Eastern Michigan Athletics
Chaffins and Skirving Sweep MAC Honors
5/4/2009 11:42:41 AM | Baseball
Chaffins named MAC West Pitcher of the Week; Skirving takes home Player of the Week honors.
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Eastern Michigan University redshirt sophomore Corey Chaffins (New London, Ohio-New London) has been named the Mid-American Conference West Division Pitcher of the Week, while sophomore catcher Matt Skirving (Midland, Mich. H.H. Dow) picked up MAC West Player of the Week honors, the league office announced today, May 4. It marks Chaffins' second MAC accolade this season, while Skirving earns the honor for the first time in his career.
Chaffins had everything working for the Eagles against Ball State University, May 1, recording a career-best 14 strikeouts in seven and two-thirds innings to help EMU claim a 6-5 win over the Cardinals. Chaffins went seven and two-thirds, giving up five runs (four earned) on six hits, fanning 14 Cardinals.
Skirving had a stellar week at the plate for EMU, going 8-for-20 (.400) with four home runs, 10 RBI and seven runs scored, leading the Eagles to a split doubleheader at Michigan State and a pair of wins at home against Ball State. Skirving homered twice against the Spartans, and in the series finale against BSU, the slugger blasted his 13th home run of the season and finished 3-for-5 with two runs scored and four RBI. Skirving finished the week with a 1.100 slugging percentage.
The EMU baseball team is back in action Tuesday, May 5, with a non-conference doubleheader in Rochester, Mich. against Oakland University. Game one is slated for 1 p.m. at OU Baseball Field.
