Kansas State University Athletics
Saturday, March 16
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Eight-Run Seventh Lifts K-State to Series-Clinching Win
Mar 16, 2024 | Baseball
MANHATTAN, Kan. –K-State used a late power surge to battle back from a three-run deficit and claim the weekend series with a 12-6 victory over Missouri State on Saturday afternoon at Tointon Family Stadium.
"I thought that was the ultimate team win," head coach Pete Hughes said after his team's series-clinching win. "I couldn't be prouder of our team. We won a series against a very, very good team."
The Wildcats (12-6) dug themselves into a 3-1 hole after the opening frame but rallied with eight runs on six hits in the seventh, including a game-tying hit from Jaden Parsons before taking the lead for good with a two-run single by pinch hitter Cayden Phillips.
"We have two guys in our program that haven't played a lot of baseball this year, but they're the ultimate team guys. They're unselfish and they're all about Kansas State baseball and not themselves. When you have that mindset, and when your number gets called, you're in a really good position to have success," Hughes added.
"Jaden Parsons got his first start for the Cats today and delivered a huge hit to tie the game and then one of our team's favorite guys, Cayden Phillips, who just does everything right at a high level, got his number called today and got a huge hit to have us take the lead and to run away with that inning."
On the mound, Cole Wisenbaker was solid in his seventh appearance of the season, tossing 3 1/3 shutout innings with a career-high six strikeouts on his way to pick up the win (1-0).
"I can't say enough about what Cole Wisenbaker did coming out of the bullpen. He went three and a third and stifled a very good and potent offense, even a scary one. He did an unbelievable job keeping them off balance."
The lefty from Houston, Texas took over for starter Jacob Frost in the fourth and retired 10 of the 11 batters he faced with just one walk.
Eight players turned in a hit in the victory with four producing multiple. Kaelen Culpepper and Chuck Ingram each had three-hit days and drove in a pair of runs. Brady Day, Parsons, and Phillips each also had a pair of RBIs in the win.
Hunter Day (1-3) suffered the loss in relief for Missouri State (9-8), as the right-hander allowed four runs, all earned, over one inning on three hits.
THE RUNDOWN
The Bears opened scoring in the first frame with a three-run blast to right by Caden Bogenpohl.
Brendan Jones and Culpepper each singled to make it a first and third situation until Jones scored on a grounder to second by Brady Day to trim the Bears lead, 3-1.
Trailing 6-3 going into the bottom of the seventh, Culpepper singled into left before advancing to second on a throwing error after a failed pickoff attempt. The junior shortstop scored on a double by Nick English to bring Parsons to the plate.
Parsons, a graduate transfer from Central Oklahoma, drove the first pitch into center to deliver a two-run single and tie the game at 6-all, forcing Missouri State to make their first call to the bullpen.
With Parsons on third and Kyan Lodice on second, K-State put in Phillips to pinch hit with two outs. The Amarillo, Texas product laced a one-two pitch into right for the go-ahead lead.
K-State added three runs to the board to cap the eight-run rally, that included a two-run homer by Ingram – his fifth of the season.
Freshman Blake Dean made sure there would be no comeback for the Bears, tossing two shutout innings to finish the game.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
ON DECK
K-State will look to finish the sweep in tomorrow's series finale. First pitch is slated for 1 p.m. at Tointon Family Stadium and can be seen on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ and the ESPN app, while radio coverage is available on News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM). A free live streaming audio available for all games at KStateSports.com/watch and on the K-State Sports app.
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 Facebook, X formally known as Twitter and Instagram.
"I thought that was the ultimate team win," head coach Pete Hughes said after his team's series-clinching win. "I couldn't be prouder of our team. We won a series against a very, very good team."
The Wildcats (12-6) dug themselves into a 3-1 hole after the opening frame but rallied with eight runs on six hits in the seventh, including a game-tying hit from Jaden Parsons before taking the lead for good with a two-run single by pinch hitter Cayden Phillips.
"We have two guys in our program that haven't played a lot of baseball this year, but they're the ultimate team guys. They're unselfish and they're all about Kansas State baseball and not themselves. When you have that mindset, and when your number gets called, you're in a really good position to have success," Hughes added.
"Jaden Parsons got his first start for the Cats today and delivered a huge hit to tie the game and then one of our team's favorite guys, Cayden Phillips, who just does everything right at a high level, got his number called today and got a huge hit to have us take the lead and to run away with that inning."
On the mound, Cole Wisenbaker was solid in his seventh appearance of the season, tossing 3 1/3 shutout innings with a career-high six strikeouts on his way to pick up the win (1-0).
"I can't say enough about what Cole Wisenbaker did coming out of the bullpen. He went three and a third and stifled a very good and potent offense, even a scary one. He did an unbelievable job keeping them off balance."
The lefty from Houston, Texas took over for starter Jacob Frost in the fourth and retired 10 of the 11 batters he faced with just one walk.
