• OVC Baseball Report – February 17 (PDF)
This Week’s Schedule
Monday, February 17
Morehead State at Arkansas State, 1:00 p.m.
Southeast Missouri at Memphis, 2:05 p.m. (ESPN+)
Tuesday, February 18
Little Rock at Memphis, 1:05 p.m.
Belmont
at Tennessee Tech, 3:00 p.m.
Morehead State at #23 Kentucky, 3:00 p.m. (SEC Network+)
Wednesday, February 19
Southeast Missouri at Austin Peay, 2:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
Friday, February 21
St. Bonaventure
at Morehead State, 12:00 p.m.
Southern Illinois
at Tennessee Tech, 3:00 p.m.
Northern Illinois
at Southeast Missouri, 3:00 p.m.
Eastern Illinois at Arkansas State, 3:00 p.m.
Lindenwood at Mississippi Valley State, 4:00 p.m.
SIUE at #17 Dallas Baptist, 6:05 p.m. (ESPN+)
Southern Indiana at Evansville, 6:00 p.m.
Little Rock at Nicholls, 6:30 p.m.
Western Illinois at New Mexico State, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 22
St. Bonaventure
at Morehead State (2), 11:00 a.m.
Lindenwood at Mississippi Valley State (2), 12:00 p.m.
Northern Illinois
at Southeast Missouri (2), 12:00 p.m.
Little Rock at Nicholls, 2:00 p.m.
Southern Illinois
at Tennessee Tech, 2:00 p.m.
SIUE at #17 Dallas Baptist, 3:05 p.m. (ESPN+)
Evansville
at Southern Indiana, 3:00 p.m.
Eastern Illinois at Arkansas State, 3:00 p.m.
Western Illinois at New Mexico State, 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 23
St. Bonaventure
at Morehead State, 11:00 a.m. (ESPN+)
Little Rock at Nicholls, 11:00 a.m.
Western Illinois at New Mexico State, 12:00 p.m.
Lindenwood at Mississippi Valley State, 12:00 p.m.
Northern Illinois
at Southeast Missouri, 1:00 p.m.
Southern Illinois
at Tennessee Tech, 1:00 p.m.
SIUE at #17 Dallas Baptist, 1:05 p.m. (ESPN+)
Southern Indiana at Evansville, 1:00 p.m.
Eastern Illinois at Arkansas State, 1:00 p.m.
OVC Players of the Week
PLAYER
Mack Whitcomb, C • 6-0, 200, So. • Mokena, Ill. • Tennessee Tech
Whitcomb helped power Tennessee Tech to a four-game sweep of Le Moyne by hitting .385 (5-for-13) with five runs scored, two doubles, a triple, two home runs, six RBI and a 1.154 slugging percentage. In game two of the series he crushed a go-ahead, three-run home run that represented the team's game-winning run. In the season finale he went deep again, hammering an opposite field blast into a 15-mile per house head wind. Whitcomb had at least one hit in each game of the series.
Others Nominated: Brett Stanley, Eastern Illinois; Filip Sarota, Lindenwood; Zach Henry, Little Rock; Hayden Robbins, Morehead State; Michael Mugan, Southeast Missouri; Chase Bloomer, SIUE; Khi Holiday, Southern Indiana; Brody Capps, UT Martin
CO-PITCHER
Jack Cline, RHP • 6-3, 215, Sr. • Little Rock, Ark. • Little Rock
Cline struck out a career-high 10 batters as Little Rock topped Evansville 11-1 on Saturday to complete a three-game sweep of the Purple Aces. It marked the first 3-0 start to the season for the Trojans since 2014. Kline went six innings and scattered four hits while allowing one earned run and not allowing a walk. After allowing two hits in the first inning, the senior allowed only one single over the next four innings, retiring 12 of 13 batters over the stretch.
CO-PITCHER
Sam Heyman, RHP • 6-2, 180, Jr. • Lafayette, Calif. • Southeast Missouri
Heyman scattered two hits and did not allow a run over six innings as Southeast Missouri picked up a 7-3 win at Memphis in the second game of Friday's doubleheader. The junior had a career-high eight strikeouts and walked two batters. He allowed a double in the second and third innings, but after the third frame he retired nine-straight batters before departing the game.
Others Nominated: Tyler Kapraun, Eastern Illinois; Will Grimmett, Morehead State; Blake Kimball, Southern Indiana; Drew Mattox, Tennessee Tech; Drake Bayles, UT Martin.
Other Notable Performances
Below are other notable performances from the past week.
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Khi Holiday (OF, Sr.), Southern Indiana. Holiday helped USI go 3-1 at Alabama State to open the season. The senior hit .444 (8-for-18) with eight runs scored, six RBI and six stolen bases.
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Zach Henry (OF, R-Sr.), Little Rock. Henry helped his team to a sweep of Evansville by hitting .545 (6-for-11) with five runs scored, a home run, three RBI and three stolen bases.
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Hayden Robbins (OF, R-So.), Morehead State. In a pair of games at Arkansas State, the sophomore hit .556 (5-for-9) with two runs scored and a triple.
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Drake Bayles (RHP, Jr.), UT Martin. Bayles struck out three and did not allow a run over five innings as the Skyhawks shut out the Rattlers 8-0 on Saturday.
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Chase Bloomer (SS, Jr.), SIUE. Bloomer slugged .643 as SIUE went 2-1 at the South Alabama Invitational. The junior had six hits (including a home run) and scored five runs.
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Tyler Kapraun (LHP, Grad.), Eastern Illinois. Did not allow a run over 5.1 innings as team would win 6-2 at ULM on Sunday.
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Will Grimmett (RHP, Sr.), Morehead State. Picked up the win in an extra inning victory over Arkansas State. In the bottom of the 10th, he wiggled out of a bases loaded, no-out jam by inducing three-straight ground ball outs.