Eastern Michigan Athletics
Season 3 - Ep. 26
Published on 5/3/2021
Published on 5/3/2021
It's not every week that a baseball team garners 91 trips to the plate and 38 hits in one day, but that is exactly what the Eastern Michigan University baseball team did, May 1, at St. Bonaventure!
On this week's Eastern Insider Podcast, hosts Greg Steiner and Alex Jewell open the show will weekly sports analysis, before tag-teaming a pair of interviews with baseball head coach Eric Roof and junior transfer Gabe Denton (Clare, Mich.-Clare (North Iowa)), who talk all about the team's incredible week against the Bonnies.
From there, Roof explains the upcoming schedule, and highlights what his club needs to do to beat Toledo tomorrow, May 4, at Oestrike Stadium.
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Head Coach Chris Creighton sits down with Greg Steiner to recap the homecoming loss to Toledo and look ahead to the road game at Ohio, airing on ESPNU at 4 p.m. Creighton acknowledges the Toledo game was 'awful' despite a strong homecoming atmosphere, pointing to six sacks allowed and an inability to respond to adversity as the key offensive failures. On the positive side, he highlights the defense's second-half turnaround and punter Daniel Hall's continued development, then previews Ohio as a disciplined, run-first program whose starting quarterback makes them go.
Published on 10/23/2026
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Published on 10/19/2026
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Published on 10/15/2026
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