Emory Baseball Faces a Busy Week with Four Scheduled Games

The Emory University baseball team has a busy week in front of them, as the Eagles are scheduled to play games against DePauw University, the University of the South, and Edgewood College this week.

Emory will begin the week with a 10-9 record overall, and will try to break out of a streak where the team has dropped three of their past four games.  The Eagles are 6-5 at home this season, and 0-2 in road contests.

On Tuesday at 3:00 PM, the Eagles will host DePauw University at Chappell Park.  The Tigers currently stand at 8-7 on the season, including a 3-5 mark in road contests, and will play a game at LaGrange on Monday before facing Emory on Tuesday.  Emory is 10-3 all time against DePauw, including an 8-5 win at Chappell Park last season.

On Wednesday, Emory will travel to the University of the South for a 3:00 PM EST game.  The Tigers are 6-12 this season, including a 1-5 mark at home this season.  Emory is 32-4 all time against Sewanee, including a 12-3 win at home last season.

Emory will finish the week with a home doubleheader against Edgewood College, starting at 1:00 PM on Friday.  Edgewood will enter the game with a 5-1 record, with all six games on neutral territory at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, MN.  Emory is 5-0 all time against Edgewood, with the last meeting taking place during the 2005 season at Chappell Park.

Emory Notes:
Emory junior Andrew Cohn has a 10-game hitting streak, the longest by an Eagle this season… Junior Patrick Riebsame is currently in the middle of an eight-game hitting streak… Sophomores Kevin O’Connor and Jonathan Reilly currently lead all Eagles with nine multiple hit games this season… O’Connor also leads all Emory players with eight multiple RBI games during the campaign… The Eagles are 9-0 when leading after six innings, but 0-7 when trailing after six frames… Emory is 9-3 in games where the opponent starts a right-handed pitcher this season… The Eagles are 9-2 in games where they score six or more runs.