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K-State Begins Big 12 Play at Oklahoma State
Mar 21, 2019 | Baseball
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Following its 10-game homestand, K-State opens its Big 12 schedule on Friday with a three-game series against the Oklahoma State Cowboys at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium.
The series opener between K-State (11-10) and Oklahoma State (12-7) is set for a 6 p.m. first pitch on Friday. Game 2 is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday with the finale Sunday at 1 p.m.
K-State will send Griffin Hassall to the hill for the conference opener, marking his second straight Friday start. Lefty Jordan Wicks is slated for to work Saturday and junior Will Brennan will start Game 3.
The Wildcats and Cowboys are both 6-4 in their last 10 games.
Friday and Sunday will have coverage on the FOX Sports family of networks and the FOX Sports app. Coverage is also available on News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) with streaming audio at K-StateSports.com/watch.
GAME #22
K-STATE (11-10, 0-0 BIG 12) at OKLAHOMA STATE (12-7, 0-0 BIG 12)
Friday, March 22 // 6 p.m. // Allie P. Reynolds Stadium (4,000) // Stillwater, Okla.
Projected Starters: RHP Griffin Hassall (0-0, 0.70 ERA) vs. RHP Jensen Elliott (2-0, 2.05 ERA)
Watch: FOX Sports Plus // FOX Sports app
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Matt Walters and Christopher Brown
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com/watch // 1350KMAN.com
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GAME #23
K-STATE (11-10, 0-0 BIG 12) at OKLAHOMA STATE (12-7, 0-0 BIG 12)
Saturday, March 23 // 2 p.m. // Allie P. Reynolds Stadium (4,000) // Stillwater, Okla..
Projected Starters: LHP Jordan Wicks (3-0, 1.23 ERA) vs. RHP Joe Lienhard (2-1, 1.08 ERA)
Watch: YouTube
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Matt Walters and Christopher Brown
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com/watch // 1350KMAN.com
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GAME #24
K-STATE (11-10, 0-0 BIG 12) at OKLAHOMA STATE (12-7, 0-0 BIG 12)
Sunday, March 24 // 1 p.m. // Allie P. Reynolds Stadium (4,000) // Stillwater, Okla..
Projected Starters: LHP Will Brennan (1-3, 5.20 ERA) vs. RHP Brett Standlee (2-0, 1.61 ERA)
Watch: FOX Sports Oklahoma // FOX Sports app
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Matt Walters and Christopher Brown
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com/watch // 1350KMAN.com
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A LOOK AT K-STATE
K-State (11-10) enters conference action after wrapping up a 10-game homestand by going 6-4, including a two-game split with Canisius during the week ... After dropping the series opener to the Golden Griffins, the Cats rebounded with a 6-5 win in the finale on Wednesday ... In the one-run victory, Cameron Thompson registered two hits and drove in two while Terrence Spurlin hit a solo homer ... Sophomore Andrew Stratman picked up his first career save ... Over the weekend, the Wildcats took two of three games from UT Rio Grande Valley ... During the season-long homestand, Thompson led the Cats in hitting with a .368 average to go with three extra-base hits and nine runs batted in ... Sophomore Zach Kokoska was right behind him at .367, including a homer, two triples and seven RBI ... Catcher Chris Ceballos posted a team-high 12 RBI and three home runs in the 10-game homestand, including a two-homer game at UTRGV last Saturday ... K-State has won five of its last seven games, including a season-long four-game winning streak last week ... K-State has opened Big 12 play on the road in five of the last six seasons, including each of the last three seasons ... The Wildcats last won their conference opener in 2012, a 15-12 win at No. 8 Texas A&M.
A LOOK AT OKLAHOMA STATE
Oklahoma State comes into the conference-opening weekend with a 12-7 record ... OSU has dropped back-to-back games, snapping a four-game winning streak ... The Cowboys began the season as the country's 16th-ranked club and spent the year's first three weeks in the national polls ... In the Big 12 preseason coaches' poll, Oklahoma State was picked fifth ... OSU's pitching staff boasts an ERA of 3.36, as the Cowboys have two arms in the Big 12's top 10 in the category in Brett Standlee (1.61) and Jensen Elliott (2.05) ... Elliott will get the Friday start while Standlee is slated to pitch the weekend finale ... Hueston Morrill and Max Hewitt lead the Cowboy offense, each with a .333 batting average ... Christian Funk has a team-best 17 runs driven in and Carson McCusker has tallied 10 doubles to go with 13 RBI.
A LOOK AT THE SERIES
K-State trails the all-time series against Oklahoma State, 58-168, with a 18-44 mark in Big 12 play ... Last season, OSU swept a three-game series at Tointon Family Stadium to extend its winning streak against the Wildcats to five straight games ... K-State last defeated Oklahoma State in the Friday opener at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium, 10-4. on April 7, 2017 ... The Cats last won a road series against the Cowboys in 2009, a two-game sweep ... K-State's home series victory in 2010 marked the last series win for the Wildcats in the series - a string of eight straight seasons ... OSU has taken nine of the last 10 games in the series overall and seven of the last 10 played in Stillwater.
