2012 Eastern Illinois Baseball Week 9 Assistant SID Greg Lautzenheiser // 2240 Lantz Arena // Office: (217) 581-7020 // Cell: (419) 605-8512 // Email: [email protected] 2012 Schedule/Results Games 31-33 // Eastern Kentucky 13-17 // 4-4 Ohio Valley April 13 at 2 p.m. April 14 at 1 p.m. FEBRUARY April 15 at Noon 17 ...........vs Mississippi Valley State% ..............W, 11-2 17 ...........at Jackson State% ................................. L, 2-1 Turkey Hughes Field (1,500) // Richmond, Ky. 18 ...........vs Mississippi Valley State% ............Rain Out *all times listed as CST 19 ...........at Jackson State% ........................... Canceled 24 ...........at Southeastern Louisiana.................. L, 10-1 BASEBALL HITS THE ROAD FOR OVC SERIES AT EASTERN KENTUCKY 25 ...........at Southeastern Louisiana.................... L, 4-3 COACHING MATCHUP STADIUM INFORMATION 26 ...........at Southeastern Louisiana.................... L, 1-0 Eastern Illinois: Jim Schmitz Facility: Turkey Hughes Field 28 ...........at No. 14 Louisville ..............................W, 3-2 MARCH Alma Mater, Year: Wilmington College, 1979 Capacity: 1,500 3 .............vs IPFW^..............................................W, 8-2 Record at EIU (Yrs.): 460-473 (18th) Dimensions: 340-410-330 3 .............at Evansville^.......................................W, 9-3 Career Record: 624-634 (25th) Surface: Field Turf/Natural 4 .............at Evansville^........................................ L, 5-1 Press Box Phone: (859) 200-1958 6 .............at Indiana State .................................. L, 10-0 Eastern Kentucky: Jason Stein 9 .............at South Florida .................................... L, 4-0 Alma Mater: Eastern Kentucky, 1997 10 ...........at South Florida ...................................W, 3-0 Record at EKU (Yrs.): 79-84 (4th) 11 ...........at South Florida .................................... L, 5-1 Career Record: Same 12 ...........vs Iowa+ ............................................... L, 2-1 14 ...........vs Navy+ ............................................... L, 9-6 15 ...........vs Bucknell+ ................................ W, 6-5 (11) 16 ........... vs Northwestern+ ................................ L, 1-0 Pitching Matchups 20 ...........at Southern Illinois ..............................W, 5-1 23 ...........at SIU Edwardsville* ............................. L, 2-1 April 13 • Eastern Illinois at Eastern Kentucky 24 ...........at SIU Edwardsville* ............................W, 6-3 RHP Mike Hoekstra (2-2 W-L, 2.30 ERA) 25 ...........at SIU Edwardsville* ............................ L, 2-0 27 ...........NO. 30 SAINT LOUIS ...................... W, 13-6 vs RHP Matt Harris (4-3 W-L, 5.13 ERA) 30 ...........SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* .................W, 5-1 31 ...........SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* .................L, 12-5 April 14 • Eastern Illinois vs Eastern Kentucky APRIL LHP Christian Slazinik (4-3 W-L, 2.70 ERA) 1 ............SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* ............... W, 10-0 vs LHP Shane Grimm (3-4 W-L, 3.92 ERA) 3 .............at Illinois State.................................L, 9-1 (5) 6 ............AUSTIN PEAY* ........................... L, 8-7 (17) April 15 • Eastern Illinois at Eastern Kentucky 7 ............AUSTIN PEAY* ............................W, 2-1 (9) RHP Troy Barton (4-3 W-L, 1.73 ERA) 10 ...........at Illinois ............................................. L, 10-3 vs TBA 11 ...........ILLINOIS COLLEGE ......................... W, 10-3 13 ...........at Eastern Kentucky* ..........................2 p.m. 14 ...........at Eastern Kentucky* ..........................1 p.m. Possible EIU Position Starters 15 ...........at Eastern Kentucky* ..........................NOON 18 ...........vs Illinois # ...........................................6 p.m. Pos No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. B/T AVG R 2B HR RBI SB-SBA 20 ...........MOREHEAD STATE* ........................3 P.M. C 37 Jacob Reese 5-10 195 So. R/R .292 14 8 1 13 3-5 21 ...........MOREHEAD STATE* ........................1 P.M. 1B 27 T.J. McManus 6-1 210 R-Sr. L/R .310 13 7 3 13 0-1 22 ...........MOREHEAD STATE* ........................1 P.M. 2B 8 Cameron Berra 5-10 205 So. R/R .333 4 0 0 2 0-0 24 ...........at Western Illinois ..........................3:30 p.m. or 1 Nathan Sopena 5-9 180 Jr. R/R .197 8 3 0 3 4-5 25 ...........BENEDICTINE (IL) ............................3 P.M. 3B 33 Brant Valach 6-2 205 Fr. R/R .269 4 5 1 18 1-1 27 ...........at Tennessee Tech* .............................6 p.m. SS 3 Ryan Dineen 6-1 200 Jr. L/R .336 14 8 2 15 10-14 28 ...........at Tennessee Tech* .............................2 p.m. 29 ...........at Tennessee Tech* .............................1 p.m. LF 5 David Ciaglia 6-4 220 