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– 1964 & 1999 Teams Reunion Weekend –JaCKsOnViLLe state GaMeCOCKs (20-�3, 5-4 OVC)at #29 easteRn iLLinOis PantHeRs (26-6, 9-� OVC)

Three-Game Series • Coaches Stadium • Charleston, IllinoisDoubleheader Saturday, April 18 at 1 p.m. • Series Finale Saturday, April 19 at 1 p.m.

series History in eastern’s OVC era: EIU leads 9-82008: JSU won 2-of-3 in Charleston, EIU won the OVC Tournament meeting

Live stats & audio: www.EIUpanthers.com

EASTERN ILLINOIS2009 BASEBALL

– PROBaBLe PitCHinG MatCH-uPs –naMe ............................................... W-L Gs iP H R-eR BB K eRa B/aVGJosh Mueller (So, RHP) ...................... 6-0 8 48.2 51 24-24 25 44 4.44 .276 vs. Daniel Watts (Fr, LHP) .............. 3-2 5 28 26 19-16 16 16 5.14 .248Tyler Kehrer (Jr, LHP) ......................... 3-2 8 42.2 40 27-23 25 48 4.85 .241 vs. Ben Tootle (Jr, RHP) ................. 3-1 8 37.2 27 20-15 22 45 3.58 .197Mike Recchia (So, RHP)..................... 6-0 8 46.2 28 8-6 14 49 1.16 .171 vs. Austin Lucas (Jr, RHP) .............. 3-1 7 36.2 36 22-16 11 30 3.93 .250

– FeBRuaRy –20 at Southeastern Louisiana W 9-621 at Southeastern Louisiana L 8-622 at Southeastern Louisiana W 5-127 # vs Saint Louis L 5-428 # vs Butler W 7-6

– MaRCH –1 # at Evansville Canceled4 at Southern Illinois W 5-17 + vs Milwaukee W 4-37 + at #25 Louisville L 10-68 + vs Milwaukee W 16-410 at Indiana State L 10-913 % at South Florida W 9-514 % vs Bethune-Cookman W 5-315 % vs #15 Oklahoma W 8-617 vs Indiana (LakeLand, FLa.) W 6-318 vs Bradley (Winter Haven, FLa.) L 7-121 • at Morehead State W 26-16 • at Morehead State W 6-422 • at Morehead State W 10-124 at Chicago State W 16-125 iLLinOis state W 9-528 • tennessee teCH (2) Canceled29 • tennessee teCH W 25-5 • tennessee teCH W 2-031 at Saint Louis W 12-8

– aPRiL –� CHiCaGO state W �6-54 • MuRRay state W ��-5 • MuRRay state W 2-�5 • MuRRay state Canceled8 inDiana state W 25-710 • at UT Martin W 10-3 • at UT Martin L 13-311 • at UT Martin W 30-314 at Illinois W 5-1�5 BLaCKBuRn COLLeGe W 24-4�8 • JaCKsOnViLLe state (2) � p.m.�9 • JaCKsOnViLLe state � p.m.2� saint LOuis 3 p.m.22 BRaDLey 3 p.m.23 iLLinOis COLLeGe 3 p.m.25 siu eDWaRDsViLLe (2) � p.m.26 siu eDWaRDsViLLe � p.m.28 vs Missouri (O’FaLLOn, MO.) 6:30 p.m.29 vs Southern Illinois (MattOOn, iLL.) 6:30 p.m.

– May –2 • at Southeast Missouri (2) 1 p.m.3 • at Southeast Missouri 1 p.m.9 • at Austin Peay (2) 1 p.m.10 • at Austin Peay 1 p.m.12 at Butler 2 p.m.�5 • easteRn KentuCKy (2) � p.m.�6 • easteRn KentuCKy � p.m.

– OVC tOuRnaMent (Paducah, Ky.) –20 First Round TBA21 Second Round TBA22 Third Round TBA23 Championship Round TBA

– nCaa ReGiOnaL (Location tBd) –29 First Round TBA30 Second Round TBA31 Third Round TBA

• Ohio Valley Conference game# Dunn Hospitality Diamond Classic (evansviLLe)+ Cardinal Classic (LOuisviLLe, ky.)% Bulls Baseball Classic (taMpa, FLa.)(2) Doubleheader | All Times CentralHOMe GaMes at COaCHes’ staDiuM

EIU Leaders at Home: 8-Game TotalsJordan Kreke: .560, 3 2B, 4 HR, 14 RBI, 11 R, 2 BB

Curt Restko: .444, 3 2B, HR, 9 RBI, 12 R, 2 BB, 2 SBRichie Derbak: .429, 4 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 6 R, BB

Zach Borenstein: .400, 3 2B, HR, 11 RBI, 10 R, 5 BBGerik Wallsten: .389, 2B, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 7 R, BB, 4 Sac

Jordan tokarz: .370, 3B, 3 HR, 12 RBI, 12 R, 4 BB

– easteRn’s Best in tHe BuLLPen –naMe ............................................... W-L aPP iP H R-eR BB K eRa B/aVGRichie Derbak (Jr, RHP) ..................... 3-2 16 23.1 29 8-8 7 25 3.09 .312Brian Morrell (Sr, RHP) ....................... 3-1 15 33.1 36 28-18 15 26 4.86 .261 Jordan Kreke (Sr, RHP) ...................... 1-0 11 14.2 9 8-7 3 13 4.30 .173Josh Wilson (Jr, RHP) ........................ 0-0 4 6.2 2 0-0 1 5 0.00 .105Matt Miller (So, RHP) .......................... 0-0 9 17.2 27 16-16 12 7 8.15 .351Mike Martin (RS-Fr, RHP) ................... 4-0 12 29 32 24-24 24 19 7.45 .296

– easteRn’s PROBaBLe LineuP –POs # naMe .................................... avg Runs hits XBH HR RBi BB OBP sBRF 18 Zach Borenstein (Fr) .............. .408 22 29 6 2 21 14 .506 1-32B 3 Jordan Tokarz (Sr) .................. .341 36 44 17 9 36 12 .387 2-43B 8 Zach Skidmore (Sr) ................ .374 38 49 16 8 35 19 .455 2-41B 25 Jake Samuels (Jr) .................. .342 26 26 9 4 19 10 .444 1-2SS 1 Jordan Kreke (Sr) ................... .429 35 51 23 9 41 6 .466 3-3DH 11 Richie Derbak (Jr) .................. .447 24 55 13 3 32 5 .459 –C 24 Ben Thoma (RS-Fr) ................ .333 14 18 10 6 16 2 .368 –CF 19 Ryan Lindquist (Sr) ................ .350 25 28 11 3 17 10 .441 –LF 2 Curt Restko (Jr) ...................... .365 28 38 6 1 24 10 .447 5-8

PantHeRs RiDinG nine-GaMe HOMe Win stReaK: Though its 13-game winning streak ended in game two of Saturday’s doubleheader at UT Martin, Eastern Illinois is still riding a nine-game win streak at Coaches Stadium entering this weekend’s series with Jacksonville State. The Panthers are 8-0 at home this season and won their home finale in 2008. The 13-game win streak was the longest active run in the country when it came to an end. Eastern’s home win streak is the sixth longest active run in the nation... Eastern Illinois athletics will welcome back members of the 1964 NAIA World Series and 1999 NCAA Regional teams this weekend. Pitching legend Marty Pattin, who went on to win 114 games in a 13-year Major League career, will have his No. 19 retired between games of Saturday’s doubleheader... However, the Panthers are battling the injury bug. Leading hitter Brett nommensen suffered a hand injury April 10 at UT Martin and is limited to a pinch runner role. Gerik Wallsten and alex Gee are also day-to-day with minor ailments... Ranked 29th this week by Collegiate Baseball, EIU has won 16 of its last 17 games.

BLaCKBuRn ReCaP: Jordan tokarz and Bart thyer both homered twice, leading Eastern Illinois base-ball to a 24-4 win against Blackburn College in the opener of a 10-game homestand at Coaches Stadium. Tokarz connected for a pair of two-run shots in EIU’s 11-run first inning, tying an NCAA record held by many. Ryan Lindquist, Zach skidmore, Curt Restko and Cam strang also hit homers. The long balls for Strang and Thyer were the first of their EIU careers. Tokarz and Skidmore hit back-to-back jacks in the first inning. Matt Miller and Jordan Kreke each worked two innings of scoreless relief, and Josh Wilson pitched a 1-2-3 seventh in his first appearance since March 13. While striking out three, Kreke extended his streak of consecutive hitters retired to 14 over his last four relief outings.

• iLLinOis ReCaP: Zach skidmore blasted a two-out, two-run homer in the eighth inning and three EIU pitchers limited Illinois to five hits in the Panthers’ 5-1 win at Illinois Field. The victory was EIU’s third in the last four years against the Fighting Illini, but first in Champaign since 1996. Skidmore connected for his seventh home run of the season with Jordan tokarz on first base and the game tied at one. He hit out the first pitch he saw from UI reliever Mike Stankiewicz. Richie Derbak earned the victory with three innings of scoreless relief. He retired five consecutive batters at one juncture and did not issue a walk. Eastern starter Brian Morrell worked five innings of two-hit ball. The lone run he gave up scored on a wild pitch.

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Multi-Hit GaMes: 2009NAME 2 3 4 5+ TOTRichie Derbak 9 6 – 2 17Zach Skidmore 15 – 1 1 17Jordan Kreke 7 4 3 1 15Jordan Tokarz 12 3 – – 15Brett Nommensen 6 5 3 – 14Curt Restko 10 2 1 – 13Zach Borenstein 6 3 – – 9Jake Samuels 7 1 – – 8Ryan Lindquist 3 2 2 – 7Gerik Wallsten 6 – – – 6Ben Thoma 2 3 – – 5Alex Gee 3 1 – – 4Cam Strang 1 – – 1 2Bart Thyer – 1 – – 1Chris Ulrey 1 – – – 1TEAM 88 31 10 5 134

Multi-Hit GaMes: 2009 OVC PlayNAME 2 3 4 5+ TOTJordan Kreke 2 2 2 1 7Richie Derbak 4 2 – 1 7Zach Skidmore 4 – – 1 5Jordan Tokarz 4 1 – – 5Zach Borenstein 3 1 – – 4Brett Nommensen 2 – 1 – 3Curt Restko 3 – – – 3Gerik Wallsten 3 – – – 3Ryan Lindquist 1 1 – – 2Jake Samuels 2 – – – 2Ben Thoma – 1 – – 1TEAM 28 8 3 3 42

Multi-Hit GaMes: Career*NAME 2 3 4 5+ TOTBrett Nommensen 38 24 6 1 69Richie Derbak 28 13 – 2 43Jordan Kreke 21 14 5 1 41Jordan Tokarz 26 10 1 – 37Curt Restko 25 4 2 1 32Zach Skidmore 26 2 2 1 31Ryan Lindquist 12 5 2 – 19Alex Gee 7 3 – – 10Cam Strang 5 1 – 1 7Ben Thoma 3 4 – – 7Bart Thyer 1 1 – – 2Neil Wright – 1 – – 1

Multi-rBi GaMes: 2009NAME 2 3 4 5+ TOTJordan Kreke 4 2 1 3 10Jordan Tokarz 7 – 2 – 9Zach Skidmore 2 4 – 2 8Richie Derbak 2 2 3 – 7Zach Borenstein 4 – 1 1 6Curt Restko 5 – – 1 6Brett Nommensen 3 2 1 – 6Gerik Wallsten 3 3 – – 6Jake Samuels 1 2 2 – 5Ben Thoma 3 1 1 – 5Ryan Lindquist – 1 2 – 3Alex Gee 2 1 – – 3Cam Strang 2 – – – 2Bart Thyer – 1 – – 1Chris Ulrey – 1 – – 1TEAM 38 20 13 7 78

Multi-rBi GaMes: 2009 OVC PlayNAME 2 3 4 5+ TOTJordan Kreke 1 1 1 3 6Richie Derbak – 2 2 – 4Curt Restko 4 – – – 4Zach Skidmore – 3 – – 3Gerik Wallsten 1 2 – – 3Zach Borenstein – – 1 1 2Jake Samuels – 1 1 – 2Ben Thoma – 1 1 – 2Jordan Tokarz 2 – – – 2Alex Gee 1 – – – 1Brett Nommensen 1 – – – 1TEAM 10 10 6 4 30

Multi-rBi GaMes: Career*NAME 2 3 4 5+ TOTJordan Kreke 12 11 2 4 29Richie Derbak 13 5 4 1 23Brett Nommensen 15 5 3 – 23Jordan Tokarz 13 4 3 – 20Zach Skidmore 7 5 1 3 16Curt Restko 13 – – 1 14Alex Gee 7 3 1 – 11Ryan Lindquist 4 1 2 – 7Ben Thoma 4 1 1 – 6Cam Strang 3 – – – 3Bart Thyer 2 1 – – 3Neil Wright 1 – – – 1*Career totals are for multi-year letter-winners

EIU WELL-REPRESENTED IN NATIONAL RANKINGS: As of April 12, EIU continues to be highly ranked nationally in a number of statistical categories. Most notably, the Panthers entered the week ranked among the Top 10 in the country in batting average, slugging percentage, scor-ing, winning percentage and home runs. Individually, Brett Nommensen led the nation in on-base percentage and slugging percentage. Colleg-ebaseball360.com named him the nation’s No. 1 “OPS Animal” on April 1. Nommensen was also ranked second nationally in batting average. Gerik Wallsten, Jordan Tokarz, Richie Derbak and Mike Recchia also ranked among the Top 10 nationally. Wallsten was third in sacrifice bunts per game (10 in 23 games), Tokarz fourth in sacrifice flies (6) and Derbak eighth in batting average. Recchia, meanwhile, was second in ERA and sixth in fewest hits allowed per nine innings (5.4).

