230 Millett Hall MIAMI Oxford, OH 45056 (513) 529-4327 UNIVERSITY Fax: (513) 529-6729 Email: [email protected] ATHLETIC Web Site: www.MURedHawks.com Mike Wolf, Director Angie Renninger, Asst. Director MEDIA RELATIONS Vince Frieden, Pub. Coord./Asst. Dir. Ryan Erb, Asst. Dir. Josh Tenisci, Intern GAME NOTES: May 10, 2001 Norma McClure, Sr. Program Asst. 2001 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time/Result 2001 MIAMI BASEBALL (30-21, 14-10 MAC) 2/16 No. 14 Alabama ........................... L , 2-13 2/17 No. 14 Alabama ............................. L, 1-2 2/18 No. 14 Alabama ............................. L, 2-9 Miami vs. Kent State (23-25, 14-9 MAC) 2/24 OHIO DOMINICAN ....................... W, 14-11 2/25 OHIO WESLEYAN .......................... W, 14-2 3/2 Evansville •• ................................. W, 4-0 May 11 • 3 p.m. • Kent, Ohio 3/3 Dayton •• .................................... L, 4-14 3/4 Iowa •• ................................... Cancelled May 12 (DH) • 1 p.m. • Kent, Ohio 3/10 Fresno State .................................. W, 2-1 May 13 • 1 p.m. • Kent, Ohio 3/11 Fresno State ..................... L, 2-3 (10 inn.) 3/12 Bucknell ••• ................................ L, 9-12 3/13 Illinois ••• .................................. L, 7-10 3/14 Portland ••• ................................. W, 7-6 3/15 No. 8 Notre Dame ••• ....... L, 2-3 (11 inn.) 2001 MIAMI PROBABLE STARTERS (29-21, 14-10 MAC) 3/16 New Mexico ••• .......................... W, 17-3 No. Name Pos. Yr. B/T Hometown/High School 3/17 Bucknell ••• ............................... W, 14-2 3/20 Dayton ......................................... L, 4-5 20 Jason Knoedler RF Jr. S/R Springfield, Ill./Springfield 3/21 XAVIER ......................................... W, 4-1 2 Brady Nori 1B Sr. R/R Middletown, Ohio/Middletown 3/24 Austin Peay ................................ W, 10-6 24 Clark Mace CF Sr. L/L London, Ohio/Madison Plains 3/25 Austin Peay ................................ W, 10-5 9 Jeremy Ison SS Sr. R/R Hudson, Ohio/Hudson 3/27 Xavier ........................................ W, 16-4 28 Luke Reinhart C Sr. R/R Downers Grove, Ill./Montini Catholic 3/28 BUTLER ........................................ L, 4-6 3/30 WESTERN MICHIGAN • .................... W, 8-5 35 Tom Yost DH Sr. L/R London, Ohio/Jonathan Alder 3/31 WESTERN MICHIGAN (DH) • . L, 7-11; L 7-10 1 Michael Carlin LF So. R/R Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon 4/1 WESTERN MICHIGAN • ................... L, 3-11 12 Andi Scheidt 3B So. R/R Cincinnati, Ohio/LaSalle 4/4 Cincinnati .................................... L, 6-16 3 Zach Schmidt 2B So. R/R Cincinnati, Ohio/McNicholas 4/6 BALL STATE (DH) • ............ W, 4-1; L, 7-12 4/8 Ball State (DH) • ............... L, 3-6; L, 6-22 4/10 CINCINNATI ................................... W, 7-6 Top Reserves 4/11 KENTUCKY ................................ W, 11-10 17 David Cook OF So. R/R Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales 4/13 Buffalo • ...................................... W, 3-1 4 Matt Lee INF Fr. R/R Phoenix, Ariz/Sunnyslope 4/14 Buffalo (DH) • .................. W, 2-1; W, 17-1 21 Eddie Tillitz OF Jr. R/R Matinsville, Ind./Martinsville 4/15 Buffalo • ...................................... W, 9-2 5 Scott Walti OF Sr. R/R Libertyville, Ill./North Central 4/17 DAYTON .......................................... Ppd. 4/18 INDIANA ....................................... W, 5-1 4/20 MARSHALL • ................................. W, 4-1 Pitching Rotation 4/21 MARSHALL (DH) • ............. L, 0-15; W, 9-5 34 Chris Leonard P So. L/L Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales 4/22 MARSHALL • ............................... W, 18-3 27 Billy Kieninger P Jr. R/R Xenia, Ohio/Xenia 4/24 Wright State ................................. W, 9-6 26 Judd Richardson P So. R/R Caledon, Ontario/Country Day 4/27 Ohio • .......................................... L, 4-7 4/28 Ohio (DH) • ...................... L, 3-5; W, 13-5 23 Russ Bayer P Jr. L/L Naperville, Ill./Naperville North 4/29 Ohio • ....................................... L, 14-17 5/4 AKRON • ..................................... W, 18-8 In the Bullpen 5/5 AKRON (DH) • ................ W, 7-4; W, 18-13 29 Matt Allen P Sr. S/R Carmel, Calif./Carmel 5/6 AKRON • ..................................... W, 27-9 22 Michael Gardner P So. R/R Louisville, Ky./Ballard 5/7 DAYTON ........................................ W, 9-5 5/8 WRIGHT STATE .......................... Cancelled 32 Aaron Johnson P Fr. R/R Ortonville, Mich./Brandon 5/11 Kent State • .................................. 3 p.m. 18 Justin Knoedler C/P Jr. R/R Springfield, Ill./Springfield 5/12 Kent State (DH) • .......................... 1 p.m. 19 Shawn Landis P Jr. R/R Pleasant Hill, Ohio/Newton 5/13 Kent State • .................................. 