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 (7-19, 5-1 MAC) EASTERN MICHIGAN VS CLEVELAND STATE Monday • April 7, 2008 • 5 p.m. FE BRUARY EASTERN MICHIGAN VS SAGINAW VALLEY 22 at New Mexico L, 7-16 Tuesday • April 8, 2008 • 3 p.m. 23 at New Mexico (DH) L, 8-9, L 3-13 EASTERN MICHIGAN AT OAKLAND 24 at New Mexico L, 3-6 27 at Florida (DH) L, 2-15, L 8-16 Wednesday • April 9, 2008 • 3 p.m. 28 at Florida Atlantic L, 6-11 29 at Florida Atlantic L, 2-5 EASTERN MICHIGAN AT OHIO MARCH Friday • April 11, 2008 • 6 p.m. 1 at Florida Atlantic L, 11-12 Saturday • April 12, 2008 • 3 p.m. 2 at Florida Atlantic L, 3-24 Sunday • April 13, 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 CLIMBING THE STANDINGS: After taking two of three from Akron, Eastern 15 vs. Wright State (DH)! L, 7-10, L 4-5 16 vs. Wright State! W, 11-2 Michigan University now stands in second place in the Mid-American Confer- 18 GRAND VALLEY STATE Cancelled ence West Division with a 5-1 record, trailing Ball State by just one game. 19 SAGINAW VALLEY Cancelled 21 KENT STATE* Cancelled The Eagles and Cardinals will meet May 2-4 in Muncie, Ind. 22 KENT STATE* Cancelled 23 KENT STATE* Cancelled 26 at Michigan State W, 10-3 HITTING CLINIC: Eight EMU players recorded a hit in the Eagles 12-6 win 27 Oakland Cancelled over Akron, April 7, including six players with mult-hit performances. Leading 28 MIAMI* Cancelled 29 MIAMI* (DH) W, 8-6, W, 2-1 (11) the way for the Eagles was senior first baseman Steve Bradshaw, going 30 MIAMI* W, 3-2 (11) 3-for-5 with four RBI and a run scored. APRIL 1 at Cleveland State Cancelled 2 at Michigan State L, 3-5 4 at Akron* Cancelled ANOTHER SERIES WIN: After dropping the first game of the series 6-2 to 5 at Akron* (DH) L, 2-6; W, 5-4 Akron, the Eagles won two straight for the series win. EMU fought back in 6 at Akron* W, 12-6 8 SAGINAW VALLEY 3 p.m. the ninth inning of game two to win 5-4 and then churned out 12 runs on 18 9 at Oakland 3 p.m. hits for a 12-6 win in game three. 11 at Ohio* 6 p.m. 12 at Ohio* 3 p.m. 13 at Ohio* 1 p.m. TOUCHIN’ ‘EM ALL: Junior catcher Andrew Marshall belted two homeruns 15 at Michigan 6:30 p.m. 16 at Michigan 3:05 p.m. in the second game of the April 5 doubleheader against MAC rival Akron. 18 WESTERN MICHIGAN* 6 p.m. Marshall’s second inning two-run shot put the Eagles up 2-0 while his ninth 19 WESTERN MICHIGAN* 3 p.m. 20 WESTERN MICHIGAN* 1 p.m. inning solo roundtripper knotted the game at 4-4. 23 OLIVET 5 p.m. 25 at Northern Illinois* 3 p.m. 26 at Northern Illinois* 1 p.m. MAJOR LEAGUE SCHEDULE: The Eagles will play six games in the next 27 at Northern Illinois* 1 p.m. 29 INDIANA TECH 5 p.m. seven days, starting with a single game against Cleveland State today, April 30 at Ohio State 6:35 p.m. 7, at home. EMU hosts Saginaw Valley State, April 8, before traveling to MAY 2 at Ball State* 3 p.m. Oakland, April 9, and MAC rival Ohio, April 11-13. 3 at Ball State* 1 p.m. 4 at Ball State* 1 p.m. 6 at Bowling Green* 3 p.m. BIXLER GETS THE CALL: Former Eastern Michigan University All-American 7 BOWLING GREEN* 6 p.m. Brian Bixler has been called up to the active roster for the Pittsburgh Pi- 9 TOLEDO* 6 p.m. 10 TOLEDO* 3 p.m. rates. BIxler, a second-round selection in the 2004 MLB Draft, pinch hit in 11 TOLEDO* 1 p.m. Pittsburgh’s 9-2 win over the Florida Marlins April 6. 13 OAKLAND 6 p.m. 15 at Central Michigan* 3 p.m. 16 at Central Michigan* 1 p.m. CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT FINDS NEW HOME: For just the second 17 at Central Michigan* 1 p.m. 21-25 Mid-American Conference Tournament TBA time in league history, the baseball tournament will be held at a neutral site. 29 NCAA Regional TBA JUNE This year’s venue is the VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. The 2008 8-11 NCAA Super Regional TBA MAC baseball tournament has also expanded from six to eight teams. 15-20 NCAA College World Series TBA 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 FAB FIVE: After starting the season 0-17 the Eagles rebounded, winning five QUICK FACTS straight, including a series sweep of MAC rival Miami in their home-opening weekend series, March 29-30. UNIVERSITY AT A GLANCE Location .......................... 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