Baseball: First Pitch Set for Saturday at College of Idaho

WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- The Whitman College baseball team kicks off its 2012 spring season this weekend with a pair of doubleheaders against NAIA-affiliated College of Idaho in Caldwell.

Saturday's twinbill calls for two nine-inning games, starting at noon (Mountain time, or 1a a.m. Pacific time).

Sunday's first game, also nine innings, starts at 11 a.m. (Mountain time) with a seven-inning game to follow.

Whitman fans unable to make the trip to Caldwell can follow the game action via livestats by clicking here.

Once on the College of Idaho's baseball Dakstats webpage, click on the "W" next to the Whitman games.

Jared Holowaty

College of Idaho, which advanced to the post-season for 25 consecutive years, opened its season last week at the NAIA Desert Classic in Arizona, splitting four games.

The Coyotes swept a four-game series from Whitman last February at a decidedly chilly Borleske Stadium.

The weekend forecast for the Caldwell area calls for daytime highs ranging from the mid- to high-40s with partly cloudy skies and light winds.

College of Idaho, which was part of the Northwest Conference from its formation in 1926 through 1978, has been playing Whitman in baseball since 1920s.

Records available from 1934 onward show Whitman leading the all-time series by a 134-102 margin, although the Coyotes have won the last 12 meetings. Whitman's last victory was a 5-4 triumph in game two of a doubleheader in 1995.

For a preseason look at Whitman's baseball team under third-year coach Jared Holoway, please click here.

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CONTACT: Dave Holden
Sports Information Director
Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash.
509 527-5902; holden@whitman.edu