2018 Schedule BALL STATE CARDINALS (13-11, 2-1 MAC) VS. Shipyard Classic (Mount Pleasant, S.C.) CENTRAL MICHIGAN CHIPPEWAS (7-17-1, 2-1 MAC) 2/16 vs. UMass Lowell 8-5, W 2/17 vs. Morehead State 0-3, L FRI.-SUN. | MARCH 30-APRIL 1 | MUNCIE, IND. | BALL DIAMOND vs. UMass Lowell (10) 4-3, W 2/18 vs. Morehead State 2-3, L Projected Starters Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic (New Orleans, La.) Pos No Name B/T Ht Wt Yr 2018 Stats (BA/SLG/OBP); Notes 2/23 at New Orleans 1-10, L 2/24 vs. Iowa 14-6, W C 20 Chase Sebby R/R 5-10 180 Jr. .310/.381/.464; thrown out 7 of 19 base stealers 2/24 vs. Virginia Tech 2-4, L 1B 31 John Ricotta R/R 5-10 200 Jr. .191/.265/.295; hit 1st HR as Cardinal on 3/25 at KSU 2B 1 Seth Freed L/R 6-1 193 Sr. .253/.400/.327; SB in three straight games Johnny Gardner Law Group Tour. (Conway, S.C.) SS 3 Noah Powell R/R 5-8 185 So. .351/.514/.426; multiple hits in four straight games 3/2 at Coastal Carolina 3-6, L 3B 8 Justin Kirkpatrick R/R 6-0 188 Sr. .295/.426/.394; season-high 3 hits on 3/26 at Valpo 3/3 vs. Radford 7-0, W 3/4 vs. Maryland 1-13, L LF 32 William Baker R/R 5-11 175 Jr. .264/.310/.343; tied for team lead in runs (19) CF 9 Colin Brockhouse R/R 6-3 200 Sr. .261/.511/.380; MAC leader in HRs (6) and RBIs (21) 3/7 at Gardner-Webb (DH) 6-1, W RF 4 Jeff Riedel R/R 6-0 185 R-Sr. .346/.494/.436; among MAC leaders in BA (.346) at Gardner-Webb (DH) (7) 6-8, L DH 13 Griffin Hulecki R/R 6-1 213 R-Jr. .329/.378/.440; has also started at C, 1B and LF 3/9 at Western Carolina (DH) (7) 7-4, W at Western Carolina (DH) (7) 20-8, W Pitcher 2018 Stats (W-L, ERA, K); Notes 3/10 at Western Carolina 9-8, W 3/14 at Butler 2-6, L Fri. 25 John Baker R/R 6-3 207 So. 3-2, 3.89, 55; leads MAC in strikeouts (55) 3/16 Dayton 3-4, L Sat. 19 Kyle Nicolas R/R 6-3 205 Fr. 2-3, 4.20, 31; at least 5.0 IP in 5 of 6 starts 3/17 at Dayton (DH) 0-3, L Sun. TBD at Dayton (DH) 10-2, W 3/18 Dayton 3-2, W 3/20 Purdue Postponed 3/23 at Kent State* 5-1, W Game Notes 3/24 at Kent State* 0-11, L 8Opening Pitch: After taking on the MAC aFourteen of Ball State’s 16 home runs 3/25 at Kent State* 7-2, W preseason favorite Kent State last weekend, have come when a runner has been on 3/26 at Valparaiso 13-5, W Ball State is now set to take on the 2017 base. Ball State has hit a home run in four of 3/30 Central Michigan* 3 p.m. 3/31 Central Michigan* 1 p.m. MAC West champion and preseason num- its last five games and is 9-1 when hitting a 4/1 Central Michigan* 1 p.m. ber two pick Central Michigan this week- home run this season. 4/3 No. 11 Indiana 3 p.m. end. The Chippewas return 11 of 12 pitchers aThe Cardinals equaled a season high 4/6 at Eastern Michigan* 6 p.m. and six positional starters from their 2017 with eight walks in their most recent game 4/7 at Eastern Michigan* 3 p.m. team that went 16-8 in league play. against Valpo on March 26. 4/8 at Eastern Michigan* 1 p.m. 4/10 at Purdue 7 p.m. The Cardinals are on a pretty good roll aSS Noah Powell has multiple hits in 4/13 Miami (Ohio)* 3 p.m. entering play Friday, winning five of their four straight games. The Cardinals are 9-3 4/14 Miami (Ohio)* 1 p.m. last six games. In that stretch, Ball State is when he starts at shortstop. 4/15 Miami (Ohio)* 1 p.m. hitting .289 while holding the opposition to aBall State pitching ranks third nation- 4/18 at Indiana 6:05 p.m. a .195 batting average. Thirteen Cardinals ally in strikeouts per nine innings (10.8). 