Baseball at Kansas Wednesday, Hosts Indiana This Weekend

Wednesday, March 2

Lawrence, Kan.

3:00 p.m.

Missouri State University

Kansas

Baseball at Kansas Wednesday, Hosts Indiana This Weekend

March 01, 2022 | Baseball

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By: MSU Athletics Communications

Missouri State Bears Baseball - Games 8-11
Schedule	Wednesday, March 2 at Kansas, 3 p.m. Friday, March 4 vs. Indiana, 3 p.m. Saturday, March 5 vs. Indiana, 2 p.m. Sunday, March 6 vs. Indiana, 1 p.m.
Locations	Lawrence, Kan. (Wed.) Springfield, Mo. (Fri.-Sun.)
Sites	Hoglund Ballpark (Wed.) Hammons Field (Fri.-Sun.)
Radio	KBFL-FM 99.9 (Wed. & Fri.) KBFL-FM 96.9/AM 1060 (Sun.)
Listen Live	The Varsity Network app
Live Video	Wednesday (ESPN+) Friday (ESPN+) Saturday (ESPN+)
Live Stats	Wednesday Friday-Sunday
Missouri State	MSU Game Notes Baseball Home Page
Kansas	Baseball Home Page
Indiana	Baseball Home Page
Promotions	$3 tickets March 4

The Missouri State Bears (3-4) conclude their season-opening eight-game road swing Wednesday with a 3 p.m. contest at Kansas (3-3) before hosting Indiana (1-5) March 4-6 in a three-game series at Hammons Field.

Starting Nine
1) Missouri State completes its opening eight-game road swing at Wednesday at Kansas before heading home for 15 of 16 games at Hammons Field, starting with a March 4-6 series against Indiana.

2) Through seven games this season, the Bears have collected 33 extra base hits, with 19 doubles, four triples and 10 home runs. Missouri State is slugging .532, improving significantly on last year's .368 figure, and averages 4.71 extra-base hits per contest, which is more than double its 2021 rate. The Bears rank 15th nationally in triples and 22nd in both homers and doubles, all good for 18th in slugging.

3) Several MSU players rank among the NCAA statistical leaders, including Will Duff (9th with 5 doubles), Drake Baldwin (27th with 13 hits), Mason Hull (8th with 4 home runs; 10th with 14 RBI; 20th with 25 total bases).

4) MSU has a pair of preseason all-Missouri Valley Conference players this season in junior catcher Drake Baldwin and senior reliever Trey Ziegenbein. Baldwin put together a 21-game hit streak last season - sixth-best in school history - on the way to second-team all-Valley honors, while Ziegenbein was a first-teamer after going 8-2 overall and 6-1 with a 2.22 ERA in league games.

5) The Bears return seven of nine position starters and more than two-thirds of their offensive production from last season while adding 18 newcomers to the roster. Missouri State set a school record with a .978 fielding percentage last year, with MVC all-Defensive Team members Mason Hull and Grant Wood back on the infield to give the Bears four returning all-conference players.

6) Missouri State and Kansas are tied 31-31 in 62 all-time meetings. The Bears are 13-18 against KU in Lawrence. MSU has never played Indiana in baseball. The Bears are 61-35 against current Big Ten Conference membership.

7) The Bears have been victorious the last 14 times they have scored in the first inning. The last loss after plating a run in the opening frame came on March 1, 2020 at Rice.

8) Head coach Keith Guttin picked up his 1,300th career victory on April 13, 2021 at Missouri. Guttin's troops beat the Tigers 7-5 in Columbia, and the 40th-year coach currently ranks third among active coaches and tied for 18th overall with 1,312 career wins.

9) The Bears had six victories last season in their final at bat, and one so far this year (Will Duff RBI triple in the bottom of the 8th vs. Cal Poly. Mason Hull had three walk-off hits last season and four in his career. Five of Missouri State's last eight home victories have been of the walk-off variety.