Baseball Bears Take on Redbirds This Weekend at Hammons Field

Friday, May 13

Springfield, Mo.

11:00 a.m.

Missouri State University

Illinois State

Baseball Bears Take on Redbirds This Weekend at Hammons Field

May 12, 2022 | Baseball

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By: MSU Athletics Communications

Missouri State vs. Illinois State
Schedule	Friday, May 13, 11 a.m. Saturday, May 14, 11 a.m. Sunday, May 15, 11 a.m.
Location	Springfield, Mo.
Site	Hammons Field
Radio	KBFL-FM 96.9/AM 1060
Listen Live	Varsity Network App
ESPN3	Friday \| Saturday \| Sunday
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Promotion	Sunday - Senior Day \| Future Bears Day

Starting 9
1) The Missouri State Bears are home for a second consecutive weekend, hosting Illinois State for a trio of 11 a.m. games May 13-15. MSU will honor its senior class on Sunday before their final regular season home game, as the Bears will host the MVC Tournament May 24-28 at Hammons Field.

2) The Bears have collected 173 extra base hits in 45 games and rank in the top 36 nationally in slugging percentage (36th - .486), home runs (35th - 68), homers/game (26th - 1.51) and doubles (33rd - 99).

3) Missouri State has hit five or more home runs in four games this season, has five different players with a multi-homer game, and has hit back-to-back long balls on five occasions. Missouri State has scored 10-plus runs in a game 13 times and five or more runs in an inning 17 times this season.

4) Senior Dakota Kotowski ranks 8th nationally with 19 home runs and 10th at 0.42 homers per game. He hit his 10th home run on March 20 in MSU's 18th game of the season. Only Jason Hart has reached double figures in fewer games, hitting his 10th in game 16 of the 1998 campaign. Kotowski was named the MVC and Collegiate Baseball Player of the Week on April 25.

5) Missouri State has turned 38 double plays on the year to rank 33rd nationally in total DPs and 31st in per game average at 0.84.

6) Opposing bullpens have a combined 9.13 ERA against Missouri State this season. The Bears are hitting .314 and average 4.4 runs per game against opposing relievers. Missouri State has scored more runs than games played in the fifth and seventh innings this season.

7) Missouri State leads Illinois State 63-48 in the all-time series with a 33-18 mark in Springfield. The Bears snapped a six-game losing streak in the series in the final contest of a four-game set last year in Normal, and swept the Redbirds by scores of 4-2, 6-3 and 12-3 in 2018, the last series at Hammons Field.

8) Trey Ziegenbein is tied with North Carolina's Shawn Rapp for second nationally with 67 appearances since the beginning of the 2020 season. Only Florida A&M's Zach Morea (69) has pitched in more games.

9) 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 17th overall with 1,331 career wins.