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EAGLES BASEBALL • MAY 25, 2006 , 2005 2006 EMU BASEBALL 2006 EAGLES BASEBALL (27-26, 14-12 MAC) SCHEDULE/RESULTS 27-26 (14-12 MAC) FEBRUARY EASTERN MICHIGAN BASEBALL 3 at E. Tennessee State (DH) W, 9-6 L, 7-8 EMU vs. Miami (31-23, 17-10 MAC) 10 at #8 Tennessee (DH) L, 2-3 L, 2-3 May 25, 2006 • 10 a.m. 24 at UNLV W, 9-7 25 at UNLV L, 5-18 Schoonover Stadium • Kent , Ohio 26 at UNLV L, 5-23 MARCH 2 at Louisville W, 9-2 3 at Louisville W, 2-1 4 at Louisville L, 0-13 EAGLES FACE MIAMI IN SECOND GAME OF MAC TOURNAMENT: For the first 5 at Louisville L, 2-4 time since the 2004 season, the EMU baseball team is competing in the 2006 Mid- 17 at West Virginia L, 3-4 American Conference Tournament held May 24-27, at Schoonover Stadium in Kent, 18 at West Virginia L, 1-3 19 at West Virginia L, 2-7 Ohio. The Eagles entered the tournament as the No. 6 seed and dropped a 2-1 22 WAYNE STATE Cancelled decision to No. 1 seed and host Kent State University, yesterday (May 24). The last 24 BOWLING GREEN* L, 3-5 time Eastern and Miami met was in the 2004 MAC Tournament in which the Redhawks 26 BOWLING GREEN* (DH) W, 2-1 defeated the Eagles 2-0 in the winners bracket. In 2003, EMU earned the title de- W, 9-3 feating Miami 3-2, and 6-5 to advance to the NCAA Regionals. Earlier this season, 28 WAYNE STATE (DH) W, 3-2 W, 4-3 Miami swept the regular season series against Eastern (April 8-9). Miami leads the OAKLAND W, 9-8 all time series against Eastern Michigan with a 51-35 mark. 31 BUFFALO* W, 10-0 APRIL ABOUT THE REDHAWKS: Miami enter today’s tournament game with an overall 1 BUFFALO * W, 6-1 record of 31-23 and a MAC record of 17-10. Yesterday, the Redhawks fell, 8-2, to 2 BUFFALO* W, 4-2 Central Michigan in the first round. Miami is led by junior Jeff Carroll who is batting 4 CONCORDIA (DH) W, 9-3 5 at Michigan State L, 3-6 .337, with 14 runs scored, 29 hits and 14 RBI. Miami is coached by Dan Simonds, (Oldsmobile Park- Lansing, Mich.) who is in his first season. 8 at Miami* (DH) L, 4-11 L, 1-9 EMU MAC TOURNAMENT HISTORY: Since the MAC tournament’s inception in 1981, 9 at Miami* L, 3-6 the EMU baseball team has competed six times: 1981-83 and 2002-04 accumulat- 11 GRAND VALLEY STATE W, 2-1 15 at Ohio* (DH) L, 4-5 ing a 14-8 overall record. The Eagles won the tournament in 1981 (3-0 record), W, 6-4 1982 (3-0 record) and 2003 (4-1 record). The 2003 tournament was hosted by Kent 16 at Ohio* W, 9-7 State and saw the Eagles knock off Miami, 6-5, to advance to the NCAA Regionals. 18 OAKLAND W, 10-8 19 MICHIGAN W, 9-3 EMU FALLS TO KENT STATE IN MAC TOURNEY FIRST ROUND: Despite a solid 21 BALL STATE* W, 8-0 22 BALL STATE* L, 7-0 effort from sophomore Jeff Fischer, the 2006 MAC Pitcher of the Year, the No. 6 23 BALL STATE* W, 5-4 seeded Eastern Michigan University baseball team was edged, 2-1, by No. 1 seeded 25 INDIANA TECH W, 8-6 Kent State University Wednesday afternoon (May 24) in first round Mid-American 26 NORTHWOOD W, 17-4 Conference Tournament action at Schoonover Stadium. Fischer (9-4) went 8.0 in- 28 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* W, 9-8 29 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* W, 7-3 nings with five strikeouts while limiting Kent State, the top-hitting team in the MAC, 30 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* W, 6-4 to only two runs on six hits. The Eagles were led offensively by senior Matt Moffett MAY who went 2-for-4 at the plate with a pair of RBI. Junior Derek Lehrman also hit 2- 2 WAYNE STATE (DH) Cancelled for-4 at the plate. 3 at Ohio State L, 2-5

