Kent State University
30-13, 0
Bowling Green
10-30, 0
30 for 30: Flashes Streak Reaches Two Decades
5/4/2018 10:07:00 PM | Baseball
Murray leads KSU to 20th straight season with 30 wins
KENT, OHIO – Kent State pitching struck out 19 Bowling Green Falcons and the Golden Flashes stayed hot in an 11-0 rout which gave the program its 30th win of the season.
Kent State (30-13) has now won at least 30 games in 20 straight seasons. Perhaps even more remarkable, the Flashes have just one sub-.500 season since 1981. The latest triumph was made possible when starter Joey Murray struck out 14 and carried a shutout into the eighth. Jack Zimmerman worked the eighth and struck out two and John Matthews fanned three in the ninth.
Offensively, the Golden Flashes banged out 15 hits. Five KSU hitters logged multi-hit games – including Tim DalPorto, who blasted his sixth home run of the year in the seventh. That gave the hosts a 9-0 lead. The Flashes took the early lead when Nick Kanavas, Pavin Parks and DalPorto drove runs in. Reilly Hawkins also stayed hot, going 2-3 with an RBI.
Murray – who struck out the side in three straight innings – won his eighth game. He lowered his ERA to 1.02. The Flashes recorded their fourth shutout of the year. They also dropped their magic number to clinch the regular season title to seven.
The series with the Falcons continues Saturday at 4 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Murray, Joey (8-1)
L: CAREY, Zac (2-7)
Base Running:
CS: RIGHTER, Randy 1 ; LAMBERT, Neil 1
Batting:
2B: Hawkins, Reilly 1 ; Turner, Michael 1
HR: DalPorto, Tim 1
RBI: Hawkins, Reilly 1 ; Kanavas, Nick 1 ; Parks, Pavin 1 ; Lewandoski, Greg 1 ; DalPorto, Tim 4 ; Turner, Michael 2
SH: DalPorto, Tim 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hawkins, Reilly 1 ; Mamarella, Mason 2 ; Kanavas, Nick 1 ; O'Brien, Kian 1 ; Parks, Pavin 2 ; Elsen, Nick 2 ; DalPorto, Tim 1 ; Hamilton, Brad 1
SB: Hamilton, Brad 1
CS: Hawkins, Reilly 1 ; Mamarella, Mason 1
HBP: Mamarella, Mason 1 ; Elsen, Nick 1