4/20 at Bowling Green* 3:05 p.m. 4/21 at Bowling Green* 1:05 p.m. have an RBI in the last six games, led by Mercer (12.2) leads the nation in that catego- 4/22 at Bowling Green* 1:05 p.m. SS Noah Powell and OF Colin Brockhouse, ry. 4/25 Indiana State 3 p.m. who each have six RBIs. aBall State is 11-0 when leading after 4/27 Northern Illinois* 3 p.m. six innings and 2-11 when tied or trailing at 4/28 Northern Illinois* 1 p.m. 8Series History: Ball State has not won that mark. 4/29 Northern Illinois* 1 p.m. 5/2 Ohio State 3 p.m. a home series against Central Michigan aThere are 15 newcomers on the roster 5/4 at Ohio* 6 p.m. since 2007. The Chippewas have won four this season, the most in coach Rich Ma- 5/5 at Ohio* 3 p.m. straight series at First Merchants Ballpark loney’s tenure at Ball State. Seven of the 5/6 at Ohio* 1 p.m. Complex. newcomers have made at least one start. 5/8 at Miami (Ohio) 6 p.m. However, Ball State won two of three aOF Colin Brockhouse is the only 5/9 Purdue 4 p.m. 5/11 at Toledo* 3:05 p.m. games at CMU last year. 2B Seth Freed went Cardinal to start all 24 games at the same 5/12 at Toledo* 1:05 p.m. 6-for-10 (.600) with three RBIs and three position – center field. 5/13 at Toledo* 1:05 p.m. runs scored in that series. OF Jeff Riedel hit aThe Cardinals were 20-1 when record- 5/15 Fort Wayne 3 p.m. .400 (4-for-10) and scored four times. ing at least 10 hits in 2017. Ball State is 8-0 5/17 Western Michigan* 3 p.m. Central Michigan leads the all-time when reaching 10 hits this season. 5/18 Western Michigan* 1 p.m. 5/19 Western Michigan* 1 p.m. series by a count of 93-58. aRHP John Baker ranks ninth nation- ally in strikeouts (55). He has tallied at least 2018 MAC Tournament (at Avon, Ohio) This and That: Some random stats head- six strikeouts in all six of his starts. 5/23-27 vs. TBA TBA 8 ing into the weekend … Asterisk (*) denotes MAC game ~ Home games in bold aBall State only went 11-10 in home All times are Eastern/Times sbject to change games last year and 6-6 against MAC foes. – 1 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2018 Cardinal Baseball • @BallStateBB • @CoachMaloney – 1 – 2018 Ball State Baseball Game Notes Pronunciation Guide Numerical Roster Nolan Gazouski ..........gah-ZOW-skee No Name Pos B/T Ht Wt Yr Hometown Previous School 1 Seth Freed SS/2B L/R 6-1 193 Sr. Bay City, Mich. Seminole State College Griffin Hulecki .............huh-LECK-ee 3 Noah Powell INF R/R 5-8 185 So. Fortville, Ind. Saint Joseph’s College Lukas Jaksich .................JACK-sich 4 Jeff Riedel OF R/R 6-0 185 R-Sr. Cookeville, Tenn. Jackson College Evan Marquardt ............MAHR-kort 5 Drey Jameson OF/RHP R/R 6-0 165 Fr. Greenfield. Ind. Greenfield Central HS Zach Milam .....................MY-lum 6 Noah Navarro 2B R/R 6-0 180 Fr. Avon, Ind. Avon HS Mike Pachmayer ........... PACK-my-er 8 Justin Kirkpatrick SS R/R 6-0 188 Sr. Pendleton, Ind. Vincennes Univ. Jeff Riedel .....................REE-duhl 9 Colin Brockhouse OF R/R 6-3 200 Sr. Fort Wayne, Ind. Northrop HS Ray Skjold .......................SKOLD 10 Nolan Gazouski RHP/3B L/R 6-6 200 So. Rockford, Ill. Ranger College Benjamin Wiegand .......... WEE-gand 11 Erek Bolton C R/R 6-2 210 So. Elk Grove, Calif. Elk Grove HS 13 Griffin Hulecki C/OF R/R 6-1 213 R-Jr. Fishers, Ind. Fishers HS 14 Rhett Wintner 1B/3B R/R 6-4 215 Fr. Carmel, Ind. Carmel HS 16 T.J. Baker RHP R/R 6-1 208 R-Jr. Tipton, Mich. Clinton HS 17 Nick Floyd RHP L/R 6-2 210 Jr. Elkhart, Ind. Jimtown HS Quick Facts 19 Kyle Nicolas RHP R/R 6-3 205 Fr. Massillon, Ohio Jackson HS Location..........................Muncie, Ind. 20 Chase Sebby C R/R 5-10 180 Jr. Huntington Beach, Calif. Cypress College Founded/Enrollment ............1918 / 22,513 22 Chayce McDermott RHP L/R 6-3 175 Fr. Alexandria, Ind. Pendleton Heights HS Nickname ...........................Cardinals 23 Trevor Simon LHP L/L 6-0 200 Sr. Amelia, Ohio Loveland HS Colors .........Cardinal (PMS 200) and White 25 John Baker RHP R/R 6-3 207 So. Hartland, Mich. Hartland HS Conference.............Mid-American (West) 26 Mike Pachmayer LHP L/L 6-6 209 So. Fishers, Ind. Hamilton Southeastern HS President ....................Geoffrey Mearns 27 Cade Luker C L/R 6-0 220 Jr.