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K-State Meets No. 4 Texas Tech in Big 12 Road Test
Apr 07, 2022 | Baseball
MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State hits the road for its second Big 12 road test, as the Wildcats take on fourth-ranked Texas Tech at Dan Law Field in a three-game series starting Friday.
The Wildcats have won back-to-back games after a 7-5 victory over Creighton Tuesday night in which they hit four home runs and struck out 18 batters – one shy of their single-game record set in 1976.
Nick Goodwin, Dominic Johnson, Dylan Phillips and Orlando Salinas all homered, as the Cats have tallied 12 homers over their last four games.
Last weekend against sixth-ranked Oklahoma State, K-State totaled eight home runs with three coming in a 7-2 win in the series finale last Sunday. K-State and Texas Tech are both in the top three in the Big 12 in total home runs.
The Red Raiders will mark the third consecutive top-20 opponent the Wildcats will face to open their conference slate and the second straight in the top 10. Last season, K-State took three of four games from TTU, including knocking Tech out of the 2021 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship in Oklahoma City.
The entire three-game set will be broadcast on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ and the ESPN app. Radio coverage can be heard on News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM) with free audio available at K-StateSports.com/watch.
GAME #29
K-STATE (15-13, 1-5 BIG 12) at #4 TEXAS TECH (24-8, 4-2 BIG 12)
Friday, April 8 // 6:30 p.m. // Dan Law Field (4,432) // Lubbock, Texas
Projected Starters: RHP Griffin Hassall (3-4, 4.70 ERA) vs. RHP Andrew Morris (3-0, 3.72 ERA)
Watch: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ // ESPN app
Radio: News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Matt Walters, Christopher Brown
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com/Watch // 1350KMAN.com
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GAME #30
K-STATE (15-13, 1-5 BIG 12) at #4 TEXAS TECH (24-8, 4-2 BIG 12)
Saturday, April 9 // 2 p.m. // Dan Law Field (4,432) // Lubbock, Texas
Projected Starters: TBA vs. RHP Brandon Birdsell (4-1, 2.31 ERA)
Watch: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ // ESPN app
Radio: News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Matt Walters, Christopher Brown
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com/Watch // 1350KMAN.com
Live Stats
GAME #31
K-STATE (15-13, 1-5 BIG 12) at #4 TEXAS TECH (24-8, 4-2 BIG 12)
Sunday, April 10 // 12:30 p.m. // Dan Law Field (4,432) // Lubbock, Texas
Projected Starters: TBA vs. TBA
Watch: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ // ESPN app
Radio: News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Matt Walters, Christopher Brown
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com/Watch // 1350KMAN.com
Live Stats
A LOOK AT K-STATE
K-State hits the road for its second Big 12 road test against No. 4 Texas Tech, with the three-game series starting Friday at Dan Law Field ... The Wildcats enter the weekend having won back-to-back games, defeating Creighton 7-5 on Tuesday night after taking down No. 6 Oklahoma State Sunday 7-2 ... Against the Bluejays, K-State tallied four home runs, which accounted for six of its seven runs, while its pitching staff picked up a season-high 18 strikeouts ... Starter Wesley Moore (8) and Blake Corsentino (9) each set career highs while each tossed 3 1/3 innings ... The 18 total punchouts were one shy of equaling the program' single-game record of 19 set in 1976 against Wayne State ... Nick Goodwin, Dominic Johnson, Dylan Phillips and Orlando Salinas each homered against Creighton ... Phillips launched his fifth homer in his last six games while Goodwin and Salinas homered for the second straight game ... Over the last four contests, the Cats have launched 12 home runs ... in the series against the Cowboys, Phillips became K-State's career home run leader, breaking the mark set by Scott Poepard that had stood for 25 years with two home runs ... Phillips finished with three homers in the weekend series and four over the week, earning him Big 12 Player of the Week honors on Monday ... He slashed .438/.609/1.250 over five games with four home runs and seven RBI ... Sunday's victory marked the Cats' first home win over OSU since 2010 and snapped a 13-game skid overall in the series ... The win also marked K-State's first ranked win of the season (1-6) and the 14th ranked win under fourth-year head coach Pete Hughes ... The Wildcat offense hit eight home runs against Oklahoma State, with six players recording at least one.
