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MOREHEADMOREHEAD STATE STATE ATHLETIC ATHLETIC MEDIA M EDIA RELATIONS RELATIONS THE UT TOURNAMENT 2011 BASEBALL MARCH 4-6, 2011 2011 BASEBALL Contact: Andrew R. Goetz GAME NOTES Cell: 606-207-4980 Office: 606-783-5481 The UT Tournament Email: [email protected] GAME S 10-12 | MARCH 4-6, 2011 | lindse Y nelson STADIUM | kno X ville , tenn . 2011 Schedule/Results MOREHEAD STATE EAGLES (1-8) vs. Date Opp. Time/Result INDIANA HOOSIERS (4-3) 2/18 Western Carolina L, 9-2 MARCH 4 @ 1:00 p.m. 2/19 Western Carolina L, 18-0 2/20 Western Carolina L, 9-6 2/22 Kentucky L, 12-3 2/25 Purdue POSTPONED MOREHEAD STATE EAGLES vs. 2/26 Purdue (DH) L, 11-8, W 10-9 BRADLEY BRAVES 2/27 Purdue (DH) L, 18-1, L, 17-9 MARCH 5 @ NOON 3/1 Louisville L, 6-1 3/4 Indiana^ 1:00 p.m. 3/5 Bradley^ NOON 3/6 Tennessee^ 4:00 p.m. MOREHEAD STATE EAGLES vs. 3/9 Lipscomb 5:00 p.m. 3/11 La Salle 3:00 p.m. TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS 3/12 La Salle 1:00 p.m. MARCH 6 @ 4:00 p.m. 3/13 La Salle 1:00 p.m. 3/15 Georgetown College 3:00 p.m. • Second baseman Travis Redmon is riding a 10-game hit streak dating back to last season’s finale 3/19 Miami (Ohio) 1:00 p.m. against Jacksonville State. 3/20 Miami (Ohio) 1:00 p.m. 3/22 Canisius 3:00 p.m. • Walk-on Nick Duff has taken advantage of the opportunities he has seen not only in the field but in 3/23 Pikeville 5:00 p.m. the batter’s box this season. Duff leads Eagle hitters with a .364 batting average in six starts. Junior Taylor 3/26 Southeast Missouri (DH)* 2:00 p.m. Davis is second on the team in batting average boasting a .361, leads the team in extra-base hits with 3/27 Southeast Missouri* 2:00 p.m. five, home runs with two and RBI with 10. 3/29 West Virginia% 6:00 p.m. 4/1 SIU Edwardsville# 8:00 p.m. • MSU played competitively on the road against #23 Louisville Tuesday behind a solid start from 4/2 SIU Edwardsville# 2:00 p.m. freshman Noah Smallwood, but a five-run fifth inning gave the Cardinals the advantage they needed. 4/3 SIU Edwardsville# 2:00 p.m. The Eagles would lose the game 6-1. 4/6 Cincinnati 6:30 p.m. 4/9 Eastern Illinois (DH)* 1:00 p.m. • Morehead State is 2-28 against the Volunteers, 4-1 versus the Hoosiers and are facing the Bradley 4/10 Eastern Illinois* 1:00 p.m. Braves for the first time. The Eagles faced Tennessee and Indiana last season. MSU defeated the Hoosiers 4/12 Marshall 3:00 p.m. at Allen Field 20-15, led by a six-RBI day by Cameron Flynn, and lost to the Volunteers 13-2 in Knoxville, Tenn. 4/16 Eastern Kentucky (DH)* 1:00 p.m. 4/17 Eastern Kentucky* 1:00 p.m. • The Eagles face teams from 11 different conferences this season, including: the SEC, Big Ten, Big 4/20 Indiana 3:05 p.m. East, SoCon, Atlantic Sun, Mid American, Atlantic 10, Missouri Valley, Mid-South, Great Lakes Valley and 4/22 Tennessee Tech (DH)* 1:00 p.m. the Ohio Valley Conference. 4/23 Tennessee Tech* 1:00 p.m. 4/26 Marshall 3:00 p.m. 4/27 Kentucky Wesleyan 3:00 p.m. 4/30 Austin Peay (DH)* 1:00 p.m. Morehead State Projected Starting Lineup 5/1 Austin Peay* 1:00 p.m. Pos. No. Name Ht. Yr. B-T Notes/Stats 5/7 UT Martin (DH)* 2:00 p.m. 2B 4 Travis Redmon 5-10 Sr. R-R Currently riding a 10-game hitting streak 5/8 UT Martin* 2:00 p.m. LF 5 Daniel Pugh 6-0 Sr. R-R Owns the Eagles only triple of the season 5/14 Murray State (DH)* 1:00 p.m. C 19 Taylor Davis 5-10 Jr. R-R Leads team in home runs with two 5/15 Murray State* 1:00 p.m. 3B 3 Andrew Deeds 6-0 Jr. R-R Batted .389 with 4 RBI against Purdue 5/20 Jacksonville State (DH)* 2:00 p.m. 1B 13 Michael Fear 6-3 Sr. R-R Has started six games at 1B 5/21 Jacksonville State* 2:00 p.m. DH 14 Eric Bainer 5-10 Jr. R-R Spells Taylor at catcher and also bats as DH 5/25-5/29 OVC Tournament TBA RF 7 Luke Bainer 5-11 Jr. R-R Consistent defensive player, timely hitter CF 18 Nick Duff 6-1 R-Fr. S-R Leads the team in batting average with .364 Home games denoted in BOLD. SS 1 Bud Morton 5-9 Fr. S-R Has started the last two games at shortstop * Denotes 2011 OVC opponents # Denotes SIU Edwardsville reclassifying to OVC P 34 Trey Smith 6-8 Sr. R-R Leads team in innings pitcher (12.2) ^ Denotes U. of Tennessee Tournament P 11 Josh Schneider 6-2 R-Jr. R-R Leads team in K’s (12) All