Shockers Travel to Orlando for Four-Game Series Vs. UCF May
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Games 40-43: at UCF // Orlando, Fla. (John Euliano Park) // May 7-9 @GoShockersBSB // #DrivingSucce22 2021 Wichita State Schedule/Results Shockers Travel to Orlando for Four-Game (22-17 Overall, 10-9 American) 2/21 #17 Oklahoma State .........................L, 3-1 Series vs. UCF May 7-9 2/22 #17 Oklahoma State .........................L, 14-6 2/26 SIU Edwardsville...............................W, 10-4 SCENE SETTER: Wichita State baseball (22-17, 10-9 American) is scheduled to travel to Orlando, Fla., 2/27 SIU Edwardsville...............................L, 9-7 for a four-game American Athletic Conference series against the UCF Knights (22-22, 12-8 American) May 2/28 SIU Edwardsville...............................W, 7-5 7-9 at John Euliano Park. The series is slated to open with a doubleheader Friday, May 7, at 1 p.m. CT (2 p.m. 3/2 at Oral Roberts ...........................................W, 3-0 ET), before a 3 p.m. CT (4 p.m. ET) contest Saturday, May 8, and the series finale at 11 a.m. CT (noon ET) 3/5 Dixie State (Utah) .............................W, 2-1 3/6 Dixie State (Utah) .............................W, 15-3 Sunday, May 9. 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 UCF. “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 3/19 & vs. FIU .....................................................L, 11-2 3/19 at Stetson ..................................................L, 9-4 of the series will air live on ESPN Plus (WatchESPN.com) ... Live audio, in addition to live statistics will be 3/20 at Stetson ..................................................W, 11-8 available for all games at GoShockers.com/listen and UCFKnights.com. 3/21 & vs. FIU .....................................................L, 9-2 3/23 Kansas State ....................................W, 5-1 SERIES HISTORY: The four-game series at UCF will mark meetings 7-10 in the all-time series that dates 3/26 Omaha ............................................W, 14-5 back to 2018. The series is tied, 3-3. The last time the two teams met was during the 2019 season when 3/27 Omaha ............................................W, 9-0 3/28 Omaha ............................................W, 11-1 the Shockers won two of three games against the Knights at Eck Stadium, claiming game one, 8-6, before 4/1 * at Houston ..............................................L, 5-3 dropping game two, 11-3, and winning the series finale, 6-4. 4/2 * at Houston (DH) ......................................W, 3-2; W, 2-1 4/3 * at Houston ..............................................W, 3-2 SHOCKER NOTES: The Shockers enter the week with an overall record of 22-17 and a 10-9 mark in 4/9 * Houston (Split DH) .........................W, 10-2; W, 7-1 The American after spitting a four-game series with then eighth-ranked East Carolina April 30 through May 4/10 * ^ Houston .....................................W, 10-1 4/11 * Houston ........................................W, 13-2 (7) 2 at Eck Stadium ... Through 39 games, WSU is paced at the plate by senior outfielder Corrigan Bartlett 4/16 * at Tulane (DH) .........................................L, 6-3; L, 3-2 (.349 avg., 33 R, 51 H, 9 2B, 4 HR, 32 RBI, 13 BB, .493 SLG%, .404 OB%, 3 SB), junior infielder Paxton Wallace 4/17 * at Tulane .................................................L, 8-7 (.309 avg., 34 R, 46 H, 9 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR, 33 RBI, 12 BB, .523 SLG%, .361 OB%), sophomore infielder Jack 4/18 * at Tulane .................................................Canceled Sigrist (.306 avg., 30 R, 49 H, 11 2B, 3 3B, 1 HR, 17 RBI, 15 BB, .374 OB%, 13 SB), junior designated hitter 4/23 * at Cincinnati (DH) ....................................L, 6-0; L, 12-2 (7) Hunter Gibson (.306 avg., 16 R, 30 H, 5 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 20 RBI, 16 BB, .469 SLG%, .424 OB%, 1 SB) and junior 4/24 * at Cincinnati ............................................W, 6-1 4/25 * at Cincinnati ............................................L, 6-5 catcher Ross Cadena (.303 avg., 26 R, 40 H, 10 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 22 RBI, 10 BB, .372 OB%, 1 SB) ... Bartlett is 4/30 * #8 ECU (Split DH) ............................L, 10-0 (7); W, 12-2 (7) fifth in The American in batting average while Sigrist is fifth in stolen bases ... On the mound, WSU is led by 5/1 * #8 ECU ...........................................L, 11-3 freshman RHP Jace