SCOUTING TEXAS TECH
Texas Tech (24-8, 4-2 Big 12) enters the weekend having lost its last three games after being swept in two midweek games at Grand Canyon and taking two of three games at Kansas last weekend ... The Red Raiders are ranked as high as No. 4 in the national polls and lead the Big 12 with 48 home runs and ranks second with their .305 average ... Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year Jace Jung paces TTU's offense with a .407 average, .542 on-base percentage, .763 slugging percentage along with nine home runs and 13 doubles ... Four Red Raiders are currently in the league's top 10 in home runs: Jung (9), Parker Kelly (8), Ty Coleman (6) and Kurt Wilson (6) ... On the mound, Texas Tech owns an ERA of 4.52, striking out 322 with 107 walks ... Brandon Birdsell's 58 strikeouts are second-most in the conference with Andrew Morris' 45 are tied for sixth-most ... TTU has lost three straight for the second time this season and is 15-1 at home.
INSIDE THE SERIES
Texas Tech leads the all-time series 46-31-1 (39-28-1 Big 12), going back to 1993 ... K-State is 8-24-1 in games played in Lubbock, last winning in 2012 ... Last season, the Wildcats won three of four games against the Red Raiders, who were ranked in the nation's top 10 in each contest ... K-State won two of three games played at Tointon Family Stadium before knocking TTU out of the 2021 Big 12 Baseball Championship in Oklahoma City, 7-2 ... Overall, the Cats have won three straight in the series and four of the last six ... TTU has swept each of the last three weekend series at Dan Law Field and have won the last 10 games played between the sides in Lubbock.
AGAINST RANKED TEAMS
Texas Tech, ranked as high as No. 4 in the national polls, will be the third straight top-20 opponent K-State will meet to open Big 12 play ... Last weekend, the Wildcats won one of three against No. 6 Oklahoma State at Tointon Family Stadium ... Sunday's 7-2 win marked the Cats' first ranked win of the season and the 14th top-25 win under fourth-year head coach Pete Hughes ... Additionally, K-State has picked up nine victories over the nation's top 10 under Hughes ... The Wildcats opened the season against No. 10 Arizona at the State Farm College Baseball Showdown, dropping a 8-6 decision ... Last season, the Wildcats went 6-10 against ranked opponents - all of which were in the top 10 ... Four of the Cats' top-10 wins came over the season's final eight games ... Hughes is 14-24 against top-25 squads and 9-12 against the nation's top 10 over his four seasons in Manhattan ... Four of Hughes' nine top-10 wins have come against Texas Tech.
KING WHAMMER
Saturday against Oklahoma State, Dylan Phillips belted two home runs in becoming K-State's all-time home run leader ... Phillips tied Scott Poepard's record of 37 in Friday night's contest before breaking it in the first inning Saturday ... Poepard's record had stood since 1997 (25 years), as Phillips now has 40 career homers after his three-run shot Tuesday against Creighton ... Saturday marked Phillips' seventh career multi-homer game and second of the season ... His record-breaking performance last week earned him Big 12 Player of the Week honors, the first weekly award of his career ... Phillips hit four homers last week while driving in seven ... His 39 career homers are tied for eighth among active players in Division I and tops in the Big 12 ... The Omaha product 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 Poepard and Heath Schesser both did it during the 1997 season ... 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.
NO HELP FROM THE SCHEDULE-MAKERS
For the second straight year, K-State will begin its Big 12 slate with the toughest opening stretch in conference history (past or present Big 12 members) ... All four of K-State's first four foes are ranked in the top 20, including each of the next three being in the top 10 in Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas Tech ... In 2021, K-State faced three consecutive top-13 teams in No. 13 Oklahoma State, No. 3 Texas, and No. 3 Texas Tech ... Additionally, two of K-State's first three league series will be away from home, as the Cats opened their Big 12 schedule away from home for the fifth straight year (since 2016) and the ninth time in the last 10 seasons overall.
BOMBS ARE BACK
K-State ranks third in the Big 12 with 40 home runs this season, with 25 coming over its last 12 games ... The Wildcat offense managed just one homer over the season's first five games and turned in seven over their first 10 games ... Twelve times the Cats have hit multiple home runs, including each of their last contests ... The 12 homers over its last four games mark the most over any four-game stretch this season ... In total, 13 different players have hit at least one home runs this season and 12 players have homered over the team's last 12 games ... A season ago, K-State launched a single-season program record 89 bombs and recorded 44 homers over the first 28 games a season ago.
MIDTERM CHECK-UP
Through 28 games last year, the K-State offense was hitting .271 with 44 home runs hit by 13 different players ... This season through 28 games, the Wildcats are hitting .295 with 40 homers hit by 13 different players ... The pitching staff, who set a single-season record with 541 strikeouts last season, had punched out 269 batters ... This season, that strikeout total has reached 288 through the same number of contests (10.5 strikeouts per nine innings) ... With runners in scoring position, K-State hit .236 through 28 games last season ... The Cats have raised that number to .316 this season to rank second in the Big 12.
