Baseball preview: Cal State Fullerton

Wichita State (2-6, 0-0 Americans) against Cal State Fullerton (1-7, 0-0 Big West)

Friday, February 28 | 3:00 p.m. CT | Wichita, Kansas (Eck Stadium, home of Tyler Field in the Gene Stephenson Park)
TV: ESPN+ | Radio: KFH 97.5 FM/1240 p.m.
RHP Brady Hamilton (1-1, 3.72) against LHP Mikiah Negrete (1-1, 2.25)

Saturday, March 1st | 2 p.m. CT | Wichita, Kansas (Eck Stadium, home of Tyler Field in the Gene Stephenson Park)
TV: ESPN+ | Radio: KFH 97.5 FM/1240 p.m.
RHP Grant eagle (0-0, 6.30) against RHP Derek Turner (0-1, 6.75)

Sunday, March 2 | 12:00 p.m. CT | Wichita, Kansas (Eck Stadium, home of Tyler Field in the Gene Stephenson Park)
TV: ESPN+ | Radio: KNSS 98.7 FM/1:00 p.m.
LHP Jace Miner (1-1, 5.40) against TBA

Setter scene: After eight games in a row on the street, the state of Wichita returns to the Eck Stadium to open a three-game series with three games against Cal State Fullerton. The season on Sunday was postponed to first place at 12:00 p.m. to record the Titan's travel schedule. The WSU enters the series with a 2-6 record after the last three games of the Hawaii trip have been dropped. The Shockers have had a 32:29 season in 2024, which contained a brand from 15-12 in the American Athletic Conference games and took third place in the last conference. The WSU reached the championship game of the AAC tournament for the first time in the program history and fell 11: 10 on Tulane. The state of Wichita is chasing its first appearance at the NCAA tournament since the 2013 season, a regional offer that was later cleared by the NCAA.

Shocker baseball on the radio and ESPN Plus: KFH 97.5 FM/1240 pm will again serve as a radio house for Wichita State Baseball programs in 2025. The game on Sunday against Cal State Fullerton is broadcast on KNSS 98.7 FM/1330. “The Voice of the Shockers” Mike Kennedy returns to the air waves for all three games in the series. The entire series is also streamed live on ESPN+ ($). Live -Audio will be available in addition to live statistics at Goshockers.com/listen and shockstets.com.

Series history: The Shockers and Titans have 23 earlier meetings, with the Shockers in the all-time series in the lead a slim lead of 12-11. This will be the first battle on the diamond since the 2016 season, a three-game home swing from Fullerton, in which the Shockers only scored two runs. The titans last came to Wichita in 2014 when the Shockers made two out of three games against Fullerton in 9th. The shockers and titans also met twice in the post -season game. In 1982, Wichita's first trip to College World Series, WSU, CSUUF in the opening game behind a five-hit shutout by Bryan Oelkers with 7-0, and in 1996 the shockers won a 6-1 win in the regional semi-final of the Wichita Midwest.

Scouting Cal State Fullerton: The titans bring a 1-7 record to Wichita after they have suffered a defeat against USC at home on Tuesday. Fullerton was swept into a four-game series against Stanford to open the season and then dropped two out of three games in the Fresno State on the street. The Titans -Hurler, who are historically known for dominant pitching employees, approved more than 13 goals per nine innings (273rd national) this season, which contributed to a 1.97 via whip. The Sluggers Marcos Rosales and Matthew Bardowell aggressively teamed up for six homes in the Fresno State Series. Head coach Jason Dietrich is in his fourth season with a foller tone and entered the series with a record of 71-102. Dietrich previously worked as a Titans Pitching trainer from 2013-16 and was at the American Athletic Conference Foe Foe Ost Carolina from 2020 to 21 to 21.

Crowder Trio: The backend of the Wichita State Bullpen has three hard -working right -handers from Crowder College, all of which will be started until 2025. The combination of Karsen RichardPresent Aaron Arnold And Nick Potter A total of 8.2 innings and only two runs have approved, while he reached 13 and only allowed three hits.

New name, new advantages: Friday marks the first game under the improved naming in the Eck Stadium, which is now officially known as an Eck Stadium, the home of Tyler Field in the Gene Stephenson Park. What was originally known as a Shoder Field when the baseball program was used again in the 1978 season, Eck went through several important renovation work in order to achieve its current form. In the past season season, the facility added new state-of-the-art lights, mesh chair seats behind the home board and logboxes into the first base line. The program also announced the upcoming addition of the Kosich pavilion, a two-stage seating area over the left field fence.

