Emporia State Hornets Game Notes vs. Rogers State Hillcats Emporia State Ticket Info Emporia State Hornets (6-11, 3-9 MIAA) vs. Rogers State After consultation with LCPH, Emporia State will allow fans vs. Rogers State Hillcats (10-6, 7-5 MIAA) in the Trusler Sports Complex for baseball and softball this Friday, March 26 • 5:00 p.m. • Trusler Sports Complex • Emporia, Kan. spring. Masks and social distancing will be required and Saturday, March 27 • 12:00 p.m. (DH) • Trusler Sports Complex • Emporia, Kan. there is to be no congregating in the concession stand or Series Record: First Meeting Last Meeting: First Meeting rest rooms. Seating in the bleachers will be every other row. Live Stats: esuhornets.com Video Stream: themiaanetwork.com/esuhornets Ticket prices are $5 for adults/ $3 for youth and senior citizens Radio: KFFX 104.9FM (Friday only) Audio Stream: www.kvoe.com (Friday only) ESU ticket info: Up Next: at Pittsburg State • March 30, 2021 1-877-341-NEST • tickets.emporia.edu All Ortolani Field • Pittsburg, Kan. 2021 Schedule and Results STARTING TOUGH SCOUTING THE HILLCATS Date Opponent Time/Result Emporia State takes on Rogers State to wrap Rogers State is 10-6 overall and 7-5 in the Feb 20 at CSU-Pueblo W 11-3 up a nine game home stand. The Hornets MIAA. They took one of three games from Feb 21 at CSU-Pueblo (DH) L 3-5; L 10-11 have had the toughest schedule in the MIAA to Central Missouri to open MIAA play, then swept Feb 22 at CSU-Pueblo W 8-6 start the season with their first four conference Missouri Western before getting swept by Feb 27 at Missouri Southern* L 0-3 opponents a combined 44-22 on the year. Northwest Missouri. The Hillcats won three at Feb 27 at Missouri Southern* L 3-4 Fort Hays State last weekend. They have a Feb 28 at Missouri Southern* L 0-7 LAST AT BAT .291 team batting average and rank second in Mar 3 Wayne State (Neb.) W 19-18 Emporia State was swept by sixth ranked the MIAA with a .974 team fielding percentage Mar 6 at Northwest Missouri* W 10-0 Central Missouri in a three game series at and are third in the league with a 4.50 team Mar 6 at Northwest Missouri* L 1-2 the Trusler Sports Complex last weekend. ERA. Brett Karalius is 3-1 on the year with a Mar 7 at Northwest Missouri* W 11-3 The Hornets fell 15-1 in the first game before 2.15 ERA that ranks sixth in the MIAA. Jackson Mar 11 Central Oklahoma* W 5-1 dropping the matinee of Saturday’s double Somonsgaard is ninth in the league with 30 Mar 11 Central Oklahoma* L 5-11 header 7-4 and falling 15-5 in the finale. strikeouts while Jordan Ewig has two saves Mar 12 Central Oklahoma* L 1-2 to rank sixth in the MIAA. Offensively Brandon Mar 19 Central Missouri* L 1-15 THE COACHES Bradshaw is fourth in the MIAA with a .494 on is 46-40 in his third season base percentage and is tied for seventh with 18 Mar 20 Central Missouri* L 4-7 Seth Wheeler as the Hornets head coach. This is his first RBI. Skyler Nelson is tied for fifth in the league Mar 20 Central Missouri* L 5-15 meeting with Rogers State. with 19 RBI. Mar 26 Rogers State* 5:00 PM Chris Klimas is 159-127 in his seventh season Mar 27 Rogers State* 12:00 PM at Rogers State. This is his first meeting with SERIES HISTORY Mar 27 Rogers State* 3:00 PM Emporia State. This will be the first meeting between the Mar 30 at Pittsburg State 6:00 PM Hornets and the Hillcats. Baseball was one of Apr 2 at Newman* 2:00 PM SCOUTING THE HORNETS the first two sports for Rogers State when the Apr 3 at Newman* 12:00 PM Emporia State is 6-11, 3-9 in the MIAA. As a began their athletic department in 2006. Apr 3 at Newman* 3:00 PM team they are hitting .274 with a 5.40 ERA and Apr 9 at Washburn* 5:00 PM .953 fielding percentage. Brady Michel is fifth in LAST AT BAT AGAINST ROGERS STATE Apr 10 at Washburn* 2:00 