Emporia State Hornets Game Notes at Northeastern St. RiverHawks 2019 Schedule and Results Emporia State Hornets (25-16, 17-10 MIAA) Date Opponent Time/Result at Northeastern State RiverHawks (11-32, 8-19 MIAA) Friday, April 26, 2019 • 2:00 p.m. • Thomas Rousey Field • Tahlequah, Okla. Feb. 1 vs. Lubbock Christian L 1-2 (10) Saturday, April 27, 2019 • 2:00 p.m. • Thomas Rousey Field • Tahlequah, Okla. Feb. 2 vs. Southeastern Okla. L 2-3 (10) Sunday, April 28, 2019 • 1:00 p.m. • Thomas Rousey Field • Tahlequah, Okla. Feb. 3 vs. Southwestern Okla. L 5-15 Radio: None Audio Stream: None Video: None Feb. 13 vs. William Jewell L 7-11 Series History: ESU Leads 16-5 Last Meeting: at ESU 5, NSU 2 (April 29, 2018) Feb. 14 vs. William Jewell (DH) W 4-3 Up Next: at Pittsburg St. • Tuesday, April 30, 2019 • 5:00 p.m. • Ortoloni Field • Pittsburg, Kan. vs. William Jewell W 10-3 Feb. 21 at #22 *Central Missouri W 10-7 LAST ROAD TRIPS ABOUT THE HORNETS Feb. 23 at #22 *Central Missouri (DH) L 1-9 The Hornets play their final road MIAA series at Emporia State is 25-16, 17-10 in the MIAA and Northeastern State in Tahlequah, Okla. ranked ninth in the Central Region. They have at #22 *Central Missouri L 1-18 gone 25-12 after starting the season 0-4. As a Feb. 28 *Lindenwood W 13-4 LAST AT BAT team they are batting .264 with 48 home runs. March 1 *Lindenwood (DH) W 4-3 Every starter either reached base or drove Hornet pitchers have a 4.51 team ERA. Connor *Lindenwood W 6-5 in a run as Emporia State defeated Missouri Hurst leads Emporia State and is second in the March 7 William Jewell W 8-2 Western 8-3 in non-conference action in St. MIAA with 11 home runs and ranks third in the March 10 *Fort Hays State W 9-3 Joseph, Mo. on Wednesday afternoon. league with 40 RBI while Aaron Dees is fourth March 11 *Fort Hays State (DH) L 5-10 The Hornets got on the board first with a pair in the MIAA with ten homers and third in the *Fort Hays State W 12-4 of runs in the third inning. The Griffons got one league with a .619 slugging percentage. Tanner March 15 at #18 *Central Oklahoma L 3-4 run back in the bottom of the third but ended Cairns leads the MIAA with 84.1 innings, is March 16 at #18 *Central Oklahoma W 10-1 the inning with the bases loaded. A lead off second in ERA at 2.24 and seventh in strikeouts March 17 at #18 *Central Oklahoma W 4-3 walk turned into an unearned run as Missouri with 75. The Hornets are third in the MIAA with March 19 Oklahoma Christian (DH) W 6-3 Western tied the game in the bottom of the a .968 fielding percentage and have turned 43 fourth. The Griffons then took a 3-2 lead in the double plays to lead the MIAA. Oklahoma Christian L 15-18 top of the fifth. Emporia State retook the lead in March 22 at *Southwest Baptist W 6-2 the top of the seventh on two runs without the SCOUTING THE RIVERHAWKS March 23 at *Southwest Baptist W 5-2 benefit of a hit as they scored on two walks, a Northeastern State is 11-32, 8-19 in the MIAA. March 24 at *Southwest Baptist W 10-3 hit batter and two sac flies to go up 4-3. ESU They are batting .257 as a team and have a March 26 at Newman (DH) W 6-5 put four runs up in the top of the ninth with 6.99 team ERA. Colton Burgess is second in W 13-2 Connor Hurst two run double the big hit in the the MIAA in on base percentage, fifth in RBI March 30 #11 *Missouri Southern L 0-2 (12) inning. and eighth in home runs. March 31 #11 *Missouri Southern L 1-12 Cooper Minnick was two for four with two runs April 1 #11 *Missouri Southern W 11-5 scored and an RBI, Hurst went one for four with SERIES HISTORY April 5 *Missouri Western (DH) L 7-8 a double, two RBI and a run scored while Brian Emporia State leads the all-time series 16-5 *Missouri Western W 8-5 Grove walked three times and