Friday, May 4
Norman, Okla.
6:30 p.m.
Kansas State University
at
Oklahoma
Wildcats Head to Norman to Take on Sooners
May 03, 2018 | Baseball
MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State baseball travels to Norman, Oklahoma, for its final Big 12 road series, as it takes on the Oklahoma Sooners at L. Dale Mitchell Park in a three-game set beginning Friday at 6:30 p.m.
K-State (18-26, 3-15 Big 12) enters the weekend after its Wednesday night matchup with Wichita State was cancelled due to thunderstorms. The Wildcats dropped all three games to Baylor last weekend at Tointon Family Stadium.
Oklahoma (28-18, 10-8 Big 12) has lost its last three Big 12 series after starting the conference slate 8-0. The Cats have not won a series in Norman since 1971.
The series opener will be streamed live on SoonerSports.TV (paid) while Games 2 and 3 will be televised on FOX Sports Oklahoma+.
The entire three-game series can be heard live on KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) with free, live audio available at k-statesports.com.
GAME #45
K-STATE (18-26, 3-15 BIG 12) at OKLAHOMA (28-18, 10-8 BIG 12)
Friday, May 4, 2018 // 6:30 p.m. CT // L. Dale Mitchell Park (3,180) // Norman, Okla.
Projected Starters: RHP Hudson Treu (1-1, 6.39 ERA) vs. RHP Jake Irvin (5-1, 3.33 ERA)
Watch: SoonerSports.TV (paid) // Chad McKee (play-by-play) and George Frazier (analyst)
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Christopher Brown (analyst)
Watch | Listen Online | Live Stats
GAME #46
K-STATE (18-26, 3-15 BIG 12) at OKLAHOMA (28-18, 10-8 BIG 12)
Saturday, May 5, 2018 // 2 p.m. CT // L. Dale Mitchell Park (3,180) // Norman, Okla.
Projected Starters: TBA vs. LHP Levi Prater (2-2, 3.45 ERA)
TV: FOX Sports Oklahoma+ // Chad McKee (play-by-play) and George Frazier (analyst)
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Christopher Brown (analyst)
Listen Online | Live Stats
GAME #47
K-STATE (18-26, 3-15 BIG 12) at OKLAHOMA (28-18, 10-8 BIG 12)
Sunday, May 6, 2018 // 1 p.m. CT // L. Dale Mitchell Park (3,180) // Norman, Okla.
Projected Starters: LHP Will Brennan (2-1, 4.30 ERA) vs. RHP Nathan Wiles (4-3, 4.04 ERA)
TV: FOX Sports Oklahoma+ // Chad McKee (play-by-play) and George Frazier (analyst)
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Christopher Brown (analyst)
Listen Online | Live Stats
A LOOK AT K-STATE
Kansas State (18-26, 3-15 Big 12) enters its final conference road series at Oklahoma after its Wednesday night home matchup with Wichita State was cancelled due to thunderstorms ... K-State was swept in a three-game series by Baylor in Manhattan over the weekend ... The Bears, led by starting pitcher Cody Bradford, won the series opener Friday 18-0 ... Bradford tossed his second consecutive shutout, striking out eight Wildcats over his nine innings of work, becoming the first Baylor pitcher to toss back-to-back shutouts ... The Cats fell Saturday, 16-3, before dropping an 8-5 decision in the finale Sunday ... Jordan Maxson and Dylan Watts each had three hits Sunday and Hanz Harker hit the Cats' only homer, a solo shot in the eighth inning ... Maxson and Watts led K-State with three hits in the series while Kyle Barfield had a team-best three runs batted in, including two on Saturday ... Baylor outscored the Cats 42-8 in the three-game set, outhitting K-State 50-23 with eight home runs, including five Friday ... In the series opener, K-State allowed five homers and 24 hits, both season highs for an opponent.
