2021 Baseball GAME NOTES Athletic Media Relations | 111 Playforth Place, AAC Room 156 |Contact 4Matt Schabert ([email protected]) MOREHEAD STATE Eagles (23-19/12-9 OVC) vs Belmont Bruins (20-29/12-15 OVC) GAMEs 43-45 May 21-22, 2021 • E.S. Rose Park • Nashville, Tenn. Morehead State Eagles Belmont Bruins TV4ESPN+ • Radio4N/A Last Game4L, 8-7 vs. Tennessee Tech (5/8) Last Game4L, 11-2 vs. No. 4 Tennessee (5/18) Live Stats4MSUEagles.com • Live Audio4N/A Head Coach4Mik Aoki (28-29, 2nd season) Head Coach4Dave Jarvis (669-624-2, 24th season) Twitter4@MSUEagles & @MSUEaglesBsball Record vs. Belmont41-4 Record vs. Morehead State439-15 2021 SCHEDULE LEADING OFF DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET)|RESULT Feb. 19 at Charlotte L, 12-4 ◊ In the final regular-season series, Morehead State travels to Belmont for a three-game set Feb. 20 at Charlotte L, 18-3 with its Ohio Valley Conference rival. Since Belmont transitioned to Division I in 1998, the Feb. 20 at Davidson L, 14-8 two programs have met 54 times, including each season from 1998 to 2005 and each season Feb. 21 at Charlotte L, 4-2 since 2013. Overall, the Bruins lead the series over the Eagles 39-15. Feb. 24 Bellarmine Cancelled Feb. 26 at Ohio L, 6-0 [7] ◊ In a streak encompassing his last three starts, redshirt senior right-hander Jason Goe hasn’t Feb. 26 at Ohio W, 3-1 [11] permitted a walk. Over those same three starts, he’s struck out 24 batters and owns a streak Feb. 28 Ohio Postponed of 25 consecutive strikeouts since his last walk, a streak that dates back to his start versus Feb. 28 Ohio Cancelled Eastern Illinois on April 16. March 2 at (1) Louisville W, 5-2 March 5 at Marshall L, 3-1 ◊ Hitting two home runs in the series at Tennessee Tech, freshman first baseman Jackson March 6 Marshall W, 13-10 Feltner became the fifth freshman in program history to hit double-digit home runs in a March 7 at Marshall W, 6-2 season. He is the first since Taylor Davis in 2009 to reach double-figure homers and is March 9 Ohio W, 12-9 currently tied for the fourth-most freshman homers in a single season in program history. March 12 Eastern Kentucky [!] W, 5-2 March 13 Eastern Kentucky [!] W, 14-5 March 13 Eastern Kentucky [!] L, 11-0 [7] ◊ Picking up a hit in each game at Tennessee Tech, Feltner also extended his Ohio Valley March 16 at West Virginia L, 7-1 Conference-leading reached base and hitting streaks to 32 and 23 games, respectively. His March 17 at West Virginia L, 4-2 32 game reached base streak is the longest for an Eagle since Jake Hammon authored a March 20 at Norfolk State W, 5-3 [8] 36-game streak in 2018-19 and the longest hitting streak since Reid Leonard closed the 2019 March 20 at Norfolk State W, 5-1 [7] season with a 22-game streak. March 21 at Norfolk State W, 10-2 [7] March 21 at Norfolk State L, 4-2 [7] ◊ Feltner’s .394 batting average (56-for-142) in 2021 ranks third in the OVC entering the March 26 at UT Martin [!] Cancelled weekend’s games, ranking 24th in the country. Amongst NCAA freshman, his average ranks March 26 at UT Martin [!] Cancelled fourth while amongst true freshman his average ranks second behind only Richmond’s Jared March 27 at UT Martin [!] Cancelled Sprague-Lott (.432; 32-for-74). April 2 SIUE [!] W, 13-10 April 3 SIUE [!] L, 12-8 April 3 SIUE [!] W, 13-8 April 6 at Dayton W, 10-7 Potential Starting Lineup* April 8 at Austin Peay [!] L, 13-4 # Name B/T AVG HR RBI RUNS BB SB April 9 at Austin Peay [!] W, 14-9 C 44 Jack Gardner R/R .283 11 49 29 21 1-1 April 9 at Austin Peay [!] W, 12-1 [7] 1B 30 Jackson Feltner R/R .394 11 41 26 17 0-1 April 16 Eastern Illinois [!] W, 7-4 2B 9 Bryce Hensor R/R .353 4 23 49 26 10-12 April 16 Eastern Illinois [!] W, 11-9 SS 16 Colton Becker R/R .208 4 19 23 14 3-3 April 17 Eastern Illinois [!] L, 8-6 3B 12 Stephen Hill R/R .292 3 32 30 26 1-3 April 18 Eastern Illinois W, 14-4 [7] LF 23 Jacob Ferry L/R .258 7 15 15 12 2-3 April 20 at Eastern Kentucky L, 13-4 or 15 Peyton Dillingham R/R .238 0 5 9 2 0-1 April 24 at Jacksonville State [!] W, 3-0 CF 4 Ryley Preece S/R .341 5 20 29 15 4-7 April 24 at