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Wednesday, February 26
Wichita, Kan.
3 p.m.
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K-State Makes Midweek Stop at Wichita State
Feb 25, 2020 | Baseball
MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State concludes its season-opening eight-game road trip with a Wednesday afternoon matchup with Wichita State, with first pitch set for 3 p.m. at Eck Stadium.
K-State (3-4) finished the 2020 Kleberg Bank College Classic in Corpus Christi, Texas, with a 1-2 mark. The Wildcats upended former league-foe Missouri before falling to host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Utah.
Senior Kasey Ford is scheduled to make his second start of the season for the Cats. Ford struck out seven over 5 1/3 innings in picking up a victory at UTRGV in his first outing of 2020.
The Cats are 11-3 against the Shockers (4-2) since 2013 after the sides split the annual home-and-home series last season.
Wednesday's game will be broadcast on Cox YurView Kansas and stream on Watch ESPN and the ESPN app. Radio coverage will be available on News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) with live streaming audio at K-StateSports.com/watch and the K-State Sports app.
GAME #8
K-STATE (3-4) at WICHITA STATE (4-2)
Wednesday, February 26 // 3 p.m. // Eck Stadium (7,851) // Wichita, Kan.
Projected Starters: RHP Kasey Ford (1-0, 1.69 ERA) vs. RHP Tommy Barnhouse (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
Watch: Cox YurView Kansas // ESPN3
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Mason Voth, Christopher Brown
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com/watch // 1350KMAN.com
Listen Online | Live Stats
A LOOK AT K-STATE
Following a seven-game trip through south Texas, K-State returns to the Sunflower State to renew a rivalry with Wichita State Wednesday afternoon ... The Wildcats went 3-4 over the season's first two opening weekend, splitting a four-game set at UTRGV before going 1-2 at the Kleberg Bank College Classic in Corpus Christi ... K-State defeated former conference rival Missouri Friday, 5-1, behind six innings turned in by starter Connor McCullough and a two-run home run by Chris Ceballos ... McCullough punched out eight in turning in his second straight quality start (6 IP, 1 ER) and earning his first collegiate victory ... The Cats dropped the final two games of the roadtrip against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Utah despite leading in both contests ... Sunday, K-State carried a combined no-hitter into the ninth innings behind seven hitless innings from starter Jordan Wicks, who struck out a career-high 10 batters ... Tyler Eckberg tossed a perfect eighth before allowing a leadoff single to the Utes' Matt Richardson, the only hit Utah registered on the day ... Utah would later walk off when the Cats failed to turn an inning-ending double play ... Offensively, Daniel Carinci led the Cats last weekend with five hits, including a double, while Kamron Willman drove in three.
A LOOK AT WICHITA STATE
Wichita State, who hosts Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Tuesday, swept Texas Southern over the weekend to improve to 4-2 ... Couper Cornblum leads the Shocker offense with his .368 average (7 for 19) and three extra-base hits, including a home run, and three RBI ... The WSU pitching staff boasts a 3.12 ERA while limiting opponents to a .158 average ... Wichita State hurlers have struck out 70 batters over 52 innings ... Projected starter Tommy Barnhouse will make his season debut and his 23rd career start as a Shocker.
INSIDE THE SERIES
Dating back to 1906, Wichita State owns a 54-42 edge in the all-time series ... K-State and the Shockers split the home-and-home series in 2019, each side winning on their home field ... In the last matchup, the Wildcats earned a 7-2 victory on May 1 behind a grand slam by Will Brennan ... The Cats are 11-3 against the Shockers since 2013, having won five of the last seven meetings ... K-State is 16-34 on the road all-time in the series and have lost two of the last three at Eck Stadium ... K-State is 7-3 in the last 10 games overall in the series but 4-6 in the last 10 road meetings.
BOSS HOGS
The Cats' three starting pitchers from the state of Arkansas - Kasey Ford, Connor McCullough and Jordan Wicks - have combined to pitch four quality outings in five starts over the first seven games ... The trio has combined to go 3-0 with a 0.86 ERA (3 ER, 31.1 IP) with 38 strikeouts ... Ford, who is scheduled to start Wednesday, went 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts while giving up just one run on two hits at UTRGV on Feb. 17 ... McCullough and Wicks have each turned in back-to-back quality starts, while Wicks has yet to allow an earned run in 14 innings ... Wicks, a sophomore, held Utah hitless over seven frames with a career-high 10 strikeouts on Sunday.
