ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Following its Star series win over rival Army, the Navy baseball team (8-10) returns to action Tuesday afternoon for a 3 p.m. non-conference showdown with Dartmouth (0-8) at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium.
 
The midweek contest continues a 10-game homestand for the Midshipmen, part of a 19-game stretch that has Navy playing at home 18 times.
 
Kruer and DePerno Earn Weekly Patriot League Honors
Two of the key cogs in Navy's Star series win over Army have earned weekly honors from the Patriot League … Senior right-hander Landon Kruer was named the Patriot League Pitcher of the Week while freshman catcher Ty DePerno was awarded the league's Rookie-of-the-Week accolade on Monday afternoon … Making up the pitcher-catcher battery that closed out both of the Midshipmen's wins against Army, Kruer picks up his first weekly honor of the season from the Patriot League and the third of his career, while DePerno's award marks his second in a four-week span … Tallying a 1.59 ERA in 5.2 innings over three appearances, Kruer struck out five while not allowing a walk and picking up two saves … For DePerno, he batted .533 on the week, as the rookie catcher tallied eight hits, five runs scored, a double, a home run and a pair of walks to go with six RBI over four games.
 
Kruer Named NAAA Athlete of the Week
After closing out three wins in a five-day stretch and helping the Midshipmen claim the baseball star series, Kruer was named the Naval Academy Athletic Association (NAAA) Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by Northrop Grumman on Monday … Earning the save in both Navy wins this weekend against Army, Kruer finished his week with a 1.59 ERA in 5.2 innings over three appearances, striking out five while not allowing a walk … The two saves tied Kruer for the Patriot League career saves record, matching former Holy Cross pitcher John Colella's 28 career saves … The 28 career saves are also the most among active pitchers across all NCAA divisions.
 
Friendly Confines
Through three seasons at Navy, Brock Murtha is batting .362 at home with a .472 on-base percentage and .563 slugging clip, with 28 of his 77 hits going for extra bases and the infielder stealing 25 bases … In 36 career home games, Victor Izquierdo has 34 RBI and 37 hits, tallying a .294 home average … Andrew Manning has scored 34 times in 36 career home games, also collecting 38 hits and 29 walks to register a .325 average and .473 on-base clip … Landon Kruer has maintained a 2.79 career ERA in 29 home appearances, getting 37 strikeouts in 42 innings while notching 17 saves … In five home appearances so far, Spencer Stephens has posted a 0.84 ERA across 10.2 innings, allowing six hits to 14 strikeouts … Navy has a .296 batting average at home under head coach Chuck Ristano, scoring 245 runs in 36 home games (6.81 per game) and stealing 84 bases in that span.
 
Midweek Mids
Posting a 5-4 midweek record last season that included a 3-2 home midweek mark, Navy is 2-0 this year in midweek contests with wins over Manhattan and Fordham … Ty DePerno is hitting .625 across those two midweek games, tallying three runs and three RBI, while Victor Izquierdo has batted .500 in those contests with seven RBI … Izquierdo batted .444 in midweek games last season, racking up four doubles, eight runs and 10 RBI over those nine starts, while 12 walks helped him post a .625 on-base percentage in midweeks.
 
Navy in the NCAA Stat Rankings
Navy ranks 59th in the nation with 1.89 steals per game, while the Mids' pitching staff is 76th-best nationally with a 4.71 ERA … Henry Mitchell is 19th in the country with 0.59 hit-by-pitches per game … On the base paths, Tyler Bouchard stands 71st nationally with 0.53 steals per game and Brock Murtha ranks 63rd with 0.56 steals per game.
 
Scouting Dartmouth
The Big Green have suffered a 0-8 start to the season after playing weekend series against three of the top teams in the country … After dropping a series at No. 16 Texas that included back-to-back one-run games, Dartmouth then headed to No. 10 Virginia for another three-game set that saw UVA sweep the Big Green … Dartmouth is coming off a weather-shortened series at College of Charleston, falling 2-1 in Friday's opener, losing a 7-3 contest on Saturday and then having Sunday's finale canceled … Elliot Krewson is hitting a team-best .333 while scoring five times and reaching base at a .455 clip … A.J. DeMastrio (.292 average) and Ethan Brown (.241 average) both have a team-leading four RBI … Joseph Chambers paces the Big Green with four appearances on the mound, holding a 3.86 ERA over seven innings … Shane Bauer returns after being named to the Ivy League All-Academic Team last season … The Big Green posted a 13-2 record last year, going 7-14 in Ivy League action.
 
Series History
Navy has posted an all-time record of 41-24-3 against Dartmouth … In a series that dates back to 1907, the last meeting between the schools was a three-game set in Annapolis on March 1-2, 2008 … Marking the Mids' 2008 home opener, Dartmouth took the opening game of the series, 1-0, before Navy responded with a 12-5 win in the Saturday nightcap, while the Big Green claimed the series with a 4-3 victory on Sunday in 10 innings.
 
Up Next
Navy will host Patriot League foe Bucknell for a three-day, four-game series starting on Friday afternoon.