The Kent State baseball team congratulates catcher/utility Tim DalPorto on his first collegiate home run in a doubleheader Eastern Michigan University on Sunday, March 29, 2015. The Flashes beat the Eagles 8-6 in the first game.
The pitching, expected to be dominant this year, was anything but as the team's two aces, juniors Eric Lauer and Andy Ravel, combined for 10 innings, giving up three earned runs apiece and allowing nine hits with five walks. Ravel was the only starter this weekend to not finish with a decision.
Kent State was close in all three games, starting with a huge six-run ninth inning comeback against the University of Virginia, the defending College World Series champs.