GAME NOTES | LIVE STATS

THIS WEEK - The Southwest Minnesota State University baseball team (13-13, 4-6 NSIC) continues its six-game homestand this Saturday and Sunday with a four-game Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference series versus Wayne State College (15-12, 8-5 NSIC) at Alumni Field. Saturday's doubleheader is set to begin at 1:30 p.m., while Sunday's doubleheader will start at 12 p.m.

LIVE STATISTICS - Live statistics for all four games will be available at SMSUmustangs.com/baseballstats

SERIES HISTORY - Wayne State leads the all-time series versus Southwest Minnesota State 40-22, including 12-8 in games played in Marshall. WSC has dominated the series since 2006, holding a 20-5 advantage. The two teams did not play last season. SMSU head coach Paul Blanchard is 21-39 all-time versus Wayne State.

LEADING OFF - SMSU's home games on Wednesday were the first since April 29, 2012 ... SMSU had played 69 consecutive road games ... SMSU collected 15 hits in game two on Wednesday - its third highest total this season and first double-digit hit-game since March 15 (nine games) ... Brandan Alfson clubbed his first career home run vs. Winona State on Wednesday ... Jon Ellis finished the twinbill vs. Winona State with five hits and five RBIs ... Sam Haas' walk-off double vs. Winona State was SMSU's second walk-off win (Rients home run vs. Missouri Western) this season ... Patrick Rients leads the team with five home runs and is tied for first with 19 RBIs ... Ben Korger leads the team with 21 runs scored ... Alfson leads the team lead with eight doubles ... Korger leads the team with seven stolen bases ... Jordon Kontz leads the club with 33 base hits and is hitting a team-high .347 ... Kontz has a team-high 12 multi-hit games ... Rients and Ellis have a team-leading six multi-RBI games ... Kontz drilled his first career home run on April 6 vs. Minnesota Duluth ... Jimmy Callahan tossed a nine-inning shutout vs. Minnesota Duluth (April 5) ... Mitch Wurm tossed a seven-inning three-hit shutout vs. Minnesota Duluth (April 6) ... SMSU held UMD scoreless for 20 consecutive innings in last weekend's four-game series split ... Joe Axelson recorded a career-high seven strikeouts vs. Bemidji State (March 12) ... Steven Wehr tossed his first career complete game in a 4-2 victory over Bemidji State (March 12) ... Kontz ranks fifth in school history in hit by pitches with 32 ... Rients had a team-high 11-game hitting streak (Feb. 15-March 12) ... Ellis was named NSIC Player of the Week on Feb. 18 ... Axelson was named NSIC Pitcher of the Week on March 17 ... SMSU has beaten a pair of ranked teams this season, downing No. 17 Missouri Western State on Feb. 15 and No. 2 Minnesota State on March 21 ... SMSU's win over MSU was the program's first since 2009, snapping an 18-game losing streak ... SMSU was picked to finish 10th in the NSIC preseason coaches' poll.

MORE MUSTANG STATS - For career statistics and career-highs on each SMSU player go to SMSUmustangs.com/baseballcareer.

NCAA STATS - SMSU opened this week (through April 6) ranked eighth in Division II in triples per game, 41st in shutouts, 54th in hit by pitches, 84th in doubles per game and 89th in slugging percentage ... Ben Korger ranks sixth in triples per game ... Patrick Rients ranks 38th in triples per game, 40th in home runs per game and 61st in slugging percentage ... Ryan Engels ranks 43rd and Jordon Kontz 45th in hit by pitches per game.