times Eastern and subject to change. P 29 Noah Smallwood 6-3 Fr. L-L Pitched 4.1 innings at Louisville Tuesday P 31 Tyler Hieneman 6-3 Jr. R-L Has five appearances out of the bullpen MSUEagles.com 1 G a m e N o t e s MOREHEAD STATE ATHLETIC M EDIA RELATIONS THE UT TOURNAMENT 2011 BASEBALL MARCH 4-6, 2011 Jay Sorg MSU Head Coach Jay Sorg is entering his fourth season leading the Morehead State Eagles baseball program. Sorg is a former Eagle standout and veteran professional baseball player and coach. Sorg has made an immediate impact in his short time at the helm of the Eagle program. In his first season with the Eagles (2008) the team made significant improvements both defensively and offensively, raising the team’s national rankings in several categories including ERA, fielding percentage, home runs per game, double plays per game and win- loss percentage. Sorg’s second season saw continued improvement for his young ballclub; the team ranked in the top 25 nationally in home runs per game (14th), home runs (19th), slugging percentage (14th), double plays per game (6th) and double plays (1st). Last season the Eagles once again dominated several offensive categories nationally; the team ranked in the top 25 nationally in batting average (18th), scoring (13th), home runs per game (3rd), home runs (12th) and slugging percentage (5th). The Sorg File The Eagles have also made significant strides in improving their competition with Sorg at the helm. The team has improved in RPI each of his three seasons and the team has raised its RPI 88 spots from 2008-10. 2008-Present Head Coach Morehead State Several Eagles players have been nominated for numerous awards and accolades both athletically and academically since Sorg was named head coach at Morehead. Last season, Eagle seniors Drew Lee and J.D. 2006-07 Ashbrook were named to First Team All-OVC squad, as well as being named Third Team All-Americans by Bench Coach Ping!Baseball. Michael Bottoms was also heralded for his performance during his senior season garnering Louisville Bats Second Team All-OVC honors and was named a quarterfinalist for the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the 2001-03 Year Award. Lee and Bottoms were also honored for scholastic achievement and were selected to the ESPN Coach The Magazine Academic All-District First and Second Teams respectively as selected by the College Sports Billings Mustangs Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Six Eagles have been named Ohio Valley Conference player or pitcher of the week since Sorg’s arrival and two players Lee and Cameron Flynn were named National 2000 Manager Players of the Week last season. Clinton LumberKings Eagle baseball recruiting has seen resurgence under the guidance of Sorg and his talented staff of young evaluators. The Eagles signed Kentucky Male Athlete of the Year Aaron Watts and Louisville Slugger TPX High School All-Americans Duran Elmore and Caden Cleveland to a National Letter of Intent last offseason. The influx of talented student-athletes has not stopped there, as the Eagles inked several high caliber student-athletes to join the club next season. Sorg played three seasons as a third baseman at MSU (1992-94) before being selected in the 15th round of the 1994 Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft by the Cincinnati Reds. During his MSU career, he was a member of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament champion team (1993), served as the Eagle captain, was named the team’s most valuable player and earned First-Team All-OVC accolades (1994). Sorg played five years in the Reds minor league system, before being hired by the club as a baseball instructor in their player development area. He held numerous positions in the organization over the next five years including: manager of the Class A Clinton (Iowa) and Advanced Rookie League Billings (Mont.) minor league teams, hitting coach for Class A Rockford (Ill.) and Billings minor league teams, bench coach for the AAA Louisville Bats, and minor league spring training camp coordinator. While with Clinton, he led the team to the playoffs as the youngest professional manager (26) in the nation. He also led Billings to a Pioneer League Championship.