Kent State Heads to Youngstown State for Tuesday Doubleheader

Kent State (19-10) will look to continue on its current hot streak when the team makes the short trip to Youngstown State (4-20) for two seven-inning games on Tuesday (Apr. 8) beginning at 4:00pm.

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KENT STATE - YOUNGSTOWN STATE HISTORY
• Kent State is 61-15-1 all-time against Youngstown State.
• The two teams already faced each other this year in the Golden Flashes' home opener. Kent State won that game 10-2 in a rain-shortened six-inning game.
• 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.

EN FUEGO
• Kent State is coming off a hot week of a 5-0 record after a doubleheader sweep of Oakland and a weekend conference sweep of Ohio.
• In the five games, the Golden Flashes have scored 66 runs in the 39 innings they have come to the plate, an average of 1.69 runs an inning.
• They also had a .572 slugging percentage as a team on the week, with 13 doubles, four triples and five homeruns.
• Kent State's pitchers have been just as impressive. The team had a combined ERA of 2.41 in the last five games with an opposing batting average of just .188.
• Out of the 12 pitchers that threw this past week, six of them did not allow an earned run.

ON TOP
• With the sweep of Ohio, a Central Michigan loss and a Akron loss on Sunday, Kent State sits atop the MAC East Division and is one game back of Central Michigan in the conference's overall standings.
• The Golden Flashes have the best batting average in the MAC while they also boast the second-best team ERA and third-best fielding percentage.
• Individually, Zarley Zalewski leads the MAC in batting average, hits and on-base percentage, and ranks 4th in doubles, 7th in RBI, 4th in total bases and 7th in slugging percentage.
• Alex Miklos is 3rd in the conference in batting average, 4th in hits, 4th in runs scored, 2nd in doubles, 5th in triples, 2nd in total bases, 3rd in on-base percentage and 1st in slugging percentage.
• Cody Koch ranks 3rd in runs scored, 4th in RBI and 4th in walks.
• On the mound, Eric Lauer leads the MAC with seven wins and has the best opposing batting average while ranking 4th in ERA.
• Eric Dorsch is tied for first place with five saves this season.

Kent State Heads to Youngstown State for Tuesday Doubleheader

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