Friday, April 25
Greeley, Colo.
3 p.m.
Omaha
at
Northern Colorado
Photo by: Carley Pappas/Omaha Athletics
Omaha heads to Northern Colorado for its final April series
Apr 24, 2025 | Baseball
Leading Off
Omaha Baseball (13-22, 7-11 Summit League) heads to Greeley, Colo., for a three-game series against Northern Colorado (16-38-1, 13-16-1 Summit League) beginning Friday, April 25 at 3 p.m. CT at Jackson Field.
Upcoming Schedule
Tuesday, April 29: 11 a.m. at Creighton
Friday, May 2: 3 p.m. at St. Thomas
Saturday, May 3: 1 p.m. at St. Thomas
Sunday, May 4: 1 p.m. at St. Thomas
Around the Horn
- To end March, the Mavericks swept Northern Colorado and outscored them 31-24 at Tal Anderson Field.
- Omaha enters this week's series with batters being hit by pitches 59 times at the plate, the second most in the Summit League.
- The Mavericks' 39 errors are the second-least in the conference, and their .968 fielding percentage is the second-best in the league.
- When it comes to pitching, Omaha's staff gives up the second-least hits (343) in the conference and is one of two teams that has given up less than 350 this season.
- Omaha and Northern Colorado tied for second with 24 double plays turned during this campaign, the second-most in the league.
- Henry Zipay enters the series with a .397 batting average, the highest in the Summit League by a margin of .024. Zipay is tied with Northern Colorado's Jake King for the second-most hits in the conference (52).
- Ben Weber enters as Omaha's leading pitcher in ERA and is fourth in the league at 4.70. Batters are hitting .242 against Weber, the third-lowest average a Summit League pitcher allowed.
Scouting Oral Roberts
- The Bears' pitching staff has allowed batters to average .324 at the plate, the highest a Summit League team allowed.
- Northern Colorado and Omaha are the only league teams not to record a shutout this season.
- The Bears' fielding percentage is the lowest in the conference, at .955. Additionally, they have made 63 errors, 11 more than the second-most in the Summit League.
- Northern Colorado hits .282 as a team at the plate and is led by Brett Barber. Barber is hitting .357 this season, the third-highest batting average in the conference.
- Murphy Gienger has Northern Colorado's best ERA at 5.46, leading the conference with 56.0 innings pitched.
- The Mavericks (46) and Bears (43) sit at one and two in home runs allowed this season.
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