Tuesday, March 10
Manhattan, Kan.
6 p.m.
Kansas State University
vs
Wichita State
K-State Hosts Wichita State, SDSU in Midweek Action
Mar 09, 2026 | Baseball
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Coming off a series sweep of SIUE, K-State will return to Tointon Family Stadium to host a pair of midweek matchups against Wichita State and South Dakota State, starting Tuesday night. Both games are scheduled for 6 p.m. CT.
Both games can be seen on ESPN+ and the ESPN app, while a free live streaming audio is available for all games at KStateSports.com/watch and on the K-State Sports app.
How to follow the Cats: For complete information on K-State Baseball, visit www.kstatesports.com and follow the team's social media channels on X (formerly Twitter), Instagram and Facebook.
GAME #16
K-State (11-4, 0-0 Big 12) vs. Wichita State (11-5, 0-0 American)
Tuesday, March 10 // 6 PM CT // Tointon Family Stadium // Manhattan, KS
Projected Starters: RHP Cohen Feser (1-1, 1.17 ERA) vs. LHP Dax Sharp (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
Watch: ESPN+ // Brian Smoller, Jared Goedert, Sophie Smith
Radio: 1350 KMAN // Matt Walters, Trevor Hurley
Listen: kstatesports.com/watch
Live Stats: kstate.statbroadcast.com
GAME 17
K-State (11-4, 0-0 Big 12) vs. South Dakota State (5-10, 0-0 Summit)
Wednesday, March 11 // 6 PM CT // Tointon Family Stadium // Manhattan, KS
Projected Starters: TBA vs. RHP Kaden Rylance (0-0, 8.44 ERA)
Watch: ESPN+ // Brian Smoller, Jared Goedert
Radio: KMAN Online // Matt Walters, Justin Tadtman
Listen: kstatesports.com/watch
Live Stats: kstate.statbroadcast.com
FOLLOW THE CATS
Both midweek contests can be seen on ESPN+ and the ESPN app … A free live streaming audio is available for all games at KStateSports.com/watch and on the K-State Sports app ... Fans can also follow along opening weekend action through live stats by visiting the team's schedule page or on the Cats social media platforms (@KStateBSB).
A LOOK AT K-STATE
K-State (11-4) is coming off a 20-7 run-rule victory over SIUE, completing the series sweep over SIUE … The Wildcats scored 20 runs on 15 hits, committed one error, and stranded four on base …Seven different Wildcats produced a hit, led by Kennedy and Smolinski each with four hit efforts … Four players homered for K-State – Dee Kennedy (3), Ty Smolinski (2), Micah Kendrick (2), Carlos Vasquez (1) … Kennedy and Smolinski each drove in a game-leading six RBI … K-State and SIUE combined for 11 home runs in the game … Lefty Lincoln Sheffield (4-0) was awarded the victory, allowing four runs (three earned) on three hits over five innings with a season-high eight strikeouts … Miles Smith, Billy Eich and Cole Wisenbaker combined for two innings in relief of Sheffield. Smith and Eich allowed three runs (earned) on two hits … K-State was 5-for-10 (.500) with runners in scoring position and 4-for-10 with two outs and drove in five two-out RBI … In the series, the Wildcats hit an incredible .414 (41-for-99) with 11 doubles, one triple, and 13 home runs for a .939 team slugging percentage … K-State's pitching staff held SIUE to a .194 average on the series with 35 strikeouts.
THE WILDCAT ROTATION
Tuesday: Right-hander Cohen Feser will get his first start in the Tuesday matchup with Wichita State. Feser is 1-1 with an ERA of 1.17, surrendering just one earned run throw 7 2/3 innings in relief.
Wednesday: TBA
SCOUTING WICHITA STATE
Wichita State makes the trip to Manhattan with a 11-5 overall record, that includes a 2-2 record on games played on the road... As a team, WSU has produced a slash line of .319/.427/.541 with 33 doubles, 3 triples and 25 home runs, while three starters have driven in 20+ RBI … Owen Washburn leads the Shocker offense with his .464 average (26-for-56) with 23 RBI, while Max Kaufer has belted a team-high eight homers on the year with 20 RBI ... The WSU pitching staff boasts a 3.71 ERA – the second-best in the American League – with opponents hitting at .247 ... Wichita State hurlers have struck out 148 batters over 131.0 innings ... Left-hander Dax Sharp (0-0, 0.00 ERA) will make his first of the season, and third overall appearance ... WSU is coming off a 13-11 loss against West Georgia that was cut to eight innings to meet travel curfew … With the loss, the Shockers split the four-game series with UWG.