A LOOK AT OKLAHOMA
Since winning its first eight Big 12 games, Oklahoma (28-18, 10-8 Big 12) has dropped its last three conference series headed into the weekend with K-State, including being swept at the hands of in-state rival Oklahoma State last weekend ... The Sooners are 2-8 in their last 10 league games and are 3-7 in their last 10 games overall ... OU is 7-2 at home in conference play while just 3-6 in games played away from L. Dale Mitchell Park ... A trio of Sooners are hitting .300 or better, led by Steele Walker's .364 average which ranks third in the Big 12 ... Walker is also third in the conference with 64 base hits and 11 home runs while in a tie for fourth with K-State's Drew Mount at 44 runs batted in... Oklahoma's team average of .283 is second-highest in the league while its team 3.99 ERA is third lowest ... OU starter Jake Irvin has logged the second most innings pitched with 67 2/3 while leading the Big 12 in strikeouts with 78 ... Opponents are hitting just .202 against Irvin, the second-lowest rate among qualified pitchers.
A LOOK AT THE SERIES
Oklahoma leads the all-time series, 196-79-1, including a 44-19 mark as Big 12 opponents ... K-State is 26-97-1 all-time in Norman, with the 97 losses being the most of any Big 12 opponent for the Wildcats ... K-State has not won a road series in Norman since 1971, with its only sweep coming in 1928 (two games) ... Oklahoma last swept the Cats in Norman in 2004 (three games) ... The Sooners have taken seven of the last 10 meetings overall between the teams, along with going 7-3 in the last 10 meetings at L. Dale Mitchell Park ... K-State last won any series with the Sooners in 2013 ... 15th-year head coach Brad Hill is 18-31 in his career against OU, and has twice won a three-game set with Oklahoma (2011, 2013).
THE NEXT OHTANI
K-State sophomore Will Brennan is already known as one of the nation's best hitters, but he has earned his first two victories in his last three appearances the mound ... In his first career start at Nebraska on April 17, Brennan retired all six batters he faced over two innings on just 21 pitches ... The Stilwell, Kansas, product earned his first Big 12 start in Sunday's series finale at West Virginia, as he went a career-long five innings while giving up just one earned run and scattering six base hits ... Brennan matched that career-long outing Sunday against Baylor in the series finale, striking out a career-high four batters ... He owns a 3.48 ERA in Big 12 play, ranking second on the team, and in the month of April, his ERA is 3.29 and opponents are hitting just .216 against him ... Brennan's season WHIP is a team-low 1.36 and has a 3.5 strikeout-to-walk ratio to go with an 8.6 K/9 rate ... He continues to be among the Big 12 leaders in hits and average, leading the Wildcats with a .358 average and 63 base hits ... His average and hit total are both fourth-highest in the conference while he is third with a .462 on-base percentage ... Batting leadoff, Brennan is the toughest player in the Big 12 to strikeout, going 17.6 at-bats per strikeout (176 AB, 10 K).
SEEING 20/10
K-State's Drew Mount is 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 and the first to have 20 steals with 10 homers.
CALL THE COPS
K-State's 71 stolen bases are second in the Big 12 and rank 23rd in the country ... West Virginia leads K-State by one stolen base, after the Wildcats failed to record a steal in their three-game series with Baylor (0-for-2) ... Three of the top six base stealers in the conference are Wildcats, led by Drew Mount and his 20 steals (t-3rd) ... Will Brennan is fifth with 17 and Cameron Thompson ranks sixth with 16 ... Mount's 20 rank 39th in the nation.
HANZ WALKER
Senior outfielder Hanz Harker has been an on-base machine this season, leading the team in both walks (33) and on-base percentage (.474) ... Harker has moved up to the No. 2 spot in the order in four of the last seven games ... The Bakersfield, California, native's OBP would rank third in the Big 12 and 40th in the country once he qualifies in number of at-bats ... Harker has been on base in 10 of his last 11 games overall, drawing 10 walks while hitting a home run and driving in nine runs.
APRIL SHOWERS
K-State finished the month of April with a 3-13 record, including going 0-7 at Tointon Family Stadium ... The Wildcats won back-to-back games at West Virginia and at Omaha (April 25-27), just the second time this season the Cats have won consecutive road games (at ODU) ... K-State hit .244 as a team while opponents owned a .333 batting average ... The Cats were outscored 168-70 in the 16 games in the month of April ... K-State averaged 4.4 runs per game on 8.2 hits ... Brennan led the Wildcats with a .328 average in April while Jordan Maxson hit .313 ... Drew Mount had five extra-base hits, including a homer and two triples, and Cameron Thompson recorded four extra-base hits ... Harker, Mount, Thompson and Trent McMaster each had a home run in the month of April.
