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Kent State Baseball team hyped for showdown at conference leading Redhawks

Kevin Battaglia April 11, 2013

Rarely does a series in the middle of the season hold as much significance as the one the Kent State baseball team will play this weekend.Kent State (14-16, 6-3 Mid-American Conference) will have an opportunity...

Cleveland Indians starter Carlos Carrasco pitches in the first inning against the New York Yankees at Progressive Field on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, in Cleveland, Ohio. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal/MCT)

Cleveland Baseball Weekly: Early season pitching woeful

Jim Piascik April 10, 2013

Things went south for Cleveland over the past week, as the team dropped four of seven games and fell to 3-5 on the year. Losing four of seven games is far from the end of the world, but it is the manner...

Running the Point talks baseball and National Championship

TV2KSU sports April 8, 2013

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Freshman pitcher Nick Jensen-Clagg pitches in the baseball game against Penn state on Wednesday Apr. 3. The flashes won 10-0. Photo by Rachael Le Goubin.

Flashes baseball focused on mid-week games

Kevin Battaglia April 7, 2013

The Flashes baseball team is taking strides in the right direction but is still not where many of the coaches and players want to be this far into the season.Kent State (14-15, 6-3 Mid-American Conference)...

Dining Services to hold a baseball park-themed dinner

Helen Steward April 6, 2013

Dining Services will celebrate the return of baseball Monday with a baseball park dinner at Prentice Café. Students can attend the event from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m.The menu will consist of traditional ballpark...

Kent State freshman Nick Jensen-Clagg pitches during a game against Penn State on April 3. The Flashes won the game 10-0. Photo by Melanie Nesteruk.

Baseball takes winning streak into weekend series

April 3, 2013

Wins against Toledo and Penn State earlier in the week have put the Kent State baseball team in a position to get above .500 in the win-loss column for the first time this season.Kent State (12-14, 5-2...

Jensen-Clagg near perfect as baseball beats Penn State

Kevin Battaglia April 3, 2013

The Kent State baseball team has started to turn the season around to show winning results similar to last year's season.Since starting the season 1-9, the Flashes have reeled off 11 wins in their...

The Kansas City Royals' Jarrod Dyson steals second as the throw to Cleveland Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera bounces off his glove in the third inning of a spring training game at Goodyear Stadium in Goodyear, Arizona, Feb. 26, 2013. The Royals defeated the Indians, 4-1. Photo courtesy of MCT Campus.

Cleveland Baseball Weekly: Five things to take away from Opening Day

Jim Piascik April 2, 2013

Cleveland was far from perfect on Tuesday, but the team did enough to get a 4-1 victory in Toronto. The game was much better than last year's Opening Day, when the 16-inning loss to the Blue Jays foreshadowed...

Cleveland Baseball Weekly: A look at the Tribe before opening day

Jim Piascik April 2, 2013

The complete overhaul of the Cleveland Indians this offseason has wildly changed the expectations for the team in 2013. Heading into the winter, I was preparing for another rebuilding of the team and another...

Cleveland Baseball Weekly: Five things to take away from Opening Day

Cleveland Baseball Weekly: Five things to take away from Opening Day

John Sleezer April 2, 2013

The Kansas City Royals' Jarrod Dyson steals second as the throw to Cleveland Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera bounces off his glove in the third inning of a spring training game at Goodyear Stadium in...

Freshman Zarley Zalewski slides into third base during Kent State's home game against Ball State on Saturday, March 30 at Schoonover Stadium. The Flashes won their first game with a final score of 11-5, but fell to Ball State in the second game, 4-3. Photo by Zane Lutz.

Flashes baseball prepares for back-to-back games

Kevin Battaglia April 1, 2013

Kent State (10-14, 4-2 Mid-American Conference) will try to improve its conference record at 3 p.m. today in Toledo against Toledo (10-14, 3-3 MAC).Head coach Scott Stricklin said Toledo is a well-coached...

Cleveland baseball weekly: crawling toward opening day

Jim Piascik March 20, 2013

Opening Day is only 12 days away, meaning that spring training is almost through. With the team leaving Goodyear, Ariz., soon, decisions have to be made on who will make the big league club to start 2013....