No. 28 Shockers Begin Two-Week Road Swing with Four-Game
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Games 29-32: at Tulane // New Orleans, La. (Greer Field at Turchin Stadium) // April 16-18 @GoShockersBSB // #DrivingSucce22 2021 Wichita State Schedule/Results No. 28 Shockers Begin Two-Week Road Swing (19-9 Overall, 7-1 American) 2/21 #17 Oklahoma State .........................L, 3-1 with Four-Game Series at Tulane April 16-18 2/22 #17 Oklahoma State .........................L, 14-6 2/26 SIU Edwardsville...............................W, 10-4 SCENE SETTER: No. 28 Wichita State (19-9, 7-1 American) will look to build on its seven-game winning 2/27 SIU Edwardsville...............................L, 9-7 streak when it travels to New Orleans, La., to take on the Tulane Green Wave (14-13, 3-1 American) in a 2/28 SIU Edwardsville...............................W, 7-5 four-game conference series April 16-18 at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium. The Shockers and Green Wave 3/2 at Oral Roberts ...........................................W, 3-0 are slated to play a 2 p.m. doubleheader Friday, April 16, to open the series, before playing a 4 p.m. game 3/5 Dixie State (Utah) .............................W, 2-1 3/6 Dixie State (Utah) .............................W, 15-3 Saturday, April 17, and the series finale at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, April 18. 3/7 Dixie State (Utah) .............................W, 15-7 3/11 at #13 Arizona............................................L, 8-5 SHOCKER BASEBALL ON THE RADIO AND ESPN PLUS: KFH 97.5 FM/1240 AM will air the series at 3/12 at #13 Arizona............................................W, 10-9 Tulane. “The Voice of the Shockers” and Pizza Hut Shocker Sports Hall of Famer Mike Kennedy will call the 3/13 % vs. Air Force ...........................................L, 12-3 action, beginning with the pregame show approximately 20 minutes prior to first pitch ... All four games at 3/19 & vs. FIU .....................................................L, 11-2 3/19 at Stetson ..................................................L, 9-4 Tulane will air live on ESPN Plus ... Live audio, in addition to live statistics will be available for all games at 3/20 at Stetson ..................................................W, 11-8 GoShockers.com/listen and TulaneGreenWave.com. 3/21 & vs. FIU .....................................................L, 9-2 3/23 Kansas State ....................................W, 5-1 SERIES HISTORY: The four-game series at Tulane will mark meetings 15-18 in the all-time series 3/26 Omaha ............................................W, 14-5 that dates back to 1993. The Green Wave lead the series, 9-5. Since joining The American prior to the 2018 3/27 Omaha ............................................W, 9-0 3/28 Omaha ............................................W, 11-1 season, Wichita State is 3-3 against Tulane. The last time the two teams met was in New Orleans in 2019, 4/1 * at Houston ..............................................L, 5-3 with the Green Wave winning two of three games. WSU won game won a wild game one, 12-11 in 11 4/2 * at Houston (DH) ......................................W, 3-2; W, 2-1 innings, before dropping games two and three, 12-6 and 8-4. 4/3 * at Houston ..............................................W, 3-2 4/9 * Houston (Split DH) .........................W, 10-2; W, 7-1 SHOCKER NOTES: The 28th-ranked Shockers enter the week with an overall record of 19-9 and 4/10 * ^ Houston .....................................W, 10-1 4/11 * Houston ........................................W, 13-2 (7) are 7-1 in The American after sweeping a four-game series against Houston in Wichita April 9-11 ... It was 4/16 * at Tulane (DH) .........................................2 p.m. the first sweep of a conference series since Wichita State joined the conference in 2018 ... WSU has won 4/17 * at Tulane .................................................4 p.m. seven straight games and 11 of its last 12 contests ... Through 28 games, WSU is paced at the plate by 4/18 * at Tulane .................................................11:30 a.m. senior outfielder Corrigan Bartlett (.364 avg., 25 R, 40 H, 8 2B, 2 HR, 20 RBI, 9 BB, .491 SLG%, .418 OB%, 3 4/23 * at Cincinnati (DH) ....................................12 p.m. SB), junior infielders Paxton Wallace (.349 avg., 26 R, 38 H, 6 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR, 32 RBI, 11 BB, .615 SLG%, .408 4/24 * at Cincinnati ............................................3 p.m. 4/25 * at Cincinnati ............................................TBA OB%) and Garrett Kocis (.330 avg., 27 R, 33 H, 10 2B, 1 3B, 10 HR, 37 RBI, 12 BB, .750 SLG%, .398 OB%), 4/30 * ECU (Split DH) ................................1 p.m./6 p.m. junior outfielder Hunter Gibson (.316 avg., 11 R, 24 H, 4 2B, 2 HR, 16 RBI, .447 SLG%, 11 BB, .422 OB%) and 5/1 * ECU ...............................................2 p.m. sophomore infielder Jack Sigrist (.313 avg., 28 R, 36 H, 7 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 11 RBI, 12 BB, .385 OB%, 10 SB) ... 