5 at Central Michigan* W, 10-2 FISCHER NAMED MAC PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Jeff Fischer enjoyed a record- 6 at Central Michigan* L, 4-2 setting season in 2006 en route to being named first-team All-MAC. The Farmington, 7 at Central Michigan* L, 5-1 Mich. native posted a 9-3 record on the mound, the most wins for an EMU pitcher 9 at Michigan L, 11-6 13 at Toledo Cancelled since 2004. Fischer finished fifth in the league in strikeouts (98), while recording 14 at Toledo* (DH) W, 11-1 four complete games. The sophomore right-hander limited opposing hitters to a L, 5-9 .223 batting average and finished first in the league with a 1.95 ERA. In MAC games 18 WESTERN MICHIGAN* L, 0-4 only, he posted a 6-1 record, including three complete games. Fisher limited op- 19 WESTERN MICHIGAN* L, 2-9 20 WESTERN MICHIGAN* L, 2-3 posing league batters to just a .204 average, while posting a league leading ERA of 24 at Kent State - MAC Tournament L, 1-2 1.88. Fischer was named MAC West Pitcher of the Week twice this season. He joins 25 Maimi- MAC Tournament 10 a.m. former EMU standout Doug Martin and Ryan Ford as the only other players in 8-11 NCAA Super Regional TBA school history to earn the MAC Pitcher of the Year honors. Martin garnered the 15-18 NCAA College World Series TBA accolade in 1991, while Ford picked up the hardware following the 2004season. 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 BRADSHAW SOLID AT THE PLATE: In the regular season, sophomore Steve Bradshaw QUICK FACTS started 48 games at first base and led the Eagles in the following categories: batting average (.366), RBI (40), hits (68), runs (35), at bats (186), doubles (17), slugging per- UNIVERSITY AT A GLANCE centage (.505), walks (25), on-base percentage (.441) and put-outs (454). In the Mid- Location ...... Ypsilanti, Michigan American Conference individual batting statistics, Bradshaw ranks eighth in batting Founded ...... 1849 Enrollment ...... 24,500 average (.366), fifth in doubles (17), eighth in walks (25) and batting percentage (.441). Nickname ...... Eagles As of May 14, he was 92nd nationally in batting average with a .379. Colors ...... Green (PMS 349) and White Conference ...... Mid-American (MAC) IVAN’S HITTING STEAK ENDS AT 22 GAMES: Sophomore Josh Ivan notched a 22- Home Court ...... Convocation Center game hitting streak, which began in road game against Miami University (April 9) and Capacity ...... 8,824 ended at home versus Western Michigan (May 18). It was the longest hitting streak for President ...... John A. Fallon, III the Eagles since junior Derek Lehrman notched a 16-game streak from 4-27-05 thru 5- Athletics Director ...... Derrick Gragg 15-05 in 2005. Also, the steak was the longest in the MAC in 2006 and is the longest Assoc. AD/SWA (Interim) . Suzy Merchant since Buffalo’s Mike Follie hit in 22 consecutive games during the 2005 season. This Assoc. AD-External ...... Steve Watson season, the longest hitting streak in the nation is 36 games by two players; Kevin Assoc. AD-Internal ...... Mike Malach Koski from Southern Illinois-Carbondale and Ryan Kane from Austin Peay State. Asst. AD-Marketing. ... Stephannnie Harvey Dir. of Compliance ..... Melody Reifel Werner Convocation Center Dir.... Cheryl Swanson FISCHER NAMED MAC WEST PITCHER OF THE WEEK FOR THE SECOND TIME: Ticket Manager...... Ron Reid Jeff Fischer was named Mid-American Conference West Division Pitcher of the Week Ticket Phone Number ...... 734.487.2282 for the period ending May 14, the conference office announced on May 15. This marks Athletics Website ...... www.emueagles.com the second time Fischer has won the award in this season. Fischer (9-3) started game one of a doubleheader against Toledo and picked up his league-leading ninth victory BASEBALL HISTORY First Year of Baseball ...... 1949 and the only EMU win during the week. He had another impressive performance on the All-time Record...... 1,296-1,204-10 mound tallying nine strikeouts for a total 1.17 ERA with five scattered hits allowing only No. Years NCAA World Series/Last 2/1976 one run and a walk in 7.2 innings of work in an 11-1 EMU victory over the Rockets. For No.Years NCAA Tournament/Last 6/2003 the season, Fischer has appeared in 15 games, 11 as a starter with four complete NCAA Record ...... 17-14 games. He also leads the team with 1.97 ERA, and 95 strikeouts while only allowing BASEBALL STAFF just 84 hits, 33 runs and 22 walks. Head Coach ...... Roger Coryell Alma Mater, Year ...... Eastern Michigan, ’71 FISCHER NAMED ESPN/CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT: Eastern Michigan Uni- Office Phone Number ...... 734.487.0315 versity sophomore baseball player Jeff Fischer, has been named to the 2006 ESPN Assistant Coaches (Alma Mater, Year) The Magazine/CoSIDA (College of Sports Information Directors of America) Academic ...... Chris Hoiles All-District IV baseball second team, the organization announced Thursday, May 11. Staff Athletic Trainer ...... Bill Tuscany This is Fischer’s first academic accolade in his brief two-year career. Fischer, a 3.42 TEAM INFORMATION Biology major, is having an outstanding season thus far as he is near the top of every 2005 Overall Record ...... 22-34 major Mid-American Conference statistical category. Currently, he is first in: wins with MAC Finish/Record ...... 4th West/8-14 an 8-3 record, ERA (2.03), shutouts (1), opponent’s batting average (.228) and second 2005 Final Ranking ...... N/A in complete games (4). Fischer also ranks eighth in strikeouts (86), and innings pitched 2005 Postseason ...... N/A Starters Returning/Lost...... 19/6 with 93.0 (6.64 innings pitched per game). As of May 7, Fischer is 32nd nationally in Newcomers ...... 11 ERA (2.03) and 39th in victories (8). MEDIA INFORMATION HEHR NAMED MAC SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Jeff Hehr as named the Sports Info. Director ...... Jim Streeter Mid-American Conference Men’s ScholarAthlete of the Week for the period ending May Asst. SID ...... Greg Steiner Baseball Contact ...... Mekye Phelps 2. This marks the first time Hehr has claimed the weekly league accolade. Hehr, a EMU Sports Info. Phone ...... 734.487.0317 3.94 accounting student, started all five games last week, helping the Eagles to six EMU Sports Info. Fax ...... 734.485.3840 consecutive wins, including a series sweep of MAC-rival Northern Illinois. He went 7- Press Box Phone ...... 734.481.9328 for-18 (.389 avg.) with six RBI, one home run and five runs scored for a .611 slugging percentage. In game two against NIU, Hehr accounted for three out of five total Eagle OESTRIKE STADIUM hits going 3-for-5 at the plate with his third home run of the year, four RBI and three Home Field ...... Oestrike Stadium Dimensions ...... 330/390/330 runs scored. His two-run shot in the bottom of the first inning tied the score at 2-2. With Capacity ...... 1,200 the scored tied at 3-3 in the fourth, Hehr notched a clutch double to score two runs and give the Eagles the lead for good en route to a 7-3 victory. Defensively, Hehr tallied five put-outs and 12 assists for a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage. The MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week honor is presented to a MAC male and female student- athlete who has a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better and performs well during that week’s competition. The winners are selected by a group of the conference’s faculty athletic representatives.

HEHR DOING THE INTANGIBLES: Jeff Hehr is leading the team in stolen bases with 16 out of 17 attempts which also ranks third in the Mid-American Conference. As of May 14, Hehr is also ranked 16th nationally in sacrifice hits (12). EASTERN MICHIGAN BASEBALL RELEASE PAGE 4

EAGLES SWEPT BY INTRA-STATE RIVAL WESTERN MICHI- wall to cut the WMU lead to 3-2. For the game, Gainforth went 1- GAN: The Eastern Michigan University baseball team found it- for-4 with two RBI and a run scored. self on the wrong end of a pitchers duel Thursday night (May 18) as the Eagles were shut out, 4-0, by visiting intra-state rival EAGLES SPLIT DOUBLEHEADER AGAINST TOLEDO: Sopho- Western Michigan. Back-to-back Bronco home runs in the top of more Josh Ivan increased his league-leading hit streak to 22 the ninth handed EMU only its third home loss of the season. games as the Eastern Michigan University baseball team split a EMU got a solid effort from senior pitcher Will Stewardson doubleheader against the University of Toledo, 11-1 and 9-5 on tallied five strikeouts, no walks, while scattering seven hits and Sunday afternoon at Scott Park (May 14). The victory snapped a only two earned runs in 8.0 innings of work. The Eagles’ offense three-game Eagle losing streak dating back to May 6. In game could only muster seven hits against the Western Michigan pitch- one, EMU 27-22 (14-9 MAC) was clinging to a 1-0 lead until the ing staff. Eastern was led by freshman Aaron Powell, who went eighth inning in which the Eagles sent 13 batters to the plate a perfect 4-for-4 from the plate. Sophomore Josh Ivan was un- scoring 10 runs to blow the game open. Eagle ace Jeff Fischer able to extend his 22-game hitting streak, the longest in the (9-3) had another impressive performance on the mound tally- conference this season. On May 19, The Eagles dropped its ing nine strikeouts with five scattered hits allowing only one run second consecutive game, 9-2. For the second day in a row, and a walk in 7.2 innings of work. Sophomore Steve Bradshaw EMU could not get the bats going against the Western Michigan led the Eagles offensively going 3-for-4 at the plate with three pitching staff. The Eagles were led again by Powell, who went a RBI, two runs scored and his third home run of the season. In the perfect 3-for-3 with one run scored. In the last two games, he is nightcap, EMU tied the game at 5-5 in the top of the eighth but 7-for-7 at the plate. Senior Tim Gray picked up his first loss of could not hold on as costly miscues allowed Toledo to plate four the season going 1.2 innings with one strikeout, a walk and four runs in the bottom of the frame to take 9-5 lead en route to the earned runs. During the series finale (May 20), a late ninth inning victory. The Eagles were led by junior Derek Lehrman who rally by was not enough as the Eagles were swept, 3-2, on went 2-for-3 with one RBI and a run scored. Junior George Biddle Senior Day. With the EMU trailing 3-0 in the bottom of the ninth picked up the loss in a relief role going 6.0 innings with three inning, senior Isaiah Gainforth, in his final at bat at Oestrike strikeouts while allowing two runs with one unearned. Stadium, hit his fourth home of the season over the center field

