Kansas State University Athletics
Tuesday, April 18
Manhattan, KS
6 p.m.
Kansas State University
vs
Wichita State
K-State Meets In-State Rival Wichita State Tuesday
Apr 17, 2023 | Baseball
MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State returns to Tointon Family Stadium to host Wichita State in the first home-and-home series meeting on Tuesday night with game time slated for 6 p.m.
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The Wildcats are coming off a historic Dillons Sunflower Showdown sweep over Kansas to enter the midweek game 24-14 overall. Wichita State is on a two-game winning streak after taking the series against Tulane for an overall 20-15 record.
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Jackson Wentworth will head to the mound for the Wildcats on Tuesday with a record of 1-3.
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Wichita State leads the all-time series 56-44 while K-State is 26-18 when playing at home. Â
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The midweek game will be streamed on the Big 12 Now on ESPN+ and the ESPN app with radio coverage available on News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM). Live streaming audio is available for the three-game series at KStateSports.com/watch and on the K-State Sports app.
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With construction ongoing on the new Morgan Family Arena, parking for baseball games at Tointon Family Stadium will be impacted during the 2023 season.
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Fans are advised to park in the west parking lot of Bill Snyder Stadium and do so by entering through Gate 3 via College Avenue across from Ascension Via Christi Hospital. Gate 1 and Gate 2 will be closed for the duration of the 2023 baseball season.
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When proceeding to the stadium on foot, fans are advised to exit the west parking lot along the pedestrian path between Gate 1 and Gate 2 and then proceed to the stadium via the sidewalk along College Avenue.
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Tickets are on sale for the entire 2023 season, starting at just $5 when purchased in advance at K-StateSports.com/Tickets, by calling 800-221-CATS or visiting the K-State Athletics Ticket Office.
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GAME #39
K-STATE (24-14, 9-6 Big 12) vs. WICHITA STATE (20-15, 5-4 American)
Tuesday, April 17 | 6 p.m. | Tointon Family Stadium (2,331)
Projected Starters: RHP Jackson Wentworth v. TBD
Watch: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Radio: 1350AM/93.3/93.7FM
Listen Online:Â kstatesports.com/watchÂ
Live Stats | Tickets
A LOOK AT K-STATE
The Wildcats look to expand their four-game winning streak as they enter week 24-14 overall after a Big 12 sweep over KU … Pete Hughes is in his fifth season at the helm and has compiled an 122-106 (.535) record during his time with Wildcats … Hughes is 774-598-3 (.564) in his 26 years as a head coach … K-State is slashing .273/.406/.467 as a team which includes 65 doubles, eight triples and 55 home runs with two starters hitting over .300 … K-State leads the nation in walks with 259 while ranking seventh in sacrifice flies (24) … Cash Rugely and Brady Day lead the offense each hitting .336 along with a team-high 35 walks each while combing for 81 RBI … Roberto Pena and Nick Goodwin have sent nine homers out of the ball park this season and rank second and third in RBI combing for 86 this season … Goodwin and Brendan Jones have started in all 38 games for K-State at shortstop and center field… Jones ranks second in the league with 21 stolen bases which ranks 21st in the nation … Goodwin leads the nation in sac flies with seven … As a team, the Wildcats are dangerous on the base path with a league-high 88 stolen bases which ranks 10th in Division I … The Wildcats have a 4.83 team ERA with 348 strikeouts compared to 133 walks … K-State leads the league and ranks 31st in DI with a 2.62 strikeout-to-walk ratio while also leading the Big 12 in fewest walks per nine innings at 3.63 and total walks allowed … Sixteen pitchers have made appearances on the mound with five making over 10 outings this year while German Fajardo has a team-high 10 starts … Left-handed Owen Boerema ranks second in the league with 64 total strikeouts while the Minnesota product is just one-of-six pitchers to strikeout 12+ in a single game … Â
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SCOUTING WICHITA STATE
