Kent State University
Rider University
Baseball Offering Free Admission for Opening Series
3/12/2015 11:01:00 AM | Baseball
Kent State is offering free admission for all games this weekend in the home-opening series of the season. The Golden Flashes are set to host Rider on Friday at 2 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m.
COVERAGE
Live stats will be available at sidearmstats.com/kent/baseball
All three games will be aired on Golden Flashes iHeart Radio
PROBABLE PITCHING STARTERS
Friday, March 13
Kent State: #32 RHP Nick Jensen-Clagg (3-1, 3.22 ERA, 27 SO, 14 BB, 4 GS, 22.1 IP)
Rider: #12 LHP Zach Mawson (0-0, 1.93 ERA, 8 SO, 2 BB, 2 GS, 14.0 IP)
Saturday, March 14
Kent State: #10 LHP Eric Lauer (1-1, 1.69 ERA, 22 SO, 6 BB, 2 GS, 16.0 IP)
Rider: #51 RHP Vicenzo Aiello (0-1, 1.38 ERA, 7 SO, 4 BB, 2 GS, 13.0 IP)
Sunday, March 15
Kent State: #35 RHP Andy Ravel (0-1, 5.14 ERA, 9 SO, 5 BB, 3 GS, 14.0 IP)
Rider: #25 LHP Nick Margevicius (0-2, 7.11 ERA, 8 SO, 5 BB, 2 GS, 12.2 IP)
KENT STATE – RIDER HISTORY
• Kent State and Rider have never met in the team's histories
• The Broncs are batting .186 as team and have a team ERA of 4.94.
• Justin Thomas leads the squad offensively batting .286 in 35 at-bats with a homerun and two RBI
• Vicenzo Aiello and Zach Mawson both have ERAs under 2.00 with two starts each
NATIONAL RANKINGS
• Kent State ranks in the top 50 in the country in a few statistical categories entering the weekend
• The Golden Flashes are 24th in the nation in strikeouts per nine innings
• Individually, Eric Lauer is 37th in the country in strikeouts per nine innings
• Nick Jensen-Clagg is 15th in the nation in victories
• Offensively, Zarley Zalewski is 20th in batting average and 16th in on-base percentage
• Luke Burch ranks 40th in runs per game, 28th stolen bases and 12th in stolen bases per game
• Jacob Neuschaefer is 43th in stolen bases and 19th in stolen bases per game
EARLY START
• This year's home opener set for March 13 ties the earliest home opener in recorded history at Kent State
• In 1987, the Golden Flashes hosted Youngstown State in a doubleheader, winning both games to start the season
• Crews have been working tirelessly at Schoonover Stadium the past two weeks clearing snow and preparing the field to make it possible to host games this weekend
IN THE RECORD BOOKS
• Sawyer Polen currently has 453 career assists, which ranks 6th all-time in the Kent State record books
• Alex Miklos needs one more triple to be the career leader in that category as he is currently tied for the most with 15
