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Tuesday, March 1
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Cats Make Tuesday Stop at Cal State Fullerton
Feb 28, 2022 | Baseball
FULLERTON, Calif. – In the midst of a seven-game California road trip, K-State will make a stop at Cal State Fullerton Tuesday night to take on the Titans at Goodwin Field at 8 p.m. CT.
K-State (1-5) salvaged the final game of a three-game series at CSU Bakersfield over the weekend, getting two home runs from Dylan Phillips and 7 2/3 scoreless relief innings from Blake Corsentino. The Wildcats dropped a pair of one-run games to open the series and snapped a five-game skid to begin the season.
Phillips' two homers moved him into sole possession of third place on K-State's career home run list at 33. He sits four away from tying Scott Poepard's record of 37 career home runs.
Wesley Moore will get his first start as a Wildcat Tuesday night, making his second appearance of the season. Moore, a left-hander, missed the majority of the 2021 season with an arm injury.
K-State and Cal State Fullerton (1-5) will meet for the first time. The Cats were a participant in the 2011 NCAA Fullerton Regional played at Goodwin Field.
Tuesday's contest will be broadcast on ESPN+ with radio coverage available on News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM). Live streaming audio is also available at K-StateSports.com/watch and on the K-State Sports app.
GAME #7
K-STATE (1-5) at CAL STATE FULLERTON (1-5)
Tuesday, March 1 // 8 p.m. CT // Goodwin Field (3,500) // Fullerton, Calif.
Projected Starters: LHP Wesley Moore (0-0, 27.00 ERA) vs. RHP Fynn Chester (0-0, 4.91 ERA)
Watch: ESPN+
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Mitch Fortner, Christopher Brown
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com/Watch // 1350KMAN.com
Live Stats
A LOOK AT K-STATE
K-State continues its California road swing with a Tuesday stop at Cal State Fullerton ... The Wildcats earned their first victory of the season Sunday, salvaging the final game of a three-game series at CSU Bakersfield ... In the win, Dylan Phillips homered twice while Blake Corsentino logged 7 2/3 scoreless innings of relief ... Phillips hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the third and ended with four RBI ... Corsentino inherited a bases-loaded, no-out situation in the first inning and would go on to scatter just five hits with two strikeouts in the victory ... Blake Adams, Dominic Johnson, Justin Mitchell and Orlando Salinas, Jr. all had two-hit days Sunday ... K-State got a pair of quality starts both Friday and Saturday from Adams and Connor McCullough, respectively ... Adams turned in a quality start after career highs in innings (7.2) and strikeouts (12) while McCullough struck out seven over six innings with two five hits against him ... Sunday's win snapped a five-game skid to begin the season after the Wildcats dropped back-to-back one-run contests, including a 4-3 loss in 11 innings Friday ... Justin Mitchell hit .500 in the series, going 5-for-10 with two doubles, a home run and two runs batted in ... Nick Goodwin matched his career high with three hits on Saturday, driving in the Cats' only run ... K-State will start left-hander Wesley Moore against the Titans ... Moore will be making his first start at K-State and second appearance this season after missing nearly all of the 2021 season with injury.
SCOUTING CAL STATE FULLERTON
Cal State Fullerton enters the midweek tilt with a 1-5 record after being swept at home by Gonzaga over the weekend ... Carter White leads the Titans offense with a .286 average while Caden Connor has one home run and a team-best four RBI ... As a team, Cal State Fullerton is hitting .214 and has hit into 12 double plays ... Tyler Stultz leads the Fullerton pitching staff and has yet to allow a run over two starts (11 IP) with eight strikeouts ... As a staff, CSUF boasts a 4.42 earned run average with 35 strikeouts against 21 walks ... Fynn Chester (0-0, 4.91 ERA) will start Tuesday, making his first start and third appearance this season.
INSIDE THE SERIES
K-State and Cal State Fullerton will meet for the first time Tuesday night ... In 2011, the Wildcats were NCAA Fullerton Regional participants at Goodwin Field, going 0-2 with losses to Stanford and Illinois ... K-State is 17-24 all-time against teams from the Big West after dropping two of three games at CSU Bakersfield last weekend.