Eight players turned in a hit in the victory with four producing multiple. Kaelen Culpepper and Chuck Ingram each had three-hit days and drove in a pair of runs. Brady Day, Parsons, and Phillips each also had a pair of RBIs in the win.
Hunter Day (1-3) suffered the loss in relief for Missouri State (9-8), as the right-hander allowed four runs, all earned, over one inning on three hits.
THE RUNDOWN
The Bears opened scoring in the first frame with a three-run blast to right by Caden Bogenpohl.
Brendan Jones and Culpepper each singled to make it a first and third situation until Jones scored on a grounder to second by Brady Day to trim the Bears lead, 3-1.
Trailing 6-3 going into the bottom of the seventh, Culpepper singled into left before advancing to second on a throwing error after a failed pickoff attempt. The junior shortstop scored on a double by Nick English to bring Parsons to the plate.
Parsons, a graduate transfer from Central Oklahoma, drove the first pitch into center to deliver a two-run single and tie the game at 6-all, forcing Missouri State to make their first call to the bullpen.
With Parsons on third and Kyan Lodice on second, K-State put in Phillips to pinch hit with two outs. The Amarillo, Texas product laced a one-two pitch into right for the go-ahead lead.
K-State added three runs to the board to cap the eight-run rally, that included a two-run homer by Ingram – his fifth of the season.
Freshman Blake Dean made sure there would be no comeback for the Bears, tossing two shutout innings to finish the game.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- K-State scored 12 runs on 15 hits with one error committed and seven left on base.
- Missouri State scored six runs on 10 hits with one error and stranded nine baserunners.
- K-State scored eight runs in the seventh for the go-ahead lead.
- Phillips drove in the game-winning run with a two-run single in the eighth.
- Wisenbaker (1-0) received the win, tossing 3 1/3 shutout innings with no hits allowed and a career-high six strikeouts.
- Dean tossed two shutout innings to close the game.
- Nine Wildcats contributed a hit in the win, four had multi-hit games.
- Ingram and Culpepper each had three-hit games.
- Five players drove in multiple runs.
- Pelletier hit his sixth home run of the season – totals 10 in his career.
- Of K-State's 15, only five were for extra bases.
- The Cats recorded their 10th multi-home run game with blasts by Day and Ingram.
- K-State hit .267 (4-for-15) with runners in scoring position while MSU was 4-for-13 (.308).
- The Cats had six two-out RBI, hitting .357 (.5-for-14) with two outs.
- K-State now leads the all-time series, 16-11, dating back to 1984.
- The Wildcats improved to 10-2 at home, that includes a current three-game win streak.
- K-State won its fourth straight season of the season.
- The Cats have won 6 of the last 10 in the series with Missouri State.
- Jones is on a 22-game on-base streak dating back to last season while Pelletier is on a 21-game on-base streak also from last season.
- Pete Hughes is three games away from his 800th career win (797-614-3)
- K-State moves to 91-37 at home in the Hughes era.
ON DECK
K-State will look to finish the sweep in tomorrow's series finale. First pitch is slated for 1 p.m. at Tointon Family Stadium and can be seen on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ and the ESPN app, while radio coverage is available on News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM). A free live streaming audio available for all games at KStateSports.com/watch and on the K-State Sports app.
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 Facebook, X formally known as Twitter and Instagram.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Wisenbaker, Cole (1-0)
L: Day,Hunter (1-3)
Batting:
2B: Leach,Dylan 2 ; McCutcheon,Jake 1
HR: Bogenpohl,Caden 1
RBI: Gollert,Taeg 1 ; Leach,Dylan 1 ; Bogenpohl,Caden 3 ; Chambers,Logan 1
SH: Epstein,Tyler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rodriguez,Nick 1 ; Gollert,Taeg 1 ; Stewart,Zack 1 ; Leach,Dylan 1 ; Bogenpohl,Caden 1 ; McCutcheon,Jake 1
HBP: Epstein,Tyler 1
Batting:
2B: Day, Brady 1 ; English, Nick 1
3B: Ingram, Chuck 1
HR: Ingram, Chuck 1 ; Day, Brady 1
RBI: Ingram, Chuck 2 ; Culpepper, Kaelen 2 ; Day, Brady 2 ; English, Nick 1 ; Parsons, Jaden 2 ; Bishop, David 1 ; Phillips, Cayden 2
SF: Culpepper, Kaelen 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ingram, Chuck 2 ; Jones, Brendan 2 ; Culpepper, Kaelen 1 ; Day, Brady 2 ; English, Nick 1 ; Parsons, Jaden 1 ; Pelletier, Raphael 1 ; Lodice, Kyan 1 ; Rivera, Danniel 1
SB: Jones, Brendan 1 ; Lodice, Kyan 1
CS: Culpepper, Kaelen 1
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