1 p.m. 5/16-19 MAC Tournament .............................. TBA Home games in CAPS THE GAMES • Mid-American Conference game The RedHawks enter their final Mid-American Conference weekend series at Kent •• Evansville Tournament (Evansville, Ind.) State on a five-game win streak. Miami swept the Akron Zips over the weekend and ••• Pepsi/Johnny Quik Classic (Fresno, Calif.) (DH) indicates doubleheader pushed the streak to five on Monday with a 9-5 victory over Dayton. Kent State NOTE: Rankings from date of contest enters the final weekend of conference action after splitting a four-game set with Bowling Green. Athletic Media Relations This weekend’s series between the RedHawks and the Golden Flashes may Office Phone .......................... (513) 529-4327 determine tournament seedings depending on the final outcome of the set. Kent Fax ....................................... (513) 529-6729 State has a 14-9 MAC record while the Red and White are a half game back with a Mike Wolf ......................................... Director 14-10 conference record. Miami can guarantee itself the second seed in the East Angie Renninger .............................. Assistant Vince Frieden ............... Assistant/Publications Division by winning a minimum of three games versus the Golden Flashes. Ryan Erb ....................... Assistant/BB Contact Last year, Miami split its weekend series with the Golden Flashes before going Josh Tenisci ......................................... Intern on to take three-of-four from Ohio and eventually win the MAC Tournament Mike Flynn .............................. Student Intern championship. The series with Kent State began in 1952 and the Golden Flashes 2 2001 REDHAWK BASEBALL GAME NOTES hold the advantage over the Red and White, 67-60-1. Smith Versus 2001 Opponents THE TOURNEY PICTURE Opponent Record With four Mid-American Conference games remaining before the MAC Tourna- Akron ............................................ 14-6 ment, Miami finds itself as the fifth team in the tournament field after four Alabama ........................................... 0-3 Austin Peay ...................................... 2-0 victories over conference foe Akron. Ball State ....................................... 6-10 The Tournament format is different than in years past as the top two teams Bowling Green ................................. 12-7 in each division plus the next two teams with the highest conference winning Bucknell ........................................... 1-1 percentage, regardless of division, will be included in the field. Previously, the Buffalo ............................................. 4-0 top three teams in each division participated in the Tournament. Butler .............................................. 2-1 Central Michigan ............................... 5-5 Therefore, Miami stands ahead of West Division-rival Western Michigan (13- Cincinnati ......................................... 3-4 11) for the fifth spot in the field. However, Eastern Michigan (12-10), did not Dayton ............................................. 5-4 play this past weekend and could cause some noise for the final two spots in Eastern Michigan ............................... 6-4 the tourney field. Evansville ......................................... 2-1 Fresno State ..................................... 1-1 Miami controls its own destiny with regards to earning a ticket to the Illinois ............................................. 0-1 postseason tournament. If the RedHawks win three or four games with Kent Indiana ............................................ 2-2 State, they are guaranteed to finish second in the East Division. However, if Iowa ................................................. 0-0 Miami were to win two or fewer games versus Kent State it will need help from Kent State ...................................... 10-8 Kentucky .......................................... 1-2 other MAC teams to capture a tourney berth. Five of the six weekend MAC Marshall ......................................... 11-5 series have playoff implications. Ohio, Kent State, Western Michigan, Eastern Navy ................................................ 0-0 Michigan, Central Michigan, along with Miami, are all fighting for four of the New Mexico ...................................... 1-0 six playoff spots. Ball State and Bowling Green have clinched tournament Notre Dame ....................................... 0-1 Ohio ............................................. 10-12 berths, and with two more victories, the Cardinals are guaranteed to win the Ohio Dominican ................................ 1-0 MAC regular-season championship and earn the right to host the upcoming Ohio Wesleyan ................................... 1-0 MAC Tournament (May 16-19). Portland