K-State (18-26, 3-15 Big 12) enters the weekend after its Wednesday night matchup with Wichita State was cancelled due to thunderstorms. The Wildcats dropped all three games to Baylor last weekend at Tointon Family Stadium.
Oklahoma (28-18, 10-8 Big 12) has lost its last three Big 12 series after starting the conference slate 8-0. The Cats have not won a series in Norman since 1971.
The series opener will be streamed live on SoonerSports.TV (paid) while Games 2 and 3 will be televised on FOX Sports Oklahoma+.
The entire three-game series can be heard live on KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) with free, live audio available at k-statesports.com.
GAME #45
K-STATE (18-26, 3-15 BIG 12) at OKLAHOMA (28-18, 10-8 BIG 12)
Friday, May 4, 2018 // 6:30 p.m. CT // L. Dale Mitchell Park (3,180) // Norman, Okla.
Projected Starters: RHP Hudson Treu (1-1, 6.39 ERA) vs. RHP Jake Irvin (5-1, 3.33 ERA)
Watch: SoonerSports.TV (paid) // Chad McKee (play-by-play) and George Frazier (analyst)
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Christopher Brown (analyst)
Watch | Listen Online | Live Stats
GAME #46
K-STATE (18-26, 3-15 BIG 12) at OKLAHOMA (28-18, 10-8 BIG 12)
Saturday, May 5, 2018 // 2 p.m. CT // L. Dale Mitchell Park (3,180) // Norman, Okla.
Projected Starters: TBA vs. LHP Levi Prater (2-2, 3.45 ERA)
TV: FOX Sports Oklahoma+ // Chad McKee (play-by-play) and George Frazier (analyst)
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Christopher Brown (analyst)
Listen Online | Live Stats
GAME #47
K-STATE (18-26, 3-15 BIG 12) at OKLAHOMA (28-18, 10-8 BIG 12)
Sunday, May 6, 2018 // 1 p.m. CT // L. Dale Mitchell Park (3,180) // Norman, Okla.
Projected Starters: LHP Will Brennan (2-1, 4.30 ERA) vs. RHP Nathan Wiles (4-3, 4.04 ERA)
TV: FOX Sports Oklahoma+ // Chad McKee (play-by-play) and George Frazier (analyst)
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Christopher Brown (analyst)
Listen Online | Live Stats
A LOOK AT K-STATE
Kansas State (18-26, 3-15 Big 12) enters its final conference road series at Oklahoma after its Wednesday night home matchup with Wichita State was cancelled due to thunderstorms ... K-State was swept in a three-game series by Baylor in Manhattan over the weekend ... The Bears, led by starting pitcher Cody Bradford, won the series opener Friday 18-0 ... Bradford tossed his second consecutive shutout, striking out eight Wildcats over his nine innings of work, becoming the first Baylor pitcher to toss back-to-back shutouts ... The Cats fell Saturday, 16-3, before dropping an 8-5 decision in the finale Sunday ... Jordan Maxson and Dylan Watts each had three hits Sunday and Hanz Harker hit the Cats' only homer, a solo shot in the eighth inning ... Maxson and Watts led K-State with three hits in the series while Kyle Barfield had a team-best three runs batted in, including two on Saturday ... Baylor outscored the Cats 42-8 in the three-game set, outhitting K-State 50-23 with eight home runs, including five Friday ... In the series opener, K-State allowed five homers and 24 hits, both season highs for an opponent.
A LOOK AT OKLAHOMA
Since winning its first eight Big 12 games, Oklahoma (28-18, 10-8 Big 12) has dropped its last three conference series headed into the weekend with K-State, including being swept at the hands of in-state rival Oklahoma State last weekend ... The Sooners are 2-8 in their last 10 league games and are 3-7 in their last 10 games overall ... OU is 7-2 at home in conference play while just 3-6 in games played away from L. Dale Mitchell Park ... A trio of Sooners are hitting .300 or better, led by Steele Walker's .364 average which ranks third in the Big 12 ... Walker is also third in the conference with 64 base hits and 11 home runs while in a tie for fourth with K-State's Drew Mount at 44 runs batted in... Oklahoma's team average of .283 is second-highest in the league while its team 3.99 ERA is third lowest ... OU starter Jake Irvin has logged the second most innings pitched with 67 2/3 while leading the Big 12 in strikeouts with 78 ... Opponents are hitting just .202 against Irvin, the second-lowest rate among qualified pitchers.
