GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Davenport baseball team will embark on a rather unusual road trip this weekend during their four-game series against Parkside. Due to renovations being made at their home park, the Rangers have been forced to find alternative sites to host games this spring. Therefore, the schedule for this weekend is as follows: Friday 4:30 PM ET at Concordia-Chicago's Cougar Field in River Forest, Ill.; Saturday 2:00 PM ET doubleheader at Carthage College's Augie Schmidt Field in Kenosha, Wis.; and finally Sunday's finale will be at College of Lake County Baseball Field in Grayslake, Ill. beginning at 2:00 PM ET. The Panthers enter this weekend in fourth place in the GLIAC standings at 6-10 while the Rangers are tied for fifth with Purdue Northwest at 5-13.

LAST GAME ACTION
The Davenport baseball team improved to 10-4 all-time against Hillsdale with a 10-5 win on Tuesday night in their final non-conference game of the season.

The Panthers had their biggest inning of the season in the first as they scored nine times and sent 13 batters to the plate. Michael Tchavdarov and Josh Robinson singled and then Anthony Aloisio hit a three-run home run to left field for the 3-0 lead. Coltrane Rubner and Xander Reisbig walked and Jared Evans loaded the bases on a single to left field. Carson Price drove in two runs on a single to center field and the sixth run scored on a fielding error in center. Logan Todd drew a walk and a pitching change was made as Luke Miller was replaced by Devin Murray. Tchavdarov got his second hit of the inning and drove in two runs with a double to right center for an 8-0 lead. Robinson finished the scoring with a RBI groundout to first base as Tchavdarov scored.

The Chargers would score the next five runs as Zak Kent had a RBI single in the third inning. Jaekob Sallee drove in a run in the fourth on a double to left field. He later scored from third base on a throwing error to make it 9-3. Evan Fauquher drove in two runs in the fifth inning on a single down the left field line.

The Panthers scored their final run in the eighth inning as Connor Hnilo reached on a fielding error and Tchavdarov scored his third run of the game. He would finish 2-for-4 with two RBI and a walk. Reisbig had his first multi-hit game in his last 10 games going 2-for-3 with a walk. 

DU used five pitchers and Cade Kontny (2-2) got the win. He was the third hurler for the Panthers and tossed three innings of no-hit ball with a walk and four strikeouts. Isaac Van Dyke got the start and threw three innings. He allowed one hit and no earned runs. Tyler Kapa and Ian Dixon both worked one inning and allowed no runs. Kapa also had two strikeouts.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
Through 16 GLIAC games this season, Davenport has posted a .270 batting average in 493 at-bats while their opponents are batting .260 in 481 at-bats. The Panthers have posted a 3-3 record in conference road games so far. Josh Robinson is leading the team with a .382 batting average (21-for-55) in GLIAC-only games. He has scored 13 runs and has four doubles, one triple, three home runs, and 14 RBI. Anthony Aloisio is hitting .333 (18-for-54) with three runs scored, six doubles, one triple, and a team-leading 15 RBI. Austin VanderMarkt has been a pleasant surprise as the team's fourth starter. He is 2-1 with a 2.50 ERA in four conference starts. He has thrown 18 innings with seven walks and 14 strikeouts. Carson Fischer is 2-2 with a 2.67 ERA in four starts in the league. He has thrown 27 innings with eight walks and 28 strikeouts. Davenport has posted a 4.79 team ERA in 124 innings with 56 walks and 114 strikeouts.

SERIES HISTORY
The teams met earlier this season on March 30 in Caledonia and split a pair of games at The Farm. The Rangers got just their second win in series history in game one winning 10-2. The Panthers responded in game two and cruised to the 13-2 victory. Davenport is 19-2 all-time against Parkside dating back to the 2019 season. The Panthers won the first 13 games to start the all-time series. VanderMarkt went six innings in game two and allowed no runs on four hits with two walks and five strikeouts. Aloisio drove in three runs with a RBI groundout in the first and a two-RBI double in the fifth. Logan Todd went 4-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBI. Michael Tchavdarov went 2-for-4 with a double, triple, two runs scored and a RBI.

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