LEAGUE-LEADING PANTHERS: Eastern enters the weekend leading the OVC in 13 statistical categories, highlighted by batting average, slug-ging percentage, ERA, batting average against and fielding percentage. The Panthers also strike out the fewest times per game. Individually, Brett Nommensen (.521) and Richie Derbak (.455) both rank among the Top Five in batting average, with Nommensen leading the league. He also leads the league in home runs (11), on-base (.649) and slugging percent-age (1.021). Among the EIU pitchers, Mike Recchia leads the league in ERA (1.16) and batting average against (.171). Josh Mueller and Rec-chia both sport perfect 6-0 records, ranking second in wins to Murray State’s Daniel Calhoun, who EIU handed his first and only loss on April 4. Derbak ranks third in saves (5).

SKIDMORE STREAKING: Zach Skidmore is currently riding a career-best 10-game hitting streak dating back to March 31. It’s the third longest active hit streak in the OVC. He has also hit safely in 22 of the last 24 games and reached base safely in all but one contest (game two of the Tennessee Tech doubleheader) this season. The senior has posted six multi-hit efforts during his 10-game streak and homered in each of the last three games. He recorded a six-hit game and scored five times in the 30-3 blowout win at UT Martin.• Skidmore’s Current 10-Game Hitting Streak: 20-for-42 (.476), 5 2B, 5 HR, 15 RBI, 19 R, 3 BB

KREKE POW FOR A THIRD TIME: For the third time in the last four weeks, Jordan Kreke was selected as the OVC Player of the Week, extending the Panthers’ league record of consecutive POW selections to five. Kreke was a unanimous pick again. He was also named the league’s top-performing position player on March 23 and 30. Classmate Brett Nommensen, meanwhile, won the award on March 16 and April 6. Kreke is the first OVC position player to be honored three times in a season. He was 10-for-17 with four doubles, three homers, 11 RBIs and nine runs scored last week. He hit a three-run shot in Wednesday’s win against Indiana State and posted his second multi-homer game in Saturday’s rubber game win at UT Martin. The senior hit his first career grand slam and the second by a Panther this season in his final at-bat of the week.• Kreke’s Current 8-Game Hitting Streak: 15-for-29 (.517), 7 2B, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 11 R, BB, SB

NOMMENSEN A MIDSEASON ALL-AMERICAN: Brett Nommensen was one of 10 position players in the nation named to Baseball America’s Midseason All-America Team, released April 10. He has reached base safely in every game he has batted and also leads the OVC with 11 home runs. Baseball America’s lead college writer Aaron Fitt selected a nine-player lineup based on positions along with a utility player (pitcher and hitter). The pitching staff featured six hurlers. Fresno State’s Tom Mendonca (third base), San Diego State’s Stephen Strasburg (starting pitcher) and Nommensen were the only three players among the 15 recognized that play for universities not affiliated with the big six BCS conferences... Nommensen is currently limited to a pinch-runner role due to a hand injury. His status for the rest of the season will be announced next week.

MUELLER GOES THE DISTANCE: Josh Mueller pitched the first nine-inning complete game by a Pan-ther since 2007 in the April 10 win at UT Martin. He struck out a season-high nine in his second career complete game. He scattered eight hits and surrendered only two earned runs. Mueller struck out five of the final six batters he faced, retiring the final seven batters of the contest in consecutive fashion. He has pitched at least six innings in each of his last six starts... Last season, Mueller pitched a seven-inning complete game in the nightcap of the OVC-opening doubleheader against Morehead State. Chris Vaculik threw the last nine-inning complete game by a Panther, beating Samford at home in April ‘07.

PANTHERS POST 13-GAME WIN STREAK: Eastern compiled a 13-game win streak from March 21 to April 10, the program’s longest in the OVC era (1997-present). It was the longest active streak in the coun-try when it came to an end in game two of the doubleheader at UT Martin. Overall, it ranks as the fourth longest win streak in the country this season. The Panthers started OVC play 8-0 in the process and also posted midweek wins against Saint Louis, Illinois State, Indiana State and Chicago State (twice).

EASTERN RANKED SECOND IN THE MIDWEST BY PING!: Ping!Baseball.com released its first set of regional rankings April 13 and EIU was second in the Midwest. Ohio State (26-6 entering the week) topped the Midwest Region rankings. The Panthers have posted wins against other highly-ranked Midwest teams, namely Indiana State (8th), Illinois (9th) and Illinois State (11th)... Eastern is also ranked second nationally in WarrenNolan.com’s national power rankings.

Top 50 in The naTion (april 12)STaTiSTic rankBatting Average 2ndSlugging Percentage 3rdHome Runs per game 6thWinning Percentage 6thScoring 7thHome Runs 10thHits 12thRuns 15thSacrifice Flies 15thDoubles Per Game 19thSacrifice Bunts 33rdDoubles 34thHits Allowed Per 9 IP 40thStrikeouts Per 9 IP 50th

league-leading caTegorieSSTaTiSTic ToTalBatting Average .380On-Base Percentage .453Slugging Percentage .634Runs Scored 332Doubles 83Home Runs 67RBIs 313Fewest Ks (per game) 4.6Sacrifice Bunts 28Sacrifice Flies 22Earned Run Average 4.42Batting Avg. Against .256Fielding Percentage .966

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ReCCHia sTaRT-By-sTaRTOpponent iP H eR KSE Louisiana 8 4 1 10So. Illinois* 3 4 0 1Milwaukee 7 4 1 7#15 Oklahoma 6 4 1 4Morehead St. 8 4 1 9Tenn. Tenn 7 2 0 9Indiana St.* 2 1 0 3UT Martin 5.2 8 2 6*Midweek Games that EIU won

ReCCHia steLLaR in eVeRy staRt: Mike Recchia has emerged as EIU’s most consistent pitcher this season, winning each of his six weekend starts. He has gone at least five innings in each of those starts, surrendering no more than two earned runs each time out. His most impressive performances came in the ruu-ber-game win at Southeastern Louisiana (8 IP, 10 Ks) and vs. na-tionally-ranked Oklahoma (6 IP, 1 ER) in the championship game of South Florida’s Tournament. On two occasions, the game he was scheduled to start on a weekend was canceled due to inclement weather. So he started EIU’s next midweek game on both occasions and was just as effective. The sophomore right-hander enters the weekend leading the OVC in ERA and batting average against... Recchia started seven games a season ago, including EIU’s biggest win of the year – the OVC Tourna-ment victory against regular-season champion Jacksonville State. He worked 4 1/3 innings of three-run ball that night, striking out four and not issuing a walk.

HOMeR BinGe: During its recent hot stretch of 16 wins in 17 games, Eastern has erupted for 54 home runs. By comparison, EIU only hit 12 home runs in all of 2006. With 67 homers this year, the Panthers have already surpassed last year’s total (35). Eastern hit a season-high nine home runs in the April 11 road victory against Indiana State, the program’s most since bombing 10 long balls against Eastern Kentucky in 2003. The Panthers’ 30 runs in that win were the most in the program’s OVC era (1997-present)... Brett nommensen (at Indiana State and at Saint Louis), Zach skidmore (at Chicago State), Jordan Kreke (Tennessee Tech game one), Ben thoma (Indiana State), Jordan tokarz (Blackburn College) and Bart thyer (Blackburn College) have each posted a multi-homer game this season. Nommensen has also led off a game with a home run four times this year... The Panthers have hit multiple homers in a game 15 times this season. Since the beginning of the 2004 season, EIU has hit three-plus homers in a game on 23 occasions. Eastern has accomplished the feat 11 times this year.

LyOns tO Be inDuCteD intO HOF: Eastern assistant coach sean Lyons has been selected to the EIU Athletics Hall of Fame for his stellar Panther playing career and will be inducted in November. Lyons (1996-99) was one of the most consistent hitters for EIU baseball in the late 1990’s. He was a three-time All-Ohio Valley Conference selection earning First Team honors in 1997 and 1998. Lyons has been an assistant at EIU since the fall of 2004 and has spearheaded the program’s recruiting. He also coaches third base, is the defensive instructor and works extensively with the hitters.

eiu tO RetiRe Pattin’s nuMBeR: Eastern Illinois athletics will be honoring one of its all-time greats, former pitcher Marty Pattin, during the April 18-19 series against Jacksonville State. Pattin will have his EIU No. 19 retired at the ceremony. Pattin was a member of the EIU baseball team from 1961-65, earning Second Team Little All-America honors in 1964 while leading the Panthers to the ‘64 NAIA World Series. He was 10-1 that season with a 1.99 ERA, leading the nation in strikeouts (118). Pattin still owns the EIU all-time record for Ks (278) and won 20 games during his career... Pattin went on to pitch for 13 seasons in the Major Leagues, most notably as a member of the Kansas City Royals. He was a 1971 American League All-Star. In his final Major League inning, he pitched in the 1980 World Series, striking out All-Stars Greg Luzinski and Mike Schmidt. A charter member of the EIU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1982, Pattin was also inducted into the NAIA Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972... Current senior Ryan Lindquist will be the final EIU player to wear No. 19. That same weekend, EIU will also honor the 1999 EIU team that won the OVC regular-season and Tournament championship, and defeated Arizona at the NCAA Regional in Waco, Texas.

easteRn ReCeiVinG VOtes in natiOnaL POLLs: Eastern began receiving votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Top 30 national poll and USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches’ poll on March 30. While continuing to receive votes in both polls, the Panthers also broke into Colle-giate Baseball’s Top 30 poll (at No. 27) April 6. It is believed to be EIU’s first-ever ranking as a Division I program (1982-present).

tK iMPRessiVe in COMPLete-GaMe PeRFORManCe: tyler Kehrer put together one of the finest performances of his three-year EIU career in game two of the April 4 doubleheader sweep of Murray State. The left-hander struck out eight in his seven-inning complete game (the first CG of his career), fanning the side in the fourth and seventh. Along with surrendering only three singles, he did not walk a batter. It marked the first time in Kehrer’s career that he did not issue a walk in an outing of at least two innings. More importantly, he out dueled OVC wins leader Daniel Calhoun, who was 6-0 entering the game.

nOMMy naMeD natiOnaL HitteR OF tHe WeeK: After reaching base safely in 14 of his 17 plate appearances the week of March 30-April 5, Brett nommensen was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association’s National Hitter of the Week. Obviously he was also selected as the OVC Player of the Week for the second time this season (March 16)... Nommensen reached base safely in each of his first 13 plate appearances, finishing the four games 10-for-13 with two doubles, three home runs, nine RBIs and seven runs scored.

2009 nationaL Win stReaKsLongest Win stReaKs (as of 4/15)1. Virginia, 19 2. Coastal Carolina, 15 3. Georgia, 14 4. eastern illinois, �3 (March 2�-april �0)5. Dartmouth, 12 Georgia Tech, 12 7. Auburn, 11 Cal State Fullerton, 11 Texas, 11 10. Seven Tied at 10

Longest active home Win stReaKs (as of 4/15)1. Manhattan, 192. Cal Poly, 14 Florida, 14 Oregon State, 145. Western Kentucky, 156. eastern illinois, 9 Louisiana-Lafayette, 9 Michigan State, 9 Oral Roberts, 910. Four tied at 8

coLLegiate BaseBaLL neWsPaPeRtoP 30 nationaL PoLL

RanK schooL (RecoRd) Points PRevious1. Louisiana St. (26-9) 492 42. Georgia (29-6) 491 53. Rice (25-8) 488 64. U.C. Irvine (22-9) 485 75. Arkansas (24-8) 484 16. Arizona St. (25-8) 483 27. North Carolina (27-9) 481 38. Cal. St. Fullerton (22-9) 477 89. Oklahoma (28-8) 475 1210. Georgia Tech. (21-8-1) 473 911. Texas (24-8) 471 1412. Miami, Fla. (25-10) 470 1013. Virginia (28-7-1) 468 1114. Baylor (23-10) 465 1315. Cal Poly (24-8) 463 1616. Oregon St. (20-7) 462 1717. Texas Christian (22-10) 459 1818. Coastal Carolina (29-7) 458 1919. Mississippi (25-10) 456 1520. Florida (23-12) 451 2221. Clemson (23-12) 449 -22. Florida St. (21-11) 447 -23. Minnesota (20-10) 444 3024. Kent St. (24-7) 441 -25. George Mason (28-6) 439 2526. West Virginia (25-7) 436 -27. Georgia Southern (24-8) 430 2628. Vanderbilt (21-13) 429 -29. eastern illinois (24-6) 427 2730. San Diego St. (25-12) 425 28EIU is also receiving votes in the National Colle-giate Baseball Writers Association Top 30 poll & USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches’ poll.