A LOOK AT THE SERIES
Oklahoma leads the all-time series, 196-79-1, including a 44-19 mark as Big 12 opponents ... K-State is 26-97-1 all-time in Norman, with the 97 losses being the most of any Big 12 opponent for the Wildcats ... K-State has not won a road series in Norman since 1971, with its only sweep coming in 1928 (two games) ... Oklahoma last swept the Cats in Norman in 2004 (three games) ... The Sooners have taken seven of the last 10 meetings overall between the teams, along with going 7-3 in the last 10 meetings at L. Dale Mitchell Park ... K-State last won any series with the Sooners in 2013 ... 15th-year head coach Brad Hill is 18-31 in his career against OU, and has twice won a three-game set with Oklahoma (2011, 2013).
THE NEXT OHTANI
K-State sophomore Will Brennan is already known as one of the nation's best hitters, but he has earned his first two victories in his last three appearances the mound ... In his first career start at Nebraska on April 17, Brennan retired all six batters he faced over two innings on just 21 pitches ... The Stilwell, Kansas, product earned his first Big 12 start in Sunday's series finale at West Virginia, as he went a career-long five innings while giving up just one earned run and scattering six base hits ... Brennan matched that career-long outing Sunday against Baylor in the series finale, striking out a career-high four batters ... He owns a 3.48 ERA in Big 12 play, ranking second on the team, and in the month of April, his ERA is 3.29 and opponents are hitting just .216 against him ... Brennan's season WHIP is a team-low 1.36 and has a 3.5 strikeout-to-walk ratio to go with an 8.6 K/9 rate ... He continues to be among the Big 12 leaders in hits and average, leading the Wildcats with a .358 average and 63 base hits ... His average and hit total are both fourth-highest in the conference while he is third with a .462 on-base percentage ... Batting leadoff, Brennan is the toughest player in the Big 12 to strikeout, going 17.6 at-bats per strikeout (176 AB, 10 K).
SEEING 20/10
K-State's Drew Mount is 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 and the first to have 20 steals with 10 homers.
CALL THE COPS
K-State's 71 stolen bases are second in the Big 12 and rank 23rd in the country ... West Virginia leads K-State by one stolen base, after the Wildcats failed to record a steal in their three-game series with Baylor (0-for-2) ... Three of the top six base stealers in the conference are Wildcats, led by Drew Mount and his 20 steals (t-3rd) ... Will Brennan is fifth with 17 and Cameron Thompson ranks sixth with 16 ... Mount's 20 rank 39th in the nation.
HANZ WALKER
Senior outfielder Hanz Harker has been an on-base machine this season, leading the team in both walks (33) and on-base percentage (.474) ... Harker has moved up to the No. 2 spot in the order in four of the last seven games ... The Bakersfield, California, native's OBP would rank third in the Big 12 and 40th in the country once he qualifies in number of at-bats ... Harker has been on base in 10 of his last 11 games overall, drawing 10 walks while hitting a home run and driving in nine runs.
APRIL SHOWERS
K-State finished the month of April with a 3-13 record, including going 0-7 at Tointon Family Stadium ... The Wildcats won back-to-back games at West Virginia and at Omaha (April 25-27), just the second time this season the Cats have won consecutive road games (at ODU) ... K-State hit .244 as a team while opponents owned a .333 batting average ... The Cats were outscored 168-70 in the 16 games in the month of April ... K-State averaged 4.4 runs per game on 8.2 hits ... Brennan led the Wildcats with a .328 average in April while Jordan Maxson hit .313 ... Drew Mount had five extra-base hits, including a homer and two triples, and Cameron Thompson recorded four extra-base hits ... Harker, Mount, Thompson and Trent McMaster each had a home run in the month of April.
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