WICHITA, Kan. - Wichita State will play its final home game of the 2018 regular season Tuesday night when the Kansas State Wildcats make the trip to Eck Stadium for a 6 p.m. start on COX YurView.
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Quick Hits
• Tuesday's game will be broadcast on KNSS 1330 AM and on goshockers.com with Mike Kennedy calling the action. It will also be televised on Cox YurView Kansas with Shane Dennis and Denning Gerig.Â
• Wichita State leads the overall series with Kansas State 53-38. The Shockers also lead the series in Wichita 32-20.
• WSU is 31st in the May 13 NCAA RPI, while Kansas State is 146th and Memphis is 188th. The Shockers are 7-8-1 against the top-50 and 11-15-1 against the top-100.
• Greyson Jenista is a member of this week's American Honor Roll.
• Alec Bohm's 14 home runs are the most by a Shocker since 2014 when Casey Gillaspie had 15.
• Luke Ritter and Ross Cadena are both on five-game hitting streaks.
• The Shockers are 22-3 this season when they score first and 26-8-1 when they hit a home run in a game.
• The Shocker pitching staff has 14 quality starts this season.
• Shocker pinch hitters are 24-for-74 (.324) this season.
• WSU has 15 come from behind wins this season.
• Alec Bohm has three grand slams this season and is tied for the national lead.
• The Shockers are second nationally in grand slams with five. Tennessee Tech leads with six.
• Liam Eddy is just the second freshman pitcher in school history to win his first four starts. The other was David Haas in 1985.
• Senior Trey Vickers is one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award.
• The Shockers are 18-for-50 with the bases loaded this season with five grand slams. Alec Bohm is 3-for-7 with three grand slams with the bases loaded.
• The Shockers are 23-7-1 at home this season.
• In 31 home games, WSU is hitting .313 with a 3.09 ERA and .970 fielding percentage.
• Luke Ritter is hitting .367 at home this season, while Greyson Jenista is hitting .359, Alec Bohm is hitting .358 and Gunnar Troutwine and Dayton Dugas are hitting .320.
• WSU is 5-4-1 in the last 10 games.
• In the last 10 games, WSU is hitting .280 with a 3.30 ERA and a .952 fielding percentage.
• Luke Ritter is hitting .381 in the last 10 games, while Gunnar Troutwine is hitting .375 and Greyson Jenista and Hunter Gibson are hitting .333.
• Head Coach Todd Butler collected his 200th career victory on Feb. 24 against Omaha.
• WSU's 8-0 start was the best since the 2005 team started 11-0.
• 12 of 13 Shockers, who have a home run in their career, have homered in their last 81 at bats.
• Four Shockers have double-digit errorless streaks including Jacob Katzfey at 42, Alex Jackson at 23, Greyson Jenista at 18 and Hunter Gibson at 11.
• Junior Alec Bohm has made 130 straight-starts, while junior Jordan Boyer had his streak of 76-straight starts broken on April 27. Senior Trey Vickers had his streak of 89 straight starts broken opening weekend and junior Greyson Jenista had his 117-game streak broken on March 25.
• Alec Bohm leads the Shockers with 20 multiple-hit games and Gunnar Troutwine leads with 13 multiple-RBI games.
• Gunnar Troutwine leads the Shockers with 16 two-out RBI and eight go ahead RBI.
• Freshman Hunter Gibson homered in his first collegiate plate appearance on Feb. 25 against Omaha. He is just the second Shocker to do that joining teammate Alec Bohm who did it in 2016.
• Greyson Jenista and Alec Bohm have both been named preseason All-Americans and to the watch list for the Golden Spikes Award.
• The Shockers are 23-4 on May 15.
• WSU is 455-203-2 all-time in the month of May.
Scouting K-State
The Wildcats are 20-30 overall and 5-19 in the Big 12 with wins over Virginia Tech, Elon, Old Dominion two times, La Salle three times, Incarnate Word, Mercer two times, College of Charleston, Austin Peay, Omaha two times, Texas two times, Nebraska, West Virginia and Kansas twice. Losses have come against South Alabama, Indiana, Coastal Carolina, Old Dominion, Mercer, Creighton two times, College of Charleston two times, Austin Peay, TCU three times, Texas, Oklahoma State three times, Nebraska, Texas Tech three times, West Virginia two times, Baylor three times, Oklahoma three times and Kansas. They are led offensively by Will Brennan who is hitting .366 with 12 doubles, 20 RBI and 19 stolen bases. As a team, they are hitting .259 with a 6.05 ERA and .965 fielding percentage. KSU is led by head coach Brad Hill.
Series History vs. the Wildcats
Wichita State leads the overall series with Kansas State 53-38. The Shockers also lead the series in Wichita 32-20.
Last Meeting vs. KSU
The last meeting between the two teams was May 16, 2017 in Wichita. The Shockers won 3-2 on a walk off home run from Luke Ritter. He finished 2-for-4 with three RBI in the game. Reliever Chandler Sanburn earned the win.
Jenista Named to American Honor Roll
Wichita State baseball student-athlete Greyson Jenista has been named to the American Athletic Conference Honor Roll for the week of May 7-13. Jenista, a junior first baseman and outfielder from Eudora, Kan., led the Shockers to a three-win week by going 9-for-20 (.450) with eight runs, two doubles, two home runs, eight RBI, five walks and a stolen base in five games last week. In the win over Oral Roberts on Tuesday, he was 1-for-4 and in the midweek win over South Dakota State he was 2-for-3 with three RBI, a double, a home run and two walks. In Friday's run-rule win over No. 22 USF, he finished 4-for- 5 with four runs, two RBI, a home run, a walk and a stolen base and in the finale he went 2-for-3 with two runs, three RBI, a double, two walks and a hit by pitch.
30+ Wins
Wichita State collected its 32nd win of the season on Friday against USF. It is the most wins by a Shocker team since 2013 when they had 39.
Tie
The 9-9 tie with USF on May 13 was the first tie for Wichita State since 1988. The Shockers and Creighton tied 3-3 on May 22, 1988 in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championship game due to nonstop rain.
Jackson Hits First HR
Sophomore outfielder Alex Jackson hit his first career home run on Saturday against USF. He is the 13th different Shocker to hit a home run this season.
Bombs Away
Wichita State hit five home runs in Friday's win over USF. It was the first time with five home runs in a game since April 22, 2007 against Missouri State.
Walk-Off Run-Rule
Junior Mason O'Brien hit a walk-off run-rule home run on Friday against USF. The last time the Shockers had a run-rule walk-off home run was April 5, 2008 when Ryan Jones did it against Missouri State.
Career-High for Troutwine
Senior catcher Gunnar Troutwine scored a career-high five runs in Friday's win over USF. The last time a Shocker scored five runs in a game was April 6, 2011 when Johnny Coy did it against Alcorn State.
Sac Flies for O'Brien
Junior Mason O'Brien tied a school record with two sacrifice flies in the win over South Dakota State. He is now one of 13 Shockers to have two in a game and the first since Ryan Tinkham vs. Oral Roberts in 2015.
1,000 Putouts
Senior catcher Gunnar Troutwine collected his 1,000th career putout in the May 5 win over Cincinnati. He is just the seventh full-time catcher to reach that mark in school history.
