Shockers Host No. 8 East Carolina in Four Game Series April 30
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Games 36-39: East Carolina // Wichita, Kan. (Eck Stadium) // April 30-May 2 @GoShockersBSB // #DrivingSucce22 2021 Wichita State Schedule/Results Shockers Host No. 8 East Carolina in Four (20-15 Overall, 8-7 American) 2/21 #17 Oklahoma State .........................L, 3-1 Game Series April 30 - May 2 2/22 #17 Oklahoma State .........................L, 14-6 2/26 SIU Edwardsville...............................W, 10-4 SCENE SETTER: The Wichita State baseball team (20-15, 8-7 American) is scheduled to welcome 2/27 SIU Edwardsville...............................L, 9-7 the eighth-ranked East Carolina Pirates (28-7, 10-2 American) to Eck Stadium, Home of Tyler Field, for a 2/28 SIU Edwardsville...............................W, 7-5 four-game American Athletic Conference series April 30 through May 2. The series is slated to begin with a 3/2 at Oral Roberts ...........................................W, 3-0 split doubleheader Friday, April 30, at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m., before single games Saturday, May 1, at 2 p.m. and 3/5 Dixie State (Utah) .............................W, 2-1 3/6 Dixie State (Utah) .............................W, 15-3 Sunday, May 2, at noon. 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 3/12 at #13 Arizona............................................W, 10-9 against ECU. “The Voice of the Shockers” and Pizza Hut Shocker Sports Hall of Famer Mike Kennedy will call 3/13 % vs. Air Force ...........................................L, 12-3 the action, beginning with the pregame show approximately 20 minutes prior to first pitch ... Game one of 3/19 & vs. FIU .....................................................L, 11-2 3/19 at Stetson ..................................................L, 9-4 the series Friday at 1 p.m. will air live on ESPN Plus with former Wichita State standout pitcher and Pizza Hut 3/20 at Stetson ..................................................W, 11-8 Shockers Sports Hall of Famer Shane Dennis on the call ... Live audio, in addition to live statistics will be 3/21 & vs. FIU .....................................................L, 9-2 available for all games at GoShockers.com/listen and ShockerStats.com. 3/23 Kansas State ....................................W, 5-1 3/26 Omaha ............................................W, 14-5 SERIES HISTORY: The four-game series against the Pirates will mark meetings 10-13 in the all-time 3/27 Omaha ............................................W, 9-0 3/28 Omaha ............................................W, 11-1 series that dates back to 1991. The Shockers lead the series, 5-4. The last time the two teams met was 4/1 * at Houston ..............................................L, 5-3 during the 2019 season, when Wichita State went 3-2 in five meetings with ECU. The Shockers dropped 4/2 * at Houston (DH) ......................................W, 3-2; W, 2-1 two of three games in Wichita against the Pirates, falling in game one, 6-1, before winning game two, 3-1, 4/3 * at Houston ..............................................W, 3-2 and losing the series finale, 7-3. WSU faced ECU twice in the American Athletic Conference tournament in 4/9 * Houston (Split DH) .........................W, 10-2; W, 7-1 Clearwater, Fla., winning both games, 6-2 and 12-5. 4/10 * ^ Houston .....................................W, 10-1 4/11 * Houston ........................................W, 13-2 (7) 4/16 * at Tulane (DH) .........................................L, 6-3; L, 3-2 SHOCKER NOTES: The Shockers enter the week with an overall record of 20-15 and are 8-7 in The 4/17 * at Tulane .................................................L, 8-7 American after dropping three of four games at Cincinnati April 23-25 ... Through 35 games, WSU is paced 4/18 * at Tulane .................................................Canceled at the plate by senior outfielder Corrigan Bartlett (.356 avg., 29 R, 47 H, 9 2B, 2 HR, 26 RBI, 12 BB, .470 SLG%, 4/23 * at Cincinnati (DH) ....................................L, 6-0; L, 12-2 (7) .411 OB%, 3 SB), junior infielder Paxton Wallace (.316 avg., 29 R, 42 H, 9 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR, 33 RBI, 12 BB, .556 4/24 * at Cincinnati ............................................W, 6-1 4/25 * at Cincinnati ............................................L, 6-5 SLG%, .373 OB%) and sophomore infielder Jack Sigrist (.303 avg., 30 R, 44 H, 11 2B, 3 3B, 1 HR, 15 RBI, 13 BB, 4/30 * #8 ECU (Split DH) ............................1 p.m./6 p.m. .370 OB%, 12 SB) ... Bartlett is fifth in The American