Kansas State University Athletics
Friday, March 16
Manhattan, Kan.
3 p.m.
Kansas State University
vs
College of Charleston
Wildcats, Cougars Kick Off Three-Game Series Friday
Mar 15, 2018 | Baseball
MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State looks to claim its fourth consecutive weekend series as the College of Charleston visits Tointon Family Stadium for a three-game series beginning Friday, March 16 at 3 p.m.
K-State (10-6) and Charleston (13-5) are both 10-3 over their last 13 games.
The entire three-game series will be streamed live on the ESPN app and WatchESPN with live audio also streaming at k-statesports.com. Fans in the Manhattan area can also listen to action on KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM).
GAME #17
K-STATE (10-6, 0-0 BIG 12) vs. CHARLESTON (13-5, 0-0 CAA)
Friday, March 16, 2018 // 3 p.m. CT // Tointon Family Stadium (2,331) // Manhattan, Kan.
Projected Starters: RHP Kasey Ford (3-0, 4.74 ERA) vs. LHP Evan Sisk (3-1, 3.27 ERA)
Watch: ESPN app // ESPN3 // John Kurtz (play-by-play) and Mike Clark (analyst)
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Brian Smoller
Promotion: Dollar Dog Friday | Tickets
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GAME #18
K-STATE (10-6, 0-0 BIG 12) vs. CHARLESTON (13-5, 0-0 CAA)
Saturday, March 17, 2018 // 2 p.m. CT // Tointon Family Stadium (2,331) // Manhattan, Kan.
Projected Starters: RHP Gabe Littlejim (1-2, 7.23 ERA) vs. RHP Griffin McLarty (3-0, 0.76 ERA)
Watch: ESPN app // ESPN3 // John Kurtz (play-by-play) and Mike Clark (analyst)
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Brian Smoller
Promotion: Team/Camper Day | Tickets
Watch | Listen Online | Live Stats | Tickets
GAME #19
K-STATE (10-6, 0-0 BIG 12) vs. CHARLESTON (13-5, 0-0 CAA)
Sunday, March 18, 2018 // 12 p.m. CT // Tointon Family Stadium (2,331) // Manhattan, Kan.
Projected Starters: RHP Justin Heskett (1-1, 5.51 ERA) vs. RHP Jakob Frishmuth (3-0, 1.96 EA)
Watch: ESPN app // ESPN3 // John Kurtz (play-by-play) and Mike Clark (analyst)
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Brian Smoller
Promotion: Family Day & Willie's Fun Zone | Tickets
Watch | Listen Online | Live Stats
A LOOK AT K-STATE
Kansas State won its third consecutive weekend series with a 13-6 victory Sunday against the Mercer Bears ... Mercer, the SoCon's preseason favorite to win the conference, had won eight of nine before the weekend set in Manhattan ... In Friday's 12-3 series-opening win over the Bears, Drew Mount hit two grand slams and drove in eight runs while starter Kasey Ford struck out a career-high 10 batters over seven innings ... Mount became the first Wildcat to hit two grand slams in a game since 1994 and was the first to post an eight-RBI game since 2006 ... Ford has three wins and three quality outings in his last three starts ... In Sunday's rubber match, Will Brennan turned in his second straight four-hit game in helping clinch the series ... Jared Marolf relieved starter Justin Heskett and finished the game's final 5 2/3 innings to earn the win ... The Cats dropped a midweek game against rival Creighton Tuesday night, 13-3 ... K-State allowed a season-high in runs as the Bluejays hit three homers in scoring 11 unanswered runs in a four-inning stretch.
A LOOK AT CHARLESTON
College of Charleston (13-5) travels to Tointon Family Stadium for the first-ever meetings between the Cougars and Wildcats ... Charleston dropped two midweek home games to Quinnipiac ... The Cougars had won 10 of their previous 11 games, including a three-game sweep of Georgia ... Charleston's pitching staff has a combined ERA of 2.40, good for 13th-lowest in the NCAA ... Saturday's scheduled starter Griffin McLarty's 0.76 ERA is second best in the Colonial Athletic Conference ... Offensively, Charleston is led by junior second baseman Dupree Hart and his slash line of .369/.462/.538, leading the team in hits and doubles.
A LOOK AT THE SERIES
K-State and Charleston will meet for the first time Friday ... The Cats have faced one team from the Colonial Athletic Association, Elon, winning 8-7 ... K-State is a combined 6-0 against members of the CAA, including a win over Delaware in the opening weekend of the 2017 season.
BETTER RECOGNIZE
K-State's Will Brennan and Drew Mount each took home weekly honors from the Big 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 matches 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 ... Brennan earns his first Player of the Week award from the league after earning Newcomer of the Week twice last season as part of his freshman all-America campaign.
