WICHITA STATE BASEBALL

Memphis, Tenn.

FedEx Park

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GAME 52

Wichita State (32-18-1, 7-13-1)   at Memphis (19-34, 4-17)

Friday, May 18

2:00 P.M. CDT

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GAME 53

Wichita State (32-18-1, 7-13-1)   at Memphis (19-34, 4-17)

Friday, May 18

6:30 P.M. CDT

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GAME 54

Wichita State (32-18-1, 7-13-1)   at Memphis (19-34, 4-17)

Saturday, May 19

1:00 P.M. CDT

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Quick Hits
• All three games will be broadcast on KNSS 1330 AM and on goshockers.com with Mike Kennedy and Shane Dennis calling the action. 
• This will be the first meeting between Wichita State and Memphis.
• WSU is 39th in the May 15 NCAA RPI, while Memphis is 191st. 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 is on a six-game hitting streak and Ross Cadena is on a five-game hitting streak.
• The Shockers are 22-4 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-77 (.312) 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 19-for-52 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 9-10 on the road this season.
• In 19 road games, WSU is hitting .257 with a 4.92 ERA and .963 fielding percentage.
• Gunnar Troutwine is hitting .322 on the road this season, while Trey Vickers is hitting .291, Alec Bohm is hitting .284 and Luke Ritter is hitting .274.
• WSU is 4-5-1 in the last 10 games.
• In the last 10 games, WSU is hitting .276 with a 3.60 ERA and a .957 fielding percentage.
• Gunnar Troutwine is hitting .387 in the last 10 games, while Greyson Jenista is hitting .371, Luke Ritter is hitting .366, Alec Bohm is hitting .325, Ross Cadena is hitting .304 and Alex Jackson is hitting .300.
• 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 43, Alex Jackson at 24, Greyson Jenista at 19 and Hunter Gibson at 12.
• Junior Alec Bohm has made 131 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 21 multiple-hit games and Gunnar Troutwine leads with 13 multiple-RBI games.
• Gunnar Troutwine leads the Shockers with 16 two-out RBI and Troutwine and Alec Bohm lead the team with 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 11-5 on May 17, 6-9 on May 18 and 14-5 on May 19.
• WSU is 455-204-2 all-time in the month of May.

Scouting Memphis
The Tigers are 19-34 overall and 4-17 in The American with wins over Western Kentucky twice, SEMO, Middle Tennessee twice, Little Rock, North Florida, Mississippi Valley, UCF, Arkansas State twice, Baylor, Mississippi State, Murray State, USF, UConn, Belmont, Tulane and UT Martin. Losses have come against Western Kentucky, Ole Miss twice, Eastern Illinois three times, Tennessee, ETSU, Middle Tennessee, Little Rock twice, Auburn, North Florida twice, Houston three times, UCF twice, Cincinnati three times, Baylor twice, ECU three times, USF twice, UConn twice and Tulane twice. They are led offensively by Cale Hennemann who is hitting .291 with six doubles and 17 RBI. As a team, they are hitting .235 with a 4.35 ERA and .973 fielding percentage. The Tigers are led by head coach Daron Schoenrock.

Series History vs. the Tigers
This will be the first meeting between the two teams.

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.