The Wildcats have won back-to-back games after a 7-5 victory over Creighton Tuesday night in which they hit four home runs and struck out 18 batters – one shy of their single-game record set in 1976.
Nick Goodwin, Dominic Johnson, Dylan Phillips and Orlando Salinas all homered, as the Cats have tallied 12 homers over their last four games.
Last weekend against sixth-ranked Oklahoma State, K-State totaled eight home runs with three coming in a 7-2 win in the series finale last Sunday. K-State and Texas Tech are both in the top three in the Big 12 in total home runs.
The Red Raiders will mark the third consecutive top-20 opponent the Wildcats will face to open their conference slate and the second straight in the top 10. Last season, K-State took three of four games from TTU, including knocking Tech out of the 2021 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship in Oklahoma City.
The entire three-game set will be broadcast on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ and the ESPN app. Radio coverage can be heard on News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM) with free audio available at K-StateSports.com/watch.
GAME #29
K-STATE (15-13, 1-5 BIG 12) at #4 TEXAS TECH (24-8, 4-2 BIG 12)
Friday, April 8 // 6:30 p.m. // Dan Law Field (4,432) // Lubbock, Texas
Projected Starters: RHP Griffin Hassall (3-4, 4.70 ERA) vs. RHP Andrew Morris (3-0, 3.72 ERA)
Watch: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ // ESPN app
Radio: News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Matt Walters, Christopher Brown
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com/Watch // 1350KMAN.com
Live Stats
GAME #30
K-STATE (15-13, 1-5 BIG 12) at #4 TEXAS TECH (24-8, 4-2 BIG 12)
Saturday, April 9 // 2 p.m. // Dan Law Field (4,432) // Lubbock, Texas
Projected Starters: TBA vs. RHP Brandon Birdsell (4-1, 2.31 ERA)
Watch: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ // ESPN app
Radio: News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Matt Walters, Christopher Brown
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com/Watch // 1350KMAN.com
Live Stats
GAME #31
K-STATE (15-13, 1-5 BIG 12) at #4 TEXAS TECH (24-8, 4-2 BIG 12)
Sunday, April 10 // 12:30 p.m. // Dan Law Field (4,432) // Lubbock, Texas
Projected Starters: TBA vs. TBA
Watch: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ // ESPN app
Radio: News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Matt Walters, Christopher Brown
Listen Online: K-StateSports.com/Watch // 1350KMAN.com
Live Stats
A LOOK AT K-STATE
K-State hits the road for its second Big 12 road test against No. 4 Texas Tech, with the three-game series starting Friday at Dan Law Field ... The Wildcats enter the weekend having won back-to-back games, defeating Creighton 7-5 on Tuesday night after taking down No. 6 Oklahoma State Sunday 7-2 ... Against the Bluejays, K-State tallied four home runs, which accounted for six of its seven runs, while its pitching staff picked up a season-high 18 strikeouts ... Starter Wesley Moore (8) and Blake Corsentino (9) each set career highs while each tossed 3 1/3 innings ... The 18 total punchouts were one shy of equaling the program' single-game record of 19 set in 1976 against Wayne State ... Nick Goodwin, Dominic Johnson, Dylan Phillips and Orlando Salinas each homered against Creighton ... Phillips launched his fifth homer in his last six games while Goodwin and Salinas homered for the second straight game ... Over the last four contests, the Cats have launched 12 home runs ... in the series against the Cowboys, Phillips became K-State's career home run leader, breaking the mark set by Scott Poepard that had stood for 25 years with two home runs ... Phillips finished with three homers in the weekend series and four over the week, earning him Big 12 Player of the Week honors on Monday ... He slashed .438/.609/1.250 over five games with four home runs and seven RBI ... Sunday's victory marked the Cats' first home win over OSU since 2010 and snapped a 13-game skid overall in the series ... The win also marked K-State's first ranked win of the season (1-6) and the 14th ranked win under fourth-year head coach Pete Hughes ... The Wildcat offense hit eight home runs against Oklahoma State, with six players recording at least one.