FRIENDLY CONFINES OF TOINTON
K-State won its first four home games for the sixth straight season as the Cats have won six of their first seven games at home this season ... In K-State's 6-2 home start this season, it boasts a slash line of .340/.438/.540 with eight home runs and 35 extra-base hits ... K-State is averaging 8.9 runs per game and 12.1 hits per game at Tointon Family Stadium in 2018 ... In 2017, K-State posted a 15-5 (.750) home nonconference mark.
HIT PARADE
K-State has reached double-digit hits in 10 of its last 12 games, including a stretch of eight consecutive such games, its longest streak under 15th-year head coach Brad Hill ... The Cats put up a season-high 19 hits Sunday in their series-clinching 13-6 win over Mercer ... The eight consecutive games with 10 or more hits is the longest streak since the Wildcats recorded 10+ hits in the last eight games of the 2002 season ... Last season, K-State's longest string of double-figure hits was just five games.
MOUNT CRUSHMORE
For the third consecutive week, K-State junior-transfer Drew Mount took home Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, the conference office announced Monday ... He is the first player in Big 12 history to earn the distinction in three consecutive weeks since the award's inception in 2011 ... Mount became the first Wildcat to hit two grand slams in one game since 1994 and he is just the third player in Big 12 history to accomplish the feat - and the first since 1998 ... In K-State's 3-1 week, he put up 13 RBI to up his season total to 29, which leads not only the Big 12 but the country, as of Monday ... He leads the Big 12 in homers (7), RBI (29), slugging (.845), total bases (49) and stolen bases (12) ... His home run total is seventh-highest in the NCAA while his 12 steals is fourth-best nationally.
NO SOPHOMORE SLUMP
K-State's leadoff hitter Will Brennan has shown no signs of slowing down after his freshman all-American campaign a year ago ... He leads the Big 12, and tied for the nation's lead, with 34 base hits ... Brennan's .472 season average places him atop the conference charts and fifth in the nation ... The sophomore left fielder ended 2017 on a 23-game on-base streak and has reached base safely in all 16 games this year, extending his career-long on-base streak to 39 games ... The 39-game on-base streak is tied with Jacksonville State's Taylor Hawthorne for longest active streak in the nation ... In 72 at-bats, Brennan has struck out just four times, making him the second-most difficult hitter to strike out in the conference ... Brennan's eight doubles this season surpassed his freshman total of seven.
SPEED KILLS
Through the season's first 16 games, K-State has swiped 39 bases on 42 attempts to rank No. 7 in the nation and first in the Big 12 - 16 more than Texas who is second with 23 steals ... Four of the top seven on the league leaderboard for stolen bases are Wildcats, with Drew Mount leading the way with 12 ... Will Brennan has 10 (2nd) while Cameron Thompson and Kyle Barfield each have five (t-7th).
K-State (10-6) and Charleston (13-5) are both 10-3 over their last 13 games.
The entire three-game series will be streamed live on the ESPN app and WatchESPN with live audio also streaming at k-statesports.com. Fans in the Manhattan area can also listen to action on KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM).
GAME #17
K-STATE (10-6, 0-0 BIG 12) vs. CHARLESTON (13-5, 0-0 CAA)
Friday, March 16, 2018 // 3 p.m. CT // Tointon Family Stadium (2,331) // Manhattan, Kan.
Projected Starters: RHP Kasey Ford (3-0, 4.74 ERA) vs. LHP Evan Sisk (3-1, 3.27 ERA)
Watch: ESPN app // ESPN3 // John Kurtz (play-by-play) and Mike Clark (analyst)
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Brian Smoller
Promotion: Dollar Dog Friday | Tickets
Watch | Listen Online | Live Stats
GAME #18
K-STATE (10-6, 0-0 BIG 12) vs. CHARLESTON (13-5, 0-0 CAA)
Saturday, March 17, 2018 // 2 p.m. CT // Tointon Family Stadium (2,331) // Manhattan, Kan.
Projected Starters: RHP Gabe Littlejim (1-2, 7.23 ERA) vs. RHP Griffin McLarty (3-0, 0.76 ERA)
Watch: ESPN app // ESPN3 // John Kurtz (play-by-play) and Mike Clark (analyst)
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Brian Smoller
Promotion: Team/Camper Day | Tickets
Watch | Listen Online | Live Stats | Tickets
GAME #19
K-STATE (10-6, 0-0 BIG 12) vs. CHARLESTON (13-5, 0-0 CAA)
Sunday, March 18, 2018 // 12 p.m. CT // Tointon Family Stadium (2,331) // Manhattan, Kan.
