2021 EASTERN ILLINOIS BASEBALL FEBRUARY Eastern Illinois (13-11, 4-5 OVC) 19
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2021 SCHEDULE 2021 EASTERN ILLINOIS BASEBALL FEBRUARY Eastern Illinois (13-11, 4-5 OVC) 19.........at Nicholls State .......................................... L, 4-11. vs Eastern Kentucky (9-12, 4-5 OVC) 20.........at Nicholls State ........................................... W, 4-3. 21.........at Nicholls State ....................................W, 3-2 (10). Friday - April 9 @ 4:00 pm 23.........at Southern Illinois ...................................... L, 9-10. Saturday - April 10 @ 1 pm 26.........at Arkansas-Little Rock .............................. W, 12-6 Saturday - April 10 @ TBA 26.........at Arkansas-Little Rock .............................. W, 17-1 Coaches Stadium 27.........at Arkansas-Little Rock ................................. L, 5-6 Charleston, Ill. MARCH April 9 - 10, 2021 2...........at Bellarmine .................................................L, 1-11 2...........at Bellarmine ............................................. W, 13-10 5...........at Kansas State ............................................. L, 3-6 On Deck - Maryville (April 13) 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: #8 Trevor Nicholson, LHP, R-Jr. 20......... • at Tennessee Tech (DH) ........................ W, 18-6 20......... • at Tennessee Tech (DH) ........................... L, 8-9 • EKU Pitching 21.......... at Tennessee Tech ...................................... L, 1-9 Game One: #2 Louis Davenport III, RHP, Jr. 24..........vs Illlinois State ......................................... W, 9-7 Game Two: #14 Jake Lewis, LHP 26...... .• vs Southeast Missouri ................ L, 2-3 27...... • vs Southeast Missouri (DH) .....W, 9-2 Game Three: #5 Darren Williams, RHP 27...... • vs Southeast Missouri (DH) .....W, 8-4 30.........at Illinois State...............................L, 3-4 (7 innings) • Head Coaches EIU: Jason Anderson (107-154, 5th year) APRIL EKU: Chris Prothro (9-18, 1st year) 2...........• at Belmont ................................................... W, 5-2 3...........• at Belmont (DH) .......................................... L, 2-10 3...........• at Belmont (DH) .......................................... L, 6-10 -The Eastern Illinois baseball team was picked to finish eighth in this years 9.........• vs Eastern Kentucky ............. 3:00 p.m. OVC rankings. 10...... • vs Eastern Kentucky (DH) ... 12:00 p.m. 13...... vs Maryville .................................. 3:00 p.m. 16..........• at Morehead State (DH) .......................1:00 p.m. -The Panthers are returning multiple (24) players from last years team to 17..........• at Morehead State ................................1:00 p.m. the roster. 18......... • at Morehead State ................................1:00 p.m. 23...... • vs UT Martin ............................ 3:00 p.m. -Will Klein, the Panthers ace last season, was drafted 135th in the fifth 24...... vs UT Martin (DH) ................. 12:00 p.m. round by the Kansas City Royals organization. Klein was the fifth highest 27...... vs Roosevelt (Chicago) ............ 3:00 p.m. draft pick to come out of Eastern Illinois. 28...... vs St. Francis ............................. 3:00 p.m. 30.........• at SIUE ....................................................6:00 p.m. -Eastern Illinois is playing in its 115th season of intercollegiate baseball. MAY EIU has an all-time record of 1,764 and 1,564 loses. 1...........• at SIUE (DH) ...........................................1:00 p.m. 7........ • vs Austin Peay ........................ 3:00 p.m. -Jason Anderson has had six players enter the minor league since he has 8........ • vs Austin Peay (DH) ............. 12:00 p.m. become the head coach (Klein, Michael Yasenka, Jimmy Govern, Jake 13......... at St. Louis................................................6:00 p.m. Haberer, Michael McCormick, and Matt Wivinis). 15...... vs St. Louis (DH) ....................... 12:00 p.m. 17...... • vs SIUE ..................................... 2:00 p.m. 20.........• at Jacksonville State ..............................6:00 p.m. 2021 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE STANDINGS 21.........