1 2011 Eastern Michigan University Baseball Game Notes

GAAMESMES 226-286-28 A PPRILRIL 11-3-3 B OOWLINGWLING GRREENEEN, OHHIOIO EASTERN MICHIGAN VS. BOWLING GREEN 2011 EMU BASEBALL SCHEDULE LEADING OFF Date Opponent Time • The Eagles and Falcons will meet for the • Eastern Michigan is off to its best start in Feb. 18 at Clemson L, 3-14 Feb. 19 at Clemson W, 7-6 154th time in the all-time series which 23 years with a 16-9 record. The then- Feb. 20 at Clemson L, 1-5 EMU leads 87-66. Hurons went 18-6-1 in 1988. EMU is 15-5 Feb. 23 at Kentucky L, 2-5 • EMU split two games at home this past in its last 20 games. Feb. 25 at Tennessee Tech L, 1-7 week, falling to Cleveland State, 2-1, • The Eagles swept their fi rst MAC season Feb. 26 at Tennessee Tech W, 5-1 Feb. 27 at Tennessee Tech W, 9-8 (11) before beating Michigan, 8-2. opening series since 2008 and recorded March 1 at Presbyterian College W, 13-6 • Over his last fi ve games, Ken Battiston is their fi rst series sweep of a league oppo March 2 at Presbyterian College W, 6-4 hitting .529 with 5 SBs and 5 runs scored. nent since April 16-18, 2010 vs. Akron. March 4 at Austin Peay (DH) W, 16-15 (11); L, 5-10 March 5 at Alabama A&M Canceled March 6 at Alabama A&M W, 13-1 (7) SERIES INFORMATION STATISTICAL COMPARISON March 11 at Kansas L, 2-8 Game 1 March 12 at Kansas W, 8-1 Friday, April 1 (3 p.m.) March 13 at Kansas W, 10-4 Category EMU Bowling Green MARCH 18-20 RON OESTRIKE CLASSIC-YPSILANTI, MICH. Steller Field (Bowling Green, Ohio) March 18 OAKLAND W, 4-3 EMU: Rob Wendzicki, LHP (1-2, 3.93 ERA) Wins-Losses 16-9 8-11 March 19 ALMA W, 7-6 (10) BGSU: Cody Apthorpe, RHP (2-2, 4.44 ERA) National Rank NR NR Batting Average .290 .266 March 20 MICHIGAN L, 2-5 Game 2 March 22 at West Virginia L, 6-20 Runs Per Game 6.4 5.4 March 22 at West Virginia W, 9-7 Saturday, April 2 (1 p.m.) Hits Per Game 9.9 9.3 March 25 BUFFALO* W, 11-2 Steller Field (Bowling Green, Ohio) Doubles 53 21 March 26 BUFFALO* W, 5-1 EMU: Corey Chaffi ns, RHP (4-1, 4.04 ERA) Triples 8 8 March 27 BUFFALO* W, 6-5 (10) BGSU: Nick Bruns, RHP (1-1, 4.55 ERA) Home Runs 11 6 March 29 CLEVELAND STATE L, 1-2 Game 3 Walks 116 84 March 30 MICHIGAN W, 8-2 Strikeouts 183 127 April 1 at Bowling Green* 3 p.m. Sunday, April 3 (1 p.m.) Slugging Pct. .409 .349 April 2 at Bowling Green* 3 p.m. Steller Field (Bowling Green, Ohio) April 3 at Bowling Green* 1 p.m. EMU: Steve Weber, RHP (2-2, 4.99 ERA) On Base Pct. .386 .366 April 6 at Michigan State 3 p.m. BGSU: Charles Wooten, RHP (1-3, 4.18 ERA) Steals-Attempts 29-37 17-21 April 8 at Kent State* 3 p.m. Fielding Pct. .958 .966 April 9 at Kent State* 3 p.m. Errors 40 25 April 10 at Kent State* 1 p.m. ERA 5.04 4.48 April 12 at Cleveland State 5 p.m. Walks/Game 4.0 4.8 April 15 AKRON* 6 p.m. Strikeouts/Game 6.2 7.5 April 16 AKRON* 3 p.m. Opponent Avg. .288 .285 April 17 AKRON* 1 p.m. April 20 at Michigan 6:05 p.m. April 22 at Western Michigan* 3 p.m. MAC STANDINGS EMU VS. BGSU April 23 at Western Michigan* 3 p.m. East Division MAC OVR West Division MAC OVR EMU vs. Bowling Green April 24 at Western Michigan* 1 p.m. Miami 3-0 12-12 Eastern Michigan 3-0 16-9 All-Time EMU leads, 87-66 APRIL 27 MICHIGAN STATE 6 p.m. Kent State 2-1 12-10 Western Michigan 3-0 13-12 Last Meeting WL 3-4 (4-4-10) APRIL 29 BALL STATE* 6 p.m. Bowling Green 2-1 8-11 Ball State 2-1 4-18 Under Alexander 3-1 APRIL 30 BALL STATE* 3 p.m. Ohio 1-2 13-11 Northern Illinois 1-2 7-14 Current Streak BGSU, W-1 MAY 1 BALL STATE* 1 p.m. May 3 at Louisville 6 p.m. Buff alo 0-3 7-15 Toledo 1-2 8-15 4-4-10 - Pres. May 4 at Louisville Noon Akron 0-3 5-17 Central Michigan 0-3 10-16 Last EMU Win 9-8 (4-3-10) MAY 6 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* 6 p.m. MAY 7 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* 3 p.m. MAY 8 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* 1 p.m. PROBABLE EASTERN MICHIGAN STARTERS May 13 at Toledo* 3 p.m. Pos. Name GP-GS Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Notables May 14 at Toledo* 3 p.m. C Matt Hitt 15-11 .216 37 10 8 1 0 0 6 0 May 15 at Toledo* 1 p.m. 1B Rob Wendzicki 24-23 .263 80 14 21 3 0 2 14 1 Tallied second 3-hit game vs. U-M MAY 19 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* 6 p.m. 2B Zack Leonard 25-25 .309 94 22 29 9 0 1 8 3 Has 257 career hits at EMU MAY 20 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* 3 p.m. SS Tucker Rubino 24-22 .250 84 11 21 3 1 0 15 3 Has 3 multi-hit gms in last 5 gms MAY 21 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* 1 p.m. 3B Ben Magsig 25-23 .272 81 13 22 2 0 1 7 1 Has raised BA 33 pts last 3 games May 25-28 MAC Tournament $ LF Ken Battiston 24-24 .366 82 25 30 8 3 2 16 6 Has hit .529 the past fi ve games June 2-5 NCAA Regionals June 9-12 NCAA Super Regionals CF Brent Ohrman 25-25 .347 101 14 35 8 1 0 18 7 Leads team with 11 multi-hit gms June 18-29 College World Series RF Daniel Russell 25-25 .357 98 15 35 7 3 0 24 4 Has 2 four-hit games for the Eagles DH Lee Longo 19-18 .293 75 12 22 6 0 1 15 0 * Mid-American Conference game $ Mid-American Conference Tournament (V.A. Memo- Pos. Name L/R W-L-SV ERA APP GS IP BB SO Avg. Notables rial Stadium-Chillicothe, Ohio); Home games in BOLD SP1 Rob Wendzicki L 1-2-0 3.93 6 6 34.1 11 25 .277 Has gone 3 straight starts of 6+ inn. CAPS at Oestrike Stadium SP2 Steve Weber R 2-2-0 4.99 7 6 30.2 14 23 .279 SP3 Corey Chaffi ns R 4-1-0 4.04 8 3 35.2 15 36 .256 Matched win total from 2010

