MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia baseball team returns to Monongalia County Ballpark to host Kent State at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
The Mountaineers (7-4) and Golden Flashes (6-4) are set to meet for the 35th time. Last season, WVU earned a three-game sweep over Kent State in Morgantown.
Freshman right-handed pitcher Tyler Strechay is scheduled to get the start on the mound for the Mountaineers. The Collegeville, Pa., native is 0-1 with an 11.25 ERA in 4.0 innings of work this season. Strechay also started WVU’s home opener on Feb. 18 — a 15-8 win over Canisius. Kent State will counter with freshman right-hander Zach Schultz (0-1, 2.57 ERA).
Last week, West Virginia took two of three games at the Central Virginia Challenge. The Mountaineers opened the weekend with a 4-1 loss to VCU on Friday, before grabbing a pair of wins over William & Mary (13-4) and Richmond (13-1) to close out the event.
Kent State is led by seventh-year coach Jeff Duncan, who owns a mark of 224-123 with the Golden Flashes. Kent State, which was picked to finish second in the regular-season standings and win the MAC tournament in the league’s preseason coaches’ poll, opened the season with wins over Indiana State (4-3) and Saint Joseph’s (11-3) in the Snowbird Classic, before a series win at Florida Gulf Coast. Kent State most recently took two of three games at Winthrop last weekend.
Admission to the contest is free for all fans, who will have the opportunity to play Baseball Bingo with prizes available. Additionally, a live stream and live stats of the game are available at wvusports.com and the WVU Gameday App.