INSIDE THE SERIES
The Shockers lead the all-time series 58-48 since the first game in 1906 … The midweek matchup marks the 107th meeting between the Wildcats and Shockers … The Wildcats have taken six of the last 10 meetings with Wichita State after sweeping the home-and-home series in 2025 … The Wildcats are 28-19 all-time at home vs. the Shockers … Under Hughes, K-State is 7-5 against Wichita State.
LAST FIVE MEETINGS
L, 0-1 – May 2, 2023 (Wichita)
W, 8-6 – March 19, 2024 (Wichita)
W, 6-3 – April 10, 2024 (Manhattan)
W, 13-10 – April 2, 2025 (Wichita)
W, 14-8 – April 22, 2025 (Manhattan)
SCOUTING SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
SDSU comes to Manhattan with a 5-10 overall record, after dropping a pair of games against Minnesota and Southern Illinois at the Cambria Classic hosted in Minneapolis … The Jackrabbits are hitting .254 as a team, averaging 5.8 runs a game on 8.7 hits … Offensively, SDSU is led by freshman outfielder Carter Taylor, who has produced a slash line of .375/.475/.542 with two doubles, two home runs and nine RBI … SDSU's pitching staff boasts a 8.08 ERA with opponents hitting .308, while issuing 91 walks against 112 strikeouts … Three arms have made a team-high seven appearances on the hill for the Jackrabbits … Right-handed freshman Kaden Rylance (0-0, 8.44 ERA) will get Wednesday's start.
INSIDE THE SERIES
K-State leads the all-time series 13-1, while Wednesday's contest marks the first meeting between the two squads since March 13, 2024 … In the last five matchups, K-State has outscored SDSU 51-13 – all in the Hughes era … The Cats are 11-1 when playing SDSU in Manhattan.
LAST FIVE MEETINGS
L, 0-4 – 3/10/2020 (Manhattan)
W, 10-0 – 3/11/2020 (Manhattan)
W, 15-4 – 3/9/2021 (Manhattan)
W, 10-0 – 3/10/2021 (Manhattan)
W, 16-5 – 3/13/2024 (Manhattan)
WRITING HISTORY
Four Wildcats combined for a program-record eight home runs, a mark originally set in 1978, to lead K-State to a 20-7 seven-inning triumph over SIUE Sunday afternoon at Tointon Family Stadium … Dee Kennedy accounted for three home runs to become the sixth player in school history to hit three or more in a single game ... Ty Smolinski and Micah Kendrick each added two homers, while Carlos Vasquez contributed one ... With multi-home run efforts from Kennedy, Smolinski and Kendrick, it marked the first time in K-State recorded history three players registered two or more home runs in a single game … K-State's previous home run record of seven was tied twice, most recently on May 16, 2006, against South Dakota State ... The Wildcats set their single-game home run record just a year after the 2025 squad shattered the single-season home run mark with 97.
PERFECT WEEKEND
A native of Gretna, Nebraska, Ty Smolinski powered the Wildcats to a sweep of SIUE, the preseason favorite in the Ohio Valley Conference, with a historic weekend at the plate ... The sophomore was perfect offensively, going 9-for-9 across the series with two four-hit performances while collecting four doubles, three home runs and a team-leading nine RBI ... He posted a staggering 2.444 slugging percentage and a perfect 1.000 on-base percentage, reaching safely in 12 consecutive plate appearances and producing a monstrous 3.444 OPS ... He was a triple short of hitting for the cycle in the series opener, finishing with two doubles and a home run, while he delivered his first career multi-home run game and drove in a career-high six RBI in the finale ... He capped the series going 3-for-3 with runners in scoring position and leading the team with six two-out RBI.
MAGIC MICAH
Redshirt-sophomore Micah Kendrick played a key role in K-State's series sweep of SIUE finishing second on the team with a .667 batting average ... Kendrick went 4-for-6 at the plate with three home runs, producing an incredible 2.167 slugging percentage while driving in six RBI ... He also compiled a .750 on-base percentage and a 2.917 OPS while scoring five runs during the series ... After delivering a game-winning three-run home run in the middle game, Kendrick capped the weekend with his first career multi-home run performance in the Wildcats' series finale.
