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Matt Eppers Earns Nod for MAC West Player of the Week
May 08, 2017 | Baseball
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Ball State baseball outfielder Matt Eppers was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week for his timely hits in the sweep over Toledo this past weekend.
Eppers came through with a walk-off single to lift Ball State to a 7-6 win over Toledo in Sunday's finale. The native of Bristol, Indiana, tallied a pair of RBI doubles in game two of the Toledo series, including a double in the eighth that gave Ball State the lead for the first time, 6-5. The Cardinals went on to score four more times and earn a 10-5 win. Eppers led Ball State with six hits and four runs scored in the Toledo series.
In conference games, Eppers leads the MAC in both batting average (.425) and runs scored (24).
This was the second time this spring Eppers came away with this weekly MAC award.
Ohio infielder Rudy Rott (East Player), Buffalo pitcher Shawn Dubin (East Pitcher) and Central Michigan pitcher Tyler Hankins were the other award winners this week.
Ball State (25-22, 12-9 MAC) winds down its home schedule this week. The Cardinals host Fort Wayne Tuesday afternoon as well as Western Carolina in a three-game series this weekend. Ball State also has a road game at Ohio State on Wednesday.
For the most up-to-date information on the Ball State baseball team, please follow @BallStateSports, @BallStateBB and @CoachMaloney.
Eppers came through with a walk-off single to lift Ball State to a 7-6 win over Toledo in Sunday's finale. The native of Bristol, Indiana, tallied a pair of RBI doubles in game two of the Toledo series, including a double in the eighth that gave Ball State the lead for the first time, 6-5. The Cardinals went on to score four more times and earn a 10-5 win. Eppers led Ball State with six hits and four runs scored in the Toledo series.
In conference games, Eppers leads the MAC in both batting average (.425) and runs scored (24).
This was the second time this spring Eppers came away with this weekly MAC award.
Ohio infielder Rudy Rott (East Player), Buffalo pitcher Shawn Dubin (East Pitcher) and Central Michigan pitcher Tyler Hankins were the other award winners this week.
Ball State (25-22, 12-9 MAC) winds down its home schedule this week. The Cardinals host Fort Wayne Tuesday afternoon as well as Western Carolina in a three-game series this weekend. Ball State also has a road game at Ohio State on Wednesday.
For the most up-to-date information on the Ball State baseball team, please follow @BallStateSports, @BallStateBB and @CoachMaloney.
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