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Game Notes

Eastern Illinois (1-15) at Memphis (6-10)

Friday - Mar. 18 @ 6:30 pm | Live Stats | Live Video (Memphis Tiger Network)
Saturday - Mar. 19 @ 3 pm  | Live Stats | Live Video (Memphis Tiger Network)
Sunday- Mar. 20 @ 1 pm | Live Stats | Live Video (Memphis Tiger Network)
 
FedEx Park - Memphis, Tenn. (2,000)

LF 318 • CF 379 • RF 317

Series: Memphis leads 14-3
Last Meeting: Memphis 5, EIU 2 
Mar. 15, 2015 at Memphis, Tenn.
Live Stats: gotigersgo.com
 
• EIU Rotation
Friday: Michael McCormick (RHP, 6-3, 185, Jr) (0-2, 5G, 7.07 ERA)
Saturday: Matt Wivinis (RHP, 6-0, 190, R-Sr) (0-4, 4G, 6.00 ERA) 
Sunday: Brendon Allen (RHP, 6-5, 225, Sr) (0-2, 1 SV, 5G, 6.87 ERA) 
 
• Head Coaches
EIU: Jason Anderson (1-15-0, 1st year)
UM: Daron Schoenrock (310-326 ,12th year UM / 335-378, 14th year) 
 
• Mitch Gasbarro provided much of the offensive support off the bench in the game at Lipscomb. The senior went a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with a walk, while scoring two runs for the Panthers.

• Joseph Duncan finished 2-for-4 at the plate at Lipscomb. The sophomore outfielder increased his current hitting streak to seven games. In that stretch he is hitting .429, going 12-for-28.

• Cale Hennemann went 1-for-4 with a walk at Lipscomb. The sophomore infielder has reached base safely in 11-straight games. In that stretch, He has an on-base percentage of .438. Hennemann leads the Panthers with 20 hits on the season. 

• The Panthers will go with junior Michael McCormick in game one at Memphis on Friday night. Matt Wivinis will start in game two on Saturday. Brendon Allen will get the nod in the final game of the series on Sunday.

• Following their weekend series at Memphis, the EIU baseball team will return to Coaches Stadium for their home opener against Robert Morris-Chicago on Tuesday (Mar. 22).

• Eastern Illinois is playing its 110th season of intercollegiate baseball. EIU has an all-time record of 1,717 wins and 1,491 losses.  Head Coach Jason Anderson is in his 1st season as the Panthers skipper after being hired to take on the role in the summer of 2015. Anderson picked up the first win of his coaching career with a 10-8 victory over No.12 Arkansas in 12 innings on March 5, 2016.