Kent State University
Bowling Green
Kent State Continues Homestand By Hosting BGSU on Tuesday
4/24/2017 12:21:00 PM | Baseball
Kent State (24-12) will play at Schoonover Stadium on Tuesday when Bowling Green (10-25) visits for a 6 p.m. non-conference matchup.
COVERAGE
• Ty Linder will have the call on Golden Flashes iHeart Radio
• Follow along live stats at sidearmstats.com/kent/baseball
THE MATCHUP
• Kent State is 118-67 all-time against Bowling Green
• The Flashes dropped a game at BGSU earlier this season, 9-3
• Prior to this season, Kent State is 29-6 in the matchup, dating back to 2004
• Last season, the Flashes finished conference play by sweeping the Falcons
• The Falcons were also swept in Kent in 2014
• Bowling Green is coming off a three-game series with Central Michigan where they lost the opening game 8-7, took the middle game 3-2, then lost the finale 8-2
• The team is batting .230 through 35 games and has a combined ERA of 6.04
PITCHING AT A PREMIUM
• Kent State's pitching has been phenomenal in the past five games
• It started with Joe Vranesic throwing 5.0 innings with one run, three hits, no walks and four strikeouts in his collegiate debut at Youngstown State for the win
• On the weekend, Eli Kraus went a full 9.0 with no runs, seven hits, one walk and eight strikeouts in a classic lefty duel Friday night
• Zach Willeman followed with one earned run in 6.2 frames on Saturday
• Joey Murray finished the weekend strong to improve to 5-0 on the season as he threw 5.2 with one run, two hits and eight strikeouts
• Four relievers all posted 0.00 ERAs and gave up only one hit total in the five-game span while pitching 2.0 innings or more: Zach Schultz, Austin Havekost, Connor Wollersheim and John Matthews
• The team's combined ERA this past week was a 2.21 while opposing batters hit just .188
STAT REPORT
• Kent State has the 22nd best batting average in the nation and ranks 32nd in doubles per game, 36th in hits allowed per nine innings, 19th in shutouts and 43rd in strikeouts per nine innings
• Luke Burch is 5th in the country in hits per game, 37th in hits and 33rd in batting average
• Joey Murray is 5th in strikeouts per nine innings
BIG WEEKEND ON DECK
• The top two teams in the MAC will face off this coming weekend at Schoonover Stadium
• Kent State will host Central Michigan at 3 p.m. on Friday, 4 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday
• Both teams are currently 10-2 in conference games
• Last season, MAC play started at Central Michigan as Kent State took two out of three games
• The Chippewas last visited Kent in 2013 as the Flashes took two out of three games