Wichita State comes to Manhattan with an overall 20-15 record with the Shockers posting a 9-8 record of the road … WSU is led by interim head coach Loren Hibbs following his 27 seasons spent at the helm of the Charlotte baseball program … The Shockers are slashing .297/.384/.480 averaging 7.3 runs a game on 10.2 hits … WSU has totaled 128 extra-base hits including 43 homers … Six starters are hitting over .300 led by Brock Rodden … The junior infielder is hitting .353 on the year with 41 RBI and 37 runs scored … Ten shockers have sent one out of the park this season led by Rodden with 10 to go along with a team-high .683 slugging-percentage … On the mound, Kansas has a 4.72 team ERA with opponents hitting .255 with a 1.57 strikeout-to-walk ratio … Left-hander Payton Tolle has earned six victories on the mound this year over nine starts … Caden Favors leads in appearances with 17 followed by Nate Snead at 15 as the duo has combined for 61 innings and 60 strikeouts …
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INSIDE THE SERIES
Wichita State leads the all-time series 56-44 since its start in 1906 … The Wildcats are 26-18 when playing in Manhattan … The Cats are 3-2 in the last five meetings and 6-4 over the last 10 … Under head coach Pete Hughes, K-State is 3-3 … The Wildcats won the season home-and-home series last year, 2-0, outscoring the Shockers 15-2 … In the 100th all-time meeting, German Fajardo punched out a career-high 10 batters and yielded only one hit over six innings to lead the Cats to a 3-1 victory … Â
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W, 7-2 – May 1, 2019 (Manhattan)
L, 1-2 – Feb. 26, 2020 (Wichita)
L, 1-5 – March 23, 2021 (Wichita)
W, 12-1 – April 18, 2022 (Wichita)
W, 3-1 – May 3, 2022 (Manhattan)
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A SEASON OF FIRSTS
The Wildcats' Dillons Sunflower Showdown series sweep was the first sweep over KU on the road since 2013 … The 2023 team is the fastest team to nine conference wins in program history … Fastest team to 24 overall wins since 2013 … First team to 11 road wins in a season and is just two wins shy of tying a program record 13 done by the 2013 and 1991 teams … K-State completed its first sweep over Oklahoma at home since 1990 … The sweep over the Sooners marked the first Big 12 series sweep since 2013 … K-State is the first member of the Big 12 to reach nine conference victories this season … First time in 123-years of K-State baseball history the Wildcats led off the season with a four-game road series sweep …
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BRING OUT THE BROOMS
K-State has swept four three-plus game series this season including two Big 12 foes which marks the first since 2013 … The Cats are 13-0 in the four series and have outscored opponents 144-72 (+72) … The Wildcats plated 21 runs in the series finale against the KU Jayhawks in the highest-scoring game in series history to complete the Showdown sweep … K-State is the only program in the Big 12 to have two conference sweeps this season …
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AROUND THE LEAGUE
Texas leads the Big 12 standings with an 8-4 league record and 26-12 overall with the Wildcats following closely behind in second at 9-6 and 24-14 overall … The sweep over KU marks the Cats fourth consecutive victory which is the current highest streak in the league … TCU (22-14, 7-5) ranks third in the standings followed by West Virginia (25-11, 5-4) and Oklahoma State (24-13, 8-7) closing the top five … Texas Tech (25-12, 6-6) ranks sixth followed by Kansas (17-18, 5-7), Baylor (13-23, 5-10) and Oklahoma (19-18, 4-8) …
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WALK THE WALK
The Cats have walked a nation-leading 259 times this season, averaging 6.8 per contest … Brady Day and Cash Rugely lead the Wildcats with 35 total walks each which ranks 14th in Division I and third in the Big 12 … K-State has registered double figure walks in eight games this season … The Cats had 16 walks against Youngstown State (March 10) which was nine short of matching the Division I all-time record … K-State is on pace to break the single-season Top 10 leaderboard with just 17 left to match the 10th top performance of 276 set in 1982 … The Wildcats all-time single-season walks record was set in 1995 with 382 …
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GOTTA BE QUICKER THAN THAT