Baseball Contact: Luke Pattarozzi, Graduate Assistant • 734.487.0317 • Fax: 734.485.3840 • Cell: 608.225.9802 • [email protected] 2011 Eastern Michigan University Baseball Game Notes 2 STORYLINES THE SERIES: EMU and BGSU will meet for the 154th time in the PITCHING PROBABLES: The Eagles will stick with the same rota- all-time series, which the Eagles hold an 87-66 advantage. The tion they went with in a series sweep against Buff alo last week- Eagles took two-out-of-three at home last season and have won end. Senior left-hander Robert Wendzicki will take the hill in nine of the last 11 meetings overall dating back to 2006. game one, senior RHP Corey Chaffi ns in game, and sophomore righty Steve Weber in game three. Wendzicki and Chaffi ns each WEEK IN REVIEW: After recording a sweep of Buff alo in the Mid- picked up wins in the team’s last MAC series while defensive mis- American Conference home opening series last weekend, the cues forced Weber’s pitch count to run high and his start to run Eagles then split a pair of non-conference mid-week home tilts short. by falling to Cleveland State, 2-1, in extra-innings on Tuesday be- The Falcons will send Cody Apthorpe and Nick Bruns in game’s fore defeating Michigan, 8-2, on Wednesday. one and two, respectively. Each picked up victories in the team’s Against Cleveland State, a costly EMU miscue in the top of fi rst series at Northern Illinois. Right-hander Charles Wooten will the 10th inning allowed the Vikings to push across the go-ahead pitch in game three. run, eventually winning it for the visitors as Brandon Cooper struck out Brent Ohrman and Daniel Russell with the tying run BEST START IN 23 YEARS: Eastern Michigan is off to its best at second base in the bottom of the 10th to close out the game. start in 23 years after going 16-9 through its fi rst 25 games this The Eagles took a 1-0 lead in the third inning after a Ken Battis- season. The last time the Eagles started better was in 1988 when ton sacrifi ce fl y gave EMU the advantage. CSU tied it with an RBI the then-Hurons went 18-6-1 on the way to a 35-22-1 overall re- single in the fi fth. EMU’s Ben Magsig went 2-for-3 for the Eagles cord and a MAC runner-up fi nish. The Eagles are 15-5 in their last with a run scored. Jordan Glover started and gave up just a run 20 contests. on fi ve hits and struck out six in six innings pitched. EMU rebounded the following day with a win over Michigan RUSSELL CLAIMS ANOTHER WEEKLY HONOR: Daniel Rus- at Oestrike Stadium. The win avenged a loss to the Wolverines sell earned his second Mid-American Conference West Division from earlier this season. Trailing 2-0, the Eagles scored three Player of the Week award for the week ending March 27, after times in the fourth to take the lead and then added to it with a leading the Eagles to a 4-1 record and a sweep of Buff alo in the run in the fi fth and two runs in each the sixth and eighth innings team’s fi rst MAC series of the season. Russell hit .368 (7-for-19) to blow the game open. Right-hander Brian Valente turned and drove in 10 runs last week. He recorded three multi-RBI in his best outing of the season as he went fi ve innings and al- games and had at least one in each of the team’s fi ve games. lowed a pair of unearned runs on his way to a 2-0 record to start the year. Senior Robert Wendzicki went 3-for-5 with an RBI and LONG BALL ON HIATUS: The Eastern bats haven’t produced a a run scored on the day. homerun since Kyle Peterson blasted his fourth of the season in the fi rst inning of game one of a doubleheader against West ON THE HORIZON: The Eagles will travel to East Lansing to take Virginia back on March 22. Since then, 226 at-bats have gone by on Michigan State in a 3 p.m. start Wednesday, April 6, before without a homerun, but relief is on the way as the “Homer-hap- heading to Kent State for a three-game MAC cross-divisional se- py” confi nes of Steller Field await the Eagles for a three-game set ries April 8-10, in Kent, Ohio. at Bowling Green this weekend.

SCOUTING THE FALCONS: Bowling Green State University will VALUABLE VALENTE: Sophomore right-hander Brian Valente comes into the weekend with an 8-11 overall record and a 2-1 turned in one of the more impressive performances of his ca- Mid-American Conference ledger after taking two-of-three from reer in a win over Michigan Wednesday, March 30. The Macomb, Northern Illinois last weekend. Mich. native allowed just two unearned runs on fi ve hits over The Falcons sport a .266 team batting average with a .349 fi ve innings pitched on the way to a victory. He is now 2-0 for slugging and a .366 on-base percentage through 19 games this the Eagles. season. Infi elder Jon Berti has started all 16 games he has played in this year, recording a .397 batting average with three triples, AVENGE TWO-FOLD: The Eagles more than doubled their hit to- a homerun, seven RBI and a team-high 25 hits. Brandon Howard tal in avenging a previous loss to the Wolverines from earlier this has posted a .417 avearge in just 36 at-bats while Clay Duncan is season. After tallying just two runs and fi ve hits in a 5-2 loss to registering a .306-clip with two doubles, a homerun and 11 RBI. Michigan back on March 20, EMU pounded out 13 hits which led As a pitching staff , the Falcons have a 4.48 ERA and have held to an 8-2 victory over the Wolverines March 30. It also snapped a opponents to a .285 batting average. Frontline starters Cody two-game losing streak to their Washtenaw County rival. Apthorpe and Nick Bruns have paced the Falcon staff . Apthorpe has a 4.44 ERA and a 2-2 record while Bruns is 1-1 with a 4.55 ERA SUICIDE SQUEEZE: In the past week, the Eagle off ense has twice and the team’s only complete game shutout this season. The top performed the suicide squeeze attempt and succeeded each reliever for BGSU is Ross Gerdeman, who boasts a 2-1 record time. Last Saturday, Tucker Rubino brought in Daniel Russell to with a 2.08 ERA in nine appearances spanning 21.2 innings. score from third with a squeeze in a 5-1 win over Buff alo. And on Tuesday, Matt Hitt performed the task and did one better as he beat out the bunt attempt for a base hit while, in the process, allowing Rubino to score from third.

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HE’S ON FIRE: Brent Ohrman had his 12-game hitting streak snapped with an 0-for-3 eff ort against Michigan March 20, but the junior is still hitting .468 (29-for-62) over his last 15 games. Ohrman has nine multi-hit games during that span including going 4-for-5 in the rubber match against Kansas, March 13. He has fi ve stolen bases during the streak and has made just one error in 43 chances in the fi eld.

TEAM OF THE WEEK: With their series victory over the Kansas Jay- hawks, March 11-13, College Baseball Insider named Eastern Michi- gan the Central Region Team of the Week. Georgia was named CBI’s JJAYAY AALEXANDERLEXANDER • HHEADEAD CCOACHOACH National Team of the Week while Stony Brook earned Northeast Re- TTHIRDHIRD SSEASONEASON gion honors, #7 Virginia grabbed Southeast Region accolades, and California got West Region recognition. Overall Record 213-215 (9 years) THREE’S COMPANY: The EMU starting pitching staff against Kansas Education March 11-13, which consisted of Rob Wendzicki, Steve Weber and Marygrove College, 2002 Corey Chaffi ns, put up impressive numbers. As a starting pitching • Master’s in Human Resource Management Wayne State University, 1996 staff , they combined to compile a 2-0 record with a 1.71 ERA and a • Bachelor’s in Interdisciplinary Technology

12 strikeouts against just four walks. Head Coaching Experience Eastern Michigan University (2009-Present) RUSSELL WINS WEEKLY HONOR: Sophomore outfi elder Daniel Wayne State University (2002-08)

