Kansas State University Athletics
Tuesday, March 27
Manhattan, Kan.
6:30 p.m.
Kansas State University
vs
Omaha
Cats, Mavs Square Off Tuesday at Tointon
Mar 26, 2018 | Baseball
MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State and Omaha will face off in a nonconference matchup at Tointon Family Stadium on Tuesday, with first pitch slated for 6:30 p.m.
K-State (12-12-, 0-3 Big 12) return home following its first Big 12 series in Fort Worth, in which the Wildcats went 0-3 at No. 15 TCU. Omaha (9-13, 5-1 Summit) has won five of its last six games overall, including back-to-back league series wins.
The Wildcats own a 10-2 record all-time with the Mavericks, as the two teams split a pair of games in Manhattan in 2017.
Fans can purchase buy-one, get-one free tickets by calling 1.800.221.CATS (22887), visiting k-statesports.com/tickets or by stopping by the K-State Athletics Ticket Office at Bramlage Coliseum.
Tuesday night's game can be viewed live on ESPN3 and the ESPN app. Live audio will stream at k-statesports.com and fans in the Manhattan area can listen to action on KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM).
GAME #25
K-STATE (12-12, 0-3 BIG 12) vs. OMAHA (9-13, 5-1 SUMMIT LEAGUE)
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 // 6:30 p.m. CT // Tointon Family Stadium (2,331) // Manhattan, Kan.
Projected Starters: RHP Caleb Littlejim (2-0, 6.86 ERA) vs. TBA
Watch: ESPN3 // ESPN app // Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Mike Clark (analyst)
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Matt Walters and John Kurtz
Promotion: Two-For-One-Tuesday | Tickets
Watch | Listen Online | Live Stats
A LOOK AT K-STATE
Kansas State (12-12, 0-3 Big 12) completed its conference-opening series at TCU over the weekend, dropping all three games to the 15th-ranked Horned Frogs at Lupton stadium ... K-State held a one-run lead into the eighth inning in the series opener Friday before the Frogs scored three in the eighth to take a 4-2 victory ... Saturday, TCU blasted four homers in a 12-2 rout of the Cats ... Senior Justin Heskett threw six innings without allowing an earned run in the series finale but the Wildcat offense was shut out in a 6-0 loss ... K-State has lost its last nine games overall against TCU and is 0-9 at Lupton Stadium since TCU joined the Big 12 ... The Cats have now been swept in the first series of Big 12 play for the fourth straight season ... K-State is currently on a season-long four-game losing skid.
A LOOK AT OMAHA
Omaha (9-13, 5-1 Summit League) travels to Manhattan having won five of its last six games, including a home series win over Oral Roberts, the preseason favorite to win The Summit League ... The Mavericks swept a three-game set with Fort Wayne the previous weekend to open league play at 5-1 and sit atop The Summit League standings ... Thomas DeBonville was named Summit League Player of the Week Monday after hitting .417 with a double, triple and home run in the Mavs' series win over ORU ... Teammate Braden Rogers earned the honor the previous week ... Suponchick leads UNO with his .389 average, .459 on-base percentage and .556 slugging percentage ... On the mound, Omaha's Spencer Koelewyn owns a team-low ERA of 1.27 over 21 1/3 innings while opponents hit just .176 against him ... Koelewyn was named Summit League Pitcher of the Week on March 19.
A LOOK AT THE SERIES
K-State leads the all-time series with Omaha, 10-2, including a 9-1 record at Tointon Family Stadium ... The Wildcats and Mavericks split two midweek games last season in Manhattan, with UNO winning 5-2 on March 15 before K-State claimed a 10-1 victory on March 21 ... The matchup will mark the seventh straight season in which the teams have met ... Under head coach Brad Hill, K-State is 8-2 against the Mavs ... The two teams will meet again on April 25 in Omaha.
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 ... 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.
MOUNT CRUSHMORE
K-State junior-transfer Drew Mount was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week for three straight weeks from February 26-March 12 ... He is the first player in Big 12 history to earn the distinction in three consecutive weeks since the award's inception in 2011 ... March 9 against Mercer, 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 ... He is the Big 12 leader in home runs (7) and second in RBI (30) ... He also leads the Big 12 in stolen bases (16) and is fourth in slugging (.655). ... Mount ranks second in the nation with his 16 stolen bases.