MR. FEBRUARY
K-State starting pitcher Connor McCullough has owned the month of February in now his third season at K-State ... In seven February starts, McCullough has turned in five quality starts and owns 3-1 record, with a sparkling ERA of 1.28 (6 ER, 42.1 IP) ... The redshirt sophomore right-hander has totaled 50 strikeouts against 10 walks in February and boasts a 0.89 WHIP ... Additionally, he has not allowed more than two earned runs and gone at least five innings in each start in the month ... In his first start of 2022, McCullough held Michigan scoreless over five innings with five strikeouts, not giving up a base hit until the fourth inning ... Saturday, he yielded two earned runs over six innings with seven strikeouts ... The Maumelle, Arkansas, product is the Wildcats' only returning weekend starter ... McCullough, who was a freshman all-America pick in 2020 by Collegiate Baseball, tied for the team lead in starts (15) and ranked second in innings pitched (77.1) and strikeouts (69) last season ... He accounts for 15 of K-State's 18 returning starts, 77 1/3 of 104 retained innings and 69 of 95 strikeouts.
FROM THE 'PEN
After posting an ERA of 14.85 in the season's opening weekend, the K-State bullpen combined to allow just one earned run over 14 relief innings over three games at CSU Bakersfield (0.64 ERA) ... Five Wildcat relievers totaled just eight hits allowed with eight strikeouts ... Blake Corsentino accounted for 7 2/3 scoreless innings in Sunday's victory, as he scattered five hits with two strikeouts in earning the victory ... Corsentino has a team-high 8 2/3 relief innings and has yet to allow a run ... Griffin Hassall, Landry Jurecka and Tyler Ruhl combined for 5 1/3 shutout innings with three hits given up and five strikeouts ... K-State's starting rotation turned in a 3.95 ERA (6 ER, 13.2 IP) with 19 strikeouts ... On the season, Wildcat starters have an earned run average of 3.76 with 33 strikeouts and 10 walks ... Relievers have 36 strikeouts against 21 walks in 27 1/3 innings (7.57 ERA).
BOSS HOGS
K-State features a pair of Arkansas transfers and natives in its weekend rotation in Blake Adams and Connor McCullough ... In four total starts, the duo has a combined ERA of 2.91 (8 ER, 24.2 IP) and 32 strikeouts with just five walks ... Adams and McCullough each logged quality starts at CSU Bakersfield, as Adams went a career-long 7 2/3 and set a career high with 12 strikeouts ... McCullough went six innings with two earned on five hits ... Additionally, freshman reliever Landry Jurecka, from Greenwood, Arkansas, did not allow a hit over 1 1/3 innings in his collegiate debut with a strikeout.
DEBUTS TO REMEMBER
Multiple Wildcats made in impact in their first games wearing the Purple and White ... Dominic Johnson, hitting leadoff, singled in his first at-bat at K-State and finished the season opener with two hits and two runs batted in ... Kaelen Culpepper and Josh Nicoloff also singled in their first time to the plate in a K-State uniform while Cash Rugely recorded a pair of hits as the team's designated hitter ... Orlando Salinas, who pinch hit, singled and finished with two RBI against Arizona ... Redshirt freshman Brady Day roped a pinch-hit double in his first career at-bat against Michigan ... Reliever Tyson Neighbors was electric out of the bullpen, striking out all three Arizona hitters he faced on 11 pitches ... Arkansas transfer Blake Adams got the start Friday and struck out a career-high eight, as the junior righty went six innings.
NEW SHERIFFS IN TOWN
Former Oklahoma State Cowboy teammates Dominic Johnson and Orlando Salinas, Jr. have made splashes in their first two series as K-State Wildcats ... Both Johnson and Salinas are hitting .333 through six games while Johnson has a team-leading three doubles and Salinas is second on the team with four RBI ... Salinas went 3-for-8 in the CSUB series and Johnson doubled twice ... Salinas has reached base in all five games he has played while Johnson is tied for the team lead with three multi-hit games.
NUMBER NUGGETS
K-State has a -17 run differential through six games this season ... However, the Wildcats have outscored opponents 9-4 from the eighth inning on ... The Cats hit three home runs at CSU Bakersfield after failing to hit a homer at the State Farm College Baseball Showdown to start the year ... In the CSUB series, K-State hit .350 (7-for-20) with runners in scoring position and .313 (10-for-32) with two outs ... The Cats' 11.6 strikeouts-per-nine innings ranks third in the Big 12.
WHAMMER HAMMER
Dylan Phillips moved into sole possession of third place on K-State's career home run list after he launched two homers at CSU Bakersfield Sunday ... It was Phillips' sixth career multi-homer game and increased his career total to 33 ... The Omaha produced tied the program's single-season home run record last season with 16 bombs, ranking second in the Big 12 ... His 16 homers were the most by a Wildcat since Scott Poepard and Heath Schesser both did it during the 1997 season ... Phillips' 33 career home runs are four behind Poepard's 37 for the career home run title ... Phillips was K-State's lone representative on the Preseason All-Big 12 Team while also earning Preseason Third Team All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball ... Phillips led the Cats with his 16 homers, 58 runs batted in and .352 average with two outs in 2021.