Russell hit a team-best .615 (8-for-13) while adding fi ve RBI, three When Athletic Director Derrick Gragg hired Detroit native and former Wayne State Univer- runs scored and he was perfect in the fi eld in each of his 10 chances, sity head coach and standout player Jay Alexander head baseball coach at Eastern Michigan University Aug. 8, 2008, he knew he was fi t to carry on the winning tradition that has long been highlighted by a play where he threw a runner out at home in the instilled in the EMU baseball program. 10-4 series fi nale win over Kansas. Also in that victory, Russell went “When we started the process of searching for a new head baseball coach, the name Jay Alexander was at the top of our list,” Athletics Director Derrick Gragg said. “Coach Alexander 4-for-5 at the dish with a walk, a run scored and four RBI. For his ef- had tremendous support from the entire baseball community and we are excited that he will forts, Russell won MAC West Player of the Week honors for the week be here to continue the strong legacy of success our baseball program has built under previous head coaches Ron Oestrike, Roger Coryell, and Jake Boss.” ending March 13. The 37-year-old (3-30-72) Alexander is just the fi fth coach in EMU baseball history and is the program’s fi rst African American head coach. In his fi rst season at EMU, Alexander led the Eagles to a third place fi nish in the Mid-American FLASHING THE GLOVER: Sophomore right-hander Jordan Glover Conference West Division, earning a No. 7 seed in the MAC Tournament. Alexander led the Ea- gles to a 5-4 record against the Big Ten Conference, including wins over regionally bound Ohio made his fi rst start of the season for the Eagles, March 2, and turned State and Indiana, as well as a three wins over in-state rivals Michigan and Michigan State. As his an impressive outing by going 7.1 innings and allowing just two a team, the 2009 Eagles hit 100 home runs – the most by any EMU team in a single season in school history. Alexander had three players earn All-MAC honors in his fi rst year, four Academic runs on eight hits in the 6-4 victory. Glover sports a 1-0 record with a All-MAC selections, one player earn National Player of the Week honors, one All-Region selec- 2.35 ERA in three appearances this season. tion and one player earn Academic All-American accolades. Alexander also had two players drafted in his fi rst season, as junior Jim Gulliver was picked in the 20th round by the Detroit Tigers, while senior Kyle Rhoad was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 33rd round. Alexander’s A HIGH-RANKING VICTORY: EMU’s win over Clemson was the fi rst Eagles were also exemplary in the classroom in 2009, as EMU placed a league best four players on the Academic All-MAC squad, while Kyle Rhoad and Zack Leonard earned Academic All- over an opponent ranked as high as the #4 Tigers since 1976 when District honors, with Rhoad earning Academic All-American accolades. the then-Hurons defeated Arizona State twice, each time when The eighth head coach in Wayne State history, Alexander saw his 2008 squad turn in one of the most memorable years in school history in his fi nal season. The Warriors recorded a school- they were ranked No. 1. It also marked the second straight year in record 34 wins, against just 19 losses, won the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference which EMU has defeated a ranked team in the season’s opening se- (GLIAC) regular-season and made it all the way to the championship game of the NCAA Division II Regional Tournament. In addition, pitcher Anthony Bass and utility player Adam Kaminski ries, beating No. 25 Kansas in the season opener and front end of a were the fi rst WSU players to earn All-American honors since the 1978 season. During his six-year tenure, Alexander’s Wayne State teams averaged 27 wins a season. He was doubleheader at the Metrodome, Feb. 22, 2010. named GLIAC Coach of the Year twice, in both 2005 and 2008 and the Warriors qualifi ed for the NCAA Division II Regional Championship in both of those seasons. He led the 2005 Warriors to the GLIAC regular-season title and the No. 1 seed in the league tournament. That 2005 squad CHAFFINS WINS WEEKLY HONOR: Senior right-hander Corey recorded 32 regular-season victories to earn its fi rst-ever trip to the NCAA Regional Champion- Chaffi ns made back-to-back appearances against fourth-ranked ship. In addition, shortstop Frank Jeney was named GLIAC Player of the Year. In all, Alexander has coached 12 All-Region players, 37 All-GLIAC selections and has landed 71 Clemson in the season’s opening series, posting a 1-0 record and a on the GLIAC All-Academic squad. Under Alexander, Wayne State also had its fi rst player sign a 2.08 ERA as the Eagles took one of the three games in the from the major league contract since 1999 when Randy Surratt joined the Chicago White Sox organiza- tion after WSU’s 2003 season. Then in 2005, Steve Squires became the fi rst Wayne State player Tigers. In his second appearance in his many days, Chaffi ns pitched to be selected in the Major League draft when the White Sox picked him in the 49th round. In the fi nal 3.1 innings in relief to record the win as the Eagles went on 2008, Anthony Bass was selected by the San Diego Padres in the fi fth round (165th pick over- all). to defeat the nationally-ranked Tigers, 7-6. A native of Detroit and graduate of Benedictine High School, Alexander was a standout short- stop and centerfi elder at Wayne State from 1993-96. He led the Warriors in hits, runs scored, stolen bases and batting average while a senior and was nationally ranked in all of those cat- RUSSELL’S BIG DAY: Sophomore Daniel Russell was recognized by egories. He was a two-time fi rst-team All-GLIAC and All-Regional player that season. CollegeBaseball360 for his 4-for-4 eff ort and game-winning score in Alexander stayed at Wayne State to serve as a baseball assistant under legendary head coach Rod George for fi ve seasons before becoming the head coach in December 2002 when George EMU’s 7-6 win over #4 Clemson Feb. 20. He batted .455 for the series passed away. Alexander earned a bachelor’s degree in interdiscipline technology from WSU in 1996 before with three extra-base hits and was named to the weekly honor roll earning a master’s degree in human resource management from Marygrove College in 2002. for CB360 along with 11 other worthy candidates across the nation. Alexander and his wife, Kia, have an infant daughter, Ryleigh. They reside in Redford, Mich.

Baseball Contact: Luke Pattarozzi, Graduate Assistant • 734.487.0317 • Fax: 734.485.3840 • Cell: 608.225.9802 • [email protected] 2011 Eastern Michigan University Baseball Game Notes 4 2011 EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY EAGLES NO. PLAYER POS. B/T HT. WT. CL.-EL. HOMETOWN-HIGH SCHOOL (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 1 Wally Gerbus** OF R/R 6-0 185 Sr.-Jr. Fairfi eld, Ohio-Stephen T. Baden 2 Bo Kinder* OF L/L 5-11 173 Sr.-Sr. Wapella, Ill.-Clinton Community (Kaskaskia College) 4 Kyle Klein** IF B/R 6-1 186 Jr.-Jr. Grand Rapids, Mich.-West Catholic 5 Aaron Chavez* IF R/R 5-10 162 Sr.-Sr. Milpitas, Calif.-Milpitas, Calif. (Ohlone College) 6 Taylor Dimmerling* RHP/IF R/R 6-1 187 So.-So. Perrysburg, Ohio-Perrysburg 7 Corey Chaffi ns*** RHP R/R 6-3 205 Sr.-Sr. New London, Ohio-New London 8 Matt Hitt C R/R 6-0 190 Jr.-Jr. Fishers, Ind. / Fishers (Kishwaukee College) 9 Kristian Calibuso IF/P R/R 5-9 185 So.-So. Brandon, Fla.-Armwood (Florida State College) 10 Brian Valente RHP R/R 6-1 196 Jr.-So. Macomb, Mich.-Eisenhower (Saginaw Valley State) 14 Dae Bowden OF R/R 5-10 190 So.-Fr. Chicago, Ill.-Whitney Young 15 Sam Ott OF L/L 6-1 221 So.-Fr. Canton, Mich.-Salem 16 Joe Battistelli* IF/RHP R/R 6-0 173 So.-So. Allen Park, Mich.-Allen Park 17 Robert Wendzicki*** LHP/IF L/L 6-1 201 Sr.-Sr. Brook Park, Ohio-Midpark 18 Lonnel Bush IF R/R 6-1 200 So.-So. Canton, Ohio-Canton South (Coppin State) 19 Ken Battiston*** OF R/L 6-0 209 Sr.-Sr. West Milton, Ohio-Milton Union 20 Zack Leonard*** IF R/R 6-0 195 Sr.-Sr. Canton, Ohio-McKinley 21 Tucker Rubino IF R/R 6-0 185 Jr.-Jr. Scottsdale, Ariz.-Horizon (Glendale C.C.) 22 Neil Butara* RHP R/R 6-0 188 So.-So. Euclid, Ohio-St. Ignatius 23 Ben Magsig* IF L/R 6-1 210 Sr.-Jr. Okemos, Mich.-Okemos (Lansing C.C.) 24 Jordan Glover** RHP R/R 6-3 201 Jr.-Jr. Toronto, Ont.-Ontario Schools 25 Kendall Lewis** RHP R/R 6-4 192 Jr.-Jr. Huntsville, Ohio-Indian Lake 26 Darren Burks OF R/R 6-2 190 Fr.-Fr. Richton Park, Ill.-Rich South 27 Tim Combs*** RHP R/R 5-10 162 Sr.-Sr. Dayton, Ohio-Wayne 28 Brent Ohrman** IF/OF R/R 6-0 184 Jr.-Jr. Adrian, Mich.-Adrian 29 Jalen Bouma IF R/R 5-11 180 Fr.-Fr. Ann Arbor, Mich.-Huron 30 Lee Longo IF R/R 6-1 205 Fr.-Fr. Mayfi eld, Ohio-Mayfi eld 31 Brian Hill LHP L/L 6-4 220 Jr.-Jr. Flagstaff , Ariz.-Sinagua (Phoenix College) 33 Daniel Russell* OF L/R 6-1 195 So.-So. Grandville, Mich.-Grandville 34 Miles Sorise OF R/R 6-0 175 Fr.-Fr. Ann Arbor, Mich.-Pioneer 35 Kyle Peterson C/OF R/R 6-0 210 Jr.-Jr. Chandler, Ariz.-Hamilton (Chandler-Gilbert C.C.) 36 Collin Taylor* LHP L/L 6-4 190 Jr.-So. Cincinnati, Ohio-Lakota West 39 Steve Weber* RHP R/R 6-6 210 So.-So. North Royalton, Ohio-North Royalton 42 Adam Dennison C R/R 6-2 190 Fr.-Fr. Broadview Heights, Ohio-Padua Franciscan 46 Jamie Simpson OF R/R 6-1 215 Jr.-Jr. Dowagiac, Mich.-Dowagiac (Western Michigan)

