Game 1:Wichita State (25-18, 13-10 American) vs. USF (20-22, 10-10 American)
Friday, May 14 | 1 p.m. | Wichita, Kan. (Eck Stadium)
TV: ESPN+ | Radio: KFH 97.5 FM/1240 AM

Game 2: Wichita State vs. USF
Friday, May 14 | 6 p.m. | Wichita, Kan. (Eck Stadium)
Radio: KFH 97.5 FM/1240 AM
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Game 3: Wichita State vs. USF
Saturday, May 15 | 2 p.m. | Wichita, Kan. (Eck Stadium)
Radio: KFH 97.5 FM/1240 AM
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Game 4: Wichita State vs. USF
Sunday, May 16 | 12 p.m. | Wichita, Kan. (Eck Stadium)
Radio: KFH 97.5 FM/1240 AM
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SCENE SETTER: Wichita State baseball (25-18, 13-10 American) is scheduled to welcome the South Florida Bulls (20-22, 10-10 American) for a four-game American Athletic Conference series May 14-16 at Eck Stadium, Home of Tyler Field, in Wichita. The series is slated to open with a split doubleheader Friday, May 14, at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m., before game three at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 15, and the series finale at noon Sunday, May 16.

SHOCKER BASEBALL ON THE RADIO AND ESPN PLUS: KFH 97.5 FM/1240 AM will air the series against the Bulls. "The Voice of the Shockers" and Pizza Hut Shocker Sports Hall of Famer Mike Kennedy will call the action, beginning with the pregame show approximately 20 minutes prior to first pitch ... Game one of Friday's split doubleheader will air live on ESPN Plus (WatchESPN.com) with Pizza Hut Shocker Sports Hall of Fame pitcher Shane Dennis on the call ... Live audio, in addition to live statistics will be available for all games at GoShockers.com/listen and ShockerStats.com.

SERIES HISTORY: This weekend's four-game series against USF will mark meetings 12-15 in the all-time series that dates back to 1985. Wichita State leads the series, 7-3-1. The last time the two teams met was during the 2019 season, with the Shockers winning two of three games in Tampa, Fla. WSU won game one, 7-6, and game three, 7-3, and dropped game two, 2-0.

SHOCKER NOTES: The Shockers enter the week with an overall record of 25-18 and an American Athletic Conference tally of 13-10 after winning three of four games at UCF May 7-9 in Orlando, Fla. ... Through 43 games, WSU is paced at the plate by senior outfielder Corrigan Bartlett (.348 avg., 37 R, 56 H, 9 2B, 6 HR, 38 RBI, 13 BB, .516 SLG%, .400 OB%, 5 SB), junior designated hitter Hunter Gibson (.333 avg., 19 R, 38 H, 6 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 28 RBI, 18 BB, .535 SLG%, .441 OB%, 1 SB), junior infielder Paxton Wallace (.327 avg., 38 R, 54 H, 9 2B, 1 3B, 9 HR, 40 RBI, 14 BB, .558 SLG%, .378 OB%, 4 SB) and sophomore infielder Jack Sigrist (.322 avg., 37 R, 57 H, 14 2B, 3 3B, 3 HR, 20 RBI, 16 BB, .389 OB%, 14 SB) ... Bartlett is fifth in The American in batting average and leads the conference in sac flies (6), while Wallace is tied for second in RBI, and Sigrist is second in doubles and fifth in stolen bases ... On the mound, WSU is led by freshman RHP Jace Kaminska (6-0, 1.23 ERA, 2 CG, 44.0 IP, 36 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 14 BB, 39 SO), sophomore RHP LJ McDonough (1-0, 1.12 ERA, 16.0 IP, 12 H, 7 R, 2 ER, 6 BB, 23 SO), redshirt sophomore RHP Ryan Stuempfig (5-0, 2.81 ERA, 32.0 IP, 25 H, 11 R, 10 ER, 17 BB, 15 SO) and sophomore RHP Aaron Haase (1-1, 1.25 ERA, 8 SV, 21.2 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 21 SO) ... Haase leads The American and is 14th in the country in saves, while Kaminska paces the conference and is fourth nationally in ERA ... As a team, Wichita State is hitting .280 (third in American) with a 4.74 ERA (fourth in American) and .975 fielding percentage (third in American).

SCOUTING SOUTH FLORIDA:  The South Florida Bulls enter the weekend at 20-22 overall and an even 10-10 in The American after winning three of four games at Memphis May 7-8, losing game one, 3-1, before downing the Tigers in the final three contests, 9-2, 7-4 in 10 innings and 6-5 ... Through 42 games, USF is paced at the plate by redshirt freshman utility player Carmine Lane (.307 avg., 28 R, 50 H, 11 2B, 5 HR, 28 RBI, 16 BB, .373 OB%, 1 SB), freshman outfielder Matt Ruiz (.301 avg., 30 R, 49 H, 12 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 18 RBI, 20 BB, .398 OB%, 7 SB) and redshirt junior infielder/outfielder Riley Hogan (.296 avg., 28 R, 50 H, 8 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR, 30 RBI, 20 BB, .378 OB%, 1 SB) ... On the mound the Bulls are led by redshirt freshman RHP Jack Jasiak (3-7, 3.76 ERA, 1 CG, 67.0 IP, 62 H, 35 R, 28 ER, 16 BB, 63 SO), redshirt senior RHP Collin Sullivan (2-1, 3.83 ERA, 1 CG, 56.1 IP, 60 H, 30 R, 24 ER, 8 BB, 67 SO) and redshirt senior LHP Logan Lyle (3-1, 1.30 ERA, 3 SV, 27.2 IP, 18 H, 10 R, 4 ER, 10 BB, 29 SO) ... As a team, South Florida is hitting .268 (fifth in American) with a 4.12 ERA (third in American) and .964 fielding percentage (eighth in American) ... USF is under the direction of fourth season head coach Billy Mohl.

