EVANSVILLE, Ind. — University of Southern Indiana Baseball continues a five-game road swing this weekend with a three-game Ohio Valley Conference series at Morehead State University. The series start Thursday with a 4 p.m. (CDT) first pitch before continuing Friday at 4 p.m. (CDT) and concluding Sunday at noon (CDT).
Links to follow the Eagles during the opening weekend of 2024 can be found on USIScreamingEagles.com and on the USI Baseball Schedule.
USI concludes the five-game road swing with a visit to Murray State University April 2 before starting a four-game homestand. The homestand includes the second half of a series with Murray State April 3 and a three-game OVC set with Lindenwood University April 5-7.
USI Baseball Notes:
USI Eagles open road trip with loss. The USI Screaming Eagles lost the opening game of a four-game road swing, 12-5, at Ball State University Tuesday. Four of USI’s five runs came via the long ball, including a two-run shot and a pair of solo blasts.
Ellis leads Eagles in homers. Senior designated hitter Jack Ellis leads the USI Eagle with four this season. He had a two-run homer Tuesday at Ball State.
USI won series with TTU. The USI Screaming Eagles won the first series of the OVC season, taking two of three from Tennessee Tech University over the weekend. USI lost the opening game in 10 innings, 9-7, but bounced back to win on a walk off three-run homer, 7-5, and took the series finale, 8-1.
USI has won four series in 2024. The Eagles have won four season series this year, matching the total for all of last year.
USI leaders last week. USI senior designated hitter Jack Ellis led USI last week with a .500 average (8-16) in four games. Freshman outfielder Cameron Boyd posted a team-best five RBIs and had the Eagles’ lone home run of the week, a three-run walk off bomb versus TTU.
Best outing of last week. USI junior right-hander Gavin Seebold had the Eagles’ best outing of the week, throwing six scoreless innings to earn the victory in comeback win over TTU. He also had a career-high tying six strikeouts in the game and was the runner-up in the OVC Pitcher of the Week voting.
The Last 10 Games for USI. USI, which is 5-5 in the last 10 games, is led by senior designated hitter Jack Ellis. Ellis is hitting .500 (18-36) with 11 runs scored, three doubles, four home runs and 12 RBI. Senior catcher Tyler Kapust also is hitting .500 (4-8) in five of the last 10 games. Junior right-hander Gavin Morris leads the Eagles on the bump with a 3-0 mark, posting a 2.00 ERA (18 innings) and 12 strikeouts.
Leaders at the plate in 2024. Senior designated hitter Jack Ellis is hitting a team-high .463 and four home runs this season, while senior outfielder Ren Tachioka follows with a .403 mark.
Leaders on the mound in 2024. USI junior right-hander Gavin Seebold and Gavin Morris lead the team with three victories each. Freshman right-hander Clayton Weisheit had a team-low 2.29 ERA in 11 games and 19.2 innings pitcher, recording one save, while junior right-hander Tyler Hutson has a team-best three saves. Morris also has a team-high 31 strikeouts.
Morehead in 2024. The Eagles of Morehead State University are 14-11, 1-2 in the OVC, this season after losing two of three with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock last weekend and defeating Bellarmine on Tuesday. MSU is 7-3 in its last 10 games but has lost three of five entering the series.
USI vs. MSU. The Screaming Eagles were blanked in the season MSU last season in the OVC series, 3-0.
Murray State in 2024. The Racers of Murray State University are 18-6 overall in 2023-24 and take a seven-game winning streak into the weekend series at home versus Belmont University.
USI vs. Murray State. Murray State leads the all-time series, 9-3-1, after sweeping a three-game series from USI last year in Murray, Kentucky.