*Indicates letters earned Pronunciation Guide: Bouma ...... BOW-muh COACHING STAFF Butara ...... boo-TAR-uh 3 Jay Alexander Head Coach Calibuso ...... cal-uh-BOOSE-oh 41 Andrew Maki Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator Chaffi ns ...... CHAFE-ins 38 Aaron Hepner Assistant Coach Dae Bowden ...... Day Bow-(rhymes with go)-den 46 Dan O’Brien Volunteer Coach Maki ...... MACK-ee Kevin Wheeler Director of Baseball Operations Sorise ...... Sore-EESE Valente ...... vuh-LEN-tay

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1 2 4 5 6 7 8 Wally Gerbus • OF Bo Kinder • OF Kyle Klein • IF Aaron Chavez • IF Taylor Dimmerling • IF/RHP Corey Chaffi ns • RHP Matt Hitt • C Jr.-So. • 6-0 • 185 • R/R Jr.-Jr. • 5-11 • 173 • L/L Jr.-Jr. • 6-1 • 186 • S/R Sr.-Sr. • 5-10 • 162 • R/R So.-So. • 6-1 • 187 • R/R Sr.-Sr. • 6-3 • 205 • R/R Jr.-Jr. • 6-0 • 190 • R/R Fairfi eld, Ohio-Stephen T. Baden Wapella, Ill.-Clinton Community Grand Rapids, Mich.-West Catholic Milpitas, Calif.-Milpitas Perryburg, Ohio-Perrysburg New London, Ohio-New London Fishers, Ind.-Fishers Kaskaskia College Ohlone College Kishwaukee College

9 10 14 15 16 17 18 Kristian Calibuso • IF/P Brian Valente • RHP Dae Bowden • OF Sam Ott • OF Joe Battistelli • IF/RHP Robert Wendzicki • LHP/IF Lonnel Bush • IF So.-So. • 5-9 • 185 • R/R Jr.-So. • 6-1 • 196 • R/R So.-Fr. • 5-10 • 190 • R/R So.-So. • 6-1 • 221 • L/L So.-So. • 6-0 • 173 • R/R Sr.-Sr. • 6-1 • 201 • L/L So.-So. • 6-1 • 200 • R/R Brandon, Fla.-Armwood Macomb, Mich.-Eisenhower Chicago, Ill.-Whitney Young Canton, Mich.-Salem Allen Park, Mich.-Allen Park Brook Park, Ohio-Midpark Canton, Ohio-Canton South Florida State College at Jacksonville Saginaw Valley State Coppin State

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Ken Battiston • OF Zack Leonard • IF Tucker Rubino • IF Neil Butara • RHP Ben Magsig • IF Jordan Glover • RHP Kendall Lewis • RHP Sr.-Sr. • 6-0 • 209 • R/L Sr.-Sr. • 6-0 • 195 • R/R Jr.-Jr. • 6-0 • 185 • R/R So.-So. • 6-0 • 188 • R/R Sr.-Jr. • 6-1 • 210 • L/R Jr.-Jr. • 6-3 • 201 • R/R Jr.-Jr. • 6-4 • 192 • R/R West Milton, Ohio-Milton Union Canton, Ohio-McKinley Scottsdale, Ariz.-Horizon Euclid, Ohio-St. Ignatius Okemos, Mich.-Okemos Toronto, Ontario-Ontario Schools Huntsville, Ohio-Indian Lake Glendale C.C. Lansing C.C.

26 27 28 29 30 31 33 Darren Burks • OF Tim Combs • RHP Brent Ohrman • OF/IF Jalen Bouma • IF Lee Longo • IF Brian Hill • LHP Daniel Russell • OF Fr.-Fr. • 6-2 • 190 • R/R Sr.-Sr. • 5-10 • 162 • R/R Jr.-Jr. • 6-0 • 184 • R/R Fr.-Fr. • 5-11 • 180 • R/R Fr.-Fr. • 6-1 • 205 • R/R Jr.-Jr. • 6-4 • 220 • L/L So.-So. • 6-1 • 195 • L/R Richton Park, Ill.-Rich South Dayton, Ohio-Wayne Adrian, Mich.-Adrian Ann Arbor, Mich.-Huron Mayfi eld, Ohio-Mayfi eld Flagstaff , Ariz.-Sinagua Grandville, Mich.-Grandville Phoenix College

34 35 36 39 42 46 3 Miles Sorise • OF Kyle Peterson • C/OF Collin Taylor • LHP Steve Weber • RHP Adam Dennison • C Jamie Simpson • OF Jay Alexander • Head Coach Fr.-Fr. • 6-0 • 175 • R/R Jr.-Jr. • 6-0 • 210 • R/R So.-Jr. • 6-4 • 190 • L/L So.-So. • 6-6 • 210 • R/R Fr.-Fr. • 6-2 • 190 • R/R Jr.-Jr. • 6-1 • 215 • R/R Third Season at EMU Ann Arbor, Mich.-Pioneer Chandler, Ariz.-Hamilton Cincinnati, Ohio-Lakota West North Royalton, Ohio-North Royalton Broadview Heights, Ohio-Padua Dowagiac, Mich.-Dowagiac 213-215 career record Chandler-Gilbert C.C. Franciscan Western Michigan

