April 10, 2008

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MIAMI HITS THE ROAD FOR WEEKEND SERIES WITH CENTRAL MICHIGAN: Following an 11-4 win over Indiana on Wednesday, the RedHawks look to string together a few wins when they travel to Mt. Pleasant for a three-game weekend series with Central Michigan. The series is set to begin Friday, April 11, at 3 p.m., while Saturday's and Sunday's games are slated to start at 1 p.m.

ABOUT THE CHIPPEWAS: Central Michigan has won six of its last seven games, including mid-week wins over Illinois-Chicago and Ohio State. The Chippewas own a 13-16 overall record and a 3-5 Mid-American Conference record heading into this weekend's series. Sean Hoorelbeke leads the team with 10 round trippers on the season and 27 RBIs. Tyler Stovall posts a team-high .339 batting average and a team-best 40 hits this season.

THE SERIES WITH CENTRAL MICHIGAN: Central Michigan leads the all-time series 53-32, including a 30-9 advantage in Mt. Pleasant. However, Miami won last year's lone meeting as the RedHawks defeated the Chippewas, 8-4, on a neutral field in the Mid-American Conference Tournament.

CIRCLING THE BASES: Before Sunday, April 6, junior Chris Nadeau was known as one of Miami's top hitters, but the Saline, Mich. native had not hit a home run in his Miami career. Against Western Michigan on April, 6, Nadeau blasted his first home run of his Miami career and he has been swinging a hot bat ever since. Over the past three games, Nadeau is hitting .538, with two doubles, six RBIs and he boasts a slugging percentage of 1.154. As he hit his first home run in his third season at Miami, it only took him only three days to hit the second home run of his career as he hit a towering home run down the right field line in Miami's 11-4 win over Indiana on Wednesday.

HEART OF THE ORDER: Over Miami's last three games, the RedHawk bats have come alive, especially in the heart of the order. For the season, Miami's team batting average is .265, but since April 6, the RedHawks are batting .306. During that stretch, five Miami batters are batting over .300, led by junior catcher Eric Darlage's .571 batting average.

CALL FROM THE PEN: Senior Steve Antoniotti and freshman Samuel Dawes have been strong out of the bullpen for the RedHawks this season. Antoniotti leads Miami with 14 appearances this season and he owns a team-best 2.83 ERA in 28.2 innings. Antoniotti has pitched in five of Miami's last seven games and he has given up four earned runs in 10.2 innings. Dawes pitched in two of Miami's Mid-American Conference games this past weekend without giving up a run. On Saturday, Dawes pitched 1 2/3 innings en route to his first career win. Dawes leads the conference in MAC-only games with a 0.00 ERA in nine innings pitched, while also ranking fourth in opponent batting average in MAC-only contests. Antoniotti ranks 11th in the conference in conference-only games with a 1.86 ERA.

FRESH START: In Miami's 11-4 win over Indiana on Wednesday, three freshman earned starts and they did not disappoint. Freshmen John Hornke had a team-high tying three hits in the game, while freshmen outfielders Adam Eaton and Jon Edgington both contributed one hit, one run and one RBI apiece.

RACKING UP THE AWARDS: Through six weeks of the season, five RedHawk players have been named MAC East Divsion Player or Pitcher of the Week and two players have been named to an all-tournament team. Junior Chris Nadeau is a two-time MAC East Division Player of the Week and he also was named to the DeMarini Invitational all-tournament team. Senior Matt Erwood was most recently named the MAC East Division Pitcher of the week and he also joined Nadeau on the DeMarini Invitational all-tournament team. Juniors Blake Chaffee and Jordan Petraitis have also been named MAC East Division Player of the Week this season, while senior pitcher Chris Niro was named MAC East Division Pitcher of the Week Feb. 26.

AGAINST CENTRAL MICHIGAN: Six current RedHawks have had at-bats against the Hoosiers in their careers. Three RedHawk batters have batted over .300 against Central Michigan, while only two RedHawk pitchers have faced the Chippewas.

No.	Name		Avg.	HR	RBI	H	AB	GP
17	Josh Hula		.667	0	3	2	3	1
10	Chirs Nadeau	.500	0	2	3	6	2
6	Evan Armitage	.308	0	1	4	13	4
7	Jordan Petraitis	.091	0	2	1	11	3
8	Blake Chaffee	.000	0	0	0	5	1
20	Eric Darlage	.000	0	0	0	6	3
						ERA	W-L	IP	K
28	Bobby Oberschlake				6.75	0-0	1.1	0
30	Matt Erwood				6.00	0-1	3.0	1

WINNING WAYS: In the first start of his Miami career, Oxford native John Greene earned the win over Cincinnati on Tuesday, April 1. Greene pitched 4 1/3 innings, giving up just four hits and one earned run. Greene earns his second start of his career today when he gets the call against the Hoosiers.

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