Games 7-9: Dixie State (Utah) // Wichita, Kan. (Eck Stadium, Home of Tyler Field // March 5-7 @GoShockersBSB // #DrivingSucce22 2021 Wichita State Schedule/Results Shockers Host Dixie State for Three-Game (3-3 Overall, 0-0 American) 2/21 #17 Oklahoma State .........................L, 3-1 Series March 5-7 2/22 #17 Oklahoma State .........................L, 14-6 2/26 SIU Edwardsville...............................W, 10-4 SCENE SETTER: The Wichita State baseball team (3-3) is scheduled to host the Dixie State Trailblazers (0-4) in 2/27 SIU Edwardsville...............................L, 9-7 a three-game series Friday, March 5, Saturday, March 6, and Sunday, March 7, at Eck Stadium, Home of Tyler Field 2/28 SIU Edwardsville...............................W, 7-5 in Wichita. The series opener Friday as well as game two Saturday are slated for 3 p.m. first pitches while Sunday’s 3/2 at Oral Roberts ...........................................W, 3-0 series finale is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. 3/5 Dixie State (Utah) .............................3 p.m. 3/6 Dixie State (Utah) .............................3 p.m. SHOCKER BASEBALL ON THE RADIO: KFH Radio 97.5 FM and 1240 AM will air the series against Dixie State. 3/7 Dixie State (Utah) .............................1 p.m. 3/11 at Arizona ..................................................7 p.m. Former WSU standout pitcher (1991-94), and Pizza Hut Shockers Sports Hall of Famer Shane Dennis and “The 3/12 at Arizona ..................................................7 p.m. Voice of the Shockers” and Pizza Hut Shocker Sports Hall of Famer Mike Kennedy will split play-by-play duties until 3/13 % vs. Air Force ...........................................2 p.m. the conclusion of the Wichita State men’s basketball season. Coverage will include a pregame and postgame show. 3/13 at Arizona ..................................................7 p.m. 3/19 & vs. FIU .....................................................1 p.m. WSU BASEBALL ON ESPN PLUS: Friday and Sunday’s games against Dixie State are scheduled to air live on 3/19 at Stetson ..................................................5:30 p.m. ESPN+ with Shane Dennis on the call. Visit WatchESPN.com to access ESPN+ ($4.99/month subscription required). 3/20 at Stetson ..................................................5:30 p.m. For a complete schedule of ESPN+ baseball games, please visit GoShockers.com. 3/21 & vs. FIU .....................................................11 a.m. 3/23 Kansas State ....................................6 p.m. 3/26 Omaha ............................................6 p.m. SERIES HISTORY: Wichita State and Dixie State (Utah) will meet for the first time on the diamond March 5-7 3/27 Omaha ............................................2 p.m. at Eck Stadium. 3/28 Omaha ............................................1 p.m. 4/1 * at Houston ..............................................2 p.m. SHOCKER NOTES: Wichita State enters the weekend at 3-3 overall after shutting out Oral Roberts, 3-0, 4/2 * at Houston (DH) ......................................2 p.m. Tuesday, March 2, in Tulsa, Okla. ... Through six games, WSU is paced at the plate by senior outfielder Corrigan 4/3 * at Houston ..............................................11:30 a.m. Bartlett (.435 avg., 5 R, 10 H, 2 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, .652 SLG%, .500 OB%), junior infielder Paxton Wallace (.407 avg., 5 4/9 * Houston (Split DH) .........................1 p.m./6 p.m. R, 11 H, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, .741 SLG%, .429 OB%) and junior infielder Garrett Kocis (.269 avg., 7 R, 7 H, 2 2B, 3 4/10 * Houston ........................................2 p.m. HR, 6 RBI, .692 SLG%) ... On the mound WSU is led by junior RHP Liam Eddy (1-1, 5.73 ERA, 11.0 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 4/11 * Houston ........................................TBA 4/16 * at Tulane .................................................TBA 1 BB, 15 SO), redshirt sophomore RHP Ryan Stuempfig (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 5.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 2 SO), senior RHP 4/17 * at Tulane (DH) .........................................TBA Tommy Barnhouse (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 SV, 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO) and freshman RHP Josh Hansell (1-0, 0.00 4/18 * at Tulane .................................................TBA ERA, 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO) ... Eddy currently leads The American and ranks 11th nationally in strikeout-to- 4/23 * at Cincinnati (DH) ....................................12 p.m. walk-ratio (15.00) ... As a team, Wichita State is hitting .269 with a 6.00 ERA and .983 fielding percentage. 