Tale of the Tape A.J. POLLOCK MATT WEGLARZ JESS STEWART

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1 C o l l e g e B a s e b a l l a t T h e E c k Central Michigan Chippewas (11-10) and Chicago State Cougars (0-22) vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-11) Tuesday & Wednesday... March 27 and 28, 2007 Frank Eck Stadium (Notre Dame, Indiana) *all records and statistics on this page prior to March 27 * A.J. POLLOCK MATT WEGLARZ Tale of the Tape CMU ND CSU 2006 Final Records Lettermen Ret./Lost 17/9 18/11 13/15 CURRENT STATS (prior to March 27 games) Batting Average Runs Per 9 Innings Home Runs Slugging Percentage Batters BB+HBP-K Margin On-Base Percentage Stolen Bases-Attempts Stolen Base Percentage Team ERA Opponent Batting Average Pitchers K-BB Ratio Pitchers Ks Per 9 Innings Pitchers BB Per 9 Innings Fielding Pct. (Errors).956 (35).952 (42).933 (49) Double Plays Turned Record at Home Record on Road (incl. neutral) Record in One-Run Games Record in Extra Innings ND Sports Hotline (574) JESS STEWART Irish Alert Sign up for free text-message ingame updates of ND spring sports (see und.com) P r o b a b l e P i t c h i n g Matchups vs. Central Michigan CMU Kurt Lauscher (Sr., RHP) 6.75, 0-1, 14.2 IP, 4 GS, 9 Ks, 8 BB, 23 H (.359 opp. avg.) ND Jess Stewart (Sr., RHP) 2.76, 1-0, 16.1 IP, 10 GP, 7 Ks, 5 BB, 14 H (.241 opp. avg.) vs. Chicago State CSU - Robert Vargas (Jr., RHP) 5.75, 0-6, 36 IP, 6 GS, 30 Ks, 25 BB, 35 H (.263 opp. avg.) ND Eric Maust (Fr., RHP) 4.40, 1-0, 14.1 IP, 6 GP/ 1 GS, 11 Ks, 7 BB, 19 H (.306 opp. avg.)

2 NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH * lefthanded hitter; # switch hitter NO NAME CL POS HT/WT HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 1 *Michael Wright Fr. OF 5-7/160 Lockhart, TX (Lockhart HS) 2 *Brett Lilley Jr. IF (SS) 5-8/170 North Canton, OH (Hoover HS) 4 A.J. Pollock Fr. IF (3B) 6-1/190 Hebron, CT (RHAM) 5 *David Mills Fr. OF/LHP 5-9/190 Battle Creek, MI (Lakeview HS) 6 *Danny Dressman Sr. OF 5-8/180 San Jose, CA (Archbishop Mitty HS) 7 *Ross Brezovsky Jr. 2B/C 5-9/170 Naples, FL (Collier HS) 8 *Evan Sharpley So. 1B 6-2/210 Marshall, MI (Marshall HS) 10 Ryan Connolly So. OF 6-0/180 Binghamton, NY (Binghamton HS) 11 *Sean Gaston Sr. C 6-0/190 Brownsburg, IN (Brownsburg HS) 12 Brayden Ashdown Fr. OF 6-1/175 Tucson, AZ (Catalina Foothills HS) 13 Wade Korpi Jr. LHP 5-10/180 Lake Worth, FL (Santaluces HS) 14 Eddy Mendiola So. 3B/1B/C 6-0/210 Miami, FL (Palmer Trinity HS) 15 Matt Weglarz Gr. C/1B 6-3/220 Kansas City, MO (Missouri State/Rochurst HS) 16 Eric Maust Fr. RHP 6-1/185 Alpharetta, GA (Blessed Trinity HS) 17 Billy Boockford Fr. OF/RHP 6-2/195 Glen Ellyn, IL (Glenbard West HS) 18 Steven Mazur Fr. RHP 6-0/180 Round Rock, TX (Stony Point HS) 19 John Seabaugh Sr. RHP 6-0/205 Granger, IN (Penn HS) 20 Jeremy Barnes So. IF/1B 5-11/200 Garland, TX (South Garland HS) 21 Brett Graffy So. RHP 6-2/195 Homer Glen, IL (Joliet Catholic Academy) 22 Dan Kapala Sr. RHP 6-4/215 Royal Oak, MI (Shrine Catholic HS) 23 Tony Langford Jr. RHP/OF 6-0/185 Fort Worth, TX (Fort Worth Country Day HS) 24 *Sam Elam So. LHP 6-4/210 Mesquite, TX (Poteet HS) 25 #Austin Pearce Fr. OF 6-2/210 Lake Oswego, OR (Jesuit HS) 26 Joey Williamson Jr. RHP 6-1/195 Lantana, FL (Santaluces HS) 27 Chris Soriano Jr. C 6-1/195 Randolph, NJ (Delbarton HS) 29 Ryne Intlekofer Fr. IF 5-9/155 Moorpark, CA (Moorpark HS) 30 Will Harford Fr. IF 6-0/170 Chicago, IL (Notre Dame HS (Niles, MI)/Kent (CT) School) 31 Andrew Scheid Fr. RHP 6-6/200 Highlands Ranch, CO (Regis Jesuit HS) 32 Jess Stewart Sr. RHP 6-3/215 Manassas, VA (Osbourn City HS) 33 Kyle Weiland So. RHP 6-3/190 Albuquerque, NM (Eldorado HS) 34 Dylan Blake Fr. IF 6-4/200 Coon Rapids, MN (Coon Rapids HS) 35 David Phelps So. RHP 6-3/185 Hazelwood, MO (Hazelwood HS) 36 Herman Petzold Fr. IF 5-9/160 Saint Clair Shores, MI (De LaSalle HS) 44 #Mike Dury Sr. LHP/1B 6-5/240 Indianapolis, IN (Bishop Chatard HS) 45 Ryan Smith Fr. C 6-1/210 Waldorf, MD (Westlake HS) Head Coach: # 3 Dave