Kent State University
Eastern Michigan University
Game Times Changed for This Weekend's Home Baseball Series
3/26/2015 2:54:00 PM | Baseball
Kent State (10-10, 1-2 MAC) will host Eastern Michigan (8-14, 1-2 MAC) for the second weekend of Mid-American Conference play. Game times on Friday and Saturday have been moved to 2 p.m. Sunday's finale remains scheduled at 1 p.m.
COVERAGE
• Live stats will be available at sidearmstats.com/kent/baseball
• A radio broadcast will be available for all three games on Golden Flashes iHeart Radio
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
Friday, March 27
Kent State: #32 RHP Nick Jensen-Clagg (4-2, 2.52 ERA,43 SO, 17 BB, 6 GS, 35.2 IP)
EMU: #46 RHP Augie Gallardo (1-1, 3.86 ERA, 12 SO, 14 BB, 2 GS, 21.0 IP)
Saturday, March 28
Kent State: #10 LHP Eric Lauer (1-2, 1.84 ERA, 34 SO, 6 BB, 4 GS, 29.1 IP)
EMU: #17 RHP Charlie Land (1-3, 3.94 ERA, 16 SO, 10 BB, 5 GS, 29.2 IP)
Sunday, March 29
Kent State: #35 RHP Andy Ravel (2-1, 3.00 ERA, 21 SO, 8 BB, 5 GS, 27.0 IP)
EMU: #27 RHP Jake Andrews (2-2, 1.26 ERA, 19 SO, 8 BB, 5 GS, 35.2 IP)
KENT STATE – EMU HISTORY
• Kent State is 60-41 all-time against Eastern Michigan
• Last season, the Golden Flashes took the first two games 10-2 and 6-1 then dropped the finale in Ypsilanti, 1-2
• Prior to the 2014 season, the two teams did not meet in a conference weekend in 2012 or 2013
• In 2011, Kent State swept the weekend series then won two of three meetings with Eastern Michigan in the MAC Tournament
• The Eagles started conference play last weekend at home against Akron. They dropped the opener 2-6, won the second game 3-1 then dropped the series with a 1-3 finale loss
• Most recently, they beat Wayne State at home on Wednesday 10-6
SPRING BREAK TRIP RECAP
• The Golden Flashes are coming off a five-game roadtrip over the school's spring break
• The trip started with the MAC-opening series at Toledo where Kent State dropped the first two games before winning the third on Sunday
• The team then went on to beat Purdue on Tuesday 4-3 before closing the roadtrip with a 9-4 loss at No. 17 Illinois
MAC STATS
• Kent State is 3rd in the conference with a team batting average of .285 and is 2nd with a team ERA of 3.26
• Zarley Zalewski is 3rd in the conference in batting average and has the best on-base percentage
• Luke Burch is 6th in batting average and is tied for the lead in stolen bases
• Eric Lauer's ERA is the 3rd lowest and he is also ranked 3rd in strikeouts
• Nick Jensen-Clagg leads the MAC in strikeouts with 43, is 7th in ERA and is tied for the most wins with four. His opposing batting average ranks 5th
IN THE RECORD BOOKS
• Sawyer Polen currently has 484 career assists, which ranks as the 5th most of all-time in the Kent State record books. He needs 51 more to jump up to 4th place