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THe lasT Time...• an eiu Player had 7 at-bats (7- Ties EIU record)7 - Zach Skidmore (at UT Martin, 4-11-09)• an eiu Player had 5 hits6 - Zach Skidmore (at UT Martin, 4-11-09)• an eiu Player had 8 consecutive hits8 - Marcus Jackson (UT Martin, 3-27&28-04)• an eiu Player scored 5 runs5 - Zach Skidmore (at UT Martin, 4-11-09)• an eiu Player had 6 RBis (8 - Eastern record)6 - Jordan Kreke (at UT Martin, 4-11-09)• an eiu Player had 3 doubles3 - Richie Derbak (vs Milwaukee, 3-8-09)• an eiu Player had 2 triples2 - Brett Nommensen (at Southern Illinois, 5-15-07)• an eiu Player hit 2 home runs2 - Bart Thyer (Blackburn College, 4-15-09)2 - Jordan Tokarz (Blackburn College, 4-15-09)• an eiu Player hit 3 home runs (Ties EIU record)3 - Ryan Campbell (Chicago State, 3-31-04)• an eiu Player hit a Grand slamJordan Kreke (at UT Martin, 4-11-09)• an eiu Player had �0 total bases10 - Bart Thyer (Blackburn College, 4-11-09)• an eiu Pitcher recorded �0 strikeouts12 - Tyler Kehrer (vs Butler, 2-28-09)• an eiu Pitcher recorded a no-hitterAndy Keefner at UW-Milwaukee (3-26-94, 7 IP)• an eiu Pitcher(s) recorded a �-hitterBrandon Murphy (7 1/3 IP) & Frank Simoncelli (1 2/3 IP) at Evansville (2-26-06, 9-inning game)• the opposition threw a no-hitterat Southern Mississippi (3-13-04)• eiu shutout an opponent in a 9-inning game8-0 vs Morehead State (5-19-06)• eiu shutout an opponent in a 7-inning game2-0 vs Tennesssee Tech (3-29-09)• eiu scored 20 runs24 - Blackburn College (4-15-09)• eiu scored �0 runs in an inning11 - Blackburn College, First Inning (4-15-09)• eiu recorded 20 RBis24 - Blackburn College (4-15-09)• eiu recorded 20 hits24 - Blackburn College (4-15-09)• eiu hit 7 doubles7 - Chicago State (4-1-09)• eiu hit 3 triples3 at Murray State (4-2-99)• eiu hit 7 home runs (10 - EIU, OVC record)8 - Blackburn College (4-15-09) • eiu turned 5 double plays (5 - An EIU record)5 - Tennessee-Martin (4-6-08)

– 2009 HITTING STREAKS –

naMe Long cuRRent Long Long cuRRent

ricHie derbak* 17 3 17 6 –brett nOMMensen 15 6 15 4 3JOrdan tOkarz 9 – 12 6 –JOrdan kreke* 11 8 11 5 5curt restkO 10 – 10 4 2zacH skidMOre 10 10 10 5 5aLex Gee 6 3 6 – 2zacH bOrenstein 6 5 6 7 7Jake saMueLs 6 6 6 3 3ryan Lindquist 3 – 5 – –caM stranG 3 3 5 – –Gerik WaLLsten 5 – 5 – –> A hitting streak is defined as three or more consecutive games played with a hit.*Only games in which he batted.

‘09 OVCCaReeR

tOKaRZ’s �0-GaMe RBi stReaK: Jordan tokarz recently put together a streak in which he recorded an RBI in 10 straight games. For the season, Tokarz has knocked in at least one run in 20 of EIU’s 27 games. He put together his RBI streak from March 18 through April 1. Not surpris-ingly, the Panthers went 9-1 during that stretch... Since transferring to EIU from Elgin Community College in suburban Chicago in 2008, Tokarz has started every game at second base. He’s the only Panther that has been in the starting lineup every game the last two years, a streak of 89 consecu-tive contests.• tokarz’s �0-Game RBi streak: .297 (��-for-37), 2 2B, 3B, 3 HR, �3 RBi, �3 R, 6 BB

FResHMen sOLiDiFy tHeiR sPOts: Gerik Wallsten and Zach Borenstein have seen the most playing time among EIU’s freshman class. Wallsten locked down the starting catcher position by the second weekend of the season and has started 22 of the first 32 games behind the dish. However, a recent wrist injury has sidelined a bit in mid-April. Borenstein joined the starting lineup in the March 10 loss at Indiana State, playing right field and some third base. He recently moved into the leadoff spot after the injury to Brett nommensen... Wallsten leads the team in with 10 sacrifice bunts, but has also demonstrated some power, collecting four doubles and four home runs in 66 at-bats. Eleven of his 19 RBIs have come with two outs. Defensively, he has only been charged with four passed balls and thrown out four would-be basestealers... Borenstein has been a very consistent hitter when he’s in the starting lineup. He has started 17 times since March 10, hitting safely in 16 of those games – including each of the last 11. The left-handed hitter has also recorded nine multi-hit efforts as a starter.• Borenstein as a starter: 29-for-67 (.433), 4 2B, 2 HR, 2� RBi, 2� R, �3 BB, sac, sB

sCHMitZ POsts 400tH eiu Win: Head coach Jim Schmitz posted his 400th career EIU win in game one of the doubleheader sweep of Murray State on April 4. The 15th-skipper became the program’s all-time winningest coach in February 2007 and recorded his 500th career win as a col-legiate coach later that season.

BiG GaMes FOR stRanG & RestKO: Cam strang posted his first career five-hit effort and Curt Restko recorded a personal-best five RBIs in EIU’s April 1 home win against Chicago State. The both scored three times each. Strang recorded four singles, a double and a sacrifice fly. Restko was 4-for-5 with two doubles, two singles and a sacrifice fly. Eastern pounded out 22 hits as team.

KReKe & ReCCHia DOMinate teCH: Jordan Kreke posted career highs in hits (5) and RBIs (8) in game one and Mike Recchia pitched a two-hit shutout in the nightcap, leading EIU to a double-header sweep of Tennessee Tech, 25-5 and 2-0, March 29. Kreke hit a pair of three-run homers in game one en route to tying the EIU single-game RBI record. Richie Derbak recorded his second career five-hit effort in game one, homering in his second at-bat. Zach Borenstein and Gerik Wall-sten also went deep in the blowout win. Jordan tokarz hit a solo shot in the third inning of game two... Recchia struck out nine in his first career complete-game shutout. He did not give up a hit until the sixth inning. A.J. Kirby Jones broke up the right-hander’s no-hit bid with a two-out single.

KReKe RePeats as PLayeR OF tHe WeeK: For recording 10 RBIs and 11 hits while leading EIU to a 4-0 week, Jordan Kreke became the first player to repeat as the OVC Player of the Week since 2006. The senior shortstop and relief pitcher was 11-for-18 with three home runs, 10 RBIs and eight runs scored last week. He tied an EIU single-game record with eight RBIs in Sunday’s 25-5 win vs. Tennessee Tech, six of the RBIs coming on a pair of three-run homers. He posted his first career five-hit effort Sunday as well... Eastern Kentucky’s Charlie Yarbrough was the last posi-tion player to repeat as the league’s OVC Player of the Week, accomplishing the feat on March 6 and 13, 2006. Yarbrough went on to win OVC Player of the Year honors and was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. With Brett nommensen having won OVC Player of the Week on March 16, EIU is the first program since 1995 to have three consecutive award recipients among position players. Former OVC member Middle Tennessee State accomplished the feat from April 24-May 8, 1995.• Kreke’s two-Week Run as POW: 22-for-37 (.595), 2B, 3B 6 HR, 22 RBi, �5 R, BB

FiRst sHutOut Win in a WHiLe: Mike Recchia pitched a complete-game two-hitter (in a sched-uled seven-inning game) in the March 29 win against Tennessee Tech. It was EIU’s first victory in shutout fashion since February 2007 in a neutral-site game against Chicago State. The Panthers had not shutout a conference foe since a May 2006 home victory against Morehead State. Recchia joins Josh Mueller as active Panthers with a complete game on his EIU résumé. However, Recchia is the first EIU pitcher to pitch a complete-game shutout since Mike Manns in a March 2006 seven-inning victory at Tennessee Tech.

stReaKs enD in niGHtCaP OF teCH tWinBiLL: After scoring 25 runs on 20 hits in game one of the Tennessee Tech doubleheader, the Panthers only managed two runs on four hits in the nightcap. Thankfully Mike Recchia picked up the slack and pitched a two-hit shutout. However, the career-best hitting streaks of Brett nommensen (15) and Jordan Kreke (11) both came to an end in the win. Nommensen had also hit safely in 12 straight OVC games dating back to last season, another streak that was snapped.• nommy’s �5-Game Hit streak: 29-for-56 (.5�8), �4 XBH, 6 HR, �3 RBi, 2� R, �2 BB, 3 sB• Kreke’s ��-Game Hit streak: 28-for-5� (.549), 2 2B, 3B, 6 HR, 25 RBi, �9 R, 3 BB, sB

2009


DeRBaK’s �7-GaMe Hit stReaK enDs: Richie Derbak hit safely in each of the first 17 games in which batted this season, compiling a career-best hit-ting streak in the process. It ended in the March 25 win against Illinois State. The 17-game streak ranks as the longest among active Panthers. It’s also the second longest in the OVC this season. He collected multiple hits in 11 of the 17 games, including a streak of six consecutive multi-hit efforts (from March 7-15). He posted his first career five-hit game in the March 8 win against Milwaukee, registering a career-high three doubles and also hitting his first home run of the year (recording the first double-figure total base effort by a Panther since March 2007)... As a key part of the bullpen, Derbak has also pitched in a team-high 12 games, posting two victories and four saves. He served as the team’s catcher last season after never having played the position before.• Derbak’s �7-Game streak: 35-for-73 (.479), 5 2B, HR, �8 RBi, �4 R, 3 BB

PantHeRs sWeeP Msu FOR FiFtH stRaiGHt yeaR: The Panthers opened Ohio Valley Conference play the weekend of March 21-22 by sweeping Morehead State for the fifth straight year, running their win streak to 17 straight games against the Eagles. Eastern posted season-highs in hits (24) and runs in Saturday’s 26-16 game one win. The Panthers hit nine home runs in the series, five coming in game one. The 26 runs were the most EIU had scored in a game since posting 27 in an April 2003 home win against Eastern Kentucky... Jordan Kreke delivered a clutch two-out, two-run single in the seventh inning to lift EIU to the game two win. Kreke was 10-for-15 with three home runs and 12 RBIs in the weekend sweep... Mike Recchia improved to 4-0 with eight innings of four-hit ball in the series finale victory. Morehead didn’t score against him until the seventh inning.

a 7-� sPRinG BReaK tRiP: The Panthers posted an impressive 7-1 record on their annual spring break trip. Eastern bookended the trek from Illinois to Florida to Kentucky with 3-0 weekends. The Panthers won the four-team Bulls Baseball Classic hosted by South Florida in Tampa, and began Ohio Valley Conference play with a three-game sweep at Morehead State. Eastern also defeated Indiana in a neutral-site game in Central Florida. The lone loss came at the hands of Bradley in a neutral-site affair... By winning seven of its eight games, EIU posted its best winning percentage on a spring break trip during the program’s OVC era (1997-present). Only the 1998 team’s 5-1 mark in Alabama could be considered comparable. The ’98 squad won each of its four games at a tournament hosted by Troy State, lost at Alabama and won at Samford before returning to the Midwest.

KReKe naMeD POW: Three home runs and 12 RBIs in the three-game series sweep of Morehead State earned Jordan Kreke OVC Player of the Week hon-ors on March 23. He collected 10 of his 11 hits for the week in the series sweep at Morehead. He homered in all three games, connecting for solo shots in both ends of Saturday’s doubleheader and hitting a three-run bomb in the series fi-nale Sunday. Kreke finished the week 11-for-19 with five extra-base hits, seven runs scored and 12 RBIs. He was also flawless in his 16 defensive chances. On the mound, meanwhile, he earned his first career victory with 2 1/3 innings of one-run relief in the St. Patrick’s Day win against Indiana. He closed out the game, retiring seven of the eight batters he faced.

oHio Valley ConfeRenCe sTandinGs – ohio vaLLey – – oveRaLL –as of aPRiL 15 W L Pct. GB H a W L t Pct. H a neastern illinois 9 � .900 – 4-0 5-� 26 6 0 .8�2 8-0 �2-4 6-2Southeast Missouri 9 3 .750 1 5-1 4-2 19 14 0 .576 12-7 6-7 1-0Jacksonville State 5 4 .556 3.5 2-1 3-3 20 13 0 .606 8-4 9-4 3-5Eastern Kentucky 6 6 .500 4 4-2 2-4 19 14 0 .576 13-3 2-9 4-2Morehead State 5 6 .455 4.5 4-4 1-2 12 20 0 .375 11-12 1-7 0-1Murray State 3 5 .375 5 3-3 0-2 20 15 0 .571 16-9 4-5 0-1Tennessee Tech 4 7 .364 5.5 3-3 1-4 17 14 0 .548 13-7 3-7 1-0Austin Peay 2 6 .250 6 1-2 1-4 15 21 0 .417 13-8 2-12 0-1UT Martin 2 7 .222 6.5 1-2 1-5 12 20 0 .375 7-8 5-12 0-0–––––––––––––––x-SIU Edwardsville 0 0 .000 – 0-0 0-0 9 21 0 .300 2-0 4-13 3-8x-SIUE is reclassifying and not eligible for OVC play until 2012

OVC Weekend series • april �8-�9Jacksonville state at #29 eastern illinois

Murray State at Eastern KentuckyMorehead State at UT Martin

Tennessee Tech at Austin PeaySIU Edwardsville at Southeast Missouri

2009 OVCPReseasOn POLL

1. Jacksonville St. (5)2. easteRn iLLinois (4)3. Austin Peay4. SE Missouri5. Tennessee Tech6. Murray State7. Morehead State8. Eastern Kentucky9. UT Martin(First Place Votes)

PantHeRs Win usF tOuRnaMent: The Panthers defeated three teams from three different conferences in three consecutive days in Tampa to win the Bulls Baseball Classic hosted by South Florida the weekend of March 13-15. Eastern clinched the team title at the NCAA Regional-esque tournament with a victory against 15th-ranked Oklahoma Sunday. The Panthers also defeated USF of the Big East Conference Friday night and Bethune-Cookman of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Saturday afternoon. The win over Oklahoma ended the Sooners’ 10-game win streak, and was EIU’s first victory against a nationally-ranked team since the 2007 spring break trip at the College of Charleston... The Panthers got stellar starting pitching in Tampa. Josh Muel-ler went six innings against USF, tyler Kehrer gave up only two hits and no earned runs while striking out seven vs. B-C, and Mike Recchia improved to 3-0 with six innings two-run ball vs. Oklahoma. All four hits Recchia gave up were singles.

