Baseball Battles Eastern Illinois at Dwelling This Weekend

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MOREHEAD, Ky. —

 Morehead Point out baseball will test to maintain its grasp on to start with spot in the Ohio Valley Convention this weekend when Jap Illinois visits. The teams will enjoy a 3-recreation meeting established on Friday-Saturday and a solo recreation Sunday which wont have league standings implications.

Friday’s action at Allen Industry commences at Noon ET with Saturday’s to start with pitch at 11 a.m. The groups are back at it at Midday Sunday.

Games one particular, two and 4 will be carried are living on ESPN+.

MSU Possible STARTER Facts

Activity 1: RHP Jason Goe (4/8/21 at APSU, 5.2 IP, 12 H, 10 R, 10 ER, 2 K, 1 BB, L)
Match 2: RHP John Sherman (4/9/21 at APSU, 3.1 IP, 5 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 2K, 6 BB, ND)

Video game 4: TBA

Noteworthy
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– In the all-time sequence between these two teams, it is been mainly driven by EIU wins. The Panthers direct the sequence 52-16. On the other hand, the last two occasions the teams met for a a few-sport tussle (2018, 2019), Morehead Point out has come out the victor, successful two of three. Thanks to the quirk of the COVID-19 season in 2020 with no teams playing extra than just one meeting series, this will mark the next straight collection that EIU has traveled to MSU.

– Freshman heart-fielder Ryley Preece won his first, and the team’s first of 2021, OVC Player of the 7 days for his attempts at Austin Peay. Preece belted property operates in all 3 games, which includes two in the opener, batted .615 in the sequence, scored 7 occasions and knocked in nine RBI.

– The Eagle bats have revved up in the previous 7 game titles. Morehead Point out is averaging 10.5 operates per activity in that span and batting .343 as a group. The Eagles have also smacked 15 residence runs and legged out 14 doubles in people 7.

– Talking of revving up, freshman initially baseman Jackson Feltner and sophomore DH Alex Jacobs are equally batting far better than .500 in the past 7 video games. Feltner has batted .536 (15-of-28) with a staff-superior 13 RBI in that span, when Jacobs strike .533 (8-of-15). Over-all, Feltner ranks 2nd in the OVC in on-base proportion at .495.

– Feltner ranks 2nd in the country among the true freshmen in batting regular at .410. He trails only Arizona’s Jacob Berry (.415) between accurate freshmen hitters.

– This weekend’s collection will function the three prime hitters in the OVC at present in EIU’s Logan Eickhoff (.435), Trey Sweeney (.413) and Feltner (.410).

– Senior next baseman Bryce Hensor has only been held hitless twice in the previous 12 video games and has seven multi-strike online games in that span. Due to the fact March 16, he has upped his batting typical 87 points to .360. Hensor also ranks Initially in the OVC with 33 operates scored.

– Senior lefty John Bakke prospects the OVC with 17 appearances and ranks next in strikeouts for each nine frames (11.3) and will save (4). Fellow lefty reliever Cory Conway has made 13 trips to the mound, ranks First in the OVC in wins with 6 and second in Era at 3.18.

– With his following reduction appearance, senior Cory Conway will tie former nearer Craig Pearcy (2012-16) for 2nd-most reduction appearances in system record with 69.