Kent State University
University of Toledo
Kent State to Start Series with Toledo Friday at 3pm
4/7/2016 3:28:00 PM | Baseball
Kent State (20-9, 4-2) continues its home stand this weekend as Toledo (6-23-1, 2-4) comes to town for a three-game series beginning Friday at 3 p.m.
COVERAGE
• The game will be aired live on Golden Flashes iHeart Radio
• Live stats will be available at sidearmstats.com/kent/baseball
THE MATCHUP
• Kent State is 89-65-1 all-time against Toledo
• The two teams met in the first MAC series of the 2015 season, with the Rockets taking two out of three games at home, winning 4-1, 4-3 then losing the finale 1-0
• The teams also met in the conference-opening series in 2014 with the Flashes winning that one two games out of three
• The Rockets are batting .210 this season with a team ERA of 5.78
• Toledo is coming off a 6-4 victory at Youngstown State
• They have had common opponents in Pittsburgh and Ohio State this season. The Rockets lost to the Buckeyes twice and tied them once, 7-1, 9-8, 5-5, and fell 7-2 against the Panthers
• The team started the MAC season at home by dropping two games against Buffalo. They then traveled to Bowling Green to win the first and lose the remaining two games
MAC RANKINGS
• Through last weekend's game, Kent State leads the MAC in wins, RBI, ERA, saves, runs allowed, earned runs allowed, doubles allowed and triples allowed
• Additionally, the teams sits in the top five in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, runs scored, hits, doubles, homeruns, total bases, plate appearances, walks, sacrifices, stolen bases, steal attempts, opposing batting average, innings pitched, strikeouts, runners picked off, hits allowed, chances, putouts, assists and fielding double plays
• Individually, Zarley Zalewski ranks 8th in hits, 3rd in runs scored, 3rd in doubles, 3rd in RBI, 8th in total bases and 8th in on-base percentage
• Dylan Rosa is 5th in runs scored, 4th in homeruns, 2nd in doubles, 2nd in RBI, 4th in total bases and 3rd in slugging percentage
• Luke Burch ranks 3rd in the conferenced in stolen bases
• Eli Kraus leads the MAC in wins
• Eric Lauer is 2nd in wins, 1st in innings pitched, 2nd in strikeouts and 1st in opposing batting average
• Zach Willeman is the conference leader in saves
HOME STAND COMING TO A CLOSE
• After the weekend series, Kent State will have one more game remaining in its current nine-game home streak
• The Golden Flashes will host the Penguins of Youngstown State on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
• They will then travel to current MAC-leading Eastern Michigan for a three-game series April 15-17