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EMU Media Relations STORYLINES Assoc. AD/Media Relations Jim Streeter CONFERENCE TOUR: The Eagles take on opponents from 12 diff erent conferences this Offi ce Phone 734.487.0318 season. The conferences include: the Mid-American Conference (nine teams), Atlantic Coast (Clemson), Southeast (Kentucky), Ohio Valley (Tennessee Tech and Austin Peay Home Phone 734.485.3221 State), Big South (Presbyterian College), Southwest Athletic (Alabama A&M), Big 12 Cell Phone 734.260.1004 (Kansas), Horizon League (Cleveland State), Summit League (Oakland), Big Ten (Michi- E-mail [email protected] gan and Michigan State), Big East (West Virginia and Louisville) and Michigan Intercol- Fax 734.485.3840 legiate Athletic Association (Alma). Assistant Director Greg Steiner Offi ce Phone 734.487.0317 ROAD WARRIORS: The Eagles started the season playing their fi rst 15 games on the road before fi nally hosting the Oestrike Classic March 18-20, to open the home slate. Cell Phone 734.845.1132 They took on Clemson, Kentucky, Tennessee Tech, Presbyterian College, Austin Peay E-mail [email protected] State, Alabama A&M and Kansas, all of them away from the friendly confi nes of Oestrike Graduate Assistants Stadium, and went 9-6 to start the year. Jeremy Allen, Luke Pattarozzi, Ashley Strauss Student Staff PINGING IN THE NEW YEAR: The 2011 season marks the third for EMU Head Coach Jay Chelsea Acho Alexander. Alexander accumulated a career 213-215 record through six season and a 52-67 mark through two seasons at the helm of the Eagles. EMU returns seven starters INTERVIEW PROCEDURES from a year ago, as well as 11 pitchers. The team also welcomes 12 newcomers to the Postgame interviews following home contests squad. are conducted on the fi eld or outside the sta- dium. All media members should go through 2011 EAGLE PROSPECTUS: Eastern Michigan is coming off a 27-32 season, which in- Luke Pattarozzi or a member of the EMU Ath- cluded a 13-14 record in the MAC, good for the seventh seed in the 2010 MAC Tourna- letic Media Relations offi ce for interviews with ment. The Eagles defeated Kent State and Toledo to open the tournament and then lost Jay Alexander and/or players. to Kent State in consecutive games, the fi nale a 9-8 setback in extra innings, to fall one Media requesting interviews with visiting win shy of reaching the tournament fi nal. coaches and/or players should go through EMU returns 19 letterwinners and seven position starters along with 11 of its 13 the visiting SID. If one is not available, contact pitchers from a season ago. The Eagles are scheduled to play their fi rst 15 games of the Luke Pattarozzi or a member of the EMU Ath- year away from home, but will have 22 scheduled home dates, up from the 17 they had letic Media Relations offi ce. a year ago. Senior infi elder Ben Magsig hit a team-high .331 with a .495 on-base percentage in The University 2010. Senior infi elder Zack Leonard added a .306 batting average with six homers, 13 Location Ypsilanti, Michigan doubles, and 53 RBIs a season ago. With 228 career hits, he is on pace to overtake Der- Founded 1849 rick Peterson’s all-time mark of 274 career hits at EMU. Senior captain and right-hander Corey Chaffi ns led the MAC in innings pitched Enrollment 23,503 (104.1) and strikeouts (96) and will transition from front line starter to ace closer. Mean- President Dr. Susan W. Martin while, First Team All-MAC choice, Kendall Lewis emerges as the team’s No. 1 arm, com- Nickname Eagles plemented by Rob Wendzicki and Steve Weber as weekend starters. Colors Green (349) and White Conference Mid-American EMU VERSUS RANKED OPPONENTS: Entering the 2011 season and since 2003, the Eagles had a 5-16 mark against teams ranked in the top-25. EMU snapped a long skid EMU Athletics Department against top-25 teams with its 3-1 victory over 25th-ranked Kansas last season. Prior to Athletics Director Dr. Derrick Gragg that win, their previous win over a ranked opponent was Feb. 7, 2007, when the Eagles Assoc. AD Doug Dowdy claimed a 6-3 win at No. 19 Tennessee. There’s the potential that the Eagles could face additional opponents ranked in the Assoc. AD/SWA Dr. Melody Reifel Werner nation’s top-25 this season as they are slated to meet the likes of Clemson, Michigan, Assoc. AD Mike Malach Michigan State, Kentucky, Louisville and West Virginia in 2011. Assoc. AD Craig Fink Assoc. AD TBA NCAA INSTITUTES NEW BATS: This season, the NCAA has instituted new standards for Assoc. AD Jim Streeter the type of bats used during the 2011 season and beyond. They are measuring this new Head Athletic Trainer Steve Nordwall standard by a formula called the Ball-Bat Coeffi cient of Restitution (BBCOR). According to the NCAA rule, “The new BBCOR formula provides a better measure of Strength and Conditioning Adam Feit the bat’s performance and therefore allows the rules committee and bat-testing labora- Equipment Manager Jay Sofen tories to better predict fi eld performance based on lab tests. The goal is that non-wood Ticket Manager Ron Reid bats that meet this new standard will perform similarly to wood bats.” Ticket Offi ce Phone 734.487.2282 It is expected that scores will be lower and an emphasis will be placed on speed and hitting into the gaps.

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STORYLINES THE TALENTED MR. WENDZICKI: Senior two-way player Rob Wendzicki has not only battled back from Tommy John Surgery and a rare case of salmonella that nearly IInn thethe polls...polls... robbed him of his baseball career, but he will now assume pitching and hitting duties Baseball America Poll - 3/28/11 in 2011. Last summer, Wendzicki batted .348 with a home run and 13 RBI to NO. TEAM/RECORD LAST go along with a 3-1 record and a 2.27 ERA, 38 strikeouts in 35.2 innings on the mound 1 Vanderbilt (22-3) 2 for the Folsom Pioneers of the West Coast League. It was enough to convince Head 2 Virginia (24-2) 3 Coach Jay Alexander to let Wendzicki play both ways, starting at fi rst base and as the 3 South Carolina (18-5) 4 Eagles’ No. 2 starting pitcher this season. 4 Florida (21-4) 1 5 Arizona State (18-6) 6 6 Texas A&M (19-5) 8 TRANSFERS TO EMU: The Eagles have seven transfers joining the squad in 2011. 7 Florida State (18-6) 7 They include: Matt Hitt, Kyle Peterson, Tucker Rubino, Kristian Calibuso, Lonnel 8 Texas (17-7) 5 Bush, Jamie Simpson and Brian Hill. 9 Fresno State (18-2) 10 Hitt, Peterson, Rubino and Hill each come from Arizona junior colleges. Rubino hit 10 Oklahoma (18-6) 9 11 Stanford (10-6) 12 .353 with a wooden bat with 18 doubles, 34 runs scored and 30 RBI, earning fi rst-team 12 Cal State Fullerton (16-8) 13 All-Conference and All-Region honors and was second in the conference in batting 13 California (16-5) 16 average and doubles. Calibuso comes over from Florida State College-Jacksonville 14 Georgia Tech (21-4) 17 while Bush is a transfer from Coppin State and Simpson a transfer from Western Mich- 15 Texas Christian (15-8) 14 igan. 16 North Carolina (23-3) 18 17 Louisiana State (17-7) 11 Hill, Bush and Simpson must sit out a year due to NCAA transfer rules. Meanwhile, 18 Arizona (17-7) 15 Brian Valente who sat out last year due to transfer rules after coming over from Sag- 19 Baylor (16-8) 21 inaw Valley State, will be eligible to compete for the Eagles this season. 20 Stetson (20-5) NR 21 Troy (19-4) NR MAC PRESEASON POLL: The MAC announced its preseason baseball coaches poll 22 Southern Mississippi (18-5) NR 23 Oregon State (18-6) 23 Tuesday, Feb. 8, and EMU was picked to fi nish third in the West Division, as voted on 24 UCLA (11-8) 24 by the league’s head coaches. Reigning MAC West Champion, Central Michigan, was 25 Alabama (18-7) NR picked to repeat followed by Toledo, Eastern Michigan, Ball State, Northern Illinois and Western Michigan. The defending MAC East Champions, Kent State, were also Dropped Out: Clemson (19), Tulane (20), picked to repeat as division champions in 2011. They were followed by Miami, Bowl- Auburn (22), Rice (25). ing Green, Ohio, Akron and Buff alo. College Baseball News Poll - 3/28/11 Picked to win the 2011 MAC Tournament was Kent State with fi ve votes. Also earn- NO. TEAM/RECORD TOTALS LAST ing votes were Central Michigan (3), Toledo (2), Miami (1), and Eastern Michigan (1). 1 Virginia (24-2) 494 3 2 Vanderbilt (22-3) 493 2 2011 MAC Baseball Coaches Preseason Poll 3 South Carolina (18-5) 492 7 4 Florida (21-4) 491 1 MAC East Division 5 Texas A&M (19-5) 488 6 1. Kent State - 72 Points 6 Georgia Tech. (21-4) 486 12 2. Miami - 53 Points 7 Arizona St. (18-6) 483 5 3. Bowling Green - 50 points 8 Texas (17-7) 480 4 4. Ohio - 35 points 9 Fresno St. (18-2) 478 20 10 Cal. St. Fullerton (16-8) 475 16 5. Akron - 24 points 11 North Carolina (23-3) 473 19 6. Buff alo - 16 points 12 Florida St. (18-6) 471 8 13 Oklahoma (19-6) 470 10 MAC West Division 14 Texas Christian (15-8) 468 13 1. Central Michigan - 69 points 15 UCLA (11-8) 465 14 16 Clemson (13-9) 462 15 2. Toledo - 60 points 17 Arizona (17-7) 460 17 3. Eastern Michigan - 46 points 18 Stanford (10-6) 457 18 4. Ball State - 37 points 19 California (16-5) 455 27 5. Northern Illinois - 26 points 20 Southern Miss. (18-5) 454 25 6. Western Michigan - 12 points 21 Alabama (18-7) 452 - 22 Arkansas (18-6) 449 22 23 Central Florida (18-6) 447 - MAC Tournament Champions 24 Mississippi St. (18-6) 446 - Kent State (5), Central Michigan (3), Toledo (2), Miami (1), Eastern Michigan (1) 25 Louisiana St. (17-7) 443 9 26 U.C. Irvine (14-6) 440 11 27 Tulane (18-6) 439 23 28 Wichita St. (17-8) 437 24 29 Oregon St. (18-6) 435 26 30 Stetson (20-5) 434 28

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STORYLINES SUMMER LEAGUE ALL-STARS: Two Eastern Michigan Univer- sity baseball standouts enjoyed successful seasons with their respective summer collegiate league teams. Outfi elder and ju- nior to be Wally Gerbus, as well as right-handed pitcher and sophomore to be Joe Battistelli were among the top players in the Great Lakes League and Northwoods League, respectively, selected as league All-Stars in 2010. Gerbus batted .324 for the Hamilton Joe’s of the Great Lakes League with team-bests in hits (46), runs scored (30), runs batted in (26) and stolen bases (26-for-29). As of Aug. 10, Perfect Game USA ranked the Joe’s 13th among all summer collegiate baseball teams in the country after Gerbus helped lead them to the 2010 Great Lakes League Championship. Battistelli, a hurler for the Battle Creek Bombers of the North- woods League, led his team with four wins and 45 strikeouts en route his league All-Star selection. He also faced a team-high 254 batters and compiled a 4.67 ERA in 52 innings pitched.