MORReLL CanDiDate FOR seniOR CLass aWaRD: For his all-around excellence as a student-athlete, Brian Morrell was named one of 30 can-didates nationally for the prestigious Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. He has served as the bullpen’s long-relief ace each of his upperclassman seasons. The Quincy native carries a 4.0 GPA while majoring in biological sciences. He was an ESPN the Magazine Second Team Academic All-America honoree as a junior. Unfortunately, he was not selected as one of the 10 finalists for the award. That list was announced April 15... Morrell was the third EIU student-athlete this school year to be selected as a candidate for the award. Adam Gartner of men’s soccer and Rachel Galligan of women’s basketball were later chosen as one of 10 finalists nationally for their sports’ awards.

RestKO’s �0-GaMe stReaK enDs: Curt Restko put together a 10-game hitting streak, the longest of his career, from Feb. 27 through March 17. He posted seven multi-hit efforts during the streak, including four straight in the fi-nal four games of the run. Restko also collected an RBI in five straight games.• Restko’s �0-Game Hitting streak: �8-for-32 (.563), 7 RBi, 6 R, 6 BB

nOMMy & ReCCHia sWeeP OVC WeeKLy aWaRDs: For their prominent roles in EIU’s team title at the Bulls Baseball Classic in Tampa, Brett nom-mensen and Mike Recchia were named the OVC Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, on March 16. Nommensen was 11-for-18 with seven ex-tra-base hits, including a pair of leadoff home runs, and seven runs scored. Recchia pitched six-plus innings of four-hit ball in the March 15 victory against 15th-ranked Oklahoma in the championship game of South Florida’s four-team tournament. The sophomore right-hander gave up only one earned run and four singles... Nommensen was the first Panther to be named Player of the Week since Erik Huber in April 2007. Recchia became the first Panther to be named Pitcher of the Week since alex Guttosch in May 2006. However, Gut-tosch garnered his honor for a pair of long-relief outings in an OVC series sweep of Austin Peay. May of 2005 marked the last time an EIU starter was recognized as the Pitcher of the Week... Nommensen was also selected to the College Baseball Foundation’s National All-Star Lineup on March 18.


– 2009 situatiOnaL statistiCs: teaM LeaDeRs –With RunneRs on With RunneRs in scoRing Position With tWo outs tWo-out RBis1. Brett Nommensen, .561 (23-41) 1. Jordan Kreke, .556 (20-36) 1. Jordan Kreke, .525 (21-40) 1. Zach Skidmore, 202. Richie Derbak, .500 (31-62) 2. Richie Derbak, .512 (22-43) 2. Brett Nommensen, .524 (11-21) 2. Richie Derbak, 173. Jordan Kreke, .492 (30-61) 3. Zach Borenstein, .500 (14-28) 3. Richie Derbak, .500 (24-48) 3. Jordan Kreke, 164. Zach Borenstein, .459 (17-37) 4. Brett Nommensen, .458 (11-24) 4. Zach Skidmore, .478 (22-46) 4. Jordan Tokarz, 145. Curt Restko, .407 (24-59) 5. Curt Restko, .421 (16-38) 5. Jake Samuels, .469 (15-32) 5. Gerik Wallsten, 116. Ryan Lindquist, .364 (16-44) 6. Zach Skidmore, .378 (17-45) 6. Curt Restko, .432 (16-37) Jake Samuels, 117. Zach Skidmore, .338 (23-68) 7. Ryan Lindquist, .355 (11-31) 7. Jordan Tokarz, .400 (16-40) 7. Curt Restko, 10

�0 Wins By st. PatRiCK’s Day: Eastern posted its 10th victory of the season with a come-back win against Indiana on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17). During EIU’s Ohio Valley Conference era (1997-present), only the 1998 team reached 10 wins sooner. The ‘98 squad won its 10th game on March 15 on the way to winning a program-record 37 games and a regular-season conference title. Eastern’s 6-4 start, meanwhile, represented the second-best record through 10 games during the OVC era. The 1998 team began the season 7-3... Coincidentally, EIU’s two NCAA Regional-qualify-ing teams during the OVC era have both gotten off to slow starts. The 1999 team, which won the OVC regular-season and tourney crowns, started the year 0-10 but finished the season 33-23. Last year, the Panthers got off to an 0-7 start before eventually climbing over the .500 mark in mid-April. After suffering through an eight-game losing streak in late April, EIU got hot in May and won the OVC Tournament before finishing the season with a 27-30 mark.

PantHeRs naMeD MiDWest teaM OF tHe WeeK By CBt: For its team title at South Florida’s Bulls Baseball Classic the opening weekend of spring break, EIU was named the Midwest Team of the Week by the Web site CollegeBaseballToday.com. National college baseball writer Eric Soren-son’s Web site is sponsored by Easton and carries the tag line: “a season-long study in the stitched ball nation.”

saMueLs’ sWeet staRt: Jake samuels began his EIU career swinging a hot bat. Heading out on the spring break trip, he was 7-for-10 in his limited at-bats. He recorded a pinch-hit single in each of his first two at-bats as a Panther and finally earned a start at first base in the March 8 win against Milwaukee. He made the most of the start, going 3-for-4 with a double, home run and three runs scored. Samuels went on to hit safely in each of the first four games that he started, before that streak ended in the win vs. Indiana.

tOKaRZ’s stReaK snaPPeD at �2: Jordan tokarz’s career-best 12-game hit streak dating back to last season ended March 7 in the win against Milwaukee. He recorded a hit in each of the first six games of the new year after hitting safely in each of EIU’s six postseason contests last year. His previous career-long streak was nine games, posting it in March of 2008 (including all eight games of the spring break trip in Florida)... Remarkably, with seven RBIs (all coming with two outs) in the season-opening series at Southeastern Louisiana, Tokarz matched his total from the 2008 postseason.• tokarz’s �2-Game streak: 23-for-54 (.426), 6 2B, 3 HR, �5 RBi, �4 R

tK Fans �2: tyler Kehrer struck out a career-high 12 and surrendered just one hit in only five in-nings in the Feb. 28 win over Butler. Twelve of the 15 outs he recorded came via the strikeout. How-ever, he also issued six walks, running up his pitch count and ending his day early. The performance is believed to be the most Ks by an EIU pitcher since 2001. Pete Martin fanned 11 over 6 1/3 innings in game two of the home-opening doubleheader sweep of Eastern Kentucky.

RestKO LiFts eiu tO WaLK-OFF Win: Curt Restko singled to right field with the bases loaded and one-out in the bottom of the ninth inning of the Feb. 28 win against Butler, lifting the Panthers to 7-6 walk-off win. Restko joined Brett nommensen as active Panthers with a walk-off hit on their résumés. Nommensen deliv-ered a game-winning single in a March 2008 win against Morehead State... Eastern has posted 10 walk-off wins since the beginning of the 2004 season. Seven of those 10 wins have come at Coaches Stadium. The Panthers also won a pair of neutral-site games in walk-off fashion during the 2006 spring break trip at the Florida All-Star Challenge in Bradenton.

nOMMy’s OVeRLaPPinG stReaK enDs at �4: Brett nommensen’s career-long, 14-game hitting streak (dating back to last season) ended in the finale of the season-opening series at South-eastern Louisiana. He still managed to reach base safely three times in the rubber game win, draw-ing two walks (one intentional) and getting hit by a pitch in the ninth inning. Nommensen hit safely in the final 12 games of the 2008 season, and the final 15 games in which he was a member of the starting lineup.• nommy’s �4-Game streak: 32-for-56 (.57�), �2 XBH, 4 HR, �4 RBi, 23 R

PantHeRs PiCKeD seCOnD: With eight starting position players and a large part of the pitching staff returning from last season’s OVC Tournament championship team, Eastern Illinois received four first-place votes and was tabbed second in the league’s preseason coaches poll. The Panthers finished only one poll point (61-60) behind defending regular-season champ Jacksonville State, which garnered the other five first-place votes. This marks the highest EIU has been picked in the preseason poll since also being tabbed second in 2003.

– 2009 Home Run Tally –Player (Season #) Opponent On Out InningBen Thoma (1) SE Louisiana (G1) 1 1 2Brett Nommensen (1) SE Louisiana (G1) 0 2 5Jordan Tokarz (1) SE Louisiana (G1) 0 2 5Brett Nommensen (2) SE Louisiana (G2) 0 0 3Jordan Tokarz (2) SE Louisiana (G2) 3 2 4Jordan Tokarz (3) Louisville 1 1 3Jake Samuels (1) Milwaukee (G2) 0 1 4Richie Derbak (1) Milwaukee (G2) 0 2 4Brett Nommensen (3)*** Indiana State (G1) 0 0 1Zach Skidmore (1) Indiana State (G1) 0 0 3Brett Nommensen (4) Indiana State (G1) 1 0 8Brett Nommensen (5)*** Oklahoma 0 0 1Brett Nommensen (6) Indiana 0 0 5Brett Nommensen (7) Morehead (G1) 0 0 3Jordan Kreke (1) Morehead (G1) 0 0 4Gerik Wallsten (1) Morehead (G1) 2 2 5Jake Samuels (2) Morehead (G1) 2 2 7Ben Thoma (2) Morehead (G1) 2 1 8Jordan Tokarz (4) Morehead (G2) 0 1 1Jordan Kreke (2) Morehead (G2) 0 0 6Jordan Kreke (3) Morehead (G3) 2 0 6Jordan Tokarz (5) Morehead (G3) 0 1 8Alex Gee (1) Chicago State (G1) 2 0 2Zach Skidmore (2) Chicago State (G1) 1 2 2Zach Skidmore (3) Chicago State (G1) 2 2 3Ben Thoma (3) Chicago State (G1) 0 2 3Brett Nommensen (8)*** Illinois State 0 0 1Jordan Kreke (4) Illinois State 1 2 1Gerik Wallsten (2) Illinois State 0 0 8Gerik Wallsten (3) Tennessee Tech (G1) 0 0 2Jordan Kreke (5) Tennessee Tech (G1) 2 1 2Richie Derbak (2) Tennessee Tech (G1) 0 1 2Jordan Kreke (6) Tennessee Tech (G1) 2 2 6Zach Borenstein (1) Tennessee Tech (G1) 1 2 6Jordan Tokarz (6) Tennessee Tech (G2) 0 1 3Brett Nommensen (9)*** Saint Louis (G2) 0 0 1Brett Nommensen (10) Saint Louis (G2) 1 1 3Zach Skidmore (4) Saint Louis (G2) 2 2 6Brett Nommensen (11) Murray State (G1) 1 2 4Gerik Wallsten (4) Murray State (G1) 1 2 7Alex Gee (2) Murray State (G1) 1 1 8Zach Skidmore (5) Indiana State (G2) 2 2 3Ben Thoma (4) Indiana State (G2) 0 1 4Alex Gee (3) Indiana State (G2) 1 0 5Ryan Lindquist (1) Indiana State (G2) 2 1 5Jordan Kreke (7) Indiana State (G2) 2 0 6Ben Thoma (5) Indiana State (G2) 0 0 6Jake Samuels (3) Indiana State (G2) 2 2 7Richie Derbak (3) UT Martin (G1) 1 0 9Jordan Tokarz (7) UT Martin (G3) 0 1 1Ben Thoma (6) UT Martin (G3) 2 2 1Zach Skidmore (6) UT Martin (G3) 0 0 3Jake Samuels (4) UT Martin (G3) 0 0 3Zach Borenstein (2) UT Martin (G3) 1 2 5Jordan Kreke (8) UT Martin (G3) 0 0 6Ryan Lindquist (2) UT Martin (G3) 0 0 8Jordan Kreke (9) UT Martin (G3) 3 0 8Evan Zalders (1) UT Martin (G3) 0 0 8Zach Skidmore (7) Illinois 1 2 8Jordan Tokarz (8) Blackburn 1 0 1Zach Skidmore (8) Blackburn 0 0 1Jordan Tokarz (9) Blackburn 1 2 1Bart Thyer (1) Blackburn 1 0 3Ryan Lindquist (3) Blackburn 0 0 5Cam Strang (1) Blackburn 0 0 6Bart Thyer (2) Blackburn 0 2 6Curt Restko (1) Blackburn 0 1 7Back-to-Back Homers in Italics • ***Leadoff HR to begin a game

total HRs in 2009 = 67 • eiu Record = �20 (�998)

easteRn’s Recent WaLK-off WinsEIU 7, Butler 6 (2009 in Evansville, Ind.)EIU 6, SEMO 5 (2008 in Charleston)EIU 3, Morehead 2 (2008 in Charleston)EIU 4, EKU 3 (2007 in Charleston)EIU 2, Vermont 1 (2006 in Bradenton, Fla.)EIU 12, Indiana 11 (2006 in Bradenton, Fla.)EIU 7, Murray 6 (2005 in Charleston)EIU 6, SEMO 5 (2004 in Charleston)EIU 16, SLU 15 (2004 in Charleston)EIU 4, JSU 3 (2004 in Charleston)