IRON MAN, CAM
Cameron Thompson has started every game during his Wildcat career and is on the verge of breaking into the program's top-10 list in the category at 174 career starts ... Thompson, a four-year senior and team captain, has started games in center field, third base, second base and shortstop ... Now slotted as the everyday third baseman, Thompson has led the Cats in hits in two of the last three seasons ... If the Pasadena, Texas, product starts all 56 scheduled regular-season games in 2020, he would move into second in program history with 223 career starts ... Thompson is also on the brink of K-State's career top-10 list in career at-bats, hits and games played.
BY THE NUMBERS
K-State has a plus-four run differential through the first seven games despite a 3-4 record ... From the seventh inning on, the Wildcats have been outscored 8-3 but have scored nine more runs than their opponents in the game's first six innings ... The Cats have held a lead in three of their four losses ... K-State is 3-1 when scoring at least three runs but 0-3 when allowing at least three runs ... In losses, K-State's offense has gone 7 for 42 (.167) with two outs and 5 for 23 (.217) with runners in scoring position ... Conversely, the Cats are hitting .382 (13 for 34) with runners in scoring position in victories and .265 (9 for 34) with two outs.
WEEKEND REINFORCEMENTS
K-State's four starting pitchers this season (Carson Seymour, Connor McCullough, Jordan Wicks, Kasey Ford) have a combined ERA of 2.70 ERA (12 ER, 40.0 IP) ... The quartet has collected 47 strikeouts while limiting teams to a .165 average ... K-State welcomed two new arms to its weekend rotation in Seymour and McCullough, who both had to sit out the 2019 season due to NCAA transfer rules ... Seymour, a Dartmouth transfer, enters 2020 with some major MLB Draft buzz after he was tabbed the country's No. 55 prospect by D1Baseball.com and the 96th-best prospect by MLB Pipeline ... Originally an Arkansas commit, McCullough earned an All-Star nod in the prestigious Cape Cod League with the Harwich Mariners ... The 6-foot righty posted a 1.51 ERA in eight outings (six starts) with 41 strikeouts ... The duo were teammates for the Mariners and played for K-State volunteer assistant coach Steve Englert, leading Harwich to the championship series.
FROM THE PEN
Through seven contests, the K-State bullpen owns a 3.66 ERA (8 ER, 19.2 IP) with 19 strikeouts ... Four Wildcat relievers - Zak Herbers, Brett Lockwood, Jaxon Passino and Dylan Phillips - boast an earned run average below 2.00, including a 0.00 ERA by Lockwood in three outings ... Herbers has a bullpen-best seven strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
K-State (3-4) finished the 2020 Kleberg Bank College Classic in Corpus Christi, Texas, with a 1-2 mark. The Wildcats upended former league-foe Missouri before falling to host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Utah.
Senior Kasey Ford is scheduled to make his second start of the season for the Cats. Ford struck out seven over 5 1/3 innings in picking up a victory at UTRGV in his first outing of 2020.
The Cats are 11-3 against the Shockers (4-2) since 2013 after the sides split the annual home-and-home series last season.
Wednesday's game will be broadcast on Cox YurView Kansas and stream on Watch ESPN and the ESPN app. Radio coverage will be available on News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) with live streaming audio at K-StateSports.com/watch and the K-State Sports app.
GAME #8
K-STATE (3-4) at WICHITA STATE (4-2)
Wednesday, February 26 // 3 p.m. // Eck Stadium (7,851) // Wichita, Kan.
Projected Starters: RHP Kasey Ford (1-0, 1.69 ERA) vs. RHP Tommy Barnhouse (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
Watch: Cox YurView Kansas // ESPN3
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Mason Voth, Christopher Brown
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com/watch // 1350KMAN.com
Listen Online | Live Stats
A LOOK AT K-STATE
Following a seven-game trip through south Texas, K-State returns to the Sunflower State to renew a rivalry with Wichita State Wednesday afternoon ... The Wildcats went 3-4 over the season's first two opening weekend, splitting a four-game set at UTRGV before going 1-2 at the Kleberg Bank College Classic in Corpus Christi ... K-State defeated former conference rival Missouri Friday, 5-1, behind six innings turned in by starter Connor McCullough and a two-run home run by Chris Ceballos ... McCullough punched out eight in turning in his second straight quality start (6 IP, 1 ER) and earning his first collegiate victory ... The Cats dropped the final two games of the roadtrip against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Utah despite leading in both contests ... Sunday, K-State carried a combined no-hitter into the ninth innings behind seven hitless innings from starter Jordan Wicks, who struck out a career-high 10 batters ... Tyler Eckberg tossed a perfect eighth before allowing a leadoff single to the Utes' Matt Richardson, the only hit Utah registered on the day ... Utah would later walk off when the Cats failed to turn an inning-ending double play ... Offensively, Daniel Carinci led the Cats last weekend with five hits, including a double, while Kamron Willman drove in three.
