EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY RELEASE EAGLES B ASEBALL • MAY 25, 2007 2007 EMU BASEBALL 2007 EAGLES BASEBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS (31-22, 21-4 MAC) EASTERN MICHIGAN BASEBALL FEBRUARY 9 at #19 Tennessee L, 4-7 No. 1 EMU vs. No. 2 Kent State (31-24) 10 at #19 Tennessee W, 6-3 11 at #19 Tennessee L, 1-5 Friday • May 25, 2007 • 10 a.m. • MAC Semi-Finals 20 at East Tennessee State L, 7-8 Oestrike Stadium • Ypsilanti, Mich. 23 at #4 South Carolina L, 6-0 24 at #4 South Carolina (DH) L, 5-8 EAGLES HOST KENT STATE IN MAC TOURNAMENT SEMI-FINALS: As a result of win- L, 1-5 ning the MAC West Division title, the Eastern Michigan University baseball team will host the MARCH 2007 Mid-American Conference Tournament held May 23-26, at Oestrike Stadium in Ypsilanti, 2 at Arizona L, 2-9 Mich. This marks the first time that Eastern Michigan University has hosted the tournament 3 at Arizona L, 7-8 4 at Arizona W, 7-5 since its inception in 1981. The Eagles entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed and will take 15 at #13 Coastal Carolina L, 2-5 on No. 2 seed Kent State in semi-final action after defeating No. 3 seed Central Michigan, 12- 17 at #13 Coastal Carolina (DH) L, 3-12 6, in quarterfinal action (May 24) and No. 6 seed Toledo, 6-5, in the first round (May 23). EMU L, 7-10 enters the game with a 31-22 overall mark. Kent State concluded the regular season with a 24 at Bowling Green* (DH) W, 10-2 29-24 overall mark and won the East Division title. The Golden Flashes enter the game with a W, 11-8 25 at Bowling Green* W, 7-3 31-24 record after defeating No. 5 seed Northern Illinois, 7-3, in round one (May 23) and No. 4 30 at Buffalo* W, 5-3 seed Miami in the quarterfinals (May 24). The last time EMU and KSU met in tournament play 31 at Buffalo* (DH) L, 2-1 was last season with the Golden Flashes winning 2-1. Kent State leads the all-time series W, 8-1 against Eastern 40-37. APRIL 6 MIAMI* W, 3-1 SCOUTING THE GOLDEN FLASHES: Kent State is led by freshman Anthony Gallas who 7 MIAMI* Cancelled ranked 11th in the conference regular season batting 339 with 63 hits, 41 runs scored, 41 8 MIAMI* (DH) Cancelled RBI and 10 home runs which ranked second in the MAC. As a team, the Golden Flashes 9 NORTHWOOD W, 10 -3 entered the tournament as the ninth ranked team in hitting with a .279 batting average and 10 MICHIGAN (DH) L, 4-11 L, 1-9 second in pitching with a 3.56 ERA. Kent State is under the direction of head coach Scott 13 OHIO* W, 2-0 Stricklin, who is in his third season. 14 OHIO* (DH) W, 1-0 W, 5-4 EAGLES BLAST CHIPPEWAS IN QUARTERFINALS: The No. 1 seed Eastern Michigan 18 at Michigan (DH) (Comcast Local) W, 10-2 University baseball team rolled into the semi-finals of the 2007 Mid-American Conference Tour- L, 7-10 20 at Ball State* W, 8-3 nament with a 12-6 victory over in-state rival and No. 3 seed Central Michigan University in 21 at Ball State* W, 6-3 quarterfinal action here Thursday afternoon (May 24) at Oestrike Stadium. The Eagles will take 22 at Ball State* (Comcast Local) W, 6-4 on Kent State for a chance to play for the championship. EMU’s (31-22) high-powered offense 24 SPRING ARBOR L, 2-4 tallied 12 runs on 11 hits with a grand slam home run and three solo shots. The Eagles have 27 at Northern Illinois* W, 6-3 hit an impressive seven home runs in their last two games. Defensively, Eastern held 14 CMU 28 at Northern Illinois* L, 1-11 runners on base. Three Eastern players notched multiple hits with junior Steve Bradshaw 29 at Northern Illinois* W, 4-2 MAY leading the way going 3-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored. Sophomore Kyle Rhoad hit 2-for- 1 OLIVET (DH) W, 7-4 4 with two runs scored, an RBI and a solo home run while junior Jeff Davis also went 2-for-4 two W, 4-0 runs scored and a RBI. Junior Mike Boyd went 1-for-3 with two RBI, three runs scored and a 2 OAKLAND W, 7-4 solo home run. Junior Jeff Hehr went 1-for-4 with four RBI courtesy of a grand slam home run 2 SIENA HEIGHTS W, 20-0 while senior Derek Lehrman tallied a solo home run going 1-for-5 at the plate with a run 4 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* L, 0-10 5 CMU* (Field Dedication) W, 3-0 scored. 