22011-12011-12 SSCHEDULECHEDULE Bradley Braves (13-11-1) at Illinois Fighting Illini (15-10) DATE OPPONENT CT/SCORE TUESDAY, APRIL 3 | 4:05 P.M. | CHAMPAIGN, ILL. | ILLINOIS FIELD F 17 !vs. Virginia Tech L, 4-6 at Kennesaw State W, 4-3 F 18 !vs. Virginia Tech L, 1-11 LLEADINGEADING OOFFFF SSERIESERIES HHISTORYISTORY VVS.S. IILLINOISLLINOIS F 19 at Kennesaw State Rained Out • Bradley will conti nue a 4-game road stretch Tuesday Illinois leads 41-19-1 F 25 $vs. Arkansas-Litt le Rock W, 19-3 when the Braves visit Illinois at Illinois Field. Road: Illinois leads 23-7-1 at Belmont W, 2-1 • The game is being played just six days aft er the Current Streak: Illinois W1 F 26 $vs. Arkansas-Litt le Rock L, 5-7 Illini earned a 6-3 win at Bradley Wednesday at O’Brien Notes: With series records dati ng back to 1927, Mr 2 at Memphis W, 6-2 Mr 3 at Memphis L, 3-7 Field. Illinois owns a 41-19-1 record against the Braves ... Mr 4 at Memphis W, 5-4 • Tuesday’s game will feature the same starti ng Since 1996, however, Bradley owns an 8-6 record 2012 RussMatt Central Florida Invitati onal pitching matchup, Bradley senior left -hander Tory Doerr against the Illini, including a 3-3 record at Illinois Mr 9 vs. Bowling Green W, 12-4 (pronounced DARE) against Illinois senior right-hander Field ... Coming off last week’s 6-3 win at O’Brien Mr 10 vs. Western Michigan L, 0-7 Nick Chmielewski. Field, Illinois is shooti ng for a regular-season sweep Mr 11 vs. Yale T, 7-7 Mr 12 vs. Fairfi eld W, 7-6 • Tuesday’s game will be Bradley’s 12th true road against the Braves. Mr 14 vs. Bucknell W, 6-5 game of the season and the 24th of 26 games to date Mr 15 vs. Navy - 10 inn. W, 3-2 this season played away from home. PPITCHINGITCHING MMATCHUPSATCHUPS Mr 16 vs. Jacksonville State W, 11-5 • Bradley is 7-4 to date on the road and 13-9-1 overall B: Tory Doerr (Sr., LHP, 0-2, 6.00 ERA, 9.0 IP, 1 K) Mr 17 vs. Nebraska-Omaha L, 3-4 away from home. I: Nick Chmielewski (Sr., RHP, 1-0, 3.21 ERA, 14.0 IP, 7 K) Mr 21 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO L, 1-3 Mr 23 *at Southern Illinois L, 5-6 • Following Tuesday’s game at Illinois, the Braves will Mr 24 *at Southern Illinois L, 2-7 return home to play six of their next seven games at BBRADLEYRADLEY BBULLPENULLPEN Mr 25 *at Southern Illinois W, 8-4 O’Brien Field, beginning with a weekend series against RHP 26 Jacob Booden, Sr., 1-1, 0.66 ERA, 13.2 IP, 18 Ks Mr 28 ILLINOIS L, 3-6 Missouri Valley Conference preseason favorite Missouri RHP 22 Rob Kennedy, Jr., 0-1, 2.16 ERA, 16.2 IP, 21 Ks Mr 30 at Western Illinois L, 1-2 State. RHP 24 Danny Giff ord, Sr., 3-0, 4 Svs, 2.51 ERA, 13 Ks Mr 31 at Western Illinois W, 15-9 A 1 at Western Illinois W, 7-4 • Tuesday’s game will be the fi nal contest in a 9-game RHP 33 Patrick Flanagan, Jr., 1-0, 4.35 ERA, 20.2 IP, 22 Ks A 3 at Illinois 7 p.m. stretch against teams from the state of Illinois and the RHP 29 Steve Adkins, Fr., 1-0, 1 Sv., 4.80 ERA, 15.0 IP, 15 Ks A 6 *MISSOURI STATE 6 p.m. Braves are 3-5 in the fi rst eight games against Illinois- RHP 37 Stephen Toma, Fr., 0-1, 6.23 ERA, 4.1 IP, 3 Ks A 7 *MISSOURI STATE 2 p.m. Chicago (0-1), Southern Illinois (1-2), Illinois (0-1) and LHP 39 David Koll, Fr., 0-1, 4.85 ERA, 13.0 IP, 12 Ks A 8 *MISSOURI STATE 1 p.m. Western Illinois (2-1). LHP 42 Graig Weber, Fr., 0-0, 15.43 ERA, 4.2 IP, 5 Ks A 10 at Illinois-Chicago 6:30 p.m. A 13 *INDIANA STATE 6 p.m. A 14 *INDIANA STATE 2 p.m. BBRADLEY’SRADLEY’S PPROJECTEDROJECTED LLINEUPINEUP A 15 *INDIANA STATE 1 p.m. A 18 at Iowa 6:05 p.m. Pos. # Player Yr. Ht. Wt. B-T 2011 Stati sti cs A 20 *at Illinois State 4:30 p.m. C 9 Derek Sprout So. 5-10 180 R-R .200 Avg., 1 2B, 1 HR, 6 RBI, Thrown out 4-of-9 base stealers A 21 *at Illinois State 2 p.m. 1B 43 Andrew Wasmund Jr. 6-4 220 R-R .214 Avg., 2 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI A 22 *at Illinois State 1 