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Akron Begins Eight-Game Homestand; Battles Oakland on Wednesday
March 04 | Baseball
AKRON, Ohio -Â Â The Zips will look to build on a 2-3 week that featured an extra-inning victory over Purdue on Saturday when the Oakland Golden Grizzlies come to Skeeles Field on Wednesday.
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INSIDE THE SERIES
Oakland Leads 5-4 | Faulds vs Oakland: 0-1
First Met: 1972 (Akron 4, Oakland 3)
Last Met: Apr. 17, 2024 (Oakland 8, Akron 7) At Oakland
COMMON OPPONENTS
Jacksonville State (C-USA), Youngstown State (Horizon), Michigan (BIG 10), Toledo (MAC), CMU (MAC)
SCOUTING REPORT
The Golden Grizzlies are currently 3-10 this season with all 13 games played on the road. Oakland recently went 2-2 at New Mexico State which featured a 16-3 win in seven innings in game three of the series and an 8-5 win to conclude the series. Over the final two games, Oakland outscored the Aggies 24-8.
Aidan Schuck leads the squad in batting average (.428) while John Lauinger is the leader in hits (16). Brandon Nigh and Lucas Day are tied for the lead in doubles (3) while three Grizzlies have a triple each. Day leads the way in home runs with two and Matthew McGann is the leader in RBI (9).
On the mound, Ryan Donley holds the best ERA (1.59) in four appearances. Three Grizzlies have picked up a win while Hunter Pidek has thrown the most innings this season (15.2). Grant Garman holds the team lead for strikeouts (12).
ZIPS AT A GLANCE
Akron is coming off a 2-3 week that featured an 11-2 win last Wednesday over Youngstown State and a 10-9 win over Purdue on Saturday.
Overall, Akron is 4-7 this season.
Jack Poist hit for the cycle in the win over the Boilermakers and hit the go-ahead run on a home run to complete the cycle.
The Zips are led by Poist in batting average (.349), hits (15) and triples (1). Poist is tied with Evan Bottone in runs (15) and tied with Max Bowman for RBI (12). Andrew Horvath is the leader in doubles (4) while Blake Bowen and Bowman lead the way in walks (10). Bottone is the leader in stolen bases (5).
On the mound, Johnny Anservitz is the leader in ERA (0.00) while striking out eight over 5.2 innings and four appearances. Anservitz went 2.2 innings with five strikeouts to pick up the win over Purdue.
Four Zips have collected a win this season while Jared Schaeffer and Jack Kelley hold the lead for innings pitched (12) and strikeouts (13).
MAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK X2
Akron senior outfielder Jack Poist was named the Mid-American Conference Player of the Week, as announced by the conference office on Monday (Mar.3).
Poist has been named Player of the Week twice this season after earning the award the first week of the season (Feb. 17).
Highlighted by hitting for the cycle which included the go-ahead home run in the 10th inning to push Akron to a 10-9 victory over Purdue, Poist helped the Zips earn a pair of wins this week.
Jack opened the week by scoring three times while stealing a base on Wednesday in an 11-2 win against Youngstown State.
Poist would explode for six hits on Saturday in a doubleheader against the Boilermakers. He recorded a pair of hits and an RBI in game one while hitting for the cycle in game two. Jack would go 4-for-5 in the second game against Purdue while scoring twice and driving in four runs.
HERE'S JOHNNY
Coming in with two runners on base in the bottom of the ninth inning in a tied game against Purdue, Johnny Anservitz shut down the Boilermakers over 2.2 innings of work to help the Zips take a 10-9 victory on March 1.
Anservitz dealt 2.2 scoreless innings against Purdue while allowing zero hits and pilling up five strikeouts to earn his first win of the season.
In four appearances this season, Johnny has allowed no runs while striking out eight batters over 5.2 innings of work.
FLY THE FLAG
In his time leading the Zips, coach Bryan Faulds has collected wins over three power-five opponents. Faulds holds wins over Illinois, Duke and most recently Purdue.
ON DECK
Akron stays at Skeeles Field to open Mid-American Conference action when it welcomes Eastern Michigan for three games starting Friday, March 7.
