Kansas State University Athletics
Tuesday, March 19
Manhattan, Kan.
6 p.m.
Kansas State University
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Canisius
K-State Wraps Up Homestand vs. Canisius
Mar 18, 2019 | Baseball
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Winners of four of its last five games, K-State wraps up its 10-game homestand as the Wildcats welcome Canisius for a two-game midweek series starting Tuesday at Tointon Family Stadium.
K-State (10-9) took two of three games against UT Rio Grande Valley over the weekend and is 5-3 on its season-long homestand. The Wildcats and Golden Griffins (4-14) will meet for the first time.
Tuesday's game marks another Two-for-One Tuesday, featuring buy-one, get-one free tickets.
The second game of the series is set for Wednesday at 3 p.m. Both games of the series will stream live on ESPN3 and the ESPN app. Coverage is also available on News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) with streaming audio at K-StateSports.com/watch.
GAME #20
K-STATE (10-9) vs. CANISIUS (4-14)
Tuesday, March 19 // 3 p.m. // Tointon Family Stadium (2,334) // Manhattan, Kan.
Projected Starters: LHP Zach Kokoska (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. TBA
Watch: ESPN3 // ESPN app // Brian Smoller and Craig Wilson
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Matt Walters and John Kurtz
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com/watch // 1350KMAN.com
Promotion: Two-for-One Tuesday | Buy Tickets
Watch | Listen Online | Live Stats
GAME #21
K-STATE (10-9) vs. CANISIUS (4-14)
Wednesday, March 20 // 3 p.m. // Tointon Family Stadium (2,334) // Manhattan, Kan.
Projected Starters: LHP Joey Martin (1-0, 7.00 ERA) vs. TBA
Watch: ESPN3 // ESPN app // Matt Walters and Craig Wilson
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Mitch Fortner and Mason Voth
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com/watch // 1350KMAN.com
Watch | Listen Online | Live Stats | Buy Tickets
A LOOK AT K-STATE
K-State (10-9) welcomes Canisius for a two-game mid-week series at Tointon Family Stadium beginning Tuesday at 3 p.m. ... K-State is coming off a 4-1 week after sweeping a two-game set against Northern Illinois before taking two of three games against UT Rio Grande Valley over the weekend ... The Wildcats saw their season-long four-game winning streak come to an end Sunday in a 6-5 loss to UTRGV ... In the UTRGV series, Cameron Thompson led the Cats, hitting .583 (7-for-12) with a double and three RBI ... Thompson registered multiple hits in all five games last week, capped by a three-hit performance in the series finale ... Chris Ceballos hit two homers on Saturday, helping K-State take the first two games against the Vaqueros ... Ceballos' two-homer game was the first such game by a Wildcat since 2018 (Drew Mount vs Mercer) ... Ceballos had a team-high five RBI in the series and upped his team-leading total to 18 ... The K-State pitching staff recorded a 1.67 ERA (5 ER, 27.0 IP) in the three-game series ... Jordan Wicks picked up his third win and third quality start on Saturday (6.1 IP, 1 ER).
A LOOK AT CANISIUS
Canisius visits Tointon Family Stadium having lost its last six games, putting the Golden Griffins record at 4-14 this season ... Canisius, who has played every game away from home in 2019, reached the NCAA Minneapolis Regional a year ago after a second-place finish in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference with a 35-22 (16-8 MAAC) record ... The Golden Griffins were voted as the preseason favorite along with Monmouth in the MAAC's preseason coaches' poll ... Shortstop Conner Morro and outfielder Mark McKenna were both selected to the preseason All-MAAC team ... Morro is hitting .242 with a homer and seven RBI while McKenna has a .244 average with three doubles and six runs batted in ... Jake Burlingame leads Canisius with his .298 average ... The Golden Griffins pitching staff has a team ERA of 7.29 with 128 strikeouts against 103 walks while opponents are hitting .309 against them ... Andrew Kneussle has a team-high two wins (2-2) with a 5.14 ERA in three starts (five appearances) ... Nolan Hunt boasts an earned run average of 1.50 (2 ER, 12.0 IP) in four outings (two starts).
A LOOK AT THE SERIES
K-State and Canisius will be meeting for the first time on Tuesday ... The Wildcats are 11-0 all-time against teams from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, last facing Niagara in 2013 ... At home, the Cats are a perfect 8-0 - all vs. Niagara.
FINDING A RHYTHM
Over the last 11 games, the K-State pitching staff has turned in a 2.82 earned run average (29 ER, 99.0 IP) ... In that span, Wildcat pitchers have struck out 92 hitters against 29 walks allowed ... Opponents are hitting .204 against the Cats pitching staff over the last 11 games ... In the season's first eight games, Wildcat hurlers combined for a 6.75 ERA (51 ER, 68.0 IP) with 73 strikeouts and 42 walks ... Opponents hits .306 against K-State in the first eight games ... In the three-game series with UTRGV, K-State pitchers combined for a 1.67 ERA (5 ER, 27.0 IP) while the Vaqueros hit just .181 against them ... UTRGV went 5-for-51 (.098) with runners on base while stranding 28 baserunners in the series.
