Eastern Michigan 2008 baseball Eastern Michigan Sports Information Baseball Contact • Paul Pancoe Office Phone • 734.487.0317 Cell Phone • 330.559.1131 E-mail • [email protected] 2008 EMU BASEBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS EASTERN MICHIGAN BASEBALL (13-24, 10-2 MAC) EASTERN MICHIGAN VS OLIVET FE BRUARY Wednesday • April 23, 2008 • 5 p.m. 22 at New Mexico L, 7-16 23 at New Mexico (DH) L, 8-9, L 3-13 24 at New Mexico L, 3-6 27 at Florida (DH) L, 2-15, L 8-16 EASTERN MICHIGAN AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS 28 at Florida Atlantic L, 6-11 29 at Florida Atlantic L, 2-5 Friday • April 25, 2008 • 3 p.m. MARCH Saturday • April 26, 2008 • 1 p.m. 1 at Florida Atlantic L, 11-12 2 at Florida Atlantic L, 3-24 Sunday • April 27, 2008 • 1 p.m. 7 at Tennessee L, 2-6 9 at Tennessee L, 7-8, (10), L, 1-5 11 at No. 4 Kentucky (DH) L, 5-18, L, 6-8 14 at Dayton Cancelled THE BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE: After an 0-17 start to the 2008 sea- 15 vs. Wright State (DH)! L, 7-10, L 4-5 16 vs. Wright State! W, 11-2 son, the Eagles have come on strong in Mid-American Conference 18 GRAND VALLEY STATE Cancelled play, winning 10 of their first 12 games. With their series sweep of 19 SAGINAW VALLEY Cancelled 21 KENT STATE* Cancelled in-state rival Western Michigan, April 18-20, EMU now sits in first 22 KENT STATE* Cancelled place in the West Division, two games up on second place North- 23 KENT STATE* Cancelled 26 at Michigan State W, 10-3 ern Illinois University heading into this weekend’s series in DeKalb. 27 Oakland Cancelled 28 MIAMI* Cancelled 29 MIAMI* (DH) W, 8-6, W, 2-1 (11) SCOUTING THE COMETS: Olivet College enters Wednesday’s game 30 MIAMI* W, 3-2 (11) having won seven of its past 11 games. Overall, the Comets are 11- APRIL 1 at Cleveland State Cancelled 12 on the year. Junior outfielder Brandon Goodman leads leads OC in 2 at Michigan State L, 3-5 4 at Akron* Cancelled nearly every offensive category, including batting average (.416), hits 5 at Akron* (DH) L, 2-6; W, 5-4 (37), doubles (10), triple (3), RBI (26) and slugging percentage (.629). 6 at Akron* W, 12-6 7 CLEVELAND STATE L, 9-15 8 SAGINAW VALLEY L, 5-9 WEEKEND NOTES: The Eagles hold a 7-2 record over the Huskies over 9 at Oakland W, 10-7 11 at Ohio* W, 15-13 (11) the past three seasons, including taking the first and third games last sea- 12 at Ohio* W, 13-12 (10) son in DeKalb, 6-1 and 4-2, respectively. Overall, EMU holds a 55-31 13 at Ohio* L, 8-14 15 at Michigan L, 3-5 advantage over NIU. 16 at Michigan L, 5-20 18 WESTERN MICHIGAN* W, 5-4 19 WESTERN MICHIGAN* W, 12-9 GRAB A BROOM: For the second time this season, the Eagles swept a 20 WESTERN MICHIGAN* W, 6-5 weekend series against a MAC opponent. EMU fought back for come- 23 OLIVET 5 p.m. 25 at Northern Illinois* 3 p.m. from-behind wins over the Western Michigan Broncos April 18 and 19, 26 at Northern Illinois* 1 p.m. 27 at Northern Illinois* 1 p.m. winning 5-4 and 12-9, respectively. The last time EMU recorded two series 29 INDIANA TECH 5 p.m. sweeps at home was during the 2006 season, defeating NIU and Buffalo. 30 at Ohio State 6:35 p.m. MAY 2 at Ball State* 3 p.m. YOUNG GUNS: True freshmen Zack Leonard and Jake Stapf put up 3 at Ball State* 1 p.m. 4 at Ball State* 1 p.m. career-high numbers this past week, April 15-20. Leonard, who has 6 at Bowling Green* 3 p.m. started in 32-of-35 games played this year at third base, batted .375 for 7 BOWLING GREEN* 6 p.m. 9 TOLEDO* 6 p.m. the week, including two home runs and five RBI. Stapf, a spot-starter 10 TOLEDO* 3 p.m. in the EMU rotation this season, pitched eight innings, recording three 11 TOLEDO* 1 p.m. 13 OAKLAND 6 p.m. strikeouts while allowing just four earned runs in an April 20, 12-9 win. 15 at Central Michigan* 3 p.m. 16 at Central Michigan* 1 p.m. 17 at Central Michigan* 1 p.m. TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS: With their sweep over Western Michi- 21-25 Mid-American Conference Tournament TBA 29 NCAA Regional TBA gan, April 18-20, the Eagles have won all four MAC series played this JUNE season. Dating back to last season, the Green and White have won 8-11 NCAA Super Regional TBA 15-20 NCAA College World Series TBA 14 straight conference series. The last series EMU lost occured, May 18-20, 2007, against the Western Michigan Broncos in Kalamazoo. * - Mid-American Conference game ! - Played at Athletes in Action Complex, Xenia, Ohio EASTERN MICHIGAN BASEBALL PAGE 2 2008 EASTERN MICHIGAN BASEBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Yr.