p.m. 2B 16 Chris Godinez Fr. 5-9 180 R-R .378 Avg., 2 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 5 stolen bases A 24 IOWA 6 p.m. 3B 12 Curti ss Bunch Jr. 5-11 205 R-R .167 Avg., 2 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, .309 OB% A 25 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 6 p.m. A 27 *at Evansville 6 p.m. SS 13 Jason Leblebijian Jr. 6-1 190 R-R .286 Avg., 11 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 22 RBI A 28 *at Evansville 2 p.m. LF 10 Mike Tauchman Jr. 6-2 215 L-L .283 Avg., 1 2B, 8 RBI, 2 SB A 29 *at Evansville 1 p.m. CF 23 Max Murphy Fr. 5-11 190 R-R .333 Avg., 5 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 16 RBI, Reached in all 25 gms My 4 *CREIGHTON 6 p.m. RF 28 Bob Schuch Jr. 6-3 235 R-R .284 Avg., 3 2B, 1 HR, 10 RBI My 5 *CREIGHTON 2 p.m. DH 40 Greg Partyka So. 6-3 235 L-R .267 Avg., 5 2B, 4 HR, Leads team with 24 RBI’s My 6 *CREIGHTON 1 p.m. My 11 *at Wichita State 6:30 p.m. My 12 *at Wichita State 2 p.m. OOFFFF TTHEHE BBENCHENCH My 13 *at Wichita State 1 p.m. UT 8 David Compitello Jr. 6-1 180 R-R .318 Avg., 1 HR, 4 RBI My 15 at Eastern Illinois 2 p.m. C 17 Austi n Jarvis So. 5-9 185 R-R .258 Avg., 4 2B, 8 RBI, Thrown out 12-of-23 base stealers My 17 DALLAS BAPTIST 6 p.m. UT 27 Jerrod Eigsti Sr. 6-0 185 B-R .234 Avg., 1 3B, 6 RBI, Third on team with 10 walks My 18 DALLAS BAPTIST 6 p.m. My 19 DALLAS BAPTIST 1 p.m. M 22-26 State Farm MVC Tournament IINJUREDNJURED LLISTIST ! Kennesaw, Ga.; $ Nashville, Tenn. 2B 7 Rob Elliott Sr. 6-0 185 R-R .365 Avg., 4 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 13 RBI, 22 runs, 5-7 SB * MVC regular-season games Elliott is nursing a hamstring injury and his status conti nues to be day-to-day BradleyBraves.com 1 2012 Bradley Baseball Game Notes Roster and Quick Facts BBRADLEYRADLEY QQUICKUICK FFACTSACTS 22012012 BBRADLEYRADLEY BBRAVESRAVES NNUMERICALUMERICAL RROSTEROSTER Locati on Peoria, Ill. (61625) No. Name Yr. Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Hometown (High School/Previous School) Founded 1898 1 Cody Kentzel* So. LHP R/L 5-10 185 Chillicothe, Ill. (Illinois Valley Central H.S.) Enrollment 5,801 4 Josh Camalick** Jr. C/IF R/R 6-0 205 Burr Ridge, Ill. (Hinsdale Central H.S.) Nickname Braves 6 Eric Paulson* So. IF R/R 6-1 195 Barrington, Ill. (William Fremd H.S.) School Colors Red (PMS 200) & White 7 Rob Elliott *** 5Sr. IF R/R 6-0 185 Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley H.S.) Affi liati on NCAA Division I 8 David Compitello** Jr. IF/OF R/R 6-1 180 Schaumburg, Ill. (Schaumburg H.S.) Conference Missouri Valley Conference 9 Derek Sprout* So. C R/R 5-10 205 Chillicothe, Ill. (Illinois Valley Central H.S.) President Joanne K. Glasser, Esq. 10 Mike Tauchman** Jr. OF L/L 6-2 215 Palati ne, Ill. (William Fremd H.S.) Director of Athleti cs Michael Cross, PhD 12 Curti ss Bunch Jr. IF R/R 5-11 205 La Plata, Mo. (La Plata H.S./Allen County C.C.) Athleti cs Dept. Phone (309) 677-2666 13 Jason Leblebijian** Jr. IF R/R 6-1 190 Arlington Heights, Ill. (Prospect H.S.) Ticket Offi ce Phone (309) 677-2625 15 Justi n Ziegler*** Sr. RHP R/R 6-2 220 Lenexa, Kan. (Olathe Northwest H.S.) Offi cial Website www.BradleyBraves.com 16 Chris Godinez Fr. IF R/R 5-9 180 Lake Bluff , Ill. (Lake Forest H.S.) 17 Austi n Jarvis* So. C R/R 5-9 185 Elgin, Ill. (Burlington Central H.S.) CCOACHINGOACHING SSTAFFTAFF 19 Isaac Smith Fr. OF R/R 6-0 180 Richmond, Ky. (Madison Central H.S.) Head Coach Elvis Dominguez 20 Tory Doerr* Sr. LHP L/L 6-3 200 Bethalto, Ill. (Civic Memorial H.S./Wabash Valley) Alma Mater Creighton ‘86 21 Andres Rodriguez* Sr. OF R/R 5-8 190 Olympia Fields, Ill. (Marian Catholic H.S./Triton J.C.) Career Record 250-305-3 (11th year) 22 Rob Kennedy** Jr. RHP R/R 6-0 185 Chicago, Ill. (Northside Prep) at Bradley 72-106-1 (Fourth year) 23 Max Murphy Fr. OF R/R 5-11 190 Robbinsdale, Minn.