Kent State will travel to Kokomo, Indiana on Tuesday to host Evansville in a 5 p.m. matchup at Kokomo Municipal Stadium.
COVERAGE
• Live stats will be available at sidearmstats.com/kent/baseball
• Tickets can be purchased in advance online here
THE MATCHUP
• This will be the first meeting between the two programs
• The Aces are 9-9 this season and are batting .285 as a team with a 5.04 ERA
• Evansville traveled to Liberty the weekend before Kent State did where they dropped two games against the Flames 5-3 and 5-2
• The Aces faced fellow Mid-American Conference foe Northern Illinois for a three-game series March 4-6, winning all three games (5-2, 11-10, 8-6)
NATIONAL RANKINGS
• The Golden Flashes are in the top 100 in a few statistical categories in the NCAA rankings
• The team is ranked 52nd in ERA, 66th in hits allowed per nine innings, 93rd in sacrifice flies, 99th in scoring, 36th in shutouts, 95th in WHIP and 35th in win-loss percentage
• Individually, Eli Kraus is one of 14 pitchers with a complete game
• Eric Lauer is 60th in ERA, 77th in hits allowed per nine innings and 59th in strikeouts
• Dylan Rosa ranks 88th in doubles per game
• Zach Willman is 14th in the nation in saves with five on the season
• Luke Burch is 97th in stolen bases
LAUER LAUDED
• Following one of his best career performances, Eric Lauer was named a National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball and was also named the MAC East Pitcher of the Week
• In Friday's game at Liberty, Lauer threw 8.