Trumaine Riley Center Field

Josh Ivan Jeff Daivs Second Base Left Field Isaiah Gainforth Jeff Hehr Right Field Shortstop

Possible Pitching Rotation Matt Moffett Thur. - George Biddle Steve Bradshaw Third Base Fri. - Will Stewardson First Base

Derek Lehrman Catcher EMU Bullpen LHP RHP 4 - Craig Bate 14 - Kevin Wammes 5 - Jeff Davis 16 - Sean Hoffman 6 - Bobby Herderson 19 - Matt Dillard 18 - Jeff Robinson 26 - Adam Jacobson 39 - Tim Gray 38 - Matt Shoemaker Starting Line Up 50 - Dan Puls EASTERN MICHIGAN BASEBALL RELEASE PAGE 5

EMU FALLS TO CROSS-TOWN RIVAL MICHIGAN: Eastern Michigan with one run scored and two RBI while notching his second home run of tied a season-high with 17 hits, but it was not enough as the Eagles fell the year. Matt Dillard (2-2) picked up his second win of the season. to cross-town rival Michigan, 11-6, on Tuesday (May 9) at Ray Fisher Michigan (20-13, 8-4 Big Ten) was led by senior Jeff Kunkel who went 2- Stadium. EMU could not overcome untimely base running miscues and for-4 with two RBI while senior Drew Taylor picked up the loss on the missed opportunities as the Eagles left nine runners on base. EMU was mound. also caught stealing twice, picked off twice, and hit into two double plays. Derek Lehrman paced EMU going a perfect 4-for-4 with two BIDDLE NAMED MAC WEST PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Eastern Michi- runs scored. In addition, Matt Moffett went 2-for-5 with one run scored gan University junior pitcher George Biddle has been named Mid-Ameri- and a team-high three RBI while notching his team-leading seventh home can Conference West Division Pitcher of the Week for the period ending April 2, 2006, the conference office announced today. This marks the run of the year. Sophomore Steve Bradshaw also went 3-for-5 at the second time Biddle has won the award in his career. Biddle (3-1) picked up plate with one RBI and a run scored. Sophomore Jeff Davis (1-3) two wins during the week with a total 0.00 ERA in 10 total innings pitched picked up his third loss of the season allowing six runs in 2.0 innings. In with nine strikeouts. He recorded his first career complete-game shut out the top of the eighth inning, Moffett pulled the Eagles closer, 7-5, with a tallying eight strikeouts with eight scattered hits and no walks on 34 single to score Lehrman from second base. However, EMU could not batters faced to lead Eastern Michigan to a 10-0 victory over Buffalo. keep Michigan off the board as the Wolverines got another run on a RBI Biddle also picked up the decision against Wayne State in a relief effort single to go up 8-5 in the bottom of the inning. With two outs, a routine retiring two batters with one strikeout helping EMU to a 3-2 win. Biddle fly ball was dropped by Eric Pelot that would have got EMU out of the also clainmed the weekly league honor last season for the period ending inning. As a result, the Wolverines went on to tally three more runs to February 20, 2005. For the season, Biddle has started in five games with break the game open, 11-5. Bradshaw slammed a base hit to right field eight appearances and three complete games for a 2.37 ERA. He is to plate Davis in the top of the ninth cutting the lead to 11-6. Hehr then second on the team with 30 strikeouts while only allowing 37 hits, 14 reached on a fielder choice and Lehrman was hit by a pitch to load the runs and 10 walks on 178 batters faced. bases with two outs. The Wolverines dodged a huge bullet as Moffett hit another towering shot down the right field line but the umpire ruled it a EAGLES NINE-GAME WINNING STREAK SNAPPED: The Eastern foul ball to negate a grand slam home run. Moffett went on the strike out Michigan University baseball team had its nine game winning streak to end the game. snapped at the hands of intra-state foe Michigan State, 6-3, April 5, at Oldsmobile Park. With the loss, the Eagles fall to 13-12 (5-1 MAC) while BRADSHAW AND BIDDLE NAMED MAC WEST PLAYERS OF THE the Spartans improve to 13-10 (3-1 Big Ten). Sophomore Jeff Davis WEEK: Steve Bradshaw and George Biddle have been named Mid- went 1-for-5 with two RBI and a home run, while junior pitcher Matt Dillard American Conference West Division Player and Pitcher of the Week re- (1-2) picked up the loss for the Eagles. Sophomore Josh Ivan also went spectively for the period ending April 30, 2006. This marks the first time 3-for4 with one run scored and junior Trumaine Riley hit 2-for-4 with one Bradshaw has won the award and the second time Biddle has earned the run scored from the plate. MSU’s Mike Takashima (1-0) notched his first honor this season. Bradshaw started all five games last week (April 28), victory of the season. Eastern took an early 2-0 lead in the top of the third helping the Eagles to six consecutive wins. He went 10-for-20 (.500 inning as Davis hit his second home run of the season driving in Riley. ave.) with six RBI, one home run and seven runs scored for a staggering However, the Michigan State line-up batted through in the bottom third .800 slugging percentage. In game one against NIU, Bradshaw nearly scoring four runs on four hits to take a 4-2 lead. The Spartans tacked on hit for the cycle going a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate with a home run, two two more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to take a commanding 6-2 doubles and single for three RBI and three runs scored helping EMU to a lead. 9-8 victory. Against Northwood (April 26), he chipped in five hits in six Ivan doubled in the top of the sixth inning and later scored on an error to trips to the plate along with two RBI and three runs scored en route to a narrow MSU’s lead to 6-3, but, that would be all the Eagles would muster 17-4 Eagle victory. Biddle (5-4) picked up two wins during the week with the rest of the way en route to the set back. a 2.45 ERA in 11 total innings pitched. He recorded a career-high 10 strikeouts going 8.0 innings allowing only four scattered hits, three WIN STREAK REACHED NINE GAMES: EMU enjoyed an nine game earned runs and one walk in 31 batters faced to lead Eastern Michigan winning streak which was the longest streak since the Eagles won 11 to a 6-4 victory over NIU (April 30) in game three to complete the series games in a row during the 2004 season. During the streak, EMU won sweep. Biddle also picked up the decision against Northwood tossing three consecutive games in walk-off fashion. In a doubleheader against the first three innings without allowing a run helping EMU to a convincing Wayne State (March 28), the Eagles took the first game 3-2 on a bases win. loaded walk -in the bottom of the seventh and the second 4-3 on a walk off base hit by sophomore Jeff Hehr. Against Oakland (March 29) with the FISCHER NAMED MAC WEST PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Jeff game tied 8-8 in the bottom of ninth inning, Gainforth singled to score Fischer was named Mid-American Conference West Division Pitcher of Hehr giving the Eagles a 9-8 decision. the Week for the period ending April 23, 2006. This marks the first time Fischer has won the award in his career. Fischer (7-3) started the series BASEBALL CLIPS CONCORDIA, 9-3: On a cold, blustery day at Oestrike opener against Ball State. After a two hour and 10 minute rain delay, he Stadium, the Eastern Michigan University baseball team rolled off a 9-3 came back out on the mound and tossed his first career complete-game victory over Concordia University to stretch the Eagles’ winning steak to shut out tallying nine strikeouts. Fischer also scattered four hits and one nine-games. The squads were scheduled to play a doubleheader, but the walk for a total 0.00 ERA on 32 batters faced to lead the Eagles to a 8- second game was cancelled due to wind chills in the low 30s. With the 0 victory over the Cardinals. victory EMU improves to 13-11 on the season while CU drops to 11- 14.Sophomore Steve Bradshaw had two hits and two runs scored, EAGLES DOMINATE CROSS-TOWN RIVAL MICHIGAN: For the first while senior Isaiah Gainforth added a home run and two RBI on the day. time since the 2004 season, the Eastern Michigan University baseball Seven other Eagles recorded hits in the win, as EMU pounded out 10 hits team defeated the University of Michigan by a score of 9-3 here Wednes- combined.Freshman Craig Bate (1-1) picked up the win and combined day (Apirl 19) night at Oestrike Stadium. An eight-run sixth inning capped with two other Eagle hurlers to hold Concordia to just four hits on the off with home runs by sophomore Jeff Hehr and junior Derek Lehrman afternoon. sparked the Eagles’ fourth consecutive victory. Lehrman paced EMU (18-16, 7-5 MAC) going 1-for-3 with one run scored and a team high three RBI courtesy of his sixth inning blast. In addition, Hehr went 1-for-4 EASTERN MICHIGAN BASEBALL RELEASE PAGE 6

