Rice 2015 Baseball World Series Capsule

Rice Owls
Conference USA (35-20, 22-8)

 

Big Wins: 3/28 Southern Miss (11-4), 4/14 Houston (11-0), 5/8 at FAU (6-0)
Bad Losses: 3/20 at Old Dominion (4-12), 3/25 at Sam Houston State (4-11), 4/19 UTSA (1-7)
Coach: Wayne Graham

Key Field Players:
Kirby Taylor, Senior, IF/OF, .339 BA, 29 RBI
Ford Stainback, Senior, IF, .336 BA, 29 RBI
Charlie Warren, Sophomore, OF, .330 BA, 28 RBI
John Clay Reeves, Senior, C, .324 BA, 8 HR, 55 RBI
Connor Teykl, Junior, IF, .308 BA, 25 RBI

Key Pitchers:
Kevin McCanna, Junior, P, 3.05 ERA, 7-3 W/L, 79.2 IP, 63 SO
Blake Fox, Junior, P, 3.34 ERA, 8-2 W/L, 72.2 IP, 49 SO
Austin Orewiler, Sophomore, P, 2.63 ERA, 5-1 W/L, 75.1 IP, 73 SO

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .301 (22nd in nation, 2nd in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.75 (158, 7)
Doubles per Game: 1.45 (224, 8)
Earned Run Average: 3.23 (31, 2)
Fielding Percentage: .966 (160, 8)
Home Runs per Game: 0.30 (249, 12)
Scoring Offense: 5.8 (97, 5)
Slugging Percentage: .384 (152, 8)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.51 (277, 11)
Triples per Game: 0.25 (123, 2)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2014    Regional    defeated George Mason, lost to Texas, eliminated by Texas A&M
2013    Regional    defeated San Francisco, defeated Oregon, lost to Oregon, defeated Oregon
2013    Super Regional    lost to North Carolina State, eliminated by North Carolina State
2012    Regional    defeated Prairie View A&M, lost to Arkansas, eliminated by Sam Houston State
2011    Regional    defeated Alcorn State, lost to Baylor, eliminated by California
2010    Regional    lost to Louisiana, defeated Rider, defeated Louisiana, eliminated by Texas
2009    Regional    defeated Sam Houston State, lost to Kansas State, defeated Xavier, defeated Kansas State, defeated Kansas State
2009    Super Regional    eliminated by LSU
2008    Regional    defeated Sam Houston State, defeated St. John's, defeated Texas
2008    Super Regional    defeated Texas A&M
2008    CWS    lost to Fresno State, eliminated by LSU
2007    Regional    defeated Prairie View A&M, defeated TCU, defeated TCU
2007    Super Regional    defeated Texas A&M
2007    CWS    defeated Louisville, defeated North Carolina, lost to North Carolina, eliminated by North Carolina

*all team stats through 5/17

 

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