The University of Akron Athletics
Baseball Slated for Two Midweek Games
March 24 | Baseball
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AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron baseball team has two midweek games slated for this week, beginning with an away matchup at Wright State on Tuesday. The final midweek contest will be at home against Malone at Lee R. Jackson Field on Wednesday.
Gameday Information
Tuesday – Dayton, Ohio – 6:30 PM
Akron: Jr., LHP Pat Dyer (1-1, 5.89 ERA, 14 SO, 6 BB_
Wright State: TBA
Wednesday – Lee R. Jackson Field – 3 PM
Malone: TBA
Akron: So., RHP Michael Steensen (0-3, 8.10 ERA, 2 SO, 8 BB)
Recapping last week…
- Zips baseball went 3-2 in five games this past week, including a series sweep of Eastern Michigan over the weekend.
- Akron fell to Ohio State last Tuesday, 6-5, in 11 innings.
- Last Wednesday, Zips rallied for three-runs in the ninth, but ended up losing to the Pitt Panthers, 11-8.
- On Friday, Akron opened Mid-American Conference play with 6-3 win over EMU. Freshman Masashi Sakamoto worked 4.1 scoreless innings out of the bullpen and sophomore Kris Simonton led the team with three base hits.
- UA completed the series sweep with two wins in the doubleheader on Saturday against Eastern Michigan. Akron won game one, 10-5, and then shutout the Eagles in game two, 6-0. Zips posted 24 hits in the two games.
Myles ahead…
- Redshirt junior Myles McVeigh captured his first career MAC East Pitcher of the Week honor, after a spectacular, 6.0 inning shutout performance with nine strikeouts and one hit allowed.
- In the first three innings, McVeigh struck out two batters apiece, and did not have a runner reach base until allowing his lone hit of the game in the fourth inning.
- EMU's offense totaled just a .050 batting average against McVeigh on Saturday. This season, he has allowed one run and two hits over 10.0 innings on the mound.
- McVeigh's conference award was the second award earned by an Akron baseball player this season. Devan Ahart was named MAC East Player of the Week earlier this season.
Opening strong in the MAC…
- Akron registered 32 hits in three games against EMU on Friday and Saturday to go along with 22 runs scored, nine doubles, 11 walks, and nine stolen bases.
- Through 20 games in 2014, Akron owns a 10-10 overall record and 3-0 within the MAC. In the first 21 games last season, the Zips were 4-17 overall and 2-1 in the league.
- Akron last opened MAC play with an undefeated record in 2004, when the team swept Buffalo in a doubleheader to open the conference slate. UA is one of three teams in the conference with a 3-0 record after the first weekend of league play.
Consistency at the dish…
- This season, the Zips are batting .289 as a team, led by redshirt junior Devan Ahart at .390. Brian Lees (.323), Kris Simonton (.316), Joey Havrilak (.286) and Brady Stewart (.282) round out the top five.
- Akron's .289 batting average ranks second among all teams in the MAC and 62nd in the nation.
- Ahart ranks seventh in the league for individual batting average at .390, while also ranking among the top five in homers (3, T-4th), runs (19, 4th), hits (30, T-4th), stolen bases (14, 2nd), total bases (46, T-2nd), on-base percentage (.478, 4th) and slugging percentage (.597, 4th). He ranks tied for ninth in the nation with 14 steals.
- Stewart leads the squad with 15 RBI, while also adding seven walks, three doubles and 11 runs scored.
- Havrilak has given strong production throughout the season, accruing two homers, 11 RBI, 10 walks, six steals and 18 runs scored.
- In the three-game series sweep over EMU, Simonton batted .538 (7-for-13) with five runs scored, three RBI, one double and one walk out of the leadoff spot for the Zips.
Looking to the weekend…
- Zips will travel to the Toledo Rockets for a three-game set this coming weekend, beginning on Friday at 3 p.m.
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