IMPACT LEFTY
Freshman left-handed pitcher Jordan Wicks has made five straight Saturday starts to open the season, going 3-0 with a 1.23 ERA (4 ER, 29.1 IP) while picking up 31 strikeouts to pace the Wildcats ... Wicks ranks in the league's top five in innings pitched. wins, ERA and strikeouts ... Three of Wicks' five starts have been quality outings and K-State is 5-0 in games he has started ... He has struck out a least six in four of his five starts and has issued just two walks over his last 13 1/3 innings of work.
Z-U-B-R-A-D-T SPELLS RELIEF
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 11 wins, including the Wildcats' first four wins of the year ... In 11 total innings thrown, Zubradt has given up just two hits without a run allowed while picking up 17 strikeouts ... He is 4-for-4 in save opportunities - the first saves of his career - with a victory.
CAM, CAM, HE'S OUR MAN
K-State junior Cameron Thompson has recorded multiple base hits in each of his last six of his last seven games, upping his average to .345 to rank second on the team and ninth in the Big 12 ... Over the last 10 games, Thompson has been the Wildcats' best hitter, hitting .368 with two doubles, a triple and nine RBI ... In the UTRGV series, Thompson hit .583 (7-for-12) with three runs batted in and three runs scored ... Thompson, who has started all 130 games in his Wildcat career, has 10 multi-hit games over his last 15 played and is the Cats' leader with 11 games with multiple hits ... He has driven in a run in four straight games and six of his last seven ... Along with Will Brennan, Thompson leads K-State with 29 base hits, which is tied for second-most in the Big 12.
BOMBS AWAY
K-State finished its 10-game homestand with nine home runs, upping its season home run total to 18 ... 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 18 home runs have come in the seventh inning or later while nine have been hit by the Nos. 7-9 hitters in the lineup.
FROM THE PEN
In K-State's 4-1 week last week, the Wildcat bullpen posted an ERA of 0.76 (2 ER, 23.2 IP) with an opponent's 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 ... In the UTRGV series, the K-State pen posted a 1.50 ERA with seven hits allowed in 12 innings, with an opponent average of .156 ... At home this season, Wildcat relievers have allowed an opposing batting average of .189 while picking up 46 strikeouts against 18 walks ... Andrew Stratman has thrown a team-high seven innings of relief at home with eight strikeouts ... He has yet to allow an earned run at home and earned his first career save on Wednesday against Canisius.
The series opener between K-State (11-10) and Oklahoma State (12-7) is set for a 6 p.m. first pitch on Friday. Game 2 is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday with the finale Sunday at 1 p.m.
K-State will send Griffin Hassall to the hill for the conference opener, marking his second straight Friday start. Lefty Jordan Wicks is slated for to work Saturday and junior Will Brennan will start Game 3.
The Wildcats and Cowboys are both 6-4 in their last 10 games.
Friday and Sunday will have coverage on the FOX Sports family of networks and the FOX Sports app. Coverage is also available on News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) with streaming audio at K-StateSports.com/watch.
GAME #22
K-STATE (11-10, 0-0 BIG 12) at OKLAHOMA STATE (12-7, 0-0 BIG 12)
Friday, March 22 // 6 p.m. // Allie P. Reynolds Stadium (4,000) // Stillwater, Okla.
Projected Starters: RHP Griffin Hassall (0-0, 0.70 ERA) vs. RHP Jensen Elliott (2-0, 2.05 ERA)
Watch: FOX Sports Plus // FOX Sports app
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Matt Walters and Christopher Brown
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com/watch // 1350KMAN.com
Watch | Listen Online | Live Stats
GAME #23
K-STATE (11-10, 0-0 BIG 12) at OKLAHOMA STATE (12-7, 0-0 BIG 12)
Saturday, March 23 // 2 p.m. // Allie P. Reynolds Stadium (4,000) // Stillwater, Okla..
Projected Starters: LHP Jordan Wicks (3-0, 1.23 ERA) vs. RHP Joe Lienhard (2-1, 1.08 ERA)
Watch: YouTube
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Matt Walters and Christopher Brown
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com/watch // 1350KMAN.com
Watch | Listen Online | Live Stats
GAME #24
K-STATE (11-10, 0-0 BIG 12) at OKLAHOMA STATE (12-7, 0-0 BIG 12)
Sunday, March 24 // 1 p.m. // Allie P. Reynolds Stadium (4,000) // Stillwater, Okla..