A LOOK AT WICHITA STATE
Wichita State, who hosts Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Tuesday, swept Texas Southern over the weekend to improve to 4-2 ... Couper Cornblum leads the Shocker offense with his .368 average (7 for 19) and three extra-base hits, including a home run, and three RBI ... The WSU pitching staff boasts a 3.12 ERA while limiting opponents to a .158 average ... Wichita State hurlers have struck out 70 batters over 52 innings ... Projected starter Tommy Barnhouse will make his season debut and his 23rd career start as a Shocker.
INSIDE THE SERIES
Dating back to 1906, Wichita State owns a 54-42 edge in the all-time series ... K-State and the Shockers split the home-and-home series in 2019, each side winning on their home field ... In the last matchup, the Wildcats earned a 7-2 victory on May 1 behind a grand slam by Will Brennan ... The Cats are 11-3 against the Shockers since 2013, having won five of the last seven meetings ... K-State is 16-34 on the road all-time in the series and have lost two of the last three at Eck Stadium ... K-State is 7-3 in the last 10 games overall in the series but 4-6 in the last 10 road meetings.
BOSS HOGS
The Cats' three starting pitchers from the state of Arkansas - Kasey Ford, Connor McCullough and Jordan Wicks - have combined to pitch four quality outings in five starts over the first seven games ... The trio has combined to go 3-0 with a 0.86 ERA (3 ER, 31.1 IP) with 38 strikeouts ... Ford, who is scheduled to start Wednesday, went 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts while giving up just one run on two hits at UTRGV on Feb. 17 ... McCullough and Wicks have each turned in back-to-back quality starts, while Wicks has yet to allow an earned run in 14 innings ... Wicks, a sophomore, held Utah hitless over seven frames with a career-high 10 strikeouts on Sunday.
IRON MAN, CAM
Cameron Thompson has started every game during his Wildcat career and is on the verge of breaking into the program's top-10 list in the category at 174 career starts ... Thompson, a four-year senior and team captain, has started games in center field, third base, second base and shortstop ... Now slotted as the everyday third baseman, Thompson has led the Cats in hits in two of the last three seasons ... If the Pasadena, Texas, product starts all 56 scheduled regular-season games in 2020, he would move into second in program history with 223 career starts ... Thompson is also on the brink of K-State's career top-10 list in career at-bats, hits and games played.
BY THE NUMBERS
K-State has a plus-four run differential through the first seven games despite a 3-4 record ... From the seventh inning on, the Wildcats have been outscored 8-3 but have scored nine more runs than their opponents in the game's first six innings ... The Cats have held a lead in three of their four losses ... K-State is 3-1 when scoring at least three runs but 0-3 when allowing at least three runs ... In losses, K-State's offense has gone 7 for 42 (.167) with two outs and 5 for 23 (.217) with runners in scoring position ... Conversely, the Cats are hitting .382 (13 for 34) with runners in scoring position in victories and .265 (9 for 34) with two outs.
WEEKEND REINFORCEMENTS
K-State's four starting pitchers this season (Carson Seymour, Connor McCullough, Jordan Wicks, Kasey Ford) have a combined ERA of 2.70 ERA (12 ER, 40.0 IP) ... The quartet has collected 47 strikeouts while limiting teams to a .165 average ... K-State welcomed two new arms to its weekend rotation in Seymour and McCullough, who both had to sit out the 2019 season due to NCAA transfer rules ... Seymour, a Dartmouth transfer, enters 2020 with some major MLB Draft buzz after he was tabbed the country's No. 55 prospect by D1Baseball.com and the 96th-best prospect by MLB Pipeline ... Originally an Arkansas commit, McCullough earned an All-Star nod in the prestigious Cape Cod League with the Harwich Mariners ... The 6-foot righty posted a 1.51 ERA in eight outings (six starts) with 41 strikeouts ... The duo were teammates for the Mariners and played for K-State volunteer assistant coach Steve Englert, leading Harwich to the championship series.
FROM THE PEN
Through seven contests, the K-State bullpen owns a 3.66 ERA (8 ER, 19.2 IP) with 19 strikeouts ... Four Wildcat relievers - Zak Herbers, Brett Lockwood, Jaxon Passino and Dylan Phillips - boast an earned run average below 2.00, including a 0.00 ERA by Lockwood in three outings ... Herbers has a bullpen-best seven strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
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