Select Morehead State baseball games (home and road) are scheduled to be broadcast live on MSUEagles.com and the Eagle Empire App. Michael Gustin is in his third season serving as the play-by-play voice. He will joined for select games by MSU assistant director of athletic media relations Matt Schabert and MSU student Jarrod Wesley. The Ohio State games will feature live video for both nights on a pay-per-view basis.
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| LAST WEEK: |
| The Eagles were 4-1 last week. |
| Tues. | Apr. 14 | West Virginia Tech | W, 7-4 | Recap | | |
| Wed. | Apr. 15 | at Eastern Kentucky | L, 4-2 | Recap | | |
| Fri. | Apr. 17 | SIU Edwardsville | W, 13-9 | Recap | | |
| Sat. | Apr. 18 | SIU Edwardsville | W, 13-5 | Recap | | |
| Sat. | Apr. 18 | SIU Edwardsville | W, 11-9 | Recap | | |
MOREHEAD STATE LINKS: SCHEDULE (HTML) | SCHEDULE (PDF) | ROSTER & BIOS (HTML) | ROSTER (PDF) | STATISTICS (HTML) | STATISTICS (PDF)OPPONENT AND CONFERENCE LINKS:OHIO STATE | AUSTIN PEAY  | OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCENOTES ON THE EAGLES: A WIN IN CLARKSVILLE LONG OVERDUEMorehead State trails the series with Austin Peay 53-29, but the Eagles did claim two of three from the Governors in Morehead last season. It's been a long drought though for a win in Clarksville. Austin Peay has won 19 straight games over MSU on its home field. The last time the Eagles beat the Govs at Raymond C. Hand Park was April 20, 2002.
BEST IN THE NATIONHeading into mid-week action, the Morehead State offense leads the nation in batting average (.334), doubles per game (2.79), hits (475), on-base percentage (.423) and slugging percentage (.510). The Eagles rank second in the nation (tailing only Nevada by one) in doubles (109) and third in runs scored (329) and runs per game (8.4).
STREAKS AND SUCHSenior rightfielder
Brandon Rawe leads the team with a 20-game hitting streak, tying for the longest in Head Coach
Mike McGuire's three-year tenure. Bobby Burns, who was utilized as MSU's designated hitter a majority of the time in 2014, ended his career with a 20-game hitting streak. Three other players, senior shortstop
Robby Spencer, senior leftfielder
Nick Newell and sophomore centerfielder
Ryan Kent, carry 18-game hitting sprees into the week.
MR. ROBINSONSenior catcher
Chris Robinson leads the Ohio Valley Conference with a .409 batting average and also paces the league with 52 runs scored. He ranks second only behind senior teammate
Kane Sweeney (.497) in on-base percentage at .487.
THE HIT PARADEMorehead State players rank one-two-three in the league in hits this season.
Brandon Rawe and
Nick Newell pace the conference with 64 hits, while
Chris Robinson ranks third with 63. Newell has a team-best 20 multi-hit games.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
Nick Newell leads the conference with 20 doubles and is only two shy of the Morehead State single-season record of 22 held by Brad Allison in 1996.
Brandon Rawe, who had 21 two-baggers a season ago, is close behind with 19. In fact, Morehead State has five players with 10 or more doubles, including
Chris Robinson (15),
Ryan Kent (12) and
Kane Sweeney (10). Rawe has 49 career doubles and has a chance at the MSU career mark of 59 held by Drew Lee (2007-10).
ROBBY GETS THE RBIs
Robby Spencer leads the team with 48 RBI in 2015, and that ties for the most in the last three seasons under Head Coach Mike McGuire. Brandon Rawe led the squad with 48 in 2014.
HOME SWEET HOMEMorehead State's offense is hitting .413 at home and producing 12 runs per game. The Eagles have clobbered 88 extra-base hits at Sonny Allen Field.
HERE WE COME TO SAVE THE DAYThe Morehead State pitchibng staff is nearing a school record for saves in a season. The mark is 16, set by the 2014 squad. The 2015 staff has 14 saves, and amazingly seven different pitchers have notched saves. Junior
Craig Pearcy started the year as the closer before being moved to the Saturday starter. He has a team-high five. Junior righty
Tyler Keele is next with three stops.
HUMP DAYSophomore pitcher
Luke Humphreys has been credited with the victory in three consecutive Friday starts, all going exactly six innings. He leads the team with a 5-1 record and a 5.77 ERA.
AWARDS INFOFollowing opening weekend and on April 20,
Nick Newell was named the official Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week. He was also tabbed the league's top performer by College Sports Madness on opening weekend. Junior pitcher
Aaron Goe earned a spot on the CollegeBaseball360.com Primetime Performers Honor Roll after opening weekend. Morehead State was also named the National Team of the Week by CollegeBaseballInsider.com.Â
Luke Humphreys, who set a career high with nine strikeouts against Dayton in Georgia, was named the official OVC Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 23.
WATCH THIS
Chris Robinson has been listed on the official Johnny Bench Award Watch List, honoring the nation's top Division I catcher.
MORE AWARDS
Brandon Rawe was also named the Preseason OVC Field Player of the Year by College Sports Madness, in addition to being on the publication's first team.
Rawe,
Kane Sweeney and
Chris Robinson have been named to the official Preseason All-OVC Team. In a poll of the league's coaches and media relations contacts, MSU was picked fifth.
COACHING STAFF INFORMATION
Mike McGuire, who guided Lander (S.C.) and Louisburg (N.C.) to school-record win totals, is in his third season as Morehead State's head coach. His MSU record is 70-82. McGuire nearly doubled overall, conference, home and road win totals last year compared to 2013. Â
Adam Brown is now in his third season on the staff and has added recruiting coordinator to his duties.Â
Graham Johnson is in his fourth season and mentors the Eagle pitching staff.Â
PJ McIntee, who helped guide Southeastern (Iowa) Community College to the National Junior College Athletic Association World Series in 2014, is in his first year on the staff.
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