Kansas State Completes Sweep of Kent State, 11-0
3/14/2010 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
MANHATTAN, Kan. - Kent State (5-9) allowed seven runs in the second inning and Kansas State (13-2) never looked back in an 11-0 win over the Golden Flashes in the four-game series finale.
"This game was a microcosm of the entire weekend," said head coach Scott Stricklin. "We were outplayed, outhit and outpitched. As a team, we need to learn from this and if we can do that, we will get better."
Junior Kyle Hallock fell to 0-2 on the year, giving up 10 runs on nine hits and four walks in 4.1 innings. Junior Ben Klafczynski led the offense with two hits in four at-bats.
Justin Lindsey improved to 2-0 on the year, throwing seven shutout innings on only five hits and two walks.
Both teams went scoreless in the first two innings, but Kansas State exploded for seven runs in the second. Daniel Dellasega opened the inning with a double and scored on an RBI double by Blair DeBord. Matt Giller hit an infield single and Kent Urban was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Tanner Witt walked to score the second run, followed by a two-RBI single by Adam Muenster to put the Wildcats up 4-0. Two RBI singles and an error that scored three more runs to finish Kansas State's seven-run inning.
Kent State tried to rally in the fourth when sophomores David Lyon and Jimmy Rider singled with one out, but fifth-year senior Jared Bartholomew grounded into a double play to end the Flashes threat.
Kansas State added a run in the fourth, two more in the fifth and one more in the sixth for the final 11-0 score.
Kent State returns to action Tuesday when it hosts Duquesne in its 2010 home opener. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.