K-State (1-5) salvaged the final game of a three-game series at CSU Bakersfield over the weekend, getting two home runs from Dylan Phillips and 7 2/3 scoreless relief innings from Blake Corsentino. The Wildcats dropped a pair of one-run games to open the series and snapped a five-game skid to begin the season.
Phillips' two homers moved him into sole possession of third place on K-State's career home run list at 33. He sits four away from tying Scott Poepard's record of 37 career home runs.
Wesley Moore will get his first start as a Wildcat Tuesday night, making his second appearance of the season. Moore, a left-hander, missed the majority of the 2021 season with an arm injury.
K-State and Cal State Fullerton (1-5) will meet for the first time. The Cats were a participant in the 2011 NCAA Fullerton Regional played at Goodwin Field.
Tuesday's contest will be broadcast on ESPN+ with radio coverage available on News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM). Live streaming audio is also available at K-StateSports.com/watch and on the K-State Sports app.
GAME #7
K-STATE (1-5) at CAL STATE FULLERTON (1-5)
Tuesday, March 1 // 8 p.m. CT // Goodwin Field (3,500) // Fullerton, Calif.
Projected Starters: LHP Wesley Moore (0-0, 27.00 ERA) vs. RHP Fynn Chester (0-0, 4.91 ERA)
Watch: ESPN+
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Mitch Fortner, Christopher Brown
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com/Watch // 1350KMAN.com
Live Stats
A LOOK AT K-STATE
K-State continues its California road swing with a Tuesday stop at Cal State Fullerton ... The Wildcats earned their first victory of the season Sunday, salvaging the final game of a three-game series at CSU Bakersfield ... In the win, Dylan Phillips homered twice while Blake Corsentino logged 7 2/3 scoreless innings of relief ... Phillips hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the third and ended with four RBI ... Corsentino inherited a bases-loaded, no-out situation in the first inning and would go on to scatter just five hits with two strikeouts in the victory ... Blake Adams, Dominic Johnson, Justin Mitchell and Orlando Salinas, Jr. all had two-hit days Sunday ... K-State got a pair of quality starts both Friday and Saturday from Adams and Connor McCullough, respectively ... Adams turned in a quality start after career highs in innings (7.2) and strikeouts (12) while McCullough struck out seven over six innings with two five hits against him ... Sunday's win snapped a five-game skid to begin the season after the Wildcats dropped back-to-back one-run contests, including a 4-3 loss in 11 innings Friday ... Justin Mitchell hit .500 in the series, going 5-for-10 with two doubles, a home run and two runs batted in ... Nick Goodwin matched his career high with three hits on Saturday, driving in the Cats' only run ... K-State will start left-hander Wesley Moore against the Titans ... Moore will be making his first start at K-State and second appearance this season after missing nearly all of the 2021 season with injury.
SCOUTING CAL STATE FULLERTON
Cal State Fullerton enters the midweek tilt with a 1-5 record after being swept at home by Gonzaga over the weekend ... Carter White leads the Titans offense with a .286 average while Caden Connor has one home run and a team-best four RBI ... As a team, Cal State Fullerton is hitting .214 and has hit into 12 double plays ... Tyler Stultz leads the Fullerton pitching staff and has yet to allow a run over two starts (11 IP) with eight strikeouts ... As a staff, CSUF boasts a 4.42 earned run average with 35 strikeouts against 21 walks ... Fynn Chester (0-0, 4.91 ERA) will start Tuesday, making his first start and third appearance this season.
INSIDE THE SERIES
K-State and Cal State Fullerton will meet for the first time Tuesday night ... In 2011, the Wildcats were NCAA Fullerton Regional participants at Goodwin Field, going 0-2 with losses to Stanford and Illinois ... K-State is 17-24 all-time against teams from the Big West after dropping two of three games at CSU Bakersfield last weekend.
MR. FEBRUARY
K-State starting pitcher Connor McCullough has owned the month of February in now his third season at K-State ... In seven February starts, McCullough has turned in five quality starts and owns 3-1 record, with a sparkling ERA of 1.28 (6 ER, 42.1 IP) ... The redshirt sophomore right-hander has totaled 50 strikeouts against 10 walks in February and boasts a 0.89 WHIP ... Additionally, he has not allowed more than two earned runs and gone at least five innings in each start in the month ... In his first start of 2022, McCullough held Michigan scoreless over five innings with five strikeouts, not giving up a base hit until the fourth inning ... Saturday, he yielded two earned runs over six innings with seven strikeouts ... The Maumelle, Arkansas, product is the Wildcats' only returning weekend starter ... McCullough, who was a freshman all-America pick in 2020 by Collegiate Baseball, tied for the team lead in starts (15) and ranked second in innings pitched (77.1) and strikeouts (69) last season ... He accounts for 15 of K-State's 18 returning starts, 77 1/3 of 104 retained innings and 69 of 95 strikeouts.