Schrage (Creighton 83; 1st season at Notre Dame) Assistant Coaches: # 9 Scott Lawler (Simpson 00), Sherard Clinkscales (Purdue 94) Volunteer Assistant: #28 John Fitzgerald (Chicago 98) GAME NOTES ND holds a 15-8 series edge on CMU but the Chippewas won the games at Eck Stadium in 2004 (4-1) and 05 (10-4) before making things interesting in the 2006 game (an 11-9 ND win)... ND leads the series with Chicago State 25-2 (20-1 since 1990, eight straight wins)... ND sophomore RHP David Phelps was named BIG EAST pitcher of the week, following his 3-hit shutout of USF (10 Ks, BB, HB, 32 BF; 1-0) while junior SS Brett Lilley was named to the BIG EAST weekly honor roll (12-for-21, HR, 2 3B, 9 R)... Phelps, who did not allow a USF player past first base, currently owns the top ERA among BIG EAST regular starters (0.92) and is one of two pitchers in the BIG EAST top-10 for ERA, strikeouts (6th; 36) and low opp. batting avg. (6th;.215)... he became ND first RHP with a 9-inning solo shutout since J.P. Gagne s 1-0 win over BYU in the 2002 College World Series season (that also was ND s previous 9-inning, 1-0 game)... the Irish suffered a pair of frustrating losses to USF (10-13, 1-9)... ND held a mid-inning lead in the first loss but hurt itself with 8 walks allowed, a pair of hit batters, 3 errors and 4 passed balls (3 costly runs were unearned)... the series finale was tight (2-1) going into the 8th, with ND ultimately batting just 1-for-12 with runners on base and stranding 14 baserunners in that game... the ND bullpen had been fairly solid this season but allowed 13-of-14 inherited runners to score in the losses to USF... last week s 17-9 win over Western Michigan featured the most hits (22) by an ND team since the 2002 College World Series season... the 17 runs are the most by ND in an Eck Stadium game since that 02 season (and most for the Irish in any game since late in the 05 season)... ND s many early-season challenges have included replacing the entire 3-man weekend rotation (a task not faced by at least the 19 previous ND teams) while losing six of the nine everyday position starters from the 2006 team (also unprecedented in a check of the past 19 seasons)... the Irish are in the midst a much-needed 7-game homestand, after spending 22 days on the road (including travel days) during the first month of the season... ND s 2007 highlights include wins over #12 TCU (4-1) and #7 Nebraska (16-6)... ND has lost five times this season when holding a mid-game lead (unearned runs provided the margin in each of those losses)... ND is 7-1 this season when scoring 5-plus runs (loss to USF), 10-3 when outhitting the opponent (2 losses to USF) and 6-1 when hitting a home run (loss to USF)... the Irish own an scoring margin in the 1st inning (also in the 7th) but the opponents have dominated the key 5th and 6th innings (combined edge for the opponents)... Lilley s 60 career time hit-by-pitch already rank 12th in NCAA history (one shy of 9th)... the ND offense has shown its explosive ability several times this season, totaling 13 innings with 4-plus runs (including a pair of 8-run innings and another with 7)... ND ranks 2nd among BIG EAST teams in ERA (3.63) and 4th in batting avg. (.297) but the Irish are 10th in fielding pct. (.952)... the win over WMU included a rare 5-run game from leadoff batter Lilley (4-for-5, 2 RBI, 3B, BB) while freshman A.J. Pollock added five hits from the #2 spot in the batting order (5-for-6, 2 RBI, 2 R, HR)... Pollock is the 30th ND player ever to post 5-plus hits in a game (Alec Porzel and Steve Sollmann share the record, with 6-hit games) Pollock, Lilley ( 05, vs. Cincinnati) and current senior catcher Sean Gaston ( 04, vs. Minnesota) are three of only five ND freshmen ever to have a 5-hit game... Lilley became just the ninth ND player ever to score 5-plus runs in a game (Sollmann also shares that record, with 6)... Lilley and recent All-America 3B Matt Macri ( 04) are the only ND players ever to post 5 hits and 5 runs in different games during their careers.