4/24 * at Cincinnati ............................................3 p.m. 4/25 * at Cincinnati ............................................12 p.m. SCOUTING DIXIE STATE: The Dixie State Trailblazers out of St. George, Utah, and the Western Athletic 4/30 * ECU (Split DH) ................................1 p.m./6 p.m. Conference (WAC) enter the weekend at 0-4 overall after dropping a four-game series to Washington State Feb. 5/1 * ECU ...............................................2 p.m. 25-28 in St. George ... Through four games, Dixie State is led offensively by redshirt junior catcher Tanner Harper 5/2 * ECU ...............................................TBA 5/7 * at UCF (DH) .............................................1 p.m. (.333 avg., 1 R, 5 H, 1 2B, 1 RBI) and junior infielder Tyler Hollow (.286 avg., 1 R, 4 H, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 4 BB) ... On the 5/8 * at UCF .....................................................3 p.m. mound, the Trailblazers are paced by junior RHP Jimmy Borzone (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 5.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO) 5/9 * at UCF .....................................................12 p.m. and freshman RHP Ryan Hardman (0-0, 1.80 ERA, 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO) ... As a team, Dixie State is hitting 5/14 * USF (Split DH) ................................1 p.m./6 p.m. .160 with a 10.50 ERA and .950 fielding percentage ... The Trailblazers were picked eighth out of 10 teams in the 5/15 * USF ...............................................2 p.m. WAC preseason poll ... This is Dixie State’s first year as an NCAA Division I program ... The Trailblazers are under the 5/16 * USF ...............................................TBA direction of ninth season head coach Chris Pfatenhauer. 5/20 * Memphis (Split DH) ........................1 p.m./6 p.m. 5/21 * Memphis .......................................6 p.m. HANSELL SHINES IN DEBUT: In his first collegiate start and appearance on the mound Tuesday in WSU’s 3-0 5/22 * Memphis .......................................TBA win at Oral Roberts, freshman right-hander Josh Hansell shined, tossing five scoreless innings of one-hit baseball 5/25-30 $ American tournament.............................TBA with seven strikeouts and only two walks, earning his first victory in a Shocker uniform. TBA NCAA Regionals ............................................ TBA TBA NCAA Super Regionals .................................. TBA GOING DEEP: Garrett Kocis has homered in two of his last three games. He went deep twice against SIUE 6/13-23/24 College World Series ..................................TBA Feb. 27 before destroying a baseball on a solo homer to right field Tuesday at Oral Roberts. $ = American Athletic Conference tournament (Clearwater, Fla.) Probable Starting Pitchers & = Game played in DeLand, Fla. % = Game played in Tucson, Ariz. Wichita State * = American Athletic Conference game Name B/T Yr. Hometown 2021 Stats Home games in bold played at Eck Stadium, Home of Tyler Field GM 1 Liam Eddy R/R Jr. Brighton, Colo. 1-1, 5.73, 11.0 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 15 SO All times are CENTRAL GM 2 Spencer Hynes L/L R-Jr. Weatherford, Texas 0-1, 7.56, 8.1 IP, 10 H, 9 R, 7 ER, 5 BB, 13 SO SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. GM 3 Preston Snavely R/R Sr. Fort Collins, Colo. 0-0, 7.36, 3.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO Dixie State Name B/T Yr. Hometown 2021 Stats GM 1 Jimmy Borzone R/R Jr. Vancouver, Wash. 0-0, 0.00, 5.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO GM 2 Jack Gonzales L/L Jr. Oceanside, Calif. 0-1, 19.29, 2.1 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 5 SO GM 3 Carson Phillips R/R So. Wrightwood, Calif. 0-1, 22.50, 2.0 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 3 SO SHOCKER BASEBALL 2 HAVE A SERIES, PAXTON: Junior infielder Paxton Wallace hit a blistering .615 with eight hits, a double, triple, two homers, 11 RBIs, a 1.308 slugging and .643 on-base percentage in the Shockers’ three-game series against SIUE Feb. 26-28. In WSU’s 10-4 win Feb. 26, he went a career-best 3-for-4 with two home runs and seven RBIs. The seven runs driven in were the most in a game since 2012. Wallace was named to The American Weekly Honor Roll March 1 for his performance during the week. NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: Freshman outfielder Chuck Ingram hit .308 with four hits -- all for extra bases -- in 2021 Standings Wichita State’s series vs. SIUE. The Kansas City, Mo., native had three doubles and one triple in 13 at bats. Conference Overall GOING BACK-TO-BACK: Junior infielder Garrett Kocis and senior outfielder Corrigan Bartlett hit back-to- Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Str back home runs in the fifth inning of Wichita State’s game against SIUE Feb. 27. It was the first time the Shockers Memphis 0-0 .000 4-1 .800 L1 went back-to-back since March 3, 2018 when Greyson Jenista and Alec Bohm hit back-to-back homers in the ECU 0-0 .000 6-2 .750 L1 third inning vs. Nebraska. Houston 0-0 .000 6-2 .750 L1 USF 0-0 .000 4-3 .571 W4 SEE. YOU. LATER.: Wichita State hit a combined five home runs in its series against SIUE Feb. 26-28. Paxton Wichita State 0-0 .000 3-3 .500 W2 Wallace and Garrett Kocis each had two in the series, while Corrigan Bartlett went deep once.