EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Southern Indiana baseball teams continues its 10-game road swing Saturday and Sunday when it travels to McKendree University for a pair of doubleheaders. The first pitch Saturday and Sunday is slated for noon each day.
Live coverage of the USI-McKendree doubleheaders, including live stats, audio, and video can be found at gousieagles.com.
The Screaming Eagles (13-5, 5-1 GLVC) are off to a strong start in Great Lakes Valley Conference action, winning five of the first six contests. USI was 2-4 in the league at this time a year ago and in the middle of a seven-game losing streak.
The road trip got off to a good start last weekend when the Eagles took three of four from William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. The squad won the opening game, 7-2, but lost a 1-0, 12-inning decision before closing out the series with 2-0 and 3-0 shutouts victories.
Pitching has been the key component to the Eagles success to start the 2014 season. The staff has a low 2.33 ERA in 158.2 innings of work and held the opposition to a .221 batting average through 18 games. USI senior right-handers
Jonathon Wandlings (Evansville, Indiana),
Matt Bowles (Mt. Washington, Kentucky), and
David Toth (Danville, Illinois) carried no-hitters through a minimum of six innings in their starts at William Jewell.
At the plate, USI sophomore rightfielder
Kyle Kempf (Evansville, Indiana) lead the Eagles with a .368 batting average. Kempf, the USI lead-off hitter, also lead the squad with 15 runs scored and is tied for second with 10 RBIs.
USI senior outfielder/designated hitter
Brent Weinzapfel (Evansville, Indiana) is tops on the squad with 11 RBIs this season.
The Bearcats of McKendree, who are USI's first opponent from the GLVC East Division in 2014, are 5-10 overall and 1-7 in
the GLVC. McKendree is in the midst of a five-game losing streak.
USI leads the all-time series with McKendree, 20-9, and swept the four-game series with the Bearcats last year at the USI Baseball Field.