3 Central michigan chippewas * lefthanded hitter; # switch hitter NO NAME CL POS HT/WT HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOLS) 2 *Cody Allen So. OF 5-8/165 Coleman, MI (Coleman HS) 3 *Jeff Helps Jr. INF 6-1/178 Wyoming, Ont. (St. Clair JC) 4 #Noah Lankford Jr. INF 5-11/175 Cincinnati, OH (St. Xavier HS) 5 James Teas So. INF 6-0/190 Ames, IA (Ames HS) 6 Dale Cornstubble Fr. C 5-11/170 Homer, MI (Homer HS) 7 Jeff Nowaczyk Jr. C 6-0/195 Saginaw, MI (Northwood University) 8 *Tyler Kipke Fr. OF 6-0/175 Woodbury, MN (Woodbury HS) 10 Scott Szpyrka So. INF/OF 5-11/215 West Bloomfield, MI (The New Hampton (NH) School) 11 Ricky Clark Fr. INF 5-10/180 Mason, MI (Mason HS) 12 Tyler Stovall Jr. C/OF 6-1/215 Cincinnati, OH (Moeller HS) 13 *Billy Anderson Fr. INF 5-7/170 Sault Ste. Marie, MI (Sault Area HS) 14 Steven Berg Fr. C/1B 6-1/200 Escanaba, MI (Escanaba HS) 15 *Rod Helsen Fr. INF 5-11/160 Kalamazoo, MI (Comstock HS) 16 Jason Brown So. RHP 6-1/210 DeWitt, MI (DeWitt HS) 17 Bryce Morrow Fr. RHP 6-2/175 Caledonia, MI (Caledonia HS) 18 Tom Howard Fr. INF 6-5/200 Grand Ledge, MI (Grand Ledge HS) 19 *Brendan Emmett Fr. INF 5-10/165 Mississauga, Ont. (Lorne Park SS) 21 Chris Kupillas So. RHP 6-6/230 Rochester, MI (Stoney Creek HS) 23 Eric Cannon Sr. IF/OF 5-11/185 Tecumseh, MI (Tecumseh HS) 24 Devan Kline Fr. RHP 6-1/175 Battle Creek, MI (Lakeview HS) 25 Bryan Mitzel Sr. OF/IF 6-2/225 Midland, MI (Bullock Creek HS) 27 *Ben Rodewald So. LHP 6-2/210 Kentwood, MI (East Kentwood HS) 28 Ben Humphrey Sr. IF 6-5/225 West Chester, OH (Olney Central HS) 30 *Dan Taylor So. LHP 6-0/193 Jenison, MI (Jenison HS) 31 Sean Hoorelbeke Jr. OF/IF 6-1/220 Hartland, MI (Hartland HS) 32 Jeff Digati Fr. IF 5-9/160 Chino Hills, CA (Chino Hills HS) 33 *James Ricchio Sr. LHP 6-3/215 Racine, WI (Case HS) 34 Kurt Lauscher Sr. RHP 6-2/215 Escanaba, MI (Grand Rapids JC) 35 *Casey Ingle Fr. 1B/LHP 6-1/190 Pinconning, MI (Pinconning HS) 37 Josh Collmenter Jr. RHP 6-4/235 Homer, MI (Homer HS) 38 Eric Lawrence Jr. RHP 6-4/215 Grand Ledge, MI (Grand Rapids JC) 40 Jake Sabol Fr. RHP 6-4/185 Shelby Twp., MI (De La Salle Collegiate HS) 43 Andy Wingert Jr. RHP 6-2/205 Farmington Hills, MI (Harrison HS) 44 #Mike Kirschenheiter Sr. RHP 5-11/220 Rochester Hills, MI (Brother Rice HS) 48 Jeff Richard So. RHP/DH 6-5/240 West Bloomfield, MI (West Bloomfield HS) 49 Jeff Bender Fr. C 6-0/180 Kentwood, MI (East Kentwood HS) Head Coach: Steve Jaksa (Central Michigan 79, 5th season at Central Michigan) Assistant Coaches: Mike Villano (Saginaw Valley 01), Dave Barkholz (Bowling Green 05), Undergraduate Assistant: J.T. Jones (Central Michigan) Volunteer Assistant: Abe Ambroa (Central Michigan) Chicago