Cougars Look To Snap Skid In First Foray With Wildcats

Friday, March 16

Manhattan, Kan.

4:00 PM

College of Charleston

Kansas State

Photo by: Michael Wiser

Cougars Look To Snap Skid In First Foray With Wildcats

3/15/2018 6:53:00 PM | Baseball

Game Notes (PDF)

CHARLESTON, S.C. --- The College of Charleston baseball team begins a five-game road swing in Manhattan, Kan. this weekend, and will look to snap its two-game skid in a weekend series with Big 12 foe Kansas State. First pitch for Friday's series opener is scheduled for 4:00 pm ET.

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Probable Pitchers
Friday | 4:00 pm ET: LHP Evan Sisk (3-1, 3.27 ERA, 22 K) vs. RHP Kasey Ford (3-0, 4.74 ERA, 27 K)
Saturday | 3:00 pm ET: RHP Griffin McLarty (3-0, 0.76 ERA, 22 K) vs. RHP Gabe Littlejim (1-2, 7.23 ERA, 14 K)
Sunday | 1:00 pm ET: RHP Jakob Frishmuth (3-0, 1.96 ERA, 15 K) vs. RHP Justin Heskett (1-1, 5.49 ERA, 12 K)

Series Preview
The Cougars and Wildcats meet for the first time on Friday in the first of a three-game weekend series. Charleston enters the weekend with a 13-5 overall record, while Kansas State comes in with a 10-6 mark.

Last Time Out
The Cougars suffered a pair of one-run setbacks to Quinnipiac on Tuesday and Wednesday despite only surrendering five earned runs and Quinnipiac committing seven errors.

901 And Counting
In Saturday's 7-3 win, Charleston passed a significant milestone as a program with its 900th all-time victory. The Cougars currently own a 901-616-4 all-time record in 28 years as a program.

A Bat Awakens
Logan McRae's bat awoke in a big way last weekend, as the redshirt junior went 7-for-14 with three doubles, a home run, three RBIs, and a 1.182 slugging percentage. He capped the weekend with a 4-for-5 effort on Sunday, falling a triple shy of the cycle in a performance that included a two-run home run.

Surging Cougars
The Cougars surged through the NCAA RPI rankings this week, jumping 44 spots to No. 27 after sweeping CSU Bakersfield. Six of CofC's 2018 opponents rank amongst the top 100, including Northeastern (4), East Carolina (45), Coastal Carolina (46), Kansas State (51), Georgia (56), and James Madison (72).

Scouting Kansas State
Kansas State enters the week with a 10-6 record after falling to Creighton, 13-3, on Tuesday. The Wildcats are 39-of-42 in stolen base attempts thus far, and come into Friday's opener with a .304 batting average and 58 extra-base hits.

Drew Mount leads the Wildcats with seven home runs and 29 RBIs, while batting .328 and swiping 12 bags in 12 attempts. Kasey Ford sports a 3-0 record with a 4.74 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 24.2 innings.