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EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY RELEASE EAGLES BASEBALL • MAY 4, 2006 , 2005 2006 EMU BASEBALL 2006 EAGLES BASEBALL (25-18, 12-6 MAC) SCHEDULE/RESULTS 25-18 (12-6 MAC) FEBRUARY EASTERN MICHIGAN BASEBALL 3 at E. Tennessee State (DH) W, 9-6 L, 7-8 EMU vs. Central Michigan (28-17, 13-5 MAC) 10 at #8 Tennessee (DH) L, 2-3 L, 2-3 May 5, 2006 • Game 1 • 3 p.m. 24 at UNLV W, 9-7 25 at UNLV L, 5-18 May 6, 2006 • Game 2• 1 p.m. 26 at UNLV L, 5-23 May 7, 2006 • Game 3• 1 p.m. MARCH 2 at Louisville W, 9-2 Theunissen Stadium• Mount Pleasant, Mich. 3 at Louisville W, 2-1 4 at Louisville L, 0-13 EAGLES TRAVEL TO CENTRAL MICHIGAN: The Eastern Michigan University base- 5 at Louisville L, 2-4 ball team hits the road for an important Mid-American Conference West Division 17 at West Virginia L, 3-4 18 at West Virginia L, 1-3 showdown for first place supremacy against in-state rival Central Michigan Univer- 19 at West Virginia L, 2-7 sity, May 5-7, at Theunissen Stadium in Mount Pleasant, Mich. Central Michigan 22 WAYNE STATE Cancelled currently sits in first place in the MAC West standings with Eastern Michigan one 24 BOWLING GREEN* L, 3-5 26 BOWLING GREEN* (DH) W, 2-1 game behind in second place. W, 9-3 28 WAYNE STATE (DH) W, 3-2 ABOUT THE CHIPPEWAS: Central Michigan enters the weekend series with a 28- W, 4-3 OAKLAND W, 9-8 -17 record (13--5 MAC). The Chippewas are led by junior Ben Humphrey who is 31 BUFFALO* W, 10-0 batting .372 with 64 hits, 41 runs scored 57 RBI and 11 home runs. The two teams APRIL met last season in which Central Michigan swept the three-game series. Central 1 BUFFALO * W, 6-1 2 BUFFALO* W, 4-2 leads the all-time series against EMU with a 77-47 mark. The Chippewas coached 4 CONCORDIA (DH) W, 9-3 by Steve Jaksa, who is in his fourth season. 5 at Michigan State L, 3-6 (Oldsmobile Park- Lansing, Mich.) 8 at Miami* (DH) L, 4-11 PITCHER’S DUEL: Game one between EMU and CMU will feature two solid pitchers L, 1-9 as the Eagle ace Jeff Fischer (7-3, 2.03 ERA) takes his league-leading 79 strikeouts 9 at Miami* L, 3-6 against Chippewa senior Ty Dunham (5-3, 4.36 ERA). Both pitchers have tossed a 11 GRAND VALLEY STATE W, 2-1 15 at Ohio* (DH) L, 4-5 shut out this season. W, 6-4 16 at Ohio* W, 9-7 EAGLES SIX GAME WIN STREAK SNAPPED: EMU currently sits in second place in 18 OAKLAND W, 10-8 19 MICHIGAN W, 9-3 the MAC West Division with a 12-6 record and recently had its six game winning 21 BALL STATE* W, 8-0 streak snapped with a 5-2 loss to Ohio State (May 2). During the streak, EMU took 22 BALL STATE* L, 7-0 out Ball State, 6-4 (April 23) Indiana Tech, 8-6 (April 25), and Northwood, 17-4 (April 23 BALL STATE* W, 5-4 26). The Eagles followed with a series sweep against Northern Illinois University, 9- 25 INDIANA TECH W, 8-6 26 NORTHWOOD W, 17-4 8 (April 28), 7-3 (April 29) and 6-4 (April 6-4). 28 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* W, 9-8 29 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* W, 7-3 EMU ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE CHANGES: The three-game Mid-American 30 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* W, 6-4 MAY Conference baseball series between the Eastern Michigan University Eagles and 2 WAYNE STATE (DH) Cancelled the Western Michigan University Broncos scheduled to start Friday, May 21, at 3 at Ohio State L, 2-5 Oestrike Stadium has been moved up a day. The announcement was made this 5 at Central Michigan* 3 p.m. 6 at Central Michigan* 1 p.m. morning by the conference office to allow more rest prior to the upcoming MAC 7 at Central Michigan* 1 p.m. Tournament, May 24-28. The series will now begin Thursday evening, May 18, 10 at Michigan 6:35 p.m. followed by games on Friday and Saturday. First pitch for Thursday’s game is set 12 at Toledo* 3 p.m. 13 at Toledo* 1 p.m. for 7:05 p.m. The battle of in-state rivals will be televised by Comcast Local with 14 at Toledo* 1 p.m. Ben Holden scheduled to handle the play-by-play duties, alongside former Major 18 WESTERN MICHIGAN* 7 p.m. Leaguer Geoff Zahn as the color analyst. The Eagles and Broncos will then meet 19 WESTERN MICHIGAN* 5 p.m. 20 WESTERN MICHIGAN* 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday in 5 p.m. games. Prior to Saturday’s contest Head Coach 24-28 MAC Tournament TBA Roger Coryell and the rest of the EMU baseball team will honor their four 1-4 NCAA Regional TBA seniors: Isaiah Gainforth, Tim Gray, Matt Moffett and Will Stewardson. 