Kent State Baseball Journeys To The Southwest To Battle New Mexico State
| Game 2 | |||||||||||
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E |
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| Kent State (7-6) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| New Mexico St. (11-8) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 0 |
| @ Las Cruces, N.M. | Presley Askew Field | |||||||||||
| Pitching |
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| Win: Mott, A. (2-0) - New Mexico St. |
| Loss: MACE, Ryan (0-1) - Kent State |
| Kent State Batting |
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| 2B: RIDER, Jimmy; LYON, David; BAGOLY, Jason; HAMILTON, Nick; MIKLOS, Alex |
| 3B: none |
| HR: none |
| New Mexico St. Batting |
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| 2B: Karraker, B.; Fisher, Z.; Lecount, R.; Rust, T. |
| 3B: Waite, T. |
| HR: Fisher, Z.; Lecount, R. 2 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent State (6-4) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 2 |
| New Mexico St. (9-7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| @ Las Cruces, N.M. | Presley Askew Field | ||||||||||||
| Pitching |
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| Win: STARN, David (2-2) - Kent State |
| Loss: Beck, R. (2-1) - New Mexico St. |
| Save: WILSON, Casey (1) - Kent State |
| Kent State Batting |
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| 2B: CAMPBELL, Evan; RIDER, Jimmy |
| 3B: none |
| HR: none |
| New Mexico St. Batting |
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| 2B: Waite, T. |
| 3B: none |
| HR: none |
Golden Flashes (5-4) meet the Aggies (9-6) for the first time ever this weekend (March 9-11) in a four-game series.
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WEEKEND PREVIEW
at New Mexico State Aggies (9-6)
March 9-11, 2012
Presley Askew Field
Las Cruces, N.M.
There will be no radio broadcasts of this weekend's games, but you can still follow all the action by clicking on the Live Stats link above and also follow on Twitter @FlashesBaseball for play-by-play updates.
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Friday, March 9 • 8:05 p.m. ET (6:05 p.m. MT)PROBABLE PITCHING STARTERS
KENT STATE: #37 David Starn (Sr., LHP, Hudson, Ohio) 1-2, 1.74 ERA, 21 SO, 7 BB, 3 GS, 20.2 IP
NEW MEXICO STATE: #36 Ryan Beck (Jr., LHP, Ft. Collins, Colo.) 2-0, 1.96 ERA, 24 SO, 6 BB, 3 GS, 23.0 IP
Saturday, March 10 • Game 1 • 5:05 p.m. ET (3:05 p.m. CT)
PROBABLE PITCHING STARTERS
KENT STATE: #19 Ryan Bores (Jr., RHP, Strongsville, Ohio) 2-1, 3.18 ERA, 9 SO, 3 BB, 3 GS, 17.0 IP
NEW MEXICO STATE: #26 Tim Torsney (So., RHP, Palmdale, Caif.) 1-0, 5.65 ERA, 16 SO, 9 BB, 1 GS, 14.1 IP
Saturday, March 10 • Game 2 • 9:05 p.m. (7:05 p.m. MT)
PROBABLE PITCHING STARTERS
KENT STATE: TBA
NEW MEXICO STATE: #34 Adam Mott (Jr., RHP, Riverside, Calif.) 1-0, 6.23 ERA, 15 SO, 8 BB, 2 GS, 13.0 IP
Sunday, March 11 • 3:05 p.m. (1:05 p.m. MT)
PROBABLE PITCHING STARTERS
KENT STATE: #31 Tyler Skulina (So., RHP, Strongsville, Ohio) 2-0, 0.47 ERA, 20 SO, 7 BB, 3 GS, 19.0 IP
NEW MEXICO STATE: TBA
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION - NEW MEXICO STATE AGGIES (9-6) • Western Athletic Conference
Head Coach: Rocky Ward - 13th Season All-Time Series: First Meeting
• New Mexico State ended a three-game losing skid by topping rival New Mexico, 16-12, Tuesday (March 6), in Las Cruces. The Aggies pounded out 16 runs on 18 hits. Senior shortstop Zach Voight led New Mexico State at the plate, going 2-of-4 with a two-run home run. • The Aggies have scored 135 runs in 2012 to rank second in the country and tallied 153 hits to tie for 11th, but have allowed 99 runs through 15 games. Kent State has surrendered 24 runs through nine games.
• Junior infielder Parker Hipp leads the Aggies with a .346 batting average while junior catcher Zac Fisher has tallied a team-high 20 hits -- including six doubles -- and has driven in a team-high 17 runs.
The Kent State baseball team journeys to the Southwest to battle New Mexico State in a four-game set this weekend (March 9-11) in Las Cruces, N.M., at Presley Askew Field as the programs lock horns for the first time ever.
The Golden Flashes (5-4) will try to bounce back from a tough 2-1 series loss at the hands of Western Kentucky last weekend in Bowling Green, Ky. Kent State split a Saturday (March 3) doubleheader with Western Kentucky, falling in the first game, 5-2, but bouncing back with a 13-3 victory in the second. The Flashes dropped their first weekend series of the season after coming out on the wrong end of a pitchers' duel, falling to the Hilltoppers, 2-1, Sunday (March 4).
THE SWAGGIN' WAGON ROLLED THROUGH KENTUCKY
Redshirt junior Nick Hamilton (Avon Lake, Ohio) led Kent State with a staggering .700 batting average, seven hits and five RBIs on the weekend at Western Kentucky. He had a career day at the plate in game two of the Saturday (March 3) doubleheader against the Hilltoppers, going 4-for-5 – including two doubles -- with five RBIs and a run scored to help the Golden Flashes (5-4) record a 13-3 victory. Hamilton followed that effort up by leading the Flashes at the plate Sunday (March 4) with two doubles, upping his series total to four.
'The Swaggin' Wagon' is batting .571 in six games with 12 hits and six RBIs.
AS GOOD AS ADVERTISED
Sophomore right-handed starting pitcher Tyler Skulina (Strongsville, Ohio) has lived up to the hype in 2012.
The Strongsville, Ohio, native sports a 0.47 ERA through three starts and has tallied 20 strikeouts against just 10 hits and seven walks through 19.0 innings of work.
Skulina tossed a two-hit shutout over six frames and recorded a career-high nine strikeouts last Sunday at Western Kentucky but departed the game with a no decision and the contest locked in a scoreless tie.
A 46th round pick of the Oakland Athletics in the 2010 MLB First-Year Player Draft, Skulina sat out the 2011 campaign after transferring from Virginia. He posted an undefeated 26-0 record as a starting pitcher at Walsh Jesuit High School under head coach Chris Kaczmar, earning Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball First Team High School All-American honors in 2009 and honorable mention accolades in 2010.He was named Division II First Team All-Ohio in 2009 and 2010 in addition to garnering Cuyahoga River Baseball Conference Pitcher of the Year honors.
