

K-State and TCU tied in the regular season standings with TCU winning the tie breaker after taking the series finale. First-seeded Texas (38-18, 15-9 Big 12) and eighth-seeded Kanas (24-30, 8-16 Big 12) are also in the Wildcats' half of the double-elimination bracket. 4 seed TCU (33-22, 13-11 Big 12) in the opening round of the 2023 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship. 301 … Roberto Pena has launched 15 homers this season followed by Nick Goodwin with 12 while Pena ties sixth in the Big 12 with 56 RBI … Goodwin and Brendan Jones have started in all 55 games for K-State at shortstop and center field… Jones ranks second in the league with 26 stolen bases … The Wildcats have struck out 477 batters against 200 walks which is the fewest allowed in the Big 12 … K-State ranks second In the league with a 2.38 strikeout-to-walk ratio while leading in walks per nine innings at 3.79 … Sixteen pitchers have made appearances on the mound with German Fajardo making a team-high 15 starts … Left-hander Owen Boerema ranks third in the league with 90 total strikeouts while the Minnesota product is just one-of-six pitchers to strikeout 12+ in a single game … Pete Hughes is in his fifth season at the helm and has compiled an 131-114 (.535) record during his time with Wildcats … Hughes is 732-606-3 (.564) in his 26 years as a head coach … 269/.390/.453 as a team which includes 88 doubles, 10 triples and 75 home runs … K-State ranks 13 th in the nation in walks with 320 which ties fourth in the school history … Brady Day leads the offense hitting. 4 seed after finishing the regular season 32-22 and 13-11 in Big 12 action … K-State is slashing. The Wildcats enters the Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship as the No. All-session tickets are now on sale at /Big12. Radio coverage is available on the K-State Sports Radio Network and streaming live at /Watch. Wednesday's contest can be seen on ESPNU and the ESPN app. Wednesday's contest will feature a matchup between Cats' left-hander Owen Boerema, who is 7-1 on the hill, versus the Frogs' right-handed Cam Brown. Additionally, Nick Goodwin, Brady Day, Raphael Pelletier, Kaelen Culpepper, and Brendan Jones received honorable mention accolades. Sophomore Tyson Neighbors was voted First Team All-Big 12 while senior Owen Boerema earned Second Team honors. 8 Kansas are also in the Cats' half of the double-elimination bracket.Įarlier Tuesday, the Wildcats had seven players earn All-Big 12 recognition. at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.Ī three-way share of the Big 12 regular-season title went to Texas, Oklahoma State and West Virginia who earned the top three seeds of the tournament.
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5 seed, where the Wildcats will go head-to-head with fourth-seeded TCU in the opening round Wednesday at 9 a.m.

– K-State heads into the 2023 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship as the No.
