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Shockers Head West to Face Cal Poly

3/16/2017 3:55:00 PM

WICHITA, Kan. - Wichita State heads back out on the road this weekend for a three-game series on the West Coast at Cal Poly, beginning Friday night at 8 p.m. CT in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
 
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WICHITA STATE BASEBALL
 14152   San Luis Obispo, Calif.
 14151  Baggett Stadium
 11129  Game Notes
 GAME 17
  Wichita State (10-6) at Cal Poly (5-11)
  14157      Friday, March 17
  14156      8 P.M. CDT
 11169     BigWest.TV
 14154  Live Stream
 15695     KNSS 1330 AM/98.7 FM
  14153    Listen
  14158     Live Stats
 GAME 18
  Wichita State (10-6) at Cal Poly (5-11)
  14157      Saturday, March 18
  14156      8 P.M. CDT
 11169     BigWest.TV
 14154  Live Stream
 15695     KNSS 1330 AM/98.7 FM
  14153     Listen
  14158     Live Stats
 GAME 19
  Wichita State (10-6) at Cal Poly (5-11)
  14157      Sunday, March 19
  14156      3 P.M. CDT
 11169     BigWest.TV
 14154  Live Stream
 15695     KNSS 1330 AM/98.7 FM
  14153     Listen
  14158     Live Stats
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Quick Hits

• All three games will be broadcast on KNSS 1330 AM and on goshockers.com with Shane Dennis calling the action. The games will also be televised on Big West TV.
• Cal Poly leads the overall series with Wichita State 2-1 with all three meetings coming in Wichita.
• WSU is 51st in the March 15 NCAA RPI, while Cal Poly is 192nd. The Shockers are 0-6 against the top-50 and 4-6 against the top-100.
• The Shockers have won 10 in a row at home, the fifth longest streak in the nation.
• WSU is 1-6 this season on the road.
• In those seven road games, WSU is hitting .206 with a 8.21 ERA and .953 fielding percentage.
• On the road this season, Alec Bohm is hitting .292 and Greyson Jenista is hitting .280.
• WSU is 4-6 in the last 10 games.
• In those 10 games, WSU is hitting .251 with a 6.43 ERA and .962 fielding percentage.
• In the last 10 games, Jordan Boyer is hitting .344, Luke Ritter is hitting .318, Greyson Jenista is hitting .314 and Alec Bohm is hitting .286.
• In the NCAA stats, WSU is 90th in double plays, 91st in strikeouts per nine innings and 12th in shutouts. Individually, Jordan Boyer is 41st in runs batted in per game and 74th in sacrifice flies, Trey Vickers is 31st in triples, Ben Hecht is 41st in saves, Reagan Biechler is 94th in saves and 41st in appearances, and Willie Schwanke and Cody Tyler are 27th in games started.
• WSU collected back-to-back shutouts on Feb. 25 of Grand Canyon. The last time WSU had two-straight was in 2013.
• WSU had a scoreless innings streak of 24.1 from Feb. 19-26. The streak ranks as the eighth longest in WSU history.
• Senior pitcher Reagan Biechler needs four more appearances to move into a tie for 24th in the Shocker record book for career appearances.
• All seven returning starters have homered in their last 62 at bats.
• WSU collected back-to-back shutouts on Feb. 25 of Grand Canyon. The last time WSU had two-straight was in 2013.
• WSU had a scoreless innings streak of 24.1 from Feb. 19-26. The streak ranks as the eighth longest in WSU history.
• Senior pitcher Reagan Biechler needs four more appearances to move into a tie for 24th in the Shocker record book for career appearances.
• All seven returning starters have homered in their last 78 at bats.
• Two Shockers have double-digit errorless streaks including Travis Young at 51 and Gunnar Troutwine at 18.
• WSU struck out seven-straight batters in the season opener against Utah Valley. It was the first time with six or more consecutive strikeouts since 2010.
• WSU plays 24 games in 2017 against teams that were in the top-100 in the RPI in 2016. Fifteen of those are games against teams in the top-50.
• The Shockers are now 85-7 all-time at home (Eck and Lawrence-Dumont) in the month of February.
• WSU is 578-229-2 all-time overall in the month of March.
• Since 1978, the Shockers are 24-7 on March 17, 21-7 on March 18 and 14-10 on March 19.
• WSU is now 29-11 in season openers since 1978.
• WSU is now 37-3 in home openers since 1978.
• The Shocks were picked tied for fourth in the MVC Preseason Poll.
• Sophomore designated hitter Alec Bohm and sophomore utility player Luke Ritter were named to the preseason all-Valley team.
• In 2016, Greyson Jenista was the first freshman to lead the Shockers in hitting since Pat Magness in 1997 and was just the fifth freshman overall.
• The Shockers welcome 13 newcomers in 2017.
• WSU returns seven starters and 15 letterwinners from the 2016 team.
• The Shocker pitching staff returns four starters including Willie Schwanke, Cody Tyler, Zach Lewis and Connor Lungwitz.
• Last season, Travis Young tied the freshman record for sacrifice hits in a season with seven and it was also the 12th most in the single season record books.
• Last season, Gunnar Troutwine had the fifth most assists by a catcher with 59.
• Head Coach Todd Butler is in his fourth season as coach of the Shockers.
• Assistant Coach Brian Walker is the third base coach and Volunteer Assistant Coach Codey McElroy is the first base coach.
 