FRIENDLY CONFINES OF TOINTON
K-State completed an 8-5 homestand and won its first four home games for the sixth straight season as the Cats won six of their first seven games at home this season ... In K-State's 8-5 home start this season, it boasted a slash line of .307/.408/.462 with nine home runs and 45 extra-base hits ... K-State averaged 7.3 runs per game and 10.5 hits per game during the homestand ... In 2017, K-State posted a 15-5 (.750) home nonconference mark and has a .738 winning percentage (59-21) in home nonconference games over the last five seasons.
STUMBLING START
K-State began Big 12 play with an 0-3 start for the fourth straight season ... The Wildcats have not won a Big 12-opening series since 2013 (West Virginia) and have not won a conference opener since 2012 at Texas A&M ... Last season, K-State was swept by Texas in Austin and began its Big 12 schedule 0-6 ... The Cats offense produced just four runs in a three-game series with TCU for the second straight season and have lost nine games overall to the Frogs ... Catcher TK McWhertor was the only Wildcat hitter to hit safely in all three games in Fort Worth.
FROM THE PEN
K-State relievers have a combined 5-4 record to go with three saves in four opportunities this season ... The Wildcat bullpen has a combined ERA of 5.58 over 90 1/3 innings ... K-State relievers have a higher strikeout rate than its starters, averaging 7.7 strikeouts per nine to 6.4 K/9, but Wildcat starters own a better walk rate, at 3.0 walks per nine innings compared to 4.3 BB/9.
LAST 9
K-State is 2-7 over its last nine games after beginning the season 10-5 ... In those nine games, K-State is hitting just .225 and averaging 3.4 runs per game on 7.3 hits ... Wildcat opponents have scored 66 runs in that span for a -35 run differential in the span ... Defensively, the Wildcats have committed 14 errors, including a season-high four against Creighton on March 13 ... The Cat pitching staff has a combined 6.35 ERA with an opponent batting average of .313 and 49 strikeouts to 40 walks ... In the season's first 15 games (10-5), scored 120 runs (8 per game) on 165 hits (11 per game) ... On the hill, K-State's ERA was 4.92 with 114 strikeouts against 44 walks.
K-State (12-12-, 0-3 Big 12) return home following its first Big 12 series in Fort Worth, in which the Wildcats went 0-3 at No. 15 TCU. Omaha (9-13, 5-1 Summit) has won five of its last six games overall, including back-to-back league series wins.
The Wildcats own a 10-2 record all-time with the Mavericks, as the two teams split a pair of games in Manhattan in 2017.
Fans can purchase buy-one, get-one free tickets by calling 1.800.221.CATS (22887), visiting k-statesports.com/tickets or by stopping by the K-State Athletics Ticket Office at Bramlage Coliseum.
Tuesday night's game can be viewed live on ESPN3 and the ESPN app. Live audio will stream at k-statesports.com and fans in the Manhattan area can listen to action on KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM).
GAME #25
K-STATE (12-12, 0-3 BIG 12) vs. OMAHA (9-13, 5-1 SUMMIT LEAGUE)
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 // 6:30 p.m. CT // Tointon Family Stadium (2,331) // Manhattan, Kan.
Projected Starters: RHP Caleb Littlejim (2-0, 6.86 ERA) vs. TBA
Watch: ESPN3 // ESPN app // Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Mike Clark (analyst)
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Matt Walters and John Kurtz
Promotion: Two-For-One-Tuesday | Tickets
Watch | Listen Online | Live Stats
A LOOK AT K-STATE
Kansas State (12-12, 0-3 Big 12) completed its conference-opening series at TCU over the weekend, dropping all three games to the 15th-ranked Horned Frogs at Lupton stadium ... K-State held a one-run lead into the eighth inning in the series opener Friday before the Frogs scored three in the eighth to take a 4-2 victory ... Saturday, TCU blasted four homers in a 12-2 rout of the Cats ... Senior Justin Heskett threw six innings without allowing an earned run in the series finale but the Wildcat offense was shut out in a 6-0 loss ... K-State has lost its last nine games overall against TCU and is 0-9 at Lupton Stadium since TCU joined the Big 12 ... The Cats have now been swept in the first series of Big 12 play for the fourth straight season ... K-State is currently on a season-long four-game losing skid.
