Evansville Purple Aces
Missouri Valley (34-21, 13-6)
Big Wins: 2/26 at Vanderbilt (8-3), 3/21 Indiana State (5-2), 4/19 at Dallas Baptist (13-1)
Bad Losses: 3/26 at Austin Peay (6-7), 3/30 Eastern Kentucky (2-3), 4/15 at Murray State (6-11)
Coach: Wes Carroll
Key Field Players:
Kevin Kaczmarski, Junior, OF, .315 BA, 50 RBI
Kyle Pollock, Junior, C, .310 BA, 5 HR, 50 RBI
Josh Jyawook, Sophomore, OF, .298 BA, 31 RBI
Jake Mahon, Senior, C/1B, .295 BA, 35 RBI
Shain Showers, Sophomore, IF, .294 BA, 33 RBI
Boomer Synek, Junior, IF, .281 BA, 41 RBI
Key Pitchers:
Kyle Freeland, Junior, P, 1.90 ERA, 10-2 W/L, 2 CG, 99.2 IP, 128 SO
Cole Isom, Senior, P, 3.95 ERA, 6-5 W/L, 2 CG, 79.2 IP, 36 SO
Sam Johns, Senior, P, 5.87 ERA, 11 SV, 30.2 IP, 25 SO
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .284 (61st in nation, 1st in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.83 (101, 2)
Doubles per Game: 1.94 (31, 1)
Earned Run Average: 4.14 (143, 7)
Fielding Percentage: .970 (89, 3)
Home Runs per Game: 0.28 (191, 8)
Scoring Offense: 6.1 (41, 2)
Slugging Percentage: .381 (91, 4)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.85 (192, 5)
Triples per Game: 0.23 (115, 4)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2006 Regional lost to South Carolina, defeated Lehigh, defeated Virginia, defeated South Carolina, eliminated by South Carolina
2000 Regional lost to UCF, defeated Bethune-Cookman, eliminated by Florida State
1988 Regional defeated Arizona State, lost to UNLV, eliminated by Central Michigan
*all team stats through 5/18
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