SCOUTING TEXAS TECH
Texas Tech (24-8, 4-2 Big 12) enters the weekend having lost its last three games after being swept in two midweek games at Grand Canyon and taking two of three games at Kansas last weekend ... The Red Raiders are ranked as high as No. 4 in the national polls and lead the Big 12 with 48 home runs and ranks second with their .305 average ... Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year Jace Jung paces TTU's offense with a .407 average, .542 on-base percentage, .763 slugging percentage along with nine home runs and 13 doubles ... Four Red Raiders are currently in the league's top 10 in home runs: Jung (9), Parker Kelly (8), Ty Coleman (6) and Kurt Wilson (6) ... On the mound, Texas Tech owns an ERA of 4.52, striking out 322 with 107 walks ... Brandon Birdsell's 58 strikeouts are second-most in the conference with Andrew Morris' 45 are tied for sixth-most ... TTU has lost three straight for the second time this season and is 15-1 at home.
INSIDE THE SERIES
Texas Tech leads the all-time series 46-31-1 (39-28-1 Big 12), going back to 1993 ... K-State is 8-24-1 in games played in Lubbock, last winning in 2012 ... Last season, the Wildcats won three of four games against the Red Raiders, who were ranked in the nation's top 10 in each contest ... K-State won two of three games played at Tointon Family Stadium before knocking TTU out of the 2021 Big 12 Baseball Championship in Oklahoma City, 7-2 ... Overall, the Cats have won three straight in the series and four of the last six ... TTU has swept each of the last three weekend series at Dan Law Field and have won the last 10 games played between the sides in Lubbock.
AGAINST RANKED TEAMS
Texas Tech, ranked as high as No. 4 in the national polls, will be the third straight top-20 opponent K-State will meet to open Big 12 play ... Last weekend, the Wildcats won one of three against No. 6 Oklahoma State at Tointon Family Stadium ... Sunday's 7-2 win marked the Cats' first ranked win of the season and the 14th top-25 win under fourth-year head coach Pete Hughes ... Additionally, K-State has picked up nine victories over the nation's top 10 under Hughes ... The Wildcats opened the season against No. 10 Arizona at the State Farm College Baseball Showdown, dropping a 8-6 decision ... Last season, the Wildcats went 6-10 against ranked opponents - all of which were in the top 10 ... Four of the Cats' top-10 wins came over the season's final eight games ... Hughes is 14-24 against top-25 squads and 9-12 against the nation's top 10 over his four seasons in Manhattan ... Four of Hughes' nine top-10 wins have come against Texas Tech.
KING WHAMMER
Saturday against Oklahoma State, Dylan Phillips belted two home runs in becoming K-State's all-time home run leader ... Phillips tied Scott Poepard's record of 37 in Friday night's contest before breaking it in the first inning Saturday ... Poepard's record had stood since 1997 (25 years), as Phillips now has 40 career homers after his three-run shot Tuesday against Creighton ... Saturday marked Phillips' seventh career multi-homer game and second of the season ... His record-breaking performance last week earned him Big 12 Player of the Week honors, the first weekly award of his career ... Phillips hit four homers last week while driving in seven ... His 39 career homers are tied for eighth among active players in Division I and tops in the Big 12 ... The Omaha product 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 Poepard and Heath Schesser both did it during the 1997 season ... 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.
NO HELP FROM THE SCHEDULE-MAKERS
For the second straight year, K-State will begin its Big 12 slate with the toughest opening stretch in conference history (past or present Big 12 members) ... All four of K-State's first four foes are ranked in the top 20, including each of the next three being in the top 10 in Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas Tech ... In 2021, K-State faced three consecutive top-13 teams in No. 13 Oklahoma State, No. 3 Texas, and No. 3 Texas Tech ... Additionally, two of K-State's first three league series will be away from home, as the Cats opened their Big 12 schedule away from home for the fifth straight year (since 2016) and the ninth time in the last 10 seasons overall.
BOMBS ARE BACK
K-State ranks third in the Big 12 with 40 home runs this season, with 25 coming over its last 12 games ... The Wildcat offense managed just one homer over the season's first five games and turned in seven over their first 10 games ... Twelve times the Cats have hit multiple home runs, including each of their last contests ... The 12 homers over its last four games mark the most over any four-game stretch this season ... In total, 13 different players have hit at least one home runs this season and 12 players have homered over the team's last 12 games ... A season ago, K-State launched a single-season program record 89 bombs and recorded 44 homers over the first 28 games a season ago.
MIDTERM CHECK-UP
Through 28 games last year, the K-State offense was hitting .271 with 44 home runs hit by 13 different players ... This season through 28 games, the Wildcats are hitting .295 with 40 homers hit by 13 different players ... The pitching staff, who set a single-season record with 541 strikeouts last season, had punched out 269 batters ... This season, that strikeout total has reached 288 through the same number of contests (10.5 strikeouts per nine innings) ... With runners in scoring position, K-State hit .236 through 28 games last season ... The Cats have raised that number to .316 this season to rank second in the Big 12.
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