2021 EASTERN ILLINOIS BASEBALL FEBRUARY Eastern Illinois (18-17, 8-10 OVC) 19
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2021 SCHEDULE 2021 EASTERN ILLINOIS BASEBALL FEBRUARY Eastern Illinois (18-17, 8-10 OVC) 19.........at Nicholls State .......................................... L, 4-11. vs UT Martin (12-19, 5-7 OVC) 20.........at Nicholls State ........................................... W, 4-3. 21.........at Nicholls State ....................................W, 3-2 (10). Thursday - April 22 @ 1 pm 23.........at Southern Illinois ...................................... L, 9-10. Friday - April 23 @ 11 am 26.........at Arkansas-Little Rock .............................. W, 12-6 Friday - April 23 @ 2:30 Pm 26.........at Arkansas-Little Rock .............................. W, 17-1 Coaches Stadium 27.........at Arkansas-Little Rock ................................. L, 5-6 Charleston, Ill. MARCH April 22 - 23, 2021 2...........at Bellarmine .................................................L, 1-11 2...........at Bellarmine ............................................. W, 13-10 5...........at Kansas State ............................................. L, 3-6 On Deck - Roosevelt (April 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: #16 Cameron Doherty, RHP, R-So. 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: #14 Foster Anshutz, RHP, R-Sr. 20......... • at Tennessee Tech (DH) ........................ W, 18-6 20......... • at Tennessee Tech (DH) ........................... L, 8-9 21.......... at Tennessee Tech ...................................... L, 1-9 • UTM Pitching 24..........vs Illlinois State ......................................... W, 9-7 Game One: #22 Winston Cannon, RHP 26...... .• vs Southeast Missouri ................ L, 2-3 27...... • vs Southeast Missouri (DH) .....W, 9-2 Game Two: #14 Sam Folks, LHP 27...... • vs Southeast Missouri (DH) .....W, 8-4 Game Three: #33 Nick Wohlbold, RHP 30.........at Illinois State...............................L, 3-4 (7 innings) APRIL • Head Coaches 2...........• at Belmont ................................................... W, 5-2 EIU: Jason Anderson (111-158, 5th year) 3...........• at Belmont (DH) .......................................... L, 2-10 UTM: Ryan Jenkins (53-101, 4th year) 3...........• at Belmont (DH) .......................................... L, 6-10 9.........• vs Eastern Kentucky ...................W, 9-7 9.........• vs Eastern Kentucky .................W, 11-2 10...... • vs Eastern Kentucky .................... L, 6-8 -The Eastern Illinois baseball team was picked to finish eighth in this years 13...... vs Maryville ......................................W, 10-3 OVC rankings. 16..........• at Morehead State (DH) ........................... L, 4-7. 16..........• at Morehead State (DH) ..........................L, 9-11. -The Panthers are returning multiple (24) players from last years team to 17..........• at Morehead State ................................... W, 8-6. the roster. 18......... at Morehead State....................L, 4-14 (7 innings). 22...... • vs UT Martin ............................ 3:00 p.m. 23...... vs UT Martin (DH) ................. 12:00 p.m. -Eastern Illinois is playing in its 115th season of intercollegiate baseball. 27...... vs Roosevelt (Chicago) ............ 3:00 p.m. EIU has an all-time record of 1,768 and 1,569 loses. 28...... vs St. Francis ............................. 3:00 p.m. 30.........• at SIUE ....................................................6:00 p.m. -Jason Anderson has had six players enter the minor league since he has become the head coach (Will Klein, Michael Yasenka, Jimmy Govern, MAY Jake Haberer, Michael McCormick, and Matt Wivinis). 1...........• at SIUE (DH) ...........................................1:00 p.m. 7........ • vs Austin Peay ........................ 3:00 p.m. 8........ • vs Austin Peay (DH) ............. 12:00 p.m. 13......... at St. Louis................................................6:00 p.m. 15...... vs St. Louis (DH) ....................... 12:00 p.m. 2021 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE STANDINGS 17...... • vs SIUE ..................................... 2:00 p.m. 20.........• at Jacksonville State ..............................6:00 p.m. OVC Games Overall Games 21.........