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GAME 43

Wichita State (28-14, 5-10)   vs. Cincinnati (22-20, 8-7)

Friday, May 4

6:00 P.M. CDT

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GAME 44

Wichita State (28-14, 5-10)   vs. Cincinnati (22-20, 8-7)

Saturday, May 5

2:00 P.M. CDT

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GAME 45

Wichita State (28-14, 5-10)   vs. Cincinnati (22-20, 8-7)

Sunday, May 6

10:30 A.M. CDT

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Weekend Promotions
Friday, May 4 - May the 4th Be With You: Star Wars Night: FREE Lightsabers for the first 500 fans through the gates

Sunday, May 6 - Bark in the Park: Pet Supplies Plus, Sydney's Pet Resort and Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Hospital of Wichita are sponsoring the event. More Information -> READ MORE

Quick Hits
• All three games will be broadcast on KNSS 1330 AM and on goshockers.com with Mike Kennedy calling the action. It will also be televised on Shocker HD with Shane Dennis and Denning Gerig. 
• This will be the first meeting between Wichita State and Cincinnati.
• WSU is 18th in the May 2 NCAA RPI, while Cincinnati is 133rd. The Shockers are 7-8 against the top-50 and 9-12 against the top-100.
• The Shockers are 19-2 this season when they score first and 23-5 when they hit a home run in a game.
• Luke Ritter is currently on a career-best 17- game hitting streak.
• Ritter is a member of The American Honor Roll this week.
• The Shocker pitching staff already has 12 quality starts this season.
• Shocker pinch hitters are 21-for-60 (.350) this season.
• WSU has 14 come from behind wins this season.
• Alec Bohm already has three grand slams this season and is tied for the national lead.
• The Shockers lead the nation in grand slams with five.
• 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 15-for-39 with the bases loaded this season with five grand slams. Alec Bohm is 3-for-6 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.
• WSU is 5-5 in the last 10 games.
• In the last 10 games, WSU is hitting .296 with a 4.12 ERA and a .967 fielding percentage.
• Luke Ritter is hitting .409 in the last 10 games, while Travis Young is hitting .394, and Jordan Boyer is hitting .320.
• 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.
• 11 of 12 Shockers, who have a home run in their career, have homered in their last 93 at bats.
• Four Shockers have double-digit errorless streaks including Jacob Katzfey at 39, Travis Young at 30, Alex Jackson at 17 and Greyson Jenista at 10.
• Junior Alec Bohm has made 122 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 16 multiple-hit games and Gunnar Troutwine leads with 11 multiple-RBI games.
• Gunnar Troutwine leads the Shockers with 12 two-out RBI, while Troutwine and Greyson Jenista lead with six 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 21-14 on May 4, 24-2 on May 5 and 19-9 on May 6.
• WSU is 451-200-1 all-time in the month of May.

Scouting Cincinnati
The Bearcats are 22-20 overall and 8-7 in The American with wins over California, San Diego, Northern Kentucky, UT-Martin three times, Indiana, Toledo twice, Tulane, Houston twice, Memphis three times, Wright State, UCF, Xavier, UConn, and Kansas three times. Losses have come against San Diego, Sam Houston State three times, UT-Martin, Tennessee three times, Wright State twice, Toledo, Tulane twice, Houston, Miami, Ohio twice, UCF twice, and UConn twice. They are led offensively by Manny Rodriguez who is hitting .304 with 14 doubles, nine home runs and 32 RBI. As a team, they are hitting .250 with a 3.80 ERA and .967 fielding percentage. The Bearcats are led by head coach Scott Googins.

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

Ritter Named to Honor Roll
Wichita State baseball student-athlete Luke Ritter has been named to the American Athletic Conference Honor Roll for the week of April 23-29. Ritter, a junior outfielder from Overland Park, Kan., went 7-for-17 (.412) with five runs, one double, two home runs, eight RBI, two walks and a sacrifice fly in four games last week. He had a hit in all four games to push his career-best hitting streak to 17 games. In Tuesday's win at Kansas, he went 3-for-5 with a career-high five RBI. He also had two runs, a double and a home run. In game one against UCF, he went 1-for-4 with two runs and in game two he went 2-for-5 with a RBI and a home run. In the finale, he went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a sacrifice fly.

Sweeps
Wichita State earned a season sweep of Kansas with a 14-5 win on April 24 in Lawrence. The Shockers also defeated the Jayhawks 11-0 in Wichita on April 18. It was WSU's first win in Lawrence since 2012 and the first season sweep of KU since 2012. The Shockers also earned a season sweep of Oklahoma State, which was the first time since 2010.

11 Different Shockers
Eleven different Shockers have hit a home run this season. Tennessee Tech leads the nation with 15 different players.

Ritter Stays Hot
Junior utility player Luke Ritter is hitting .391 over his last 26 games. In those games, he is 43-for-110 with 28 runs, seven doubles, one triple, five home runs, 20 RBI and three sacrifice flies.

17-Game Hitting Streak
Junior Luke Ritter is on a career-best 17-game hitting streak. During the streak, he is 29-for-69 (.420) with 17 runs, four doubles, one triple, three home runs, 13 RBI, five walks, four hit by pitch and two stolen bases.

Leadoff Home Run
Junior Luke Ritter led off the April 28 game at UCF with a home run. It was the first leadoff home run for the Shockers since Greyson Jenista hit one at Indiana State on May 18, 2017.

National Leaders
Wichita State already has five grand slams this season, which leads the NCAA. Austin Peay, Coastal Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee Tech are in second with four grand slams. Individually, Alec Bohm is tied for the national lead with three grand slams. Matt Wallner of Southern Miss also has three.

Four in a Row
Wichita State collected four extra base hits in a row in the fifth inning against Kansas on April 18. The Shockers had four-straight doubles. It was the first time WSU had four extra base hits in a row since March 5, 2004 when they had a double and three home runs against Louisiana- Lafayette in the eighth inning.

Four in an Inning
WSU had four doubles in the fifth inning against Kansas on April 18. The last time the Shockers had four doubles in an inning was April 15, 2007 against Southern Illinois when they had four in the sixth inning.

Heuer's CG
Junior pitcher Codi Heuer threw his first career complete game on Friday at Houston. He went eight innings and gave up one earned run on seven hits with three walks and four strikeouts in the loss. He is the first Shocker pitcher to pitch a complete game loss since Willie Schwanke against TCU on April 1, 2016.