Kent State University
Pitt Johnstown
Flashes Host Pitt-Johnstown to Wrap Up Home Stand
4/28/2025 4:29:00 PM | Baseball
KENT- The Kent State Golden Flashes Baseball team wraps up their nine-game home stand on Tuesday Apr. 29 as the Pitt-Johnstown Mountain Cats come to Kent. First pitch is currently slated for 6 p.m.
The game will be streamed for free on BoxCast with Dane Richardson on the call. Live stats will also be provided.
About The Flashes
Kent State enters the midweek match up at 28-14 on the season and 16-5 in Mid-American Conference play. The Flashes are coming off a big weekend series win over the rival Akron Zips.
Hayden Jatczak swung a white-hot bat over the weekend against the rival Akron Zips. On Friday Jatczak went 4-4 with a single, two doubles, and a triple leaving him just a home run short of the cycle. In the series opener the infielder recorded five RBIs and two runs scored delivering the knockout two-run sac fly to enact the run rule in the bottom of the seventh. Jatczak clobbered a crucial two-run homer over the wall in left field to give the Flashes the lead on Saturday. Another multi-hit game came on Saturday as the Bay City native hitting a leadoff triple in the third and a bases clearing three-run double in the bottom of the sixth to give the Flashes the lead and secure a series win.
Brody Williams also had a great week at the plate for the Flashes recording a hit in all four games. Williams had a two-hit night on Wednesday with two runs scored and an RBI. In Friday's run rule victory over the Zips, Williams had three RBIs that set the tone for the weekend. The junior recorded three more hits on Saturday and another on Sunday. Williams also recorded a pivotal back pick on Sunday to get the Flashes out of a jam in the eighth and clinch a series win.
Scouting the Opposition
The Pitt-Johnstown Mountain Cats come into Tuesday's match up at 13-30 on the season and a 4-20 in conference play. The Mountain Cats were swept this past weekend by Indian University (Pa.). Tuesday is Pitt-Johnstown's lone game against a division 1 opponent.
Redshirt Junior, Justin Turcovski, has started all 43 games for the Mountain Cats and leads or tis tied for the team lead in most offensive stats including runs (25), hits (43), doubles (6), triples (2), home runs (5), runs batted in (22), and stolen bases (8).
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