Kent State University
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Baseball Begins Quest for Tournament Title on Wednesday
5/18/2015 1:02:00 PM | Baseball
Kent State will enter the 2015 Mid-American Conference Tournament as the No. 2 seed and will face No. 7 Western Michigan in the first round of action on Wednesday at 1 p.m. at All-Pro Freight Stadium in Avon, Ohio.
COVERAGE
• Live video will be available at mac-sports.com
• Live stats will be available at sidearmstats.com/mac/baseball
• All games will be aired on Golden Flashes iHeart Radio
TOURNAMENT SEEDS
1. Central Michigan (35-20, 20-7)
2. Kent State (31-20, 18-9)
3. Ohio (32-19, 17-10)
4. Toledo (24-31, 16-11)
5. Ball State (30-23, 14-13)
6. Bowling Green (23-27, 14-13)
7. Western Michigan (21-28, 13-14)
8. Akron (25-28, 13-14)
CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
• Kent State has won the MAC Tournament in nine of the last 14 seasons.
• During that span, they have won the title as anywhere from the #1 to the #6 seed
• The Golden Flashes have won 30 or more games for the 17th-straight season
• Kent State has won a conference championship, either the regular season or tournament, in 14 of the last 15 seasons
• In 2010, the Golden Flashes won the tournament as the No. 2 seed by beating No. 1 Central Michigan
KENT STATE VS THE FIELD
• WESTERN MICHIGAN: The two teams did not meet this season, but the Golden Flashes beat the Broncos 12-2 in the tournament semi-finals in 2014
• Kent State is 69-78 all-time against Western Michigan
• OHIO: The Bobcats took 2 out of 3 games from the Flashes this season
• Kent State is 76-95-1 all-time against Ohio
• BOWLING GREEN: Kent State swept Bowling Green in the final series at Schoonover Stadium this year. They also beat the Falcons 6-2 in last year's tournament opener
• The Golden Flashes are 115-65 all-time versus the Falcons
• CENTRAL MICHIGAN: The two teams have not met this season nor in 2014, but Kent State is 48-55 all-time against them
• The Flashes took 2 out of 3 games against the Chippewas in 2013 then beat them 15-8 in the 2013 tournament
• AKRON: Kent State finished the regular season taking the series against the Zips
• The Flashes hold the all-time advantage, 109-55
• TOLEDO: The Rockets took 2 out of 3 games in the first conference weekend this year
• Kent State is 89-65 all-time against them
• BALL STATE: Kent State took the series this year and beat Ball State 4-3 in the tournament a year ago
• The Flashes are 62-53 all-time against the Cardinals
AMAZING ARMS
• Kent State's pitching staff currently has a 3.26 ERA and 447 strikeouts in 452.1 innings
• They now rank 5th all-time in strikeouts in a season and could also finish with one of the top-5 staff ERAs of all-time
• Nick Jensen-Clagg ranks 19th in the nation with 103 strikeouts and is 25th in strikeouts per nine innings and 39th in victories
• Eric Lauer is 26th in the nation in strikeouts per nine innings, 29th in strikeouts and 44th in WHIP
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