Tuesday, April 17
Lincoln, Neb.
6:30 p.m.
Kansas State University
at
Nebraska
Cats Look to Even Series with Cornhuskers Tuesday
Apr 16, 2018 | Baseball
MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State and Nebraska complete a home-and-home series at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Tuesday night, with first pitch set for 6:30 p.m.
K-State (15-21, 2-10 Big 12) seeks a season series split with Nebraska (16-17, 3-7 Big Ten) after the Cornhuskers claimed the first meeting on April 10, 11-9, at Tointon Family Stadium.
The matchup between former conference foes will be streamed online on BTN Plus (paid) at btn2go.com. Tuesday's game can be heard live on KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) with free, live audio available at k-statesports.com.
GAME #37
K-STATE (15-21, 2-10 BIG 12) at NEBRASKA (16-17, 3-7 BIG TEN)
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 // 6:30 p.m. CT // Hawks Field at Haymarket Park (8,486) // Lincoln, Neb.
Projected Starters: LHP Will Brennan (0-0, 10.12 ERA vs. RHP Matt Warren (3-2, 5.60 ERA)
Watch: BTN Plus (paid)
Radio: KMAN (1350 AM, 93.3 FM) // Matt Walters and John Kurtz
Watch | Listen Online | Live Stats
A LOOK AT K-STATE
Kansas State (15-21, 2-10 Big 12) enters its midweek game at Nebraska on a season-long nine-game losing skid after being swept by No. 4 Texas Tech over the weekend ... K-State has been swept in its last two Big 12 series (Oklahoma State) and dropped its first meeting with Nebraska on April 10, 11-9 ... The Red Raiders scored 56 runs, including over 20 in back-to-back games, in the sweep ... TTU hit nine home runs, including two grand slams, in the record-setting series ... The Wildcats have lost their last 10 games overall at Texas Tech, dating back to 2012 ... Drew Mount led the Cats offense as he hit .455 (5-for-11) with a home run and six runs batted in ... In the series finale Sunday, Mount was 3-for-3 with four RBI ... Mount leads the team with nine home runs and 19 stolen bases ... Will Brennan, who will be making his first career start against Nebraska, pitched 1 1/3 innings in the season's first meeting with a career-best three strikeouts.
A LOOK AT NEBRASKA
Nebraska (16-17, 3-7 Big Ten) comes into Tuesday having split two games at home against Iowa, with the scheduled third game of the series cancelled due to weather ... The Cornhuskers are 3-7 in their last 10 games, including an 11-9 win over K-State on April 10 in Manhattan ... The Huskers won their last game but have not won back-to-back games since March 10 ... Scott Schreiber continues to lead the Huskers with a .406 average, 11 home runs and 11 doubles ... Senior Matt Warren will get the ball for NU ... Warren has a 3-2 record with a 5.60 ERA in seven starts (35.1 IP).
A LOOK AT THE SERIES
K-State trails the all-time series with Nebraska, 113-171, dating back to 1898 ... The Huskers have taken the last four meetings, including the season's first matchup in Manhattan, 11-9 ... K-State is 41-90 in Lincoln and 4-6 in the last 10 road games in the series ... NU is 7-3 in the last 10 games in the series overall ... Head coach Brad Hill is 17-26 in his career vs. the former conference foe.
LAST TIME OUT
K-State and Nebraska will complete a home-and-home series as the teams met one week ago, on April 10, at Tointon Family Stadium ... The Cornhuskers claimed a back-and-forth affair, 11-9, after a four-run eighth inning that was highlighted by Jesse Wilkening's three-run homer ... Thompson led K-State with a 3-for-5, four RBI night ... Four different Wildcats had multiple hits in the ballgame.
CT3
After a slow start to his sophomore season, freshman all-American Cameron Thompson has been K-State's best hitter in Big 12 play ... Thompson has a team-high 16 hits and eight RBI in conference play, going 16-for-48 (.333) with two doubles, a triple and home run ... His first homer of the season, a three-run shot, came in the seventh inning Monday when the Wildcats trailed by two runs ... The shortstop from Pasadena, Texas, registered a career-high five hits and delivered the walk-off hit against Texas to claim the series on March 30 ... Thompson produced a season-high four RBI Tuesday against Nebraska.
CALL THE COPS
K-State's 67 stolen bases lead the Big 12 and rank 12th in the country, 12 more than West Virginia's 55 swiped bags who ranks second in the league ... Three of the top six base stealers in the conference are Wildcats, led by Drew Mount and his 19 steals (2nd) ... Will Brennan is fourth with 17 and Cameron Thompson ranks sixth with 14 ... Mount's 19 rank 16th in the nation.
