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Truman States home series finale against the University of Nebraska Omaha has been moved up a day to start on Friday.

It is also senior weekend as 10 players will be recognized during the weekend.

The Bulldogs may have the toughest schedule remaining of the teams looking for a spot in the MIAA Baseball Championship tournament in two weeks.

After this series with the third place Mavericks, the Bulldogs will close out the regular season with a four-game set at second place Central Missouri.

Truman is currently four games out of sixth place in the loss column as Washburn is 16-17 with three games in hand.

Truman has had seven games lost, six in conference play by giving up the winning runs in their opponents’ final at bat.

On the flip side, the Bulldogs have won four league games and five overall by scoring winning runs in their final at bat.

Offensively, the ‘Dogs are hitting .265 and are batting .296 during the month of April.

After averaging just 2.9 runs per game in March, the Bulldogs have upped that mark to 5.6 runs per game.

Senior Luke Crader has been the hottest Bulldog of late as he is hitting .573 over his last 10 games with an on-base percentage of .615.

He has moved to fourth on the team with a .309 season average.

Junior Devon Myers leads the Bulldogs with a .336 batting averaged followed by Daniel Jewett’s .322 and Michael Reese’s .321.

Ryan Trimble (2.34), Jarrett Eiskina (2.38) and Christian Witt (2.96) have led the Bulldog pitching staff this season to one of its best in over a decade.

Truman has an overall 4.81 team ERA while the staff has fanned 227 hitters (5.6/g) to walking just 93 (2.3/g).

Nebraska Omaha (27-14; 23-13) brings a high-powered offense to town that is currently hitting .344 as a team with 41 home runs before a doubleheader with Nebraska Kearney on Wednesday night.

Three players hit nearly .400 for the Mavericks with Brady Hohl leading the way with a .399 mark, Connor McCrite second with a .397 and Caleb Palensky third with a .393.

None of those three lead the team in RBIs as Colby McCord’s 36 followed by Jed Hanson’s 35 pace the Maverick offense. They average 7.4 runs per game.

The Mavericks split a four-game series with Fort Hays State winning the first two games 17-8 and 26-20 before dropping the final two 6-4 and 17-7.

Series Schedule:

The four-game series will be conducted by a pair of doubleheaders.

The first twinbill will begin at Friday at 2:00 p.m. with Saturday’s games starting at 1:00 p.m.

The seven inning game will begin each day’s action followed by the nine inning contest.

Shall the seven inning game go into extra innings (regardless of how many) the second game is shortened to seven innings.

Courtesy Truman State University