K-State has caused troubles on the base path for opponents, stealing a league-high 88 bases which ranks 10th in all Division I while sitting 17th with 2.32 per game … Brendan Jones has been the speedster for the Cats lineup with 21 stolen bases which is second in the Big 12 and 21st among all Division I players … The Cats nearly matched the program record with 11 stolen bases against Youngstown State (March 10) and were just one base shy of matching the record … The Cats 88 stolen bases surpasses the 2022 season total by 46 … The K-State single-season record is 149 set in 2009 thru 62 games …
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Raphael Pelletier continues to be a threat behind the plate as the redshirt-sophomore catcher from Mascouche, Quebec, Canada has thrown out a league-high 11 runners this season after tossing out a runner in the series against nationally-ranked Texas … As a team, K-State is second in the league in caught stealing with 19 runners thrown out while having the lowest stolen base attempt percentage at .406   …
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THE LONG BALL
K-State has launched 55 balls out of the park this season which ranks second in the Big 12 and 38th across Division I … Eleven players have recorded multiple homers this season led by Roberto Pena and Nick Goodwin each with nine this season … Goodwin leads the current career leaderboard with 30 which ranks fifth on the all-time leaderboard … Brendan Jones hit the Cats only game leadoff home run in the series opener against the West Virginia … … Four players have hit multiple homers in a single game with Kaelen Culpepper, Cole Johnson, Orlando Salinas, Jr., Pena … The Cats have produced 80+ home runs the past two seasons … K-State hit back-to-back home runs for the second time this season since with back-to-back solo shots by Dom Hughes and Goodwin … Four Wildcats have hit three grand slams this season with the last coming from Kyan Lodice against Kansas (April 16) … Johnson and Pena each launched a grand slam against SFA (Feb. 20) to mark the first time since 2010 where two Wildcats posted grand slams in the same game … 47 homers have been against right-handed pitchers, 24 are solo shots while 22 have come with one-out … The Wildcats were the only team to produce double digit bombs in the opening weekend (10) … The Wildcats sent five deep and out in the series finale against No. 24 West Virginia marking the fourth time in the Hughes era, and second this season … The five home runs were just short two of matching a program record seven …
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LAST TIME OUT
In the highest scoring game in series history, K-State won 21-18 over Kansas to complete the Dillons Sunflower Showdown sweep at Hoglund Ballpark on Sunday … K-State scored 21 runs on 19 hits with two errors … The Wildcats scored 13 runs in the second inning … Second time this season Cats posted a 10+ run inning … Kyan Lodice launched his first collegiate grand slam; Cats fifth of the season … First 10+ run against KU since 2017 and first 20+ run game since 1988 … Heyne picked up his third win with four strikeouts … Highest scoring game in series history; surpassed KU's 22-16 win on May 15, 1931 … Nine different players recorded a hit; seven had multiple … Day produced his third straight three-hit game … Rugely, Day and Johnson each had three hits … Kaelen Culpepper and Lodice each led with six-RBI … The bullpen combined for 11 earned runs and 11 strikeouts … Rugely reached base for the 20th straight game followed by Day (17) and Pelletier (14) … KU scored 18 runs on 17 hits with four errors … Each team stranded 12 on base … Cats now lead the all-time series 186-177-1 and are 74-92 in Lawrence …
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A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS
K-State has a season +95 run differential through 38 games averaging 8.1 runs on 9.1 hits ... The Wildcats have outscored opponents 45-29 in the fourth inning alone and 108-49 (+59) from the seventh and on … Cats are 17-3 when leading after the sixth and 3-0 when tied after six ... K-State is 10-8 when committing no errors in a game … Conversely, K-State has won 14 games when one or more errors are committed, 14-6 overall ... The Wildcats are 18-6 when scoring first and 8-5 when scoring in the first inning … K-State has outhit opponents on 19 occasions this season and is 5-14 when being outhit …  The Cats are 16-2 when limiting opponents to five or less runs and are 6-5 in one-run games… K-State is 19-9 when playing afternoon games and 5-5 when playing under the lights … The Cats have won 20 games against right-handed starters while going 4-6 against lefties …
