Kent State University
Northern Illinois University
Flashes to Face Huskies this Weekend in DeKalb
4/2/2015 3:04:00โฏPM | Baseball
Mid-American Conference play continues this weekend as Kent State (14-11, 3-3) makes the trip to Northern Illinois (13-14, 4-2) for a three-game set.ย Game times are scheduled for 4 p.m. on Friday and 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, all EST.
COVERAGE
โข Live stats will be available at niuhuskies.com
โข Ty Linder will have the call for all three games on Golden Flashes iHeart Radio
โข Live video is available via Northern Illinois with a subscription
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
Friday, April 3
Kent State: #32 RHP Nick Jensen-Clagg (4-3, 2.76 ERA, 54 SO, 19 BB, 7 GS, 42.1 IP)
NIU: #26 LHP Ben Neumann (4-1, 2.88 ERA, 30 SO, 16 BB, 7 GS, 40.2 IP)
Saturday, April 4
Kent State: #10 LHP Eric Lauer (1-2, 2.36 ERA, 43 SO, 9 BB, 5 GS, 34.1 IP)
NIU: #11 RHP Dirk Ormsby (5-2, 3.02 ERA, 24 SO, 13 BB, 6 GS, 41.2 IP)
Sunday, April 5
Kent State: #35 RHP Andy Ravel (3-1, 3.00 ERA, 26 SO, 9 BB, 6 GS, 33.9 IP)
NIU: #28 RHP Seth Fuller (2-2, 3.73 ERA, 13 SO, 10 BB, 4 GS, 31.1 IP)
KENT STATE โ NIU HISTORY
โข Kent State is 32-18-1 all-time against Northern Illinois
โข Last season, the Golden Flashes took two out of three games at home.ย They also took two out of three in 2013 on the road
โข The last time the Huskies took a series win was at home in 2008
NATIONAL RANKINGS
โข In the latest rankings that are through Tuesday's games, Kent State ranks 47th in hits allowed per nine innings, 45th in WHIP and 9th in the nation in strikeouts per nine innings
โข Individually, Sawyer Polen is 33rd in hit by pitch per game, 50th in hit by pitch and 39th in triples
โข Luke Burch is 29th in the country in runs per game, 18th in stolen bases and 11th in stolen bases per game
โข Conner Simonetti's slugging percentage is 38th
โข On the mound, Zach Willeman is 39th in saves
โข Josh Pierce is 33rd in strikeout-to-walk ratio
โข Nick Jensen-Clagg ranks 20th in strikeouts and 31st in strikeouts per nine innings
โข Eric Lauer is 38th in strikeouts per nine innings
BAT ATTACK
โข In the last seven games, Kent State has collected 80 hits, averaging more than 11 per game. 24 of those have been for extra bases
โข In that same span, the team has batted .324 with 37 walks
โข Eight players, all who have started at least one of the last seven games, batted above .300