SEEING 20/10
K-State's Drew Mount is one stolen base and one home run away from becoming just the second Wildcat to have 20 stolen bases and 10 home runs in a season, joining Todd Fereday who stole 21 bases and hit 11 home runs in 1997 ... With his next homer, Mount will be just the sixth player in NCAA Division I to have 10 or more home runs and 10 or more steals this season: Bren Spillane, Illinois (14 HR, 12 SB), Seth Lancaster, Coastal Carolina (11 HR, 12 SB), Tanner Murphy, North Florida (10 HR, 12 SB), Jacob Rhinesmith, Western Kentucky (10 HR, 10 SB) and Trey Truitt, Mercer (10 HR, 10 SB).
MIDWEEK GAMES
In eight midweek games this season, K-State has posted a 4-4 mark, including its 11-9 loss to Nebraska on April 10 at Tointon Family Stadium ... The Wildcats are 1-1 in true road midweek games and 3-3 at home ... The Cats offense averages 7.1 runs a game on 8.8 hits in midweek games ... Jake Biller and Hanz Harker each have a home run and six RBI while Drew Mount and Cameron Thompson lead the team with seven driven in during the week ... K-State has a +1 run differential despite being outhit, .258-.281, during the week while being a perfect 15-for-15 in stolen bases.
APRIL SHOWERS
K-State is winless in the month of April (0-8) on its way to a season-long nine-game skid ... Over the last nine games, the Wildcats are averaging 5.0 runs a game on 8.4 hits per game while hitting .251 ... Their opponents are hitting .329 in that span while averaging 12.1 runs a game on 12.1 hits ... The Wildcats team ERA is 9.47 over the last nine games ... The nine-game skid is K-State's longest since 2012 (9) and matches the longest under head coach Brad Hill ... The Cats have been outscored by 65 runs while opponents have a 17-3 advantage in home runs.
BETTER RECOGNIZE
K-State's Will Brennan and Drew Mount each took home weekly honors from the Big 12 on Monday, March 12, as Brennan was named the conference's Player of the Week while Mount was recognized as Newcomer of the Week ... Mount's became the first player in Big 12 history to be named Newcomer of the Week in three consecutive weeks since the award was introduced in 2011 ... The junior-college transfer matched the most weekly honors in a single season with three through the season's first four weeks ... Mount was also recognized by Collegiate Baseball by being named one of 10 National Players of the Week by the publication.
K-State (15-21, 2-10 Big 12) seeks a season series split with Nebraska (16-17, 3-7 Big Ten) after the Cornhuskers claimed the first meeting on April 10, 11-9, at Tointon Family Stadium.
The matchup between former conference foes will be streamed online on BTN Plus (paid) at btn2go.com. Tuesday's game can be heard live on KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) with free, live audio available at k-statesports.com.
GAME #37
K-STATE (15-21, 2-10 BIG 12) at NEBRASKA (16-17, 3-7 BIG TEN)
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 // 6:30 p.m. CT // Hawks Field at Haymarket Park (8,486) // Lincoln, Neb.
Projected Starters: LHP Will Brennan (0-0, 10.12 ERA vs. RHP Matt Warren (3-2, 5.60 ERA)
Watch: BTN Plus (paid)
Radio: KMAN (1350 AM, 93.3 FM) // Matt Walters and John Kurtz
Watch | Listen Online | Live Stats
A LOOK AT K-STATE
Kansas State (15-21, 2-10 Big 12) enters its midweek game at Nebraska on a season-long nine-game losing skid after being swept by No. 4 Texas Tech over the weekend ... K-State has been swept in its last two Big 12 series (Oklahoma State) and dropped its first meeting with Nebraska on April 10, 11-9 ... The Red Raiders scored 56 runs, including over 20 in back-to-back games, in the sweep ... TTU hit nine home runs, including two grand slams, in the record-setting series ... The Wildcats have lost their last 10 games overall at Texas Tech, dating back to 2012 ... Drew Mount led the Cats offense as he hit .455 (5-for-11) with a home run and six runs batted in ... In the series finale Sunday, Mount was 3-for-3 with four RBI ... Mount leads the team with nine home runs and 19 stolen bases ... Will Brennan, who will be making his first career start against Nebraska, pitched 1 1/3 innings in the season's first meeting with a career-best three strikeouts.