A LOOK AT OMAHA
Omaha (9-13, 5-1 Summit League) travels to Manhattan having won five of its last six games, including a home series win over Oral Roberts, the preseason favorite to win The Summit League ... The Mavericks swept a three-game set with Fort Wayne the previous weekend to open league play at 5-1 and sit atop The Summit League standings ... Thomas DeBonville was named Summit League Player of the Week Monday after hitting .417 with a double, triple and home run in the Mavs' series win over ORU ... Teammate Braden Rogers earned the honor the previous week ... Suponchick leads UNO with his .389 average, .459 on-base percentage and .556 slugging percentage ... On the mound, Omaha's Spencer Koelewyn owns a team-low ERA of 1.27 over 21 1/3 innings while opponents hit just .176 against him ... Koelewyn was named Summit League Pitcher of the Week on March 19.
A LOOK AT THE SERIES
K-State leads the all-time series with Omaha, 10-2, including a 9-1 record at Tointon Family Stadium ... The Wildcats and Mavericks split two midweek games last season in Manhattan, with UNO winning 5-2 on March 15 before K-State claimed a 10-1 victory on March 21 ... The matchup will mark the seventh straight season in which the teams have met ... Under head coach Brad Hill, K-State is 8-2 against the Mavs ... The two teams will meet again on April 25 in Omaha.
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 ... 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.
MOUNT CRUSHMORE
K-State junior-transfer Drew Mount was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week for three straight weeks from February 26-March 12 ... He is the first player in Big 12 history to earn the distinction in three consecutive weeks since the award's inception in 2011 ... March 9 against Mercer, 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 ... He is the Big 12 leader in home runs (7) and second in RBI (30) ... He also leads the Big 12 in stolen bases (16) and is fourth in slugging (.655). ... Mount ranks second in the nation with his 16 stolen bases.
FRIENDLY CONFINES OF TOINTON
K-State completed an 8-5 homestand and won its first four home games for the sixth straight season as the Cats won six of their first seven games at home this season ... In K-State's 8-5 home start this season, it boasted a slash line of .307/.408/.462 with nine home runs and 45 extra-base hits ... K-State averaged 7.3 runs per game and 10.5 hits per game during the homestand ... In 2017, K-State posted a 15-5 (.750) home nonconference mark and has a .738 winning percentage (59-21) in home nonconference games over the last five seasons.
STUMBLING START
K-State began Big 12 play with an 0-3 start for the fourth straight season ... The Wildcats have not won a Big 12-opening series since 2013 (West Virginia) and have not won a conference opener since 2012 at Texas A&M ... Last season, K-State was swept by Texas in Austin and began its Big 12 schedule 0-6 ... The Cats offense produced just four runs in a three-game series with TCU for the second straight season and have lost nine games overall to the Frogs ... Catcher TK McWhertor was the only Wildcat hitter to hit safely in all three games in Fort Worth.
FROM THE PEN
K-State relievers have a combined 5-4 record to go with three saves in four opportunities this season ... The Wildcat bullpen has a combined ERA of 5.58 over 90 1/3 innings ... K-State relievers have a higher strikeout rate than its starters, averaging 7.7 strikeouts per nine to 6.4 K/9, but Wildcat starters own a better walk rate, at 3.0 walks per nine innings compared to 4.3 BB/9.
LAST 9
K-State is 2-7 over its last nine games after beginning the season 10-5 ... In those nine games, K-State is hitting just .225 and averaging 3.4 runs per game on 7.3 hits ... Wildcat opponents have scored 66 runs in that span for a -35 run differential in the span ... Defensively, the Wildcats have committed 14 errors, including a season-high four against Creighton on March 13 ... The Cat pitching staff has a combined 6.35 ERA with an opponent batting average of .313 and 49 strikeouts to 40 walks ... In the season's first 15 games (10-5), scored 120 runs (8 per game) on 165 hits (11 per game) ... On the hill, K-State's ERA was 4.92 with 114 strikeouts against 44 walks.
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