inning rallies to sweep a doubleheader from Wayne State University Tues- FIVE PLAYERS TALLY CAREER FIRSTS: ·Junior George Biddle re- day (March 28). The Eagles took the first game 3-2 on a bases loaded corded his first career complete-game shut out tallying eight strikeouts walk -in the bottom of the seventh and the second 4-3 on a walk off base with eight scattered hits and no walks on 34 batters faced to lead East- hit by sophomore Jeff Hehr. Last weekend, EMU swept a doubleheader ern Michigan to a 10-0 victory over Buffalo (March 31). Sophomore Jeff with Bowling Green State University Sunday (March 26). In the opener, Fischer tossed a career-high 10 strikeouts in a 6-1 victory over Buffalo sophomore Jeff Fisher threw a complete game four-hitter as the Eagles (April 1). Sophomore Steve Bradshaw and Junior Brian Blackburn won by a scored of 2-1. In the night cap the EMU bats came to life as the notched their first career home runs in back-to-back fashion during the Green. and White cruised to the 9-3 victory to take two of three games in third inning in a 10-0 victory over Buffalo (March 31). For the game, the weekend series. Bradshaw went a perfect 3-for-3 from the plate with two runs scored and two RBI while Blackburn hit 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored. EAGLES OFF TO 2-1 MAC START: The Eastern Michigan University Freshman Kevin Wammes (1-2) picked up his first career win in a relief baseball team swept a doubleheader with Bowling Green State University effort as EMU downed Oakland 9-8 (March 29). He also chalked up his first Sunday afternoon (March 26) at Oestrike Stadium. In the opener, sopho- career save in a 4-2 victory over Buffalo (April 2). With the bases leaded in more Jeff Fisher threw a complete game four-hitter as the Eagles won the top of the eighth and two outs, Wammes came in and forced UB’s by a scored of 2-1. In the night cap the EMU bats came to life as the Green James Piazza to fly out to center field ending the Buffalo threat. The Bulls and White cruised to the 9-3 victory to take two of three games in the mounted another threat in the top of the ninth inning with runners on first weekend series. On Friday (March 24) EMU was upended 5-3 by the and third with only one out. Wammes rose to the occasion again and Falcons in the home opener. Junior Brian Blackburn led the Eagles (5- tallied back-to-back strikeouts to closeout the game for a 4-2 victory. 11, 2-1 MAC) offensively going 1-for-4 driving in the only two RBI for the Eagles. Bowling Green (9-10, 1-2 MAC) was led by Kurt Wells who went 2- EAGLES REACH .500 MARK WITH SEVENTH STRAIGHT VICTORY: for-4 with one RBI. In the nightcap, senior Will Stewardson got his first Sophomore pitcher Jeff Fisher tossed a career-high 10 strikeouts to win of the season hurling 4.1 scoreless innings with two strikeouts and lead the Eastern Michigan University baseball team to a 6-1 win over one walk while giving up only four hits. Sophomore Jeff Hehr led the Buffalo here Saturday in Oestrike Stadium in a Mid-American Conference Eagles from the plate going 2-for-3 with two runs scored and one RBI. game. The victory was the seventh consecutive for the Eagles who, for the first time this season, reached the .500 mark with an 11-11 record, EMU DROPS HOME OPENER, 5-3: The Bowling Green Falcons used a (3-1 MAC). Buffalo falls to 5-19, (0-5 MAC). For the second consecutive three-run eighth inning to rally from behind and claim a 5-3 victory over game, the EMU pitching staff went the distance as Fisher hurled a three- Eastern Michigan in the Mid-American Conference opener for both squads hitter with eight scoreless innings on 33 batters faced. Senior Isaiah here at Oestrike Stadium, March 24. With the victory the Falcons improve Gainforth led the Eagles offensively going 1-for-2 from the plate with one to 9-8 and 1-0 in the conference while the Eagles drop to 4-11 and 0-1 in run scored and a team-high three RBI coming off a three-home run. Buffalo the league. EMU, which opened the year with 14 consecutive road games, opened up the game in the first inning scoring their first run in MAC left 16 runners stranded for the game. Steve Bradshaw went 2-for-5 competition this season as Eric Flynn’s double drove in Mike Folli from first from the plate while three different Eagles added an RBI. Jeff Davis was base giving the Bulls a 1-0 lead. The lead would not last long as EMU tied the hard-luck loser, allowing two runs in 1.1 innings. the game, 1-1, on a Steve Bradshaw single that scored Josh Ivan from third. Eastern took the lead for good in the bottom of the fourth inning as CLOSE CALLS IN EAGLES’ 4-10 START: The Eastern Michigan base- Gainforth’s three-run shot brought in Bradshaw and Brian Blackburn to ball team has already played its fair share of close games against steep give the Eagles a 4-1 advantage.In the bottom of the seventh, Kyle Road competition this season. EMU has lost four games by one run and two by scored on a wild pitch and a sacrifice bunt by Ivan brought in Derek two runs. After winning the season opener, 9-7, at East Tennessee State Lehrman to give EMU a 6-1 lead. (Mar. 3), the Eagles fell 7-8 in the nightcap of the doubleheader. During the next week, the Eagles hung tough at #8 ranked Tennessee (Mar. 11) BIDDLE LEADS EAGLES’ TO SIXTH STRAIGHT WIN: Junior pitcher dropping two 3-2 hard-fought decisions. At West Virginia (Mar. 18), the George Biddle tallied his first career complete-game shut out as the green and white fell 4-3 in a heartbreaking loss in 10 innings off a Moun- EMU baseball team blanked Buffalo, 10-0, Friday afternoon at Oestrike taineer walk-off two run home run. Stadium. With their sixth consecutive victory, the Eagles improve to 10- 11, (3-1 MAC) while Buffalo falls to 5-18, (0-4 MAC). Biddle went the dis- STARTING PITCHING PROVIDING ONE-TWO PUNCH: Staring pitch- tance tallying eight strikeouts with eight scattered hits on 34 batters ers Jeff Fischer (3-2) and George Biddle (1-1) rank first and second faced. Sophomore Steve Bradshaw and junior Brian Blackburn notched on the team in ERA and strikeouts with both having some impressive their first career home runs in back-to-back fashion during the third inning. outings thus far as well. Fisher leads the team with a 2.14 ERA and 29 For the game, Bradshaw went a perfect 3-for-3 from the plate with two strikeouts while Biddle has a 2.97 ERA with 18 strikeouts. Fischer picked runs scored and two RBI while Blackburn hit 2-for-3 with three RBI and two up his first win at E. Tennessee State (Feb. 3) in game one pitching five runs scored. The EMU bats jumped to a quick start in the bottom of the solid innings tallying four strikeouts while only giving up three hits and one first with five runs on four hits off senior Buffalo pitcher Matt Johnson to run. His second win came in a relief role as the Eagles took out UNLV 9-7 give the Eagles an early 5-0 lead. The lead increased to 7-0 on back-to- (Feb. 24). Fischer came out of the bullpen and pitched 6.2 solid innings back home runs by Bradshaw and Blackburn that broke the game open in with nine strikeouts. He also hurled seven innings of scoreless work with the bottom of the third. The Eagles chalked on two more runs in the eight strikeouts and one walk while surrendering only one run in 34 bat- bottom of the fourth as Trumaine Riley scored on a throwing error and ters faced in a 2-1 victory over Louisville (Mar. 3).Biddle tallied his first a Bradshaw double drove in Jeff Hehr from second. EMU added one victory with a brilliant effort on the mound pitching eight innings of score- more run in the fifth en route to a 10-0 victory. less work tallying four strikeouts while only giving up four hits out of 35 batters faced to lead the Eagles to a 9-2 victory over Louisville (Mar. 2). He EAGLES’ WIN STEREAK MOVES TO FIVE IN A ROW: With the game also put up a solid game in 4-3 loss against West Virginia (Mar. 17) with tied 8-8 in the bottom of ninth inning, senior Isaiah Gainforth singled four strikeouts, six hits and two earned runs with 31 batters faced in the through the right side to score sophomore Jeff Hehr giving the Eagles no decision. a 9-8 victory over Oakland University Wednesday afternoon (March 29) at Oestrike Stadium. The win is EMU’s fifth consecutive and third straight walk-off decision for the Green and White. Gainforth led the Eagles with his best effort of the season from the plate. The Unionville, Mich. native went 3-for-5 with a team-high four RBI. Freshman Kevin Wammes (1-2) picked up his first win of the season on the mound. The Eagles used two late EMU 2006 BASEBALL STATISTICS