scored twice. and have won nine straight. April 6 *Missouri Western W 11-3 April 10 Newman L 6-13 THE COACHES LAST AT BAT WITH NORTHEASTERN ST. Seth Wheeler is 25-16 overall, 17-10 in the Emporia State Baseball took game three 5-2 to April 12 *Pittsburg State W 9-3 MIAA in his first season as the Hornets head complete the sweep over Northeastern State. April 13 *Pittsburg State L 0-1 coach. Over the past three years as a pitching The Hornets used ten hits and one RiverHawks April 14 *Pittsburg State L 4-7 coach at Emporia State, Wheeler has led the error to get the win on Senior Day at the Trusler April 16 at #21 Missouri Southern W 9-3 Hornets to the second best ERA in the MIAA at Sports Complex. April 18 at *Washburn W 11-3 4.60 improving from sixth in 2014. This is his April 19 at *Washburn W 4-2 first meeting with Northeastern State. UP NEXT April 20 at *Washburn L 3-7 Jake Hendrick is 88-104 in his fourth year The Hornets take on Pittsburg State on Tuesday April 24 at Missouri Western W 8-3 as head coach for the RiverHawks. He is 1-8 in the final non-conference game of the season. April 26 at *Northeastern State 2:00 p.m. against Emporia State. First pitch is set for 5:00 p.m. in Pittsburg, Kan. April 27 at *Northeastern State 2:00 p.m. Batters Name Yr. B/T BA HR RBI 2B R SB Hometown April 28 at *Northeastern State 1:00 p.m. 2B 2 Brian Grove Jr. L/R .319 3 21 15 37 16-20 River Falls, Wis. April 30 at Pittsburg State 5:00 p.m. 3B/SS 18 Paul Claassen Sr. R/R .302 4 30 10 30 6-11 Whitewater, Kan. May 3 *Northwest Missouri 5:00 p.m. RF 30 Aaron Dees Sr. L/R .306 10 32 10 34 6-8 Burlington, Kan. May 4 *Northwest Missouri 1:00 p.m. CF 15 Connor Hurst Jr. R/R .283 11 40 13 32 7-11 Augusta, Kan. C/DH 11 Cooper Minnick Jr. R/R .298 5 23 9 26 4-5 Leon, Kan. May 5 *Northwest Missouri 12:00 p.m. DH/C 20 Tyrus Barclay Jr R/R .333 2 12 3 11 0-1 Wyoming, Ontario 1B 9 Lou Pener Jr. B/R .238 5 21 4 25 4-4 Overland Park, Kan. *= MIAA Game LF 8 Mitch Sloan Sr. R/R .214 2 15 2 17 8-9 Paola, Kan. Home games in Bold at Glennen Field SS 6 Josh Norlin Jr. L/R .259 2 14 2 28 2-3 Wichita, Kan. 3B 12 Tanner Arst Sr. R/R .169 2 6 1 6 0-0 Wichita, Kan. Pitchers Name Yr W-L ERA Sv AP/GS IP K BB Hometown Media Contact RHP 24 Tanner Cairns Jr. 5-1 2.24 0 11/11 84.1 75 15 Wichita, Kan. Emporia State: Don Weast, Assoc. AD RHP 7 Jake Barton Sr. 5-3 2.84 0 11/11 66.2 66 31 Omaha, Neb. Phone: (620) 344-6190 Cell RHP 21 Ryan Lee Sr. 2-4 6.75 0 12/8 41.1 42 20 Grandview, Mo. Bullpen Email: [email protected] RHP 25 Drew Scrimsher Sr. 2-0 1.45 5 20/0 31.0 27 10 Oskaloosa, Kan. RHP 28 Connor Burns Sr. 0-0 1.50 0 11/0 12.0 9 5 St. Albert, Alberta WEBSITE: esuhornets.com RHP 16 Adam Thies Sr. 3-1 2.95 0 11/1 18.1 19 9 Olathe, Kan. TWITTER: @ESUSports RHP 10 Mason LeClair Jr. 0-2 5.17 0 13/0 15.2 19 12 Mulvane, Kan. FACEBOOK: facebook/ESUAthletics RHP 26 Drew Repp Jr. 3-0 5.81 1 13/0 26.1 20 11 Topeka, Kan. RHP 31 Sloan Baker Jr. 0-0 6.75 0 10/0 9.1 9 8 Scott City, Kan. LHP 29 Dale Miller Fr. 1-2 4.38 0 6/0 12.1 5 5 Lawrence, Kan. Emporia State Hornets at Northeastern St. RiverHawks Rousey Field 2019 HORNET BASEBALL Tahlequah, Okla. April 26-28, 2019 Page 2 WHEELS ON THE BUS 2019 MIAA Standings On Friday, June 22, the Emporia State Hornets announced the hiring of Seth Wheeler MIAA Overall W-L Pct. W-L Pct. as the 15th head coach in Hornet baseball history. He is 25-16 in his first season. Missouri Southern (21) 20-7 0.741 29-14 0.674 Wheeler spent the previous three seasons as the pitching and catchers coach at Central Missouri (9) 19-8 0.704 28-12 0.700 Emporia State. The Hornets had the second best ERA in the conference at 4.60 over Central Oklahoma 17-10 0.630 28-15 0.651 his three seasons after ranking sixth in the league in 2014.