Kent State University
Lake Erie
Baseball Returns Home Tuesday, Rematches Pittsburgh Wednesday
3/28/2016 3:30:00 PM | Baseball
Kent State (16-6) will return home to Schoonover Stadium on Tuesday for a 5 p.m. matchup with Lake Erie (5-12) and then will travel for a rematch at Pittsburgh (11-9) on Wednesday at 3 p.m.
COVERAGE
• Both games will be aired live on Golden Flashes iHeart Radio
• Tuesday's home game will have live stats at sidearmstats.com/kent/baseball
• Pittsburgh will have live video and live stats at pittsburghpanthers.com
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
Tuesday, March 29
Kent State: #18 LHP Connor Wollersheim (1-1, 4.30 ERA, 7 SO, 12 BB, 3 GS, 14.2 IP)
Lake Erie: TBD
Wednesday, March 30
Kent State: #36 RHP Joey Murray (0-0, 5.59 ERA, 15 SO, 9 BB, 1 GS, 9.2 IP)
Pittsburgh: #19 RHP Sam Mersing (3-1, 7.08 ERA, 20 SO, 8 BB, 4 GS, 20.1 IP)
THE MATCHUPS
• This is the first meeting between Kent State and Lake Erie College
• The Storm is batting .312 as a team and has an ERA of 6.60 through the first 17 games of the season
• The Golden Flashes are 37-26 all-time against the Panthers
• Pittsburgh spoiled Kent State's home opener on March 16, winning 9-4
• Last season, the Golden Flashes won 1-0 on the road in the only meeting that season
• The teams also met just once in 2014 with the Flashes winning 4-1
• The Panthers are coming off a three-game home set with Boston College where they won the final two games to take the series
• The are batting .288 and have a team ERA of 4.73
HOME SWEET HOME
• After Kent State's game at Pittsburgh the Golden Flashes will play nine-straight games in the friendly confines of Schoonover Stadium
• This weekend they will host their first MAC series of the season when Western Michigan comes to town for a three-game set
• The Golden Flashes will then host two midweek games against Ohio State on Tuesday, April 5 at 6 p.m. and Wednesday, April 6 at 6 p.m. against Canisius
• Toledo will then come to town the weekend of April 8-10 for a conference series
• The home stretch will end with a 6 p.m. game versus Youngstown State on Wednesday, April 13
MAC RANKINGS
• Through this past weekend's games, Kent State remains the MAC leader in wins, ERA, saves, runs allowed, earned runs allowed, runs scored and RBI
• Additionally, the team ranks in the top five in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, hits, doubles, homeruns, total bases, sacrifices, opposing batting average, strikeouts, runners picked off, hits allowed and walks allowed
• Eric Lauer is 2nd in ERA, is tied for the lead in wins, leads in innings pitched and ranks 2nd in strikeouts
• Zarley Zalewski ranks 8th in the MAC in batting average, 4th in runs scored, tied for 5th in doubles, is 4th in RBI, 7th in on-base percentage
• Eli Kraus is 5th in ERA, tied for the lead in wins, 8th in innings pitched
• Dylan Rosa is tied for 4th in homeruns with five, tied for 5th in doubles, is 2nd in RBI, 7th in total bases
• Luke Burch ranks 9th in RBI, 2nd in stolen bases
• Zach Willeman is the conference leader in saves with seven