WELCOME TO TOINTON
The Wildcats turned in the best home record of any Big 12 team in 2025, finishing with a record of 18-3 (.857) – the program's second-best home winning percentage … K-State posted a school record .870 winning percentage 20-3 in 1987 … K-State baseball is 435-223 when playing at Tointon Family Stadium (since 2002) … In the Hughes era, K-State is 125-46 when playing at Tointon, posting a .731 winning percentage … Since 2021, the Cats are 107-33 (.764) when playing at home.
NUMBERS NUGGETS
K-State has a +64-run differential through 15 games this season, averaging 8.8 runs per game ... The Wildcats outscore opponents 67-31 (+36) through the first four frames ... K-State scored 14 runs in the top of the seventh vs. Penn State at the MLB Desert Invitational – its largest single-inning run production in the composite bat era (since 2011) ... The Cats are 8-2 when hitting a home run, with an undefeated 6-0 record when hitting two or more ... K-State has won four of five games in which it has not committed an error while going 7-3 when committing at least one error ... When holding opponents to five or fewer runs, the Wildcats are 7-3 ... Conversely, K-State has a .500 record (3-3) when scoring five or fewer runs in a game … Wildcats are 8-1 when scoring six or more ... K-State is 2-3 in games decided by two runs or fewer … K-State is hitting .386 on the season with runners in scoring position and .255 with two outs, driving in 36 RBI with two away ... Last season, the Cats managed a .306 average with runners in scoring position while hitting .249 with two outs.
BOMB SQUAD
K-State has recorded 24 home runs this season led by seven from Kennedy, who ranks third overall in the Big 12 … Additional, six other players have registered two or more this season … The Wildcats recorded a school record of eight home runs in a 20-7 victory against SIUE (March 8) … Home runs account for 48 of the 124 RBI on the season (39%) … The team's 24 homers rank third in the Big 12 and 34th nationally, while the Cats post the country's 30th-best slugging percentage at .534 … Four different players have recorded multi-home run efforts, while Kennedy leads with two grand slams followed by Evasco with one … K-State has recorded five back-to-back home run performances in 2026.
Both games can be seen on ESPN+ and the ESPN app, while a free live streaming audio is available for all games at KStateSports.com/watch and on the K-State Sports app.
How to follow the Cats: For complete information on K-State Baseball, visit www.kstatesports.com and follow the team's social media channels on X (formerly Twitter), Instagram and Facebook.
GAME #16
K-State (11-4, 0-0 Big 12) vs. Wichita State (11-5, 0-0 American)
Tuesday, March 10 // 6 PM CT // Tointon Family Stadium // Manhattan, KS
Projected Starters: RHP Cohen Feser (1-1, 1.17 ERA) vs. LHP Dax Sharp (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
Watch: ESPN+ // Brian Smoller, Jared Goedert, Sophie Smith
Radio: 1350 KMAN // Matt Walters, Trevor Hurley
Listen: kstatesports.com/watch
Live Stats: kstate.statbroadcast.com
GAME 17
K-State (11-4, 0-0 Big 12) vs. South Dakota State (5-10, 0-0 Summit)
Wednesday, March 11 // 6 PM CT // Tointon Family Stadium // Manhattan, KS
Projected Starters: TBA vs. RHP Kaden Rylance (0-0, 8.44 ERA)
Watch: ESPN+ // Brian Smoller, Jared Goedert
Radio: KMAN Online // Matt Walters, Justin Tadtman
Listen: kstatesports.com/watch
Live Stats: kstate.statbroadcast.com
FOLLOW THE CATS
Both midweek contests can be seen on ESPN+ and the ESPN app … A free live streaming audio is available for all games at KStateSports.com/watch and on the K-State Sports app ... Fans can also follow along opening weekend action through live stats by visiting the team's schedule page or on the Cats social media platforms (@KStateBSB).