-El. Hometown-High School (Previous School) 1 Wally Gerbus OF R-R 6-0 170 Fr.-Fr. Fairfield, Ohio-Stephen T. Badin 2 Kyle Rhoad** IF/OF R-R 5-11 180 Jr.-Jr. Fostoria, Ohio-Elmwood 3 Josh Ivan*** IF R-R 5-11 165 Sr.-Sr. Belleville, Mich.-Belleville 5 Jeff Davis*** OF/LHP L-L 5-10 170 Sr.-Sr. Avondale, Arizona-Westview 6 Bobby Henderson** LHP L-L 5-9 165 Jr.-Jr Milford, Mich.-Detroit Catholic Central 7 Corey Chaffins* RHP/IF R-R 6-2 185 So.-So. New London, Ohio-New London 8 Aaron Crooks* IF R-R 5-8 155 So.-So. Toledo, Ohio-Ottawa Hills 9 Jordan Goldschmidt RHP R-R 6-4 185 Fr.-Fr. Ft. Loramie, Ohio-Ft. Loramie 10 Michael Boyd*** OF R-R 6-3 180 Sr.-Sr. Huntington Woods, Michigan-Berkley 14 Kevin Wammes** RHP R-R 6-1 185 Jr.-Jr. Fremont, Ohio-Saint Joseph Central Catholic 15 Kenneth Battiston* OF/LHP R-L 6-0 190 So.-So. West Milton, Ohio-Milton Union 16 Sean Hoffman** RHP R-R 5-9 175 Jr.-Jr. Midland, Mich.-Midland 17 Robert Wendzicki* LHP/IF L-L 6-1 185 So.-So. Brook Park, Ohio-Midpark 18 Jeff Robinson** LHP R-L 6-1 165 Sr.-Sr. Gladstone, Mich.-Gladstone 19 Eric Noland IF/OF R-R 6-0 165 Fr.-Fr. Ypsilanti, Mich.-Ypsilanti 20 Zack Leonard IF/OF R-R 6-0 185 Fr.-Fr. Canton, Ohio-McKinley 21 Todd Graves* IF R-R 6-3 220 Jr.-So. St. Mary’s, Ohio-St. Mary’s 22 Jim Gulliver* IF L-R 5-11 165 Sr.-Jr. Allen Park, Mich.-Allen Park 24 Mickey Sepanek IF/OF R-R 5-10 170 Fr.-Fr. Highland Village, TX- Marcus 25 Mike Sacha* OF/P R-R 6-3 210 Sr.-Sr. Farmington Hills, Mich.-St. Clair CC 26 Jacob Morris IF/OF R-R 6-0 175 Fr.-Fr. Springboro, Ohio-Springboro 27 Tim Combs P/IF R-R 5-10 165 Fr.-Fr. Dayton, Ohio-Wayne 28 Steve Bradshaw*** IF/OF L-L 6-0 200 Sr.-Sr. Lapeer, Mich.-West 29 Kevin Sikora* LHP L-L 5-10 175 So.-So. Youngstown, Ohio-Boardman 30 Andrew Marshall* C R-R 6-1 210 Jr.-So. Mason, Mich.-Mason 31 John Ballarin* LHP L-L 6-2 190 So.-So. Westland, Mich.-Detroit. Catholic Central 33 Aaron Powell** OF R-R 6-1 200 Jr.-Jr. Clarkston, Mich.-Clarkston 34 Matt Skirving C/IF L-R 6-2 215 Fr.-Fr. Midland, Mich.-H.H. Dow 36 Collin Taylor LHP L-L 6-4 175 Fr.-Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio-Lakota West 37 John Carrier C L-R 5-8 180 So.-Fr. Ann Arbor, Mich.-Detroit Catholic Central 38 Matt Shoemaker** RHP R-R 6-2 230 Jr.-Jr. Trenton, Mich.-Trenton 39 Robert Hamly LHP R-L 5-11 170 So.-So. Caledonia, Mich.-Caledonia 40 Chris Pfund OF S-R 5-9 180 Fr.-Fr. Swanton, Ohio-Evergreen 42 Matt Dimich*** LHP R-L 6-2 180 Sr.-Sr. Fenton, Mich.-Lake Fenton 45 Jake Stapf RHP R-R 6-5 180 Fr.-Fr. Hamilton, Ohio-Stephen T. Badin 50 Dan Puls*** LHP R-L 6-6 195 Sr.-Sr. Alpena, Mich.-Alpena *letters won Coaching Staff 23 Jake Boss Jr. Head Coach How Do You Say... 41 Del Young Asst. Coach John Ballarin • BAL-er-in 4 Mark Van Ameyde Asst. Coach Matt Dimich • DEM-ich 48 Shane Davis Student Asst. ChrisHow Pfund Do •You Pound Say... Jeff Hehr – HAIR Dan Puls • Poles Bill Tuscany Athletic Trainer Eric Pelot – Pa-LOT Kevin Wammes • WOM-is Dan Puls – POOLS Mike Sacha • SA-sha Kevin Wammes – Wam-ISS Jake Stapf • Staff Matt Dimich – Dim-itch EASTERN MICHIGAN BASEBALL PAGE 3 QUICK FACTS SOLID SENIOR PLAY: Senior right fielder Jeff Davis terrorized the Broncos UNIVERSITY AT A GLANCE during their three-game series, April 18-20. He batted .500 for the weekend, Location .......................... Ypsilanti, Michigan collecting four RBI while scoring three times. In Saturday’s 12-9 comeback Founded ..............................................1849 win, Davis’ fifth inning two-run bomb sparked a six-run output, allowing the Enrollment ....................................... 24,500 Eagles to regain the lead on their way to the win.