8-11 NCAA Super Regional TBA 15-18 NCAA College World Series TBA 2006 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 So.-So. Boardman, Ohio-Cardinal Mooney 2 Kyle Rhoad IF R-R 5-10 180 Fr.-Fr. Fostoria, Ohio-Elmwood 3 Josh Ivan* IF R-R 5-11 165 So.-So. Belleville, Mich.-Belleville 4 Craig Bate LHP/IF R/L 6-5 210 Fr.-Fr. St. Thomas, Ont.-St. Joseph’s 5 Jeff Davis* OF/LHP L-L 5-10 170 So.-So. Avondale, Arizona-Westview 6 Bobby Henderson LHP L-L 5-10 165 Fr.-Fr. Milford, Mich.-Detroit Catholic Central 7 Isaiah Gainforth* OF L-R 6-2 200 Sr.-Sr. Unionville, Mich.-Unionville (St. Clair County C.C.) 8 Matt Moffett*** C/IF L-R 6-0 210 Sr.-Sr. Chelsea, Mich.-Chelsea 9 Shane Davis** C R-R 5-10 185 Sr.-Jr. Poland, Ohio-Poland Seminary 10 Michael Boyd* OF R-R 6-3 180 Jr.-So. Huntington Woods, Mich.-Berkley 14 Kevin Wammes RHP R-R 6-1 185 Fr.-Fr. Fremont, Ohio-Saint Joseph Central Catholic 15 Will Stewardson*** RHP L-R 6-2 230 Sr.-Sr. London, Ont.-Sir Frederick Banting 16 Sean Hoffman RHP R-R 5-9 175 Fr.-Fr. Midland, Mich.-Midland 18 Jeff Robinson* LHP R-L 6-1 165 So.-So. Gladstone, Mich.-Gladstone 19 Matt Dillard** RHP R-R 6-7 185 Jr.-Jr. Waterford, Mich.-Waterford Mott 20 Patrick Dean** C R-R 6-4 195 Jr.-Jr. Okemos, Mich.-Lansing Catholic Central 21 Todd Graves C/IF R/R 6-3 220 Fr.-Fr. St. Mary’s, Ohio-Memorial 22 Jim Gulliver IF L-R 5-11 165 So.-Fr. Allen Park, Mich.-Allen Park 23 Derek Lehrman** C/IF L-R 6-1 195 Jr.-Jr. Hoagland, Indiana-Heritage 24 Brian Blackburn C R/R 6-2 200 Jr.-Jr. London, Ont.-Kellogg C.C. 25 Mike Markey C/OF R-R 6-3 215 Sr.-Jr. Okemos, Mich.-Lansing C.C. 26 Adam Jacobson RHP R-R 6-0 215 Jr.-Jr. Columbiaville, Mich.-St. Clair County C.C. 27 Trumaine Riley** OF R-R 5-9 185 Sr.-Jr. Akron, Ohio-Walsh Jesuit 28 Steve Bradshaw* LHP/IF L-L 6-0 185 Jr.-So. Lapeer, Mich.-West 29 Eric Pelot OF R-R 6-0 180 So.-Fr. Lakewood, Ohio-Lakewood 30 Andrew Marshall C R-R 6-1 210 Fr.-Fr. Mason, Mich.-Mason 31 Matt Abro OF R/R 6-3 200 Fr.-Fr. Troy, Mich.-Troy Athens 33 Aaron Powell IF R-R 6-1 200 So.-Fr. Clarkston, Mich.-Clarkston 34 Jeff Fischer* RHP/IF R-R 6-5 200 So.-So. Farmington, Mich.-Farmington 38 Matt Shoemaker RHP R-R 6-2 230 So.-Fr. Trenton, Mich.-Trenton 39 Tim Gray*** LHP L-L 6-2 200 Sr.-Sr. Jackson, Mich.-Jackson 42 Matt Dimich** LHP R-L 6-2 180 Jr.-Jr. Fenton, Mich.-Lake Fenton 45 George Biddle** RHP/IF L-R 6-4 175 Jr.-Jr. Newark, Ohio-Newark Catholic 50 Dan Puls* LHP R-L 6-5 185 So.-So. Alpena, Mich.-Alpena *Letters earned Coaching Staff 43 Roger Coryell Head Coach 32 Chris Hoiles Asst. Coach 46 Todd Coryell Student Asst. 41 Del Young Asst. Coach Bill Tuscany Athletic Trainer How Do You Say... Jeff Hehr – HAIR Eric Pelot – Pa-LOT Dan Puls – POOLS Kevin Wammes – Wam-ISS Matt Dimich – Dim-itch EASTERN MICHIGAN BASEBALL RELEASE PAGE 3 FRIDAY NIGHT’S GAME TO BE AIRED BY COMCAST LOCAL: Friday’s Central Michigan- QUICK FACTS Eastern Michigan baseball game will be televised in Ypsilanti on Comcast Local (cable channel 8) beginning at 3 p.m. from Theunissen Stadium in Mount Plesant, Mich. Central Michigan enters the UNIVERSITY AT A GLANCE contest with a 28-17 overall record (13-5 Mid-American Conference), while the Eagles are 25-17 Location ...........................Ypsilanti, Michigan Founded .............................................. 1849 overall (12-6 MAC). Ty Dunham (5-3, 4.36 ERA) is slated to start on the mound for CMU against Enrollment ....................................... 24,500 EMU’s Jeff Fischer (7-3, 2.03 ERA). Nickname .......................................... Eagles Colors ................ Green (PMS 349) and White BRADSHAW AND BIDDLE NAMED MAC WEST PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Steve Bradshaw Conference .................