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EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY RELEASE EAGLES BASEBALL • MAY 4, 2007 2007 EMU BASEBALL 2007 EAGLES BASEBALL (22-17, 14-2 MAC) SCHEDULE/RESULTS (22-17, 14-2 MAC) EASTERN MICHIGAN BASEBALL FEBRUARY 9 at #19 Tennessee L, 4-7 10 at #19 Tennessee W, 6-3 EMU vs. Central Michigan (29-13, 16-2 MAC) 11 at #19 Tennessee L, 1-5 Friday • May 4, 2007 • 6 p.m. 20 at East Tennessee State L, 7-8 23 at #4 South Carolina L, 6-0 Saturday • May 5, 2007 • 5 p.m. 24 at #4 South Carolina (DH) L, 5-8 L, 1-5 Sunday • May 6, 2007 • 1 p.m. MARCH Oestrike Stadium • Ypailanti, Mich. 2 at Arizona L, 2-9 3 at Arizona L, 7-8 EAGLES HOST IN-STATE RIVAL CENTRAL MICHIGAN IN WEST DIVISION SHOW- 4 at Arizona W, 7-5 15 at #13 Coastal Carolina L, 2-5 DOWN: The Eastern Michigan University baseball team hosts in-state rival Central 17 at #13 Coastal Carolina (DH) L, 3-12 Michigan University for an important Mid-American Conference West Division show- L, 7-10 down for first-place supremacy, May 4-6, at Oestrike Stadium. CMU is riding a 24 at Bowling Green* (DH) W, 10-2 W, 11-8 nine-game winning streak and currently sits in first place with a 16-2 MAC mark and 25 at Bowling Green* W, 7-3 29-13 overall record. EMU enters the series winning five straight games and 13 of 30 at Buffalo* W, 5-3 its last 16 and sits one game behind CMU in second place at 14-2, 22-17 overall. 31 at Buffalo* (DH) L, 2-1 W, 8-1 Ironically, both teams were in the same situation last season heading into the se- APRIL ries at Theunissen Stadium in Mount Pleasant, Mich. The Eagles took game one, 10- 6 MIAMI* W, 3-1 3, but the Chippewas responded, winning games two and three, 4-2 and 5-1, to 7 MIAMI* Cancelled take the series. Eastern leads the all-time series against Central, 78-49. 8 MIAMI* (DH) Cancelled 9 NORTHWOOD W, 10 -3 10 MICHIGAN (DH) L, 4-11 SCOUTING THE CHIPPEWAS: Central Michigan is led by junior Tyler Stovall and L, 1-9 senior Ben Humphrey who rank first and second in the conference batting .457 and 13 OHIO* W, 2-0 .375 respectively. Stovall has tallied 75 hits, 49 runs scored 48 RBI with four home 14 OHIO* (DH) W, 1-0 runs while Humphrey has notched 66 hits, 45 runs scored, 41 RBI and nine home W, 5-4 18 at Michigan (DH) (Comcast Local) W, 10-2 runs. As a team, the Chippewas are the top ranked team in hitting with a .307 L, 7-10 batting average and pitching with a 3.64 ERA. CMU is under the direction of head 20 at Ball State* W, 8-3 coach Steve Jaksa, who is in his fifth season. 21 at Ball State* W, 6-3 22 at Ball State* (Comcast Local) W, 6-4 24 SPRING ARBOR L, 2-4 NEW FIELD DEDICATION SET FOR SATURDAY, MAY 5: The EMU baseball team 27 at Northern Illinois* W, 6-3 will be hosting a field dedication Saturday, May 5, before the second game of the 28 at Northern Illinois* L, 1-11 29 at Northern Illinois* W, 4-2 series vs. Central Michigan to honor all those who helped the team get a new MAY ProGrass infield at Oestrike Stadium. 