Eastern Michigan University Overall Statistics for Eastern Michigan (as of May 24, 2006) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 27-26 Home: 19-5 Away: 8-21 Mid-American: 14-12

Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%

28 BRADSHAW, Steve.. .360 51-49 189 35 68 17 0 3 40 94 .497 26 0 16 6 .437 0 2 5-5 466 39 9 .982 23 LEHRMAN, Derek... .315 52-43 162 24 51 14 2 2 24 75 .463 19 1 46 2 .384 3 3 2-5 143 11 1 .994 3 IVAN, Josh...... 289 53-53 211 32 61 12 2 0 15 77 .365 18 1 36 3 .348 0 6 8-13 88 132 14 .940 8 MOFFETT, Matt.... .286 49-44 154 24 44 10 0 7 32 75 .487 23 2 41 3 .377 4 5 2-2 137 53 8 .960 25 MARKEY, Mike...... 286 7-4 14 1 4 2 0 0 1 6 .429 0 1 6 0 .333 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 27 RILEY, Trumaine.. .276 50-47 156 23 43 7 1 1 15 55 .353 11 5 35 1 .339 2 2 9-17 103 3 1 .991 33 POWELL, Aaron.... .253 49-45 154 24 39 8 0 4 24 59 .383 14 6 41 3 .333 3 6 6-8 47 68 9 .927 5 DAVIS, Jeff...... 250 47-40 148 26 37 7 0 2 12 50 .338 25 2 31 0 .366 0 2 12-15 72 6 4 .951 20 DEAN, Patrick.... .250 7-0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 3 0 1 0 .571 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 7 GAINFORTH, Isaiah .247 52-46 146 22 36 3 0 4 27 51 .349 19 1 27 1 .333 2 8 2-6 83 5 0 1.000 1 HEHR, Jeff...... 240 48-48 179 27 43 5 0 4 25 60 .335 20 0 28 3 .317 0 13 16-17 80 148 16 .934 2 RHOAD, Kyle...... 222 34-18 63 10 14 1 0 0 6 15 .238 8 2 23 0 .324 1 5 6-6 20 21 3 .932 29 PELOT, Eric...... 213 26-8 47 3 10 2 1 0 3 14 .298 8 0 11 0 .327 0 1 0-3 21 1 2 .917 24 BLACKBURN Brian.. .196 36-30 107 12 21 4 0 1 12 28 .262 11 2 15 6 .281 1 1 2-2 81 35 3 .975 10 BOYD, Michael.... .143 21-2 14 4 2 1 0 0 1 3 .214 2 0 5 1 .250 0 0 1-1 4 0 1 .800 9 DAVIS, Shane...... 143 11-0 7 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 .286 2 0 3 0 .300 1 0 0-0 4 0 0 1.000

Totals...... 271 53-53 1755 270 475 94 6 28 238 665 .379 209 23 365 29 .353 17 54 71-100 1383 610 81 .961 Opponents...... 267 53-53 1754 282 468 70 7 25 246 627 .357 223 54 312 32 .364 18 36 52-80 1391 633 84 .960

LOB - Team (398), Opp (421). DPs turned - Team (48), Opp (43). CI - Team (1), MOFFETT 1, Opp (1). IBB - Team (9), LEHRMAN 2, IVAN 2, HEHR 1, PELOT 1, BLACKBURN 1, DAVIS, J. 1, BRADSHAW 1, Opp (9). Picked off - RILEY 5, DAVIS, J. 4, PELOT 2, HEHR 2, BRADSHAW 2, MOFFETT 2, POWELL 1, GAINFORTH 1, DEAN 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