FROM THE PEN
In K-State's 4-1 week, the Wildcat bullpen posted an ERA of 0.76 (2 ER, 23.2 IP) with an opponent batting average of .114 ... Spanning from the series finale vs. Old Dominion on March 10 to Sunday's game against UTRGV, the K-State pen had a scoreless streak of 24 1/3 innings ... At home this season, Wildcat relievers have given up just 13 base hits over 30 1/3 innings (.127 average) with six earned runs in that stretch for a 1.78 ERA ... Andrew Stratman has thrown a team-high 6 1/3 innings and eight strikeouts with without an earned run allowed at home.
WHAM, BAM, THANK YOU CAM
K-State junior Cameron Thompson has recorded multiple base hits in each of his last five games, upping his average to .346 to rank second on the team ... In the UTRGV series, Thompson hit .583(7-for-12) with three runs batted in and three runs scored ... Thompson, who has started all 128 games in his Wildcat career, has nine multi-hit games over his last 13 played and is the Cats' leader with 10 games with multiple hits ... His streak of five straight multi-hit games equals the longest such streak of his career, set in his freshman season from March 3-8, 2017.
BOMBS AWAY
K-State hit three home runs in its two-game series sweep of NIU to go with three more in its series win over UTRGV over the weekend, upping its season home run total to 17 ... With a roster that retained just six home runs from 2018, K-State has had eight different players hit a home run - each the first of their respective careers ... Chris Ceballos hit two home runs on Saturday in a 7-1 win over the Vaqueros, the first multi-homer game by a Wildcat this season ... Eight of K-State's 17 home runs have come in the seventh inning or later while eight have been hit by the Nos. 7-9 hitters in the lineup.
CLOZER
With his team-leading fourth save in the series opener vs. UTRGV, senior Mitch Zubradt has now thrown the final out in seven of K-State's first 10 wins, including the Wildcats' first four wins this season ... In nine total innings thrown, Zubradt has given up just two hits without a run allowed ... He is 4-for-4 in save opportunities - the first saves of his career - with a victory.
WHATS THE SITCH?
K-State hit .381 with runners in scoring position in its three-game series against UTRGV ... Over its last 11 games, K-State is hitting .341 with runners in scoring position and .312 with two outs ... The Wildcat pitching staff limited UTRGV to a .098 average (5-for-51) with runners on base over the three-game series to go with 28 runners stranded.
K-State (10-9) took two of three games against UT Rio Grande Valley over the weekend and is 5-3 on its season-long homestand. The Wildcats and Golden Griffins (4-14) will meet for the first time.
Tuesday's game marks another Two-for-One Tuesday, featuring buy-one, get-one free tickets.
The second game of the series is set for Wednesday at 3 p.m. Both games of the series will stream live on ESPN3 and the ESPN app. Coverage is also available on News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) with streaming audio at K-StateSports.com/watch.
GAME #20
K-STATE (10-9) vs. CANISIUS (4-14)
Tuesday, March 19 // 3 p.m. // Tointon Family Stadium (2,334) // Manhattan, Kan.
Projected Starters: LHP Zach Kokoska (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. TBA
Watch: ESPN3 // ESPN app // Brian Smoller and Craig Wilson
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Matt Walters and John Kurtz
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com/watch // 1350KMAN.com
Promotion: Two-for-One Tuesday | Buy Tickets
Watch | Listen Online | Live Stats
GAME #21
K-STATE (10-9) vs. CANISIUS (4-14)
Wednesday, March 20 // 3 p.m. // Tointon Family Stadium (2,334) // Manhattan, Kan.
Projected Starters: LHP Joey Martin (1-0, 7.00 ERA) vs. TBA
Watch: ESPN3 // ESPN app // Matt Walters and Craig Wilson
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Mitch Fortner and Mason Voth
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com/watch // 1350KMAN.com
Watch | Listen Online | Live Stats | Buy Tickets
A LOOK AT K-STATE
K-State (10-9) welcomes Canisius for a two-game mid-week series at Tointon Family Stadium beginning Tuesday at 3 p.m. ... K-State is coming off a 4-1 week after sweeping a two-game set against Northern Illinois before taking two of three games against UT Rio Grande Valley over the weekend ... The Wildcats saw their season-long four-game winning streak come to an end Sunday in a 6-5 loss to UTRGV ... In the UTRGV series, Cameron Thompson led the Cats, hitting .583 (7-for-12) with a double and three RBI ... Thompson registered multiple hits in all five games last week, capped by a three-hit performance in the series finale ... Chris Ceballos hit two homers on Saturday, helping K-State take the first two games against the Vaqueros ... Ceballos' two-homer game was the first such game by a Wildcat since 2018 (Drew Mount vs Mercer) ... Ceballos had a team-high five RBI in the series and upped his team-leading total to 18 ... The K-State pitching staff recorded a 1.67 ERA (5 ER, 27.0 IP) in the three-game series ... Jordan Wicks picked up his third win and third quality start on Saturday (6.1 IP, 1 ER).