PM the MIAA in batting average at .420 and ranks The two teams were scheduled to meet Apr 10 at Washburn* 5:00 PM sixth with a .491 on base percentage. Blake almost exactly one year ago on March 27-29 Apr 13 Pittsburg State 6:00 PM Carroll is leading the MIAA with five triples and in Claremore, Okla. before the COVID-19 Apr 16 Missouri Western* 6:00 PM 13 runs scored. His next triple will move him pandemic shut down all sports. Apr 17 Missouri Western* 12:00 PM into a tie for tenth on the ESU single season Apr 17 Missouri Western* 3:00 PM list. Chandler Bloomer is batting .328 with 12 UP NEXT Apr 24 at Northeastern State* 11:00 AM RBI and 13 runs scored. Jake Barton is 2-3 The Hornets are scheduled to travel to Apr 24 at Northeastern State* 2:00 PM with a 4.33 ERA and 35 strikeouts while Drew Pittsburg State on Tuesday, March 30 for a Apr 25 at Northeastern State* 1:00 PM Repp is 1-1 with a 3.77 ERA and 21 strikeouts. non-conference game against the Gorillas. First Apr 30 Fort Hays State* 6:00 PM Jarred Kengott is 1-3 with a 2.66 ERA and 26 pitch from Al Ortolani Field in Pittsburg, Kan. is May 1 Fort Hays State* 12:00 PM strikeouts but missed his last start. The starting set for 6:00 p.m. May 1 Fort Hays State* 3:00 PM pitchers are 4-8 with a 4.01 ERA while the May 6 at Pittsburg State* 6:00 PM bullpen is 2-3 with a 7.95 ERA. May 7 at Pittsburg State* 1:00 PM May 7 at Pittsburg State* 4:00 PM Probable Starters Batters Name Yr. B/T BA HR RBI 2B R SB Hometown MIAA Opening Round Series C 11 Cooper Minnick Sr. R/R .306 2 10 3 14 3-4 Leon, Kan. May 14-16 Campus Sites (Best 2 of 3) 1B 33 Chandler Bloomer So. L/R .328 2 12 4 13 0-0 Ottawa, Kan. MIAA Championship Tournament 2B 8 Jack Maki Jr. R/R .283 0 7 2 5 1-3 Andover, Kan. May 20-23 Joplin, Mo. (Double Elimination) 3B 5 Brigham Mooney Sr. R/R .130 0 2 0 7 0-1 Blue Springs, Mo. SS 24 Blake Carroll Jr. L/L .290 1 10 3 13 1-2 Wichita, Kan. *= MIAA Game LF 2 Brady Michel Sr. R/R .420 1 12 4 7 0-0 Great Bend, Kan. CF 9 Sam Chaput Jr. L/R .218 0 6 2 8 2-3 Boisbriand, Quebec Home games in Bold at Glennen Field RF 13 Noah Geekie Jr. R/L .258 1 9 2 10 3-5 Strathclair, Manitoba Media Contact DH 4 Javier Pena Jr. R/R .250 1 6 4 6 0-0 Kansas City, Kan. Emporia State: Don Weast, Assoc. AD Pitchers Name Yr W-L ERA Sv AP/GS IP K BB Hometown RHP 7 Jake Barton Sr. 2-3 4.33 0 5/5 27.0 35 11 Omaha, Neb. Phone: (620) 344-6190 Cell RHP 26 Drew Repp Sr. 1-1 3.77 0 5/5 28.2 21 10 Topeka, Kan. Email: [email protected] RHP 21 Zach Ebert Jr. 0-1 6.92 0 5/3 13.0 14 10 Topeka, Kan. RHP 23 Jared Kengott Jr. 1-3 2.66 0 4/4 23.2 26 8 Addison, Texas WEBSITE: esuhornets.com Bullpen TWITTER: @ESUSports RHP 34 Coleton Crisp Sr. 0-1 4.85 0 8/0 13.0 12 6 Whitewater, Kan. LHP 39 Jarrett Seaton Jr. 0-0 10.80 1 7/0 11.2 11 7 Omaha, Neb. FACEBOOK: facebook/ESUAthletics Emporia State Hornets vs. Rogers State Hillcats Glennen Field/Trusler 2021 HORNET BASEBALL Emporia, Kan. March 26-27, 2021 Page 2 Emporia State Statistics Summary for Emporia State (as of Mar 25, 2021) (All games) Record: 6-11 Home: 2-5 Away: 4-6 MIAA: 3-9 Date Opponent Score Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb hbp so sb-att 2/20 at CSU-Pueblo W 11-3 2 Michel,Brady . 4 2 0 14-13 50721401115280-0 2/21 at CSU-Pueblo L 3-5 33 Bloomer,Chanler . 3 2 8 17-17 64 13 21 4 0 2 12 8 0 15 0-0 2/21 at CSU-Pueblo L 10-11 11 Minnick,Cooper . 3 0 6 17-17 62 14 19 3 0 2 10 5 9 7 3-4 2/22 at CSU-Pueblo W 8-6 24 Carroll,Blake . 2 9 0 17-17 69 13 20 3 5 1 10 7 1 17 1-2 *2/27 at #18 Mo. Southern St. L 0-3 8 Maki,Jack . 2 8 3 17-17 53515210792101-3 *2/27 at #18 Mo. Southern St. L 3-4 13 Geekie,Noah . 2 5 8 17-17 621016201922103-5 *2/28 at #18 Mo. Southern St. L 0-7 4 Pena, Javier . 2 5 0 11-8 3268401612110-0 3/3 WAYNE STATE (NEB.) W 19-18 15 Cherry,Quinn .