– eiu aCTiVe CaReeR leadeRs –BATTING AVERAGE (Min. 200 ABs)1. Brett Nommensen (Sr) .3722. Richie Derbak (Jr) .3303. Zach Skidmore (Sr) .325

HITS1. Brett Nommensen (Sr) 2502. Jordan Kreke (Sr) 1643. Richie Derbak (Jr) 152

DOUBLES1. Brett Nommensen (Sr) 482. Jordan Kreke (Sr) 473. Richie Derbak (Jr) 32

TRIPLES1. Brett Nommensen (Sr) 122. Jordan Kreke (Sr) 73. Jordan Tokarz (Sr) 4

HOME RUNS1. Brett Nommensen (Sr) 172. Jordan Kreke (Sr) 133. Jordan Tokarz (Sr) 13 Zach Skidmore (Sr) 13

RBI1. Jordan Kreke (Sr) 1112. Brett Nommensen (Sr) 1043. Richie Derbak (Jr) 95

RUNS SCORED1. Brett Nommensen (Sr) 1802. Jordan Kreke (Sr) 983. Jordan Tokarz (Sr) 89

WALKS1. Brett Nommnensen (Sr) 1032. Zach Skidmore (Sr) 483. Jordan Kreke (Sr) 37

ON-BASE PCT (Min. 200 ABs)1. Brett Nommnensen (Sr) .4822. Zach Skidmore (Sr) .4173. Curt Restko (Jr) .401

STOLEN BASES1. Brett Nommnensen (Sr) 472. Jordan Kreke (Sr) 133. Curt Restko (Jr) 12

VICTORIES1. Josh Mueller (So) 122. Brian Morrell (Sr) 103. Alex Guttosch (Sr) 9

GAMES STARTED1. Tyler Kehrer (Jr) 322. Josh Mueller (So) 233. Mike Recchia (So) 15 Alex Guttosch (Sr) 15

APPEARANCES1. Alex Guttosch (Sr) 662. Brian Morrell (Sr) 513. Richie Derbak (Jr) 49

INNINGS PITCHED1. Tyler Kehrer (Jr) 1472. Alex Guttosch (Sr) 1383. Josh Mueller (So) 119

STRIKEOUTS1. Tyler Kehrer (Jr) 1432. Josh Mueller (So) 1233. Brian Morrell (Sr) 86

SAVES1. Richie Derbak (Jr) 122. Scott Foley (Jr) 93. Alex Guttosch (Sr) 4

ERA (Min. 40 innings)1. Scott Foley (Jr) 3.642. Mike Recchia (So) 3.433. Brian Morrell (Sr) 4.39

AVG AGAINST (Min. 40 innings)1. Mike Recchia (So) .2302. Josh Mueller (So) .2463. Brian Morrell (Sr) .247

– QualiTy PiTCHinG PeRfoRmanCes –Pitcher (W/L/S/ND) Opponent IP ER KBrian Morrell (W) SE La. (G1) 4.1 2 1Richie Derbak (S) SE La. (G1) 1 0 1Matt Miller (ND) SE La. (G2) 3.1 1 2Mike Recchia (W) SE La. (G3) 8 1 10Brian Morrell (ND) Saint Louis (G1) 3.1 0 1Tyler Kehrer (ND) Butler 5 1 12Josh Wilson (ND) Southern Illinois 2 0 0Jordan Kreke (ND) Southern Illinois 1 0 1Josh Mueller (W) Milwaukee (G1) 7.1 2 4Tyler Kehrer (ND) #25 Louisville 6 4 5Mike Recchia (W) Milwaukee (G2) 7 1 7Josh Mueller (W) South Florida 6 3 2Josh Wilson (ND) South Florida 2.1 0 1Tyler Kehrer (W) Bethune-Cookman 7 0 7Mike Recchia (W) #15 Oklahoma 6 1 4Brian Morrell (ND) Indiana 5 1 6Tyler Kehrer (ND) Morehead (G2) 5.1 3 4Mike Recchia (W) Morehead (G3) 8 1 9Brian Morrell (W) Chicago St. (G1) 5 0 7Zach Carney (ND) Chicago St. (G1) 3 1 0Josh Mueller (W) Tenn. Tech (G1) 6 3 8Mike Recchia (W) Tenn. Tech (G2) 7 0 9Richie Derbak (S) Saint Louis (G2) 3.1 0 4Josh Mueller (W) Murray St. (G1) 6.2 4 8Tyler Kehrer (W) Murray St. (G2) 7 1 8Jordan Kreke (ND) Indiana State 1 0 1Josh Mueller (W) UT Martin (G1) 9 2 9Mike Recchia (W) UT Martin (G3) 5.2 2 6Brian Morrell (ND) UT Martin (G3) 1 0 1Jordan Kreke (ND) UT Martin (G3) 1 0 2Brian Morell (ND) Illinois 5 1 1Richie Derbak (W) Illinois 3 0 2Josh Wilson (ND) Blackburn 1 0 1Jordan Kreke (ND) Blackburn 2 0 32009 team total: 34 – Recchia 6, Morrell 6, Kehrer 5, Mueller 5, Kreke 4, Derbak 3, Wilson 3, Carney 1, Miller 1.

Requirements for inclusion in this chart• starter: 6 IP & 4 ER or fewer –or– 5 IP & 3 ER or fewer• 7-inning Game starter: 4 IP & 3 ER or fewer• Relief: 3 IP & 2 ER or fewer –or– 1+ IP, no hits or walks

– 2009 Game summaRy – W L Pct.Overall ................................................... 26 6 .813Conference ............................................ 9 1 .900Non-Conference .................................... 17 5 .739Midweek ................................................ 8 1 .889Home ..................................................... 8 0 1.000Away ...................................................... 12 4 .750Neutral ................................................... 6 2 .750Day ........................................................ 24 5 .828Night ...................................................... 2 1 .667vs. Left-handed Starter .......................... 5 2 .714vs. Right-handed Starter........................ 21 4 .8401-Run Games ........................................ 3 2 .6002-Run Games ........................................ 4 1 .800Shutouts ................................................ 1 0 1.000Extra Innings.......................................... 0 0 ––In February ............................................ 3 2 .600In March................................................. 15 3 .833In April.................................................... 8 1 .889In May .................................................... 0 0 ––In Game 1 of OVC Series ...................... 4 0 1.000In Game 2 of OVC Series ...................... 3 1 .750In Game 3 of OVC Series ...................... 2 0 1.000Eastern Scores 10+ Runs ..................... 12 0 1.000Opponent Scores 10+ Runs .................. 1 3 .250When EIU Scores First .......................... 18 3 .857When Opponent Scores First ................ 8 3 .727EIU Leads After 7 inn (sched. 9)............ 19 0 1.000Opp. Leads After 7 (sched. 9)................ 0 4 .000Tied After 7 (sched. 9) ........................... 3 1 .750

– CaReeR-HiGH PeRfoRmanCes –HiTs (minimum 3)

PLayeR totaL oPPonent & dateZach Skidmore 6 at UT Martin (4/11/09)Richie Derbak 5 On Two Occasions

Most Recently: Tennessee Tech (3/29/09)Jordan Kreke 5 Tennessee Tech (3/29/09)Brett Nommensen 5 Jacksonville State (4/19/06)Curt Restko 5 Morehead State (3/22/08)Cam Strang 5 Chicago State (4/2/09)Ryan Lindquist 4 on Two Occasions

Most Recently: Blackburn College (4/15/09)Jordan Tokarz 4 at Illinois State (3/26/08)Zach Borenstein 3 On Three Occasions

Most Recently: at UT Martin (4/11/09)Alex Gee 3 On Three Occasions

Most Recently: at Chicago State (3/24/09)Jake Samuels 3 vs Milwaukee (3/8/09)Ben Thoma 3 On Four Occasions

Most Recently: at UT Martin (4/11/09)Bart Thyer 3 Blackburn College (4/15/09)Neil Wright 3 vs Bucknell (3/15/08)

RBis (minimum 3)PLayeR totaL oPPonent & dateJordan Kreke 8 Tennessee Tech (3/29/09)Zach Borenstein 5 at UT Martin (4/11/09)Richie Derbak 5 at Eastern Kentucky (5/17/08)Curt Restko 5 Chicago State (4/1/09)Zach Skidmore 5 On Three Occasions

Most Recently: Indiana State (4/8/09)Alex Gee 4 at Eastern Kentucky (5/17/08)Ryan Lindquist 4 On Two Occasions

Most Recently: Blackburn College (4/15/09)Brett Nommensen 4 On Three Occasions

Most Recently: at Saint Louis (3/31/09)Jake Samuels 4 On Two Occasions

Most Recently: Indiana State (4/8/09)Ben Thoma 4 at UT Martin (4/11/09)Jordan Tokarz 4 On Three Occasions

Most Recently: Blackburn College (4/15/09)Bart Thyer 3 Blackburn College (4/15/09)Chris Ulrey 3 Blackburn College (4/15/09)Gerik Wallsten 3 On Three Occasions

Most Recently: Murray State (4/4/09)inninGs PiTCHed (minimum 6)

PLayeR totaL oPPonent & dateJosh Mueller 9 at UT Martin (4/10/09)Mike Recchia 8 On Two Occasions

Most Recently: at Morehead State (3/22/09)Alex Guttosch 7 at Belmont (3/11/07)Mike Hoekstra 7 vs Northern Iowa (3/14/08)Tyler Kehrer 7 On Three Occasions

Most Recently: Murray State (4/4/09)Brian Morrell 7 On Two Occasions

Most Recently: vs Southeast Missouri (5/4/08)sTRikeouTs (minimum 5)

PLayeR totaL oPPonent & dateTyler Kehrer 12 vs Butler (2/28/09)Josh Mueller 10 at Tennessee Tech (3/29/08)Mike Recchia 10 at SE Louisiana (2/22/09)Brian Morrell 8 Southeast Missouri (5/4/08)Mike Hoekstra 6 Morehead State (3/22/08)

mulTi-HomeR GamesPLayeR totaL oPPonent & dateJordan Tokarz 2 Blackburn College (4/15/09)Bart Thyer 2 Blackburn College (4/15/09)Jordan Kreke 2 at UT Martin (4/11/09)Ben Thoma 2 Indiana State (4/8/09)Brett Nommensen 2 at Saint Louis (3/31/09)Jordan Kreke 2 Tennessee Tech (3/29/09)Zach Skidmore 2 at Chicago State (3/24/09)Brett Nommensen 2 at Indiana State (3/10/09)Richie Derbak 2 at Eastern Kentucky (5/17/08)


TWO-OUT RBI BREAKDOWN – 2009 – – eiu caReeR – PLayeR tWo-out RBis totaL RBis tWo-out RBis totaL RBisZach Borenstein 7 21 7 21Richie Derbak 17 32 53 95Alex Gee 1 13 13 42Jordan Kreke 16 41 50 111Ryan Lindquist 7 17 14 36Brett Nommensen 7 26 35 104Curt Restko 10 24 16 50Jake Samuels 11 19 11 19Brad Schweigert – 1 – 1Zach Skidmore 20 35 33 68Cam Strang 1 6 6 13Ben Thoma 5 16 7 19Bart Thyer 1 3 4 10Jordan Tokarz 14 36 28 78Chris Ulrey – 3 – 3Gerik Wallsten 11 19 11 19Neil Wright – – 2 3Evan Zalders – 1 – 1

