Friday, April 16
Ypsilanti, Mich.
6 p.m.
Ball State University
at
Eastern Michigan
Photo by: Bobby Ellis (Ball State Creative Services)
League-Leading Cards At Eastern Michigan
April 15, 2021 | Baseball
| Ball State (19-9, 10-2 MAC) at Eastern Michigan (8-17, 4-12 MAC) | |
| Dates | Friday-Sunday, April 16-18 |
| Times | Baseball Schedule |
| Location | Oestrike Stadium - Ypsilanti, Michigan |
| Live Video | NONE |
| Game Notes | Ball State   |  Eastern Michigan |
| Live Stats | Live Stats |
| Social Media | Twitter  |   Instagram |
On an eight-game winning streak, the Ball State baseball team is at Eastern Michigan this weekend. Ball State is one game ahead of Miami and Central Michigan for first in the conference standings.
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BSU has swept opponents in consecutive weekends, sweeping Butler (+20 run margin) and Akron (+27), and has won 10 of 11 games. Over those 11 games, the Cardinals are hitting .324 as a team and scoring 8.4 runs per game and the team's ERA is 3.72. Five different Cardinals (Powell, Tellier, Conant, Quartermaine, Peltier) are hitting better than .340 over the last 11 games.
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Chayce McDermott has been lights out in his last three starts, going 3-0 with a 1.42 ERA over 19 innings. He has 27 strikeouts and is allowing opponents to hit just .121 over those three outings.
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Eastern Michigan, 10th in the MAC, has lost 10 of the last 11 games. However, five of those losses have come by one run.
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What To Know For This Weekend
-- On this current 8-game win streak, Nick Powell is batting .438 with two triples and two home runs. He hit two triples at Butler then homered twice on the same day vs. Butler at home. He hit six singles and walked twice last weekend. He's currently on a 12-game hitting streak that has raised his average 105 points.Â
-- Aaron Simpson, who hit .323 as the primary leadoff man for BSU in 2019, owns a 12-game hitting streak. He hit two home runs and also walked three times in last weekend's series.
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-- In his last two appearances, Lukas Jaksich has pitched 9.0 innings with 15 strikeouts while allowing just one run. Before that, he struck out 11 in 5.2 innings vs. Toledo. Jaksich is 4-1 on the year after earning four wins total in his first four collegiate seasons (2017-20).
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