Kent State University
Youngstown State
Flashes Set for Pair of Mid-Week Contests
4/22/2024 2:33:00 PM | Baseball
KENT- The Golden Flashes start a five-game week with a pair of mid-week games, heading to Youngstown to face the Penguins and hosting the Clarion Golden Eagles on Wednesday night.
Kent State is coming off a 3-1 week that saw the Flashes earn the 2,000th win in program history in dramatic fashion. The Flashes erased a three-run deficit in the ninth on Sunday to win 9-8 in extra innings over Northern Illinois. Tim Orr hit a two-out grand slam in the ninth with the Flashes winning the game 9-8 in 10 innings.
The Flashes defeated the Penguins 27-0 earlier this season at Schoonover Stadium and will make their first trip to Youngstown since the 2019 season and their first victory in Y-Town since the 2018 campaign. The Penguins are 7-31 on the season and coming off a road series victory over Purdue-Fort Wayne. Trey Law leads the team with a .351 average while Brett Stanley leads the squad with 23 runs batted in. Colin Casteel is the YSU projected starter, the Freshman is 0-2 with a 8.49 ERA.
Clarion comes into the week at 11-28 overall with a Tuesday night game against PSU-DuBois. Scott McManamon leads the team with a .341 average and has 16 stolen bases. It'll be the first meeting between the schools.
Tuesday's game will have a noon start in Youngstown with a kid's day scheduled for the matinee. Wednesday's game will start at 6 p.m. It will be Wastin' Away Again in Schoonaritaville, with a Jimmy Buffet/beach theme in store for fans.
The Youngstown State game will have a digital radio feed and Wednesday's game will have a free video stream with Dan Griffin and Chase Cotner on the call for both games. Live stats will be available for both games, the links are available on the baseball schedule page. Kent State stays at home this weekend, welcoming in first-place Bowling Green for a big conference series. First pitch on Friday night is set for 6 p.m.
