Baseball

Baseball Gears for KWC, Wayne State
        After a Great Lakes Valley Conference matchup at Kentucky Wesleyan on Wednesday, the SIU Edwardsville baseball team will play host to Wayne State (Mich.) in a three-game series at Roy Lee Field this weekend.
        The Cougars travel to Owensboro, Ky., on Wednesday to meet the Panthers of Kentucky Wesleyan in a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. The Cougars then play Wayne State (Mich.) in a doubleheader on Saturday and a single game on Sunday. Both weekend games begin at noon.
        SIUE will try to rebound from a weekend series against Saint Joseph’s in which the Cougars dropped three of four. SIUE got quality innings from its starting pitchers in the series, but was unable to hold leads as the Cougars fell victim to Saint Joseph’s timely hitting.
        Coach Gary Collins said he has been impressed with the play of starting pitcher Jarad Rettberg (Divernon). “Rettberg has pitched well,” Collins said. “He’s been giving us quality innings all year.”
        The Cougars are struggling offensively, hitting only .246 as a team. Leading the team is Robert Rahn’s (Wood River) .333 batting average.
        “Our starting pitching has been pretty good this year,” Collins said. “We just need to score more runs.”
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