Kent State University
Radford University
Kent State Readies for Three Games at Radford
3/10/2016 12:31:00 PM | Baseball
Kent State (7-3) will look to take another weekend series, this time at Radford (2-11) as it travels south for a three-game series. Friday's game is scheduled for 4 p.m. with Saturday's at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.
COVERAGE
• Ty Linder will provide the play-by-play on Golden Flashes iHeart Radio
• Live stats will be available at radfordathletics.com
PROBABLE PITCHING STARTERS
Friday, March 11
Kent State: #10 LHP Eric Lauer (1-1, 2.55 ERA, 16 SO, 10 BB, 3 GS, 17.2 IP)
Radford: #12 RHP Dylan Nelson (0-2, 2.40 ERA, 9 SO, 7 BB, 3 GS, 15.0 IP)
Saturday, March 12
Kent State: #35 RHP Andy Ravel (2-0, 4.58 ERA, 8 SO, 3 BB, 3 GS, 17.2 IP)
Radford: #26 LHP Zack Ridgely (1-1, 3.20 ERA, 15 SO, 5 BB, 3 GS, 19.2 IP)
Sunday, March 13
Kent State: #31 LHP Eli Kraus (1-1, 2.65 ERA, 13 SO, 8 BB, 3 GS, 17.0 IP)
Radford: #5 LHP Mitchell MacKeith (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 4 SO, 1 BB, 2 GS, 9.0 IP)
THE MATCHUP
• This is the first meeting between the two programs
• Radford picked up wins this season in game one of a double header with Georgia Southern in a 2-1 game. The second came in the finale with Hartford, 4-2
• The Highlanders are coming off two midweek games with No. 2 Vanderbilt, where they lost 13-4 on Tuesday and 12-0 on Wednesday
• They have a team batting average of .195 and ERA of 5.15
SUPER SEVEN
• Kent State has swept its last two weekend series, winning seven games in a row and outscoring opponents 54-29 in that span
• It started with a four-game sweep at the RussMatt Invitational where the Golden Flashes took down George Washington twice, Ball State 8-3 and Milwaukee 7-6
• Last weekend at Charlotte, Kent State won 4-3, 11-6 and 11-3
• Offensively in the last seven games, the team is hitting .302 with six players batting more than .300
• On the mound, the team posted a 2.91 ERA with four relievers having a 0.00 ERA and eight pitchers overall with a 3.00 ERA or better
MAC Rankings
• In the conference through this past weekend's games, Kent State has the best team ERA and second-best batting average
• The team also has the 5th-best fielding percentage and ranks 2nd in hits allowed per nine innings, 4th in on-base percentage, 3rd in runs, 5th in slugging percentage, 3rd in stolen bases and 1st in WHIP
• Individually, Zarley Zalewski is 10th in batting average, 3rd in runs scored, 6th in total bases
• Eric Lauer is 7th in ERA, 2nd in innings pitched, 7th in strikeouts and 6th in opposing batting average
• Dylan Rosa is tied for 5th in doubles
• Luke Burch is 7th in RBI and 4th in stolen bases
• Andy Ravel is tied for 2nd in innings pitched
• Eli Kraus is 6th in innings pitched