OESTRIKE CELEBRATES 40 YEARS: The 2011 season marks the 40th Anniversary of Oestrike Stadium. It was named in honor of the legendary Ron Oestrike, who led the Eagles to back-to-back College World Series appearances in 1975 and 1976. The Eagles fi nished as national runners-up to the Arizona Wildcats in 1976. No one succeeding Oestrike has been able to lead the Eagles back to the College World Series since.

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TEAM W L T TEAM W L T TEAM W L T TEAM W L T Adrian 32 6 Florida State 2 0 New Mexico 1 5 Tri-State 1 0 Akron 28 14 Fresno State 0 3 New Mexico State 0 5 Troy State 1 2 Alabama A&M 1 0 Furman 1 0 New Orleans 1 0 Tulsa 1 4 Albion 37 10 1 George Washington 2 0 New York Tech 0 1 UNC-Wilmington 2 0 Allegheny 1 4 Georgia 2 1 North Carolina 0 1 UNLV 3 3 Alma 37 10 Georgia Southern 5 4 North Florida 1 0 Upper Iowa 1 0 Anderson 3 2 Georgia State 0 2 NE Louisiana 2 1 Utah 1 0 Aquinas 2 1 Georgia Tech 0 1 Northeastern 0 1 Valdosta State 0 4 Arizona 1 7 Glassboro State 1 0 Northwestern 0 1 Valparaiso 0 0 Arizona State 2 6 Gonzaga 2 0 Northern Arizona 1 0 Vanderbilt 1 2 Arkansas 1 14 Grand Canyon 1 1 Northern Illinois 60 35 Villanova 1 1 Arkansas-Little Rock 1 1 Grand Valley 6 3 Northern Iowa 0 2 Virginia 1 2 Armour Tech 11 7 Great Lakes 1 0 NW Missouri 0 1 Virginia Tech 2 2 Assumption6 3 1 Grosse Ile AFB 1 0 Northwestern State 0 2 Wabash 2 0 Auburn 0 3 Hanover 1 0 Northwood 16 0 Wartburg 1 1 Austin Peay 4 4 Hardin Simmons 2 1 Notre Dame 1 2 Waseda 1 0 Baldwin Wallace 1 1 Hillsdale 47 9 1 Oakland 43 11 Washington 0 1 Ball State 69 62 1 IUPUI 1 0 Oberlin 3 1 Wayne State 56 21 Belmont 1 2 Illinois 3 1 Oglethorpe 1 0 West Virginia 3 10 Boston College 2 0 Illinois-Chicago 2 1 Ohio 60 45 West Virginia State 1 0 Bowling Green 87 66 Illinois State 21 10 Ohio Dominican 5 2 Western Illinois 17 14 Brown 1 0 Illinois Tech 1 0 Ohio State 3 11 Western Michigan 71 79 Buff alo 10 2 Illinois Weslyan 1 1 Oklahoma 2 3 Western Reserve 6 0 BYU 0 4 Indiana 2 3 Oklahoma State 1 7 Western State 0 2 CW Post 2 0 Indiana State 0 1 Old Dominion 1 1 Wichita State 0 2 California 3 0 Indiana Tech 2 0 Olivet 14 1 William & Mary 2 0 Cal-Fullerton 1 6 Iowa 3 4 1 Oral Roberts 1 3 William Jewell 0 1 UC Irvine 3 0 Iowa State 3 1 Oregon 1 0 Winthrop 0 2 UCLA 0 1 Jacksonville State 2 2 Oregon State 1 0 Wisconsin 0 1 Cal Poly 0 1 James Madison 4 1 Pacifi c 0 2 Wooster 1 0 Cal Riverside 0 2 Kalamazoo 11 5 Pan American 0 4 Wright State 3 8 Cal State 1 0 Kalamazoo Nor. 1 2 Pembroke 3 1 Wyoming 1 1 Cal State LA 0 2 Kansas 4 5 Penn State 5 3 Xavier 6 3 Calvin 12 1 Kansas State 0 8 Pensacola Naval 2 0 Campbell 1 0 Kearney State 2 0 Percy Jones 1 0 2011 Opponents in bold Canisius 1 0 Kent State 40 49 Pittsburgh 2 1 Capital 1 0 Kentucky 1 16 Polish Seminary 0 2 Carson Newman 14 4 L.I.T. 1 1 Portland 1 0 Case Western 1 0 LaSalle 0 1 Presbyterian 2 0 Central Florida 0 1 Lawrence Tech 3 0 Purdue 3 8 Central Michigan 84 56 Lewis 26 17 Rollins 2 1 Chapman 0 4 Lincoln Memorial 7 2 Sacramento State 0 2 Chicago YMCA 1 0 Livingstone 1 0 Saginaw Valley 5 4 Cincinnati 3 3 Long Beach State 1 0 San Diego 0 3 Cleary College 7 0 Louisiana Tech 0 3 St. Edward 0 1 Clemson 3 2 Louisville 2 5 St. Francis (IL) 4 6 Cleveland State 12 6 Loyola (CA) 1 1 St. Leo 2 6 1 Coastal Carolina 1 3 Lubbock Chrt. 1 1 St. Mary’s 6 2 Columbus State 1 0 Luther 1 2 Santa Clara 0 1 Concordia 5 0 Madonna 5 0 Seton Hall 0 1 Dallas 1 0 Maine 4 1 Siena Heights 10 1 Dayton 0 4 Malone 1 0 South Alabama 1 4 Delaware 1 0 Mankato State 4 3 South Carolina 1 6 Defi ance 4 0 Marshall 14 8 South Florida 4 4 Detroit 72 72 1 McNeese State 0 1 Southern Michigan 0 1 Detroit College 3 0 Memphis 2 2 SE Missouri State 1 0 Det. Coll. Law 3 0 Miami (Florida) 0 2 Southern Cal 0 1 Det. Medical 1 0 Miami (Ohio) 55 42 Southern Illinois 5 25 Det. Univ. School 0 1 Michigan 57 112 2 SW Missouri State 1 3 Duke 0 2 MI Freshman 0 2 Spring Arbor 9 1 East Tennessee St. 4 2 MI Ineligibles 4 0 Stanford 0 1 Eastern Illinois 15 11 MI Military Acad. 1 0 Stetson 1 1 Eastern Kentucky 9 5 Michigan State 53 69 2 Taylor 4 2 Eckerd 6 5 Middle Tennessee St. 2 3 Tennessee 7 18 Emporia State 1 0 Milligan 7 1 Tennessee Tech 3 2 Evansville 8 6 Minnesota 2 1 Texas 0 14 Ferris State 14 0 Missouri 5 12 Texas A&M 0 1 Findlay 5 0 Morehead State 3 6 Texas Tech 0 6 Florida 1 5 Morningside 2 1 Texas Wesleyan 2 1 1 Florida Atlantic 2 7 Nebraska 0 4 Thiel 2 0 Florida International 1 11 NE-Omaha 1 1 Toledo 85 48 Florida Southern 3 16 New Haven 1 0 Trinity 1 0

