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2020 Baseball GAME NOTES Athletic Media Relations | 111 Playforth Place, AAC Room 156 |Contact 4Matt Schabert ([email protected]) GAME 11 MOREHEAD STATE (4-6/0-0 OVC) vs No. 3 Louisville (8-3/0-0 ACC) March 3, 2020 • Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, Ky. Morehead State Eagles Louisville Cardinals TV4ESPN+ ($) • Radio4Eagle Sports Network Last Game4L, 22-5 vs. Southern Illinois (3/1) Last Game4W, 16-0 vs. Western Michigan (3/1) 4 Live Stats4MSUEagles.com • Live Audio4MSUEagles.com Head Coach Mik Aoki (4-6, 1st season) Head Coach4Dan McDonnell (613-243, 14th season) Twitter4@MSUEagles & @MSUEaglesBsball Record vs. Louisville41-21 Record vs. Morehead State413-0 2020 SCHEDULE LEADING OFF DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET)|RESULT Feb. 14 vs. Michigan State^ L, 15-3 ◊ Tuesday’s meeting between Morehead State and No. 3 Louisville marks the 85th all-time Feb. 15 vs. Michigan State^ L, 5-2 meeting between the Eagles and Cardinals with Louisville holding a 49-35 advantage in a Feb. 15 vs. Michigan State^ L, 5-3 Feb. 16 vs. Michigan State^ L, 10-4 series that dates back to 1936. Feb. 22 at Norfolk State W, 5-4 Feb. 22 at Norfolk State W, 9-6 ◊ Tuesday’s meeting keeps a streak of 22 straight seasons (1999-present) the two programs Feb. 23 at Norfolk State W, 11-0 have met on the diamond, having done so in a midweek meeting between 2000-14 and 2016 Feb. 28 Southern Illinois L, 13-7 present. The two team’s yearly meeting in 2015 occurred in the NCAA Louisville Regional. Feb. 29 Southern Illinois W, 11-7 March 1 Southern Illinois L, 22-5 ◊ The third-ranked Cardinals (ranking courtesy of D1Baseball) are the highest-ranked opponent March 3 at Louisville 3:00 p.m. Morehead State has faced in the regular season (limited records; 2006-present). The Eagles March 6 Belmont* 3:00 p.m. March 7 Belmont* 2:00 p.m. have faced one higher-ranked opponent, that being No. 2 Clemson at the 2018 NCAA March 8 Belmont* 1:00 p.m. Clemson Regional. March 10 Dayton 3:00 p.m. March 13 at Eastern Kentucky* 4:00 p.m. ◊ Overall, Morehead State owns a 9-30 record all-time against ranked opponents. The Eagles’ March 14 at Eastern Kentucky* 2:00 p.m. last victory over a ranked opponent came in the 2018 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament as March 15 at Eastern Kentucky* 1:00 p.m. Morehead State defeated No. 18 Tennessee Tech 4-3 to claim the 2018 OVC Championship. March 17 Butler 3:00 p.m. March 18 at Ohio 4:00 p.m. ◊ In Friday night’s game against Southern Illinois, redshirt junior third baseman Stephen Hill March 20 North Carolina Central 3:00 p.m. March 21 North Carolina Central 2:00 p.m. authored a career-best performance, setting career highs in hits and RBI with four apiece and March 22 North Carolina Central 1:00 p.m. doubles with two. For the weekend, Hill finished with seven hits in 11 at-bats (.636) while March 24 at Kentucky 6:30 p.m. driving in five runs and drawing three walks. March 25 Northern Kentucky 3:00 p.m. March 27 UT Martin* 3:00 p.m. March 28 UT Martin* 2:00 p.m. March 29 UT Martin* 1:00 p.m. Potential Starting Lineup* March 31 at Marshall 3:00 p.m. # Name B/T AVG HR RBI RUNS BB SB April 1 Ohio 5:00 p.m. C 20 Brody Shoupe R/R .286 0 4 2 1 0-1 April 3 at SIUE* 7:00 p.m. or 44 Jack Gardner R/R .167 0 3 4 2 0-0 April 4 at SIUE* 2:00 p.m. 1B 11 Dom Peroni R/R .243 1 6 5 6 1-3 April 5 at SIUE* 2:00 p.m. 2B 9 Bryce Hensor R/R .179 0 1 3 2 1-2 April 7 at Ohio State 6:30 p.m. SS 7 Logan Goodnight R/R .220 1 3 8 3 0-1 April 9 Austin Peay* 5:00 p.m. 3B 12 Stephen Hill R/R .265 1 10 6 9 0-1 April 10 Austin Peay* 5:00 p.m. LF 31 Arthur Sells R/R .292 2 5 6 1 1-1 April 11 Austin Peay* 1:00 p.m. CF 18 Ryan Layne L/R .278 1 6 9 5 4-4 April 14 Marshall 5:00 p.m. RF 8 Peyton Dillingham R/R .226 0 4 7 6 2-2 April 15 at Northern Kentucky 3:00 p.m. DH 5 Jon Burghardt L/R .304 1 1 3 3 1-2 April 17 at Eastern Illinois* 4:00 p.m. April 18 at Eastern Illinois* 2:00 p.m. Other Notable BATs April 19 at Eastern Illinois* 2:00 p.m. # Name B/T AVG HR RBI RUNS BB SB April 21 at Tennessee 6:00 p.m. 19 Zach Boyd