Baseball Opens Two-Game Set at UC Davis

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Davis, Calif. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University baseball team continues its stretch of 10 consecutive games in the state of California when the Eagles make the short trip from Moraga, Calif. to Davis, Calif. for a pair of midweek contests against UC Davis, Feb. 24-25. The Green and White opened the California swing by splitting a four-game set with Saint Mary's College, winning the first and last game of the series.
Eastern will take on the Aggies Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 2 p.m. PT before concluding the two-game set on Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 2 p.m. PT. at the Dobbins Baseball Complex.

THE SERIES: Eastern Michigan and UC Davis will be meeting on the diamond for the first time in 2015.
The Aggies are 5-2-1 on the year and are also coming off a split of a four-game series against a West Coast Conference opponent in Gonzaga University.
UC Davis is led offensively by redshirt-senior Nick Lynch, who is batting .429 with five doubles, four RBI, and has a slugging percentage of .607.

ON THE MOUND: The Green and White pitching staff hopes to ride the momentum from Jake Andrews' first career complete game in the Eagles' 5-1 victory on Sunday, Feb. 22, against Saint Mary's. Head Coach Mark Van Ameyde has yet to announce starting pitchers for the two-game set against UC Davis. The Eagles as a staff have an ERA of 4.15 and a .306 batting average against through the first seven games.

GOING THE DISTANCE: Senior right-hander Jake Andrews (1-1) posted his first career complete game in the Eagles' 5-1 series finale victory over Saint Mary's on Feb. 22. Andrews allowed just one run on five hits while striking out five in his 108 pitch effort. The last EMU starter to throw a complete game in a nine inning affair was when Brian Hill cruised to a 5-1 victory over Western Michigan on April 19, 2013. In two starts this year, the Chandler, Ariz. native has thrown a team-high 14.2 innings with an ERA of 0.61 and is holding opponents to just a .222 batting average against.

ANDREWS NAMED MAC WEST PITCHER OF THE WEEK: EMU pitcher Jake Andrews was named the MAC West Pitcher of the Week on Monday, Feb. 23. The award was the first of his career and the first of the season for the Eagles. The last member of the Green and White to earn pitcher of the week accolades was in 2012, when Steve Weber was named the MAC West Co-Pitcher of the Week, May 7.

PETERSON OFF TO A GOOD START: Junior outfielder Jordan Peterson was 7-for-15 in the series against the Gaels, recording three doubles and three multi-hit performances in the four-game set. In his first season with the Green and White, Peterson has started all seven games in the outfield and has a .370 batting average with a team-best four doubles.

PROVIDING THE LONG BALL: Junior Mitchell McGeein was key in the Eagles' offense against Saint Mary's, Feb. 20-22. The Calgary, Alberta native hit a pair of home runs in the first and second games of the series, which made it three-straight contests he hit a long ball. McGeein finished the series against the Gaels with a .400 batting average (6-15), recording a hit in all four games and a pair of multi-hit performances. McGeein also had a slugging percentage of .800 in the four-game set. The infielder has a team-high three home runs and five RBI while hitting at a .269 clip on the year.

GAME TO REMEMBER: Head Coach Mark Van Ameyde picked up his first win in memorable fashion on Friday, Feb. 20, against the Gaels. EMU held a 2-1 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth, needing just three outs to record Van Ameyde's first victory. Saint Mary's put runners on second and third with one out, when the SMC coaching staff decided to go with the suicide squeeze on a 2-2 count. The batter missed the bunt attempt, striking out, and catcher Tony DiLeo was able to put the tag on the runner for the final out of the game to preserve the one-run victory.

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Players Mentioned

Jake Andrews

Tony DiLeo

Mitchell McGeein

Jordan Peterson

Steve Weber

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