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2011 MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE COMPOSITE SCHEDULE 2010 HONORS & AWARDS March 25-27 April 29-May 1 Buff alo at Eastern Michigan Ball State at Eastern Michigan Kendall Lewis Bowling Green at Northern Illinois Northern Illinois at Central Michigan • First-Team All-MAC Western Michigan at Akron Western Michigan at Toledo • Academic All-MAC Toledo at Kent State Akron at Buff alo • Louisville Slugger National Player of the Miami at Central Michigan Kent State at Ohio Ohio at Ball State Bowling Green at Miami Week (April 28) • NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week (April 28) April 1-3 May 6-8 • CBF National All-Star Lineup Selection (April 28) Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan • MAC West Pitcher of the Week (April 28) Kent State at Western Michigan Bowling Green at Akron Northern Illinois at Buff alo Ohio at Buff alo Akron at Toledo Miami at Kent State Corey Chaffi ns Ball State at Miami Toledo at Central Michigan • Academic All-MAC Central Michigan at Ohio Western Michigan at Ball State • Academic All-District Second Team April 8-10 May 13-15 • CollegeBaseball360.com “Primetime Per Eastern Michigan at Kent State Eastern Michigan at Toledo former Weekly Honor Roll” (March 2) Central Michigan at Akron Central Michigan at Western Michigan • MAC West Pitcher of the Week (March 16) Ohio at Western Michigan Kent State at Bowling Green • MAC West Pitcher of the Week (March 2) Bowling Green at Ball State Ball State at Northern Illinois Buff alo at Toledo Buff alo at Miami Miami at Northern Illinois Ohio at Akron Zack Leonard • Academic All-MAC April 15-17 May 19-21 • MAC West Player of the Week (March 11) Akron at Eastern Michigan Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan Toledo at Bowling Green Northern Illinois at Western Michigan Kent State at Central Michigan Toledo at Ball State Andrew Marshall Ball State at Buff alo Bowling Green at Buff alo • MAC All-Tournament Team Western Michigan at Miami Akron at Kent State • MAC West Player of the Week (May 11) Northern Illinois at Ohio Miami at Ohio

April 22-24 May 25-28 • MAC Tournament (Chillicothe, Ohio) Todd Graves Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan #1 Seed vs. #8 Seed • MAC All-Tournament Team Miami at Akron #2 Seed vs. #7 Seed Ohio at Bowling Green #3 Seed vs. #6 Seed Buff alo at Kent State #4 Seed vs. #5 Seed Matt Skirving Central Michigan at Ball State • MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week (March 26) Toledo at Northern Illinois *The top three teams in each division, and the next two teams (re- gardless of division) with the best overall conference win percentage. The division winners will be the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds; all other seeds Steve Weber will be seeded based on conference win percentage. • MAC West Pitcher of the Week (March 30) EMU SINGLE SEASON TEAM RECORDS Category Record Year Category Record Year At-Bats 2098 2004 Wins 46 1976 Batting Average .380 1998 Losses 36 2000 2010 TEAM AWARDS Games Played 68 1979 Ties 2 1982 Runs Scored 477 1981 Earned Run Average 2.17 1970 Most Valuable Player – Andrew Marshall Hits 687 1981 Shutouts 15 1970 Most Valuable Pitcher – Kendall Lewis Doubles 131 1997 Complete Games 35 1976 Most Valuable Hitter – Ben Magsig Triples 40 1981 Saves 16 2007 Home Runs 100 2009 Innings Pitched 519.1 2004 Most Improved Player – Aaron Crooks Runs Batted In 417 1981 Hits 280 1974 Defensive Player of the Year – Zack Leonard Total Bases 1033 1981 Runs 130 1970 Eagle Award – Brent Ohrman Sacrifi ce Hits 62 1991 Earned Runs 104 1970 Sacrifi ce Flies 32 2004, 2010 Walks 116 1999 Ron Oestrike Award – John Carrier Stolen Bases 147 1981, 2004 Strikeouts 387 2010 Base on Balls 286 1982 Strikeouts 504 2004 Hit By Pitch 74 2010

Category Record Year Putouts 1558 2004 Assists 701 2004 Errors 140 1985 Double Plays 60 2002 Fielding Percentage .986 1970

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2011 Eastern Michigan Baseball Overall Statistics for Eastern Michigan (as of Mar 30, 2011) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 16-9 Home: 6-2 Away: 9-7 Neutral: 1-0 Mid-American: 3-0

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 19 BATTISTON, Ken . 3 6 6 24-24 82 25 30 8 3 2 16 50 . 6 1 0212200 . 5 0 015 6-6 52 4 3 . 9 4 9 33 RUSSELL, Daniel . 3 5 7 25-25 98 15 35 7 3 0 24 48 . 4 9 0 13 3 23 0 . 4 4 7 0 1 4-6 33 4 2 . 9 4 9 28 OHRMAN, Brent . 3 4 7 25-25 101 14 35 8 1 0 18 45 . 4 4 6103201 . 4 1 0347-10 62 2 1 . 9 8 5 20 LEONARD, Zack . 3 0 9 25-25 94 22 29 9 0 1 8 41 . 4 3 6 12 5 14 0 . 4 1 4 0 1 3-3 61 69 6 . 9 5 6 30 LONGO, Lee . 2 9 3 19-18 75 12 22 6 0 1 15 31 . 4 1 321123 . 3 2 100 0-0 85 4 3 . 9 6 7 4 KLEIN, Kyle . 2 8 9 18-8 38 3 11 2 0 0 7 13 . 3 4 2 1 0 3 1 . 3 0 0 1 3 0-1 67 11 2 . 9 7 5 23 MAGSIG, Ben . 2 7 2 25-23 81 13 22 2 0 1 7 27 . 3 3 3181140 . 4 1 004 1-1 18 33 4 . 9 2 7 17 WENDZICKI, Rob . 2 6 3 24-23 80 14 21 3 0 2 14 30 . 3 7 5 4 3 19 3 . 3 1 8 1 0 1-2 52 16 2 . 9 7 1 21 RUBINO, Tucker . 2 5 0 24-22 84 11 21 3 1 0 15 26 . 3 1 0121151 . 3 4 323 3-3 41 57 9 . 9 1 6 8 HITT, Matt . 2 1 6 15-11 37 10 8 1 0 0 6 9 . 2 4 3 10 2 8 1 . 4 0 0 1 3 0-0 84 15 1 . 9 9 0 35 PETERSON, Kyle . 2 1 4 19-14 42 13 9 2 0 4 10 23 . 5 4 881211 . 3 5 300 4-4 67 8 2 . 9 7 4 ------14 BOWDEN, Dae . 2 0 0 4-0 51110002 . 4 0 00030 . 2 0 000 0-0 000 . 0 0 0 1 GERBUS, Wally . 1 8 8 13-4 16 4 3 1 0 0 1 4 . 2 5 0 3 1 4 0 . 3 5 0 0 1 0-1 7 0 0 1.000 5 CHAVEZ, Aaron . 0 8 3 4-3 121100011 . 0 8 30170 . 1 5 400 0-0 6701.000 2 KINDER, Bo . 0 0 0 2-2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 4 0 0 1.000 15 OTT, Sam . 0 0 0 9-0 32000000 . 0 0 01000 . 2 5 000 0-0 000 . 0 0 0 9 CALIBUSO, Kristian . 0 0 0 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 2 0 1.000 27 COMBS, Tim . 0 0 0 11-0 00000000 . 0 0 00000 . 0 0 000 0-0 0301.000 24 GLOVER, Jordan . 0 0 0 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 2 0 1.000 16 BATTISTELLI, Joe . 0 0 0 10-2 00000000 . 0 0 00000 . 0 0 000 0-0 0301.000 6 DIMMERLING, Taylor . 0 0 0 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 1 0 1.000 22 BUTARA, Neil . 0 0 0 6-1 00000000 . 0 0 00000 . 0 0 000 0-0 0601.000 39 WEBER, Steve . 0 0 0 7-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 3 3 1 . 8 5 7 10 VALENTE, Brian . 0 0 0 5-4 00000000 . 0 0 00000 . 0 0 000 0-0 134 . 5 0 0 36 TAYLOR, Collin . 0 0 0 7-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 7 CHAFFINS, Corey . 0 0 0 8-3 00000000 . 0 0 00000 . 0 0 000 0-0 3801.000 25 LEWIS, Kendall . 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 1.000 Totals . 2 9 0 25 855 160 248 53 8 11 143 350 . 4 0 9 116 24 183 11 . 3 8 6 9 25 29-37 648 262 40 . 9 5 8 Opponents . 2 8 8 25 852 148 245 46 2 14 131 337 . 3 9 6 99 25 156 14 . 3 7 4 11 26 28-39 653 261 41 . 9 5 7

