2021 EASTERN ILLINOIS BASEBALL FEBRUARY Eastern Illinois (9-7, 1-2 OVC) 19
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2021 SCHEDULE 2021 EASTERN ILLINOIS BASEBALL FEBRUARY Eastern Illinois (9-7, 1-2 OVC) 19.........at Nicholls State .......................................... L, 4-11. at Tennessee Tech (6-5, 2-1 OVC) 20.........at Nicholls State ........................................... W, 4-3. 21.........at Nicholls State ....................................W, 3-2 (10). Saturday- Mar. 20 @ 12:00 pm (DH) 23.........at Southern Illinois ...................................... L, 9-10. Saturday- Mar. 20 @ TBD (DH) 26.........at Arkansas-Little Rock .............................. W, 12-6 Sunday- Mar. 21 @ 1 p.m. 26.........at Arkansas-Little Rock .............................. W, 17-1 Bush Stadium 27.........at Arkansas-Little Rock ................................. L, 5-6 Cookeville, Tenn. MARCH March 19-21, 2021 2...........at Bellarmine .................................................L, 1-11 2...........at Bellarmine ............................................. W, 13-10 5...........at Kansas State ............................................. L, 3-6 On Deck - Southeast Missouri (Mar. 26 - 27) 6...........at Kansas State ............................................ W, 6-5 7...........at Kansas State .......................................... W, 14-7 • EIU Pitching 9...........vs Bellarime ................................................... W, 8-1 12...... • vs Murray State ............................ L, 2-9 Game One: #8 Trevor Nicholson, LHP, R-Jr. 13...... • vs Murray State (DH) ...............W, 14-10 Game Two: #26 Ky Hampton, RHP, Jr. 13...... • vs Murray State (DH) ................. L, 5-15 Game Three: #23 Hayden Birdsong, RHP, R-Fr. 20......... • at Tennessee Tech (DH) ....................12:00 p.m. 21.......... at Tennessee Tech .................................1:00 p.m. • TTU Pitching 24...... .vs Missouri Baptist .................. 3:00 p.m. Game One: #29 Tyler Sylvester, RHP 26...... .• vs Southeast Missouri .......... 3:00 p.m. Game Two: #31 Ty Fisher, LHP 27...... • vs Southeast Missouri (DH) 11:30 p.m. Game Three: TBA 30.........at Illinois State...........................................5:00 p.m. APRIL • Head Coaches 2...........• at Belmont .................................................4:00 p.m. EIU: Jason Anderson (102-148, 5th year) 3...........• at Belmont (DH) ........................................1:00 p.m. TTU: Steve Smith (9-17, 2nd year) 7......... at Valparaiso .................................................3:00 p.m. 9.........• vs Eastern Kentucky ............. 3:00 p.m. -The Eastern Illinois baseball team was picked to finish eighth in this years 10...... • vs Eastern Kentucky (DH) ... 12:00 p.m. OVC rankings. 13...... vs Maryville .................................. 3:00 p.m. 16..........• at Morehead State (DH) .......................1:00 p.m. 17..........• at Morehead State ................................1:00 p.m. -The Panthers are returning multiple (24) players from last years team to 18......... • at Morehead State ................................1:00 p.m. the roster. 23...... • vs UT Martin ............................ 3:00 p.m. 24...... vs UT Martin (DH) ................. 12:00 p.m. -Will Klein, the Panthers ace last season, was drafted 135th in the fifth 27...... vs Roosevelt (Chicago) ............ 3:00 p.m. round by the Kansas City Royals organization. Klein was the fifth highest 28...... vs St. Francis ............................. 3:00 p.m. draft pick to come out of Eastern Illinois. 30.........• at SIUE ....................................................6:00 p.m. MAY -Eastern Illinois is playing in its 115th season of intercollegiate baseball. 1...........• at SIUE (DH) ...........................................1:00 p.m. EIU has an all-time record of 1,759 and 1,558 loses. 7........ • vs Austin Peay ........................ 3:00 p.m. 8........ • vs Austin Peay (DH) ............. 12:00 p.m. -Jason Anderson has had six players enter the minor league since he has 13......... at St. Louis................................................6:00 p.m. become the head coach (Klein, Michael Yasenka, Jimmy Govern, Jake 15...... vs St. Louis (DH) ....................... 12:00 p.m. Haberer, Michael McCormick, and Matt Wivinis). 17...... • vs SIUE ..................................... 2:00 p.m. 20.........• at Jacksonville State ..............................6:00 p.m. 21.........