FROM THE 'PEN
After posting an ERA of 14.85 in the season's opening weekend, the K-State bullpen combined to allow just one earned run over 14 relief innings over three games at CSU Bakersfield (0.64 ERA) ... Five Wildcat relievers totaled just eight hits allowed with eight strikeouts ... Blake Corsentino accounted for 7 2/3 scoreless innings in Sunday's victory, as he scattered five hits with two strikeouts in earning the victory ... Corsentino has a team-high 8 2/3 relief innings and has yet to allow a run ... Griffin Hassall, Landry Jurecka and Tyler Ruhl combined for 5 1/3 shutout innings with three hits given up and five strikeouts ... K-State's starting rotation turned in a 3.95 ERA (6 ER, 13.2 IP) with 19 strikeouts ... On the season, Wildcat starters have an earned run average of 3.76 with 33 strikeouts and 10 walks ... Relievers have 36 strikeouts against 21 walks in 27 1/3 innings (7.57 ERA).
BOSS HOGS
K-State features a pair of Arkansas transfers and natives in its weekend rotation in Blake Adams and Connor McCullough ... In four total starts, the duo has a combined ERA of 2.91 (8 ER, 24.2 IP) and 32 strikeouts with just five walks ... Adams and McCullough each logged quality starts at CSU Bakersfield, as Adams went a career-long 7 2/3 and set a career high with 12 strikeouts ... McCullough went six innings with two earned on five hits ... Additionally, freshman reliever Landry Jurecka, from Greenwood, Arkansas, did not allow a hit over 1 1/3 innings in his collegiate debut with a strikeout.
DEBUTS TO REMEMBER
Multiple Wildcats made in impact in their first games wearing the Purple and White ... Dominic Johnson, hitting leadoff, singled in his first at-bat at K-State and finished the season opener with two hits and two runs batted in ... Kaelen Culpepper and Josh Nicoloff also singled in their first time to the plate in a K-State uniform while Cash Rugely recorded a pair of hits as the team's designated hitter ... Orlando Salinas, who pinch hit, singled and finished with two RBI against Arizona ... Redshirt freshman Brady Day roped a pinch-hit double in his first career at-bat against Michigan ... Reliever Tyson Neighbors was electric out of the bullpen, striking out all three Arizona hitters he faced on 11 pitches ... Arkansas transfer Blake Adams got the start Friday and struck out a career-high eight, as the junior righty went six innings.
NEW SHERIFFS IN TOWN
Former Oklahoma State Cowboy teammates Dominic Johnson and Orlando Salinas, Jr. have made splashes in their first two series as K-State Wildcats ... Both Johnson and Salinas are hitting .333 through six games while Johnson has a team-leading three doubles and Salinas is second on the team with four RBI ... Salinas went 3-for-8 in the CSUB series and Johnson doubled twice ... Salinas has reached base in all five games he has played while Johnson is tied for the team lead with three multi-hit games.
NUMBER NUGGETS
K-State has a -17 run differential through six games this season ... However, the Wildcats have outscored opponents 9-4 from the eighth inning on ... The Cats hit three home runs at CSU Bakersfield after failing to hit a homer at the State Farm College Baseball Showdown to start the year ... In the CSUB series, K-State hit .350 (7-for-20) with runners in scoring position and .313 (10-for-32) with two outs ... The Cats' 11.6 strikeouts-per-nine innings ranks third in the Big 12.
WHAMMER HAMMER
Dylan Phillips moved into sole possession of third place on K-State's career home run list after he launched two homers at CSU Bakersfield Sunday ... It was Phillips' sixth career multi-homer game and increased his career total to 33 ... The Omaha produced tied the program's single-season home run record last season with 16 bombs, ranking second in the Big 12 ... His 16 homers were the most by a Wildcat since Scott Poepard and Heath Schesser both did it during the 1997 season ... Phillips' 33 career home runs are four behind Poepard's 37 for the career home run title ... Phillips was K-State's lone representative on the Preseason All-Big 12 Team while also earning Preseason Third Team All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball ... Phillips led the Cats with his 16 homers, 58 runs batted in and .352 average with two outs in 2021.
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