Southern Miss 2015 Baseball World Series Capsule

Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Conference USA (36-18-1, 19-10)

 

Big Wins: 3/4 Mississippi (5-1), 3/29 at Rice (5-1), 4/17 Florida Atlantic (6-1)
Bad Losses: 2/18 New Orleans (6-7), 3/7 Oakland (5-7), 3/13 Florida International (1-9)
Coach: Scott Berry

Key Field Players:
Matt Durst, Senior, C, .314 BA, 5 HR, 32 RBI
Tim Lynch, Junior, IF, .313 BA, 9 HR, 32 RBI
Connor Barron, Senior, OF, .290 BA, 8 HR, 31 RBI, 13 SB
Chase Scott, Junior, IF, .288 BA, 30 RBI
Taylor Braley, Freshman, IF/P, .286 BA, 25 RBI
Dylan Burdeaux, Sophomore, IF/OF, .283 BA, 28 RBI

Key Pitchers:
James McMahon, Senior, P, 1.56 ERA, 11-1 W/L, 3 CG, 92.1 IP, 60 SO
Cody Carroll, Junior, P, 3.08 ERA, 5-5 W/L, 96.1 IP, 87 SO
Ryan Milton, Senior, P, 3.13 ERA, 1-0 W/L, 23.0 IP, 24 SO, 10 SV

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .277 (130th in nation, 5th in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 1.10 (5, 1)
Doubles per Game: 1.62 (160, 6)
Earned Run Average: 3.15 (28, 1)
Fielding Percentage: .975 (33, 1)
Home Runs per Game: 0.81 (44, 3)
Scoring Offense: 5.8 (94, 3)
Slugging Percentage: .403 (87, 4)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.04 (136, 4)
Triples per Game: 0.15 (225, 8)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2011    Regional    lost to Mississippi state, eliminated by Georgia Tech
2010    Regional    lost to Clemson, defeated Jacksonville State, eliminated by Auburn
2009    Regional    defeated Elon, defeated Georgia Tech, lost to Georgia Tech, defeated Georgia Tech
2009    Super Regional    defeated Florida
2009    CWS    lost to Texas, eliminated by North Carolina
2008    Regional    defeated New Orleans, lost to LSU, defeated New Orleans, eliminated by LSU
2007    Regional    defeated Troy, lost to Mississippi, eliminated by Sam Houston State

*all team stats through 5/17

 

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