MAC Baseball Player of the Week
Daniel Warkentin, Eastern Michigan, IF
Senior, Leamington, Ontario
Senior Daniel Warkentin raked the ball in five games this week against Oakland, March 22, and in the 3-1 series victory over Akron, March 25-26. In 21 at-bats, he posted a .381 average with eight hits, 11 RBIs, 100 runs, five home runs and 24 total bases. For the week, she slugged 1.143 with an on-base percentage of .480. He also was 2-2 in steals while adding three walks and a hit-by-pitch. His runs, homeruns, RBI, total bases, and slugging percentage all led Eastern for the week.
In game one of the doubleheader Friday, Warkentin was 2-for-3 with three RBI and a home run. He followed it up with a 3-for-4 nightcap with two more round-trippers and four more RBI. On Saturday, he started the doubleheader 1-for-5 with a run scored but closed with a 2-for-3 effort with three runs scored, three RBI and two more homeruns.
Warkentin's current 10-game hitting streak is the best of any Eagle this season and the best of his career. His previous best was seven, in 2020. He recorded multiple home runs in two-or-more contests for the first time in his career last week as he hit a pair in game two of the weekend series against Akron, March 25, before belting another pair off the Zips in Saturday's finale, March 26.
Warkentin recorded five home runs in the four-game set against the Zips. He is the first Eastern Michigan player to hit five deep shots in a four-game stretch since the 2009 season, when Jim Gulliver did it between May 8-12."
MAC Baseball Co-Pitchers of the Week
Tyler Schweitzer, Ball State, Pitcher
Junior, Fishers, Ind.(Hamilton Southeastern)
Tyler Schweitzer threw a gem on Monday. He picked up his fourth win of the season behind a career-high 11 strikeouts in just 5.2 innings of work. He surrendered just three hits and did not give up any runs.
Kyle Jones, Toledo, Pitcher
Junior, St. Claire Shores, Mich. (De La Salle)
Kyle Jones was outstanding in Toledo's 3-2 win over Miami on Friday. Pitching in the second game of a doubleheader, Jones tossed a seven-inning complete game, striking out a career-high 13 while walking just two. His win helped cap a doubleheader sweep for Toledo in its first home games of the 2022 season. Jones has thrown at least six innings in all six of his starts this year and has at least eight strikeouts in four of his outings. The 13 strikeouts on Friday were the most by a MAC pitcher this season.