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FROM THE 'PEN
Under the guidance pitching coach Rudy Darrow, the Cats pitching staff has produced a 4.83 ERA which ranks fourth in the Big 12 with outings from 16 different players this season …  The Wildcats have struck out 348 batters this season compared to 133 walks, averaging 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings which ranks third in the Big 12 … K-State's pitching staff leads the lead with a 2.62 strikeout-to-walk ratio which is 31st in Division I … The Cats lead the Big 12 with fewest walks allowed per nine innings at 3.63 and fewest allowed overall with 133 … Four players have earned at least three victories on the mound led by newcomer Owen Boerema with four followed by Tyson Neighbors and Mason Buss each with three … Boerema earned his fourth victory in the series opener against Oklahoma limiting the Sooners to one run with seven strikeouts during his six innings … The Litchfield, Minn., product is one of six players to strikeout 12+ batters in a single-game after fanning 12 against No. 21 Texas (April 7), ranks second in the league with 64 total strikeouts… Right-hander German Fajardo has made a team-high 10 starts on the mound this season, ranks eighth in the nation … Four different players have earned a save this year led by sophomore Tyson Neighbors with a league-high six which is the 25th-best in D1… Â
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UP NEXT
The Cats will head to the Golden State for a four-game road trip against UC-Irvine and UC-Riverside. K-State will take on the UCI Anteaters in a three-game series starting on April 21 at the Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark in Irvine, Calif. The series against UCI will be streamed on ESPN+ and the ESPN app with radio coverage on News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM). Live streaming audio is available for all games at KStateSports.com/watch and on the K-State Sports app.
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How to follow the 'Cats: Stay up to date on K-State baseball online at www.kstatesports.com and on the team's social media channels on Twitter and Instagram.
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Kansas State University, the nation's first operational land-grant institution and a Carnegie Foundation Tier One university, is recognized as one of the nation's best colleges with world-class research and academic excellence located in America's No. 1 College Town (Manhattan, KS).
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The Wildcats are coming off a historic Dillons Sunflower Showdown sweep over Kansas to enter the midweek game 24-14 overall. Wichita State is on a two-game winning streak after taking the series against Tulane for an overall 20-15 record.
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Jackson Wentworth will head to the mound for the Wildcats on Tuesday with a record of 1-3.
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Wichita State leads the all-time series 56-44 while K-State is 26-18 when playing at home. Â
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The midweek game will be streamed on the Big 12 Now on ESPN+ and the ESPN app with radio coverage available on News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM). Live streaming audio is available for the three-game series at KStateSports.com/watch and on the K-State Sports app.
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With construction ongoing on the new Morgan Family Arena, parking for baseball games at Tointon Family Stadium will be impacted during the 2023 season.
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Fans are advised to park in the west parking lot of Bill Snyder Stadium and do so by entering through Gate 3 via College Avenue across from Ascension Via Christi Hospital. Gate 1 and Gate 2 will be closed for the duration of the 2023 baseball season.
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When proceeding to the stadium on foot, fans are advised to exit the west parking lot along the pedestrian path between Gate 1 and Gate 2 and then proceed to the stadium via the sidewalk along College Avenue.
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Tickets are on sale for the entire 2023 season, starting at just $5 when purchased in advance at K-StateSports.com/Tickets, by calling 800-221-CATS or visiting the K-State Athletics Ticket Office.
