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TRINITY INTERNATIONAL TROJANS (4-37, 3-19 CCAC) vs. ROOSEVELT LAKERS (11-17, 9-12 CCAC)
Friday, April 17 • Schaumburg, Ill. • Schaumburg Boomers Stadium
Saturday, April 18 • Deerfield, Ill. • TIU Baseball Field
Game Notes | Live Stats

This Week    
Coming up on the home stretch of the regular season, the Trinity International Trojans will look for their first series win this weekend, as they take on the Roosevelt Lakers for a three-game set. On Friday afternoon, Trinity will head to Schaumberg, Ill. before hosting the Lakers at the TIU Baseball Field for a doubleheader on Saturday. Live stats will be available for all three games, at TIUTrojans.com.

Quick Notes    
• The Trojans picked up their fourth win of the season on Monday, with a 4-2 victory over St. Francis. A.J. Bruner earned his third win of the season with a complete game against the Saints.
• Roosevelt swept Calumet St. Joseph in a doubleheader in their last outing, taking 5-0 and 9-7 decisions on Tuesday.
• The Lakers are sitting 4th in the CCAC North Division with a 9-12 record. Trinity currently are 6th in the North Division, with a 3-19 mark in conference play.
• Sophmore Adam Gomski has led the Trojans with a .366 batting average, along with a team-high 41 hits and 48 total bases.
• A.J. Bruner holds a 5.51 ERA through a team-leading nine starts, with a 3-4 record. The junior's three victories matches his previous season high, when Bruner posted a 3-4 mark during his freshman season in 2012.

Last Time Out    
The Trojans split a doubleheader with St. Francis earlier this week, defeating the Saints 4-2 in game one, then dropping the second matchup 9-6. A two-out, three-RBI double from third baseman Adam Gomski proved to be the difference for the Trojans in game one. Starting pitcher A.J. Bruner threw a gem, pitching a complete game without giving up an earned run on the day.

In the second game of the day, St. Francis jumped out to an early lead with four runs in the 2nd, and three more in the 4th, to claim a 7-1 advantage. Trinity chipped away at the deficit in the second half of the game, starting with a run scored by Adam Vignola in the bottom of the 4th, as Andrew Grotelueschen reached on a fielding error. Jeff Lindberg and Cameron Stanley hit singles to lead off the bottom of the 7th, allowing Jon Debowey to pick up his second and third RBIs of the game with a two-out single through the left side, pulling the Trojans to within a run at 7-6. TIU had a chance to move in front in the 8th, loading the bases, but couldn't score. St. Francis then put the game away with two insurance runs in the top of the 9th to close the door.

Lindberg and Gomski had two hits apiece in both games, going 4-for-7 and 4-for-6, respectively. Debowey had the team's best single-game performance at the plate, hitting 4-for-5 in game two with 3 RBI. The Trojan bullpen looked solid again in Game 2, as Ben Hylander, Jeremiah Carter, Daniel Wawrzyniak, and Drake Maltry combined for just three hits and one earned run over the final five and two-thirds innings.

Scouting the Opponents    
• The Lakers are 11-17 overall this season, and are coming off a pair of victories over Calumet St. Joseph.
• RU currently holds the third-lowest batting average in the CCAC, at .266. Their pitching staff ranks 8th in the conference, with a 4.94 ERA.
• A.J. Neufeld leads the Lakers at the plate, with a .392 average, good for 12th in the CCAC.
• Senior Danny Grzywa was a second-team All-CCAC selection a year ago, and is hitting .383 in 18 games played this season.
• Trinity International leads the series 6-5 over Roosevelt since the Laker program was founded in 2011. The Lakers took two of three last season over the Trojans, after a two-game season sweep in 2014.

Last Season vs. Roosevelt    
• The Trojans dropped two of three to the Lakers last season, falling 14-3 in seven innings in the first game, then splitting a doubleheader the next day, winning 9-1 then losing 8-0.
• Jeremiah Carter pitched a complete game victory in game two, scattering two hits and not giving up an earned run in seven innings of work.
• A.J. Bruner hit for a .556 average over the series, with two RBI and a pair of doubles. Adam Vignola went a combined 4-for-8 with three doubles, good for a .875 slugging percentage against RU.

Player Notes    
#28 • Adam Gomski
• Leads the Trojans with a .366 batting average ... has a team-leading 41 hits ... is one of four Trojans with four or more doubles ... ranks 4th on the team with 13 RBI ... slugging .429 with an on-base percentage of .424 ... leads the team with 11 multi-hit games, and has a trio of three-hit performances, most on the team ... currently on a six-game hitting streak, dating back to Apr. 4, the longest current streak on the team ... 

#22 • Cameron Stanley
• Hitting .345, with a team-high two triples ... driven in 15 RBI on the year, third-most on the team ... one of three Trojans to have a slugging percentage over the .400-mark, at .402 ... has struck out just seven times this year, the fewest number for any TIU player with at least 10 at-bats ... had the team's second-longest hitting streak of the season, from Mar. 31-Apr. 7, for nine straight games.

#3 • Adam Vignola
• Ranks third on the team with a .325 average on the year ... has drawn a team-leading 21 walks, and has an on-base percentage of .477 ... leads the Trojans with two home runs and five doubles on the year ... posted a slugging percentage of .482 ... has stolen three bases on just three attempts ... posted the team's longest reached-base streak of 17 games, from Mar. 13-Apr. 6.

#27 • Jon Debowey
• Holds a .298 batting average on the year, as one of two players with over 100 at-bats ... tied for the team lead with two home runs, and has a team-high 18 RBI ... has stolen three bases out of three tries ... ranks second on the team with 36 base hits ... hit four doubles and has a .380 slugging percentage ... had the team's longest hitting streak this season, at 10 games, from Mar. 25-Apr. 6.

#9 • Andrew Grotelueschen
• Hitting .292 through 26 games played this season ... one of seven players with double-digit RBI, having driven in 11 runs on the year ... recorded two extra-base hits, both doubles ... had a 12-game reached-base streak, from Mar. 11-30, the second-longest streak for TIU this season.

#21 • A.J. Bruner
• The Trojans leading pitcher, with a 5.51 ERA through nine appearances ... holds a 3-4 record, with four complete games ... leads the team in innings pitched, with 49.0 ... team-high 21 strikeouts .... hitting .253 as the team's designated hitter, with 12 RBI and 10 runs scored ... leads the Trojans with four multi-RBI performances

NCCAA Rankings    
• The Trojans currently place 56th out of the 58 NCCAA programs, with a 3-36 record as of the latest stat report published Apr. 14.
• Adam Vignola appears twice in the national leaderboards. Vignola ranks 7th nationally in the NCCAA, averaging 0.77 bases on balls per game. The junior also places 21st with a .495 on-base percentage.