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The 2018 Grand Valley State baseball team  will play the first game of a four-game GLIAC series today (March 23) at Purdue Northwest. First pitch is set for 3:30 p.m. at Albert's Diamond Jewelers Field in Dowling Park.  The Lakers come in 11-8 overall, while the Pride are 7-4. Saturday's twinbill will start 2 p.m., with the series finale on Sunday set for a 1 p.m. first pitch. This will be the first-ever meeting between Grand Valley State and Purdue Northwest. GVSU has played its entire schedule (19 games) to this point of the season at either a neutral site (7-6) or on the road for a true road contest (4-2). 

The Lakers enter this weekends GLIAC series hitting .310 as a team, including 50 extra base hits, a .427 slugging percentage and a .398 on base percentage. GVSU has scored 129 runs in 19 games (6.78 rpg), while yielding 111 (5.8 rpg). Junior RF Jacob Gleason leads the offense with a .443 batting average, including 18 runs scored, 22 RBI, seven doubles, three triples and two home runs. Sophomore 1B Ryan Blake-Jones is hitting .429 with 17 runs scored, a team-high 26 RBI, four home runs and two doubles. Senior 3B/C Austin LaDoux comes in with a .406 batting average, five doubles and two home runs. 

The GVSU pitching staff has a 5.52 ERA with 151 strikeouts and an opponent batting average of .274. Ryan Arnold leads the Lakers on the hill with a 4-0 mark and a 2.92 ERA. Arnold has 24 strikeouts and just nine walks in 24.2 innings pitched, with eight of his 10 runs allowed being earned. 

Austin Kordik leads the Pride with a .400 batting average this season, including 15 runs scored and nine RBI. Jimmy Skiff is 2-0 with a 0.89 ERA in 11 innings pitched.