A LOOK AT K-STATE
K-State (11-4) is coming off a 20-7 run-rule victory over SIUE, completing the series sweep over SIUE … The Wildcats scored 20 runs on 15 hits, committed one error, and stranded four on base …Seven different Wildcats produced a hit, led by Kennedy and Smolinski each with four hit efforts … Four players homered for K-State – Dee Kennedy (3), Ty Smolinski (2), Micah Kendrick (2), Carlos Vasquez (1) … Kennedy and Smolinski each drove in a game-leading six RBI … K-State and SIUE combined for 11 home runs in the game … Lefty Lincoln Sheffield (4-0) was awarded the victory, allowing four runs (three earned) on three hits over five innings with a season-high eight strikeouts … Miles Smith, Billy Eich and Cole Wisenbaker combined for two innings in relief of Sheffield. Smith and Eich allowed three runs (earned) on two hits … K-State was 5-for-10 (.500) with runners in scoring position and 4-for-10 with two outs and drove in five two-out RBI … In the series, the Wildcats hit an incredible .414 (41-for-99) with 11 doubles, one triple, and 13 home runs for a .939 team slugging percentage … K-State's pitching staff held SIUE to a .194 average on the series with 35 strikeouts.
THE WILDCAT ROTATION
Tuesday: Right-hander Cohen Feser will get his first start in the Tuesday matchup with Wichita State. Feser is 1-1 with an ERA of 1.17, surrendering just one earned run throw 7 2/3 innings in relief.
Wednesday: TBA
SCOUTING WICHITA STATE
Wichita State makes the trip to Manhattan with a 11-5 overall record, that includes a 2-2 record on games played on the road... As a team, WSU has produced a slash line of .319/.427/.541 with 33 doubles, 3 triples and 25 home runs, while three starters have driven in 20+ RBI … Owen Washburn leads the Shocker offense with his .464 average (26-for-56) with 23 RBI, while Max Kaufer has belted a team-high eight homers on the year with 20 RBI ... The WSU pitching staff boasts a 3.71 ERA – the second-best in the American League – with opponents hitting at .247 ... Wichita State hurlers have struck out 148 batters over 131.0 innings ... Left-hander Dax Sharp (0-0, 0.00 ERA) will make his first of the season, and third overall appearance ... WSU is coming off a 13-11 loss against West Georgia that was cut to eight innings to meet travel curfew … With the loss, the Shockers split the four-game series with UWG.
INSIDE THE SERIES
The Shockers lead the all-time series 58-48 since the first game in 1906 … The midweek matchup marks the 107th meeting between the Wildcats and Shockers … The Wildcats have taken six of the last 10 meetings with Wichita State after sweeping the home-and-home series in 2025 … The Wildcats are 28-19 all-time at home vs. the Shockers … Under Hughes, K-State is 7-5 against Wichita State.
LAST FIVE MEETINGS
L, 0-1 – May 2, 2023 (Wichita)
W, 8-6 – March 19, 2024 (Wichita)
W, 6-3 – April 10, 2024 (Manhattan)
W, 13-10 – April 2, 2025 (Wichita)
W, 14-8 – April 22, 2025 (Manhattan)
SCOUTING SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
SDSU comes to Manhattan with a 5-10 overall record, after dropping a pair of games against Minnesota and Southern Illinois at the Cambria Classic hosted in Minneapolis … The Jackrabbits are hitting .254 as a team, averaging 5.8 runs a game on 8.7 hits … Offensively, SDSU is led by freshman outfielder Carter Taylor, who has produced a slash line of .375/.475/.542 with two doubles, two home runs and nine RBI … SDSU's pitching staff boasts a 8.08 ERA with opponents hitting .308, while issuing 91 walks against 112 strikeouts … Three arms have made a team-high seven appearances on the hill for the Jackrabbits … Right-handed freshman Kaden Rylance (0-0, 8.44 ERA) will get Wednesday's start.
INSIDE THE SERIES
K-State leads the all-time series 13-1, while Wednesday's contest marks the first meeting between the two squads since March 13, 2024 … In the last five matchups, K-State has outscored SDSU 51-13 – all in the Hughes era … The Cats are 11-1 when playing SDSU in Manhattan.