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GAME #39
K-STATE (24-14, 9-6 Big 12) vs. WICHITA STATE (20-15, 5-4 American)
Tuesday, April 17 | 6 p.m. | Tointon Family Stadium (2,331)
Projected Starters: RHP Jackson Wentworth v. TBD
Watch: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Radio: 1350AM/93.3/93.7FM
Listen Online:Â kstatesports.com/watchÂ
Live Stats | Tickets
A LOOK AT K-STATE
The Wildcats look to expand their four-game winning streak as they enter week 24-14 overall after a Big 12 sweep over KU … Pete Hughes is in his fifth season at the helm and has compiled an 122-106 (.535) record during his time with Wildcats … Hughes is 774-598-3 (.564) in his 26 years as a head coach … K-State is slashing .273/.406/.467 as a team which includes 65 doubles, eight triples and 55 home runs with two starters hitting over .300 … K-State leads the nation in walks with 259 while ranking seventh in sacrifice flies (24) … Cash Rugely and Brady Day lead the offense each hitting .336 along with a team-high 35 walks each while combing for 81 RBI … Roberto Pena and Nick Goodwin have sent nine homers out of the ball park this season and rank second and third in RBI combing for 86 this season … Goodwin and Brendan Jones have started in all 38 games for K-State at shortstop and center field… Jones ranks second in the league with 21 stolen bases which ranks 21st in the nation … Goodwin leads the nation in sac flies with seven … As a team, the Wildcats are dangerous on the base path with a league-high 88 stolen bases which ranks 10th in Division I … The Wildcats have a 4.83 team ERA with 348 strikeouts compared to 133 walks … K-State leads the league and ranks 31st in DI with a 2.62 strikeout-to-walk ratio while also leading the Big 12 in fewest walks per nine innings at 3.63 and total walks allowed … Sixteen pitchers have made appearances on the mound with five making over 10 outings this year while German Fajardo has a team-high 10 starts … Left-handed Owen Boerema ranks second in the league with 64 total strikeouts while the Minnesota product is just one-of-six pitchers to strikeout 12+ in a single game … Â
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SCOUTING WICHITA STATE
Wichita State comes to Manhattan with an overall 20-15 record with the Shockers posting a 9-8 record of the road … WSU is led by interim head coach Loren Hibbs following his 27 seasons spent at the helm of the Charlotte baseball program … The Shockers are slashing .297/.384/.480 averaging 7.3 runs a game on 10.2 hits … WSU has totaled 128 extra-base hits including 43 homers … Six starters are hitting over .300 led by Brock Rodden … The junior infielder is hitting .353 on the year with 41 RBI and 37 runs scored … Ten shockers have sent one out of the park this season led by Rodden with 10 to go along with a team-high .683 slugging-percentage … On the mound, Kansas has a 4.72 team ERA with opponents hitting .255 with a 1.57 strikeout-to-walk ratio … Left-hander Payton Tolle has earned six victories on the mound this year over nine starts … Caden Favors leads in appearances with 17 followed by Nate Snead at 15 as the duo has combined for 61 innings and 60 strikeouts …
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INSIDE THE SERIES
Wichita State leads the all-time series 56-44 since its start in 1906 … The Wildcats are 26-18 when playing in Manhattan … The Cats are 3-2 in the last five meetings and 6-4 over the last 10 … Under head coach Pete Hughes, K-State is 3-3 … The Wildcats won the season home-and-home series last year, 2-0, outscoring the Shockers 15-2 … In the 100th all-time meeting, German Fajardo punched out a career-high 10 batters and yielded only one hit over six innings to lead the Cats to a 3-1 victory … Â
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W, 7-2 – May 1, 2019 (Manhattan)
L, 1-2 – Feb. 26, 2020 (Wichita)
L, 1-5 – March 23, 2021 (Wichita)
W, 12-1 – April 18, 2022 (Wichita)
W, 3-1 – May 3, 2022 (Manhattan)
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A SEASON OF FIRSTS
The Wildcats' Dillons Sunflower Showdown series sweep was the first sweep over KU on the road since 2013 … The 2023 team is the fastest team to nine conference wins in program history … Fastest team to 24 overall wins since 2013 … First team to 11 road wins in a season and is just two wins shy of tying a program record 13 done by the 2013 and 1991 teams … K-State completed its first sweep over Oklahoma at home since 1990 … The sweep over the Sooners marked the first Big 12 series sweep since 2013 … K-State is the first member of the Big 12 to reach nine conference victories this season … First time in 123-years of K-State baseball history the Wildcats led off the season with a four-game road series sweep …