A LOOK AT NEBRASKA
Nebraska (16-17, 3-7 Big Ten) comes into Tuesday having split two games at home against Iowa, with the scheduled third game of the series cancelled due to weather ... The Cornhuskers are 3-7 in their last 10 games, including an 11-9 win over K-State on April 10 in Manhattan ... The Huskers won their last game but have not won back-to-back games since March 10 ... Scott Schreiber continues to lead the Huskers with a .406 average, 11 home runs and 11 doubles ... Senior Matt Warren will get the ball for NU ... Warren has a 3-2 record with a 5.60 ERA in seven starts (35.1 IP).
A LOOK AT THE SERIES
K-State trails the all-time series with Nebraska, 113-171, dating back to 1898 ... The Huskers have taken the last four meetings, including the season's first matchup in Manhattan, 11-9 ... K-State is 41-90 in Lincoln and 4-6 in the last 10 road games in the series ... NU is 7-3 in the last 10 games in the series overall ... Head coach Brad Hill is 17-26 in his career vs. the former conference foe.
LAST TIME OUT
K-State and Nebraska will complete a home-and-home series as the teams met one week ago, on April 10, at Tointon Family Stadium ... The Cornhuskers claimed a back-and-forth affair, 11-9, after a four-run eighth inning that was highlighted by Jesse Wilkening's three-run homer ... Thompson led K-State with a 3-for-5, four RBI night ... Four different Wildcats had multiple hits in the ballgame.
CT3
After a slow start to his sophomore season, freshman all-American Cameron Thompson has been K-State's best hitter in Big 12 play ... Thompson has a team-high 16 hits and eight RBI in conference play, going 16-for-48 (.333) with two doubles, a triple and home run ... His first homer of the season, a three-run shot, came in the seventh inning Monday when the Wildcats trailed by two runs ... The shortstop from Pasadena, Texas, registered a career-high five hits and delivered the walk-off hit against Texas to claim the series on March 30 ... Thompson produced a season-high four RBI Tuesday against Nebraska.
CALL THE COPS
K-State's 67 stolen bases lead the Big 12 and rank 12th in the country, 12 more than West Virginia's 55 swiped bags who ranks second in the league ... Three of the top six base stealers in the conference are Wildcats, led by Drew Mount and his 19 steals (2nd) ... Will Brennan is fourth with 17 and Cameron Thompson ranks sixth with 14 ... Mount's 19 rank 16th in the nation.
SEEING 20/10
K-State's Drew Mount is one stolen base and one home run away from becoming just the second Wildcat to have 20 stolen bases and 10 home runs in a season, joining Todd Fereday who stole 21 bases and hit 11 home runs in 1997 ... With his next homer, Mount will be just the sixth player in NCAA Division I to have 10 or more home runs and 10 or more steals this season: Bren Spillane, Illinois (14 HR, 12 SB), Seth Lancaster, Coastal Carolina (11 HR, 12 SB), Tanner Murphy, North Florida (10 HR, 12 SB), Jacob Rhinesmith, Western Kentucky (10 HR, 10 SB) and Trey Truitt, Mercer (10 HR, 10 SB).
MIDWEEK GAMES
In eight midweek games this season, K-State has posted a 4-4 mark, including its 11-9 loss to Nebraska on April 10 at Tointon Family Stadium ... The Wildcats are 1-1 in true road midweek games and 3-3 at home ... The Cats offense averages 7.1 runs a game on 8.8 hits in midweek games ... Jake Biller and Hanz Harker each have a home run and six RBI while Drew Mount and Cameron Thompson lead the team with seven driven in during the week ... K-State has a +1 run differential despite being outhit, .258-.281, during the week while being a perfect 15-for-15 in stolen bases.
APRIL SHOWERS
K-State is winless in the month of April (0-8) on its way to a season-long nine-game skid ... Over the last nine games, the Wildcats are averaging 5.0 runs a game on 8.4 hits per game while hitting .251 ... Their opponents are hitting .329 in that span while averaging 12.1 runs a game on 12.1 hits ... The Wildcats team ERA is 9.47 over the last nine games ... The nine-game skid is K-State's longest since 2012 (9) and matches the longest under head coach Brad Hill ... The Cats have been outscored by 65 runs while opponents have a 17-3 advantage in home runs.
BETTER RECOGNIZE
K-State's Will Brennan and Drew Mount each took home weekly honors from the Big 12 on Monday, March 12, as Brennan was named the conference's Player of the Week while Mount was recognized as Newcomer of the Week ... Mount's became the first player in Big 12 history to be named Newcomer of the Week in three consecutive weeks since the award was introduced in 2011 ... The junior-college transfer matched the most weekly honors in a single season with three through the season's first four weeks ... Mount was also recognized by Collegiate Baseball by being named one of 10 National Players of the Week by the publication.
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