Kent State University
Ball State University
Key Conference Series On Tap This Weekend at Schoonover
4/9/2015 4:48:00 PM | Baseball
Kent State (17-11, 6-3) will host Ball State (21-10, 7-2) in a three-game conference series at Schoonover Stadium. Â Game times are schedulef for Friday at 6 p.m., Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.
COVERAGE
• Live stats will be available at sidearmstats.com/kent/baseball
• Ty Linder will have the call all weekend long on Golden Flashes iHeart Radio
PROBABLE PITCHING STARTERS
Friday, April 10
Kent State: #32 RHP Nick Jensen-Clagg (5-3, 3.00 ERA, 61 SO, 22 BB, 8 GS, 48.0 IP)
Ball State: #11 RHP Zach Plesac (2-1, 2.92 ERA, 44 SO, 19 BB, 8 GS, 52.1 IP)
Saturday, April 11
Kent State: #10 LHP Eric Lauer (2-2, 2.27 ERA, 49 SO, 13 BB, 6 GS, 39.2 IP)
Ball State: TBD
Sunday, April 12
Kent State: #35 RHP Andy Ravel (4-1, 2.77 ERA, 33 SO, 9 BB, 7 GS, 39.0 IP)
Ball State: TBD
KENT STATE – BALL STATE HISTORY
• Kent State is 60-52 all-time against Ball State
• The Golden Flashes lost all three games last year in Muncie, including two by a Cardinals walk-off
• They then gained redemption when it mattered most with a 4-3 victory in the MAC Tournament en route to the 2014 tournament title
• In 2013, Kent State took the first two meetings in the regular season before dropping the finale of a doubleheader
• Ball State then beat KSU twice in the MAC Tournament in 2013 to end the Golden Flashes' season
NATIONAL RANKINGS
• In the newest NCAA statistical rankings, Kent State ranks 46th in the nation in batting average, 35th in doubles per game, 45th in slugging percentage, 34th in triples, 35th in triples per game, 46th in hits allowed per nine innings, 31st in strikeout-to-walk ratio, 6th in strikeouts per nine innings and 46th in WHIP
• Individually, Zarley Zalewski is 48th in walks, 37th in walks per game and 40th in on-base percentage
• Tommy Monnot is 7th in the nation in doubles per game
• Luke Burch ranks 44th in runs per game, 17th in stolen bases and 11th in stolen bases per game
• Conner Simonetti's slugging percentage is the 6th highest in the country
• Zach Willeman is 36th in saves with six
• Josh Pierce is 31st in strikeout-to-walk ratio
• Nick Jensen-Clagg is 19th in strikeouts, 30th in strikeouts per nine innings and 35th in victories
• Eric Lauer is 43rd in strikeouts per nine innings
WE'RE GOING STREAKING!
• During the Golden Flashes' current seven-game win streak, they have averaged 10.57 runs per game and 12.14 hits
• Of the team's 85 hits in that span, 37 of them have been for extra bases (22 doubles, six triples and nine homeruns)
• In the cancelled game at Ohio State, they had three homeruns and a double in four innings
