Baseball Ends Homestand With Two Midweek Games

Kent State (25-13) will host Penn State (17-19) on Tuesday and Malone (17-22) on Wednesday to end its current homestand. Both games are set to begin at 6:00pm.

COVERAGE
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KENT STATE – PENN STATE HISTORY
• Penn State holds a slight 5-7 edge over Kent State all time.
• The two teams split their meetings last season.
• Kent State won the first meeting at home 10-0 after a gem by current Saturday starting pitcher Nick-Jensen Clagg. The then freshman threw a perfect game for 6.2 innings. He finished after seven with no runs and just one hit allowed.
• The Golden Flashes' bats fell cold in the later meeting as they fell 3-2 on the road at Penn State last year.

KENT STATE – MALONE HISTORY
• Kent State is 5-0 all-time against Malone.
• The two teams faced each other in consecutive years from 2005-2009. Kent State outscored Malone 41-8 in those five victories.

CLOSING IN ON RECORDS
• Junior Alex Miklos is currently tied for the single-season and career triples marks with 7 this season and 15 overall.
• Sawyer Polen is currently ranked 7^th all-time with 396 career assists.
• Eric Dorsch is tied for 8^th all time for saves in a single season with 8. For career saves, he is currently tied for 5^th in the Kent State record book with 13.

SITTING AT THE TOP
• Kent State remains 1^st in the conference in team batting average and 2^nd in team ERA. They are 4^th out of the 12 conference teams in fielding percentage through all games this season.
• Zarley Zalewski leads the MAC in batting average, hits and on-base percentage and is 8^th in doubles, 5^th in total bases and 8^th in slugging percentage.
• Miklos is 2^nd in batting average, 2^nd in hits, 1^st in triples, 2^nd in runs scored, 1^st in doubles, 7^th in RBI, 6^th in stolen bases, 1^st in total bases, 5^th in on-base percentage and 1^st in slugging percentage.
• Cody Koch ranks 2^nd in runs scored and 4^th in RBI.
• Eric Lauer still leads the MAC in ERA, wins and opposing batting average.
• Dorsch is 5^th in appearances while leading the conference with eight saves.

Baseball Ends Homestand With Two Midweek Games

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