Horizon League Baseball Weekly Release #2

March 2, 2005

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Baseball Player of the Week

Brian Shoup

Wright State, Sophomore, 3B (Tipp City, OH)

Wright State sophomore Brian Shoup is the Horizon League Baseball Player of the Week for the period ending Feb. 28.

Shoup finished the week batting .500 with a three game hitting streak still in tact as he belted out two home runs. Shoup hit his first homer of the season to straight-away center field in game two and then ripped his second long ball to the short porch at Allen Field. Shoup is now batting .353 on the season as the Raiders starting third baseman and carries a .429 on-base percentage.

Baseball Pitcher of the Week

Robert Barrett

Wright State, Junior, RHP (Orangeville, CA)

Wright State junior Robert Barrett is the Horizon League Baseball Pitcher of the Week for the period ending Feb. 28. Barrett's second Pitcher of the Week honor this season comes in consecutive weeks.

Barrett surrendered his first earned run of the season in the second inning of his second start of the season, giving him eight innings without an earned run in 2005. Barrett held the Eagles to a .143 batting average and allowed only three batters past second base in the second game of the doubleheader. Barrett threw 80 pitches this week and improves to 2-0 on the season for the Green and Gold with a minuscule 1.46 ERA.

Horizon League News & Notes

Butler Bulldogs (0-0, 0-0 HL)

The Bulldogs open the 2005 season with a mid-week contes on the road against state rival Indiana on March 2 (3:00 p.m.). Following their game against the Hoosiers, the Bulldogs will travel to Evansville, IN two days later from March 4-6. They will play Evansville three times and South Dakota State once on their trip to the south-west corner of the state.

Cleveland State (0-0, 0-0 HL)

Cleveland State will open their season this weekend when they travel to Cincinnati, Ohio to take on the Bearcats in a three game series. Their first contest against the University of Cincinnati will take place at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, March 4. The second game of the series is on March 5 at 4:00 p.m. as well. The series will conclude Sunday, March 6 with an early afternoon game beginning at 1:00 p.m.

UIC Flames (0-5, 0-0 HL)

The third contest against Mchigan this past weekend wsa cancelled due to rain. Freshman first baseman Mark Hallberg has hit safely in his first five collegiate contests. Redshirt freshman Travis Kempf has not allowed a run in three relief appearances for the Flames this season. UIC turned four double plays in Saturday's 11-4 loss to Michigan. The Flames are back in action this week against Arkansas on Friday, March 4.

UW-Milwaukee Panthers (1-2, 0-0 HL)

The UWM baseball team faced some tough starting pitching in the opening weekend of the season as it went 1-2 at the Austin Peay Baseball Classic in Clarksville, Tenn. Milwaukee dropped the opener 9-1 to the host Governors on Friday, lost 5-3 to Akron on Saturday, and

finished the weekend with a 10-inning, 8-7, victory over Valparaiso. Milwaukee batted .228 on the weekend while the pitching staff posted a 5.19 earned run average. The Panthers were hurt by five unearned runs while the offense struck out 33 times in the three games on the

weekend. UWM did out-homer the opposition four to two with the opponents registering 12 extra base hits to the Panther's nine.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee baseball team prepares for its first weekend series of the season when it will face Arkansas State University Friday (Mar. 4) through Sunday (Mar. 6) in Jonesboro, Ark. The Panthers, 1-2 on the young season, will face the Indians in

the non-league three-game set with all three games taking place at Tomlinson Stadium on the ASU campus. Friday's game is set for 6:30 p.m. with Saturday and Sunday set to begin at 2 p.m. and 1 p.m., respectively. Fans

Wright State Raiders (2-4, 0-0 HL)

The Raiders take to the field again this weekend (Mar. 5-6) as they travel to Murray, KY to take on the Thoroughbreds of Murray State University in a three game series. The Raiders are in the mist of a 17-game road-trip that takes them through four states. The last time the Raiders opened with this many road games was the 2000 season when they opened with 22 games away from home

The Raiders have improved both offensively and with their pitching this season as the Raiders are hitting at a .317 clip as a team, that compared to the .250 after as many games last season. Pitching wise the Raiders are holding opposing hitters to a .260 batting average compared to the .363 average they carried after six games last year.

The Green and Gold currently have nine batters that have carried a hitting streak of three games or more, led by junior Amin Abusaleh who is riding a six-game hit streak and junior Chris Coleman who has hit in four straight.

Youngstown State (1-4, 0-0 HL)

YSU had a tough weekend going 0-3 against one of the nations top teams, the Texas Longhorns. Saturday's game was cancelled due to weather and a double header was played on Sunday to make up for the missed game. On the Penguins radar this week is a weekend series at Wofford. They will play two games on Saturday, March 5 and the third game in the series on Sunday, March 6.