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SCHEDULE & RESULTS W EST L AFAYETTE, IND. • LAMBERT F IELD Feb. 17 vs. Dayton ^ W, 4-3 Feb. 18 at USC Upstate L, 1-10 Feb. 19 at Wofford CCLD BALL STATE CARDINALS Feb. 24 at UAB L, 3-4 Feb. 25 at UAB L, 0-1 (12) (11-26) Feb. 26 at UAB L, 4-7 Mar. 2 at Missouri W, 5-2 VS. Mar. 3 at Missouri L, 5-15 Mar. 4 at Missouri L, 2-9 #13 PURDUE BOILERMAKERS Mar. 7 at Tennessee L, 7-9 (31-6) Mar. 9 at MTSU W, 5-4 Mar. 10 at MTSU L, 4-7 Mar. 11 at MTSU L, 1-6 W EDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 @ 4 P . M . Mar. 16 at #21 Louisville L, 4-9 BALL STATE’S PROBABLE STARTING PITCHER Mar. 17 at #21 Louisville L, 5-14 Mar. 18 at #21 Louisville L, 5-13 Pos. No. Name Yr. 2012 Statistics Mar. 23 at Akron * L, 0-4 RHP 41 Scott Baker Fr. 0-0, 6.84 ERA, 26.1 IP, 24 K, 21 BB Mar. 24 at Akron * L, 3-6 Mar. 25 at Akron * W, 2-1 (12) PURDUE’S PROBABLE STARTING PITCHER Mar. 27 at Dayton L, 4-14 Pos. No. Name Yr. 2012 Statistics Mar. 28 INDIANA STATE L, 3-14 Mar. 30 KENT STATE * L, 4-7 (10) LHP 35 Calvin Gunter Sr. 2-1, 4.28 ERA, 33.2 IP, 18 K, 29 BB Mar. 31 KENT STATE * L, 2-4 (11) Apr. 1 KENT STATE * L, 2-18 LIVE STATS AVAILABLE AT WWW.BALLSTATESPORTS.COM/LIVESTATS Apr. 3 INDIANA TECH * W, 7-6 (10) LIVE AUDIO AVAILABLE AT WWW.PURDUESPORTS.COM Apr. 4 at Indiana L, 5-6 (15) Apr. 6 MIAMI * W, 7-6 What’s On Tap . Apr. 7 MIAMI * W, 4-3 Ball State steps out of Mid-American Conference play Wednesday afternoon Apr. 8 MIAMI * L, 5-9 Apr. 10 vs. Butler % L, 6-8 as it travels to West Lafayette, Ind., for a meeting with No. 13 Purdue ... Game Apr. 11 #18 PURDUE L, 2-15 time is set for 4 p.m. at Lambert Field in the Cardinals return trip of a home-and- Apr. 13 at Ohio * L, 1-6 home series ... Wednesday’s game begin a stretch of 11 road games in the Car- Apr. 15 at Ohio * (DH) L, 9-11 dinals’ final 14 regular season games. Apr. 15 at Ohio * (DH) W, 4-3 Live stats will be available at www.ballstatesports.com/livestats ... Addition- Apr. 17 NORTHWESTERN OHIO W, 11-7 ally, updates will be posted on Twitter @BallUBaseball. Apr. 20 EASTERN MICH. * W, 8-4 Apr. 21 EASTERN MICH.* L, 0-4 Apr. 22 EASTERN MICH. * W, 5-4 (10) Probable Starting Pitchers. Apr. 25 at #13 Purdue 4 p.m. Ball State will send freshman right-hander Scott Baker to the hill Wednes- Apr. 27 at Toledo * 3 p.m. day afternoon, but will use multiple pitchers in the non-conference contest ... Apr. 28 at Toledo * 1 p.m. Purdue will counter with left-hander Calvin Gunter. Apr. 29 at Toledo * 1 p.m. Baker will be making his 13 appearance and fourth start of the season May 4 WESTERN MICHIGAN * 3 p.m. Wednesday ... He has a 6.84 ERA in 26.1 innings of work while striking out 24 May 5 WESTERN MICHIGAN * 1 p.m. May 6 WESTERN MICHIGAN * 1 p.m. and walking 21 batters ... He started last week against Northwestern Ohio work- May 9 at Valparaiso 3 p.m. (CT) ing 4.1 innings and allowing four runs on five hits in the no decision. May 11 at Central Michigan * 3 p.m. Gunter will be making his 10th appearance and eighth start of the season May 12 at Central Michigan * 2 p.m. Wednesday ... He as a 2-1 record with a 4.28 ERA in 33.2 innings as he has May 13 at Central Michigan * 1 p.m. struck out 18 and walked 20 batters ... He worked 2.0 innings last week against May 17 at Northern Illinois * 3 p.m. (CT) Illinois-Chicago in relief and allowed just one hit. May 18 at Northern Illinois * 2 p.m. (CT) May 19 at Northern Illinois * 1 p.m. (CT) Series History . MAC TOURNAMENT Wednesday’s game marks the 84th meeting all-time between Ball State and May 23-26 Purdue, dating back to April 11, 1930 ... The Cardinals trail the all-time series by Avon, Ohio a 47-34-2 record as they have dropped five straight in the series and seven out of the last eight meetings. ^ - Hosted by Wofford Earlier this season, Purdue recorded a 15-2 victory over the Cardinals in Ball % - Victory Field -- Indianapolis, Ind. * - Mid-American Conference game Diamond ... The Boilermakers scored 12 runs in the sixth inning to break open a 3-2 contest ... Purdue posted 17 hits in the victory and took advantage of five er- HOME GAMES IN CAPS rors ... Left-hander Calvin Gunter, Wednesday’s starting pitcher, worked 2.0 shutout innings of relief in the Purdue victory. 