Leading Off
OMAHA, Neb. - Omaha baseball (15-23, 9-12 Summit League) returns to town for one game, but at crosstown rival Creighton (28-12, 9-3 Big East) for one game on Tuesday, April 29 at 11 a.m. CT at Charles Schwab Field Omaha. Following Tuesday's contest, the Mavericks are hitting the road for three games at the Summit League's first-place squad, St. Thomas (21-17, 15-6 Summit League), at Koch Diamond in St. Paul, Minn.
Upcoming Schedule
Tuesday, May 6: 6 p.m. at Kansas State
Friday, May 9: 6 p.m. vs. South Dakota State
Saturday, May 10: 6 p.m. vs. South Dakota State
Sunday, May 11: noon vs. South Dakota State
Around the Horn
- Omaha enters Tuesday's contest at Creighton after a series win at Northern Colorado, where it took the final two of the three-game series.
- Henry Zipay continues his offensive tear and sits atop the Summit League's batting average leaderboard at .407.
- Zipay's .586 slugging percentage also sits among the conference's top, as it is the third-highest.
- The senior also leads the league in on-base percentage (0.506) and on-base + slugging percentage (1.092).
- Tyler Bishop homered twice in Greeley, Colo., last weekend and was a force behind the Mavericks' big Summit League series win.
- Omaha scored its second-most single-game runs in 2025 on Sunday at Northern Colorado, beating the home team 17-5.
- Ben Weber's .245 opponent batting average is the third-best in the Summit League.
Scouting Creighton
- The Bluejays sit in first place in the Big East conference standings entering Tuesday's contest.
- At home, Creighton is 15-4 on an overall win streak of eight games.
- At Charles Schwab Field Omaha, the home team has the best record on its field in the Big East.
St. Thomas
- The Tommies' 7-1 record at home in 2025 is tied for the fewest home games played in the Summit League.
- Max Morris leads St. Thomas with a .347 average, and Tanner Recchio is behind him at .346 this season. The pair sit fourth and fifth in the conference, respectively.
- Recchio has scored the most runs in the conference and stolen 10 more bases than anyone else in the league (25).
- Walker Retz leads the Tommies with a 4.38 ERA, and Riane Ritter has opponents hitting .251 against him in 2025.