WEEKLY HONORS: Hunter Gibson was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week, while Jace Kaminska garnered Weekly Honor Roll honors for their performances on the field during the week of May 3-9. It's Gibson's first-career Player of the Week accolade and Kaminska's third weekly award honor. Gibson hit a team-best .500 with eight hits in 13 at bats, including two homers and a double, going along with a team-high eight RBI, helping the Shockers win three of four games at UCF May 7-9 in Orlando, Fla. He added a .938 slugging and .556 on-base percentage in four games as the designated hitter. Kaminska continued his stellar 2021 on the mound, improving to 6-0 after earning the victory in the Shockers' 11-1, run-rule win Friday. He scattered five hits and allowed just one earned run with six strikeouts and only one walk in six innings of work and 93 total pitches.

GOING, GOING, GONE: The Shockers hit four home runs, including three in one inning, in their 11-1, run-rule victory at UCF May 7. Jack Sigrist, Hunter Gibson and Corrigan Bartlett all homered in the eighth, marking the first time since 2008 WSU has gone deep three times in an inning. Gibson also homered earlier in the game in the top of the first.

APPROACHING MILESTONES: Jack Sigrist is just four hits away from tallying 100 career hits.

MCDONOUGH EXCELLING: LJ McDonough is 1-0 and has yet to allow an earned run in five appearances out of the bullpen in Wichita State's 23 American Athletic Conference games. McDonough has surrendered just five hits and two unearned runs while striking out 14 and walking only four in 9 2/3 innings in conference play.

SHOCKERS IN THE RPI: Wichita State enters the four-game series against USF ranked 53rd in the latest NCAA Division I Baseball RPI. The Shockers are the second-highest ranked team in The American in RPI, trailing only ECU (14th). Tulane (57th), Cincinnati (87th) and UCF (96th) round out the AAC teams in the top-100.

RECORD BREAKER: Corrigan Bartlett set a new Wichita State single-game record with three sacrifice flies in the Shockers' suspended game at Tulane April 17-18. The previous record was two, last set by Jordan Boyer in 2019. He leads WSU and The American and is 10th nationally with six sacrifice flies on the season.
 
CLOSING THE DOOR: Aaron Haase leads The American and is 14th in the latest NCAA national statistics with eight saves in 15 appearances in 2021. Haase has a 1.25 ERA and has allowed three earned runs on 10 hits with 21 strikeouts and two walks in 21 2/3 innings. He has been named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award Midseason Watch List.

SCORING EARLY: The Shockers have outscored their opponents 35-23 in the first inning and 36-14 in the third inning this season. When WSU gets on the board in the first, they are 17-4. Overall, when scoring first in games, Wichita State is 19-7.

NOTABLE STREAKS: On-Base: Jack Sigrist has reached base in 37 straight contests ... Hitting: Sigrist is on an 11-game hitting streak, while Paxton Wallace has at least one hit in his last seven games.

GOING FOR THREE: Through 43 games, Wichita State leads The American and ranks 29th in the country in triples with 13. Jack Sigrist leads the team, ranks 42nd in the country and is tied for first in the conference with three, while Couper Cornblum, Ross Cadena and Seth Stroh have two triples each, and Hunter Gibson, Garrett Kocis, Chuck Ingram and Paxton Wallace each have one triple.

TURNING TWO: The Shockers are second in The American and 39th in the country in double plays turned with 34 in 43 games.

DON'T RUN ON ROSS: Catcher Ross Cadena has thrown out 12 runners attempting to steal through 43 games in 2021. He has been named to the 2021 Buster Posey Catcher of the Year Award watch list.

RIVERFRONT MAGIC: The Shockers opened Riverfront Stadium -- the new downtown Wichita ballpark and home of the Wichita Wind Surge minor league team -- in style Saturday, April 10, rolling to a 10-1 win over Houston. Paxton Wallace hit the first homer in the new stadium's history with a towering two-run shot to right in the bottom of the first, before Hunter Gibson smashed the first grand slam in stadium lore in the fifth inning. On the mound, Jace Kaminska spun the first complete game for a WSU freshman since 2009, going the full nine and allowing one earned run with a career-high seven Ks. The announced attendance of 7,509 marked the seventh-largest crowd in WSU baseball history and was the 14th-largest crowd in NCAA Division I in 2021.

THE FRIENDLY CONFINES: The Shockers have an all-time record of 850-270-2 at Eck Stadium, Home of Tyler Field, dating back to 1988.

ON DECK: Wichita State wraps up its 2021 regular season schedule with a four-game series against the Memphis Tigers at Eck Stadium, Home of Tyler Field, May 20-22. The Shockers will honor their senior student-athletes prior to game three Friday, May 21, at 6 p.m.