State Cougars * lefthanded hitter; # switch hitter NO NAME CL POS HT/WT HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOLS) 2 Bryan Packard So. OF San Marcos, CA 3 Jonathon Wilson Jr. OF Vallejo, CA 4 Luke Grow Jr. IF Cedar, MN 5 Chris Goya Jr. OF Kaneohe, HI 6 *Thomas Creal So. OF Joliet, IL 7 Alex Hall Jr. IF Odgen, UT 8 Martese Barner Fr. RHP/OF South Holland, IL 9 *Sean Freeman Jr. LHP Loveland, CO 10 Robert Vargas Jr. RHP/IF Alhambra, CA 14 *Simeon Morgan Jr. LHP/OF Fresno, CA 15 Mitchell Johns Sr. RHP Kelseyville, CA 18 Edwin Loza Fr. C Chicago, IL 19 Ryne Malonzo Jr. OF Chicago, IL 20 Kenneth Williams Jr. OF Matteson, IL 22 Mike Wieda Sr. RHP Mount Prospect, IL 24 Trenton Sanders Fr. IF Flossmoor, IL 25 Mike Storrs So. RHP Palos Heights, IL 27 Kyle Kupiec Sr. RHP/C Kingburg, CA 31 William Lawrence Jr. RHP Harvey, IL 33 Sean Murphy Jr. RHP/IF San Marcos, CA 35 Preston Pires Fr. C Wiapahu, HI 36 *Chris Freshour Jr. LHP Honolulu, HI 50 *Alejandro Estrada Fr. LHP Winthrop Harbor, IL Head Coach: #1 Vern Hasty (2nd season at Chicago State) Assistant Coaches: #42 Husain Mahmoud (1st season at Chicago State)

4 N o t r e D a m e B a s e b a l l S t a t s (as of March 26) Record: Home: 3-2 Away: 1-3 Neutral: 7-6 BIG EAST: 1-2 Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2 Brett Lilley A.J. Pollock Danny Dressman Mike Dury Ross Brezovsky Billy Boockford Ryan Smith Jeremy Barnes Ryan Connolly Brayden Ashdown Michael Wright Matt Weglarz Ryne Intlekofer Eddy Mendiola Chris Soriano Austin Pearce Tony Langford Evan Sharpley Herman Petzold David Mills Totals Opponents LOB - Team (170), Opp (178). DPs turned - Team (14), Opp (21). CI - Team (1), Matt Weglarz 1, Opp (1). IBB - Team (3), Matt Weglarz 1, Mike Dury 1, J. Barnes 1, Opp (2). Picked off - D. Dressman 2, R. Brezovsky 2, J. Barnes 1, B. Boockford 1, Brett Lilley 1, A.J. Pollock 1, B. Ashdown 1. Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 35 David Phelps / Dan Kapala / Jess Stewart / Joey Williamson / Wade Korpi / Eric Maust / Brett Graffy / Sam Elam / Tony Langford / John Seabaugh / Mike Dury / Kyle Weiland / Andrew Scheid / David Mills / Steven Mazur / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (15), Ryan Smith 7, Matt Weglarz 5, C. Soriano 2, R. Brezovsky 1, Opp (6). Pickoffs - Team (5), David Phelps 2, Wade Korpi 1, Jess Stewart 1, Mike Dury 1, Opp (10). SBA/ATT - Matt Weglarz (10-15), Ryan Smith (13-15), Wade Korpi (7-10), David Phelps (4-7), Brett Graffy (3-5), R. Brezovsky (3-4), J Williamson (4-4), Dan Kapala (3-3), Sam Elam (2-2), S. Mazur