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BRING OUT THE BROOMS
K-State has swept four three-plus game series this season including two Big 12 foes which marks the first since 2013 … The Cats are 13-0 in the four series and have outscored opponents 144-72 (+72) … The Wildcats plated 21 runs in the series finale against the KU Jayhawks in the highest-scoring game in series history to complete the Showdown sweep … K-State is the only program in the Big 12 to have two conference sweeps this season …
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AROUND THE LEAGUE
Texas leads the Big 12 standings with an 8-4 league record and 26-12 overall with the Wildcats following closely behind in second at 9-6 and 24-14 overall … The sweep over KU marks the Cats fourth consecutive victory which is the current highest streak in the league … TCU (22-14, 7-5) ranks third in the standings followed by West Virginia (25-11, 5-4) and Oklahoma State (24-13, 8-7) closing the top five … Texas Tech (25-12, 6-6) ranks sixth followed by Kansas (17-18, 5-7), Baylor (13-23, 5-10) and Oklahoma (19-18, 4-8) …
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WALK THE WALK
The Cats have walked a nation-leading 259 times this season, averaging 6.8 per contest … Brady Day and Cash Rugely lead the Wildcats with 35 total walks each which ranks 14th in Division I and third in the Big 12 … K-State has registered double figure walks in eight games this season … The Cats had 16 walks against Youngstown State (March 10) which was nine short of matching the Division I all-time record … K-State is on pace to break the single-season Top 10 leaderboard with just 17 left to match the 10th top performance of 276 set in 1982 … The Wildcats all-time single-season walks record was set in 1995 with 382 …
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GOTTA BE QUICKER THAN THAT
K-State has caused troubles on the base path for opponents, stealing a league-high 88 bases which ranks 10th in all Division I while sitting 17th with 2.32 per game … Brendan Jones has been the speedster for the Cats lineup with 21 stolen bases which is second in the Big 12 and 21st among all Division I players … The Cats nearly matched the program record with 11 stolen bases against Youngstown State (March 10) and were just one base shy of matching the record … The Cats 88 stolen bases surpasses the 2022 season total by 46 … The K-State single-season record is 149 set in 2009 thru 62 games …
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Raphael Pelletier continues to be a threat behind the plate as the redshirt-sophomore catcher from Mascouche, Quebec, Canada has thrown out a league-high 11 runners this season after tossing out a runner in the series against nationally-ranked Texas … As a team, K-State is second in the league in caught stealing with 19 runners thrown out while having the lowest stolen base attempt percentage at .406   …
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THE LONG BALL
K-State has launched 55 balls out of the park this season which ranks second in the Big 12 and 38th across Division I … Eleven players have recorded multiple homers this season led by Roberto Pena and Nick Goodwin each with nine this season … Goodwin leads the current career leaderboard with 30 which ranks fifth on the all-time leaderboard … Brendan Jones hit the Cats only game leadoff home run in the series opener against the West Virginia … … Four players have hit multiple homers in a single game with Kaelen Culpepper, Cole Johnson, Orlando Salinas, Jr., Pena … The Cats have produced 80+ home runs the past two seasons … K-State hit back-to-back home runs for the second time this season since with back-to-back solo shots by Dom Hughes and Goodwin … Four Wildcats have hit three grand slams this season with the last coming from Kyan Lodice against Kansas (April 16) … Johnson and Pena each launched a grand slam against SFA (Feb. 20) to mark the first time since 2010 where two Wildcats posted grand slams in the same game … 47 homers have been against right-handed pitchers, 24 are solo shots while 22 have come with one-out … The Wildcats were the only team to produce double digit bombs in the opening weekend (10) … The Wildcats sent five deep and out in the series finale against No. 24 West Virginia marking the fourth time in the Hughes era, and second this season … The five home runs were just short two of matching a program record seven …
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LAST TIME OUT