REACHED SAfELy TO BEGIN AN INNING: 2009PLayeR Reached oPPoRtunities PeRcentage oBP in 2009Zach Borenstein 7 16 .438 .506Daniel Bracken 0 0 –– .500Richie Derbak 11 25 .440 .459Alex Gee 6 14 .429 .343Jordan Kreke 14 35 .400 .466Ryan Lindquist 8 15 .533 .441Brett Nommensen 33 53 .623 .649Curt Restko 13 25 .520 .447Jake Samuels 2 9 .222 .444Brad Schwiegert 0 1 .000 .273Zach Skidmore 16 30 .533 .455Cam Strang 3 5 .600 .548Ben Thoma 4 10 .400 .368Bart Thyer 1 2 .500 .692Jordan Tokarz 5 11 .455 .387Chris Ulrey 0 2 .000 .000Gerik Wallsten 5 14 .357 .342Evan Zalders 0 0 –– .500

2009 INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED RECAPPitcheR inheiRted scoRed PeRcentage ReLief aPPZach Carney 0 0 .000 3Richie Derbak 9 1 .111 16Scott Foley 0 0 .000 2Ryan Green 6 2 .333 7Jordan Kreke 7 6 .857 11Mike Martin 5 1 .200 7Matt Miller 3 3 1.000 9Brian Morrell 12 7 .583 12Josh Wilson 2 2 1.000 3team 44 22 .500 70

2009 INNING-By-INNING SCORING SUMMARy: ALL GAMES � 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 eX totaleasteRn 42 44 49 21 48 37 42 40 9 – 332oPPonents 15 16 12 15 29 21 18 20 14 – 160diffeRence +27 +28 +37 +6 +19 +16 +24 +20 -5 – +172

– eiu all-Time leadeRs –BATTING AVERAGE

1. Kevin Seitzer .418 1981-832. Tim Pyznarski .379 1979-813. Two Tied at .3765. BRett nOMMensen .372 2006-Pr6. Jeff Jetel .356 1987-907. Mark Chagnon .350 2004-078. Sean Lyons .349 1996-999. Dan Hargis .341 1987-89

HITS1. Ryan Campbell 260 2004-072. BRett nOMMensen 250 2006-Pr

DOUBLES1. Ryan Campbell 60 2004-072. Sean Lyons 56 1996-993. Two Tied with 525. BRett nOMMensen 48 2006-Pr6. JORDan KReKe 47 2006-Pr

TRIPLES1. Jason Jetel 18 1990-942. Jeff Gossett 14 1976-783. Rick Royer 13 1990-934. BRett nOMMensen �2 2006-Pr8. Four Tied with 8• JORDan KReKe 7

RUNS SCORED1. Sean Lyons 182 1996-992. BRett nOMMensen �80 2006-Pr

WALKS1. Jeff Jetel 124 1987-902. Matt Marzec 104 1996-003. BRett nOMMensen �03 2006-Pr

STOLEN BASES1. Mike Heimerdinger 51 1971-742. Brian Dillard 50 1980-833. BRett nOMMensen 47 2006-Pr

SAVES1. Chris Vaculik 18 2004-072. Mike Ziroli 15 1999-013. RiCHie DeRBaK �2 2007-Pr Mike Fahey 12 1991-945. Bobby Castelli 11 1997-98 6. Two Tied with 108. sCOtt FOLey 9 2007-Pr

APPEARANCES1. Chris Vaculik 102 2004-074. John Larson 79 1997-005. Mike Ziroli 78 1999-016. Mike Fahey 70 1991-947. Caleb Englehardt 69 1995-988. Mike Sommerfeld 67 1994-979. aLeX GuttOsCH 66 2005-Pr

STRIKEOUTS1. Marty Pattin 278 1962-656. Larry Micenheimer 204 1970-737. Mike Ziroli 164 1999-018. Wally Ensminger 160 1972-959. Dwaine Nelson 148 1972-7510. tyLeR KeHReR �43 2007-Pr• JOsH MueLLeR �23

BIG-INNING BREAKDOWN (Minimum 4 Runs Scored)easTeRn illinois oPPonenTsRuns Opponent inning Date12 Tennessee Tech 2nd 3/29/0911 Blackburn 1st 4/15/098 UT Martin 8th 4/11/098 Indiana St. 7th 4/8/098 Morehead St. 8th 3/21/098 Morehead St. 5th 3/21/096 UT Martin 2nd 4/11/096 Indiana St. 7th 4/8/096 Morehead St. 7th 3/21/096 Chicago St. 2nd 3/24/09

Runs Opponent inning Date6 UT Martin 5th 4/10/096 Morehead St. 9th 3/21/096 Indiana St. 5th 3/10/095 SE Louisiana 4th 2/21/094 Indiana St. 9th 4/8/094 Saint Louis 6th 3/31/094 Morehead St. 7th 3/21/094 Bradley 5th 3/18/094 #15 Oklahoma 8th 3/15/09


DEPTH CHARTfiRst Base second Base shoRtstoP thiRd BaseJake Samuels Jordan Tokarz Jordan Kreke Zach SkidmoreAlex Gee Richie Derbak Cam Strang Zach Borenstein Cam Strang Jordan Kreke

catcheR Left fieLd centeR fieLd Right fieLdGerik Wallsten Curt Restko Ryan Lindquist Zach BorensteinBen Thoma Chris Ulrey Chris Ulrey Ryan LindquistBart Thyer Jake Samuels

designated hitteR staRting PitcheRs BuLLPen injuRedRichie Derbak Josh Mueller Brian Morrell Brett NommensenBen Thoma Tyler Kehrer Richie Derbak Alex GuttoschZach Borenstein Mike Recchia Jordan Kreke Mike Hoekstra Brian Morrell Mike Martin Daniel Bracken Mike Martin Josh Wilson Scott Foley Matt Miller Ryan Green

# name Pos. Ht. Wt. B/t yr Hometown (High school/Previous College)1 Jordan Kreke • • • IF/P 6-2 200 R/R Sr Bartelso, IL (Breese Mater Dei)2 Curt Restko • • OF 5-11 175 R/R Jr Tinley Park, IL (Andrew)3 Jordan Tokarz • 2B 6-0 200 R/R Sr Naperville, IL (Neuqua Valley/Elgin CC)4 Chris Ulrey OF 6-0 190 L/L Jr Greenfield, IN (New Palestine/Lincoln Trail CC)6 Ryan Green • P 5-11 170 R/L Fr Rochester, IL (Rochester)8 Zach Skidmore • 3B/DH 5-11 200 L/R Jr Cary, IL (Dundee-Crown/Parkland College)9 Scott Foley • • P 6-2 200 R/R Jr Tinley Park, IL (Andrew)10 Cam Strang • IF 5-10 180 R/R So Champaign, IL (Champaign Central)11 Richie Derbak • • IF/P 6-1 180 L/R Jr Lebanon, IL (Trenton-Wesclin)12 Brett Nommensen • • • OF 5-10 190 L/L Sr Fox River Grove, IL (Cary-Grove)13 Neil Wright • P 5-10 180 L/L So Mahomet, IL (Mahomet-Seymour)14 Mike Hoekstra • P 6-2 165 R/R So Lansing, IL (Thornton Fractional South)15 Robbie Goldstick P/UTL 5-9 165 R/R Fr Deerfield, IL (Deerfield)16 Josh Wilson P 6-1 200 R/R Jr Charleston, IL (Charleston/Lake Land CC)17 Zach Carney • P 6-3 200 R/R So Carol Stream, IL (Glenbard North)18 Zach Borenstein IF 5-11 190 L/R Fr Buffalo Grove, IL (Buffalo Grove)19 Ryan Lindquist • OF 5-10 190 R/R Sr Hinsdale, IL (Hinsdale South/Elgin CC)21 Alex Guttosch • • • P 6-1 220 R/R Sr Chicago, IL (Loyola Academy)22 Matt Miller • P 6-5 195 R/R So Charleston, IL (Charleston)23 Tyler Kehrer • • P 6-3 210 L/L Jr New Baden, IL (Trenton-Wesclin)24 Ben Thoma C/DH 6-2 200 R/R RS-Fr Columbia, IL (Columbia)25 Jake Samuels 1B/OF 6-2 170 L/L Jr Grand Rapids, MI (Rogers/Lincoln Trail CC)26 Brad Schweigert IF 5-10 170 R/R Fr Bourbonnais, IL (Bradley-Bourbonnais)27 Josh Mueller • P 6-4 215 R/R So Columbia, IL (Columbia)28 Mike Recchia • P 6-1 210 R/R So Crestwood, IL (Shepherd)29 Daniel Bracken OF 5-9 160 R/R Fr Louisville, KY (Fern Creek)30 Bart Thyer • C 6-3 205 L/R So Tinley Park, IL (Andrew)31 Brian Morrell • • • P 6-7 230 R/R Sr Quincy, IL (Quincy Notre Dame)33 Mike Martin P 6-3 205 R/R RS-Fr Bloomingdale, IL (Glenbard East)34 Gerik Wallsten C 5-11 210 R/R Fr Ingleside, IL (Grant)35 Alex Gee • • 1B/DH 6-3 200 R/R Jr Springfield, IL (Sacred Heart-Griffin)36 Evan Zalders C 6-1 190 R/R Jr Webster Groves, MO (Webster Groves/Southwestern Ill. CC)37 Matt Boyer • P 6-2 205 R/R Sr Burbank, IL (Reavis/St. Francis)38 Danny DeLong P 6-2 180 L/L Fr Olathe, KS (Olathe Northwest) head coach: #7 Jim Schmitz, 15th year (Wilmington College [Ohio], 1979)thiRd Base coach/defense: #5 Sean Lyons, 5th year (Eastern Illinois, 1999)Pitching coach: #20 Skylar Meade, 2nd year (Louisville, 2007) voLunteeR assistant/fiRst Base coach: #32 Jake Kleckner, 1st year

2009 EASTERN ILLINOIS ROSTER

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE#1 Jordan KReKe: Kray-key (not Kree-key)#2 Curt RestKO: Rest-co#3 Jordan tOKaRZ: Toe-cars#4 Chris uLRey: Ull-ree#10 Cameron stRanG: St-rang (not Strange)#11 Richie DeRBaK: Der-back#12 Brett nOMMensen: Nom-men-sen (not Nome)#14 Mike HOeKstRa: Hoke-stra#18 Zach BORenstein: Bore-en-steen#21 Alex GuttOsCH: Guh-tosh#23 Tyler KeHReR: Care (like Rare)#24 Ben tHOMa: Toe-muh#27 Josh MueLLeR: Miller (not Mule-er)#28 Mike ReCCHia: Reck-ee-uh#30 Bart tHyeR: Thigh-er#31 Brian MORReLL: More-LLL (not Moral)#35 Alex Gee: G

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Baseball National Ranking Summary Thru Games 04/12/2009

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Category Rank Actual National Leader ActualBatting Average (288 ranked) 2 0.38 New Mexico 0.382 Scoring (288 ranked) 7 10.1 New Mexico St. 11.9 Runs (288 ranked) 15 303.0 New Mexico St. 429.0 Hits (288 ranked) 12 413.0 New Mexico 520.0 Doubles Per Game (288 ranked) 19 2.53 West Virginia 3.0 Doubles (288 ranked) 34 76.0 New Mexico

West Virginia 99.099.0

Triples Per Game (288 ranked) 146 0.23 New Mexico 1.0 Triples (288 ranked) 145 7.0 New Mexico 36.0 Home Runs Per Game (288 ranked) 6 1.93 Col. of Charleston 2.45 Home Runs (288 ranked) 10 58.0 Col. of Charleston 81.0 Slugging Percentage (288 ranked) 3 0.622 Col. of Charleston 0.627 Stolen Bases Per Game (288 ranked) 252 0.67 Savannah St. 3.7 Stolen Bases (288 ranked) 253 20.0 Savannah St. 137.0 Base on Balls (288 ranked) 130 128.0 New Mexico St. 268.0 Sacrifice Bunts (288 ranked) 33 27.0 West Virginia 55.0 Hit by Pitch (288 ranked) 88 39.0 Campbell 79.0 Sacrifice Flies (288 ranked) 15 21.0 Virginia 32.0 Earned Run Average (288 ranked) 57 4.56 Texas 2.16 Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (288 ranked) 50 8.1 LSU 10.8 Hits Allowed Per Nine Innings (288 ranked) 40 9.05 Pepperdine 7.06 Walks Allowed Per Nine Innings (288 ranked) 205 4.56 Tulane 2.17 Fielding Percentage (288 ranked) 120 0.963 Pepperdine 0.984 Double Plays Per Game (288 ranked) 174 0.77 Penn St. 1.36 Double Plays (288 ranked) 179 23.0 Southern Miss. 46.0 WL Pct (288 ranked) 6 0.8 New Mexico St. 0.833

Category Player Rank Actual National Leader Actual

Batting Average (500 ranked) Brett NommensenRichie Derbak Jordan Kreke Curt Restko Zach Skidmore

28

28286321

0.5210.4560.4350.37

0.366

Ross Babineaux, DelaSt

0.526

Runs Per Game (500 ranked) Brett NommensenJordan Kreke Zach Skidmore

227794

1.391.211.17

Matt Davis, E.Ky

1.83

Runs (500 ranked) Brett NommensenJordan Kreke Zach Skidmore Jordan Tokarz

74147147264

39.035.035.032.0

Jarrett Parker, Va.

56.0

Hits (500 ranked) Richie Derbak Jordan Kreke Brett NommensenZach Skidmore Jordan Tokarz

70102102257466

52.050.050.045.041.0

Mike Brownstein, N.Mex.