• at Jacksonville State (DH) ....................1:00 p.m. .............27-29 ..........................................at OVC Tournament OVC Games Overall Games Team W L T Pct W L T Pct Home Streak All Times Central and subject to change Murray State 6 3 0 .667 15 12 0 .556 7-2 W1 Home games listed in BOLD CAPS Morehead State 4 2 0 .667 13 11 0 .542 6-2 W2 * Ohio Valley Conference game Southeast Missouri 7 5 0 .583 13 13 0 .500 7-5 W1 Jacksonville State 5 4 0 .556 12 14 0 .462 8-6 L1 SIUE 6 6 0 .500 13 12 0 .520 9-5 W2 Belmont 6 6 0 .500 12 14 0 .462 10-5 L1 Austin Peay 6 6 0 .500 9 17 0 .346 3-5 L1 UT Martin 3 3 0 .500 10 14 0 .417 2-1 L1 Eastern Illinois 5 7 0 .417 14 13 0 .519 4-4 L2 Tennessee Tech 5 7 0 .417 10 12 0 .455 5-3 W1 Eastern Kentucky 4 8 0 .333 9 18 0 .333 6-5 L2 2021 EASTERN ILLINOIS BASEBALL EIU BASEBALL - PLAYER NOTES (.508), total RBI (39), slugging percentage (.743), total bases • Eastern returns six redshirt seniors to the roster this (75), and hits (41). He ranks second in runs scored (28). He season, including two-time Preseason All-OVC Player, currently ranks second in total RBI in D1 baseball. Christian Pena. • Alex Stevenson has been the closer for the Panthers this • Cameron Doherty, Alex Stevenson, Trevor Nicholson, Kyle season. Stevenson has recorded the most saves for the Lang, and Jason DeCicco are all tied for the most apperances Panthers with four. He has also recorded 32 K’s through 22 this season with eight. innings. • The Panthers add Mattoon, Ill. native Hayden Birdsong • Ky Hampton has been a consistent starter for EIU since the to the pitching staff. The 6-4 redshirt freshman pitched 15 start of the season. He is the leader in innings-pitched with innings and struckout 20 batters in his short year at nearby 41 this season. The Aussie had his best start against SEMO, Rend Lake CC. when he pitched eight innings total, and allowed only three runs, two earned. • Dane Toppel had a huge first week of March, hitting at a .500 average. Toppel recorded his first career homer against • Lucas DiLuca has been one of the best lead-off men in the K-State to seal the series against the Wildcats. Toppel ranks OVC this season. He has drawn 18 walks this season, good No. 4 in total runs (26) in the OVC. enough for seventh in the OVC. He also holds a .295 batting average. • Cameron Doherty is tied for the second-most saves on the team with three. Doherty has also collected three wins in the • Ryan Ignoffo has made four appearances on the mound this season. He has an ERA of 3.32 and has pitched the second- season. His 6.0 total innings of relief have been impressive, most innings this season (38.0). He is the Panthers leader in as he has racked up 13 K’s and has allowed three hits, two strikeouts with 42. runs, four walks, and recorded a win vs. Illinois State. • The Panthers put up 13 runs in one inning against Arkansas • Trevor Nicholson has been the Friday starter for the Little Rock earlier this season: The most runs in an innning Panthers this far into the season. He has the second-most since 2016 when the Panthers put up 10 runs in an inning strikeouts on the team (33), and holds a 2-2 record. against UT Martin. • Logan Eickhoff has been one of the best hitters in baseball • Trey Sweeney made 48 starts as a freshman, appearing at this season. Eickhoff leads the OVC in batting average shortstop. Sweeney hit .266, along with 24 RBI, 18 walks and (.435), second in hits (40). Eickhoff was leading the nation in a walk-off single against EKU on April 13th. Sweeney held a total hits before he was injured during a swing against SEMO 13-game hit streak up until the cancelation of the season. on Mar. 27. Sweeney ended the season with a .351 batting average, ended with 20 hits, and 13 RBI in the season. He was named • Grant Emme was injured early in the season and will be out a preseason All-American by Perfect Game Baseball. for the rest of the year. • Trey Sweeney leads the OVC in on-base percentage 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) 8 consecutive hits . ... Trey Sweeney between 2/21/20-(Current) 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 ......................................................... at Morehead State (4/10/11) 3 doubles ..........................Logan Eickhoff vs. Murray State