R-Sr. R/R .235 11 6 2 7 2-3 MAY CF 4 Nick Priessman 5-11 185 Jr. S/R .247 14 0 2 6 5-9 4 .............at Murray State* .................................3 p.m. RF 15 Caleb Howell 5-11 165 Fr. L/L .226 12 1 0 8 3-5 5 .............at Murray State* .................................2 p.m. DH 24 Ben Thoma 6-2 210 R-Sr. R/R .190 10 4 6 12 0-1 6 .............at Murray State* .................................1 p.m. 8 .............at Saint Louis .......................................6 p.m. 11 ...........UT MARTIN* ...................................3 P.M. 12 ...........UT MARTIN* ...................................1 P.M. OVC Standings 13 ...........UT MARTIN* ...................................1 P.M. OVC Overall 15 ...........BRADLEY .........................................3 P.M. Team Record Pct H A N Streak Record Pct H A N Streak 17 ...........at Jacksonville State* ..........................6 p.m. Austin Peay 7-1 .875 3-0 4-1 0-0 L1 20-12 .625 12-6 8-6 0-0 W1 18 ...........at Jacksonville State* ..........................1 p.m. Eastern Kentucky 6-3 .667 4-2 2-1 0-0 L1 14-16 .467 7-7 7-9 0-0 L1 19 ...........at Jacksonville State* ..........................1 p.m. 23-26 ......OVC Tournament .....................................TBA Jacksonville State 6-3 .667 2-1 4-2 0-0 W1 12-19 .387 5-8 4-9 3-2 L1 Morehead State 5-4 .556 1-2 4-2 0-0 W1 19-14 .576 10-5 8-9 1-0 W2 All Times Central and subject to change Tennessee Tech 5-4 .556 3-0 2-4 0-0 L1 14-18 .438 10-7 3-10 1-1 W1 Home games listed in BOLD CAPS Eastern Illinois 4-4 .500 3-2 1-2 0-0 W1 13-17 .433 5-2 5-12 3-3 W1 * Ohio Valley Conference game Murray State 3-6 .333 3-3 0-3 0-0 W1 17-17 .500 12-9 5-8 0-0 W2 % Jackson State Tournament (Jackson, Miss.) SIUE 3-6 .333 3-3 0-3 0-0 L1 15-18 .455 10-8 5-10 0-0 L1 + Spring Break Tournament (Davenport, Fla.) UT Martin 3-6 .333 2-1 1-5 0-0 L1 9-23 .281 7-7 1-15 1-1 L2 ^ Evansville Tournament (Evansville, Ind.) Southeast Missouri 2-7 .222 1-5 1-2 0-0 W1 10-24 .294 8-13 2-11 0-0 W2 # Game played at Peterson Park (Mattoon, Ill.) *as of 04/12/12 Page 2 EIU at Eastern Kentucky • April 13-15 Career Record Watch Player/Team Notes Home Runs GAMES 31-33 STARTING ROTATION PACES OVC IN ERA 1. Matt Marzec ......................39 ...............1996-00 The Panther baseball team travels to Richmond, The Panther starting rotation of Mike Hoekstra, 2. Tim Pyznarski .....................36 ...............1979-81 Ky., for a weekend Ohio Valley Conference series Christian Slazinik and Troy Barton is arguably the 3. Bret Pignatiello ..................35 ...............2000-03 4. Stan Royer .........................34 ...............1986-88 with Eastern Kentucky. EIU is 13-17 (4-4 OVC) on best weekend rotation in the OVC as far as ERA is 5. Ben Thoma .......................30 .......... 2008-pres. the year while EKU is 14-16 (6-3 OVC). concerned. Barton ranks second with a 1.73 ERA 6. Brian Nickell .......................28 ...............1999-02 while Hoekstra ranks third (2.30 ERA) and Slazinik Mark Tomse .......................28 ...............1996-99 LAST TIME OUT ranks fifth (2.70 ERA). Clint Benhoff ......................28 ...............1997-98 The Panthers are coming off two midweek games, Keith Mierzwa ....................28 ...............1991-94 9. Sean Lyons .........................27 ...............1996-99 dropping a 10-3 contests at Illinois on Tuesday Hoekstra also leads the OVC in innings pitched 10. Josh Zink ............................26 ...............1995-98 before defeating Illinois College by the same score (54.2) while ranking fourth in strikeouts (43 K). Dan Hargis .........................26 ...............1987-89 on Wednesday. EIU committed a season-high Barton also ranks second in opponent batting Mike Rooney ......................26 ...............1984-87 five errors in the loss to the Fighting Illini before average (.198 BA) while Slazinik ranks third (.209 committing four miscues against the Blue Boys. BA). Runs Batted In 1. Matt Marzec .....................167 ..............1996-00 2. Tim Pyznarski ....................156 ..............1979-81 EIU hit .324 between the two games, paced by PANTHERS STRUGGLING AT THE PLATE 3. Stan Royer ........................151 ..............1986-88 Cameron Berra who went 3-for-5 at the plate. EIU ranks last in the conference in hitting with a 4. Ryan Campbell ..................145 ..............2004-07 Caleb Howell posted a .500 batting average (3-for- .246 batting average. Only two players in Ryan 5. Josh Zink ...........................138 ..............1995-98 6) in the two contests. The pitching staff put up a Dineen (.336 BA) and T.J. McManus (.310 BA) are 6. Bret Pignatiello .................131 ..............2000-03 3.18 ERA with 16 strikeouts. batting over .300 this season. 7. Jordan Kreke .....................129 ..............2006-09 8.