• at Jacksonville State (DH) ....................1:00 p.m. Team W L T Pct W L T Pct Home Streak .............27-29 ..........................................at OVC Tournament Morehead State 8 4 0 .667 18 13 0 .581 9-3 W1 Southeast Missouri 11 7 0 .611 18 15 0 .545 9-6 W1 All Times Central and subject to change SIUE 8 7 0 .533 18 14 0 .563 11-6 W1 Home games listed in BOLD CAPS Murray State 8 7 0 .533 17 16 0 .515 8-4 W1 * Ohio Valley Conference game Jacksonville State 8 7 0 .533 17 17 0 .500 11-7 W1 Belmont 9 9 0 .500 16 17 0 .485 12-6 L1 Austin Peay 9 9 0 .500 12 21 0 .364 4-7 L1 Eastern Illinois 8 10 0 .444 18 17 0 .514 7-5 L1 UT Martin 5 7 0 .417 12 19 0 .387 3-4 W1 Tennessee Tech 6 9 0 .400 12 16 0 .429 5-3 L1 Eastern Kentucky 7 11 0 .389 12 22 0 .353 8-6 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 (.521), season, including two-time Preseason All-OVC Player, total RBI (50), slugging percentage (.746), total bases (94), Christian Pena. and walks (29), and is second in hits (50), and runs scored (39). He currently ranks first in total RBI in D1 baseball. • Ryan Knernschield was named as a CLASS Nominee: the He has been nominated to the Brooks Wallace award, only OVC player to be named to this list. Knernschield is and was named to the Perfect Game USA Midseason All- hitting .366 with 28 RBI in 25 games. He was hit in the face American First team. Sweeney is five RBI from entering by a pitch against Bellarmine on Mar. 2, which sidelined him the top-10 rankings for the most RBI in a single season for 22 days. in EIU history. • The Panthers add Mattoon, Ill. native Hayden Birdsong • Alex Stevenson has been the closer for the Panthers this to the pitching staff. The 6-4 redshirt freshman pitched 15 season. Stevenson has recorded the most saves for the innings and struckout 20 batters in his short year at nearby Panthers with four. He has also recorded 34 K’s through 32.1 Rend Lake CC. innings. • Dane Toppel had a huge first week of March, hitting at a • Ky Hampton has been a consistent starter for EIU since .500 average. Toppel recorded his first career homer against the start of the season. He is the leader in innings-pitched K-State to seal the series against the Wildcats. Toppel ranks with 54.2 this season (second in the OVC). Hampton has the No. 5 in total runs (33) in the OVC. second most wins amongst OVC pitchers with four. • Cameron Doherty is tied for the second-most saves on the • Lucas DiLuca has been one of the best lead-off men in the team with three. Doherty has also collected three wins in the OVC this season. He has drawn 27 walks this season, good season. He has an ERA of 3.62 and has pitched the second- enough for fourth in the OVC. He also holds a .298 batting most innings this season (49.2). He is the Panthers leader in average. strikeouts with 50. • Ryan Ignoffo has made seven appearances on the mound • The Panthers put up 13 runs in one inning against Arkansas this season. His 11.1 total innings of relief have been Little Rock earlier this season: The most runs in an innning impressive, as he has racked up 20 K’s and has allowed 10 since 2016 when the Panthers put up 10 runs in an inning hits, seven runs, seven walks, and holds a 2-1 record. against UT Martin. • Christian Pena knocked a grand slam against Maryville. • Trey Sweeney made 48 starts as a freshman, appearing at Pena was also the last Panther to hit a grand slam on shortstop. Sweeney hit .266, along with 24 RBI, 18 walks and May 18, 2019 against the Virginia Military Institute. Pena a walk-off single against EKU on April 13th. Sweeney held a also has entered the EIU record books as he is tied for 13-game hit streak up until the cancelation of the season. sixth with five sac flies (ranks seventh nationally) Sweeney ended the season with a .351 batting average, ended with 20 hits, and 13 RBI in the season. He was named • Logan Eickhoff was leading the nation in total hits before he a preseason All-American by Perfect Game Baseball. was injured during a swing against SEMO on Mar. 27. 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) 15 game hitting-streak . ...............Ryan Knernschield between (2/20/20-4/3/21) 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