighting Scots are scoring just over three runs per game on average. Kentucky Wesleyan is scoring over eight runs each contest.