LAST FIVE MEETINGS
L, 0-4 – 3/10/2020 (Manhattan)
W, 10-0 – 3/11/2020 (Manhattan)
W, 15-4 – 3/9/2021 (Manhattan)
W, 10-0 – 3/10/2021 (Manhattan)
W, 16-5 – 3/13/2024 (Manhattan)
WRITING HISTORY
Four Wildcats combined for a program-record eight home runs, a mark originally set in 1978, to lead K-State to a 20-7 seven-inning triumph over SIUE Sunday afternoon at Tointon Family Stadium … Dee Kennedy accounted for three home runs to become the sixth player in school history to hit three or more in a single game ... Ty Smolinski and Micah Kendrick each added two homers, while Carlos Vasquez contributed one ... With multi-home run efforts from Kennedy, Smolinski and Kendrick, it marked the first time in K-State recorded history three players registered two or more home runs in a single game … K-State's previous home run record of seven was tied twice, most recently on May 16, 2006, against South Dakota State ... The Wildcats set their single-game home run record just a year after the 2025 squad shattered the single-season home run mark with 97.
PERFECT WEEKEND
A native of Gretna, Nebraska, Ty Smolinski powered the Wildcats to a sweep of SIUE, the preseason favorite in the Ohio Valley Conference, with a historic weekend at the plate ... The sophomore was perfect offensively, going 9-for-9 across the series with two four-hit performances while collecting four doubles, three home runs and a team-leading nine RBI ... He posted a staggering 2.444 slugging percentage and a perfect 1.000 on-base percentage, reaching safely in 12 consecutive plate appearances and producing a monstrous 3.444 OPS ... He was a triple short of hitting for the cycle in the series opener, finishing with two doubles and a home run, while he delivered his first career multi-home run game and drove in a career-high six RBI in the finale ... He capped the series going 3-for-3 with runners in scoring position and leading the team with six two-out RBI.
MAGIC MICAH
Redshirt-sophomore Micah Kendrick played a key role in K-State's series sweep of SIUE finishing second on the team with a .667 batting average ... Kendrick went 4-for-6 at the plate with three home runs, producing an incredible 2.167 slugging percentage while driving in six RBI ... He also compiled a .750 on-base percentage and a 2.917 OPS while scoring five runs during the series ... After delivering a game-winning three-run home run in the middle game, Kendrick capped the weekend with his first career multi-home run performance in the Wildcats' series finale.
WELCOME TO TOINTON
The Wildcats turned in the best home record of any Big 12 team in 2025, finishing with a record of 18-3 (.857) – the program's second-best home winning percentage … K-State posted a school record .870 winning percentage 20-3 in 1987 … K-State baseball is 435-223 when playing at Tointon Family Stadium (since 2002) … In the Hughes era, K-State is 125-46 when playing at Tointon, posting a .731 winning percentage … Since 2021, the Cats are 107-33 (.764) when playing at home.
NUMBERS NUGGETS
K-State has a +64-run differential through 15 games this season, averaging 8.8 runs per game ... The Wildcats outscore opponents 67-31 (+36) through the first four frames ... K-State scored 14 runs in the top of the seventh vs. Penn State at the MLB Desert Invitational – its largest single-inning run production in the composite bat era (since 2011) ... The Cats are 8-2 when hitting a home run, with an undefeated 6-0 record when hitting two or more ... K-State has won four of five games in which it has not committed an error while going 7-3 when committing at least one error ... When holding opponents to five or fewer runs, the Wildcats are 7-3 ... Conversely, K-State has a .500 record (3-3) when scoring five or fewer runs in a game … Wildcats are 8-1 when scoring six or more ... K-State is 2-3 in games decided by two runs or fewer … K-State is hitting .386 on the season with runners in scoring position and .255 with two outs, driving in 36 RBI with two away ... Last season, the Cats managed a .306 average with runners in scoring position while hitting .249 with two outs.
BOMB SQUAD
K-State has recorded 24 home runs this season led by seven from Kennedy, who ranks third overall in the Big 12 … Additional, six other players have registered two or more this season … The Wildcats recorded a school record of eight home runs in a 20-7 victory against SIUE (March 8) … Home runs account for 48 of the 124 RBI on the season (39%) … The team's 24 homers rank third in the Big 12 and 34th nationally, while the Cats post the country's 30th-best slugging percentage at .534 … Four different players have recorded multi-home run efforts, while Kennedy leads with two grand slams followed by Evasco with one … K-State has recorded five back-to-back home run performances in 2026.
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