Jacksonville State [!] L, 9-5 RF 18 Ryan Layne L/R .276 5 18 28 15 2-3 April 25 at Jacksonville State [!] W, 6-3 DH 34 Alex Jacobs L/R .292 2 6 11 6 0-4 April 30 Murray State [!] W, 17-3 May 1 Murray State [!] W, 5-3 POtential Starting Pitchers May 1 Murray State [!] L, 13-3 [7] # Name ERA W-L APP GS IP BB SO May 2 Murray State W, 11-6 13 Jason Goe 4.46 3-5 11 11 66.2 15 67 May 7 at Tennessee Tech [!] L, 3-2 1 Luke Helton 5.33 3-2 11 11 49.0 16 46 May 8 at Tennessee Tech [!] L, 4-3 25 John Sherman 7.71 1-1 11 7 35.0 23 23 May 8 at Tennessee Tech [!] L, 8-7 May 11 at Kentucky Cancelled Notable Arms May 14 Southeast Missouri [!] Cancelled # Name ERA W-L APP GS IP BB SO May 14 Southeast Missouri [!] Cancelled 22 Matt Bettio 7.71 2-2 13 6 28.0 15 26 May 15 Southeast Missouri [!] Cancelled 26 John Bakke 4.31 1-2 24 0 39.2 21 43 May 21 at Belmont [!] 5:00 PM 27 Cory Conway 3.05 8-2 18 0 41.1 21 51 May 22 at Belmont [!] 2:00 PM 29 Grant Herron 8.34 1-2 16 0 22.2 16 33 May 22 at Belmont [!] 5:30 PM Bold indicates home game * Based on Previous Weekend’s Lineups [!] = Ohio Valley Conference Game 2021 Baseball GAME NOTES Athletic Media Relations | 111 Playforth Place, AAC Room 156 |Contact 4Matt Schabert ([email protected]) QUICK FACTS ◊ Enter the weekend’s series, a pair of Eagles rank top-50 in the NCAA in run production and run production per game. Senior catcher Jack Gardner ranks 44th in the nation in runs batted in and 15th in runs batted in per game, driving home 49 runs in 38 games while redshirt junior second baseman Bryce Hensor ranks 39th Location Morehead, Ky. in the NCAA in runs and 22nd in runs per game, scoring 49 times in 42 games. Founded 1887 Enrollment 10,351 ◊ Redshirt junior lefthander John Bakke enters the weekend’s games ranked 28th in the NCAA in total pitching Nickname Eagles appearances, making 24 on the season. He also ranks 37th in the nation in saves with seven with his Colors Blue (286), Gold (116) saves total tying for fifth-most in a single season in program history and the most in a single season for a Affiliation NCAA Division I left-handed pitcher. Conference Ohio Valley (OVC) Stadium (Capacity) Allen Field (1,000) ◊ With eight victories on the season, redshirt senior southpaw Cory Conway leads the OVC and is tied for 13th President Dr. Jay Morgan in the NCAA in wins this season. Earning each victory in relief, Conway is tied for second in the nation in Director of Athletics Jaime Gordon relief victories, behind only Arkansas’s Kevin Kopps’ nine relief wins. First Season of Baseball 1927 ◊ Conway’s eight victories in 2021 tie for fifth-most in a single season in Morehead State baseball history—the All-Time Record 1556-1473-10 second time in his career Conway has reached that mark in a season (2018)—with his 18 career victories OVC Regular Season Titles 6 (1957, 1969, 1973, 1977, also tying for fifth-most all-time. His eight single-season wins in 2018 and 2021 are the most single-season 1979, 1983) relief victories in program history while his 17 career relief wins are the most in program history. OVC East Division Titles 8 (1963, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977) ◊ With two doubles in the series finale at Tennessee Tech, redshirt senior third baseman Stephen Hill upped OVC North Division Titles 2 (1983, 1985) his season total to 15 two-baggers, ranking fourth in the OVC in the category. He also ranks 38th in the OVC Tournament Titles 4 (1983, 1993, 2015, 2018) NCAA in doubles per game and has produced three two double games (April 30 [DH game two], May 2, & NCAA Appearances 4 (1977, 1983, 2015, 2018) May 8 [DH game two]) over his last six games, producing four such games this season. NCAA Tournament Record 2-8 2020 Record 5-10 ◊ Collecting a sacrifice in game two of the Eagles’ series with Tennessee Tech, freshman centerfielder Ryley Preece totals eight sacrifice bunts on the season, tying for eight-most in a single season in program history. 2020 OVC Record 0-3 His eight sacrifices rank 26th in the NCAA in the category while his average of 0.23 sacrifices per game ranks 14th in the country.