Kent State University
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Youngstown State Up Next for Baseball
4/13/2015 4:01:00 PM | Baseball
The Golden Flashes (19-12) will look to take two games this week when they travel to Pittsburgh (14-20) on Tuesday at 3 p.m. and Youngstown State (9-20) on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
COVERAGE
• Live stats will be available at pittsburghpanthers.com on Tuesday
• Pittsburgh will also provide a video feed online with a paid subscription
• Live stats for Wednesday's game will be available at ysusports.com
• Ty Linder will have the call for both games on Golden Flashes iHeart Radio
KENT STATE – PITTSBURGH HISTORY
• Kent State is 36-25 all-time versus Pittsburgh
• Last year the teams met just once in Kent where the Golden Flashes won 4-1
KENT STATE – YOUNGSTOWN STATE HISTORY
• Kent State is 65-18-1 all-time against Youngstown State
• The two teams split their four meetings in 2014
• The Golden Flashes beat the Penguins 12-6 on March 31 at home with two five-run innings
TERRIFIC TEN
• Kent State has won nine of its last ten games and in that time has averaged nine runs and 11.3 hits per game while hitting .315 as a team
• They have hit 45 extra-base hits with 29 doubles, six triples and ten runs in the ten games
• Tommy Monnot and Conner Simonetti have had the biggest bats during that span, both hitting at a mark of .385 with slugging percentages above .840
• The pitching staff has contributed just as much to the success, as all three weekend starters have sub-3.00 ERAs in the span
• The staff has combined for 95 strikeouts in the last ten games while holding opposing hitters to a .233 batting average
CHASING RECORDS
• Sawyer Polen currently has 498 career assists which ranks 5th most all time at Kent State
• The pitching staff is on a good pace to land in the top three of single season strikeouts
• Currently, the team has 291 strikeouts in 278 innings, which breaks down to 1.05 strikeouts per inning
• The record for strikeouts in a season is 543 set in 2012. That staff averaged .89 strikeouts per inning