34 FISCHER, Jeff.... 1.97 9-4 17 12 5 1/0 0 109.2 90 35 24 24 103 14 1 4 405 .222 5 7 1 1 8 4 BATE, Craig...... 2.59 2-1 15 5 0 0/0 0 31.1 25 12 9 27 27 4 0 1 115 .217 2 6 4 0 3 45 BIDDLE, George... 3.60 5-6 17 13 2 1/0 0 90.0 85 43 36 18 51 8 2 7 338 .251 1 8 4 2 5 14 WAMMES, Kevin.... 4.21 2-3 20 2 0 0/0 4 25.2 20 12 12 21 19 3 0 2 90 .222 6 3 0 4 4 16 HOFFMAN, Sean.... 4.40 1-0 19 3 0 0/0 0 30.2 32 21 15 13 9 6 0 3 124 .258 4 2 1 2 1 15 STEWARDSON, Will. 4.76 3-3 13 8 0 0/0 0 58.2 54 33 31 25 32 9 1 1 218 .248 2 6 1 1 3 6 HENDERSON, Bobby. 6.92 0-1 10 0 0 0/0 0 13.0 20 11 10 8 3 4 0 2 50 .400 3 1 2 2 3 50 PULS, Dan...... 7.36 1-0 18 0 0 0/0 0 14.2 22 18 12 19 14 3 0 0 63 .349 2 3 0 0 1 19 DILLARD, Matt.... 7.77 3-3 20 3 0 0/0 0 24.1 39 25 21 15 15 8 0 0 106 .368 0 2 0 0 2 26 JACOBSON, Adam... 8.10 0-0 8 0 0 0/0 0 6.2 11 9 6 5 4 0 1 0 29 .379 0 3 0 1 0 5 DAVIS, Jeff...... 8.25 1-3 13 1 0 0/0 4 12.0 7 11 11 13 13 1 1 2 39 .179 1 0 2 1 1 39 GRAY, Tim...... 8.39 0-1 22 2 0 0/0 0 24.2 39 27 23 17 14 7 1 1 102 .382 4 4 1 0 4 38 SHOEMAKER, Matt.. 8.64 0-1 12 3 0 0/0 0 16.2 19 21 16 17 8 3 0 1 63 .302 3 9 1 4 1 18 ROBINSON, Jeff... 12.00 0-0 1 1 0 0/0 0 3.0 5 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 12 .417 0 0 0 0 0

Totals...... 4.49 27-26 53 53 7 2/0 8 461.0 468 282 230 223 312 70 7 25 1754 .267 33 54 17 18 36 Opponents...... 4.25 26-27 53 53 0 3/3 14 463.2 475 270 219 209 365 94 6 28 1755 .271 28 23 5 17 54

PB - Team (21), MOFFETT 8, LEHRMAN 7, BLACKBURN 6, Opp (10). Pickoffs - Team (17), BIDDLE 3, HENDERSON 3, STEWARDSON 3, GRAY 2, BLACKBURN 2, FISCHER 1, BATE 1, DILLARD 1, PULS 1, Opp (19). SBA/ATT - MOFFETT (24-38), BIDDLE (18-24), LEHRMAN (20-22), BLACKBURN (8-20), FISCHER (7-12), STEWARDSON (2-5), GRAY (3-5), SHOEMAKER (2-5), PULS (4-4), WAMMES (2-4), HOFFMAN (3-4), DAVIS, J. (4-4), BATE (1-3), DILLARD (2-3), HENDERSON (2-3), JACOBSON (2-3), ROBINSON (0-1). EMU 2006 BASEBALL STATISTICS

Eastern Michigan University Overall Statistics for Eastern Michigan (as of May 24, 2006) (All games Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CI

7 GAINFORTH, Isaiah 88 83 5 0 1.000 1 0 0 --- 0 0 45 BIDDLE, George... 26 6 20 0 1.000 0 18 6 .750 0 0 34 FISCHER, Jeff.... 24 9 15 0 1.000 2 7 5 .583 0 0 16 HOFFMAN, Sean.... 10 4 6 0 1.000 0 3 1 .750 0 0 14 WAMMES, Kevin.... 6 0 6 0 1.000 0 2 2 .500 0 0 9 DAVIS, Shane..... 4 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 50 PULS, Dan...... 4 0 4 0 1.000 0 4 0 1.000 0 0 18 ROBINSON, Jeff... 2 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 .000 0 0 25 MARKEY, Mike..... 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 23 LEHRMAN, Derek... 155 143 11 1 .994 2 20 2 .909 7 0 27 RILEY, Trumaine.. 107 103 3 1 .991 1 0 0 --- 0 0 28 BRADSHAW, Steve.. 514 466 39 9 .982 41 0 0 --- 0 0 24 BLACKBURN Brian.. 119 81 35 3 .975 2 8 12 .400 6 0 8 MOFFETT, Matt.... 198 137 53 8 .960 7 24 14 .632 8 1 5 DAVIS, Jeff...... 82 72 6 4 .951 0 4 0 1.000 0 0 15 STEWARDSON, Will. 17 4 12 1 .941 0 2 3 .400 0 0 3 IVAN, Josh...... 234 88 132 14 .940 27 0 0 --- 0 0 1 HEHR, Jeff...... 244 80 148 16 .934 30 0 0 --- 0 0 2 RHOAD, Kyle...... 44 20 21 3 .932 6 0 0 --- 0 0 33 POWELL, Aaron.... 124 47 68 9 .927 4 0 0 --- 0 0 29 PELOT, Eric...... 24 21 1 2 .917 0 0 0 --- 0 0 19 DILLARD, Matt.... 9 2 6 1 .889 0 2 1 .667 0 0 39 GRAY, Tim...... 8 2 5 1 .875 0 3 2 .600 0 0 4 BATE, Craig...... 10 2 6 2 .800 0 1 2 .333 0 0 10 BOYD, Michael.... 5 4 0 1 .800 0 0 0 --- 0 0 38 SHOEMAKER, Matt.. 4 1 2 1 .750 0 2 3 .400 0 0 6 HENDERSON, Bobby. 10 1 6 3 .700 0 2 1 .667 0 0 26 JACOBSON, Adam... 1 0 0 1 .000 0 2 1 .667 0 0 20 DEAN, Patrick.... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0

Totals...... 2074 1383 610 81 .961 48 52 28 .650 21 1 Opponents...... 2108 1391 633 84 .960 43 71 29 .710 10 1

Eastern Michigan University Game Results for Eastern Michigan (as of May 24, 2006) (All games)