67.0

Doubles Per Game (500 ranked) Brett NommensenJordan Kreke Richie Derbak

29122248

0.460.380.33

Zach Johnson, Cmpbll

0.65

Doubles (500 ranked) Brett NommensenJordan Kreke

51185

13.011.0

Zach Johnson, Cmpbll

20.0

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Richie Derbak 314 10.0 Triples Per Game (500 ranked) Mike Brownstein, N.Mex. 0.25 Triples (500 ranked) Jordan Tokarz

Jordan Kreke 218218

2.02.0

Mike Brownstein, N.Mex.

9.0

Home Runs Per Game (500 ranked) Brett NommensenJordan Kreke

1879

0.390.31

Kent Matthes, Ala

0.61

Home Runs (500 ranked) Brett NommensenJordan Kreke Jordan Tokarz Zach Skidmore Ben Thoma

4092

212265265

11.09.07.06.06.0

Kent Matthes, Ala

20.0

Runs Batted In Per Game (500 ranked) Jordan Kreke Zach Skidmore Richie Derbak Jordan Tokarz

29188188239

1.381.071.071.0

Jayson Langfels, E.Ky

1.79

Runs Batted In (500 ranked) Jordan Kreke Zach Skidmore Richie Derbak Jordan Tokarz

62224224311

40.032.032.030.0

Rich Poythress, Ga.

60.0

Slugging Percentage (500 ranked) Brett NommensenJordan Kreke Richie Derbak Jordan Tokarz Zach Skidmore Jake Samuels

118

224338358443

1.0210.8

0.6230.59

0.5850.567

Brett Nommensen, E.Ill

1.021

Total Bases (500 ranked) Brett NommensenJordan Kreke Zach Skidmore Jordan Tokarz Richie Derbak

2153

268268297

98.092.072.072.071.0

Kent Matthes, Ala

123.0

On Base Percentage (500 ranked) Brett NommensenJordan Kreke Richie Derbak Curt Restko Zach Skidmore

1184217382391

0.6490.4730.4680.4490.448

Brett Nommensen, E.Ill

0.649

Stolen Bases Per Game (500 ranked) Brint Hardy, UAB 0.94 Stolen Bases (500 ranked) Brint Hardy, UAB 31.0 Base on Balls Per Game (500 ranked) Brett Nommensen 83 0.79 Dan Black, Purdue 1.37 Base on Balls (500 ranked) Brett Nommensen

Zach Skidmore 161358

22.018.0

Richard Stout, N.M.St

45.0

Hit By Pitch Per Game (500 ranked) Brett Nommensen 8 0.46 Kevin Hoef, Iowa 0.57 Hit by Pitch (500 ranked) Brett Nommensen

Curt Restko Jordan Kreke

11431507

13.06.05.0

Griffin Benedict, Ga.So. Kevin Hoef, Iowa Jordin Hood, NIU Kyle Roller, E.Caro

16.016.016.016.0

Toughest to Strike Out (500 ranked) Richie Derbak Brett NommensenCurt Restko Jordan Tokarz Jake Samuels Zach Skidmore Jordan Kreke

5974

103213254262328

14.313.712.510.29.69.58.8

Anthony Aguilera, SnJose

43.5

Sacrifice Bunts Per Game (500 ranked) Gerik Wallsten Curt Restko

340

0.430.24

Jared Wolf, W.Ill

0.5

Sacrifice Bunts (500 ranked) Gerik Wallsten Curt Restko Jordan Tokarz

735

610

10.07.03.0

Joe Scott, CSFull

14.0

Sacrifice Flies (500 ranked) Jordan Tokarz Richie Derbak Jordan Kreke

4101190

6.04.03.0

Phil Gosselin, Va. Miles Hartsfield, UTMart Jonathan Koscso, So.Fla

7.07.07.0

Earned Run Average (500 ranked) Mike Recchia Josh Mueller Tyler Kehrer

2379489

1.164.444.96

Josh Spence, ArizSt

1.01



Victories (500 ranked) Josh Mueller Mike Recchia Mike Martin Tyler Kehrer Brian Morrell

1616

377377377

6.06.03.03.03.0

A.J. Morris, Kan.St

9.0

Saves (500 ranked) Richie Derbak 51 5.0 Addison Reed, SDSt 12.0 Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (500 ranked) Tyler Kehrer

Mike Recchia Josh Mueller

66126264

10.149.448.13

Stephen Strasburg, SDSt

17.73

Strikeouts (500 ranked) Mike Recchia Tyler Kehrer Josh Mueller

87115163

49.047.044.0

Stephen Strasburg, SDSt

107.0

Hits Allowed Per Nine Innings (500 ranked) Mike Recchia Tyler Kehrer Josh Mueller

6230351

5.48.639.43

Ryan Berry, Rice

3.92

Walks Allowed Per Nine Innings (500 ranked) Mike Recchia

293

2.7 null Flynn, Tulane null Mementowski, Ohio

0.560.56



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inninG-By-inninG sCORinG suMMaRy: 2008 vs. jax state � 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 eX totaleasteRn 6 13 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 – 29jax state 1 2 2 2 2 3 0 1 3 – 16diffeRence +5 +11 e +1 -1 -3 +1 +2 -3 – +13

2008 Eastern Illinois Baseball

Overall Statistics for Eastern Illinois (as of Apr 16, 2009)

(2008 vs Jax State Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 2-2 Home: 1-2 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 1-0 Ohio Valley: 1-2

Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%

12 NOMMENSEN, Brett. .500 4-4 14 5 7 2 0 0 3 9 .643 3 0 1 0 .588 0 0 3-3 11 0 2 .846

1 KREKE, Jordan.... .500 4-4 14 2 7 0 2 0 5 11 .786 2 0 4 0 .529 1 1 0-0 6 5 1 .917

19 LINDQUIST, Ryan.. .400 4-4 10 2 4 0 0 0 1 4 .400 5 0 3 0 .600 0 0 0-0 8 1 1 .900

3 TOKARZ, Jordan... .313 4-4 16 7 5 0 0 2 6 11 .688 2 0 2 0 .389 0 0 0-0 6 14 3 .870

8 SKIDMORE, Zach... .308 4-4 13 2 4 1 0 0 2 5 .385 2 0 3 0 .400 0 0 0-0 0 3 1 .750

2 RESTKO, Curt..... .176 4-4 17 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 .176 0 1 1 0 .222 0 0 1-1 4 0 0 1.000

11 DERBAK, Richie... .143 4-4 14 3 2 0 0 0 3 2 .143 2 0 6 0 .235 1 0 0-0 26 1 0 1.000

35 GEE, Alex........ .125 4-2 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .125 2 0 1 0 .300 0 0 0-0 23 0 0 1.000

10 STRANG, Cameron.. .111 3-3 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .111 2 0 0 1 .273 0 0 0-0 4 8 1 .923

25 FACER, Tristan... .100 3-3 10 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 .100 2 0 3 1 .250 0 0 0-0 9 1 0 1.000

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16 ESTAND, Sean..... .500 2-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000

13 WRIGHT, Neil..... .000 3-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 .333 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000

30 THYER, Bart...... .000 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 1 0 0-0 4 0 0 1.000

34 CHILLMAN, Drake.. .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000

4 WILSON, Kyle..... .000 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000

Totals.............. .275 4-4 131 29 36 3 2 2 26 49 .374 24 1 27 2 .384 3 1 4-4 102 35 10 .932

Opponents........... .254 4-4 134 16 34 5 1 3 14 50 .373 10 3 28 4 .320 0 2 2-2 96 36 8 .943

LOB - Team (35), Opp (31). DPs turned - Team (5), Opp (3). IBB - Team (0), Opp (1).

(2008 vs Jax State Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

23 KEHRER, Tyler.... 0.00 0-0 1 1 0 0/0 0 6.2 5 0 0 1 8 1 0 0 25 .200 0 0 0 0 0

31 MORRELL, Brian... 0.79 2-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 11.1 12 3 1 3 5 0 0 1 44 .273 0 1 0 0 0

28 RECCHIA, Mike.... 5.87 0-1 2 2 0 0/0 0 7.2 10 5 5 3 8 2 0 1 31 .323 0 2 0 0 0

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32 BRANDON, Tyler... 0.00 0-1 1 0 0 0/0 0 2.1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .111 0 0 0 0 0

27 MUELLER, Josh.... 0.00 0-0 1 1 0 0/0 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 10 .200 0 0 0 0 0

11 DERBAK, Richie... 0.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 1 2.0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 7 .143 0 0 0 0 0

25 FACER, Tristan... 4.50 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 2.0 3 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 .375 0 0 0 0 2

Totals.............. 1.85 2-2 4 4 0 0/0 1 34.0 34 16 7 10 28 5 1 3 134 .254 0 3 0 0 2

Opponents........... 5.34 2-2 4 4 0 2/2 0 32.0 36 29 19 24 27 3 2 2 131 .275 3 1 0 3 1

PB - Team (2), DERBAK 2, Opp (3). SBA/ATT - DERBAK (2-2), KEHRER (1-1), THYER (1-1).

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2009 Eastern Illinois Baseball

Conference statistics for Eastern Illinois (as of Apr 11, 2009)

(Ohio Valley games only Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 9-1 Home: 4-0 Away: 5-1 Ohio Valley: 9-1


1 KREKE, Jordan.... .595 10-10 42 18 25 6 1 7 29 54 1.286 1 2 4 1 .596 2 0 1-1 10 28 2 .950

12 NOMMENSEN, Brett. .500 8-8 24 11 12 3 0 2 5 21 .875 7 4 3 0 .657 0 0 0-1 11 0 0 1.000

11 DERBAK, Richie... .488 10-10 41 10 20 4 0 2 18 30 .732 3 1 1 2 .522 1 0 0-0 0 1 0 1.000

18 BORENSTEIN, Zach. .406 9-9 32 11 13 0 0 2 11 19 .594 9 1 5 1 .548 0 0 0-2 16 1 0 1.000

8 SKIDMORE, Zach... .405 10-10 42 15 17 5 0 1 10 25 .595 4 2 5 0 .479 0 0 0-0 5 6 2 .846

3 TOKARZ, Jordan... .359 10-10 39 15 14 2 0 4 8 28 .718 8 0 2 2 .458 1 1 0-1 20 16 2 .947

34 WALLSTEN, Gerik.. .292 8-8 24 8 7 1 0 3 8 17 .708 3 0 5 1 .370 0 1 0-0 63 2 0 1.000

25 SAMUELS, Jake.... .273 9-9 33 14 9 1 0 2 9 16 .485 6 3 2 3 .429 0 0 0-0 50 5 1 .982

2 RESTKO, Curt..... .257 10-10 35 8 9 1 0 0 9 10 .286 1 4 3 0 .350 0 3 3-3 17 0 0 1.000

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36 ZALDERS, Evan.... 1.000 1-0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 4.000 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000

19 LINDQUIST, Ryan.. .538 7-3 13 8 7 1 0 1 2 11 .846 3 1 1 0 .647 0 0 0-0 11 0 1 .917

26 SCHWEIGERT, Brad. .500 1-0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000

35 GEE, Alex........ .333 3-1 6 1 2 0 0 1 3 5 .833 0 0 1 0 .333 0 0 0-0 9 1 0 1.000

24 THOMA, Ben....... .286 5-2 14 4 4 0 0 2 7 10 .714 0 1 2 1 .333 0 0 0-0 16 2 1 .947

30 THYER, Bart...... .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 1.000

22 MILLER, Matt..... .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 1.000

10 STRANG, Cam...... .000 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000

16 WILSON, Josh..... .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000

Totals.............. .401 10-10 352 125 141 24 1 28 120 251 .713 45 19 35 11 .488 4 5 4-8 237 72 13 .960

Opponents........... .274 10-10 317 51 87 16 1 10 48 135 .426 39 4 81 2 .357 4 2 2-5 228 102 16 .954

LOB - Team (72), Opp (79). DPs turned - Team (3), Opp (13). CI - Team (1), THOMA 1. Picked off - WALLSTEN 1, NOMMENSEN 1.

(Ohio Valley games only Sorted by Earned run avg)


28 RECCHIA, Mike.... 1.31 3-0 3 3 1 1/0 0 20.2 14 4 3 7 24 2 0 0 75 .187 2 2 0 1 0

27 MUELLER, Josh.... 4.88 4-0 4 4 1 0/0 0 27.2 27 16 15 15 30 4 0 5 105 .257 1 1 0 0 0

23 KEHRER, Tyler.... 4.96 1-1 3 3 1 0/0 0 16.1 18 12 9 7 14 3 0 2 68 .265 2 0 1 1 2

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11 DERBAK, Richie... 0.00 1-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 3.0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 12 .167 1 0 0 0 0

1 KREKE, Jordan.... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0

31 MORRELL, Brian... 10.38 0-0 4 0 0 0/0 1 4.1 9 5 5 2 5 2 1 0 22 .409 0 0 0 0 0

33 MARTIN, Mike..... 12.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 3.0 6 4 4 3 3 2 0 0 13 .462 0 0 0 2 0

6 GREEN, Ryan...... 27.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 .667 0 0 0 0 0

22 MILLER, Matt..... 30.38 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 2.2 9 9 9 3 1 2 0 3 16 .563 1 1 0 0 0

Totals.............. 5.24 9-1 10 10 3 1/0 1 79.0 87 51 46 39 81 16 1 10 317 .274 7 4 1 4 2

Opponents........... 12.43 1-9 10 10 1 0/0 0 76.0 141 125 105 45 35 24 1 28 352 .401 5 19 6 4 5

PB - Team (4), WALLSTEN 3, THOMA 1, Opp (2). Pickoffs - Team (4), KEHRER 2, MUELLER 2, Opp (2). SBA/ATT - WALLSTEN (2-3),

MUELLER (0-2), MORRELL (1-1), RECCHIA (1-1), KEHRER (0-1).