5 C e n t r a l m i c h i g a n b a s e b a l l s t a t s (as of March 26) Record: Home: 4-0 Away: 5-10 Neutral: 2-0 Mid-American: 3-0 Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 12 STOVALL, Tyler HUMPHREY, Ben LANKFORD, Noah SZPYRKA, Scott MITZEL, Bryan ALLEN, Cody HELPS, Jeff CANNON, Eric CORNSTUBBLE, Dale ANDERSON, Billy HOORELBEKE, Sean TEAS, James CLARK, Ricky NOWACZYK, Jeff BENDER, Jeff Totals Opponents LOB - Team (174), Opp (188). DPs turned - Team (19), Opp (20). IBB - Team (1), HUMPHREY, B. 1, Opp (1). Picked off - HELPS, Jeff 2, SZPYRKA, S. 2, STOVALL, T. 1, MITZEL, B. 1, CANNON, Eric 1, HUMPHREY, B. 1. Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 30 TAYLOR, Dan / KUPILLAS, Chris / COLLMENTER, Josh / MORROW, Bryce / LAWRENCE, Eric / RODEWALD, Ben / BROWN, Jason / KLINE, Devan / RICHARD, Jeff / RICCHIO, James / TEAS, James / LAUSCHER, Kurt / WINGERT, Andy / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (10), CORNSTUBBLE 6, NOWACZYK, J. 2, STOVALL, T. 2, Opp (4). Pickoffs - Team (10), CORNSTUBBLE 4, COLLMENTER 3, KUPILLAS, C. 1, TAYLOR, Dan 1, LAUSCHER, K. 1, Opp (8). SBA/ATT - CORNSTUBBLE (18-23), COLLMENTER (8-8), MORROW, B. (5-6), LAUSCHER, K. (4-5), STOVALL, T. (4-5), TAYLOR, Dan (2-3), LAW- RENCE, E. (2-3), WINGERT, A. (1-1), BROWN, Jason (0-1), NOWACZYK, J. (1-1), RODEWALD, B. (0-1), KUPILLAS, C. (1-1), RICHARD, J. (0-1).

6 2007 NOTRE DAME BASEBALL #1 Michael Wright Fr., OF Lockhart, TX #2 Brett Lilley Jr., SS/3B N. Canton, OH #4 A.J. Pollock Fr., 3B Hebron, CT #5 David Mills Fr., OF/LHP Battle Creek, MI #6 Danny Dressman Sr., OF San Jose, CA #7 Ross Brezovsky Jr., 2B/C Naples, FL #8 Evan Sharpley So., 1B Marshall, MI #10 Ryan Connolly So., OF Binghamton, NY #11 Sean Gaston Sr., C Brownsburg, IN #12 Brayden Ashdown Fr., OF Tucson, AZ #13 Wade Korpi Jr., LHP Lake Worth, FL #14 Eddy Mendiola So., 3B/1B Miami, FL #15 Matt Weglarz Gr., C Kansas City, MO #16 Eric Maust Fr., RHP Alpharetta, GA #17 Billy Boockford Fr., OF Glen Ellyn, IL #18 Steven Mazur Fr., RHP Round Rock, TX #19 John Seabaugh Sr., RHP Granger, IN #20 Jeremy Barnes So., IF/OF Garland, #21 Brett Graffy So., RHP Homer Glen, IL #22 Dan Kapala Sr., RHP Royal Oak, MI #23 Tony Langford Jr., OF/RHP Ft. Worth, TX #24 Sam Elam So., LHP Naperville, IL #25 Austin Pearce Fr., OF Lake Oswego, OR #26 Joey Williamson Jr., RHP Lantana, FL #27 Chris Soriano Jr., C Randolph, NJ #29 Ryne Intlekofer Fr., IF Moorpark, CA #30 Will Harford Fr., IF Chicago, IL #31 Andrew Scheid Fr., RHP Highlands Ranch, CO #32 Jess Stewart Sr., RHP Masassas, VA #33 Kyle Weiland So., RHP Albuquerque, NM #34 Dylan Blake Fr., IF Coon Rapids, MN #35 David Phelps So., RHP Hazelwood, MO #36 Herman Petzold Fr., IF St. Clair Shores, MI #44 Mike Dury Sr., LHP/1B Indianapolis, IN #45 Ryan Smith Fr., C Waldorf, MD