Can't use: The recent offensive struggles in the state of Wichita can largely be attributed to failures in two key areas: situational hit and clutch goal. With runners on the third basis and less than two outs, the Shockers have only produced a run in 26 options (30.8%) eight times, while their opponents are 66.7%. With two outs in the inning, the state of Wichita only meets 0.195 compared to opponents at 0.322. Only Came Durnin (5-to-14) and Camden Johnson (4-against-7) meet better than 0.300 at these places.

Double problems: Wichita State has arrived seven double games in the last three games, including three in the defeat against Chaminade. The seven twin killings are more than the Shockers in a three-game route of the 2024 season. The WSU has at least one double game in five consecutive games.

Get the run: The shockers are bound in the country with 0: 5 in attempted swipes without a successful stolen basic attempt this season. WSU opponents didn't beat much better; While they stole eight bases in eight games, the opponents were also seven times ejected for a success rate of only 53%.

Power of the plunk: Wichita State destroyed the program record for HIT from Pitchs in 2024 and drew 116 Hbps on the previous brand (84 in 2019) of 32 Hbps. The WSU was 16th place in Team Hbps last season in Team Hbps, led by Mauricio Millan New program and conference recording 24.

Preliminary season Pub: In the survey of the American Athletic Conference Trainer in 2025, the state of Wichita became second place in the American Athletic Conference Coaches, the highest pre-season projection for the Shockers since joining the conference in 2017. The WSU also agreed for most of the all-conference team in the pre-season. Catcher Mauricio MillanFirst Baseman Josh LivingstonSecond Baseman Jordan Rogers and shortstop Camden Johnson were all recognized by the conference, with Millan being the unanimous selection behind the plate.

Bring the gang together again: Wichita State returned after the coaching change that was brought along Brian Green For Wichita, but this season the Shockers come into the year with significantly more experience. At the position of the position of position player, the WSU returns nine players who have started 10 or more games, while the Pitching employee contains nine hurler that performed in eight or more competitions.

Portal performance: Wichita State turned to the portal for seven D1 transfers: Grant eagle (Kansas), Cole Dillon (Arizona), Jace Miner (Oklahoma), Arnad Mulamekic (Siena), Owen Reynolds (Oral Roberts), MJ SEO (LSU) and Owen Washburn (Texas tech). Adler and miner both started their D1 career in Wichita State before changing during the coaching change. In 2023, Adler appointed AAC newcomer Pitcher of the year and the miner, who received the second team all-Conference honors as a helper.

Clagget promotion: After the 2024 head coach Brian Green Promoted pitching trainer Anthony Clagget to deputy head coach in addition to his pitching trainer tasks. Clagget worked with a pitching personnel who only returned four Pitchers and a total of 71.1 Inning, and led the Wichita State Arms to a 5.07 ERA in 2024, which took second place at the American sports conference and took the three in the goals per nine inning (8.73) and whip (1.49).

Heights and depths: The 2024 season was a real roller coaster ride for Wichita State. The Shockers entered April 18: 9 after a three-game rice sweatping, but had a miserable month that threatened the season. The WSU went 4-17 in its next 21 games and suffered through a few conference swets through Südflorida and East Carolina. But the Shockers set up the ship in May, won a best seven games in a row from 4 to May 17th and reached the championship game of the American Athletic Conference tournament with the help of two victories over top seeds East Carolina.

It will be May: The star of the late season of the state of Wichita was infielder Josh Livingstonwho put together one of the most impressive months in the latest program history to form the shockers. Livingston went in May with three double, six homes and 23 RBI in just nine games 11-in-33, which were highlighted by a two-home game with a seven-RBI in the AAC tournament semi-final against East Carolina. The Junior College Transfer was the first player in the program history with three prise hit homers in the same season and the first with a Grand Grand Slam since Zach Reding in 2016.

Tradition of excellence: With a program record of 2,344 victories, 1,283 defeats and nine ties, the state of Wichita is in the top ten of all college baseball programs with a profit of 0.645. The Shockers won 20 regular conference and 18 championships for conference tournaments and made a trip to Omaha for College World Series on seven different occasions. The WSU demanded the national championship of 1989 and became a national second place in 1982, 1991 and 1993.