2012 BALL STATE BASEBALL team with 17 RBI ... Sophomore T.J. MAC Preseason Poll GENERAL INFORMATION Weir leads the team with 36 hits, 19 Location . .Muncie, Ind. RBI, nine doubles and two home runs Enrollment . .17,728 MAC West Division Founded . .1918 1.) Central Michigan - 54 points ... Junior Wes Winkle also has posted President . .Dr. Jo Ann M. Gora 36 hits on the year with a .275 batting Colors . .Cardinal and White 2.) Toledo - 45 points Nickname . .Cardinals 3.) Eastern Michigan - 43 points average. Conference . .Mid-American (West Division) 4.) Northern Illinois - 36 points In the bullpen, right-hander Chris Home Facility . .Ball Diamond Marangon leads the team with 15 ap- Capacity . .1,700 5.) Western Michigan - 21 points Surface . .Grass 6.) Ball State - 11 points pearances ... Marangon has a 4.50 ERA Lights . .No in 44.0 innings of work while posting Dimensions . .330 Feet LF and RF . .365 Feet LC and RC MAC East Division two saves ... Left-hander Devin . .400 Feet to CF 1.) Kent State - 59 points Wilburn has also appeared in 15 . .8 Foot Fence games and has a 6.05 ERA in 19.1 in- 2.) Miami - 48 points ATHLETICS INFORMATION 3.) Bowling Green - 36 points nings of work ... Left-hander Jon Athletics Director . .Tom Collins 4.) Ohio - 34 points Cisna has a 7.63 ERA in 15.1 innings Associate A.D. .Karin Lee Associate A.D. .Pat Quinn 5.) Akron - 17 points while fellow southpaw has a 5.73 ERA Associate A.D. .Matt Wolfert 6.) Buffalo - 16 points in 22.0 innings. Associate A.D. .Joe Hernandez Dir. of Facilities . .Dan Byrnes Dir. of Marketing . .Molly Myers MAC Tournament: Kent State (7), Cen- Scouting The Boilermakers . Dir. of Development . .Brad Edmondson tral Mich. (1), Toledo (1), Eastern Mich. Purdue enters the week with a 31- Dir. of Ticket Operations . .Rob Richards Dir. of Business Services . .Lori Tomlin (1) & Miami (1). 6 overall record and plays at Illinois Dir. of Corporate Sales . .Jeff Weller State Tuesday evening ... The Boiler- Compliance Coordinator . .Lisa Donaldson Asst. Dir. of Corporate Sales . .Chris Ulm makers own a 12-3 mark in Big Ten Activities Coordinator/CVC . .Susan Hargis play to sit alone in first place ... Purdue Faculty Athletics Representative . .Dr. Jim Ruebel Coaching Comparison . Equipment Manager . .Brian Bailey Ball State head coach Alex Mar- has scored 269 runs (6.4 runs/game) Athletics Phone . 765.285.1671 coni enters his second season at the while posting a .327 batting average as a team ... Opponents have scored 143 TEAM INFORMATION helm ... Marconi posted a 15-35 record 2011 Overall Record . .15-35 last year after working for five years as runs (3.9 runs/game) and are batting 2011 Conference Record . .11-15 .243 as a team. 2011 Conference Finish . .Sixth MAC West an assistant coach for BSU under for- 2011 Postseason . .N/A mer head coach Greg Beals (Ohio Cameron Perkins leads the Boiler- MAC Championships . .3 (1998, 99, 2001) makers with a .384 batting average ... MAC West Titles 8 (1998, 99, 00, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09) State). MAC Tournament Championships . .1 (2006) Purdue is led by 14-year head Perkins also leads the team in hits (58), NCAA Appearances . .3 (1965, 69, 2006) coach Doug Schreiber who owns a RBI (43), runs (38), doubles (10) and home runs (6) ... Eric Charles is second COACHING STAFF INFORMATION 411-354 record during his career ... Head Coach . .Alex Marconi (Kent State, 2000) Schreiber spent two season as an as- on the team with a .378 batting aver- Record at Ball State (Years) . .26-61 (2) age and is second with 54 hits ... Kevin Career Record (Years) . .26-61 (2) sistant coach at Ball State (1991-92) Career MAC Record (Years) . .17-24 (2) under former head coach Pat Quinn. Plawecki is second on the team with 31 Pitching Coach . .Jeremy Plexico (Winthrop, 2002) RBI while leading the team with 16 Years at Ball State . .First season Assistant Coach . .Pete Milas (Ball State, 2003) Scouting The Cardinals . doubles. Years at Ball State . .First season Ball State enters Wednesday’s In the bullpen, Blake Mascarello Volunteer Assistant . .JD Goryl leads the team with 18 appearances ... Years at Ball State . .First Season game with an 11-26 overall record and Baseball Office Phone . .765.285.1425 a 6-9 mark in Mid-American Confer- Mascarello has a 2.08 ERA in 43.1 in- nings of work while posting a 7-1 PLAYER INFORMATION ence play ..