Scouting Cal Poly
The Mustangs are 5-11 overall after defeating Gonzaga 6-1 on Monday. Wins this season have come against Cal, Santa Clara, CSU Bakersfield, Loyola Marymount and Gonzaga. Losses have come against Cal three times, No. 23 Stanford, Pacific three times, San Diego State three times and Loyola Marymount twice. As a team, CP is hitting .257 with a 4.50 ERA and a .954 fielding percentage. The Mustangs are led offensively by Alex McKenna who is hitting .373 with five doubles, seven RBI and five stolen bases. The Mustangs are led by head coach Larry Lee.
 
Series History vs. the Mustangs
Cal Poly leads the overall series with Wichita State 2-1. The only three meetings took place in Wichita last season.
 
Last Meeting vs. CP
The last meeting between the two teams was a three-game series in Wichita March 24-26, 2016. The Shockers won game one 6-0, but the Mustangs won game two 7-2 and game three 7-6. Greyson Jenista went 5-for-10 with four RBI for the Shockers, while Luke Ritter went 3-for-7. Willie Schwanke earned the win, while Zach Lewis and Chase Williams each took a loss.
 
Win in Norman
Wichita State collected a 4-2 win at No. 13 Oklahoma on March 7. It was the Shockers first win over a ranked team this season and snapped the Sooners nation-leading 12-game winning streak. It was just the third time in school history
that the Shockers defeated Oklahoma in Norman. The other two times were 1992 and 2006.
 
Four-Headed Monster
Shocker pitchers Adam Keller, Reagan Biechler, Landon Holifield and Ben Hecht each made two appearances for Wichita State last week. The four of them combined to throw nine shutout innings in the four games, all against ranked
teams. They allowed just two singles and struck out 13 in those nine innings.
 
Freshman Firsts
Two Shocker freshmen earned firsts last week. Freshman pitcher Tommy Barnhouse earned his first career win on March 7 at No. 13 Oklahoma. He pitched two innings in relief and allowed
one unearned run with three strikeouts. Freshman outfielder Jacob Katzfey collected his first career-hit on March 11 at No. 6 LSU.

Combined Shutout
Wichita State collected its third shutout of the year on March 1 against Omaha. The Shockers used 10 pitchers to combine on the three-hit shutout. The 10 pitchers who combined on the shutout were juniors Chandler Sanburn, Tyler Jones and Adam Keller, sophomores Codi Heuer, Matt Whalen, Connor Lungwitz and Robby Evans and freshmen Keylan Killgore, Tommy Barnhouse and Preston Snavely.

Bohm on a Streak
Sophomore third baseman Alec Bohm is currently on a season-best seven-game hitting streak. During the streak, he is 10-for-27 (.370) with seven runs, two doubles, two home runs, four RBI and four walks.

K's for Days
The Shockers pitching staff collected 15 strikeouts in the 4-0 win over Grand Canyon on Feb. 25. It was the first time the Shockers had 15 or more strikeouts in a game since March 12, 2013 against North Dakota.

Back-to-Back Shutouts
On Feb. 25, the Shockers had back-to-back shutouts of Grand Canyon by scores of 1-0 and 4-0. It was the first time the Shockers had back-to-back shutouts since 2013 when they beat Southern Illinois (15-0) and Indiana State (5-0) in the MVC Tournament. The 1-0 win in game one against GCU was the first 1-0 win for the Shockers since beating Bradley 1-0 in 10 innings on May 12, 2012.
 
Undefeated Start
Wichita State is off to a 7-0 start this season after three-game sweeps of Utah Valley and Grand Canyon and a win over Omaha. It is the best start by a Shocker team since 2011 when they also started 7-0.
 
Sweeps
The Shockers collected back-to-back three-game sweeps over Utah Valley and Grand Canyon. It is the first time the Shockers have done that since sweeping Niagara and North Dakota in February of 2011.
 
Bombs for Bohm
Sophomore third baseman Alec Bohm collected his first multi-home run game of his career in the 5-3 win over Grand Canyon on Feb. 26. He went 3-for-4 with three RBI, two runs and two home runs. It is the first multi-home run game by a Shocker since Ryan Tinkham hit two against Kansas State on  April 14, 2015.

Seven-Straight K's
In the season opener against Utah Valley on Feb. 17, the Shocker bullpen struck out seven-straight batters. Landon Holifield struck out the first three, Ben Hecht struck out the next three and Reagan Biechler struck out the seventh. It was the first time the Shocker pitching staff struck out six or more consecutive batters since May 14, 2010 when they struck out six-straight against Missouri State.

Newcomers Make Debut
Nine Shocker newcomers made their debut against Utah Valley. Position players Noah Croft, Sam Goodwin, Jacob Katzfey and Bryant Klusener along with pitchers Adam Keller, Landon Holifield, Ben Hecht, Tommy Barnhouse and Preston Snavely all played for the Shockers in the season opening three-game sweep of Utah Valley. Freshman infielder Alex Jackson made his debut the following weekend against Grand Canyon and redshirt sophomore pitcher Matt Whalen and redshirt freshman pitcher Keylan Killgore made their debut against Omaha.
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