Projected Starters: RHP Justin Heskett (1-1, 5.51 ERA) vs. RHP Jakob Frishmuth (3-0, 1.96 EA)
Watch: ESPN app // ESPN3 // John Kurtz (play-by-play) and Mike Clark (analyst)
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Brian Smoller
Promotion: Family Day & Willie's Fun Zone | Tickets
Watch | Listen Online | Live Stats
A LOOK AT K-STATE
Kansas State won its third consecutive weekend series with a 13-6 victory Sunday against the Mercer Bears ... Mercer, the SoCon's preseason favorite to win the conference, had won eight of nine before the weekend set in Manhattan ... In Friday's 12-3 series-opening win over the Bears, Drew Mount hit two grand slams and drove in eight runs while starter Kasey Ford struck out a career-high 10 batters over seven innings ... Mount became the first Wildcat to hit two grand slams in a game since 1994 and was the first to post an eight-RBI game since 2006 ... Ford has three wins and three quality outings in his last three starts ... In Sunday's rubber match, Will Brennan turned in his second straight four-hit game in helping clinch the series ... Jared Marolf relieved starter Justin Heskett and finished the game's final 5 2/3 innings to earn the win ... The Cats dropped a midweek game against rival Creighton Tuesday night, 13-3 ... K-State allowed a season-high in runs as the Bluejays hit three homers in scoring 11 unanswered runs in a four-inning stretch.
A LOOK AT CHARLESTON
College of Charleston (13-5) travels to Tointon Family Stadium for the first-ever meetings between the Cougars and Wildcats ... Charleston dropped two midweek home games to Quinnipiac ... The Cougars had won 10 of their previous 11 games, including a three-game sweep of Georgia ... Charleston's pitching staff has a combined ERA of 2.40, good for 13th-lowest in the NCAA ... Saturday's scheduled starter Griffin McLarty's 0.76 ERA is second best in the Colonial Athletic Conference ... Offensively, Charleston is led by junior second baseman Dupree Hart and his slash line of .369/.462/.538, leading the team in hits and doubles.
A LOOK AT THE SERIES
K-State and Charleston will meet for the first time Friday ... The Cats have faced one team from the Colonial Athletic Association, Elon, winning 8-7 ... K-State is a combined 6-0 against members of the CAA, including a win over Delaware in the opening weekend of the 2017 season.
BETTER RECOGNIZE
K-State's Will Brennan and Drew Mount each took home weekly honors from the Big 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 matches 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 ... Brennan earns his first Player of the Week award from the league after earning Newcomer of the Week twice last season as part of his freshman all-America campaign.
FRIENDLY CONFINES OF TOINTON
K-State won its first four home games for the sixth straight season as the Cats have won six of their first seven games at home this season ... In K-State's 6-2 home start this season, it boasts a slash line of .340/.438/.540 with eight home runs and 35 extra-base hits ... K-State is averaging 8.9 runs per game and 12.1 hits per game at Tointon Family Stadium in 2018 ... In 2017, K-State posted a 15-5 (.750) home nonconference mark.
HIT PARADE
K-State has reached double-digit hits in 10 of its last 12 games, including a stretch of eight consecutive such games, its longest streak under 15th-year head coach Brad Hill ... The Cats put up a season-high 19 hits Sunday in their series-clinching 13-6 win over Mercer ... The eight consecutive games with 10 or more hits is the longest streak since the Wildcats recorded 10+ hits in the last eight games of the 2002 season ... Last season, K-State's longest string of double-figure hits was just five games.
MOUNT CRUSHMORE
For the third consecutive week, K-State junior-transfer Drew Mount took home Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, the conference office announced Monday ... He is the first player in Big 12 history to earn the distinction in three consecutive weeks since the award's inception in 2011 ... Mount became the first Wildcat to hit two grand slams in one game since 1994 and he is just the third player in Big 12 history to accomplish the feat - and the first since 1998 ... In K-State's 3-1 week, he put up 13 RBI to up his season total to 29, which leads not only the Big 12 but the country, as of Monday ... He leads the Big 12 in homers (7), RBI (29), slugging (.845), total bases (49) and stolen bases (12) ... His home run total is seventh-highest in the NCAA while his 12 steals is fourth-best nationally.
NO SOPHOMORE SLUMP
K-State's leadoff hitter Will Brennan has shown no signs of slowing down after his freshman all-American campaign a year ago ... He leads the Big 12, and tied for the nation's lead, with 34 base hits ... Brennan's .472 season average places him atop the conference charts and fifth in the nation ... The sophomore left fielder ended 2017 on a 23-game on-base streak and has reached base safely in all 16 games this year, extending his career-long on-base streak to 39 games ... The 39-game on-base streak is tied with Jacksonville State's Taylor Hawthorne for longest active streak in the nation ... In 72 at-bats, Brennan has struck out just four times, making him the second-most difficult hitter to strike out in the conference ... Brennan's eight doubles this season surpassed his freshman total of seven.
SPEED KILLS
Through the season's first 16 games, K-State has swiped 39 bases on 42 attempts to rank No. 7 in the nation and first in the Big 12 - 16 more than Texas who is second with 23 steals ... Four of the top seven on the league leaderboard for stolen bases are Wildcats, with Drew Mount leading the way with 12 ... Will Brennan has 10 (2nd) while Cameron Thompson and Kyle Barfield each have five (t-7th).
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