Baseball Eyes MAC Tournament Title Beginning Wednesday

GAME NOTES

Kent State will enter the Mid-American Conference Tournament as the No. 4 seed and will begin play on Wednesday at 1:00pm against No.5 seed Bowling Green.

COVERAGE:
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TOURNAMENT SEEDING:
1. Ball State 38-16, 22-4
2. Central Michigan 35-21, 19-8
3. Miami 29-25, 18-9
4. Kent State 32-21, 16-11
5. Bowling Green 25-24, 15-11
6. Buffalo 23-24, 12-13
7. Akron 25-28, 12-15
8. Western Michigan 22-29, 11-16

TOURNAMENT BULLETS:
• Wednesday's matchup will be a showdown between the 2012 and 2013 MAC Tournament Champions with No.4 Kent State taking on No. 5 Bowling Green.
• Kent State has been crowned Tournament Champions in eight of the last 13 seasons including four in a row from 2009-2012.
• The Golden Flashes have won at least 32 games for the 16th-straight year.
• Kent State won the tournament as the No. 4 seed in 2009. They beat Miami 6-4, Central Michigan 17-2, Miami 12-8 and Toledo 5-3 to claim the title.
• The Golden Flashes were selected as the preseason favorite to win the 2014 MAC Tournament.

KENT STATE VS THE FIELD
• BOWLING GREEN: The Falcons took the regular season series 2-1 in Bowling Green this season
• Kent State is 111-65 all-time against Bowling Green.
• BALL STATE: The Cardinals swept the Golden Flashes at Ball Diamond earlier this season.
• Kent State is 59-52 all-time against Ball State.
• WESTERN MICHIGAN: The two teams did not meet this season but the Golden Flashes swept the Broncos on the road in 2013.
• Kent State is 68-78 all-time against Western Michigan.
• MIAMI: The Golden Flashes went 2-1 at home against RedHawks this season.
• Kent State is 104-77-1 all-time against Miami.
• CENTRAL MICHIGAN: The Golden Flashes did not play the Chippewas this season but took 2 out of 3 games in 2013.
• Kent State is 49-54 all-time against Central Michigan.
• BUFFALO: The Golden Flashes took two out of three games at home against the Bulls this season.
• Kent State is 39-9 all-time against Buffalo.
• AKRON: The Golden Flashes finished the regular season with a 19-0 victory over the Zips, winning the series by taking two of three games.
• Kent State is 106-54-1 all-time against Akron.

ARM ARSENAL
• Kent State will start the tournament with LHP Brian Clark on the mound against Bowling Green's Friday starter RHP Mike Frank, who the Golden Flashes put up seven runs on earlier this season.
• All three Kent State starters have an ERA below 4.40 in conference play. Possible 4th starter Michael Clark has a 0.00 ERA in 15.1 conference innings.
• The bullpen includes six pitchers with sub-3.00 ERAs in MAC play.

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.

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