April 11-13 | Cape Girardeau, Mo. | Capaha Field
 
Game 1: Friday at 6 p.m. | Listen | Live Stats
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LEADING OFF: Following a midweek win over NIU on Tuesday, the Eastern Illinois baseball team travels to Cape Girardeau for a three-game set at Southeast Missouri this weekend. Game one is scheduled for Friday at 6 p.m.

SERIES HISTORY: In a series that dates back to 1995, Eastern is 42-47 all-time against SEMO with an 11-18 mark in Cape Girardeau. The Panthers are 6-4 in their last 10 contests against the Redhawks, but dropped all three meetings in Charleston last season.

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI:

LAST TIME OUT: Eastern Illinois scored 13 unanswered runs to pull away from NIU in an 18-10 midweek road victory on Tuesday afternoon.

Four Panthers recorded multi-hit outings, with Ethan Rossi and Chris Worcester also posting multi-RBI performances. Eight different EIU batters recorded RBIs in the game, including Quade Peters who went 1-2 with a three-RBI double.

Nate Marshall (2-0) picked up the win after throwing three scoreless innings in relief in which he allowed just one hit with a pair of strikeouts.

CONFERENCE STANDINGS: The OVC race is heating up as we enter mid-April, with six teams within a game and a half of first place. Southern Indiana leads the league with a record of 7-2, with Tennessee Tech, SEMO, and SIUE tied for second with records of 6-3. EIU and Lindenwood are tied with 5-3 records.

QUICK HITTERS:

The Panthers are batting .273 as a team this season with an on-base percentage of .398. They are batting .324 with runners in scoring position with a total of 204 RBIs.

Four Panthers are batting .339 or better, led by Jake Ferguson with an average of .381. He also leads the team in on-base percentage (.535) and is second in RBIs (21).

Chris Worcester is betting .355 and leads the team with 39 hits. He also has the most doubles (8) and multi-hit games (13) on the squad.

Mike O'Conor has reached base in a team-high 13 consecutive appearances and leads the team in homers (5) and slugging percentage (.661). During his reached base streak, he is batting .393 with five homers, five doubles, and a .765 slugging percentage.

Tyler Castro leads the team with 23 RBIs. He is betting .382 with runners in scoring position and has a team-high five sacrifice bunts.

Brett Stanley leads the team in runs scored (28) and stolen bases (14-15).

EIU pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.81 on the season. The Panthers have struck out 201 batters while walking 102 for a K/BB ratio of 1.95.

Tyler Conklin and Anthony Solis are tied for the team lead in wins with 3-1 records. Conklin has a 4.09 ERA with a team-high 36 strikeouts through 50.2 innings pitched, which is most in the OVC.

CATEGORY LEADERS:
Hits – Chris Worcester (39), Brett Stanley (27), Jake Ferguson (24)
Home Runs – Mike O'Conor (5), Ethan Rossi (4), Eli Hill (3)
RBI – Tyler Castro (23), Jake Ferguson (21), Mike O'Conor/Brett Stanley (19)
Strikeouts – Tyler Conklin (36), Tyler Kapraun (30), Dalton Boruff (24)
Wins – Tyler Conklin/Anthony Solis (3), Christian Carew/Eli Cartwright/Tyler Kapraun/Nate Marshall (2)

ON DECK: The Panthers return to Charleston for a four-game homestand next week, beginning with a midweek matchup against St. Xavier on Tuesday at 3 p.m. Eastern will host Tennessee Tech on Easter weekend, with game one set for Thursday, April 17th at 3 p.m.