• at Jacksonville State (DH) ....................1:00 p.m. .............27-29 ..........................................at OVC Tournament 2021 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE STANDINGS All Times Central and subject to change OVC Games Overall Games Home games listed in BOLD CAPS Team W L T Pct W L T Pct Home Streak * Ohio Valley Conference game Tennessee Tech 2 1 0 .667 6 5 0 .545 1-0 W2 Southeast Missouri 2 1 0 .667 8 7 0 .533 3-1 W3 Murray State 2 1 0 .667 8 8 0 .500 4-1 W1 Morehead State 2 1 0 .667 7 8 0 .467 4-1 L2 UT Martin 2 1 0 .667 6 7 0 .462 2-1 W1 Eastern Illinois 1 2 0 .333 9 7 0 .563 2-2 L1 SIUE 1 2 0 .333 6 7 0 .462 5-5 L3 Eastern Kentucky 1 2 0 .333 6 9 0 .400 3-1 W2 Belmont 1 2 0 .333 4 8 0 .333 3-2 L2 Austin Peay 1 2 0 .333 3 11 0 .214 1-4 L2 Jacksonville State 0 0 0 .000 7 8 0 .467 5-5 L1 2021 EASTERN ILLINOIS BASEBALL EIU BASEBALL - PLAYER NOTES • Eastern returns six redshirt seniors to the roster this • Trey Sweeney leads the OVC in on-base percentage season, including two-time Preseason All-OVC Player, (.507), runs scored (19), and total RBI (21). He ranks second Christian Pena. in slugging percentage (.702), hits (22), and total bases (40). • Foster Anshutz led the team in wins in 2019 with a 7-2 • Alex Stevenson finished first in ERA for the Panthers in the record on the season despite having and ERA of 6.15. 2019 season with an impressive 1.61. In his only apperance this season, he pitched three innings, allowed one hit, no • The Panthers add Mattoon, Ill. native Hayden Birdsong earned runs, and seven strikeouts. to the pitching staff. The 6-4 redshirt freshman pitched 15 innings and struckout 20 batters in his short year at nearby • Ky Hampton comes to EIU from Southeastern CC in Iowa. Rend Lake CC. He posted a 2-1 record and a 2.00 ERA in the shortened 2020 season. • Dane Toppel had a huge first week of March, hitting at a .500 average. Toppel recorded his first career homer against • Lucas DiLuca played at Cuyahoga CC where he hit .415, K-State to seal the series against the Wildcats. Toppel ranks stole 20 bags, hit 36 RBI, and was named to the All-Canada No. 4 in total runs (15) in the OVC. College second team. • Cameron Doherty is a right-handed pitcher that attended • Ryan Ignoffo had a series to remember against Arkansas Mesa Community College before joining EIU. In the 2018 last season, as he finished 3-5 with a run. He finished with a season, Doherty had a record of five wins and one loss with .455 BA, and .500 on-base percentage. an ERA of 3.17. In 59.2 innings pitched he had 47 strike- outs, 54 hits, 21 earned runs, and seven walks. • Grant Emme led off for the Panthers and recorded nine hits and six walks. The former freshman All-American has • Dalton Doyle has been one of the best bats for the Panthers already knocked in three doubles this season. thus far into the season. Doyle is ranked No. 4 in the OVC for the most doubles this season with six. • Trevor Nicholson appeared primarly in relief last season for the Panthers. He recorded 13 stikeouts in ten innings in • The Panthers put up 13 runs in one inning against Arkansas 2020. Nicholson is allowing the lowest batting average (.138) Little Rock: The most runs in an innning since 2016 when the in the conference. Panthers put up 10 runs in an inning against UT Martin. • Logan Eickhoff has been one of the best hitters in baseball • Trey Sweeney made 48 starts as a freshman, appearing at this season. Eickhoff leads the OVC in batting average shortstop. Sweeney hit .266, along with 24 RBI, 18 walks and (.420), hits (29), doubles (7), and at-bats (69). Eickhoff ranks a walk-off single against EKU on April 13th. Sweeney held a third in the nation in total hits 13-game hit streak up until the cancelation of the season. Sweeney ended the season with a .351 batting average, • Knernschield and Emme are both injured in this early ended with 20 hits, and 13 RBI in the season. He was named season. a preseason All-American by Perfect Game Baseball. EIU BASEBALL - LAST TIME IT HAPPENED An Eastern Illinois hitter had... An Eastern Illinois team had... 7 at-bats .............................................Joseph Duncan at SIUE (5/14/17) 20 runs........................................................ 20 - vs Illinois State (4/3/13) 6 hits ....................................Caleb Howell at Eastern Kentucky (5/4/14) 10 or more runs in an inning ............13 - at Arkansas Little Rock, 4th Inning (2/26/21) 8 consecutive hits . ... Trey Sweeney between 2/21/20-(Current) 24 RBI ......................................................... Blackburn College (4/15/09) 5 runs............................................Zach Skidmore at UT Martin (4/11/09) 20 RBI .................................................. 22, at Morehead State (4/10/11) 6 RBI .................. Trey Sweeney (6) vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/10/20) 25 hits ......................................................... at Morehead State (4/10/11) 3 doubles ..........................Logan Eickhoff vs. Murray State (3/13/21) 20 hits ..............................................................21, at UT Martin (4/24/16) 2 triples ........................................Frankie Perrone vs. Belmont (4/24/16) 7 doubles