Kaminska (5-0, 1.18 ERA, 2 CG, 38.0 IP, 31 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 13 BB, 33 SO), sophomore RHP LJ 5/2 * #8 ECU ...........................................W, 11-9 McDonough (1-0, 1.38 ERA, 13.0 IP, 12 H, 7 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 22 SO), redshirt sophomore RHP Ryan Stuempfig 5/7 * at UCF (DH) .............................................1 p.m. (5-0, 1.98 ERA, 27.1 IP, 19 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 16 BB, 14 SO) and sophomore RHP Aaron Haase (0-1, 1.37 ERA, 8 SV, 5/8 * at UCF .....................................................3 p.m. 5/9 * at UCF .....................................................11 a.m. 19.2 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 18 SO) ... Haase leads The American and is 11th in the country in saves ... As a 5/14 * USF (Split DH) ................................1 p.m./6 p.m. team, Wichita State is hitting .275 (fourth in American) with a 4.79 ERA (sixth in American) and .974 fielding 5/15 * USF ...............................................2 p.m. percentage (third in American). 5/16 * USF ...............................................12 p.m. 5/20 * Memphis (Split DH) ........................1 p.m./6 p.m. SCOUTING UCF: The UCF Knights enter the week at 22-22 overall and are 12-8 in The American after 5/21 * Memphis .......................................6 p.m. 5/22 * Memphis .......................................12 p.m. winning three of four home games against Memphis April 30 through May 2 in Orlando, dropping game 5/25-30 $ American tournament.............................TBA one, 12-2, before winning the final three contests, 12-10, 13-6 and 17-5 ... Through 44 games, the Knights TBA NCAA Regionals ............................................ TBA are paced by redshirt senior utility player Jordan Rathbone (.304 avg., 41 R, 51 H, 8 2B, 2 3B, 11 HR, 39 TBA NCAA Super Regionals .................................. TBA RBI, 19 BB, .571 SLG%, .428 OB%, 8 SB) and sophomore catcher/utility player Ben McCabe (.264 avg., 36 R, 6/13-23/24 College World Series ..................................TBA 43 HR, 10 2B, 11 HR, 45 RBI, 23 BB, .528 SLG%, .368 OB%, 6 SB) ... Rathbone and McCabe are both tied for $ = 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. 3-4, 4.41, 51.0 IP, 54 H, 31 R, 25 ER, 16 BB, 42 SO Home games in bold played at Eck Stadium, Home of Tyler Field GM 2 Jace Kaminska R/R Fr. Caney, Kan. 5-0, 1.18, 2 CG, 38.0 IP, 31 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 13 BB, 33 SO All times are CENTRAL GM 3 Liam Eddy R/R Jr. Brighton, Colo. 3-7, 6.12, 60.1 IP, 70 H, 47 R, 41 ER, 14 BB, 64 SO SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. GM 4 Gareth Stroh L/L Sr. Kearney, Neb. 0-0, 9.64, 4.2 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 4 SO UCF Name B/T Yr. Hometown 2021 Stats GM 1 Hunter Patteson L/L Fr. Vero Beach, Fla. 1-2, 6.48, 1 SV, 33.1 IP, 41 H, 30 R, 24 ER, 23 BB, 35 SO GM 2 Kenny Serwa R/R R-Jr. Chicago, Ill. 2-3, 5.20, 36.1 IP, 40 H, 22 R, 21 ER, 9 BB, 35 SO GM 3 Jack Sinclair R/R Jr. Coral Springs, Fla. 3-4, 5.01, 1 SV, 46.2 IP, 53 H, 31 R, 26 ER, 19 BB, 30 SO GM 4 TBA SHOCKER BASEBALL 2 second in the conference in homers, while McCabe leads the AAC in RBI and Rathbone is second ... On the 2021 American Standings mound, UCF is led by redshirt sophomore LHP Colton Gordon (5-2, 2.77 ERA, 1 CG, 55.1 IP, 54 H, 21 R, 17 ER, 13 BB, 72 SO) and redshirt junior RHP David Litchfield (3-2, 2.86 ERA, 5 SV, 28.1 IP, 24 H, 10 R, 9 ER, 7 BB, 20 Conference Overall SO) ...Gordon is third in The American in strikeouts and fourth in ERA, while Litchfield is third in saves ... As a Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Str team, the Knights are hitting .265 (sixth in American) with a 4.63 ERA (fourth in American) and .964 fielding Tulane 13-2 .867 24-14 .632 W1 percentage (eighth in American) ... UCF is under the direction of fifth season head coach Greg Lovelady. ECU 12-4 .750 30-9 .769 L1 UCF 12-8 .600 22-22 .500 W3 WEEKLY HONORS: Freshman Chuck Ingram was named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Wichita State 10-9 .526 22-17 .564 W1 Honor Roll for his performance on the field during the week of April 26 through May 2. Ingram, who hails Cincinnati 10-10 .500 21-20 .512 W1 from Kansas City, Mo., received his first-career weekly honor after hitting a team-best .455, helping the South Florida 7-9 .438 17-21 .447 L1 Shockers earn a four-game, series split with eighth-ranked and conference preseason favorite East Carolina.