Eastern Michigan Athletics
Thursday, May 14
Ypsilanti, Mich.
3 p.m.
Eastern Michigan University
18-33, 0
4
vs
0
Ohio
10-42, 0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Eastern Michigan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 11 | 0 |
Photo by: Steve King/KingStudios
Four Eagle Hurlers Combine for Shutout Win Over Ohio
5/14/2026 6:37:00 PM | Baseball
John Carmichael, Emmett Gillies, Cole Egan, and Landon Mueller tossed the first shutout since 2024
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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – Four Eastern Michigan University pitchers combined to shutout the Ohio University Bobcats in a 4-0 Mid-American Conference series-opener Thursday, May 14, at Oestrike Stadium.
John Carmichael (Destrehan, La./Destrehan/McLennan C.C.) got the start and went six clean innings with five strikeouts and one walk, earning his third win of the season. Along with Carmichael, Emmett Gillies (Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Hartley/Akron), Cole Egan (Pittsburgh, Pa./West Allegheny/George Mason), and Landon Mueller (Fremont, Neb./Fremont/Omaha) teamed up to blank the Bobcats.
Offensively, Ty Stecko (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin/Mount St. Mary's) led the way with a 2-for-4 showing from the dish with three RBI.
How it Happened
After a pair of scoreless frames, Eastern Michigan broke through in the third inning. With two runners aboard, Ty Stecko (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin/Mount St. Mary's) lined a single to left field, plating both TJ Williams (Racine, Wis./Racine Horlick/Kansas) and John Hale (Ashland City, Tenn./Sycamore/Motlow State C.C.) to give the Eagles a 2-0 lead. Stecko struck again in the fifth, doubling through the left side to score Devan Zirwas (Imperial, Pa./West Allegheny/VCU). Moments later, Tristan Crane (Berkley, Mich./Berkley/Texas A&M Corpus Christi) added an RBI single, bringing Stecko home and pushing the lead to 4-0.
On the mound, Carmichael delivered six shutout innings, scattering seven hits and striking out five to earn his third win of the year. The bullpen did not falter, as Emmett Gillies, Egan, and Mueller combined for three scoreless innings to seal Eastern Michigan's first shutout of the season. The Eagles' pitching staff stranded 10 Bobcats on base and struck out nine overall.
Eastern Michigan's offense finished with 11 hits as Stecko powered the lineup with three RBI and two hits, while Nick Weaver (Streamwood, Ill./Streamwood/Elgin C.C.), Crane, and Hale all collected multi-hit performances. The Eagles' defense played error-free baseball and turned a key double play to keep Ohio off the scoreboard.
Game Notes
» Eastern's record improved to 18-33 (11-20 MAC), and Ohio's fell to 10-42 (7-24 MAC).
» Eastern struck out just once, its lowest total of the season. Pitching wise, EMU issued one walk, tying is season-low set at Kent State, May 8.
» The Eagles connected on 11 hits, their 19th time recording double digit hits this season.
» Eastern did not commit an error for the 23rd time this season and first since. The Eagles have gone error-free in five of their last seven games.
» John Carmichael has gone at least five innings in 11 of his 14 starts and six or more in five of his last seven. Over his last three starts, he has pitched a total of 21.2 innings, allowing three runs, with 22 strikeouts and four walks.
» Ty Stecko lined a two-RBI single into left field in the second inning to get the Eagles' scoring started. The runs scored marked his 40th and 41st rbi of his season, a career-high. He later added another RBI on a double. The two-hit day marked his 15th multi-hit game of the season, which ranks second on the team.
» Emmett Gillies tossed a scoreless inning, recording a single strikeout and allowing zero hits or walks. This is his 15th scoreless performance on the season, his ninth without a hit, and sixth without a walk.
» Landon Mueller pitched one scoreless inning, with two strikeouts and zero hits or walks. This is his sixth scoreless outing pitched this season, second without allowing a hit, and seventh without a walk.
» Cole Egan twirled his 12th scoreless outing and 16th without allowing a walk. Egan tossed one scoreless innings with one strikeouts. He is up to 23 strikeouts and just eight walks this season.
» Nick Weaver recorded his ninth multi-hit performance of the season, including a SAC bunt to advance a runner, totaling 33 hits on the season, five of which are SAC hits.
» TJ Williams notched two hits, marking his 14th multi-hit game of the season, which ranks him third on the team.
Historical Notes
» Eastern accomplished its first combined shutout victory since March 24, 2024, in a 3-0 win over Western Michigan in the second game of a doubleheader in a Nick Chittum complete game.
» The combined shutout was EMU's first since Thomas House and Bobby Jones combined to shutout the Towson Tigers on the road in the first game of a doubleheader, March 4, 2023.
» Eastern tossed a combined shutout at home for the first time since Davis Feldman, Justin Meis, John Holt, and Trevor House held the Toledo Rockets scoreless, allowing just five runs with eight strikeouts and zero walks, May 11, 2021.
» Eastern struck out just once, its lowest total of the season and lowest since it didn't strikeout against Western Michigan, April 23, 2017.
» The Eagles and Bobcats met for the 145th time. Eastern posts a 74-71 record when facing Ohio, and a 15-16 record when facing it at home since 1999.
» Eastern won its third consecutive game against Ohio for the first time since it swept the Bobcats in a three-game home series in the 2017 season, April 14-16.
Up Next
The series between the Eagles and Bobcats continues tomorrow, Friday, May 15th, at Oestrike Stadium. First pitch is set for 3:05 p.m.
Follow Us
Keep up with all things Eastern baseball by following the team on X @EMU Baseball and on Instagram @emu_baseball.