in batting average while Sigrist is tied for fifth in stolen 5/1 * #8 ECU ...........................................2 p.m. bases and Wallace is fourth in RBI ... On the mound, WSU is led by freshman RHP Jace Kaminska (4-0, 0.87 5/2 * #8 ECU ...........................................12 p.m. ERA, 1 CG, 31.0 IP, 26 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 12 BB, 28 SO), redshirt sophomore RHP Ryan Stuempfig (5-0, 1.35 ERA, 5/7 * at UCF (DH) .............................................1 p.m. 26.2 IP, 16 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 14 BB, 14 SO), senior RHP Preston Snavely (3-3, 3.56 ERA, 48.0 IP, 46 H, 25 R, 19 ER, 14 5/8 * at UCF .....................................................3 p.m. 5/9 * at UCF .....................................................TBA BB, 38 SO) and sophomore RHP Aaron Haase (0-1, 1.56 ERA, 7 SV, 17.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 18 SO) ... Haase 5/14 * USF (Split DH) ................................1 p.m./6 p.m. leads The American and is 12th in the country in saves ... As a team, Wichita State is hitting .271 (fourth in 5/15 * USF ...............................................2 p.m. American) with a 4.47 ERA (third in American) and .976 fielding percentage (tied for second in American). 5/16 * USF ...............................................12 p.m. 5/20 * Memphis (Split DH) ........................1 p.m./6 p.m. SCOUTING ECU: The East Carolina Pirates enter the week at 28-7 overall and 10-2 in The American 5/21 * Memphis .......................................6 p.m. 5/22 * Memphis .......................................12 p.m. after splitting a four-game series with UCF April 23-25 in Greenville, N.C., winning 4-2 and 11-8 and losing 5/25-30 $ American tournament.............................TBA 10-5 and 6-1 ... ECU was picked to win The American in the conference’s preseason coaches’ poll, and is TBA NCAA Regionals ............................................ TBA ranked as high as eighth (Baseball America) in the various NCAA Division I baseball polls ... Through 35 TBA NCAA Super Regionals .................................. TBA games, the Pirates are paced by sophomore infielder Connor Norby (.428 avg., 36 R, 62 H, 9 2B, 10 HR, 32 6/13-23/24 College World Series ..................................TBA RBI, 14 BB, .697 SLG%, .475 OB%, 8 SB), sophomore infielder/outfielder Thomas Francisco (.392 avg., 36 R, $ = 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. 3-3, 3.56, 48.0 IP, 46 H, 25 R, 19 ER, 14 BB, 38 SO Home games in bold played at Eck Stadium, Home of Tyler Field GM 2 Jace Kaminska R/R Fr. Caney, Kan. 4-0, 0.87, 31.0 IP, 26 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 12 BB, 28 SO All times are CENTRAL GM 3 TBA SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. GM 4 TBA East Carolina Name B/T Yr. Hometown 2021 Stats GM 1 Gavin Williams R/R Jr. Fayetteville, N.C. 5-0, 1.19, 1 SV, 37.2 IP, 21 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 12 BB, 61 SO GM 2 Jake Kuchmaner L/L Jr. Waxhaw, N.C. 2-1, 5.36, 42.0 IP, 55 H, 27 R, 25 ER, 5 BB, 33 SO GM 3 TBA GM 4 TBA SHOCKER BASEBALL 2 56 H, 6 2B, 6 HR, 25 RBI, 13 BB, .559 SLG%, .450 OB%, 1 SB) and junior catcher Seth Caddell (.283 avg., 26 2021 American Standings R, 34 H, 6 2B, 10 HR, 34 RBI, 19 BB, .583 SLG%, .375 OB%) ... Norby leads the conference in batting average, slugging percentage and hits, while Francisco is third in batting average and on-base percentage ... On the Conference Overall mound, East Carolina is led by junior RHP Gavin Williams (5-0, 1.19 ERA, 1 SV, 37.2 IP, 21 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 12 BB, Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Str 61 SO), freshman LHP Carson Whisenhunt (4-0, 3.22 ERA, 36.1 IP, 29 H, 14 R, 13 ER, 10 BB, 51 SO), junior Tulane 10-1 .909 21-13 .618 W10 LHP Jake Kuchmaner (2-1, 5.36 ERA, 42.0 IP, 55 H, 27 R, 25 ER, 5 BB, 33 SO) and freshman LHP C.J. Mayhue ECU 10-2 .833 28-7 .800 L1 (2-1, 3.48 ERA, 6 SV, 31.0 IP, 25 H, 13 R, 12 ER, 9 BB, 47 SO) ... Williams leads The American and is fourth in the UCF 9-7 .563 19-21 .475 W1 country in ERA, while Mayhue is second in the conference in saves ... ECU leads the conference in batting Wichita State 8-7 .533 20-15 .571 L1 average (.304) and fielding percentage (.978), and ranks second in ERA (3.67) ... The Pirates are under the Cincinnati 8-8 .500 19-18 .514 W1 direction of seventh season head coach Cliff Godwin. South Florida 5-7 .417 15-19 .441 W1 Houston 3-9 .250 15-20 .429 L1 DOUBLES LEADER: Jack Sigrist leads the team and is tied for second in The American with 11 Memphis 2-14 .125 12-26 .316 L5 doubles on the season.