LOB - Team (216), Opp (217). DPs turned - Team (19), Opp (14). IBB - Team (1), RUSSELL 1. Picked off - RUSSELL 2, GERBUS 2, MAGSIG 1, LONGO 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 24 GLOVER, Jordan 1 . 5 32-06200/0017.2165359301 . 2 4 6 0100 2 10 VALENTE, Brian 2 . 3 3 2-0 5 4 0 0/0 0 19.1 20 9 5 5 13 2 0 2 . 2 6 7 1 1 0 0 5 27 COMBS, Tim 3 . 6 0 1-0 11 0 0 0/0 1 20.0 12 8 8 14 11 2 0 0 . 1 7 6 1202 1 17 WENDZICKI, Rob 3 . 9 3 1-2 6 6 0 0/0 0 34.1 38 17 15 11 25 10 0 3 . 2 7 7 1 2 0 0 2 7 CHAFFINS, Corey 4 . 0 44-18300/0035.23417161536501 . 2 5 6 6300 4 39 WEBER, Steve 4 . 9 9 2-2 7 6 0 0/0 0 30.2 34 21 17 14 23 4 0 3 . 2 7 9 1 4 0 1 3 16 BATTISTELLI, Joe 5 . 0 6 3-1 10 2 0 0/0 1 16.0 20 12 9 5 10 7 0 0 . 2 9 9 2300 2 36 TAYLOR, Collin 9 . 7 2 1-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 8.1 14 11 9 10 5 0 0 1 . 3 8 9 3 1 0 1 2 22 BUTARA, Neil 10.80 0-2 6 1 0 0/0 0 15.0 36 26 18 2 9 5 2 2 . 4 5 6 1302 3 ------35 PETERSON, Kyle 0 . 0 00-05000/014.200066000 . 0 0 0 0000 0 9 CALIBUSO, Kristian 3 . 1 8 0-0 5 0 0 0/0 1 5.2 5 2 2 1 8 2 0 0 . 2 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 15 OTT, Sam 7 . 7 10-05000/002.122220000 . 3 3 3 0002 0 25 LEWIS, Kendall 23.62 0-1 1 1 0 0/0 0 2.2 4 7 7 5 0 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 6 DIMMERLING, Taylor 24.55 0-0 6 0 0 0/0 0 3.2 10 11 10 4 1 6 0 0 . 5 0 0 0410 0 Totals 5 . 0 4 16-9 25 25 0 0/0 4 216.0 245 148 121 99 156 46 2 14 . 2 8 8 18 25 1 11 26 Opponents 5 . 6 1 9-16 25 25 0 0/0 4 216.2 246 159 135 116 183 52 8 11 . 2 8 9 23 24 1 9 25

PB - Team (3), PETERSON 2, HITT 1, Opp (6). Pickoffs - Team (2), GLOVER 1, DIMMERLING 1, Opp (6). SBA/ATT - HITT (17-22), PETERSON (11-13), WENDZICKI (6-10), WEBER (5-7), GLOVER (3-5), CHAFFINS (2-3), TAYLOR (2-3), CALIBUSO (2-2), DIMMERLING (1-2), VALENTE (2-2), BATTISTELLI (2-2), COMBS (1-1), BUTARA (1-1), LEWIS (1-1).

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2011 Eastern Michigan Baseball Games Summary for Eastern Michigan (as of Mar 31, 2011) (All games)

Score by innings 123456789EXTotal Eastern Michigan 10 32 12 26 15 15 19 17 5 9 160 Opponents 20101422162021127 6 148

Record when ... Overall 16-9 After 6 leading 14-1 Conference 3-0 ...... trailing 1-7 Non-Conference 13-9 ...... tied 1-1 Home games 6-2 After 7 leading 11-0 Away games 9-7 ...... trailing 2-6 Neutral site 1-0 ...... tied 1-1 Day games 13-8 After 8 leading 11-0 Night games 3-1 ...... trailing 1-6 vs Left starter 4-3 ...... tied 2-1 vs Right starter 12-6 1-Run games 6-1 Hit 0 home runs 10-5 2-Run games 2-0 ... 1 home run 5-4 5+Run games 6-5 ... 2+ home runs 1-0 Extra innings 4-1 Shutouts 0-0 Opponent 0 home runs 11-3 ...... 1 home run 4-4 Scoring 0-2 runs 0-6 ...... 2+ HRs 1-2 ...... 3-5 runs 3-2 ...... 6-9 runs 8-1 Made 0 errors 4-3 ...... 10+ runs 5-0 .... 1 error 3-3 .... 2+ errors 9-3 Opponent 0-2 runs 6-1 ...... 3-5 runs 4-3 Opp. made 0 errors 4-4 ...... 6-9 runs 5-2 ...... 1 error 3-3 ...... 10+ runs 1-3 ...... 2+ errors 9-2

Scored in 1st inning 2-1 Out-hit opponent 11-1 Opp. scored in 1st 4-4 Out-hit by opponent 3-8 Scores first 11-3 Hits are tied 2-0 Opp. scores first 5-6

Record when team scores: Runs 012345678910+ W-L 0-0 0-3 0-3 0-1 1-0 2-1 2-1 2-0 2-0 2-0 5-0

Record when opponent scores: Runs 012345678910+ W-L 0-0 4-0 2-1 1-0 2-0 1-3 3-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-3

Record when leading after: Inn.12345678 W-L 2-1 11-1 13-2 14-1 14-1 14-1 11-0 11-0

Record when trailing after: Inn.12345678 W-L 4-3 4-5 3-5 1-7 1-7 1-7 2-6 1-6

Record when tied after: Inn.12345678 W-L 10-5 1-3 0-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-1

Current winning streak: 1 Longest winning streak: 5 Longest losing streak: 3

Home attendance : 1454 ( 8 dates avg = 181 ) Away attendance : 21306 ( 16 dates avg = 1331 ) Total attendance: 22760 ( 24 dates avg = 948 ) www.EMUEagles.com • www.Twitter.com/EMUAthletics • www.Facebook.com/EMUAthletics 13 2011 Eastern Michigan University Baseball Game Notes

2011 Eastern Michigan Baseball Miscellaneous Stats for Eastern Michigan (as of Mar 31, 2011) (All games)

Multiple Hit Games 2 3 4 5+ Total Multiple RBI Games 2 3 4 5+ Total 28 OHRMAN, Brent 5 5 1 - 11 33 RUSSELL, Daniel 2 2 1 - 5 20 LEONARD, Zack 9 1 - - 10 21 RUBINO, Tucker 5 - - - 5 33 RUSSELL, Daniel 7 1 2 - 10 28 OHRMAN, Brent 1 2 - 1 4 19 BATTISTON, Ken 5 3 - 1 9 30 LONGO, Lee 3 - - - 3 30 LONGO, Lee 7 - - - 7 35 PETERSON, Kyle 1 2 - - 3 21 RUBINO, Tucker 6 - - - 6 4 KLEIN, Kyle 2 1 - - 3 17 WENDZICKI, Rob 4 2 - - 6 17 WENDZICKI, Rob - 3 - - 3 23 MAGSIG, Ben 4 - - - 4 19 BATTISTON, Ken 1 - 1 - 2 35 PETERSON, Kyle 3 - - - 3 23 MAGSIG, Ben 2 - - - 2 4 KLEIN, Kyle - 2 - - 2 20 LEONARD, Zack 2 - - - 2 8 HITT, Matt 1 - - - 1 TEAM 19 10 2 1 32 TEAM 51 14 3 1 69

Hitting Streaks Longest Current 28 OHRMAN, Brent 12 - 20 LEONARD, Zack 9 1 30 LONGO, Lee 8 1 23 MAGSIG, Ben 8 3 33 RUSSELL, Daniel 7 2 19 BATTISTON, Ken 6 5 17 WENDZICKI, Rob 5 3 4 KLEIN, Kyle 4 - 8 HITT, Matt 3 1 21 RUBINO, Tucker 3 1 1 GERBUS, Wally 2 1 35 PETERSON, Kyle 2 - 5 CHAVEZ, Aaron 1 1 14 BOWDEN, Dae 1 - 2011 Eastern Michigan University Baseball Team and Coaches

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