5/2 * ECU ...............................................11 a.m. Kocis leads the American Athletic Conference and ranks 15th in the nation in home runs ... Bartlett (3rd) and 5/7 * at UCF (DH) .............................................1 p.m. Wallace (6th) are both in the top-10 in the conference in batting average, while Sigrist is fourth in stolen 5/8 * at UCF .....................................................3 p.m. 5/9 * at UCF .....................................................TBA bases ... On the mound, WSU is led by freshman RHP Jace Kaminska (3-0, 1.07 ERA, 1 CG, 25.1 IP, 21 H, 4 R, 5/14 * USF (Split DH) ................................1 p.m./6 p.m. 3 ER, 10 BB, 22 SO), junior RHP Liam Eddy (3-4, 5.07 ERA, 49.2 IP, 50 H, 31 R, 28 ER, 11 BB, 51 SO), redshirt 5/15 * USF ...............................................2 p.m. sophomore RHP Ryan Stuempfig (5-0, 0.82 ERA, 22.0 IP, 11 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 12 BB, 13 SO), senior RHP Preston 5/16 * USF ...............................................12 p.m. Snavely (3-1, 3.35 ERA, 37.2 IP, 32 H, 15 R, 14 ER, 10 BB, 30 SO), redshirt junior LHP Spencer Hynes (3-1, 5.77 5/20 * Memphis (Split DH) ........................1 p.m./6 p.m. ERA, 39.0 IP, 36 H, 28 R, 25 ER, 24 BB, 47 SO) and sophomore RHP Aaron Haase (0-1, 1.98 ERA, 7 SV, 13.2 IP, 5/21 * Memphis .......................................6 p.m. 5/22 * Memphis .......................................12 p.m. 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 14 SO) ... Haase leads The American and is seventh in the country in saves, while Eddy is 5/25-30 $ American tournament.............................TBA third in the conference in strikeouts ... As a team, Wichita State is hitting .286 (second in American) with a TBA NCAA Regionals ............................................ TBA 4.26 ERA (third in American) and .979 fielding percentage (tied for first in American). TBA NCAA Super Regionals .................................. TBA 6/13-23/24 College World Series ..................................TBA $ = American Athletic Conference tournament (Clearwater, Fla.) Probable Starting Pitchers & = Game played in DeLand, Fla. % = Game played in Tucson, Ariz. Wichita State ^ = Game played at Riverfront Stadium in downtown Wichita Name B/T Yr. Hometown 2021 Stats * = American Athletic Conference game GM 1 Preston Snavely R/R Sr. Fort Collins, Colo. 3-1, 3.35, 37.2 IP, 32 H, 15 R, 14 ER, 10 BB, 30 SO Home games in bold played at Eck Stadium, Home of Tyler Field GM 2 Liam Eddy R/R Jr. Brighton, Colo. 3-4, 5.07, 49.2 IP, 50 H, 31 R, 28 ER, 11 BB, 51 SO All times are CENTRAL GM 3 Jace Kaminska R/R Fr. Caney, Kan. 3-0, 1.07, 25.1 IP, 21 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 10 BB, 22 SO SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. GM 4 Spencer Hynes L/L R-Jr. Weatherford, Texas 3-1, 5.77, 39.0 IP, 36 H, 28 R, 25 ER, 24 BB, 47 SO Tulane Name B/T Yr. Hometown 2021 Stats GM 1 Braden Olthoff R/R Jr. Oceanside, Calif. 2-1, 3.00, 36.0 IP, 34 H, 15 R, 12 ER, 7 BB, 40 SO GM 2 Jack Aldrich L/L R-Jr. Oak Park, Calif. 2-1, 4.17, 41.0 IP, 42 H, 25 R, 19 ER, 9 BB, 44 SO GM 3 Tyler Hoffman R/R R-So. Mobile, Ala. 2-1, 2.59, 24.1 IP, 11 H, 7 R 7 ER, 11 BB, 39 SO GM 4 Trent Johnson R/R Sr. Metamora, Ill. 2-3, 5.33, 25.1 IP, 29 H, 16 R, 15 ER, 6 BB, 26 SO SHOCKER BASEBALL 2 SCOUTING TULANE: The Tulane Green Wave enter the week at 14-13 overall and 3-1 in The American 2021 American Standings ... The Green Wave have not played since winning three of four games against Memphis April 1-3 in New Orleans ... Tulane was scheduled to play at South Florida for four games April 9-11, but the series was Conference Overall postponed due to COVID-19 issues within the USF program ... Through 27 games, the Green Wave are led Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Str offensively by redshirt sophomore infielder Collin Burns (.354 avg., 30 R, 40 H, 11 2B, 3 3B, 1 HR, 14 RBI, .531 ECU 8-0 1.000 26-5 .839 W9 SLG%, 10 BB, .419 OB%, 12 SB) and redshirt junior catcher Luis Aviles (.273 avg., 27 H, 11 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 23 Wichita State 7-1 .875 19-9 .679 W7 RBI, .495 SLG%, 12 BB, .368 OB%) ... Burns is fourth in the conference in batting average ... On the mound, Tulane 3-1 .750 14-13 .519 W3 Tulane is paced by preseason American Pitcher of the Year, redshirt junior RHP Braden Olthoff (2-1, 3.00 UCF 4-4 .500 14-18 .438 L1 ERA, 36.0 IP, 34 H, 15 R, 12 ER, 7 BB, 40 SO), redshirt junior LHP Jack Aldrich (2-1, 4.17 ERA, 41.0 IP, 42 H, 25 R, South Florida 2-2 500 12-14 .462 L1 19 ER, 9 BB, 44 SO) and freshman RHP Zach DeVito (1-1, 3.46 ERA, 3 SV, 13.0 IP, 14 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 5 BB, 13 SO) Cincinnati 2-6 .250 13-16 .448 W1 ..