Kent State University
Youngstown State University
Baseball Home Opener Set for Wednesday
3/18/2014 9:27:00 PM | Baseball
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
Kent State: #35 RHP Any Ravel (1-1, 7.71 ERA, 9 SO, 7 BB, 1 GS, 9.1 IP)
Youngstown State: #38 RHP Ryan Krokos (0-1, 20.25 ERA, 3 SO, 3 BB, 2 GS, 5.1 IP)
KENT STATE - YOUNGSTOWN STATE HISTORY
• Kent State is 60-15-1 all-time against Youngstown State.
• Last season, the Golden Flashes split a double header with the Penguins at home, losing the first game 4-10 then losing 5-2.
• Kent State then won 9-8 on the road.
HIT PARADE
• Through the first seven games of the season, Kent State had 83 hits.
• Dating back to 1986 season, the Golden Flashes have collected 80 or more hits in the opening seven games just two other times in that 29-year span.
PERENNIAL POWERHOUSE
• When it comes to the Mid-American Conference, Kent State has emerged as the forthright frontrunner.
• The Golden Flashes have won either the regular season or tournament championship in 13 of the last 14 seasons.
• They have won three-straight conference titles and the East Division title in seven of the last eight years.
• The program has posted a conference win percentage over .500 in 23 of the last 24 years, putting it in a class of its own.
CONFERENCE FRONT-RUNNERS
• Zarley Zalewski currently ranks third in the conference in batting average.
• He is also second in hits, tied for sixth in total bases and has the fourth-best on-base percentage.
• Eric Lauer ranks second in the MAC in wins and is third in opposing batting average.
