Kent State University
Bowling Green
Flashes Face Falcons in Non-Conference Matchup
4/10/2017 3:08:00 PM | Baseball
Baseball (17-10) will be back in action on Tuesday as the team travels to play Bowling Green (8-19) at 3 p.m. in a non-conference game.
COVERAGE
• Listen in on Golden Flashes iHeart Radio
• Live stats will be available at sidearmstats.com/bgsu/baseball
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
Kent State: #18 LHP Connor Wollersheim (1-0, 2.05 ERA, 22 SO, 12 BB, 2 GS, 26.1 IP)
BGSU: #25 LHP Chandler Stillings (0-2, 8.76 ERA, 3 SO, 12 BB, 2 GS, 12.1 IP)
THE MATCHUP
• Kent State is 118-66 all-time against Bowling Green
• In the last 38 meetings with the Falcons, the Flashes are 29-6 dating back to 2004
• Last season, the Flashes finished conference play at BGSU, sweeping the Falcons including a 14-0 win via a no-hitter by starting pitcher Eric Lauer on Friday
• The Falcons were also swept in 2014 in Kent
• Bowling Green is coming off a three-game home conference series with Toledo
• They dropped won game one of a Saturday doubleheader 5-4 then lose 20-4 and 8-4
• The Falcons are batting .222 as a team and have a combined ERA of 5.87
MAC STATS
• Now that all teams have played at least six conference games, there is a clearer look at the current standings
• Central Michigan sits a 6-0 while Kent State is right behind at 5-1
• Eastern Michigan and Northern Illinois also sit above .500 at 4-2 and 5-4, respectively
• Buffalo and Ohio are both 3-3 while all remaining teams are below .500 in MAC games
• Through all games, Kent State leads the MAC in batting and is second in pitching
• Luke Burch is first in the conference in batting average and hits, 3rd in runs and 2nd in total bases
• Tim DalPorto is third in batting average
• Mason Mamarella ranks 5th in hitting and 4th in stolen bases
• Dylan Rosa is 2nd in the MAC in homeruns
• Joey Murray is 2nd in ERA and leads the conference in strikeouts
• When looking at conference-only stats, Kent State still sits first in hitting and is tied for the best ERA
• The Flashes are batting .354 in conference games, 53 points higher than the second-ranked team
• Their 3.00 ERA is tied with Central Michigan and is 0.52 points lower than Toledo in third
NATIONAL RANKINGS
• At .317, Kent State's batting average is the 11th-highest in the nation
• The team is 27th in slugging percentage and 26th in strikeouts per nine innings
• Individually, Luke Burch is 3rd in hits per game and ranked 13th in batting average
• Joey Murray is 7th in the nation in strikeouts per nine innings