L/R .400 2 6 3 1 1-1 April 24 Jacksonville State* 5:00 p.m. 30 Bryce Simon L/L .500 0 3 1 0 0-0 April 25 Jacksonville State* 2:00 p.m. April 26 Jacksonville State* 1:00 p.m. Potential MIDWEEK STARTER April 28 at Dayton 3:00 p.m. # Name ERA W-L APP GS IP BB SO May 1 at Murray State* 6:30 p.m. TUE 41 Will Lozinak 6.35 0-1 3 1 5.2 0 5 May 2 at Murray State* 3:00 p.m. May 3 at Murray State* 2:00 p.m. OTHER NOTABLE ARMS May 8 Tennessee Tech* 5:00 p.m. # Name ERA W-L APP GS IP BB SO May 9 Tennessee Tech* 5:00 p.m. 26 John Bakke 2.79 2-0 3 0 9.2 5 14 May 10 Tennessee Tech* 1:00 p.m. 36 Jake Ziegelmeyer 4.26 0-0 5 0 6.1 2 8 May 14 at Southeast Missouri* 7:00 p.m. May 15 at Southeast Missouri* 7:00 p.m. * Based on Previous Weekend’s Lineups May 16 at Southeast Missouri* 3:00 p.m. May 19-24 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament TBD Bold indicates home game | * indicates OVC game ^ Games Played at Shipyard Park (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) 2020 Baseball GAME NOTES Athletic Media Relations | 111 Playforth Place, AAC Room 156 |Contact 4Matt Schabert ([email protected]) QUICK FACTS ◊ Stepping to the plate as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning of Saturday’s victory, sophomore outfielder Zach Boyd hit his second home run of the season—a three-run shot—to give the Eagles the lead. The home run was the first pinch-hit homer for Morehead State since April 2, 2019. Location Morehead, Ky. Founded 1887 ◊ With long balls in each of the first two games of last weekend’s series with Southern Illinois, senior outfield- Enrollment 10,351 er Arthur Sells is the first Eagle to homer in back-to-back games since teammate Dom Peroni did so against Nickname Eagles Southeast Missouri on May 17-18, 2019. Colors Blue (286), Gold (116) Affiliation NCAA Division I ◊ Striking out 35 total batters last weekend, including a season-best 15 in last Saturday’s victory, Morehead Conference Ohio Valley (OVC) State has struck out 10 or more in three consecutive games while also having recorded double-figure strike- Stadium (Capacity) Allen Field (1,000) out totals in eight of 10 games this season. President Dr. Jay Morgan Director of Athletics Jaime Gordon ◊ Entering the week, Morehead State ranks second in the OVC in total strikeouts (105) and strikeouts per nine First Season of Baseball 1927 innings (105 in 86.0 IP) while also leading the league in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.18; 105 K to 33 BB). All-Time Record 1519-1441-3 OVC Regular Season Titles 6 (1957, 1969, 1973, 1977, ◊ Tossing 3.0 innings of relief last Saturday, redshirt sophomore lefthander John Bakke is the first pitcher to pitch 3.0 or more innings out of the bullpen in three consecutive appearances since David Looney did so 1979, 1983) against Alabama State, Southern Illinois, and Ohio from March 19-April 2, 2019. OVC East Division Titles 8 (1963, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977) ◊ With 14 strikeouts out of the bullpen in three appearances and 9.2 total innings pitched, Bakke ranks OVC North Division Titles 2 (1983, 1985) second amongst OVC relief pitchers in total strikeouts, trailing only Belmont’s Kyle Brennan (16 K in six OVC Tournament Titles 4 (1983, 1993, 2015, 2018) appearances [12.0 IP]). NCAA Appearances 4 (1977, 1983, 2015, 2018) NCAA Tournament Record 2-8 ◊ Drawing eight walks in Sunday’s series finale, Morehead State registered its highest single-game walk total 2019 Record 40-21 since drawing 10 free passes against Marshall on May 1, 2019. 2019 OVC Record 19-11 (3rd) WATCH AND LISTEN TO THE EAGLES 2019-20 roster 4Select games can be heard live on the Eagle Sports No. Name Pos. B-T Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) Radio Network with Ryan Frye on play-by-play. All games 1 Luke Helton RHP R-R 6-1 195 Fr. Whiteland, Ind. (Whiteland HS) are live and available on MSUEagles.com. 2 Nick Gooden INF R-R 5-10 170 R-Fr. Berlin, Pa. (Berlin Brothersvalley HS) 4 Jalen Miller INF L-R 6-2 198 Fr. Wheelersburg, Ohio (Wheelersburg HS) 4Select home games will air live on ESPN+, the $4.99 per 5 Jon Burghardt C L-R 6-0 195 Sr.