2021 EMU BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2021 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time/Result Feb. 27 at Alabama State W, 2-1 Feb. 28 at Alabama State W, 4-3 March 5 at Bellarmine W, 7-2 March 6 at Bellarmine L, 1-2 at Bellarmine W, 12-6 3 March 7 at Bellarmine L, 10-11 (10) March 12 at Mississippi State 6 p.m. CT EASTERN MICHIGAN at #3 MISSISSIPPI STATE March 13 at Mississippi State 2 p.m. CT March 14 at Mississippi State 1 p.m. CT (4-2, 0-0 MAC) (9-3, 0-0 SEC) March 19 at Akron* 3 p.m. Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, Miss. March 20 at Akron* 12 p.m. at Akron* 3:30 p.m. GAME 7 GAME 8 GAME 9 March 21 at Akron* 12 p.m. Fri., March 12 | 6 p.m. Sat., March 13 | 2 p.m. Sat., March 14 | 1 p.m. March 26 at Western Michigan* 3 p.m. Watch: SECN+ Watch: SECN+ Watch: SECN+ March 27 at Western Michigan* 12 p.m. Listen: HailState Network Listen: HailState Network Listen: HailState Network at Western Michigan* 3:30 p.m. Stats: EMUEagles.com Stats: EMUEagles.com Stats: EMUEagles.com March 28 at Western Michigan* 1 p.m. April 2 MIAMI* 4 p.m. April 3 MIAMI* 1 p.m. #EMUBATS STORYLINES & STREAKS MIAMI* 4 p.m. STARKVILLE, Miss. (EMUEagles.com) - The Eastern Michigan University baseball team heads April 4 MIAMI* 1 p.m. south once again, this time to Starkville, Miss. to take on No. 3-ranked Mississippi State. The April 9 at Ohio* 6 p.m. series will run Friday-Sunday, March 12-14, with games at 6 p.m., 2 p.m., and 1 p.m., respectively. April 10 at Ohio* 1 p.m. All game times are central time. at Ohio* 4 p.m. Fans can watch the action on SECN+, or listen along on the HailState Network. Live stats will April 11 at Ohio* 1 p.m. also be available via StatBroadcast. Links to follow along can be found on the baseball schedule April 16 BALL STATE* 6 p.m. page of EMUEagles.com. In addition, updates will be posted on the team’s Twitter account, April 17 BALL STATE* 3 p.m. @EMU_Baseball. BALL STATE* 6 p.m. April 18 BALL STATE* 1 p.m. BEST START SINCE ‘74: After securing its best start to a season since 2005 with wins against April 23 TOLEDO* 6 p.m. Alabama State, Feb. 27-28, Eastern Michigan added two more “bests” at Bellarmine, March 5-6. April 24 TOLEDO* 3 p.m. With the Friday afternoon victory, March 5, the Eagles notched a 3-0 start to the season for the TOLEDO* 6 p.m. first time since 1989. In splitting the doubleheader games with the Knights, March 6, the Green April 25 TOLEDO* 1 p.m. and White recorded its best five-game start to a season (4-1) since 1974. May 1 at St. Bonaventure TBA at St. Bonaventure TBA LAST TIME AGAINST A TOP-FIVE TEAM: EMU’s matchup against No. 3 Mississippi State will May 4 at Akron 3 p.m. mark the program’s first meeting with a top-five ranked program in over five years. The last time May 7 at Bowling Green* 3 p.m. the Eagles took on a top-ranked team was Feb. 23-24, 2016, against then-No. 1 Florida (L, 4-12, May 8 at Bowling Green* 12 p.m. L, 7-8). at Bowling Green* 3:30 p.m. The last time EMU defeated a top-five ranked team was over a decade ago, Feb. 19, 2011, when May 9 at Bowling Green* 1 p.m. it defeated then-No. 4 Clemson, 7-6. Eastern led 6-0 heading in to the seventh inning, but the May 14 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* 6 p.m. Tigers managed to score six runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game. EMU scored the May 15 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* 4 p.m. go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the eighth inning. NORTHERN ILLINOIS* 7 p.m. May 16 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* 1 p.m. DINGER DERBY: Freshman Mark Kattula’s home run, March 6, was not only the first in his May 21 at Central Michigan* 3 p.m. career, but the first for EMU this season. By doing so, the Sterling Heights, Mich. native became May 22 at Central Michigan* 1 p.m. the first freshman to hit the team’s first home run of the season sinceRyan Goleski, March 2, at Central Michigan* 4 p.m. 2001, at the University of San Diego (L, 3-22). May 23 at Central Michigan* 1 p.m. Launching a long ball in back-to-back games for the Green and White, senior Jeff Timko May 26 AKRON 3 p.m. became the first Eagle to hit a home run in back-to-back games since Kolton Schenker did so May 28 KENT STATE* 6 p.m. at Dayton and at Oklahoma State, March 6-9, 2018. May 29 KENT STATE* 3 p.m. With Timko and Kattula each notching a home run, March 6, and Timko and Gabe Denton KENT STATE* 6 p.m. going yard, March 7, EMU hit 2+ home runs in back-to-back games for the first time since March May 30 KENT STATE* 1 p.m. BOLD CAPS = Home Game * = Game 13-14, 2017 at Northern Illinois. Eastern Michigan at Mississippi State • March 12-14 1 2021 EMU BASEBALL GAME NOTES EASTERN MICHIGAN QUICK FACTS EASTERN MICHIGAN BASEBALL ROSTER UNIVERSITY Location: Ypsilanti, Mich. No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Cl. Hometown-High School-Previous Founded: 1849 1 Shane Easter IF/OF R/R 6-1 Jr. Kalamazoo, Mich.