1 OLIVET (DH) W, 7-4 W, 4-0 2 OAKLAND W, 7-4 PITCHER’S DUEL: Game one between EMU and CMU will feature two of the MAC’s 2 SIENA HEIGHTS W, 20-0 top pitchers as the Eagles’ ace Jeff Fischer (5-3) will square off against Chippewa 4 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* 6 p.m. junior Josh Collmenter (7-2). Both pitchers are undefeated in MAC play this season. 5 CMU* (Field Dedication) 5 p.m. 6 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* 1 p.m. Collmenter ranks first in the conference in ERA (1.72), wins (7), innings pitched 7 at Oakland 6 p.m (7.61 IP/G), shutouts (2), complete games (4), opponents batting average (.194 8 OAKLAND 3 p.m. avg.) and fourth in strikeouts (8.82 SO/G, 82 total). Fischer ranks second in the 9 MICHIGAN (DH) (Comcast Local) 4 p.m. (Key Bank Night) conference in shutouts (1), fourth in ERA (2.67), wins (5) and opponents batting 11 TOLEDO* 6 p.m. average (.230 avg.) and third in strikeouts (9.36 SO/G, 70 total). 12 TOLEDO* (Alumni Day) 5 p.m. 13 TOLEDO* (Senior Day) 1 p.m. 15 MICHIGAN STATE 6:30 p.m. EAGLES ON FOUR-GAME WINNING STREAK: The EMU baseball team matched it 17 at Western Michigan* 3 p.m. longest season winning streak at four consecutive games defeating Olivet in a twin 18 at Western Michigan* 1 p.m. bill, 7-4, 4-0, (May 1), Oakland, 7-4, and Siena Heights, 20-0 (May 2). Earlier this 19 at Western Michigan* 1 p.m. season, the Eagles took the series against Bowling Green (March 24 & 25) and the 23-27 Mid-American Conference Tournament TBA JUNE first game at Buffalo (March 30). 1-4 NCAA Regional TBA 8-11 NCAA Super Regional TBA 15-20 NCAA College World Series TBA 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. Mason, Mich.-Mason 31 John Ballarin LHP L-L 6-2 190 Fr.-Fr. Westland, Mich.-Detroit Catholic Central 33 Aaron Powell* OF R-R 6-1 200 Jr.-So. Clarkston, Mich.-Clarkston 34 Jeff Fischer** RHP R-R 6-5 200 Jr.-Jr. Farmington, Mich.-Farmington 35 William Faulkner IF/OF/C R/R 6-0 170 Fr.-Fr. Blissfield, Mich.-Blissfield 36 Dan Boisture P/IF/OF R/R 6-4 185 So.-Fr. Grosse Ile, Mich.-Grosse Ile 37 John Carrier C L/R 5-8 180 Fr-Fr. Ann Arbor, Mich.-Detroit Catholic Central 38 Matt Shoemaker* RHP/IF R-R 6-2 230 Jr.-So. Trenton, Mich.-Trenton 39 Robert Hamly LHP R/L 5-11 170 Fr.-Fr. Caledonia, Mich.-Caledonia 42 Matt Dimich** LHP/OF R-L 6-2 180 Sr.-Sr. Fenton, Mich.-Lake Fenton 45 George Biddle*** RHP L-R 6-4 190 Sr.-Sr. Newark, Ohio-Newark Catholic 50 Dan Puls** LHP R-L 6-6 195 Jr.-Sr. Alpena, Mich.-Alpena *letters won Coaching Staff 43 Roger Coryell Head Coach 41 Del Young Asst. Coach 47 Todd Coryell Student Asst. HowHow DoDo You You Say... Say... 46 Brett Crawford Volunteer. Asst. JohnJeff Ballarin Hehr – HAIR - BAL-er-in 9 Shane Davis Student Asst. DanEric Boisture Pelot – Pa-LOT- BOY-sture Bill Tuscany Athletic Trainer MattDan Dimich Puls – - POOLSDEM-ich JeffKevin Hehr Wammes - HAIR – Wam-ISS DanMatt Puls Dimich - Poles – Dim-itch Kevin Wammes- WOM-is EASTERN MICHIGAN BASEBALL PAGE 3 LAUNCHING PAD: The EMU baseball team hit a staggering seven home runs in its 20-0 thrashing of Olivet (May 3).