In the highest scoring game in series history, K-State won 21-18 over Kansas to complete the Dillons Sunflower Showdown sweep at Hoglund Ballpark on Sunday … K-State scored 21 runs on 19 hits with two errors … The Wildcats scored 13 runs in the second inning … Second time this season Cats posted a 10+ run inning … Kyan Lodice launched his first collegiate grand slam; Cats fifth of the season … First 10+ run against KU since 2017 and first 20+ run game since 1988 … Heyne picked up his third win with four strikeouts … Highest scoring game in series history; surpassed KU's 22-16 win on May 15, 1931 … Nine different players recorded a hit; seven had multiple … Day produced his third straight three-hit game … Rugely, Day and Johnson each had three hits … Kaelen Culpepper and Lodice each led with six-RBI … The bullpen combined for 11 earned runs and 11 strikeouts … Rugely reached base for the 20th straight game followed by Day (17) and Pelletier (14) … KU scored 18 runs on 17 hits with four errors … Each team stranded 12 on base … Cats now lead the all-time series 186-177-1 and are 74-92 in Lawrence …
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A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS
K-State has a season +95 run differential through 38 games averaging 8.1 runs on 9.1 hits ... The Wildcats have outscored opponents 45-29 in the fourth inning alone and 108-49 (+59) from the seventh and on … Cats are 17-3 when leading after the sixth and 3-0 when tied after six ... K-State is 10-8 when committing no errors in a game … Conversely, K-State has won 14 games when one or more errors are committed, 14-6 overall ... The Wildcats are 18-6 when scoring first and 8-5 when scoring in the first inning … K-State has outhit opponents on 19 occasions this season and is 5-14 when being outhit …  The Cats are 16-2 when limiting opponents to five or less runs and are 6-5 in one-run games… K-State is 19-9 when playing afternoon games and 5-5 when playing under the lights … The Cats have won 20 games against right-handed starters while going 4-6 against lefties …
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FROM THE 'PEN
Under the guidance pitching coach Rudy Darrow, the Cats pitching staff has produced a 4.83 ERA which ranks fourth in the Big 12 with outings from 16 different players this season …  The Wildcats have struck out 348 batters this season compared to 133 walks, averaging 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings which ranks third in the Big 12 … K-State's pitching staff leads the lead with a 2.62 strikeout-to-walk ratio which is 31st in Division I … The Cats lead the Big 12 with fewest walks allowed per nine innings at 3.63 and fewest allowed overall with 133 … Four players have earned at least three victories on the mound led by newcomer Owen Boerema with four followed by Tyson Neighbors and Mason Buss each with three … Boerema earned his fourth victory in the series opener against Oklahoma limiting the Sooners to one run with seven strikeouts during his six innings … The Litchfield, Minn., product is one of six players to strikeout 12+ batters in a single-game after fanning 12 against No. 21 Texas (April 7), ranks second in the league with 64 total strikeouts… Right-hander German Fajardo has made a team-high 10 starts on the mound this season, ranks eighth in the nation … Four different players have earned a save this year led by sophomore Tyson Neighbors with a league-high six which is the 25th-best in D1… Â
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UP NEXT
The Cats will head to the Golden State for a four-game road trip against UC-Irvine and UC-Riverside. K-State will take on the UCI Anteaters in a three-game series starting on April 21 at the Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark in Irvine, Calif. The series against UCI will be streamed on ESPN+ and the ESPN app with radio coverage on News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM). Live streaming audio is available for all games at KStateSports.com/watch and on the K-State Sports app.
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How to follow the 'Cats: Stay up to date on K-State baseball online at www.kstatesports.com and on the team's social media channels on Twitter and Instagram.
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Kansas State University, the nation's first operational land-grant institution and a Carnegie Foundation Tier One university, is recognized as one of the nation's best colleges with world-class research and academic excellence located in America's No. 1 College Town (Manhattan, KS).
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