Game date Opposing team Score r h e/ r h e Inns Overall Mid-American Pitcher of record Attend Time ------/------Feb 03, 2006 at East Tennessee State W 9-6 9 11 3/ 6 10 2 (13) 1- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 FISCHER (W 1-0) 313 3:57 Feb 03, 2006 at East Tennessee State 7-8 L 7 10 3/ 8 9 4 9 1- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 WAMMES (L 0-1) 287 3:32 Feb 10, 2006 at #8 Tennessee 2-3 L 2 3 0/ 3 6 0 9 1- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 BIDDLE (L 0-1) - 1:56 Feb 10, 2006 at #8 Tennessee 2-3 L 2 9 1/ 3 9 2 9 1- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 FISCHER (L 1-1) 874 2:19 Feb 24, 2006 at UNLV W 9-7 9 13 1/ 7 13 2 (13) 2- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 FISCHER (W 2-1) 0 Feb 25, 2006 at UNLV 5-18 L 5 11 3/18 17 1 9 2- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 DILLARD (L 0-1) 524 3:51 Feb 26, 2006 at UNLV 5-23 L 5 9 3/23 23 2 9 2- 5- 0 0- 0- 0 SHOEMAKER (L 0-1) 557 3:20 Mar 02, 2006 at Louisville W 9-2 9 15 1/ 2 6 1 9 3- 5- 0 0- 0- 0 BIDDLE (W 1-1) 283 2:48 Mar 03, 2006 at Louisville W 2-1 2 6 0/ 1 9 0 9 4- 5- 0 0- 0- 0 FISCHER (W 3-1) 290 2:22 Mar 04, 2006 at Louisville 0-13 L 0 5 4/13 14 0 9 4- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 WAMMES (L 0-2) 587 2:29 Mar 05, 2006 at Louisville 2-4 L 2 4 1/ 4 6 0 9 4- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 BATE (L 0-1) 467 2:29 Mar 17, 2006 at West Virginia 3-4 L 3 5 1/ 4 7 4 (10) 4- 8- 0 0- 0- 0 DAVIS, J. (L 0-1) 178 2:33 Mar 18, 2006 at West Virginia 1-3 L 1 5 1/ 3 9 1 9 4- 9- 0 0- 0- 0 FISCHER (L 3-2) 215 2:31 Mar 19, 2006 at West Virginia 2-7 L 2 9 1/ 7 13 2 9 4-10- 0 0- 0- 0 HENDERSON (L 0-1) 184 2:51 *Mar 24, 2006 Bowling Green 3-5 L 3 10 2/ 5 5 5 9 4-11- 0 0- 1- 0 DAVIS, J. (L 0-2) 75 2:43 *Mar 26, 2006 Bowling Green W 2-1 2 6 0/ 1 4 2 9 5-11- 0 1- 1- 0 FISCHER (W 4-2) - 2:17 *Mar 26, 2006 Bowling Green W 9-3 9 11 2/ 3 8 1 9 6-11- 0 2- 1- 0 STEWARDSON (W 1-0) 125 2:55 Mar 28, 2006 Wayne State W 3-2 3 7 4/ 2 5 1 7 7-11- 0 2- 1- 0 DILLARD (W 1-1) - 2:02 Mar 28, 2006 Wayne State W 4-3 4 8 1/ 3 3 1 7 8-11- 0 2- 1- 0 BIDDLE (W 2-1) 75 2:38 Mar 29, 2006 Oakland W 9-8 9 11 0/ 8 13 2 9 9-11- 0 2- 1- 0 WAMMES (W 1-2) 85 2:57 *Mar 31, 2006 Buffalo W 10-0 10 9 1/ 0 8 2 9 10-11- 0 3- 1- 0 BIDDLE (W 3-1) 70 2:20 *Apr 01, 2006 Buffalo W 6-1 6 4 2/ 1 3 2 9 11-11- 0 4- 1- 0 FISCHER (W 5-2) 101 2:09 *Apr 02, 2006 Buffalo W 4-2 4 7 2/ 2 8 3 9 12-11- 0 5- 1- 0 STEWARDSON (W 2-0) 89 2:30 Apr 04, 2006 Concordia W 9-3 9 10 2/ 3 4 0 7 13-11- 0 5- 1- 0 BATE (W 1-1) 80 2:13 Apr 05, 2006 at Michigan State 3-6 L 3 8 1/ 6 9 3 9 13-12- 0 5- 1- 0 DILLARD (L 1-2) 307 2:59 *Apr 08, 2006 at Miami 4-11 L 4 13 2/11 18 2 9 13-13- 0 5- 2- 0 BIDDLE (L 3-2) 1078 2:41 *Apr 08, 2006 at Miami 1-9 L 1 4 3/ 9 11 3 9 13-14- 0 5- 3- 0 FISCHER (L 5-3) 1276 2:25 *Apr 09, 2006 at Miami 3-6 L 3 5 0/ 6 10 2 9 13-15- 0 5- 4- 0 STEWARDSON (L 2-1) 1652 2:55 Apr 11, 2006 #14 Grand Valley W 2-1 2 7 0/ 1 6 0 9 14-15- 0 5- 4- 0 BATE (W 2-1) 202 1:22 *Apr 15, 2006 at Ohio 4-5 L 4 8 2/ 5 9 0 9 14-16- 0 5- 5- 0 BIDDLE (L 3-3) 235 2:20 *Apr 15, 2006 at Ohio W 6-4 6 12 2/ 4 12 0 9 15-16- 0 6- 5- 0 FISCHER (W 6-3) 258 2:46 *Apr 16, 2006 at Ohio W 9-7 9 13 1/ 7 12 4 9 16-16- 0 7- 5- 0 HOFFMAN (W 1-0) 242 3:07 Apr 18, 2006 Oakland W 10-8 10 11 2/ 8 8 2 9 17-16- 0 7- 5- 0 PULS (W 1-0) 157 2:55 Apr 19, 2006 Michigan W 9-3 9 11 2/ 3 5 2 9 18-16- 0 7- 5- 0 DILLARD (W 2-2) 420 3:02 *Apr 21, 2006 Ball State W 8-0 8 10 0/ 0 4 1 9 19-16- 0 8- 5- 0 FISCHER (W 7-3) 127 4:20 *Apr 22, 2006 Ball State 0-7 L 0 8 0/ 7 12 0 9 19-17- 0 8- 6- 0 BIDDLE (L 4-3) 130 4:45 *Apr 23, 2006 Ball State W 5-4 5 10 2/ 4 6 0 (10) 20-17- 0 9- 6- 0 WAMMES (W 2-2) 85 2:30 Apr 25, 2006 Indiana Tech W 8-6 8 7 2/ 6 10 3 9 21-17- 0 9- 6- 0 DILLARD (W 3-2) 70 2:30 Apr 26, 2006 Northwood W 17-4 17 23 0/ 4 9 2 9 22-17- 0 9- 6- 0 BIDDLE (W 4-4) 59 2:45 *Apr 28, 2006 Northern Illinois W 9-8 9 12 3/ 8 12 3 9 23-17- 0 10- 6- 0 DAVIS, J. (W 1-2) 98 2:50 *Apr 29, 2006 Northern Illinois W 7-3 7 5 2/ 3 5 1 9 24-17- 0 11- 6- 0 STEWARDSON (W 3-1) 95 2:50 *Apr 30, 2006 Northern Illinois W 6-4 6 9 2/ 4 4 2 9 25-17- 0 12- 6- 0 BIDDLE (W 5-4) 115 2:20 May 03, 2006 at Ohio State 2-5 L 2 8 0/ 5 9 1 9 25-18- 0 12- 6- 0 DILLARD (L 3-3) 1416 2:45 *May 05, 2006 at Central Michigan W 10-3 10 17 0/ 3 5 5 9 26-18- 0 13- 6- 0 FISCHER (W 8-3) 415 2:37 *May 06, 2006 at Central Michigan 2-4 L 2 8 1/ 4 6 0 9 26-19- 0 13- 7- 0 STEWARDSON (L 3-2) 397 2:16 *May 07, 2006 at Central Michigan 1-5 L 1 5 3/ 5 10 0 9 26-20- 0 13- 8- 0 BIDDLE (L 5-5) 489 2:07 May 09, 2006 at Michigan 6-11 L 6 17 3/11 13 1 9 26-21- 0 13- 8- 0 DAVIS, J. (L 1-3) 188 2:59 *May 14, 2006 at Toledo W 11-1 11 10 0/ 1 7 4 9 27-21- 0 14- 8- 0 FISCHER (W 9-3) 201 2:37 *May 14, 2006 at Toledo 5-9 L 5 9 4/ 9 8 2 9 27-22- 0 14- 9- 0 BIDDLE (L 5-6) 201 2:52 *May 18, 2006 Western Michigan 0-4 L 0 7 2/ 4 9 0 9 27-23- 0 14-10- 0 STEWARDSON (L 3-3) 134 2:20 *May 19, 2006 Western Michigan 2-9 L 2 8 3/ 9 13 0 9 27-24- 0 14-11- 0 GRAY (L 0-1) 112 2:47 *May 20, 2006 Western Michigan 2-3 L 2 6 0/ 3 8 1 9 27-25- 0 14-12- 0 WAMMES (L 2-3) 154 2:42 May 24, 2006 at Kent State 1-2 L 1 6 0/ 2 6 0 9 27-26- 0 14-12- 0 FISCHER (L 9-4) 723 1:53

