Kent State University
Northern Illinois University
Flashes to Face Huskies this Weekend in DeKalb
4/2/2015 3:04:00 PM | 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. Game times are scheduled for 4 p.m. on Friday and 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, all EST.
COVERAGE
• Live stats will be available at niuhuskies.com
• Ty Linder will have the call for all three games on Golden Flashes iHeart Radio
• 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 – NIU HISTORY
• Kent State is 32-18-1 all-time against Northern Illinois
• Last season, the Golden Flashes took two out of three games at home. They also took two out of three in 2013 on the road
• The last time the Huskies took a series win was at home in 2008
NATIONAL RANKINGS
• 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
• Individually, Sawyer Polen is 33rd in hit by pitch per game, 50th in hit by pitch and 39th in triples
• Luke Burch is 29th in the country in runs per game, 18th in stolen bases and 11th in stolen bases per game
• Conner Simonetti's slugging percentage is 38th
• On the mound, Zach Willeman is 39th in saves
• Josh Pierce is 33rd in strikeout-to-walk ratio
• Nick Jensen-Clagg ranks 20th in strikeouts and 31st in strikeouts per nine innings
• Eric Lauer is 38th in strikeouts per nine innings
BAT ATTACK
• 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
• In that same span, the team has batted .324 with 37 walks
• Eight players, all who have started at least one of the last seven games, batted above .300