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2009 Eastern Illinois Baseball Overall Statistics for Eastern Illinois (as of Apr 16, 2009) (16 Wins in 17 Games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 16-1 Home: 8-0 Away: 8-1 Ohio Valley: 9-1


12 NOMMENSEN, Brett. .605 13-13 38 20 23 7 0 5 15 45 1.184 13 6 3 0 .737 0 0 0-1 17 0 0 1.000 1 KREKE, Jordan.... .537 16-15 67 26 36 8 1 9 35 73 1.090 2 3 6 1 .554 2 0 1-1 19 43 5 .92519 LINDQUIST, Ryan.. .487 14-9 39 18 19 5 1 3 15 35 .897 7 2 2 0 .583 0 0 0-0 22 0 1 .95718 BORENSTEIN, Zach. .404 14-13 52 18 21 3 0 2 17 30 .577 13 1 9 1 .530 0 0 1-3 22 3 1 .962 8 SKIDMORE, Zach... .400 17-16 70 26 28 6 0 7 27 55 .786 8 2 6 0 .469 1 0 0-1 6 23 2 .93511 DERBAK, Richie... .397 16-16 68 14 27 5 0 2 19 38 .559 3 1 3 2 .425 1 0 0-0 0 2 0 1.000 3 TOKARZ, Jordan... .338 17-17 65 24 22 2 1 6 21 44 .677 9 1 5 4 .400 5 1 0-1 33 31 2 .970 2 RESTKO, Curt..... .323 17-16 62 21 20 5 0 1 17 28 .452 3 5 5 0 .394 1 4 4-4 25 0 0 1.00025 SAMUELS, Jake.... .309 16-13 55 21 17 3 0 3 16 29 .527 7 4 3 4 .424 0 0 0-0 90 6 1 .990--------------21 GUTTOSCH, Alex... 1.000 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .00010 STRANG, Cam...... .571 7-2 14 7 8 1 0 1 3 12 .857 3 0 0 0 .611 1 0 1-1 6 9 0 1.00030 THYER, Bart...... .571 5-1 7 5 4 2 0 2 3 12 1.714 2 1 1 0 .700 0 0 0-0 16 1 0 1.00036 ZALDERS, Evan.... .500 2-0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 2.000 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 1.00024 THOMA, Ben....... .406 9-6 32 10 13 2 0 5 11 30 .938 1 1 3 1 .441 0 0 0-0 35 3 1 .97435 GEE, Alex........ .368 7-4 19 6 7 0 0 3 8 16 .842 1 0 3 0 .400 0 0 0-0 29 4 0 1.00034 WALLSTEN, Gerik.. .333 12-11 33 10 11 2 0 4 13 25 .758 3 1 7 2 .405 0 4 0-0 84 3 0 1.00026 SCHWEIGERT, Brad. .333 5-0 9 3 3 0 0 0 1 3 .333 0 0 2 0 .333 0 0 0-0 5 3 1 .889 4 ULREY, Chris..... .333 1-1 6 2 2 1 0 0 3 3 .500 0 0 2 0 .333 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 1.00016 WILSON, Josh..... .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.00022 MILLER, Matt..... .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2 3 0 1.000

Totals.............. .410 17-17 641 232 263 52 3 54 225 483 .754 75 28 61 15 .485 11 9 7-12 426 151 20 .967Opponents........... .267 17-17 559 82 149 25 1 14 75 218 .390 68 8 138 10 .351 6 4 7-11 405 178 25 .959

LOB - Team (127), Opp (138). DPs turned - Team (11), Opp (17). CI - Team (1), THOMA 1. IBB - Team (3), NOMMENSEN 2,BORENSTEIN 1. Picked off - NOMMENSEN 1, WALLSTEN 1, STRANG 1.

(16 Wins in 17 Games Sorted by Earned run avg)


28 RECCHIA, Mike.... 1.19 3-0 4 4 1 1/0 0 22.2 15 4 3 8 27 2 0 0 81 .185 3 2 0 1 131 MORRELL, Brian... 3.93 2-0 8 2 0 0/0 1 18.1 20 12 8 6 17 4 1 0 75 .267 1 2 0 1 123 KEHRER, Tyler.... 4.64 2-1 5 4 1 0/0 0 21.1 21 14 11 10 21 4 0 3 86 .244 3 1 1 1 227 MUELLER, Josh.... 4.88 4-0 4 4 1 0/0 0 27.2 27 16 15 15 30 4 0 5 105 .257 1 1 0 0 0--------------16 WILSON, Josh..... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 1 KREKE, Jordan.... 2.57 0-0 5 0 0 0/0 0 7.0 4 2 2 2 9 1 0 0 24 .167 0 0 0 1 011 DERBAK, Richie... 2.92 2-0 6 0 0 0/0 2 12.1 14 4 4 4 11 2 0 0 51 .275 1 0 0 0 017 CARNEY, Zach..... 6.75 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 4.0 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 16 .375 0 0 0 0 033 MARTIN, Mike..... 7.98 3-0 6 3 0 0/0 0 14.2 21 13 13 13 13 2 0 1 60 .350 0 0 0 2 022 MILLER, Matt..... 8.44 0-0 5 0 0 0/0 0 10.2 17 10 10 7 5 4 0 3 47 .362 2 1 0 0 0 6 GREEN, Ryan...... 11.57 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 2.1 4 4 3 2 4 2 0 0 12 .333 2 0 0 0 0

Totals.............. 4.56 16-1 17 17 3 1/0 3 142.0 149 82 72 68 138 25 1 14 559 .267 13 8 1 6 4Opponents........... 12.40 1-16 17 17 1 0/0 0 135.0 263 232 186 75 61 52 3 54 641 .410 11 28 7 11 9

PB - Team (7), THOMA 4, WALLSTEN 3, Opp (7). Pickoffs - Team (4), MUELLER 2, KEHRER 2, Opp (3). SBA/ATT - THOMA (3-4),WALLSTEN (3-4), MORRELL (3-3), MARTIN (2-2), KEHRER (0-2), MUELLER (0-2), DERBAK (1-1), RECCHIA (1-1), THYER (1-1).

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2009 Eastern Illinois Baseball Overall Statistics for Eastern Illinois (as of Apr 15, 2009) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 26-6 Home: 8-0 Away: 12-4 Neutral: 6-2 Ohio Valley: 9-1


12 NOMMENSEN, Brett. .521 28-28 96 39 50 13 1 11 26 98 1.021 22 13 7 0 .649 0 1 5-8 49 0 0 1.00011 DERBAK, Richie... .447 29-29 123 24 55 10 0 3 32 74 .602 5 1 8 2 .459 4 0 0-0 2 5 0 1.000 1 KREKE, Jordan.... .429 29-28 119 35 51 12 2 9 41 94 .790 6 5 13 4 .466 3 0 3-3 40 84 6 .95418 BORENSTEIN, Zach. .408 22-18 71 22 29 4 0 2 21 39 .549 14 1 13 1 .506 1 1 1-3 31 3 1 .971 8 SKIDMORE, Zach... .374 32-31 131 38 49 7 1 8 35 82 .626 19 2 14 0 .455 2 1 2-4 12 49 7 .897 2 RESTKO, Curt..... .365 31-30 104 28 38 5 0 1 24 46 .442 10 7 8 1 .447 2 8 5-8 48 0 0 1.00019 LINDQUIST, Ryan.. .350 28-20 80 25 28 7 1 3 17 46 .575 10 3 17 1 .441 0 1 0-0 49 0 2 .96125 SAMUELS, Jake.... .342 25-18 76 26 26 5 0 4 19 43 .566 10 4 7 5 .444 0 1 1-2 123 8 1 .992 3 TOKARZ, Jordan... .341 32-32 129 36 44 6 2 9 36 81 .628 12 2 12 6 .387 7 3 2-4 59 75 7 .95034 WALLSTEN, Gerik.. .288 23-22 66 12 19 4 0 4 19 35 .530 4 2 15 5 .342 1 10 0-0 160 7 1 .994--------------21 GUTTOSCH, Alex... 1.000 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .00030 THYER, Bart...... .556 7-1 9 5 5 2 0 2 3 13 1.444 3 1 2 0 .692 0 0 0-0 19 3 1 .95736 ZALDERS, Evan.... .500 2-0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 2.000 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 1.00010 STRANG, Cam...... .435 15-4 23 10 10 2 0 1 6 15 .652 7 0 2 0 .548 1 0 1-2 7 16 1 .95824 THOMA, Ben....... .333 16-11 54 14 18 4 0 6 16 40 .741 2 1 7 1 .368 0 0 0-0 57 7 2 .97035 GEE, Alex........ .274 21-14 62 9 17 1 0 3 13 27 .435 6 1 15 3 .343 1 2 0-0 120 10 1 .99226 SCHWEIGERT, Brad. .273 7-0 11 4 3 0 0 0 1 3 .273 0 0 2 0 .273 0 0 0-0 8 3 1 .917 4 ULREY, Chris..... .154 5-2 13 2 2 1 0 0 3 3 .231 0 0 6 0 .154 0 0 0-0 8 0 0 1.00029 BRACKEN, Daniel.. .000 3-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.00016 WILSON, Josh..... .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 1.00022 MILLER, Matt..... .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2 6 0 1.000 9 FOLEY, Scott..... .000 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 1 1 .500

Totals.............. .380 32-32 1173 332 446 83 7 67 313 744 .634 131 43 149 29 .453 22 28 20-34 818 305 40 .966Opponents........... .256 32-32 1044 160 267 46 5 21 141 386 .370 134 26 242 20 .351 12 14 19-30 799 340 49 .959

LOB - Team (266), Opp (253). DPs turned - Team (25), Opp (36). CI - Team (1), THOMA 1. IBB - Team (11), NOMMENSEN 7,LINDQUIST 1, DERBAK 1, BORENSTEIN 1, SKIDMORE 1. Picked off - RESTKO 1, GEE 1, SAMUELS 1, WALLSTEN 1, DERBAK 1, STRANG 1,NOMMENSEN 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)


28 RECCHIA, Mike.... 1.16 6-0 8 8 1 1/0 0 46.2 28 8 6 14 49 4 0 1 164 .171 3 5 0 2 127 MUELLER, Josh.... 4.44 6-0 8 8 1 0/0 0 48.2 51 27 24 25 44 12 1 5 185 .276 3 3 0 1 423 KEHRER, Tyler.... 4.85 3-2 9 8 1 0/0 0 42.2 40 27 23 25 48 6 2 3 166 .241 5 5 1 2 331 MORRELL, Brian... 4.86 3-1 15 3 0 0/0 1 33.1 36 28 18 15 26 7 1 1 138 .261 5 2 0 2 1--------------16 WILSON, Josh..... 0.00 0-0 4 0 0 0/0 0 6.2 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 19 .105 1 2 0 0 0 9 FOLEY, Scott..... 0.00 0-1 2 0 0 0/0 0 1.1 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 .333 0 0 0 0 111 DERBAK, Richie... 3.09 3-2 16 0 0 0/0 5 23.1 29 8 8 7 25 3 0 0 93 .312 3 3 0 0 1 1 KREKE, Jordan.... 4.30 1-0 11 0 0 0/0 1 14.2 9 8 7 3 13 2 0 2 52 .173 1 3 0 2 117 CARNEY, Zach..... 4.50 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 6.0 6 4 3 3 2 0 0 2 22 .273 0 0 0 0 033 MARTIN, Mike..... 7.45 4-0 12 5 0 0/0 0 29.0 32 24 24 24 19 3 1 2 108 .296 0 2 1 3 222 MILLER, Matt..... 8.15 0-0 9 0 0 0/0 0 17.2 27 16 16 12 7 7 0 4 77 .351 3 1 0 0 0 6 GREEN, Ryan...... 16.88 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 2.2 5 6 5 4 4 2 0 0 14 .357 2 0 0 0 0

Totals.............. 4.42 26-6 32 32 3 1/0 7 272.2 267 160 134 134 242 46 5 21 1044 .256 26 26 2 12 14Opponents........... 9.09 6-26 32 32 2 0/0 1 266.1 446 332 269 131 149 83 7 67 1173 .380 24 43 8 22 28

PB - Team (12), THOMA 8, WALLSTEN 4, Opp (16). Pickoffs - Team (5), KEHRER 3, MUELLER 2, Opp (7). SBA/ATT - THOMA (9-13),WALLSTEN (8-12), MARTIN (3-6), RECCHIA (4-5), KEHRER (2-5), MORRELL (4-4), DERBAK (2-3), THYER (2-3), MUELLER (1-3), CARNEY(2-2), WILSON, J. (0-1), FOLEY (1-1).

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