A LOOK AT CANISIUS
Canisius visits Tointon Family Stadium having lost its last six games, putting the Golden Griffins record at 4-14 this season ... Canisius, who has played every game away from home in 2019, reached the NCAA Minneapolis Regional a year ago after a second-place finish in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference with a 35-22 (16-8 MAAC) record ... The Golden Griffins were voted as the preseason favorite along with Monmouth in the MAAC's preseason coaches' poll ... Shortstop Conner Morro and outfielder Mark McKenna were both selected to the preseason All-MAAC team ... Morro is hitting .242 with a homer and seven RBI while McKenna has a .244 average with three doubles and six runs batted in ... Jake Burlingame leads Canisius with his .298 average ... The Golden Griffins pitching staff has a team ERA of 7.29 with 128 strikeouts against 103 walks while opponents are hitting .309 against them ... Andrew Kneussle has a team-high two wins (2-2) with a 5.14 ERA in three starts (five appearances) ... Nolan Hunt boasts an earned run average of 1.50 (2 ER, 12.0 IP) in four outings (two starts).
A LOOK AT THE SERIES
K-State and Canisius will be meeting for the first time on Tuesday ... The Wildcats are 11-0 all-time against teams from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, last facing Niagara in 2013 ... At home, the Cats are a perfect 8-0 - all vs. Niagara.
FINDING A RHYTHM
Over the last 11 games, the K-State pitching staff has turned in a 2.82 earned run average (29 ER, 99.0 IP) ... In that span, Wildcat pitchers have struck out 92 hitters against 29 walks allowed ... Opponents are hitting .204 against the Cats pitching staff over the last 11 games ... In the season's first eight games, Wildcat hurlers combined for a 6.75 ERA (51 ER, 68.0 IP) with 73 strikeouts and 42 walks ... Opponents hits .306 against K-State in the first eight games ... In the three-game series with UTRGV, K-State pitchers combined for a 1.67 ERA (5 ER, 27.0 IP) while the Vaqueros hit just .181 against them ... UTRGV went 5-for-51 (.098) with runners on base while stranding 28 baserunners in the series.
FROM THE PEN
In K-State's 4-1 week, the Wildcat bullpen posted an ERA of 0.76 (2 ER, 23.2 IP) with an opponent batting average of .114 ... Spanning from the series finale vs. Old Dominion on March 10 to Sunday's game against UTRGV, the K-State pen had a scoreless streak of 24 1/3 innings ... At home this season, Wildcat relievers have given up just 13 base hits over 30 1/3 innings (.127 average) with six earned runs in that stretch for a 1.78 ERA ... Andrew Stratman has thrown a team-high 6 1/3 innings and eight strikeouts with without an earned run allowed at home.
WHAM, BAM, THANK YOU CAM
K-State junior Cameron Thompson has recorded multiple base hits in each of his last five games, upping his average to .346 to rank second on the team ... In the UTRGV series, Thompson hit .583(7-for-12) with three runs batted in and three runs scored ... Thompson, who has started all 128 games in his Wildcat career, has nine multi-hit games over his last 13 played and is the Cats' leader with 10 games with multiple hits ... His streak of five straight multi-hit games equals the longest such streak of his career, set in his freshman season from March 3-8, 2017.
BOMBS AWAY
K-State hit three home runs in its two-game series sweep of NIU to go with three more in its series win over UTRGV over the weekend, upping its season home run total to 17 ... With a roster that retained just six home runs from 2018, K-State has had eight different players hit a home run - each the first of their respective careers ... Chris Ceballos hit two home runs on Saturday in a 7-1 win over the Vaqueros, the first multi-homer game by a Wildcat this season ... Eight of K-State's 17 home runs have come in the seventh inning or later while eight have been hit by the Nos. 7-9 hitters in the lineup.
CLOZER
With his team-leading fourth save in the series opener vs. UTRGV, senior Mitch Zubradt has now thrown the final out in seven of K-State's first 10 wins, including the Wildcats' first four wins this season ... In nine total innings thrown, Zubradt has given up just two hits without a run allowed ... He is 4-for-4 in save opportunities - the first saves of his career - with a victory.
WHATS THE SITCH?
K-State hit .381 with runners in scoring position in its three-game series against UTRGV ... Over its last 11 games, K-State is hitting .341 with runners in scoring position and .312 with two outs ... The Wildcat pitching staff limited UTRGV to a .098 average (5-for-51) with runners on base over the three-game series to go with 28 runners stranded.
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