Baseball Faces Kansas State in Two Midweek Games
3/10/2015 1:28:00 PM | Baseball
OMAHA, Neb. - The Creighton Baseball team faces Kansas State in its first two midweek games of the season on Tuesday and Wednesday in Manhatten, Kansas.
Creighton vs. Kansas State Series
Kansas State leads the series with Creighton, 5-37-1, including two of three last year at TD Ameritrade.
The Wildcats have won three of the last four meetings, all coming at Creighton's home, over the past two seasons. This week will mark the first time since 2010 that the Wildcats and Bluejays have met in Manhattan
About Kansas State
- Located in Manhatten, Kan.
- Kansas State has an enrollment of 24,776.
- Known as the Wildcatgs.
- Kansas State finished 2014 with a 25-30 record and an 5-19 mark in Big 12.
- The Wildcats were picked to finish in the ninth in the Big 12 preseason poll.
Kansas State Head Coach: Brad Hill
- Hill has an overall record of 788-371-3 in 21 seasons, including a 370-280-3 mark over the past 12 seasons at Kansas State.
- Led Kansas State to the 2013 Big 12 Championship and a Super Regional.
- Under Hill, Kansas State has reached an NCAA Regional in four of the last six seasons.
- Two-time Big 12 Coach of the Year (2009, 2013)
- Two-time ABCA Midwest Region Coach of the Year (2009, 2013)
- 49 MLB Draft selections since 2005
Scouting the Wildcats (2015: 7-7)
After opening the season with a 4-4 effort in tournaments in Florida and Arizona, Kansas State has seen both sides of a broom over the last two weekends. First the Wildcats were swept by California in Berkeley over the first weekend of March.
Last weekend Kansas State returned the favor to another team from the Golden State, Santa Clara, taking three straight from the Broncos in impressive fashion. Kansas State outscored Santa Clara 31-9 during the three game set, including scoring 27 runs in the final two games.
Offensively the Wildcats are hitting .271 as a team, led by four players over .300. The two big bats for Kansas State are Clayton Dalrymple (.353) and Danny Krause (.340).
On the bump the Wildcats have a team ERA of 3.67. The two starters the Bluejays will face, Kyle Halbohn (1.50) and Mark Biesma (18.00), have allowed a combined nine runs (seven earned) in nine innings.
