April 18, 2006
Kevin Brown Takes One for the Record Book
Senior second baseman Kevin Brown took one for the team in Saturday’s doubleheader at Marietta College and earned another spot in the Baldwin-Wallace College baseball record book.
Brown was hit by a pitch from Marietta freshman Alex Sedam during a six-run rally in the second inning of game two at Pioneer Park. It was the 11th time this season that the Yellow Jackets’ lead-off hitter has been caught by a pitcher, and it set a new school record. Brown has now been plunked 19 times in his career at B-W — another school record.
The career record had been held by two-time All–Mideast Region first baseman Pat Shannon, who was drilled 18 times from 2000 to 2003. Academic All–District IV third baseman Todd Bratz ’02 set the previous season record in 2002, when he was hit by a pitch 10 times.
Brown, who’s hitting .319 with a .496 on-base percentage, leads the Ohio Athletic Conference in the hit by pitch category. He’s also tops in the league with 35 runs scored and third with 23 walks.
[ B-W Baseball Batting & Baserunning Records ]
April 14, 2006
Kevin Brown Ties B-W Record with Three Doubles Against Case
Senior second baseman Kevin Brown tied a Baldwin-Wallace College school record yesterday with three doubles in a 16–6 rout of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Brown led off the game with a double to right–center field and scored on a two-run home run by senior left fielder Mike Farrell. He followed that with another two-base hit to right-center in the second inning. Two innings later, he hustled his way into the Yellow Jackets record book by stretching an RBI single to center field into his third double of the game. He finished the day with three doubles in three at-bats, a walk and three runs batted in.
Brown shares his record for two-baggers in a single game with Phil Stringer ’90, Brian Johnson ’01, Pat Shannon ’03 and B-W student assistant coach Mike Turchan ’05.
Brown is now hitting .326 and leads the team with 33 runs scored. He has 19 RBIs from the lead-off spot in the line-up and is a brushback away from breaking B-W’s season and career records for being hit by a pitch.
[ B-W Baseball Batting & Baserunning Records ]
April 4, 2006
Eddie Uschold Becomes Winningest Coach at Missouri Baptist
Eddie Uschold became the winningest baseball coach in Missouri Baptist University history on March 25 when his club swept a doubleheader against Ashford University. His career record is 256–138–1 (.650) since taking the helm of the Spartans in 2000.
Eddie was a backup first baseman and designated hitter at Baldwin-Wallace College in the late 1980s. After graduating from B-W in 1990, he began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Kent State University. He moved up the coaching ranks with assistant coaching stints at Tyler (Texas) Junior College and Manchester (Ind.) College, and a head coaching job at Olivet (Mich.) College, before being hired at Missouri Baptist.
In seven seasons at MBU, Eddie’s teams have won three American Midwest Conference championships. He was named AMC Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2004, and NAIA Region V Coach of the Year in 2003. Last year, he led the Spartans to a school-record 40–24 mark and a runner-up finish in the AMC. They qualified for the Region V playoffs for the fifth time in six seasons, but were eliminated in two close games.
So far this season, the Spartans are 26–6 and ranked 23rd in the latest NAIA poll. They are third in the nation with a .385 batting average and a .588 slugging percentage.
