Kent State University
Radford University
Baseball Ready for Another Four-Game Weekend
3/2/2017 8:05:00 PM | Baseball
Baseball is scheduled to play four games this weekend against three different opponents as they head to Wake Forest. The series will open with a noon game against Radford on Friday. The Golden Flashes will face the host Deacons twice on Saturday starting at 2 p.m. The series will conclude with a 10 a.m. game against Quinnipiac on Sunday.
COVERAGE
• Only live stats will be available this weekend:
Friday Live Stats
Saturday Game 1 Live Stats
Saturday Game 2 Live Stats
Sunday Live Stats
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
Friday, March 3
Kent State: #18 LHP Connor Wollersheim (0-0, 1.04 ERA, 5 SO, 2 BB, 1 GS, 8.2 IP)
Radford: #26 LHP Zack Ridgely (0-2, 4.26 ERA, 10 SO, 2 BB, 2 GS, 12.2 IP)
Saturday, March 4 • Game 1
Kent State: #31 LHP Eli Kraus (2-0, 2.70 ERA, 11 SO, 4 BB, 2 GS, 13.1 IP)
Wake Forest: #36 RHP Parker Dunshee (1-1, 8.44 ERA, 14 SO, 1 BB, 2 GS, 10.2 IP)
Saturday, March 4 • Game 2
Kent State: #23 RHP Zach Willeman (2-0, 0.73 ERA, 12 SO, 2 BB, 2 GS, 12.1 IP)
Wake Forest: #1 RHP Donnie Sellers (1-0, 4.82 ERA, 7 SO, 2 BB, 2 GS, 9.1 IP)
Sunday, March 5
Kent State: TBD
Quinnipiac: #31 RHP Christian Nicolosi (1-0, 5.06 ERA, 6 SO, 1 BB, 1 GS, 5.1 IP)
THE MATCHUPS
Radford
• Kent State swept Radford last season in three games as the team met for the first time
• Radford is 1-7 this season and is hitting .200 and pitching 6.78 as a team
Wake Forest
• Kent State is 6-16 all-time against Wake Forest
• The two teams last met in 2010 for a four-game series with the Flashes taking three wins home
• The Deacs are 5-4 and are hitting .314 and have a team ERA of 5.31 so far this season
Quinnipiac
• Sunday will mark the first meeting ever between Kent State and Quinnipiac
• The Bobcats are 4-3 while hitting .259 and holding a 6.14 ERA through the first seven games of their season
HOT START
• At 6-1, Kent State is off to its best start to a season since 2009
• That year, the Golden Flashes won their first six games before suffering a loss
• The run difference between Kent State and its opponents is large in both instances
• The Flashes outscored their foes 76-30 in the first seven games of the season
• This year, Kent State has started out beating opponents 48-20
SUCCESS ON BOTH SIDES
• Kent State's hot start comes from a combination of hot hitting and solid pitching
• The team holds a .330 batting average and 2.42 ERA through the first seven games
• The squad has already belted eight homeruns, five triples and 14 doubles as nearly a third of the team's hits have been for extra-bases
• The pitching staff has struck out 61 while walking 22, holding hitters to a .188 average