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – Four Eastern Michigan University pitchers combined to shutout the Ohio University Bobcats in a 4-0 Mid-American Conference series-opener Thursday, May 14, at Oestrike Stadium.
John Carmichael (Destrehan, La./Destrehan/McLennan C.C.) got the start and went six clean innings with five strikeouts and one walk, earning his third win of the season. Along with Carmichael, Emmett Gillies (Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Hartley/Akron), Cole Egan (Pittsburgh, Pa./West Allegheny/George Mason), and Landon Mueller (Fremont, Neb./Fremont/Omaha) teamed up to blank the Bobcats.
Offensively, Ty Stecko (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin/Mount St. Mary's) led the way with a 2-for-4 showing from the dish with three RBI.
How it Happened
After a pair of scoreless frames, Eastern Michigan broke through in the third inning. With two runners aboard, Ty Stecko (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin/Mount St. Mary's) lined a single to left field, plating both TJ Williams (Racine, Wis./Racine Horlick/Kansas) and John Hale (Ashland City, Tenn./Sycamore/Motlow State C.C.) to give the Eagles a 2-0 lead. Stecko struck again in the fifth, doubling through the left side to score Devan Zirwas (Imperial, Pa./West Allegheny/VCU). Moments later, Tristan Crane (Berkley, Mich./Berkley/Texas A&M Corpus Christi) added an RBI single, bringing Stecko home and pushing the lead to 4-0.
On the mound, Carmichael delivered six shutout innings, scattering seven hits and striking out five to earn his third win of the year. The bullpen did not falter, as Emmett Gillies, Egan, and Mueller combined for three scoreless innings to seal Eastern Michigan's first shutout of the season. The Eagles' pitching staff stranded 10 Bobcats on base and struck out nine overall.
Eastern Michigan's offense finished with 11 hits as Stecko powered the lineup with three RBI and two hits, while Nick Weaver (Streamwood, Ill./Streamwood/Elgin C.C.), Crane, and Hale all collected multi-hit performances. The Eagles' defense played error-free baseball and turned a key double play to keep Ohio off the scoreboard.
Game Notes
» Eastern's record improved to 18-33 (11-20 MAC), and Ohio's fell to 10-42 (7-24 MAC).
» Eastern struck out just once, its lowest total of the season. Pitching wise, EMU issued one walk, tying is season-low set at Kent State, May 8.
» The Eagles connected on 11 hits, their 19th time recording double digit hits this season.
» Eastern did not commit an error for the 23rd time this season and first since. The Eagles have gone error-free in five of their last seven games.
» John Carmichael has gone at least five innings in 11 of his 14 starts and six or more in five of his last seven. Over his last three starts, he has pitched a total of 21.2 innings, allowing three runs, with 22 strikeouts and four walks.
» Ty Stecko lined a two-RBI single into left field in the second inning to get the Eagles' scoring started. The runs scored marked his 40th and 41st rbi of his season, a career-high. He later added another RBI on a double. The two-hit day marked his 15th multi-hit game of the season, which ranks second on the team.
» Emmett Gillies tossed a scoreless inning, recording a single strikeout and allowing zero hits or walks. This is his 15th scoreless performance on the season, his ninth without a hit, and sixth without a walk.
» Landon Mueller pitched one scoreless inning, with two strikeouts and zero hits or walks. This is his sixth scoreless outing pitched this season, second without allowing a hit, and seventh without a walk.
» Cole Egan twirled his 12th scoreless outing and 16th without allowing a walk. Egan tossed one scoreless innings with one strikeouts. He is up to 23 strikeouts and just eight walks this season.
» Nick Weaver recorded his ninth multi-hit performance of the season, including a SAC bunt to advance a runner, totaling 33 hits on the season, five of which are SAC hits.
» TJ Williams notched two hits, marking his 14th multi-hit game of the season, which ranks him third on the team.
Historical Notes
» Eastern accomplished its first combined shutout victory since March 24, 2024, in a 3-0 win over Western Michigan in the second game of a doubleheader in a Nick Chittum complete game.
» The combined shutout was EMU's first since Thomas House and Bobby Jones combined to shutout the Towson Tigers on the road in the first game of a doubleheader, March 4, 2023.
» Eastern tossed a combined shutout at home for the first time since Davis Feldman, Justin Meis, John Holt, and Trevor House held the Toledo Rockets scoreless, allowing just five runs with eight strikeouts and zero walks, May 11, 2021.
» Eastern struck out just once, its lowest total of the season and lowest since it didn't strikeout against Western Michigan, April 23, 2017.
» The Eagles and Bobcats met for the 145th time. Eastern posts a 74-71 record when facing Ohio, and a 15-16 record when facing it at home since 1999.
» Eastern won its third consecutive game against Ohio for the first time since it swept the Bobcats in a three-game home series in the 2017 season, April 14-16.
Up Next
The series between the Eagles and Bobcats continues tomorrow, Friday, May 15th, at Oestrike Stadium. First pitch is set for 3:05 p.m.
Follow Us
Keep up with all things Eastern baseball by following the team on X @EMU Baseball and on Instagram @emu_baseball.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Carmichael, John (3-6)
L: Gass, Mason (3-4)
Base Running:
SB: Harris, Taylor 1 ; Harmon, Reese 1 ; Henson, Will 1
HBP: Harris, Taylor 2
Batting:
2B: Stecko, Ty 1
RBI: Stecko, Ty 3 ; Crane, Tristan 1
SH: Weaver, Nick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Williams, TJ 1 ; Zirwas, Devan 1 ; Stecko, Ty 1 ; Hale, John 1
CS: Hale, John 1
HBP: Zirwas, Devan 1
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