* = Mid-American Conference game & = MAC Tournament (Kent, Ohio) () extra inning game EMU 2006 BASEBALL STATISTICS

Eastern Michigan University Season Game Highs for Eastern Michigan (as of May 24, 2006) (All games) TEAM GAME HIGHS

Batting

At bats: 48 - vs East Tennessee State (Feb 03, 2006) Runs scored: 17 - vs Northwood (Apr 26, 2006) Hits: 23 - vs Northwood (Apr 26, 2006) RBIs: 17 - vs Northwood (Apr 26, 2006) Doubles: 5 - vs Northwood (Apr 26, 2006) Triples: 1 - (6 games ) Home runs: 2 - (6 games ) Total bases: 33 - vs Northwood (Apr 26, 2006) Walks: 10 - vs Northern Illinois (Apr 29, 2006) Strikeouts: 13 - vs East Tennessee State (Feb 03, 2006) 13 - vs Western Michigan (May 18, 2006) Sac hits: 4 - vs Miami (Apr 09, 2006) Sac flies: 5 - vs East Tennessee State (Feb 03, 2006) Stolen bases: 5 - vs Bowling Green (Mar 26, 2006) 5 - vs Northern Illinois (Apr 29, 2006) Hit by pitch: 2 - (5 games ) Caught stealing: 2 - (6 games ) Runners LOB: 16 - vs Bowling Green (Mar 24, 2006) Hit into DP: 3 - vs Louisville (Mar 02, 2006) 3 - vs Toledo (May 14, 2006) Fielding

Putouts: 39 - vs East Tennessee State (Feb 03, 2006) 39 - vs UNLV (Feb 24, 2006) Assists: 19 - vs East Tennessee State (Feb 03, 2006) Errors: 4 - vs Louisville (Mar 04, 2006) 4 - vs Wayne State (Mar 28, 2006) 4 - vs Toledo (May 14, 2006) Passed balls: 2 - (4 games ) DPs turned: 3 - (4 games ) Pitching

Eastern Michigan University Season Game Highs for Eastern Michigan (as of May 24, 2006) (All games) TEAM GAME HIGHS

Batting

Innings pitched: 13.0 - vs East Tennessee State (Feb 03, 2006) 13.0 - vs UNLV (Feb 24, 2006) Runs allowed: 23 - vs UNLV (Feb 26, 2006) Earned runs: 21 - vs UNLV (Feb 26, 2006) Walks allowed: 13 - vs UNLV (Feb 25, 2006) Strikeouts: 15 - vs UNLV (Feb 24, 2006) Hits allowed: 23 - vs UNLV (Feb 26, 2006) Doubles allowed: 9 - vs UNLV (Feb 26, 2006) Triples allowed: 2 - vs Ohio (Apr 15, 2006) Homers allowed: 3 - vs Ball State (Apr 22, 2006) Wild pitches: 5 - vs UNLV (Feb 24, 2006) 5 - vs Louisville (Mar 04, 2006) Hit batters: 4 - vs UNLV (Feb 26, 2006) 4 - vs Indiana Tech (Apr 25, 2006) 2006 MAC Final Regular Season Standings Mid-American CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION MAC OVERALL EAST DIVISION MAC OVERALL W L T PCT W L T PCT W L T PCT. W L T PCT. Central Michigan 17 9 .654 34 21 .618 Kent State 19 7 .731 35 17 .673 Ball State 16 9 .640 33 20 .623 Miami 17 10 .630 31 23 .574 Western Michigan 16 9 .640 30 20 .600 Ohio 14 13 .519 22 25 .468 Eastern Michigan 14 12 .538 27 25 .519 Bowling Green 11 16 .407 26 27 .491 Toledo 11 15 .423 26 27 .491 Akron 8 18 .308 15 36 .294 Northern Illinois 8 18 .308 24 31 .436 Buffalo 6 21 .192 15 37 .275

UPCOMING MAC SCHEDULE

2006 MAC TOURNAMENT

WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 #1 Kent State vs. #6Eastern Michigan 1 p.m. #2 Central Michigan vs. #5 Miami 4 p.m. #3 Ball State vs. #4 Western Michigan 10 a.m.

RECENT MAC RESULTS

TUESDAY, MAY 16 THRUSDAY, MAY 18 Ball State 5 at Indiana 3 *Toledo 9 at Northern Illinois 5 Miami 7 at Cincinnati 6 *Ball State 6 at Central Michigan 9 Akron 5 at West Virginia 10 *Western Michigan 4 at Eastern Michigan 0 Purdue 7 at Western Michigan 5 *Bowling Green at Ohio, Ppd. Northern Illinois 8 at Valparaiso 3 *Miami at Akron, Ppd. Michigan State 4 at Central Michigan 6 *Kent State at Buffalo, Ppd. Dayton 8 at Toledo 6 Ohio at Cleveland State, Ppd. FRIDAY, MAY 19 Buffalo at Canisius, Ppd. *Kent State 9-9 at Buffalo 0-7 Xavier at Bowling Green, Ppd. *Ball State 8 at Central Michigan 7 Kent State at Oakland, Ppd. *Miami 2 at Akron 1 *Toledo 8 at Northern Illinois 7 WEDNESDAY, MAY 17 *Bowling Green 6-0 at Ohio 7-12 Purdue 6 at Western Michigan 13 *Western Michigan 9 at Eastern Michigan 2 Illinois-Chicago 11 at Toledo 7 Wright State at Kent State, Ppd. SATURDAY, MAY 20 Akron at Cleveland State, Ppd. *Ball State 16 at Central Michigan 19 Niagara at Buffalo, Ppd *Bowling Green 11 at Ohio 12 *Kent State 3 at Buffalo 5 *Miami 5-3 at Akron 2-0 *Toledo 7 at Northern Illinois 6 *Western Michigan 3 at Eastern Michigan 2