-Comstock Enrollment: 17,784 2 Evan Sines IF R/R 6-2 Fr. Lancaster, Ohio-Lancaster President: Dr. James M. Smith 3 Davis Feldman RHP R/R 6-0 Gr. Warren, Mich.-Brother Rice Vice President/Director of Athletics: Scott Wetherbee 4 Anthony Sharkas OF R/R 6-2 Fr. Canton, Mich.-Plymouth Nickname: Eagles 5 Drake Peggs IF L/R 5-8 R-Jr. Knighstown, Ind.-Knightstown Community Colors: Green (349) and White 6 Cameron Wagoner RHP R/R 6-5 Fr. Tecumseh, Mich.-Tecumseh Conference: Mid-American Conference (MAC) 7 Jeff Timko OF R/R 6-1 R-Jr. Rochester Hills, Mich.-Brother Rice 8 Eli Gora C R/R 6-3 R-So. Cincinnati, Ohio-Anderson Home Facility: Oestrike Stadium 9 Tyler Helgeson IF/OF L/R 6-4 Fr. Portage, Mich.-Portage Northern 10 Luke McGuire RHP R/R 6-2 Jr. Shelby Twp., Mich.-Stevenson BASEBALL STAFF 14 Nick Jones C/IF R/R 6-0 Sr. Battle Creek, Mich.-Lakeview Head Coach Eric Roof 15 Jared Kauffman IF R/R 5-10 Jr. Springboro, Ohio-Bishop Fenwick Alma Mater Michigan State, 2009 16 Mike Monahan C L/R 6-3 R-Jr. Saline, Mich.-Saline Pitching Coach A.J. Achter 17 Taylor Hopkins IF L/R 6-0 So. Mason, Ohio-Archbishop Moeller Assistant Coach Jonathan Roof 18 John Holt RHP R/R 6-5 Sr. Saline, Mich.-Saline Volunteer Assistant Chad Roskelly 19 Alex Forry RHP R/R 6-3 Fr. Livonia, Mich.-Franklin 20 Ryan Lux C R/R 6-2 Fr. Shelby Twp., Mich.-Stevenson 2020 TEAM INFORMATION 21 Christian Bault IF R/R 6-2 Jr. Maineville, Ohio-Archbishop Moeller (Lincoln Trail) 2020 Overall Record: 1-13 22 Luke Russo RHP/IF L/R 6-4 Fr. Howell, Mich.-Howell 2020 MAC Record/Finish: N/A 23 Jeremy Fuchs LHP L/L 6-2 Fr. Canton, Mich.-Plymouth Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 25/9 24 Gabe Denton C/IF R/R 6-1 So. Clare, Mich.-Clare (North Iowa) Position Starters Returning/Lost: 9/0 25 Scott Granzotto LHP R/L 6-0 Jr. Northville, Mich.-Gabriel Richard Pitchers Returning/Lost: 11/6 26 Daniel Warkentin IF R/R 6-3 Jr. Leamington, Ontario-Leamington District (Parkland College) Newcomers: 9 27 Cory Taylor IF R/R 6-2 Fr. Shelbyville, Ind.-Shelbyville 28 Nate Jones OF L/R 6-3 Jr. Battle Creek, Mich.-Lakeview HISTORY 30 Justin Meis RHP R/R 6-2 So. Pittsburgh, Penn.-Bethel Park First Year of Baseball 1949 31 Mark Kattula IF R/R 6-0 Fr. Sterling Heights, Mich.-Stevenson All-Time Record 1,646-1,616-11 33 Thomas House RHP R/R 6-2 Jr. Ross, Ohio-Ross All-Time MAC Record 600-572-3 34 Zach Fruit RHP R/R 6-4 So. Dundee, Mich.-Dundee (Lansing) 35 Trevor House LHP L/L 6-0 Fr. Okeana, Ohio-Ross EMU ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS 40 Holden Cook RHP R/R 6-5 Jr. Oklahoma City, Okla.-Casady (Murray State) 44 Will Oberg IF R/R 6-3 So. Wayzata, Minn.-Wayzata (Heartland) BASEBALL CONTACT 45 Justin Reinkall RHP R/R 6-3 Jr. Superior, Wis.-Superior (Southeast) Alexis Chevalier 48 Nick Chittum RHP R/R 6-2 Fr. Grosse Ile, Mich.-Grosse Ile Athletic Media Relations Graduate Assistant Cell: 925.413.2180 | Office: 734.487.0317 Head Coach: Eric Roof - Third Season Email: [email protected] | Twitter: @AChevalier_18 Assistant Coaches: A.J. Achter - Fourth Season, Jonathan Roof - Third Season Volunteer Assistant Coach: Chad Roskelly - First Season Asst. Director/ Secondary Baseball Contact Alex Jewell Assoc. AD/Media Relations: Greg Steiner EASTERN MICHIGAN PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Asst. Director of Media Relations: Mary Gasior A.J. Achter - OCK-terr Will Oberg - Oh-burg Media Relations Graduate Assistant: John Bilello Nick Chittum - tchit-um Justin Reinkall - Rain-kell Media Relations Graduate Assistant: Jessica Crusan Jeremy Fuchs - Few-ks Evan Sines - Signs Video/Creative Intern: Ricky Logan Scott Granzotto - Granz-otto Cameron Wagoner - Wag-ner Office Phone: 734.487.0317 or 0318 Mark Kattula - Cuh-tool-ah Daniel Warkentin - Work-en-tin Mailing Address: 799 N.