2021 BASEBALL QUICK FACTS GENERAL 2020 INFORMATION Location .............................................................................. Cincinnati, OH 45221 Overall Record: ....................................................................................................7-8 Founded .............................................................................................................1819 Home ....................................................................................................7-0 Enrollment .....................................................................................................46,798 Road .....................................................................................................0-8 Conference ............................................................................... American Athletic Neutral .................................................................................................0-0 Nickname ................................................................................................... Bearcats 2019 Conference Record .............................................................................13-11 Colors ...............................................................................Red (PMS 186) & Black Home ....................................................................................................6-6 Home Field .........................................................................UC Baseball Stadium Road .....................................................................................................7-5 President ............................................................................. Neville G. Pinto, PhD Finish ...................................................................................................2nd Director of Athletics ..............................................................John Cunningham 2019 AAC Championship .................................................................................4-0 Faculty Representative .......................................................... Brian Hatch, PhD 2021 TEAM HISTORY Position Starters Returning/Lost:.................................................................9/1 First Year of Baseball ......................................................................................1888 Pitching Starters Returning/Lost: ................................................................3/1 All-Time Record .............................................................................1,600-1762-21 No. Yrs in NCAA Tournament/Last .......................................................6/2019 2021 SCHEDULE INFORMATION Last NCAA Post-Season Opponent ................................................. Creighton Home/Away, Neutral Games: .................................................................. 25/28 Result.................................................................................................................L, 6-1 American Home/Away Games: ............................................................... 16/16 Non-Conf. Home/Away, Neutral Games: ................................................9/12 COACHING STAFF Head Coach .............................................Scott Googins (Ohio Wesleyan ‘91) TOP POSITION PLAYERS RETURNING Overall Record (Year) ...............................................407-424 (16th) POS. NAME CL. GP/GS BA/HR/RBI/RUNS Record at Cincinnati (Year)66-67 ........................................... (4th) SS Joey Bellini Gr. 63/61 .305/2/35/37 Assistant Coach .................................................. JD Heilmann (Cincinnati ‘97) 1B Griffin Merritt Jr. 50/38 .246/5/23/25 Year at Cincinnati ..........................................................Fourth/Ninth 3B Eric Santiago Gr. 173/165 .259/5/85/85 Assistant Coach ...................................................... Kyle Sprague (Malone ‘11) 2B Jace Mercer Gr. 147/129 .261/5/67/95 Year at Cincinnati .......................................................................Fourth DH Wyatt Stapp Sr. 73/72 .292/3/46/43 Volunteer Assistant Coach .............. Lee Sponseller (Ohio Dominican ‘17) Year at Cincinnati ............................................................................First TOP PITCHERS RETURNING POS. NAME CL. GP/GS W-L/ERA/IP/SO SUPPORT STAFF LHP Evan Shawver Jr. 21/14 5-8/5.66/84.1/104 Director of Operations ............................................Andy Nagel (6th season) LHP Drake Batcho Jr. 18/10 3-5/6.89/49.2/53 Athletic Trainer .......................................................Mary Ankrom (1st season) LHP Dean McCarthy Gr. 50/6 5-6/4.42/79.1/91 Strength & Conditioning ....................................Chaz Calloway (1st season) LHP Garrett Schoenle Sr. 22/15 5-2/6.05/77.1/85 COMMUNICATIONS KEY LETTERWINNERS LOST Baseball Contact ............................................................................... Ryan Koslen POS. NAME GP/GS KEY STATS Phone ..............................................................................513-497-3132 CF Jeremy Johnson 77/77 .295 BA/3 HR/33 RBI Email .................................................................... [email protected] RHP Nathan Kroger 37/25 4.54 ERA/144.2 IP/102 SO RF Joey Wiemer 62/62 .264 BA/12 HR/62 RBI Web Site ..................................................................................GoBEARCATS.com Twitter ..................................................................................... @GoBearcatsBASE Facebook ................................................................................../GoBearcatsBASE Instagram ............................................................................... @GoBearcatsBASE Sports Communications Office ...............................................(513) 556-5191 Mailing/Overnight Address ................Richard E. Lindner Center, Ste. 860 2751 O’Varsity Way University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 45221-0021 2021 CINCINNATI BASEBALL SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME DATE OPPONENT TIME Feb. 19 @ Clemson 4 (ACCNX)Aprilp.m. 30 @ USF * (ESPN+) 4 p.m. Feb. 20 @ Clemson 3 (ACCNX)Aprilp.m. 30 @ USF * TBA Feb. 21 @ Clemson 1 (ACCNX)Mayp.m. 1 @ USF * (ESPN+) 3 p.m. Feb. 26 @ Western 3 KentuckyMayp.m. 2 @ USF * (ESPN+) 11 a.m. Feb. 27 @ Western 1 KentuckyMayp.m. 7 @ Houston 1 * p.m. Feb. 28 @ Western 1 KentuckyMayp.m. 7 @ Houston TBA * March 4 @ UNC 4Wilmington May p.m. (SDN)8 @ Houston6:30 * p.m. March 5 @ UNC 4Wilmington May p.m. (SDN)9 @ Houston Noon * March 6 @ UNC 4Wilmington May p.m. 14 (SDN) ECU * (ESPN+) 1 p.m. March 7 @ UNC WilmingtonNoon May 14 (SDN) ECU * (ESPN+) TBA March 12 WESTERN MICHIGAN (ESPN+) 4 p.m.May 15 ECU * (ESPN+) 4 p.m. March 13 WESTERN MICHIGAN (ESPN+) 2 p.m.May 16 ECU * (ESPN+) 1 p.m. March 14 WESTERN MICHIGAN (ESPN+) 1 p.m.May 20 TULANE * (ESPN+) 1 p.m. March 18 XAVIER (ESPN+) 4 May 20 p.m. TULANE * (ESPN+) TBA March 19 XAVIER (ESPN+) 4 May 21 p.m. TULANE * (ESPN+) 6 p.m. March 20 @ Xavier 3 p.m.May 22 TULANE * (ESPN+) 1 p.m. March 21 @ Xavier 3 p.m. March 26 SAINT LOUIS (ESPN+) 4 AAC CHAMPIONSHIPp.m. (Clearwater, Florida) March 27 SAINT LOUIS (ESPN+) 2 DATEp.m. OPPONENT TIME March 28 SAINT LOUIS (ESPN+) 1 May p.m. 25 AAC ChampionshipTBA March 30 LOUISVILLE (ESPN+) 6 May p.m. 26 AAC ChampionshipTBA April 1 @ ECU 4 * Mayp.m. 27 AAC ChampionshipTBA April 2 @ ECU 1 * Mayp.m. 28 AAC ChampionshipTBA April 2 @ ECU TBA* May 29 AAC ChampionshipTBA April 3 @ ECU Noon* May 30 AAC ChampionshipTBA April 9 UCF * (ESPN+) 1 p.m. April 9 UCF * (ESPN+) TBA April 10 UCF * (ESPN+) 4 p.m. TELEVISION INFORMATION April 11 UCF * (ESPN+) 1 p.m. ACCNX - ACC Network Extra, the Atlantic Coast Conference’s April 16 @ Memphis 1 * p.m. digital viewing option available on the ESPN app and website. April 16 @ Memphis TBA* Available if your cable provider has the ACC Network. April 17 @ Memphis 2 * p.m. April 18 @ Memphis 1 * p.m.SDN - Seahawk Digital Network, UNC Wilmington’s streaming April 23 WICHITA STATE * (ESPN+) 1 p.m.option for games. Free through Stretch Internet. April 23 WICHITA STATE * (ESPN+) TBA April 24 WICHITA STATE * (ESPN+) 4 p.m.ESPN+ - Hundreds of AAC events will air on the ESPN+ digital platform. Visit ESPNPlus.com to subscribe April 25 WICHITA STATE * (ESPN+) 1 p.m. * - American Athletic Conference game; Home Games in BOLD CAPS, played at UC Baseball Stadium; All times ET and subject to change without notice. 2021 CINCINNATI BASEBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER # NAME POS. HT. WT. B/T YR HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Evan Kemp LHP 6-4 195 L/L So. Mason, Ohio/Mason 2 Joey Bellini INF 6-2 190 R/R Gr. Winter Park, Fla./Edgewater/St. John’s River State CC 3 Jace Mercer INF 5-10 185 B/R Gr. Johns Creek, Ga./Johns Creek 4 Sean Springer INF 5-10 170 L/R Fr. Strongsville, Ohio/Holy Name 5 Cam Scheler C 6-1 205 R/R So. Louisville, Ky./St. Xavier 6 Evan Shawver LHP 6-0 175 R/L Jr. Amherst, Ohio/Amherst Steele 8 Griffin Merritt INF 6-2 205 R/R Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio/La Salle 10 Eric Santiago INF 6-1 190 R/R Gr. Bethlehem, Pa./Notre Dame Green Pond 11 Garrett Schoenle LHP 6-5 185 L/L Sr. Fort Wayne, Ind./Northrop 13 Jose Guzman RHP 6-4 205 R/R Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis 14 Wyatt Stapp INF 6-1 205 L/R Sr. Keller, Texas/Southlake Carroll/Tennessee 15 Joe Powell C 5-10 160 R/R So. Mason, Ohio/Mason 16 Dondrae Bremner INF 6-2 195 L/R R-Jr. Toronto, Ontario, Canada/Bill Crothers Secondary 17 Nick Murray RHP 6-6 220 R/R Jr. Tyngsboro, Mass./St. Mark’s School 18 Max Bergmann RHP 6-3 195 R/R Fr. Georgetown, Ind./St. Xavier (Ky.) 19 Drake Batcho LHP 6-4 215 L/L