Projected Starters: LHP Will Brennan (1-3, 5.20 ERA) vs. RHP Brett Standlee (2-0, 1.61 ERA)
Watch: FOX Sports Oklahoma // FOX Sports app
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Matt Walters and Christopher Brown
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com/watch // 1350KMAN.com
Watch | Listen Online | Live Stats
A LOOK AT K-STATE
K-State (11-10) enters conference action after wrapping up a 10-game homestand by going 6-4, including a two-game split with Canisius during the week ... After dropping the series opener to the Golden Griffins, the Cats rebounded with a 6-5 win in the finale on Wednesday ... In the one-run victory, Cameron Thompson registered two hits and drove in two while Terrence Spurlin hit a solo homer ... Sophomore Andrew Stratman picked up his first career save ... Over the weekend, the Wildcats took two of three games from UT Rio Grande Valley ... During the season-long homestand, Thompson led the Cats in hitting with a .368 average to go with three extra-base hits and nine runs batted in ... Sophomore Zach Kokoska was right behind him at .367, including a homer, two triples and seven RBI ... Catcher Chris Ceballos posted a team-high 12 RBI and three home runs in the 10-game homestand, including a two-homer game at UTRGV last Saturday ... K-State has won five of its last seven games, including a season-long four-game winning streak last week ... K-State has opened Big 12 play on the road in five of the last six seasons, including each of the last three seasons ... The Wildcats last won their conference opener in 2012, a 15-12 win at No. 8 Texas A&M.
A LOOK AT OKLAHOMA STATE
Oklahoma State comes into the conference-opening weekend with a 12-7 record ... OSU has dropped back-to-back games, snapping a four-game winning streak ... The Cowboys began the season as the country's 16th-ranked club and spent the year's first three weeks in the national polls ... In the Big 12 preseason coaches' poll, Oklahoma State was picked fifth ... OSU's pitching staff boasts an ERA of 3.36, as the Cowboys have two arms in the Big 12's top 10 in the category in Brett Standlee (1.61) and Jensen Elliott (2.05) ... Elliott will get the Friday start while Standlee is slated to pitch the weekend finale ... Hueston Morrill and Max Hewitt lead the Cowboy offense, each with a .333 batting average ... Christian Funk has a team-best 17 runs driven in and Carson McCusker has tallied 10 doubles to go with 13 RBI.
A LOOK AT THE SERIES
K-State trails the all-time series against Oklahoma State, 58-168, with a 18-44 mark in Big 12 play ... Last season, OSU swept a three-game series at Tointon Family Stadium to extend its winning streak against the Wildcats to five straight games ... K-State last defeated Oklahoma State in the Friday opener at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium, 10-4. on April 7, 2017 ... The Cats last won a road series against the Cowboys in 2009, a two-game sweep ... K-State's home series victory in 2010 marked the last series win for the Wildcats in the series - a string of eight straight seasons ... OSU has taken nine of the last 10 games in the series overall and seven of the last 10 played in Stillwater.
IMPACT LEFTY
Freshman left-handed pitcher Jordan Wicks has made five straight Saturday starts to open the season, going 3-0 with a 1.23 ERA (4 ER, 29.1 IP) while picking up 31 strikeouts to pace the Wildcats ... Wicks ranks in the league's top five in innings pitched. wins, ERA and strikeouts ... Three of Wicks' five starts have been quality outings and K-State is 5-0 in games he has started ... He has struck out a least six in four of his five starts and has issued just two walks over his last 13 1/3 innings of work.
Z-U-B-R-A-D-T SPELLS RELIEF
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 11 wins, including the Wildcats' first four wins of the year ... In 11 total innings thrown, Zubradt has given up just two hits without a run allowed while picking up 17 strikeouts ... He is 4-for-4 in save opportunities - the first saves of his career - with a victory.
CAM, CAM, HE'S OUR MAN
K-State junior Cameron Thompson has recorded multiple base hits in each of his last six of his last seven games, upping his average to .345 to rank second on the team and ninth in the Big 12 ... Over the last 10 games, Thompson has been the Wildcats' best hitter, hitting .368 with two doubles, a triple and nine RBI ... In the UTRGV series, Thompson hit .583 (7-for-12) with three runs batted in and three runs scored ... Thompson, who has started all 130 games in his Wildcat career, has 10 multi-hit games over his last 15 played and is the Cats' leader with 11 games with multiple hits ... He has driven in a run in four straight games and six of his last seven ... Along with Will Brennan, Thompson leads K-State with 29 base hits, which is tied for second-most in the Big 12.
BOMBS AWAY
K-State finished its 10-game homestand with nine home runs, upping its season home run total to 18 ... 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 18 home runs have come in the seventh inning or later while nine have been hit by the Nos. 7-9 hitters in the lineup.
FROM THE PEN
In K-State's 4-1 week last week, the Wildcat bullpen posted an ERA of 0.76 (2 ER, 23.2 IP) with an opponent's 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 ... In the UTRGV series, the K-State pen posted a 1.50 ERA with seven hits allowed in 12 innings, with an opponent average of .156 ... At home this season, Wildcat relievers have allowed an opposing batting average of .189 while picking up 46 strikeouts against 18 walks ... Andrew Stratman has thrown a team-high seven innings of relief at home with eight strikeouts ... He has yet to allow an earned run at home and earned his first career save on Wednesday against Canisius.
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