GAME DAY LINKS --
McKENDREE at ROCKHURST
Friday, April 26, 2019, 6 p.m.
Saturday, April 27, 2019 (DH), Noon
Loyola Park Baseball Field -- Kansas City, Mo.
LIVE STATS
McKENDREE SEASON STATISTICS
ROCKHURST SEASON STATISTICS
GLVC STATISTICS
(LEBANON, Ill., April 26)--The McKendree University baseball team will wrap up its five-game, weeklong road trip this weekend with a three-game series at Rockhurst University. The Bearcats and Hawks have made a slight adjustment to their schedule due to impending weather as the teams will play a single game Friday night before finishing up with a doubleheader on Saturday.
McKendree (9-33, 6-21 GLVC) has started the week with a pair of strong efforts. The Bearcats took NCAA Division I Southeast Missouri State University down to the wire in a 4-1 loss in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Tuesday. A night later, McKendree matched a season-high with 13 hits in a 14-9 setback against Lindenwood University. The Bearcats overcame a 7-0 deficit with nine unanswered runs to grab a 9-7 advantage in the sixth inning against the host Lions.
Bryce Emery (Harrisburg, IL/Harrisburg) continues to lead McKendree with a .350 average.
Drew Reich (Charlestown, IN/Charlestown) has a team-best nine homers and 23 RBI.
Matt Klosterman (Belleville, IL/Belleville West) leads the Bearcats with nine stolen bases. On the mound,
Ryan Vogt (Ava, IL/Trico) has struck out 45 batters in just 40 2/3 innings of work for McKendree.
Following the weekend series, McKendree will return to Hypes Field for its final four games of the year. The Bearcats will host Lindenwood Wednesday afternoon before entertaining Drury University in the final GLVC series of the regular season for both squads Friday and Saturday. McKendree will hold its Senior Day activities on Saturday at Hypes Field.
ABOUT ROCKHURST
The Hawks are 10-31 overall and 5-22 in GLVC play. Rockhurst last played on Wednesday when it split a non-conference doubleheader at home against Northwest Missouri State, dropping the opener 6-4 in eight innings before notching a 7-5 victory in the nightcap.
Garrett McNally is the leading hitter in the Hawks' lineup at .364. McNally is tied for the team lead in home runs with four and is second in RBI with 32. Nathan Mark is second in average at .331 while he also has four round-trippers and is the team's leader in RBI with 35. McNally and Tommy Kraus share the Rockhurst lead in stolen bases with seven.
Jack Eisenbarger is one of the leaders on the mound for Rockhurst. In 10 starts this season, Eisenbarger is 2-4 with a 3.71 earned-run average. He has struck out 86 batters for the Hawks over his 63 innings of work.
McKendree and Rockhurst played a non-conference doubleheader late in the 2018 seasons. The Hawks won both games on May 1, 2018 at Hypes Field, 16-8 and 7-6.
