Kent State Baseball Battles Youngstown State In Midweek Series
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MIDWEEK PREVIEW
April 10, 2012
at Youngstown State (4-26)
Eastwood Field
Youngstown, Ohio
April 11, 2012
vs. Youngstown State (4-26)
Olga A. Mural Field at Schoonover Stadium (FREE)
Kent, Ohio
Kent State Sports Network Radio (Ty Linder, play-by-play)
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PROBABLE PITCHING STARTERS
KENT STATE: #32 Ryan Mace (Sr., RHP, Tallmadge, Ohio) 1-2, 5.74 ERA, 28 SO, 8 BB, 3 GS, 26.2 IP
YOUNGSTOWN STATE: #27 Pat Shedlock (Jr., RHP, Mentor, Ohio) 0-4, 10.16 ERA, 26 SO, 19 BB, 8 GS, 31.0 IP
Wednesday, April 11 • 3 p.m. ET
PROBABLE PITCHING STARTERS
KENT STATE: #33 Tim Faix (Fr., LHP, Strongsville, Ohio) 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 4 SO, 0 BB, 0 GS, 2.1 IP
YOUNGSTOWN STATE: TBA
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION - YOUNGSTOWN STATE PENGUINS (4-26) • Horizon League
Head Coach: Rich Pasquale - Fifth Season All-Time Series: Kent State leads, 59-15-1.
• Kent State steps out of conference competition to play a home-and-home series with Youngstown State in non-conference midweek action, visiting the Penguins Tuesday (April 10) before playing host to Youngstown State the following day. First pitch for both contests is slated for 3 p.m.
• The Golden Flashes swept the season series over the Penguins in 2011, blanking Youngstown State, 7-0, at Olga A. Mural Field at Schoonover Stadium on April 12, then following it up with a 5-2 victory the next day.
The Golden Flashes (18-13, 9-0 MAC) are off to their best start ever in Mid-American Conference play in program history thanks to their third straight weekend conference series sweep to maintain their grip on first place. Kent State pulled out a 5-4 walk-off thriller Friday (April 6) and followed it up with a 6-3 come-from-behind win next the day over the Bulls (1-7, 7-18 MAC). The Flashes have won 10 of their last 13 games. Nine of Kent State's last 11 games have been decided by three runs or less with Kent State coming out victorious in six of those contests.
