Top performances from Illinois baseball players last week in the Missouri Valley Conference.
Illinois State senior outfielder Ty Wiesemeyer had nine hits in a three game series against Southeast Missouri State last week. Ty had three doubles and six rbi's along with scoring four times. Wiesmeyer is from Troy Illinois.
Sophomore infielder Donny Duschinsky from Southern Illinois Carbondale went 8-16 at the plate last week. Duschinsky drove in eight runs, hit a grand slam, a double and a triple. Donny is from Elk Grove Illinois.
LHP Joe Bircher from Bradley University in Peoria Illinois earned a 6-2 win last week going seven innings and striking out 10.
Junior RHP Chris Razo from Illinois State got his first Division I victory last week throwin five innings allowing one run on 3 hits with six K's.
Missouri State RHP Clay Murphy threw 6 2/3rd's innings striking out four and not allowing an earned in MSU's victory over Oklahoma State last week. Murphy is from Wolf Lake Illinois.
Top baseball performances in the Missouri Valley Conference last week from Illinois players.
Derek Sprout, Bradley University, Illinois Valley Central High School, the freshman catcher hit .571 with 2 rbi's, a sac bunt and scored three times.
Infielder Alex Staehely, Creighton University, Benet Academy, the sophomore hit .455 with 10 hits, 4 doubles, and 2 triples and drove in the winning run in a 4-3 10 inning victory over Kansas.
Matt Mirabal, Illinois State University, Mt. Carmel High School, the junior catcher drove in the winning run in a come from behind victory against UW Milwaukee on Sunday. In three game stretch Matt went 6-12 with 2 doubles and scored 4 times.
Outfielder Kyle Burnam, Indiana State University, Marshall High School, the junior outfielder went 4-6 at the plate in one game and overall had 2 doubles, 4 rbi's, and scored 4 times.
Jordan Sivertsen, Southern Illinois Carbondale, Carmel Catholic High School, Richmond IL, the junior outfielder went 6-15 at the plate with 3 extra base hits including a home run in a series against South Carolina.
Left handed pitcher Joe Bircher, Bradley University, Joe went 7 scoreless innings, struck out 7 and gave up only 3 hits in a 4-0 victory.
Left handed pitcher Kenny Long, Illinois State University, Dundee Crown High School, earned a win against UW Milwaukee going 3.2 innings, striking out 6.
Cody Forsythe, Southern Illinois Carbondale, the sophomore pitcher threw a complete game going 8 innings, giving up 7 hits and striking out 6 in a 4-0 loss at South Carolina.
Top baseball performances of the week from Illinois players in the Horizon League from February 21 through February 27.
Freshman outfielder Jon Ryan from UIC went 5-12 at the plate with a triple, a walk and scored twice in 3 games for the Flames. Jon is from Richards High School.
Senior pitcher Eric Wyman from UIC had one apperance, 2 innings pitched and 4 strikouts last week. Eric is from West Chicago High School.
Junior pitcher Tyler Deetjen from Valparaiso threw 7 innings, gave up 4 hits and had 3 strikeouts. Tyler is from St. Charles East High School.
Senior pitcher Max Friedman from Wright State threw 6 innings, gave up 5 hits and had one strikeout. Max is from Whitney Young High School.