6 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* W, 4-3 7 at Oakland L, 4-10 THE LONG BALL DOWNS TOLEDO IN FIRST ROUND: Behind three clutch home runs, 8 OAKLAND L, 2-3 the No. 1 seed Eastern Michigan University baseball team held off the No. 6 seed University of 9 MICHIGAN (Comcast Local) L, 6-8 Toledo Rockets, 6-5, in first round action of the 2007 Mid-American Conference Tournament 11 TOLEDO* (Key Bank Night) W, 12-1 12 TOLEDO*(Dairy Queen Day) W, 5-4 Wednesday afternoon (May 23) at Oestrike Stadium. The victory marked the first tournament 13 TOLEDO* (Senior Day) L, 3-16 win for the Eagles since the 2004 season. Junior Jeff Fischer (8-4) picked up the win tallying 15 MICHIGAN STATE Cancelled nine strikeouts giving him 92 on the season to move into second place all-time in EMU history 17 at Western Michigan* W, 5-4 with 258 career strikeouts passing Anthony Tomey. Fischer allowed four runs on six scat- 18 at Western Michigan* W, 8-4 tered hits in seven innings of work. Sophomore Matt Shoemaker picked up his 14th save of 19 at Western Michigan* W, 4-3 23 TOLEDO (Rd. 1 MAC Tourn.) W, 6-5 the season getting the final Toledo batter to ground out with runners on first and second in the 24 CMU (Quarters MAC Tourn.) W, 12-6 bottom of the ninth inning. EMU (30-22) scored six runs on six hits using the long ball to earn 25 KENT STATE (Semis MAC Tourn) 10 a.m. a hard fought victory. The Eagles were led by sophomore Kyle Rhoad who went 1-for-3 with JUNE two RBI and a run scored off his home run in the sixth inning which drove in the eventual winning 1-4 NCAA Regional TBA run. Junior Jeff Hehr hit 1-for-3 with two RBI while senior Derek Lehrman went 1-for-4 with 8-11 NCAA Super Regional TBA a RBI. Both hits for each player came on back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning. EASTERN MICHIGAN BASEBALL PAGE 2 2007 EASTERN MICHIGAN BASEBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Yr.-El. Hometown-High School (Previous School) 1 Jeff Hehr** IF R/R 6-0 180 Jr.-Jr. Boardman, Ohio-Cardinal Mooney 2 Kyle Rhoad* IF R/R 5-11 180 So.-So. Fostoria, Ohio-Elmwood 3 Josh Ivan** IF R/R 5-11 165 Jr.-Jr. Belleville, Mich.-Belleville 4 Craig Bate* LHP R/L 6-5 210 So.-So. St. Thomas, Ont.-St. Joe 5 Jeff Davis** OF L/L 5-10 170 Jr.-Jr. Avondale, Arizona-Westview 6 Bobby Henderson* LHP L/L 5-10 165 So.-So. Milford, Mich.-Detroit Catholic Central 7 Corey Chaffins RHP/IF R/R 6-2 185 Fr.-Fr. New London, Ohio-New London 8 Jim Gulliver IF L/R 5-11 165 Jr.-Fr. Allen Park, Mich.-Allen Park 10 Michael Boyd** OF R/R 6-3 180 Sr.-Jr. Huntington Woods, Michigan-Berkley 14 Kevin Wammes* RHP R/R 6-1 185 So.-So. Fremont, Ohio-Saint Joseph Central Catholic 15 Kenneth Battiston OF/P R/L 6-0 190 Fr.-Fr. West Milton, Ohio-Milton Union 16 Sean Hoffman* RHP R/R 5-9 175 So.-So. Midland, Mich.-Midland 17 Robert Wendzicki LHP/IB L/L 6-1 185 Fr.-Fr. Brook Park, Ohio-Midpark 18 Jeff Robinson* LHP R/L 6-1 165 Jr.-Jr. Gladstone, Mich.-Gladstone 19 Matt Dillard*** RHP R/R 6-7 198 Sr.-Sr. Waterford, Mich.-Mott 20 Patrick Dean** 1B R/R 6-4 195 Sr.-Sr. Okemos, Mich.-Lansing Catholic Central 21 Todd Graves C/IB R/R 6-3 220 So.-Fr. St. Mary’s, Ohio-St. Mary’s 22 Aaron Crooks IF R/R 5-8 155 Fr.-Fr. Toledo, Ohio-Ottawa Hills 23 Derek Lehrman*** C/IF L/R 6-1 195 Sr.-Sr. Hoagland, Indiana-Heritage 24 Brian Blackburn* C/3B R/R 6-2 200 Sr.-Sr. London, Ont.-Kellogg C.C. 25 Mike Sacha OF/P R/R 6-3 210 Sr.-Jr. Farmington Hills, Mich.-Harrison (St. Clair C.C.) 26 Adam Jacobson* RHP R/R 6-0 215 Sr.-Sr. Columbiaville, Mich.-North Branch (St. Clair C.C.) 27 Trumaine Riley*** OF R/R 5-9 185 Sr.-Sr. Akron, Ohio-Walsh Jesuit 28 Steve Bradshaw** 1B/OF L/L 6-0 200 Sr.-Jr. Lapeer, Mich.-West 29 Kevin Sikora LHP L/L 5-10 175 Fr-Fr. Youngstown, Ohio-Boardman 30 Andrew Marshall C L/L 6-1 210 So.-Fr.